Els Animals (Animals) - Various Artists (Minimúsica)

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

Els Transports (Transportation) - Various Artists (Minimúsica)

Artist: Various Artists (Minimúsica)

Album: Els Aliments (Food)

Description:  The second collection of kid-friendly indie-pop from Barcelona-based label Sones and their Minimúsica offshoot, this 2011 compilation focuses on transportation-based themes.  I love "Autobús" but there are a lot of very fun tracks, even the ones about dreamboats, which I think might be stretching the definition of transportation just a bit.  As I noted in my 2011 review of this album and its predecessor, these songs need to end up on a Putumayo collection somewhere.  Another stellar collection of kindie for your bilingual preschooler.  Or even your monolingual preschooler.

Source: Bandcamp

Els Aliments (Food) - Various Artists (Minimúsica)

Artist: Various Artists (Minimúsica)

Album: Els Aliments (Food)

Description:  The first collection of kid-friendly indie-pop from Barcelona-based label Sones and their Minimúsica offshoot, this 2010 compilation focuses on food themes.  As I noted in my 2011 review of this album and its successor, these songs need to end up on a Putumayo collection somewhere.  So much fun, without a doubt this is Spanish/Catalan kindie ("Cindie"?).

Source: Bandcamp

ABC Fiesta - Mister G

Artist: Mister G

Album:  ABC Fiesta

Description:  Following up his fun Spanish-language and bilingual album Chocolalala from last year, the Massachusetts singer-songwriter is back with another dozen songs for the bilingually-inclined.  The songs are new, even the couple that were released previously get new recordings.  Album to be released Sept. 28, 2013.

Source: Bandcamp

Move Like An Animal - Birdie's Playhouse

Artist: Birdie's Playhouse 

Album: Move Like An Animal

Description:  Latin-inflected grooves backing up stories about the natural world.  If you listen to just one song, make it "Snail Cha Cha," featuring some kindie guest stars.  Oh, and if you'd rather go all the way in listening in Spanish, the Los Angeles-based Birdie has you covered with Muévete Como Los Animales.

Source: Bandcamp 

Bugs - Mister G

Artist: Mister G​

Album: Bugs​

Description:​ As I described it in my review, the 2011 album from the Massachusetts-based Mister G is multi-lingual and a "slick set of tracks that, save for the topics and lyrics (very much for the second grader in your life), in many cases (e.g., "Friends" or "Snow Day") would sound appropriate on your local AAA station."

Source: Bandcamp​

Fantastico! - Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band

Artist: Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band​

Album: ¡Fantastico!

Description:​ Los Angeles-based Diaz reworks some of his biggest (English-language) pop confections into (Spanish-language) pop confections.  At 22 minutes, it's as much a long EP as a short album, but worth checking out if you're not already a big fan of Diaz' work.

Source: Bandcamp​

Chocolalala - Mister G

Artist: Mister G​

Album: Chocolalala​

Description:​ The Massachusetts-based Mister G has always delved into Spanish-language songs on his albums, but as you might guess from the title of his latest, this one is more bilingual than most.

Source: Bandcamp