Raffi Radio Explained

Raffi Radio
Type:	studio
Artist:	Raffi
Cover:	Raffi Radio.jpg
Released:	1995
Genre:	Children's, traditional pop, jazz
Length:	40:54
Prev Title:	Bananaphone
Prev Year:	1994
Next Title:	The Singable Songs Collection
Next Year:	1996

Raffi Radio is a children's music concept album released by Raffi and Michael Creber in 1995.

The album is dedicated to Buckminster Fuller.

Concept

Raffi Radio "mimics an old-time radio show", with children's songs interspersed with weather reports, guest interviews, and news segments.

Raffi and his puppet co-host Sleido JazzDog host the show from a radio station in the fictional location of Troubadouria.

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Credits for Raffi Radio . Raffi News . Troubadour Music . 2021-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210418230818/https://raffinews.com/site20/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/raffi_radio_credits.pdf . 2021-04-18 . live.
2. Web site: Welcome Back Raffi. Entertainer Returns To His Comfort Zone . Duckett . Jodi . The Morning Call . The Morning Call . 2021-12-04 . Raffi's first concept album, "Raffi Radio" mimics an old-time radio show. Raffi plays the disc jockey of a station in the fictional town of Troubadouria.
3. Tynan . Laurie . March–April 1998 . Best children's recordings. . Emergency Librarian . 25 . 4 . 21–26 . 2021-12-04 . This "concept" album harks back to radio's heyday when every home tuned in for songs, news, serialized entertainment, live concerts or musical variety shows..
4. Web site: He's Back on the Dial With Effervescent 'Raffi's Radio' . Heffley . Lynne . 1995-08-15 . . 2021-12-04.
5. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album |id=raffi-radio-mw0000050891 |pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review of Raffi Radio ]. AllMusic.com . 2021-12-04.