The Life of a Children's Troubadour
Description
Contains Photos, Index
$33.95
ISBN 1-896943-44-6
DDC 782.42'083'092
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Tamara Jones, a former production stage manager/operations supervisor in
the Entertainment Department of Paramount Canada’s Wonderland, has
relocated to Burlington, Vermont.
Review
This captivating autobiography by the renowned children’s entertainer
Raffi explores “the inner life of a contemporary troubadour and the
quest for meaning that colored and shaped [his] musical career.” Raffi
opens the book by tracing his family’s roots from Armenia to Cairo and
then moves on to describe his childhood in Egypt and Canada and his
subsequent career as a folk artist, children’s performer, and
environmentalist. His well-crafted and intimate personal history reveals
the connections between his career success and his understanding that
children are “as whole in their early stage of development as adults
are in their current place on life’s journey.”