"Seventeen Years (A Cicada Love Song)" - Lloyd Miller

Artist: Lloyd Miller

Song: "Seventeen Years (A Cicada Love Song)"​

Album: S.S. Brooklyn (forthcoming)​

Description: A timely, funky jam from Miller's forthcoming late-summer solo album, interspersed with some very homemade cicada drawings and close-up cicada videos.​

Source: YouTube

"Fish Sticks" - Recess Monkey

Artist: Recess Monkey

Song: "Fish Sticks"​

Album: Deep Sea Diver

Description: You know, drummer Korum Bischoff looks a little different than when I met him in Brooklyn for Kindiefest.  Can't quite put my finger on it, though...​

Source: YouTube

"Hippie Mom" - Big Bang Boom

Artist: Big Bang Boom

Song: "Hippie Mom"​

Album: Because I Said So!​

Description:​ They know of what they sing, those North Carolina boys.  It's an affectionately teasing look at life with a counter-cultural parent, but with the emphasis on affectionate.  (And I've always liked the song.)

Source: YouTube

"Toy Symphony" - Leopold Mozart

Artist: Toronto Chamber Orchestra

Song: "Toy Symphony" (Leopold Mozart)​

Album: Listen to the Birds: An Introduction to Classical Music

Description:​ I hesitate to call this video animated, as it's pretty much just moving the camera around the illustrations from The Secret Mountain's latest book/CD set.  But the illustrations are pretty, and I think kids'll get a kick out of listening to a handful of instruments that do not sound like your typical orchestral instruments.  (The "Toy Symphony" is not just a cute appellation.)

Source: Vimeo

"The Funky Lumberjack - Martykins & Friends

Artist: Martykins & Friends

Song:​ "The Funky Lumberjack"

Album:​ Martykins and Friends

Description:​ Nicely animated video for a fun(ky) song.  Yes, I would post this solely for the "axe" pun.  Animation by Nana Boachie.

Source: YouTube

"High 5 Your Shadow" - Ratboy Jr.

Artist: Ratboy Jr.​

Song: "High 5 Your Shadow"​

Album: Champions of the Universe

Description: That is one danceable shadow.  A fun video for my favorite song off Ratboy Jr.'s latest album.​  (But those woo-hoos?  Too high for my voice, at least at loud sing-along volumes.  I think Little Boy Blue has a much easier time of it.)

Source: YouTube

"Gravity" - Rocknoceros

Artist: Rocknoceros

Song: "Gravity"​

Album: Dark Side of the Moon Bounce

Desription: Going way back in the kindie time machine for this one, off Rockno's fine second album.​ Not sure what the spinning (and singing) fork is all about, but I like it anyway.

Source: YouTube

"Camping Paper Story" - Angie Engelbart (PLAY music)

Artist: Angie Engelbart (PLAY music)

Song: "Camping Paper Story"​

Album: N/A

Description:​ It's a craft, it's a song, it's a video.  Though nicely sung by Angie Engelbart, I don't expect the video itself to capture a child's attention for repeated views.  Done live, however, I can imagine the origami story song by Anne Kelly-Saxenmeyer would be fun for a storytime.

Source: Vimeo