Artist: Jefrey Au Go Go
Song: "Peter the Pushy Puppy"
Album: Jefrey Au Go Go!
Description: This video, the first from the Australian musician's first kindie album, features him in a dog suit, playing an overzealous canine. He and his friend Paula throw themselves so wholeheartedly into their roles (ya gotta be committed if you're gonna wear shoe polish on the nose) that it's hard not to appreciate their work accompanying the gentle, moral lesson-song.
Source: YouTube
Artist: Laurie Berkner
Song: "Bottle Caps"
Album: The Ultimate Laurie Berkner Band Collection
Description: With the release of a new greatest hits collection (think of it as Volume 2), Berkner is releasing a series of simple but well-done videos (here's "Drive My Car") featuring Berkner singing directly to her audience along with some other visual distractions -- in this case, the occasional cutaway to some vintage bottlecaps (or rocks in a box, or strings in some things... if you're familiar with the song, you get the point). Nothing wildly creative, but very engaging for preschoolers. I'd also note that these just look very competently produced -- if they eventually end on a DVD (or available via download), that would not surprise me one bit.
Source: YouTube
Artist: Fox and Branch
Song: "New Orleans Hop Scop Blues"
Album: Let Us Get Together
Description: This is a simple video, but the combination of the Wisconsin duo's gentle take on George Washington Thomas, Jr.'s blues song and watching kids (and, briefly, Fox and Branch themselves) dance, well, it's a good 150 seconds of your day.
Source: YouTube
Artist: Lyndy Butler
Song: "Robot Love Song"
Album: Going Places
Description: A doo-wop song from some alternate Hairspray universe, with art for the video done by Parker Jacobs of Yo Gabba Gabba fame. The idea of a love song for kiddos from the Utah-based Butler is a little odd, but the surreal nature (and IT-related puns) might amuse the Minecraft-obsessed.
Source: YouTube
Artist: Eric Herman
Song: "There's a Monster in My House"
Album: The Kid in the Mirror
Description: For his latest video, Eric Herman turns to his 2003 album The Kid in the Mirror. "There's a Monster in My House" is a perfect Halloween-time video for the youngest ones in your family -- not Halloween-themed, but the tension regarding the monster is just right for your preschooler.
Source: YouTube
Artist: The Boo Hoo Crew
Song: "Shake Your Pirate Booty"
Album: Shake Your Pirate Booty
Description: Southern California's BHC aren't completely a pirate band, but they've got enough pirate-themed songs that they compiled them onto a single disk, and the title track has an animated video. With International Talk Like a Pirate Day barely a month away, think of this as an amuse bouche to whet your appetite.
Not that pirates ever eat amuse bouches.
Source: YouTube
Artist: Mista Cookie Jar and the Chocolate Chips
Album: 3's a Charm
Description: Is this basically a version of those photograph clip videos you seen at weddings, graduation parties, and class reunions? Yes. I don't typically like them, so don't typically post them. But this one a) is very well-done, b) features kids are familiar to most of us who've seen MCJ in the kindie world over the years, and -- most importantly -- c) is a perfect fit for the slightly wistful singalong about growing up. I quite like it -- it's a great intro to the new EP from the band.
Source: YouTube
Artist: Key Wilde and Mr. Clarke
Song: "Bear Song"
Album: N/A
Description: I generally prefer KWMC's rave-up songs (as does Little Boy Blue), but this loping country song about 8 different types of bears has its charms. The song was written in collaboration with the Woodlands Wildlife Refuge, a non-profit wildlife rehabilitation facility dedicated to the care and release of orphaned and injured wildlife.
Source: YouTube
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