Artist: Laura Veirs
Song: "King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki Me O"
Album: Tumble Bee: Laura Veirs Sings Folk Songs For Children
Description: This could easily be a long-lost Sesame Street, right down to the washed-out (watercolor) look of the animation.
Artist: Laura Veirs
Song: "King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki Me O"
Album: Tumble Bee: Laura Veirs Sings Folk Songs For Children
Description: This could easily be a long-lost Sesame Street, right down to the washed-out (watercolor) look of the animation.
Artist: Lisbonne
Song: "Feelings"
Album: N/A (OKIDO magazine)
Description: A sunnier Belle & Sebastian, perhaps, with a full range of, er, feelings. My personal favorite feelings described here? "Sweet" and "sour." Based on a poem by Gabby Dawnay, with illustrations by Alex Barrow.
Source: Vimeo
Artist: Dog on Fleas
Song: "Just Another Finger"
Album: Invisible Friends
Description: Fun with Mac photo software. Also: is it just me, or didn't you think the thumb would have a much lower voice?
Source: YouTube
Artist: Medeski, Martin & Wood
Song: "Where's the Music?"
Album: Let's Go Everywhere
Description: Ren & Stimpy meets early-childhood-education-based attention game meets awesome sauce. (Yeah, the video's more than four years old. Who cares?)
Source: Vimeo
Artist: Bill Harley
Song: "Wash Your Hands"
Album: N/A
Description: Important public health announcement meets childish mugging (Harley may be the youngest at heart of all). Also: download the song and other materials for free here.
Source: YouTube
Artist: WeBop (Jazz at Lincoln Center)
Song: "Shakey Shake Shake"
Album: WeBop: A Family Jazz Party!
Description: Mambo meets music and movement meets some other word that starts with "M" but really means Electronic Press Kit. (But it's a lot less dry than that phrase implies.)
Source: YouTube
Artist: Todd McHatton
Song: "Bears Bear Bare Bears"
Album: Galactic Champions of Joy
Description: iPad animation meets ursine homonymity.
Source: YouTube
Artist: Spaghetti Eddie (AKA Brendan Parker)
Song: "Sleepy Song"
Album: Spaghetti Eddie! And Other Children's Songs
Description: Sleepytime meets Sgt. Pepper's. (Also: the use of the toy xylophone is totally awesome.)
Source: YouTube