Artist: Chicken Weebus
Track: "Kevin From The Internet and Lady Tomato"
Album: N/A
Description: Y'all, you know I think that Chicken Weebus and his whole crew are awesome, right? Well, maybe you think it's too much work to go over to the website and click play on some Flash widget to hear some previews or download a free episode. FINE. Just click on the YouTube embed. Even though it's Weebus-free, you'll get a pretty good idea of the show's humor.
Source: YouTube
Artist: Moona Luna
Album: Vamos, Let's Go!
Description: The second album from bilingual rockers Moona Luna takes a more retro sound (think Ritchie Valens), but maintains the formula of splitting its lyrical efforts for the preschool set between English and Spanish. Still one of the few bilingual bands whose efforts are worthwhile even if raising bilingual kids isn't near the top of your set of educational goals. (Review)
Source: Bandcamp
Artist: Dean Jones
Album: When The World Was New (Sampler)
Description: Five tracks from the forthcoming solo album from Dog on Fleas mastermind Dean Jones. As with a lot of Jones' work, solo and with the Fleas, the new album is a little wasabi in a world of ketchup. I like ketchup a bunch, too, don't get me wrong, but it's good to have some other condiments. Make sure you check out the educational/philosophical slow-jam of "Prehensile Grip."
Source: Soundcloud
Artist: Yumzah!
Song: "Trash 2 Treasure"
Album: Freebee (Sampler)
Description: For those of you who thought that maybe Nashville's Steve Lee incorporating his music under a new "Yumzah" moniker would totally make his music bland and less happy, you, friends, ARE WRONG. This is glorious kitchen-sinky. It costs $1 via the link below (but you can get it for free or pay-what-you-will via the "Freebee" link above, which, as i tell you repeatedly, you need to do now).
Artist: Alice DiMicele
Album: If I Were an Otter: Songs for Kids of All Ages
Description: The album won't be out 'til June, but Oregon artist DiMicele's put the title track up on Bandcamp for your (our? my?) listening pleasure. The album will be a mixture of traditional folk songs along with some originals, like this one.
Source: Bandcamp
Artist: Papa Crow
Song: "Bongo Bong"
Album: Monkeylele
Description: Manu Chao and Papa Crow and ukuleles? What could be wrong? It's a rough mix for a cover song off Papa Crow's forthcoming monkey/ukulele crossover album Monkeylele.
Source: Soundcloud
Artist: Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could
Album: Love Me For Who I Am
Description: On his celebrated 2011 album, Rymer manages the tricky feat of writing an album about the autistic experience without limiting its appeal to that narrowly-focused crowd. It celebrates people in all their forms and predilections and aversions. Rymer's sunny roots-rock musical bed helps the understanding go down easy. (Review)
Source: Bandcamp
Artist: The Alphabeticians
Album: Other Stuff
Description: It's not really an album as much as "just some random stuff that's not on an album," as the band puts it. I particularly like "All The Letters" (appropriate for The Alphabeticians), which is actually a reworking of a fairly famous song, though it takes a little bit for that to sink in.
Source: Bandcamp
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