Welcome back! OMG, how was your summer?  We're back at the grind getting the second half of Season 2 ready for you, but we *do* have some music news you can use in the meantime:   If you're in LA this Sunday, come see Andrew & Polly & The Gabes at 10:30a at McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica!  Each Gabe (including one Gabe named "Mark") will be rocking a phenomenal instrument, we'll be playing some new tunes, and we might even record a little bit for an upcoming Ear Snacks episode -- we hope we get to sing with you soon!   And if you're anywhere else and you have two ears and a heart, you should probably check out "Hold Tight, Shine Bright" - a 27-track compilation album of family songs to benefit families separated at the border.  Along with Lucky Diaz and Mista Cookie Jar, we're proud to have brought so many generous members of the family music community together to show our support for the most vulnerable among us.  All proceeds from "Hold Tight, Shine Bright" go to RAICES Texas, an organization seeking to #reuniteeverychild -- we hope you'll check it out on iTunes and share what you love to support what YOU believe in, too:   https://itunes.apple.com/album/id1426119606?ls=1&app=itunes   Songs from "Hold Tight, Shine Bright" featured on this episode: - Good Day by Frances England - Esta Lucesita by Elizabeth Mitchel & Suni Paz - Una Gran Familia by Lucy Kalantari and The Jazz Cats - Stand with Me by Dean Jones feat. Shamsi Ruhe - Shine Your Light by The Hold Tight Shine Bright Project   If you've asked to be on Ear Snacks, we haven't forgotten about you! If you would like to learn more or to be on the show, visit www.earsnacks.org