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: Mister G
Album: NABE Promo
Description: Three tracks from the bilingual Massachusetts musician presumably (and appropriately) distributed at the National Association for Bilingual Education. Two of the tracks are from Mister G's latest album Chocolalala, with the third from its predecessor Bugs.
Source: Bandcamp
Artist: Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
Album: 23 Skidoo Sampler EP
Description: A stellar 5-song EP from the talented kid-hop purveyor. Includes the anthem "Gotta Be Me" and radio hit "Space Cadet."
Source: Bandcamp
Artist: George Clinton featuring Madame Mims
Song: "Atomic Frogs"
Album: Yo Gabba Gabba - Music is Awesome 4
Description: Did you need to bring the intergalactic amphibious funk to your kids? Yeah, I thought so.
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: Recess Monkey
Album: Mixtape EP
Description: A 5-song sampler from the Seattle band from albums new ("Grandmom's House") and old ("The Sandbox Song"). A nice overview from kindie's most prolific band over the past 5 or 6 years.
Source: Bandcamp
Artist: Frances England
Song: N/A
Album: N/A
Description: OK, this is slightly different from what I normally post here in that although it's "free" and it's "music," it's not "free music." England recently released Volume 1 of her songbook, featuring lyrics and chords to four of her most popular songs -- "Jacques Cousteau," "Daddy-O," "Sometimes," and "You & Me." I guess once you start playing it yourself, then it is, in fact, "free music." You can grab the songbook (and her free iOS app "Draw on the Table" from her "Fun" page, or download the songbook directly.
Source: Website
Artist: Various Artists (Golden Records)
Album: Various
Description: A ten-track sampler from the rejuvenated Golden Records, drawn from their three albums: 2 collections of their classic orchestrated material of familiar kids tunes released a half-century ago, and an album of newly-recorded material. This material clearly isn't for everyone, but I consider it a little bit like kindie comfort food; you can download (or stream) for yourself to see if you're in the mood for some kindie casserole.
Source: Soundcloud
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