Artist: S.S. Bungalow
Album: The Peculiar Tales of the S.S. Bungalow (EP)
Description: Titled an EP, this is really just a sampler of the full-length album funded via Kickstarter. You've already heard their demo tracks, perhaps, now listen to five tracks of the intricately crafted Americana weirdness (that's a compliment, folks) and download 'em for the price of an e-mail (and anything you'd like to tip the fine folks from Portland).
Source: Noisetrade
Artist: Various Artists
Album: Kick Out the Jammies
Description: The 11-song sampler from Burniside Distribution is the second free Amazon sampler (here's the first from a couple years ago) from the Pacific Northwest distributor, and it's a solid collection, with great tracks from Key Wilde & Mr. Clarke, the Verve Pipe, Recess Monkey, Caspar Babypants, Cat Doorman, Readeez, and more. In fact, you should probably have a lot of those tracks already, so get it for the ones you don't know (or your less-savvy friends who refuse to take your sonic advice).
Source: Amazon / Cool Mom Tech (who have been killin' it recently with kids music recs)
Artist: Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could
Song: "Opening Day"
Album: N/A
Description: A sunny, shuffling song celebrating America's national pastime. It name-checks baseball's most famous players, but its heart is with the Little Leaguers.
Source: Bandcamp
Artist: Yumzah
Album: Freebee (Sampler)
Age Range: 4 through 9
Description: I've previously pointed you in the direction of many of these free songs, but now Nashville's Steve Lee is gearing up to play shows (and new songs) in his new band Yumzah! so he's repackaged many of the songs from his fabulous 2007 debut album What Did You Do Today, Stephen Scott Lee? for this free sampler. Really, people, would I bother sending you to the same basic set of songs a second time if I didn't think some of it was really, really great? Download this thing.
Source: Bandcamp
Artist: The Hipwaders
Song: "Here Comes Peter Cottontail"
Album: "Gaia She Knows" / "Here Comes Peter Cottontail" single
Description: Part of the Bay Area's band series of monthly single releases, download this Easter-y song before, y'know, Easter! Hip-hip-hoppa-hippa-hip-hip-hoppa. Lots of fun.
Source: Soundcloud
Artist: Heidi Swedberg
Song: "Cup of Tea"
Album: Untitled and forthcoming
Description: A sweet little love song co-written by Swedberg and her youngest daughter. Better yet, it's one more sign that Swedberg's next album for families, the follow-up to her fun-for-all debut Play!, will soon be ready for the world at large. (And once you've downloaded it, watch the video below to learn how to play it.)
Source: Out With The Kids
Artist: The Board of Education
Song: "First Day"
Album: N/A
Description: The braniac band's next album Binary is coming out late this month, they swear, but they've got a single for the first day of school just in time for, OK, 'round these parts it's, like, the fifth week of school, but I think there are still a few districts around the country respecting the no-school-before-Labor-Day rule. A bit of a different sound, but still the mix of salty and sweet the band does so well. They're the Kettle Corn of kindie.
Source: Soundcloud / Bandcamp
The Flannery Brothers are very educational. Here they are, writing a zippity, finger-snapping song that just happens to help kids put on their jackets. It's a song so catchy it needed its own website. And video.
But if you'd like, you may simply download the song for free below.
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