"Sleep Eye" - Elizabeth Mitchell

Artist: Elizabeth Mitchell

Song: "Sleep Eye"

Album: Little Seed: Songs for Children by Woody Guthrie

Description: This is such a minimalist song video -- and in it, is its beauty.  Mitchell and her husband Daniel Littleton with little more than two guitars (one used only for percussive purposes) create a perfect little lullaby, recorded live at the Smithsonian Institution.

Source: Vimeo

 

"Diaperman" - The Harmonica Pocket

Artist: The Harmonica Pocket

Song: "Diaperman"

Album: Apple Apple

Description: Who would have thought that a song called "Diaperman" would be so, erm, sweet?  I'm pretty sure nobody (over the age of 6) would want a "Diaperman" puppet, but that might actually work once you see this.

Source: YouTube

 

Teatro ZinZanni live circus show - Recess Monkey

Artist: Recess Monkey

Song: N/A

Album: In Tents

Description: 65+ minutes of Recess Monkey goodness from their recently-completed circus-themed show with Teatro ZinZanni.  It's a concert, from a great album, plus circus stuff.  How can you lose?

Source: YouTube

"Sing Loud!" - Melissa Green

Artist: Melissa Green

Song: "Sing Loud!"

Album: Sing Loud!

Description: There's not too much about the title track from Green's forthcoming (July 31) album or its video that would mark it as being "kids' music."  Maybe the lyric, "stomp stomp stomp."  Or, in the video, Green dancing, apropos of nothing really, between two large pieces of construction equipment.  But it is a shiny, shimmery piece of kid-friendly pop with a chorus designed to lodge in the brains of all who hear.  And the video is polished to match.

Source: YouTube