"Round the World" - Hot Peas 'N Butter

Artist: Hot Peas 'N Butter

Song: "Round the World"

Album: Hot Peas 'N Butter Volume 5 - Best of the Bowl

Description: I understand why the duo stands still for the entire song -- it's to make it easier to slide the gorgeous animation in and out on a puppet theatre-like stage.  (It still looks odd to me.  But I'm cranky like that.)

Source: YouTube

"Where's the Music?" - Medeski, Martin & Wood

Artist: Medeski, Martin & Wood

Song: "Where's the Music?"

Album: Let's Go Everywhere

Description: Ren & Stimpy meets early-childhood-education-based attention game meets awesome sauce.  (Yeah, the video's more than four years old.  Who cares?)

Source: Vimeo

"Shakey Shake Shake" - WeBop (Jazz at Lincoln Center)

Artist: WeBop (Jazz at Lincoln Center)

Song: "Shakey Shake Shake"

Album: WeBop: A Family Jazz Party!

Description: Mambo meets music and movement meets some other word that starts with "M" but really means Electronic Press Kit.  (But it's a lot less dry than that phrase implies.)

Source: YouTube

"Sand Castle" - Sasha Bondarev

Artist: Sasha Bondarev

Song: "Sand Castle"

Album: Sand Castle

Description: Jazzy showtune pop meets cute psychedelic apparitions meets studio time.

Source: YouTube