{"id":2446369,"date":"2026-06-05T14:37:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T14:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2446369"},"modified":"2026-06-05T14:37:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T14:37:59","slug":"laura-marling-surprise-releases-new-childrens-album-laura-sings-raffi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/laura-marling-surprise-releases-new-childrens-album-laura-sings-raffi\/","title":{"rendered":"Laura Marling surprise releases new children&#8217;s album &#8216;Laura Sings Raffi&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/laura-marling\">Laura Marling<\/a> has surprised released a new album for kids, which sees her cover songs by legendary Canadian children\u2019s singer, Raffi.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Laura Sings Raffi\u2019 is out today (Friday June 5), and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/laurasings.co\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">available now<\/a> on CD and on streaming platforms. It comprises 17 songs, many of which are covers that are either written by, and\/or performed by Raffi.<\/p>\n<p>There are also some songs that aren\u2019t by the pioneer in children\u2019s entertainment \u2013 who was named as the \u201cthe most popular children\u2019s entertainer in the English-speaking world\u201d by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/archive\/lifestyle\/style\/1992\/05\/31\/raffis-growing-pains\/916301da-28d1-4bbe-ba48-802661e51234\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Washington Post<\/em><\/a> \u2013 but these have all been recorded by Marling in a way that feels reminiscent of Raffi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Laura Sings Raffi\u2019 marks a logical next step for me, but it\u2019s not only a desire for tolerable children\u2019s music that landed me here,\u201d Marling explained.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Laura Sings - Baby Beluga\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uHYBeosuSl0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u201cHaving discovered Canadian songwriter and children\u2019s entertainer, Raffi, while living in North America, I developed a love for his sincere, dead pan renditions of both his original songs for the very young and those plucked from the canon \u2013 all before I even had children of my own,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese covers, though not all Raffi originals, are delivered in homage to his style and ethos, that being not only a respect for children and his expert attendance to what entertains them, but also to his wider audience \u2013 the parents whom he has blissfully attended also. Be funny, be kind, and never patronise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Check out her cover of Raffi\u2019s hit song \u2018Baby Beluga\u2019, which was originally released in 1980, above, and tune in to the full album below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Laura Sings Raffi\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/4xtMbryUpg7PGlo10knqC6?si=a86b059319e54e93&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The \u2018Laura Sings Raffi\u2019 tracklist is:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>\u2018Peanut Butter Sandwich\u2019 <\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Baby Beluga\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>The More We Get Together\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Mr Sun\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Five Little Frogs\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Six Little Ducks\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018I Wonder If I\u2019m Growing\u2019 <\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Down By The Bay\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018One Light, One Sun\u2019 <\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Robin in the Rain\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Thanks A lot\u2019 <\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Listen To The Horses\u2019 <\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Willoughby Wallaby\u2019 <\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Going To The Zoo\u2019 <\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Biscuits In The Oven\u2019 <\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Everything Grows\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Going On a Picnic\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_3949321\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3949321\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3949321\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laura Marling. \u2018Laura Sings Raffi\u2019 artwork. CREDIT: Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>The album is the first from the British singer-songwriter since she dropped her eighth studio album \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/laura-marling-announces-new-album-patterns-in-repeat-with-tender-single-patterns-3773640\">Patterns In Repeat<\/a>\u2019 in October 2024.<\/p>\n<p>That album included the singles \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/laura-marling-announces-new-album-patterns-in-repeat-with-tender-single-patterns-3773640\">Patterns<\/a>\u2019, \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/listen-to-laura-marling-intimate-new-single-no-ones-gonna-love-you-like-i-can-3785925\">No One\u2019s Gonna Love You Like I Can<\/a>\u2019 and \u2018Child Of Mine\u2019, and Marling went on to play just <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/laura-marling-announces-manchester-gigs-as-only-shows-of-2025-3833695\">two shows in Manchester as her only 2025 live dates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laura Marling has surprised released a new album for kids, which sees her cover songs by legendary Canadian children\u2019s singer, Raffi. \u2018Laura Sings Raffi\u2019 is out today (Friday June 5), and available now on CD and on streaming platforms. 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