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Molly Song of the Week - Laura Veirs - Tumble Bee

Part of the ongoing series of 'Molly Songs' : a weekly look featuring songs that our children will love, but more importantly parents can enjoy as well. I've had a chance to talk to a lot of parents about this and I'm not the only parent to have this dilemma.  It's either subject yourself to the crap that's called kids' music or torture your child with your stuff, right?  Not so, has been my position.  Seems it's shared by indie artist and first-time mom Laura Veirs .  She and her husband, music producer Tucker Martine, took matters into their own hands and made an incredible folk-children's album. The thought was, per Tucker Martine, @5;18 in the video below, "Kids love the Beetles ! You know, they just like if you put good music in front of them.  So, we definitely kept that in mind that we just need to make something that we enjoy ...  maybe speaking to our child-like nature." Inspired by the birth of her son and by countless f