{"id":15,"date":"2020-09-28T18:25:16","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T22:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raffi-news.com\/raffi\/bio\/"},"modified":"2024-04-26T11:16:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T15:16:50","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/raffinews.com\/us\/raffi\/bio\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" class=\"wp-image-486\" style=\"width: 48px;\" src=\"https:\/\/raffinews.com\/site20\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/raffi.jpg\" alt=\"Raffi\" srcset=\"https:\/\/raffinews.com\/site20\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/raffi.jpg 48w, https:\/\/raffinews.com\/site20\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/raffi-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 48px) 100vw, 48px\" \/> Raffi Cavoukian, C.M., O.B.C.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A renowned singer known by his first name alone, Raffi was a pioneer in quality recordings for children on his independent label, Troubadour. For millions of fans, Raffi\u2019s music was the soundtrack of their childhoods, and they took his signature song \u201cBaby Beluga\u201d to heart. These \u201cbeluga grads\u201d now share his music with their own children. Raffi has been described by the <em>Washington Post<\/em> and the <em>Toronto Star<\/em> as \u201cthe most popular children\u2019s entertainer in the English-speaking world\u201d and \u201cCanada\u2019s all-time children\u2019s champion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Raffi is a music producer, author, entrepreneur and ecology advocate. In 2010, he founded the <a href=\"https:\/\/raffifoundation.org\/\">Raffi Foundation for Child Honouring<\/a>\u2014a global movement that views honouring children as the best way to create sustainable, peacemaking cultures. Raffi has received the Order of Canada, the Order of BC, the U.N. Earth Achievement Award, and four honorary degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a career spanning four decades, Raffi has refused all commercial endorsement offers and has never taken part in advertising to children. He is a passionate supporter of a commercial-free childhood, and in 2006 was awarded the Fred Rogers Integrity Award for this work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His recent work includes the CD, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/raffifoundation.org\/about\/about-raffi\/raffi-motivational-songs\/\">Motivational Songs<\/a><\/em>, a collection of diverse songs for educators, parents and policy makers and companion album to the new <a href=\"https:\/\/raffifoundation.org\/take-the-course\/\">Child Honouring online course<\/a> \u2014 an interdisciplinary course in conscious living based on the Child Honouring Covenant and 9 principles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020 Raffi took on a new project\u2014producing an album by new children\u2019s singer Lindsay Munroe, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raffinews.com\/store\/childrens-music\/i-am-kind\">I Am Kind: Songs for Unique Children<\/a><\/em>. The mother of three kids with autism, Lindsay has created a beautiful album of engaging, positive songs for young children. A follow-up album was released in 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/raffinews.com\/store\/childrens-music\/frogs-and-birds\/\"><em>Frogs And Birds: Songs of Kindness and Caring<\/em><\/a>. As well as producing, Raffi sings along with Lindsay on a number of songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2022, Raffi released a new album with Lindsay, <a href=\"https:\/\/raffinews.com\/store\/childrens-music\/nursery-rhymes-for-kinder-times\/\"><em>Nursery Rhymes For Kinder Times<\/em><\/a>, an imaginative collection of songs offering a fresh, whimsical, and tender take on classic nursery rhymes including \u201cThree Blind Mice\u201d (reimagined as&nbsp;<strong>\u201cThree Kind Mice\u201d<\/strong>), \u201cRing Around the&nbsp;Rosie\u201d&nbsp;<strong>(\u201cRing Around Sweet Roses\u201d<\/strong>), and \u201cLondon Bridge Is Falling Down\u201d&nbsp;<strong>(\u201cLondon Rain Is Falling Down\u201d<\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Penny Penguin<\/strong>\u00a0is the newest\u00a0studio album from\u00a0legendary children\u2019s musician and global troubadour,\u00a0Raffi, in collaboration with the JUNO award-winning folk-pop\u00a0trio,\u00a0Good Lovelies.\u00a0<em><strong>Penny Penguin<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0features\u00a014 tracks\u00a0that kids and families will love, including\u00a0\u201c<strong>JIMBO<\/strong>,\u201d \u201c<strong>The\u00a0Birdies Sing<\/strong>,\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0the title track.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raffi Cavoukian, C.M., O.B.C. 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