Moist Leg, Ezra Collective, Lauren Laverne, Rivers Cuomo and extra for brand spanking new CBeebies present ‘Yukee’

Members of Moist Leg, Ezra Collective and Weezer are set to star in a brand new CBeebies present referred to as Yukee.

Set in Northern Eire, the present is about to be a model new collection with music at its core – created by musicians and designed for the musicians of the long run.

Set to launch subsequent Monday (February 5) on CBeebies and BBC iPlayer, the premise of the brand new collection is in regards to the pleasure that comes from making music with associates, and reaffirming the message that ‘music is for everybody’.

“In addition to having themes of group, friendship, and cooperation at its coronary heart, Yukee gives younger audiences a mild, child-centred introduction to music training and exposes them to easy, but elementary musical ideas that may type a robust basis for lifelong studying and pleasure of music – beat, rhythm, pitch, tempo, timbre, type, dynamics, expression and magnificence,” reads an outline of the present.

Lead character, Yukee, is of Northern Irish and Chinese language heritage and takes her beloved crimson ukulele right into a magical backyard full of instrument-playing animal associates in every episode. Every episode she makes music with a few of her animal associates – every of which is performed by a particular visitor.

These embrace Moist Leg – who seem as a travelling troupe of snails referred to as The Slime Sisters and clarify that an important instrument of all is your voice – and Mercury Prize-winners Ezra Collective, who're solid as travelling jazz musicians in an episode about taking inspiration from essentially the most sudden of locations.

In different episodes, Maisie Peters performs a mouse that’s turn into misplaced within the backyard and wishes a musical map to seek out her approach house, and Rivers Cuomo (Weezer) takes on the function of a musician pigeon referred to as Feathers, who crash lands into the backyard and wishes the suitable beat so he can be taught to flap his wings once more.

Different well-known faces participating within the kids’s collection embrace P.P. Arnold, Dame Evelyn Glennie, Chali 2na (Jurassic 5) and Sam Carter of Architects. Lauren Laverne additionally stars, enjoying a reporter referred to as Roxie Rabbit from Sticks Music station.

“Fusing leisure and training for preschool kids throughout the UK is a key a part of our technique – and there's no higher approach to do that than by means of having enjoyable with music,” stated Kate Morton, Senior Head of Commissioning for BBC Youngsters’s 0-6.

“Yukee’s world isn’t nearly music, it’s additionally about friendships and connecting with the pure world round her giving a robust basis for lifelong studying and pleasure. We’re thrilled to have such wonderful musical expertise on board and to be collaborating with an excellent manufacturing crew in Northern Eire on this venture.”

In different Moist Leg information, earlier this month it was introduced that the group can be headlining their first-ever competition later this yr, once they seem on the 2024 instalment of Truck Pageant.

As for Ezra Collective, the Jazz group can be acting at a number of festivals over the summer season, together with All Factors East, Bilbao BBK Reside, MEO Kalorama and BBC 6 Music Pageant.