"Dance of the Rubber Chickens" - Sandbox

Artist: Sandbox 

Song: "Dance of the Rubber Chickens" 

Album:  Rubber Chicken Rock

Description:  This is a novelty song (in more ways than one).

But, oh, what a novelty song. 

Source: YouTube 

"Sunshine Through My Window" - Play Date

Artist: Play Date 

Song: "Sunshine Through My Window" 

Album: Imagination 

Description: That illustrated elephant on the cover of the band's debut album?  He's real and he's on vacation. 

Source: YouTube 

"Banana Man" - Glen Hansard

Artist: Glen Hansard

Song: "Banana Man" 

Album: N/A

Description:  This is a video Hansard recorded for the forthcoming Adventure Sandwich TV show (yes, I was a Kickstarter backer).  Yes, it's a song about bananas.  And, of course, being Hansard, it sounds great, but it's the puppets that make it re-watchable.

Source: YouTube 

"Why Is the Sky Blue?" - Nick Cope

Artist: Nick Cope 

Song: "Why Is the Sky Blue?" 

Album: Why Is the Sky Blue? 

Description: The English musician Nick Cope and his son Burt have made quite a few videos together.  Their new one, for the title track to Nick's third album for families, is from the perspective a kid who asks a lot of (accentuated, well-rhymed) questions, and so the Copes' lo-fi animation style fits perfectly.

Source: YouTube 

"Ice Cream Sunday" - Groovy David

Artist:  Groovy David

Song:  "Ice Cream Sunday"

Album:  Kiddie Lounge

Description:  A swingin' ode to ice cream.  I think I was at an ice cream shop in San Francisco once that featured both "bacon and blueberry" and "dirt" flavors.

Source:  Vimeo

"It's OK" - Bill Crosby

Artist: Bill Crosby

Song: "It's OK" 

Album: Turtles Are Home

Description: Save for one thing, there's nothing particularly notable about this video from the Nashville-based Crosby's new album.  It's not bad, mind you -- sepia-toned, well-edited -- but fairly plain.  But it's that one thing -- the presence of an ASL interpreter -- that makes it stand out.  While it might be a gimmick in most videos, in this one, for a mild New Orleans strut about accepting ourselves and our differences, it's a great match.

Source: YouTube