Quick Sound Bites: Tunes For Little Loves

Some great children’s music has been released this week, just in time for Valentine’s Day, so I decided to share them with you. Consider it my Valentine’s gift, with less calories than candy hearts, but just as sweet.

Dog On Fleas will release their eighth album Buy One Get One Flea on February 18th. Lucky for us, they released a song in advance so we could celebrate the day of love with them.

Grammy Award winning producer Dean Jones sings lead on the adorable song “I Must Be a Genius,” a tune about the brilliance in making the right choice in who you love. Check out the video!

 

 

Laura Doherty’s newest album In a Heartbeat delivers a package of goodies as sweet as a Whitman sampler. The track “Heartbeat” is no exception. With a rich sound similar to Emmy Lou Harris, the song’s message about the beating of your heart, felt stronger with activity and love, is a constant reminder that we’re full of life, like Doherty’s music.

In a Heartbeat is available online at Amazon.com, cdbaby.com, and iTunes.

 

And this last one? I can’t stop singing it around the house. Or listening to it. I may just have an addiction to it. Walter Martin of the Walkmen will release a debut solo album in May, titled We’re All Young Together (Family Jukebox).

Conceived as a “family album” when his wife was pregnant, Martin says

It wasn’t that I wanted to write songs to suit my new situation as a parent, it was more that parenthood made relevant writing the kind of songs I’ve always loved most.

While we have to wait a few months for the album to come out, Martin’s camp couldn’t wait to unleash all of this goodness in to the world, and released the romantic track “Sing to Me” a few days ago. Featuring Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s, this song reminds me of one of those lazy Beck ballads. These two rich voices together are irresistible. If the rest of Walter Martin’s album is anything like “Sing to Me”, I’d say we’re probably looking at the best album of the year.

 

Hope you and yours have a great Valentine’s Day, and happy listening! Let me know what you think of this sweet new music.  Be sure to share on Facebook or Tweet this out using those cute little buttons below if you like what you heard!