Artist: Cat Doorman (aka Julianna Bright)
Album: Cat Doorman Songbook (sampler)
Description: You can now stream most of one of 2013's most distinctive-sounding albums. The debut kids' album from Portland, Oregon's Bright has an Etsy aesthetic and a brave emotional tone. (And sometimes it rocks out, too.) Listen to nine album tracks via the widget below.
Source: Soundcloud
Artist: Edie Carey & Sarah Sample
Album: 'Til the Morning: Lullabies & Songs of Comfort
Description: Funded (or pre-sold) originally as a Kickstarter project, this collection of lullabies from the two singer-songwriters promises to deliver on the promise of its album title (except for the implied 8-hour run time). The four tracks put up for preview from the June 10 release I think will interest many listeners, both for its gentle style as well as for the song selection (e.g., "California Stars," a Billy Bragg/Wilco/Woody Guthrie track, or "Lullaby," originally recorded by the Dixie Chicks).
Source: Bandcamp
Artist: Putumayo Kids (Various Artists)
Album: Australian Playground
Description: So there's a new Putumayo collection out May 27 from a land down under. It does not feature the Wiggles, which I suspect the Putumayo target audience is OK with. It does feature some usual Australian suspects ("Waltzing Matilda," natch), some omissions (no "Kookaburra"), and a bunch of folk-jazz artists (with a touch of "world music") who'll be new to the Northern Hemisphere.
Source: Bandcamp
Artist: Little Miss Ann
Song: "Follow Me"
Album: Follow Me
Description: The first single from the Chicago artist's Kickstarted album is the sprightly title track. With spring right around the corner, this'll fit in quite nicely.
Source: Soundcloud
Artist: Chicago Kindie Sampler
Album: Band Together
Description: Eight previously-unreleased tracks for $8 from eight Chicago-area musicians, including Poochamungas, Little Miss Ann, Super Stolie, Human-Tim + Robot-Tim, and more. Proceeds go to Chicago-area Intonation Music Workshop, which provides music education to area kids.
Source: Bandcamp
Artist: Rainbow Beast and the Rock Band Land Rockers
Album: Tales from the Monstrosity Scrolls
Description: Kids' songs written by kids, crafted by adults, sung (partially) by kids, sung (partially) and backed musically by adults. Fantastical in many senses of the word. (Read an interview with the band here.)
Source: Bandcamp
Artist: Caroline Herring
Album: I Will Go Into the Day
Description: A solid album of folk music for families, with a theme of exploring the world near and far gently but firmly threading its way through the entire 11-song set. Fans of her previous album for families, The Little House Songs, will find her strong voice and warm arrangements in fine form.
Source: Bandcamp
Artist: Various Artists (Minimúsica)
Album: Els Animals (Animals)
Description: You don't have to speak Spanish or Catalan to figure out that the third collection of kid-friendly indie-pop from Barcelona-based label Sones and their Minimúsica offshoot has an animal-based theme. As I noted in my review of the 2012 album, the fact that this album is a Spanish album means that the lyrics are a little more subtle and not so focused on teaching Spanish. (That may be a positive or a negative depending on your point of view. It's mostly positive from mine.) Continued fun from Spain.
Source: Bandcamp
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