Radio Playlist: New Music August 2013

It's been four weeks since my July new music playlist, which means it's time to post another Spotify update for new music (see the July playlist here).  As always, it's limited in that if an artist hasn't chosen to post a song on Spotify, I can't put it on the list, nor can I feature songs from as-yet-unreleased albums.  But I'm always keeping stuff in reserve for the next Spotify playlist.

[Note to self: include the new Dan Zanes / Elizabeth Mitchell album next month (when it's actually released).  Thanks, self, you go, guy!]

Check out the list here or go right here if you're in Spotify.

**** New Music August 2013 (August 2013 Kindie Playlist) ****

The UpSouth Twisters – Head & Shoulders
Human-Tim & Robot-Tim – Shine
Frances England – Move Like Saturday Night
Lena – Happy as Clams
Alice DiMicele – If I Were an Otter
Enzo Garcia – Home
Birdie – Slip N' Slide
Bob McGrath – Sing... Sing a Song - Vocal
Birdie's Playhouse – Snail Cha Cha

Fozzie – Movin' Right Along

 

Monday Morning Smile: The Ultimate "Sing" Post (feat. Laura Doherty)

My kids have been singing "Sing," the classic Joe Raposo song written for the first season of Sesame Street in 1970, for a few weeks now. It's because they've had Laura Doherty's fine album Shining Like a Star (CD Baby | iTunes) on rotation in the minivan. Which made me think that I should totally do a "Monday Morning Smile" on the song. Because while it's ostensibly (and originally) a "kids' song," it clearly has entered the American songbook as a song appropriate for all ages. ShiningLikeAStar.jpgAnd then it occurred to me, maybe I can get Laura's version in this post -- a version I really like and which I would've put into my "Top 25 Songs" list if I didn't think it wasn't a little unfair to put such a classic song in there. Luckily, she agreed to let me feature it here. So let's kick off this post with an exclusive, limited-time-only stream of "Sing" from Laura's Shining Like a Star album. [Ed.: I told you, limited-time-only.]