Radio Playlist: New Music May 2016

If it's the last of May, can I still post a new music playlist? Of course I can. It's just 21 minutes, but it's 21 minutes of good stuff. (If you want to catch my list from April, you can see that playlist here.)

As always, it's limited in that if an artist hasn't chosen to post a song on Spotify, I can't put it on the list, nor can I feature songs from as-yet-unreleased albums. But I'm always keeping stuff in reserve for the next Spotify playlist.

Check out the list here (or right here in you're in Spotify).

**** New Music May 2016 (May 2016 Kindie Playlist) ****

"Llama" - The Que Pastas

"The Baby's Favorite Song" - Lefty Magee

"I Want to Buy a Monkey" - Sir. Crazy Pants

"Spring in My Step" - I Have a Go

"(Silly) Wheels on the Bus" - Miss Nina & the Jumping Jacks

"Jersey Dinosaurs" - Jason Didner and the Jungle Gym Jam

"The Great Divide" - The Okee Dokee Brothers

"Everything's Better with a Mustache (Walrus Song)" - The Whizpops

Radio Playlist: New Music April 2016

I know that new music season must be approaching its peak, because there's quite a bit of music I've received I just haven't had a chance to choose the best from, and still this list is a half-hour of great stuff. (If you want to catch my list from March, another full list, you can see that playlist here.)

As always, it's limited in that if an artist hasn't chosen to post a song on Spotify, I can't put it on the list, nor can I feature songs from as-yet-unreleased albums. But I'm always keeping stuff in reserve for the next Spotify playlist.

Check out the list here (or right here in you're in Spotify).

**** New Music April 2016 (April 2016 Kindie Playlist) ****

"Wake Up" - Red Yarn (w/ Morgan Taylor)

"Animal Tracks" - Laura Doherty

"All The Things I Found" - Frances England

"One Verse Song" - Sugar Free Allstars

"O pato" - Paulinho Garcia

"Chugga Chugga" - The Singing Lizard

"One" (feat. Dub Tonic Cru & Tommy Shepherd) - Aaron Nigel Smith

"Kelp!" - Two of a Kind

"Obla Dobla De" - The Que Pastas

"Sing a Summer Song" - Charity and the JAMband

Radio Playlist: New Music March 2016

As compared to February's playlist, this month's new music playlist is definitely full. (If you want to catch my list from February -- briefer but just as high quality -- you can see that playlist here.)

As always, it's limited in that if an artist hasn't chosen to post a song on Spotify, I can't put it on the list, nor can I feature songs from as-yet-unreleased albums. But I'm always keeping stuff in reserve for the next Spotify playlist.

Check out the list here.

**** New Music March 2016 (March 2016 Kindie Playlist) ****

"I Like To Be Surprised" - Turkey Andersen

"Esperanca (feat. Tita Lima)" - Sandra Sandia

"Lousie Loves Art Song" - Emily Arrow

"I Wear Pink" - Hullabaloo

"I've Been Workin' on the Railroad" - Beleza

"The Melody of Misfit Souls & the Open-Hearted" - Mista Cookie Jar & the Chocolate Chips

"The Silly Dance" - Holly

"Life is Like a Noodle" - Lard Dog & the Band of Shy

"Drum Factory: I'm My Own Grandpa" - Cory Hills

"This Old Man" - The Wunkabunks

"Seven" - Dan Crow

"Somebody Come and Play" - Rory

"Bird on a Wire" - The Not-Its!

"Barefoot Floors" - Jane Roman Pitt

Radio Playlist: New Music February 2016

I will admit that this February playlist is somewhat brief. That's mostly because January isn't necessarily a popular month for releasing music. (If you want to catch my list from January you can see that playlist here.) But what it might not have in length it makes up for in quality.

As always, it's limited in that if an artist hasn't chosen to post a song on Spotify, I can't put it on the list, nor can I feature songs from as-yet-unreleased albums. But I'm always keeping stuff in reserve for the next Spotify playlist.

Check out the list here.

**** New Music February 2016 (February 2016 Kindie Playlist) ****

"Love Comes Back" - Jim Cosgrove and Jazzy Ash

"The Dog On the Bus" - Raffi

"There's a Little Wheel a-Turnin' in My Heart" - The Laurie Berkner Band

"Definition of Good" - They Might Be Giants

"Espejos" - Moona Luna

"Don't Drink the Water (Your Butt's Been In)" - Matt Heaton

"Just Be" - Kira Willey

Radio Playlist: New Music January 2016

It has been more than two months since I last posted a playlist of new music, so, understandably, this first list of 2016 is longer than most. Lots of new music coming up, too. (If you want to catch my list from October you can see that playlist here.)

As always, it's limited in that if an artist hasn't chosen to post a song on Spotify, I can't put it on the list, nor can I feature songs from as-yet-unreleased albums. But I'm always keeping stuff in reserve for the next Spotify playlist.

Check out the list here.

**** New Music January 2016 (January 2016 Kindie Playlist) ****

"He & She" - Linda Perry and Sara Gilbert

"Grandma Gatewood" - Jeff & Paige

"Over in the Meadow" - The Laurie Berkner Band

"The Boy Who Cried Chupacabra" - The Hipwaders

"Fiddlin' Jim" - Liz, Holly, and the Jolly Lollies

"La Golondrina" - Sonia De Los Santos

"When I Grow Up" - The Raging Idiots

"Stella Ella Ola" - Mr. Chris & the Gassy Bubbles

"Latkes for Breakfast" - Mister G

"Do the Latin Alphabet" - Kinderjazz

"Looking Up" - The Jamberries

"Buzz, Buzz, Buzz" - Tom Proutt, Emily Gary

"Wave Hello" - Sonshine and Broccoli

"Sharky Life Forever" - Sharky Sharky

"Fais dodo" - Nadia Gaudet, Jason Burns

Intro to Kindie: Stephanie Mayers

Stephanie Mayers has been behind the scenes of many of kindie's most influential people and places for more than a decade: World Cafe Live's Peanut Butter & Jams (one of the very first kindie concert series), Putumayo Kids, Dan Zanes, Kindiefest (to name the big ones). In short, Mayers herself has been one of kindie's most influential people for more than a decade.

And now she's continuing that work with the recent creation of Mayers Consulting, a marketing and promotion firm focused on kids music and folks in that orbit.

It's in the spirit of those years of discovery that Mayers offers up her "Intro to Kindie," a list of songs introducing kids music to a newcomer to the genre.

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When asked to put together my “intro to kindie” I decided to go about it by following my own personal kindie path. I began discovering this music 10+ years ago when I was booking for the Peanut Butter & Jams series in Philadelphia -- there I realized [there was] this exciting and refreshing budding genre and all that was starting to be.

This is a playlist of my own discovery from Philly at World Cafe Live to New York with Putumayo Kids, to working with independent artists, Kindiefest, the Dan Zanes universe and beyond. Songs from artists I was working with, songs I discovered from being a part of the community and songs that have played a part in raising my own family. This list is an abridged, incomplete, diverse collection but somewhat representative of how I’ve seen kindie.

All Around the Kitchen- DAN ZANES
I’m From the Sun- GUSTAFER YELLOWGOLD
I Found It- BRADY RYMER
Pink Piggie Polka Pancake Picnic- ERNIE & NEAL
Hope My Mama Says Yes- AUDRAROX
Bounce- ELLEN AND MATT
Gazoopa- DIRTY SOCK FUNTIME BAND
Bed Head- THE JIMMIES
Polar Bear- THE QUIET TWO
No More Monkeys- ASHEBA
LadyBug -TERRIBLE TWOS
Sometimes- FRANCES ENGLAND
Pancakes- BEARS AND LIONS
High Five- SHINE AND THE MOONBEAMS
Hey Sister- WALTER MARTIN
Folsom Preschool Blues- OPUS DITTY
So Glad I’m Here- ELIZABETH MITCHELL
Gotta Be Me- SECRET AGENT 23 SKIDOO
Bowl of Cherries - Rhythm Child
I’m a Pirate- Rhymezwell