This award-winning album has all-original upbeat dance-inducing songs mixed with sweet, calming melodies. The songs are multi-genre, influenced by rock-and-roll, funk, boogie, and even a little tango and lullaby. Charity's voice is featured in every song, but children's voices can be heard in select tracks. Instruments featured include piano, flute, acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, bass, slide whistle, drums, tambourine, bells, cowbell, congas, and various small percussion instruments.

The majority of songs on this album are upbeat and exciting for children, encouraging them to dance and move around. "Partner Dance" and "Towel Tango" actually have silly lyrics instructing a listener how to dance. We dare you to follow along! However, like all of the JAMband albums, it also includes slower, calming tunes like "Peace Dream" and "Wish", a sweet lulling song that could bring a child down from a sugar high to a quiet humming state. The songs address issues and activities that are interesting and fun to children, whether it's baking a cake, dancing, or making a wish. "Super Hero" talks about feelings kids can identify with; "Sometimes I can be rather naughty, and sometimes I even want to scream!" It also includes a catchy tune and fun words to sing along with, "Superhero, super cool. Traveling from there to here-o". Charity also includes interesting sound effects such as psychedelic sounds, sudden tempo changes, and looping her voice to be her own backup singer in "Whatcha gonna bring."

The "Jump Into the Middle" song can easily be made interactive, as little ones will love to play with their friends, folks, and siblings, dancing in a circle and taking turns jumping in the middle and dancing. In "Happy Fluffly" listeners are encouraged to shake, jump around, and "Laugh so hard you fall to the ground!" "Cake" is another fabulous play-date or family-time song, as listeners can act out all of the lyrics about how to make and bake a cake; crack the eggs, smash the butter, pour the milk, spread the frosting, shake the sprinkles, and so on. "Wish" is a fun song to inspire a talk about what your child may want to wish for, or "Travellin'" can encourage dreaming about all the places they'd love to see.

My three-year-old friend, Sam, loves the "Super Hero" song the most, as he likes to dress up as "Super Sam" on a daily basis anyway. I asked him what his secret power was, and he said, "Being nice." I think I was as proud as his mom to hear that!

--Audra

The album won a 2006 Parent's Choice GOLD award, a 2006 Children's Music Web Award, and Top Sixteen Member of the 2006 Kids and Family Poll. Charity Kahn and the JAM band are from the San Francisco Bay area. The name 'JAM' is an acronym for 'Joy And Music'. Many of Charity's songs, like "We Like Funky" are inspired by her own children. She began writing music for a music-and-movement playgroup for friends' children, which she held in her living room. In 2009, Charity opened her own studio, called JAMspace, in San Francisco.

1 - Travellin' (4:14)

2 - Happy Fluffy (3:11)

3 - Jump into the Middle (2:42)

4 - Whatcha Gonna Bring (3:29)

5 - Super Hero (4:03)

6 - Towel Tango (2:11)

7 - Partner Dance (5:30)

8 - We Need Mud (1:25)

9 - Cake (2:59)

10 - Happy Birthday Baby (3:31)

11 - Wish (2:11)

12 - Peace Dream (2:34)

13 - Jam Is (2:49)