Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band

For more than 15 years, Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band have occupied their own corner of American pop music. Led by husband-and-wife creative partners Lucky Diaz and Alisha Gaddis, the Los Angeles band built a distinctly Mexican-American, bilingual catalog around a simple idea: children deserved music made with the same ambition, wit and style as everyone else. They became the first American act to win the Latin GRAMMY for Best Children’s Album, won the award again with Buenos Diaz, and earned multiple GRAMMY nominations before Brillo, Brillo! won the GRAMMY Award in 2025. The Washington Post called them “the face of kindie music,” with acclaim from NPR, Billboard, The New York Times, People and PBS. Diaz and Gaddis also created and starred in the Emmy-winning PBS series Lishy Lou and Lucky Too, with work extending to Universal Kids and Tonies. Their music has reached #1 on SiriusXM, appeared in a national Coca-Cola campaign and taken them to stages across the country and around the world, including the Smithsonian. Alongside the band, Diaz built an acclaimed career as a children’s book author, beginning with the bestselling Paletero Man. He continues touring as an author and musician, bringing books, storytelling and live music together onstage. Hasta LA Vista...Baby is the final album from Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band, closing an extraordinary 15-year run. They treated children as the most important audience in the room. And made the music to prove it.