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From: North America > Canada
And: South Asia > India, Pakistan

Genres: Folk, Ghazal, Persian Classical

Kiran Ahluwalia

Kiran Ahluwalia is a performer of vocal music. More precisely she is a performer of two distinct styles of vocal music from the Indian subcontinent, now India and Pakistan. Kiran sings ghazals and Punjabi folk songs. The word ghazal is an Arabic word that means "to talk to women". Given that men have traditionally spoken to women a great deal about love; the name attached itself to a form of poetic sung verse that originated in Persia about 1000 years ago and reached India around 400 years later. This happened about 600 years before Kiran Ahluwalia was born but was to have a profound effect on her life.

Kiran Ahluwalia is not only an interpreter of ghazals she is also a creator. As a composer Kiran is forging a new repertoire, putting words of Indo and Pakistani Canadian poets to her own musical compositions; music that is firmly rooted in the tradition, while taking a contemporary turn. She has become an organic part of the long line of singers who have preserved and reinvented the ghazal form over the last thousand years.

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Kiran Ahluwalia

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	Title	Length	Sample
	Saaqiya (Wine bearer)	5:23
	Main Dhoondta (Eternal search)	7:43
	Sar Se (Bejewelled in flowers)	8:13
	Bechain (Restless meditation)	3:10
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	Title	Length	Sample
	Vada	6:56
	Sau rang	4:06
	Koi tanhai	7:26
	Rut sawan di	3:59
	Shaam-e-gham	8:03
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	Title	Length	Sample
	Vo Kuch	5:51
	Yeh Nahin	5:39
	Jhanjra	4:27
	Rabh da Roop	4:03
	Koka	5:00
	Yaar	6:31
	Ik Ranjha	5:50
	Akina Nere	5:35
	Meri Gori Gori	4:29
	Awara	9:01
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Title	Rating	Review
	1
Kiran Ahluwalla	4
Beautiful voice and songs	4	Kiran was interviewed on NPR. In her self-titled CD, Yeh Nahim is exquisite.
suede	4	Nothing but outstanding! Her perfect voice control and the skilled musicians make wonders together
She's ok, but hard to judge cause of incomplete albums	3	Her music can feel very unfocused and drifting sometimes, but when she concentrates she can produce quality stuff. It is hard to get a proper judgement of her abilities because all of the albums available on calabash are incomplete. -_-
absolutely dreamy	5	ditto suede
Unique and universal	5	Dear Kiran, I enjoy very much your singing. You have a special way to embrace and drive the melody. Thank you for the pure hapiness I felt while listening to you !The story of your life is also beautuful and interesting, no doubt that, while you root deeply in tradition, you also bring your own uniqueness both to the poetry and the melody (this is why the title of my review). It's a pity that your full albums are not available, if they were, I would buy them right now ! I just sent a request to ITunes for them to have your albums in the Store. Bonjour from France and I wish all the best things for you, a happy life and fulfillment of all your dreams ! Regards. Stephane