Raffi

Raffi Cavoukian, CM, OBC (born July 8, 1948), better known by his stage name Raffi, is a Canadian children's singer. Raffi began his career as a children's entertainer in 1974. He has developed his career as a "global troubadour", to become a music producer, author, entrepreneur, systems thinker, and the founder of Child Honouring, a vision for global restoration. Born in Cairo, Egypt, to Armenian parents, he spent his early years in Egypt before... more

Raffi Cavoukian, CM, OBC (born July 8, 1948), better known by his stage name Raffi, is a Canadian children's singer. Raffi began his career as a children's entertainer in 1974. He has developed his career as a "global troubadour", to become a music producer, author, entrepreneur, systems thinker, and the founder of Child Honouring, a vision for global restoration. Born in Cairo, Egypt, to Armenian parents, he spent his early years in Egypt before emigrating with his family to Canada in 1958, eventually settling in Toronto, Ontario. His mother named him after the Armenian poet Raffi. In the early 1970s, Raffi frequented a guitar store near Yonge and Wellesley called Millwheel, where he met other developing Canadian musicians such as David Wilcox and John Lacey. Raffi ran a Nutmeg house at the University of Toronto up until 1980. He befriended John Lacey, a folk guitarist from Oakville, Ontario, who helped Raffi improve his finger picking (John went on to become a steel guitar player).... less