Artist: Story Laurie
Song: "Who Grew My Soup?"
Album: N/A
Description: An educational song with just enough funky groove and ska to make it go down so easy. When the kids have mastered the melody, you can start reading them The Omnivore's Dilemma at night, right?
Source: Bandcamp
Artist: Lunch Money
Album: N/A
Description: South Carolina's beloved Lunch Money recorded several of their songs at North Carolina's Old House Studios. Now you can download three tracks from the band's wonderful Spicy Kid album, four from Original Friend, plus a song they recorded for the Richland Library Growing Savers Program. You're gonna have to do it yourself, but we like DIY 'round here.
Source: Bandcamp
Artist: Dog on Fleas
Song: "Hinterlands"
Album: Buy One, Get One Flea
Description: New music from the New York band Dog on Fleas is always reason for celebration. Especially when it's free. It's from their upcoming 2014 album (love that title, by the way), and their description -- "adventurous songs on the jazzier, campier side of things" -- fits this lovely, shambling track perfectly.
Source: Bandcamp
Artist: Mista Cookie Jar
Song: "Just Another Finger"
Album: N/A
Description: This song was conceived of as part of Sirius-XM Kids Place Live's "Kindie Mashup" concert recorded just before Kindiefest 2013. This isn't the live version (you'll have to listen to KPL for that), but it features MCJ's funkier take on already-kinda-funky Dog on Fleas song. I dig this one. And it's free, too.
Source: Bandcamp
Artists: Various
Album: Summer 2013 Road Trip Playlist
Description: From the fine folks at Bunch Family (with help from Beth Blenz-Clucas), a playlist of 2013 songs for summer 2013. OK, just kidding, it's only 13 songs. But they're a free download until June 1. Includes great tracks like Justin Roberts' "Fruit Jar" (not new), Key Wilde & Mr. Clarke's "Wander Round the World" (new), and "Hard Travelin'" by Alastair Moock with the Okee Dokee Brothers (so new it's not even released yet). Grab it quick, folks!
Source: Bunch Family
This will probably be the weirdest kids' song you hear all week. It's called "Backyard Camping," and somehow I'm not surprised that a candidate for "weirdest kids' song of the week" comes from the minds of Ratboy Jr. and Dog on Fleas (Dean Jones is producing the upcoming Ratboy Jr. album). It's a goof, but a goof that evokes both the Dead Milkmen and Prince in its celebration of pitching your tent in your own backyard.
Originally released on, yes, cassette, it's now available in digital format for your free downloading pleasure. (I don't want to call it a "cassingle" because my memories of those were that they came in cardboard packages, and my copy from the band came in the plastic "jewel case" format.)
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