A political and environmental awareness lies at the root of the songs by Vermont-based singer-songwriter Jon Gailmor. However, his best tunes are aimed at the younger members of his audience. The host of a children's music radio show, Just Kiddin, broadcast by WDEV in Vermont since 1979, Gailmor has sung witty tunes about circus animals ("Jumbo the Elephant"), dogs who pursue an education ("Randy and Ned Go to School"), the joys of sandboxes ("Dirt!"), the suburbanizing of America ("Edifice Complex") and international brotherhood ("Letters").
Gailmor spent his early years in...