Combining elements from Latin music, jazz, folk rock and Afro-Caribbean rhythms, Hot Peas 'N Butter has created a series of kids' album parents can enjoy too. We dug this CD out out a couple of weeks ago and Z has been demanding to listen to it daily ever since.

The band has caught on in a big way, with videos appearing last year on both NOGGIN and Nickelodeon, and you can see why. Hot Peas 'N Butter makes the kind of music that compels to you to get up off the couch and move. We've found ourselves dancing while folding clothes, dancing while cooking, and dancing while dancing! (Have we mentioned that Z loves to dance?)

Funky track "Jack-A-Lacka" is a favorite in our house, causing Z to do a little booty shakin'. Here's the band performing it:


And the band recently released videos of several more songs. Some of them are on YouTube, but they aren't embeddable and they have higher-quality versions on their own website, where you can also preview tracks from Volume 4, The Pod Squad. - Jennifer