Oh, look, it's a new album from Chicago's Little Miss Ann. It's Follow Me, and although it's officially released May 1, she's put it up for the world to stream. The album, pushed out into the world courtesy of a Kickstarter campaign, features some sprightly originals like the title track and "Can You Make a Circle?," not to mention the classic "Bushel and a Peck" from Guys and Dolls. Worth some time to check out.
Little Miss Ann - Follow Me [Bandcamp]
It went from my list of favorite kids music videos of 2013 to voting for the initial stage of the 2014 edition of the KidVid Tournament to voting in Semifinal #1 and Semifinal #2, and now we're at the final two: Karen K and the Jitterbugs and Frances England.
Karen K and the Jitterbugs' '70s-sitcom-aping video for "(I Woke Up in a) Firetruck " from Big Ol' Truck crushed (in a kindly, kindie way) Duke Otherwise on Friday. That video faces off against Frances England's stop-motion collage video (from Antonina Clarke) for "Day You Were Born" from Blink of an Eye, which had to go to overtime to defeat Alison Krauss (singing a Sandra Boynton tune).
Well, why wait any longer to vote? As always, the rules are brief and simple:
1) One vote per family.
2) Deadline to vote is 8 PM Monday night West Coast time.
3) Be nice, play fair, have fun, don't get obsessed with it.
With that, watch both videos and vote!
Frances England - "Day You Were Born" [YouTube]
Karen K and the Jitterbugs - "(I Woke Up in a) Firetruck" [YouTube]
I was busy this week, but not nearly as much as the week(s) before. Also, I hope you liked videos this week, but even if you didn't, there was more for you 'round these parts.
Blog: KidVid Tournament 2014!, My Annual Post About "Felt Around the World", KidVid 2014 Tournament Semifinal #1: Alison Krauss vs. Frances England, Listen To This: We're a Club in the Woods - Bears and Lions, KidVid Tournament Semifinal #2: Karen K and the Jitterbugs vs. Duke Otherwise
Videos: "Domingo the Flamingo" - Laura Doherty
Listen to Music: Australian Playground - Putumayo Kids (Various Artists), 'Til the Morning: Lullabies & Songs of Comfort: Edie Carey & Sarah Sample, Cat Doorman Songbook (Sampler) - Cat Doorman
Free Music: None this week
Kids Music Reviews: None this week
iOS Apps: Petting Zoo (Animal Animations) - Fox & Sheep / Christoph Niemann
Upcoming Releases: Constantly updating...
Podcasts
Kindie Week in Review: Ep. 56: Poems About Anna and Elsa
My Other Other Gig: None this week
Bake Sale: None this week
As noted yesterday, the voting for the initial stage of the 2014 edition of the KidVid Tournament from my list of favorite kids music videos of 2013 has ended and the top vote-getters are (alphabetically)...
Duke Otherwise - "Brussels Sprout Shout!"
Frances England - "Day You Were Born"
Karen K and the Jitterbugs - "(I Woke Up in a) Firetruck"
Alison Krauss (via Sandra Boynton) - "End of a Summer Storm"
Yesterday featured England v. Krauss. Today's Semifinal #2 features Karen K and the Jitterbugs' '70s-sitcom-aping video for "(I Woke Up in a) Firetruck " from Big Ol' Truck facing off against a dinner party dressed as if they might do some jitterbugging later in Duke Otherwise's video for "Brussels Sprout Shout!" from Creepy Crawly Love.
As always, the rules are brief and simple:
1) One vote per family.
2) Deadline to vote is 8 PM Friday night West Coast time.
3) Be nice, play fair, have fun, don't get obsessed with it.
With that, watch both videos and vote!
Duke Otherwise - "Brussels Sprout Shout!" [YouTube]
Karen K and the Jitterbugs - "(I Woke Up in a) Firetruck" [YouTube]
I've already talked about how Florida's Bears and Lions strode into Kindiefest 2013 and knocked us all over with their slightly anarchic energy.
Well, it's taken nearly a year, but their debut album We're a Club in the Woods can now be streamed so everyone can hear for themselves their gloriously goofy stories about pancakes and dogs and much more. (Official album release is in mid-May.)
At the very least, give "Pancakes" (the first track) a spin with your kids and tell me at least one of you isn't shouting "PAN-CAKE SWEEP-STAKES" by the end.
Well, the voting for the initial stage of the 2014 edition of the KidVid Tournament from my list of favorite kids music videos of 2013 has ended and the top vote-getters are (alphabetically)...
Duke Otherwise - "Brussels Sprout Shout!"
Frances England - "Day You Were Born"
Karen K and the Jitterbugs - "(I Woke Up in a) Firetruck"
Alison Krauss (via Sandra Boynton) - "End of a Summer Storm"
But there's little time for the four of them to rest on their laurels as we move directly in the final, er, four. Semifinal #1 features Frances England's stop-motion collage video (from Antonina Clarke) for "Day You Were Born" from Blink of an Eye going up against a bunny's courageous trip home in Keith Boynton's video for Alison Krauss' "End of a Summer Storm" from Sandra Boynton's Frog Trouble.
As always, the rules are brief and simple:
1) One vote per family.
2) Deadline to vote is 8 PM Thursday night West Coast time.
3) Be nice, play fair, have fun, don't get obsessed with it.
With that, watch both videos and vote!
Frances England - "Day You Were Born" [YouTube]
Alison Krauss (via Sandra Boynton) - "End of a Summer Storm" [YouTube]
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