Kiran Ahluwalia

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A true woman of the world, Ahluwalia was born in India and grew up in Toronto, Canada and her musical choices reflect her personal dichotomy. She is a well-trained exponent of an ancient style of romantic song known as ghazal, which began in Persia (now Iran) at least a millennium ago before spreading to India. She performs classic folkloric material but has also found important collaborators in her own backyard, Canadian-based poets of South Asian ancestry whose erotic lyrics dovetail seamlessly into her songs. Musically, she hones in on her heritage with drones, chimes and traditional drumming. But these are modernized with splashy guitars, earthy bass lines, and swirling, syncopated riffs from the great Natalie MacMaster , who sounds for all the world like a Cape Breton Celtic fiddler playing ghazals - exquisitely. Cross-cultural experiments aside, it is the singer who at once grounds the project and launches it into another dimension. Her honeyed, sensuous and resonantly nasal voice recalls the great dames of Bollywood and honors centuries of anonymous ghazal interpreters, whose legacy is resurrected and glorified in this graceful, fearless young artist. --Christina Roden

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Average customer rating: Beautiful voice Amazing vocals Full Bodied Bliss! Reminds me of another current favorite Kiran Ahluwalia

Kiran Ahluwalia Kiran Ahluwalia Manufacturer: Triloka Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD India | India & Pakistan | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: Niyaz You've Stolen My Heart: Songs from R.D. Burman's Bollywood Rise Midival Times La Kahena ASIN: B0009941WK Release Date: 2005-05-31

Tracks:

1. Vo Kuch
2. Yeh Nahin
3. Jhanjra
4. Rabh da Roop
5. Koka
6. Yaar
7. Ik Ranjha
8. Kina Nere
9. Meri Gori Gori
10. Awara

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A true woman of the world, Ahluwalia was born in India and grew up in Toronto, Canada and her musical choices reflect her personal dichotomy. She is a well-trained exponent of an ancient style of romantic song known as ghazal, which began in Persia (now Iran) at least a millennium ago before spreading to India. She performs classic folkloric material but has also found important collaborators in her own backyard, Canadian-based poets of South Asian ancestry whose erotic lyrics dovetail seamlessly into her songs. Musically, she hones in on her heritage with drones, chimes and traditional drumming. But these are modernized with splashy guitars, earthy bass lines, and swirling, syncopated riffs from the great Natalie MacMaster , who sounds for all the world like a Cape Breton Celtic fiddler playing ghazals - exquisitely. Cross-cultural experiments aside, it is the singer who at once grounds the project and launches it into another dimension. Her honeyed, sensuous and resonantly nasal voice recalls the great dames of Bollywood and honors centuries of anonymous ghazal interpreters, whose legacy is resurrected and glorified in this graceful, fearless young artist. --Christina Roden

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful voice.......2007-05-11

Kiran's ghazals are beautiful, and her clear voice is something that isn't as prevailant as it should be.

Amazing vocals.......2007-02-15

The songs are so beautiful, I often have to stop everything and just listen to her voice when it's on. What a great CD!

Full Bodied Bliss!.......2006-12-17

Full Bodied Sound, pleasing in so many ways...I love the blissful layers of ecstatic sound. Vocals and instrumentals are like nothing I had ever heard! ...find it uplifting & innocently intoxicating.

Reminds me of another current favorite.......2006-11-21

The music on this album is wonderful and varied in feel--humor, longing, celebration, romance. I, too, first heard her on NPR but it took me a long time to finally pick up this CD. I listen to it often...love to put Kiran A. in a 5-cd random shuffle with Cesaria Evora, Lila Downs, Sanseverino, and Bebel Gilberto! A great international mix that puts me in a good mood.

If you want to try something else with the Indian flavor that reminds me very much of this group of songs, the instrumentation & lyrics, do check out the Indian film soundtrack of "Omkara" (a fantastic Hindi modern-day adaptation of Othello) by Vishal Bharwadj and Gulzar. The music for the film (to me) has the feeling of Kiran's CD, with the harkening back to traditional sounds but in an updated fashion, with great instrumentation and beautiful lyrics, delivered by great players and singers.

Kiran Ahluwalia.......2006-07-28

On Kiran Ahluwalia's self-titled third album, I hear a conversation of musical influences that do not compete, but complement each other in true collaboration. The spirit of the music shines brightly through, dissolving any lines separating cultures. Kiran was born in India and raised in Canada, and her music explores and merges these identities, realizing a clear expression.

On this album, Kiran changes her focus of interpreting traditional music from India and Pakistan to creating music for contemporary texts - in this case, the Urdu and Punjabi poetry of three Torontonian poets: Rasheed Nadeem, Rafi Raza and Tahira Masood. This merging of music and poetry brings the Canadian ghazal to life. The ghazal is a form of poetry originating in Persia 700 years ago. On this album, Kiran begins with poems and by adding inspired music turns them into songs. She collaborates with musicians who play a combination of Eastern and Western instruments. The sarangi and tanpura sing alongside the guitar and bass. From still lakes and bubbling creeks, the tablas are like water traversing the disk. They form a percussive base, playing with Kiran's voice to create a variety of colours and moods. Her melodic voice soars above the landscape, narrating the scene, and then swoops down to become a part of it.

Listening, the music affected me in a similar way. At times mesmerizing - disappearing into my subconscious and then emerging with sudden sharp presence. These changes happen subtly, so it's not always clear when the rhythm changes - there is sublimation from one space to the next. It is a journey. I don't understand the words, but I feel the passages. Within the many layers of music, there is the sense of an exchange happening. Inside the music and between the music and me, I experience something that doesn't fit into my language of explanation and I am richer for it.

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Wanderlust Kiran Ahluwalia Manufacturer: Times Square Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD India | India & Pakistan | International | Styles | Music General | India & Pakistan | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B000PAAIDE Release Date: 2007-08-28

Tracks:

1. Jo Dil
2. Merey Mathay
3. Teray Darsan
4. Haal-e-Dil
5. Yakeenan
6. Soch Ka
7. Tumba
8. Aks
9. Jaag Na Jaag
10. Haath Apne

Average customer rating: Haunting Melodies

Kiran Ahluwalia Kiran Ahluwalia Manufacturer: Triloka/Artemis ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B0009H97L2 Release Date: 2005-05-31

Tracks:

1. Vo Kuch (Passion) [Ghazal]
2. Yeh Nahin (Wandering Dusty Paths) [Ghazal]
3. Jhanjra (Ankle Bells) [Punjabi Folk Song]
4. Rabh da Roop (Image of Heaven) [Nazm]
5. Koka (Nose Ring) [Punjabi Folk Song]
6. Yaar (News of My Loved One) [Ghazal]
7. Ik Ranjha (My Longing) [Punjabi Folk Song]
8. Kina Nere (The Unsung Ghazal)
9. Meri Gori Gori (Yellow Bangles) [Punjabi Folk Song]
10. Awara (Fickle) [Nazm]

Customer Reviews:

Haunting Melodies.......2005-06-06

One of those rare cd's that give you a glimpse of an exotic and magical musical world. Kiran's voice is a precise, nuanced instrument, and her back-up band is uniformly excellent. Such songs as Rabh da Roop have a haunting, compelling quality right from the first listen. Blending innovation and tradition, this cd will appeal both to connoisseurs of Indian music and to listeners seeking out unfamiliar forms of musical excellence.

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Kashish Attraction: Ghazals and Punjabi Folk Songs Kiran Ahluwalia Manufacturer: Kiran Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000MA3HQC

Product Description

Ghazals & Punjabi Folk Songs of India Ghazals are like polished diamonds- single stones with many facets. They explore the many moods of love, from ecstatic to the despondent. When held up to the light they offer insight into much about the human condition. Kiran Ahluwalia uses her vocal artistry to reveal the beauty, power and emotion of these ghazals and folk songs. ALBUM: Kashish Attraction ARTIST: Kiran Ahluwalia The Canada Council for the Arts, Le Counseil des Ars du Canada, 2001 TRACKS: 01 Vada 02 Awara 03 Koka 04 Yaar 05 Sau rang 06 Koi tanhai 07 Rut savan di 08 Shaam-e-gham

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