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RAFFI RELEASES MOTIVATIONAL SONGS

 

NEW COMPILATION ALBUM TO ACCOMPANY ONLINE CHILD HONOURING COURSE FOR EDUCATORS, PARENTS AND BELUGA GRADS

 

AVAILABLE TO STREAM OR DOWNLOAD NOW

 

PHYSICAL CD FORMAT AVAILABLE APRIL 19

 

 

28 February 2019 (Toronto, ON) – Beloved children's entertainer Raffi Cavoukian (known to millions as simply “Raffi”) has announced his first album for adults in a decade, Motivational Songs out now on all participating digital retailers. The compilation comprises tracks from 1990 to 2017, and includes themes of peace, diversity, social justice, honoring indigenous cultures, civic engagement and sustainability. All are rooted in a “compassion revolution” spirit that infuses Raffi’s music and advocacy. Motivational Songs is available digitally now and will be released on CD April 19 via Troubadour Music/Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company.

 

Stream/download Motivational Songs HERE

 

These songs advance Raffi’s “Child Honouring” philosophy, his vision for creating a humane and sustainable world by addressing the universal needs of children. Correspondingly, the Raffi Foundation will launch an online course in Child Honouring on March 11, 2019. Enrollees in the course will receive a free digital download of Motivational Songs. Learn more or register at the Raffi Foundation website HERE.

 

In the Motivational Songs liner notes, Raffi reflects, “Turning seventy is a milestone that makes one think. A feeling of gratitude goes with entry to elderhood, and thoughts of what we will leave behind when we’re gone. As part of my legacy, I wanted to offer in one place many songs that I wrote and recorded not as a children’s entertainer, but in my role as a self-described global troubadour- inspired by world leaders and global events.” Raffi hopes the Child Honouring course and Motivational Songs album can inspire fans to be changemakers.

 

Once called “the most popular children’s singer in the English-speaking world”(Washington Post) and “Canada’s all time children’s champion”(Toronto Star), pioneering troubadour Raffi has spent more than four decades delighting successive generations of kids–and their parents–with his playful, exuberant personality and irresistibly infectious songs. In that time, Raffi has recorded numerous gold and platinum albums and performed countless sold-out concerts. He has also been hailed for his steadfast commitment to advancing children’s causes through spirited advocacy and education.

 

Raffi is a recipient of the Order of Canada and the United Nations' Earth Achievement Award, and also holds four honorary degrees. He enjoys making music as much as ever, and looks forward to a run of upcoming concerts in Canada and the U.S. Twenty-five years after his sold- out 1993 Broadway concerts, fans of all ages still love him, as he continues to sell-out concert halls from coast to coast with beluga grads and their children.

 

On Motivational Songs, Raffi notes, “If this work inspires you to become a changemaker, you have my admiration and gratitude. Humanity needs changemakers now and more than ever, co- creating a world that honours its young and respects our blessed biosphere – for generations to come.”

 

Track Listing

  1. Wave of Democracy
  2. COOL IT
  3. Count With Me
  4. Letter To A Nation
  5. Sustainability
  6. Communion
  7. Counting On You
  8. Human Child
  9. It Takes A Village
  10. Green Dream
  11. Resisto Dancing
  12. Tweet Me Right
  13. No Wall Too Tall
  14. Salaam Shalom
  15. Tomorrow’s Children
  16. First Peoples
  17. Evergreen Everblue
  18. Where We All Belong
  19. Ray Of Hope
  20. Turn This World Around
  21. Big Big Sale*
  22. Song For The Dalai Lama*

 

* These two bonus tracks are for the digital album only.

 

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