Silly Reflection - Lunch Money

Artist: Lunch Money​

Album: Silly Reflection​

Description:​ The late-2004 debut from the South Carolina trio (now quartet) is "22 minutes long... [and] short but sweet -- there isn't a bad song on the album."  (From my album review.)

Source: Bandcamp​

Dizzy - Lunch Money

Artist: Lunch Money

Album: Dizzy​

Description:​ "'Kids' music parents will love' is a tired cliche and often constitutes false advertising. But, as with great children's books that adults delight in reading, albums like Dizzy show that it's possible to make music that engages everyone who has a little kid in the house, or a little kid inside himself." (From my NPR review.)

Source: Bandcamp​

Spicy Kid - Lunch Money

Artist: Lunch Money​

Album: Spicy Kid

Description:​ "If Spicy Kid works in a slightly minor key, less a celebration of parenthood than a diary, that doesn't mean it's less joyful than any of its predecessors, and fans (or fans-to-be) of those predecessors should be every bit as enamored of this new album."  (From the 2012 album review)

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​

"Can We Buy A New Car (So I Can Have a Balloon)?" - Eric Herman

Artist: Eric Herman​

Song: "Can We Buy a New Car (So I Can Have a Balloon)?"​

Album: Party Animal​

Description:​ Washington-based Eric Herman says the country sound of this new tune from his forthcoming album is more the exception than the rule for the album, but I like it -- very Wilco circa-Summerteeth​.  The song lyrics?  Well, based on the title alone I'm pretty sure you can guess that it's not one of his tender ballads.

Source: Reverbnation​

These Are My Friends - Alastair Moock

Artist: Alastair Moock​

Album: These Are My Friends​

Description:​ Released in mid-2011, Moock's album of "fresh folk for fresh folk," as I called it in my album review, still holds up.  Moock can be a modern Guthrie of sorts, with better production to boot.

Source:​ Bandcamp

"Fruit Jar" - Justin Roberts

Artist:​ Justin Roberts

Song:​ "Fruit Jar"

Album: Pop Fly

Description: It is safe to say that "Fruit Jar" ​is one of my favorite songs by one of my favorite artists.  So I don't care if I've posted about the song before.  When Roberts streams it, I'm gonna share it.  Just click on the link below.

Source​: Soundcloud