Tis the season for cuddling with loved ones, listening to lullabies & enjoying artful music videos like this one. Thank you Josh Ritter for creating such sweet tunes &  wonderful winter scenes by simply using 12,000 pieces of construction paper. A review reads, “This release is quiet and lovely, with all six tracks using the word “darling” in the lyrics. This is the perfect little record to get us through the rest of the .

This is the first season I’ve used spotify to create our holiday music playlists for the store and it easily sucked up 75% of my day going through all the Winter Wonderlands, Blue Christmas’ and Jingle Bells… but some of my favorites are the ones that don’t get much radio play. (Sometimes it’s hard to find ‘good’ videos of Christmas songs on youtube, so please excuse the ‘homemade’ photo slide shows & just enjoy .

Get ready to sing ooo-aa-ooooo along with this super sweet song by Kat Edmonson. A review reads, “The delicately effortless quality of Kat Edmonson’s voice makes her sophomore album, Way Down Low, what could be considered easy listening, but its romantic, vintage sound warrants closer attention. Hints of Billie Holiday and a jazzier Feist make Edmonson’s songs feel familiar.” -Nicole Oran Like discovering happy music that takes you to a pretty place?  Simply subscribe .

I still skype with our first German daughter, Tessa regularly and she recently recommended I listen to this great girl band from Germany called Boy. They’re a fun indie pop duo that make happy music… just my style. A review reads, “No one deserves to sit by the phone on a Saturday night. Boy, a Swiss-German girl duo, fights for our right to phone calls in Little Numbers from their debut album Mutual Friends. .

Steve & I escaped to South Haven this past weekend with Jule to show her the beauty of Lake Michigan and to soak in the last bit of summer. After searching for some tunes to add to my beach playlist, I stumbled upon the band appropriately named, Poolside and really liked this daytime disco-esque Neil Young cover of Harvest Moon. Like discovering happy music that takes you to a pretty place?  Simply subscribe to .

Since converting to spotify, discovering new tunes is one of my favorite pastimes.  That’s how I found this delightful indie English quartet. A review reads, “It starts with a sun-soaked piano splash. This is accompanied by angelic backing-vocals courtesy of Lucy Rose, bursts of pert bass and percussion claps. Jack Steadman delivers once again with a charming chorus that slips into a harmonic groove. “Shuffle” enshrouds the listener in a dreamy whirlwind as the .

Tessa found this happy little ditty on spotify a few weeks ago & it has become one of my go-to summer selections. A review reads, “Sometimes there’s a song that’s just too perfectly named.  That’s definitely the case with ‘You Always Make Me Smile’ from Kyle Andrews’ Kangaroo EP .  The track, with it’s whistle line and bouncy bright vibe will definitely have you smiling.” Take a listen, give your smile muscles a work out .

I first discovered Pomplamoose 3 years ago through a random twitter link & fell in love with their quirkiness & soothing sound.  Fast forward to 2012 and while strolling through spotify, I found them again! Seriously… could they be any cuter?  The song that’s on the top of my playlist currently is “If You Think You Need Some Lovin”  Take a listen & you’ll see why. Like discovering happy tunes that bring a smile .

I love little tunes that take you to a pretty place & this is one of them. Their facebook biography reads, ” Most people do not take vacations often enough, some not at all. Quality vacations let us recapture that feeling of childlike exploratory freedom, which we seem to experience less and less frequently as we age. We can have fun without worrying about the familiar consequences presented to us regularly in life. Taking .

Looking for a fun spring anthem?  I believe I’ve found mine thanks to these hipster Aussie boys. A review reads, “Cut Copy have never been able to figure out whether they’re indie rock experimentalists or ‘80s dance purists. So they’ve become both.  With Cut Copy, you never know for sure what’s going to happen, but you do know with a fair degree of certainty that it’ll be beautiful.” -Ryan Reed Before you hit play, .