Artist: Debbie and Friends
Song: "Hangin' Around"
Album: Story Songs & Sing Alongs
Description: This is one of the most singularly educational songs in recent kids music and while the video (pre-Debbie's association with Planet Sunday) isn't super, it's an effective match for the lyrics.
Source: Vimeo
Artist: Umigo (feat. Bootsy Collins)
Song: "Rocketbox"
Album: N/A
Description: Once you get past the beginning of this cartoon, which explains why Bootsy Collins would be singing about telling time (Umigo -- the concept, not the character -- is actually funded by a government grant designed to teach kids 2 through 8 mathematic principles), you get to a funky song featuring Bootsy Collins singing about telling time.
Source: Vimeo
Artist: The Flannery Brothers
Song: "Banana on the Head!"
Album: N/A
Description: I like the song -- it's very simple, minimal almost. But it's the video, in which a few dozen urban residents are willing to have themselves be filmed with bananas on their head, that makes this a low-key delight.
Source: YouTube
Artist: Cat Doorman
Song: "Whistling Song"
Album: The Cat Doorman Songbook
Description: Recorded alongside a story, and as part of a series of videos, for Oregon Public Broadcasting (here's "Turn Around" and "Madame Claire"), it's a very direct, simple but elegantly filmed version of the jazzy original.
Source: Vimeo
Artist: Ellis Paul
Song: "Jackie Robinson"
Album: The Hero in You
Description: With the release of the Jackie Robinson biopic 42 this weekend, Boston folk troubadour Ellis Paul's tribute to the Brooklyn Dodger who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball gets a timely video that, in very newsreel-y fashion, provides a basic introduction to this American hero.
Source: YouTube
Artist: Dean Jones
Song: "Snail Mail"
Album: When the World Was New
Description: Dean Jones gets funky with his bad self (and, er, a guinea pig, a banana, and Tim Sutton from Ratboy Jr., who directed the video) in this shout-out to the U.S. Postal Service. From the forthcoming Dean Jones album.
Source: YouTube
Artist: Helen Austin
Song: "Top of the World"
Album: Always Be a Unicorn
Description: I probably would have considered tossing all those random detritus of miniature toys, but in the new video from Vancouver-based artist Austin about looking down from far above they get repurposed for exploration.
Source: YouTube
Artist: Hot Peas 'N Butter
Song: "Colores"
Album: Colores (single)
Description: Bright, primary colors, simple animation, and a touch of Latin rhythm to go along with the touch of Spanish in the lyrics. A simple song and video, but one that will probably entertain the preschoolers.
Source: YouTube
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