Artist: Alastair Moock
Album: A Cow Says Moock
Description: A solid debut kids music album from the Massachusetts-based folk-singer-songwriter, drawing on the same Woody Guthrie-inspired well he used to even better effect on the follow-up These Are My Friends. Which isn't to say I didn't like this album (standouts include "A Cow Says Moo" and "Two Mommies"), just that if you like this, make sure to check out the follow-up.
Source: Bandcamp
Artist: Key Wilde & Mr. Clarke
Album: Pleased To Meet You
Description: No, I don't have an embedded link, but just click on the Soundcloud link below and hear the album I called "fabulous, an energetic blend of Americana and punk, of empathy and third-grade snark." (Review)
Source: Soundcloud
Artist: Sugar Free Allstars
Song: "(Look for the) Good People"
Album: N/A
Description: A soulful new number from the Oklahoma band. All proceeds from the single will go to the American Red Cross of Central and Western Oklahoma to aid in the disaster relief for the May 19 and 20, 2013 tornadoes just outside Oklahoma City.
Source: Bandcamp
Artist: Lunch Money
Album: Silly Reflection
Description: The late-2004 debut from the South Carolina trio (now quartet) is "22 minutes long... [and] short but sweet -- there isn't a bad song on the album." (From my album review.)
Source: Bandcamp
Artist: Lunch Money
Album: Dizzy
Description: "'Kids' music parents will love' is a tired cliche and often constitutes false advertising. But, as with great children's books that adults delight in reading, albums like Dizzy show that it's possible to make music that engages everyone who has a little kid in the house, or a little kid inside himself." (From my NPR review.)
Source: Bandcamp
Artist: Lunch Money
Album: Spicy Kid
Description: "If Spicy Kid works in a slightly minor key, less a celebration of parenthood than a diary, that doesn't mean it's less joyful than any of its predecessors, and fans (or fans-to-be) of those predecessors should be every bit as enamored of this new album." (From the 2012 album review)
Source: Bandcamp
Artist: Mister G
Album: Bugs
Description: As I described it in my review, the 2011 album from the Massachusetts-based Mister G is multi-lingual and a "slick set of tracks that, save for the topics and lyrics (very much for the second grader in your life), in many cases (e.g., "Friends" or "Snow Day") would sound appropriate on your local AAA station."
Source: Bandcamp
Artist: Eric Herman
Song: "Can We Buy a New Car (So I Can Have a Balloon)?"
Album: Party Animal
Description: Washington-based Eric Herman says the country sound of this new tune from his forthcoming album is more the exception than the rule for the album, but I like it -- very Wilco circa-Summerteeth. The song lyrics? Well, based on the title alone I'm pretty sure you can guess that it's not one of his tender ballads.
Source: Reverbnation
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