Artist: Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could
Song: "Pie"
Album: N/A
Description: A celebration of all things sweet and crusty. OK, just one type of sweet and crusty thing. Featuring, as Rymer puts it, "tasty slide guitar by Larry Campbell." The sort of bluesy, gooey Americana that Rymer and his band do so well.
Source: Bandcamp
Mama - single cover
Artist: Mista Cookie Jar and the Chocolate Chips
Song: "Mama"
Album: Forthcoming
Description: Another jumble of styles from King Jumbler himself Mista Cookie Jar. This midtempo bouncer is autobiographical, telling the story of how his parents emigrated from the Philippines to America, but it's primarily a love song to his mom (and, therefore, of broader interest than just to those fans of one of kindie's most interesting characters).
Source: Bandcamp
Artist: Emily Dale
Song: "The Dot Song"
Album: N/A
Description: There is a good chance that you and/or your kids have read The Dot, a lovely little picture book from Peter H. Reynolds about creativity and in particular the importance of simply starting anywhere. Now Los Angeles-based musician Dale has teamed up with Reynolds to pen this poppy song to accompany the book. If you were charmed by the book, the song is a nice accompaniment.
Source: Bandcamp
Photo: Christine Eaves
Artist: Little Miss Ann
Song: "Follow Me"
Album: Follow Me
Description: The first single from the Chicago artist's Kickstarted album is the sprightly title track. With spring right around the corner, this'll fit in quite nicely.
Source: Soundcloud
Artist: Papa Crow
Song: "In All of the World"
Album: Full Moon, Full Moon
Description: A mellow track emphasizing the universality of emotions from the Michigan-based musician, who says he wrote the song "sitting by the plastic kiddie pool" on the 4th of July in 2010, long before his fine debut album Things That Roar came out. A hint of Van Morrison in the song, which'll be on Papa Crow's upcoming album, due out later this year.
Source: Soundcloud
Artist: Elizabeth Cotten
Song: "Freight Train"
Album: Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes
Description: An all-time classic, kids or otherwise, performed by its creator, Elizabeth Cotten, who came to national attention relatively late in life after she -- entirely coincidentally -- found herself working for Ruth Crawford Seeger.. It's from the reissue of Cotten's first album, recently reissued by Smithsonian Folkways.
Artist: Baron Von Rumblebuss
Song: "Bubble Wrap"
Album: N/A
Description: It's been a little while since we've heard new music from the North Carolina-based power-popper, so glad to hear that Tray Batson hasn't lost his touch. It didn't arrive via "ups" man, but digital will do just fine. (Except for the bubble wrap popping -- gotta have the real thing for that.)
Source: Reverbnation
Artist: Jesse Olsen Bay
Song: "Doggy in the Diner"
Album: N/A
Description: A delightful little single from the Bay Area-based, er, Bay. Animals in places they probably shouldn't be, doing things they probably shouldn't be doing, with lo-fi ("mason jar percussion") accompaniment. (The "explicit" version is 99% a joke, by the way -- it earns it for using the word "cigarette.") It's a name your price download, if you'd like...
Source: Bandcamp
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