Podcasts about manika kaur

Manika Kaur, Ali Riaz Baqar, Gurujas Khalsa and Abi Sampa discuss individual definitions of success, why you're going to offend somebody no matter what music you make, the rollercoaster effect, and what their studio spaces look like. Manika Kaur is a singer and contemporary performer of Sikh kirtan music. Predominately performed by men in gurdwara temples, kirtans are devotional singing or sacred chants. Manika is changing the landscape of the music by reinterpreting, recording, and performing outside of the temples, and being one of the few women to sing them. Ali Riaz Baqar is a guitarist, bandleader, and chief composer of the group Jaubi. Based in Lahore, Pakistan, their debut album Nafs at Peace draws on elements of north Indian classical music, hip-hop and jazz. Gurujas Khalsa is a singer and songwriter from the Grammy-winning band White Sun, based in Los Angeles. Their music is a "sweeping exploration of New Age, through the lens of the Kundalini Yogic tradition", and their songs are also on the syllabus at the University of Southern California, where they are used to study stress management. And Abi Sampa is a multi-instrumentalist, veena virtuoso, and the UK's first female Qawwal. She first rose to prominence when she sang on TV show The Voice UK in 2013. Born in London to Sri Lankan Tamil refugees, she's now inspiring a new generation of British Asians with her music.

Emma Barnett talks to the former cabinet minister Owen Paterson about the suicide of his wife Rose and the charity he's founded in her memory. Evy Cohen talks about Prince Philip and how his mother Princess Alice saved her family from the Holocaust, Georgia Elliot-Smith asks if we should stop shaming women about waste and recyling and as Sikhs and Hindus prepare to celebrate the festival of Vaisakhi (solar new year) we talk to the singer Manika Kaur. Presenter: Emma Barnett Producer: Lisa Jenkinson Studio Engineer: Joe Yon

Today on Soul Search, two Australian musicians taking their Sikh inheritance in new sonic directions. 

Today on Soul Search, two Australian musicians taking their Sikh inheritance in new sonic directions. 

Sikhism is a Punjabi (Indian) religion that goes back some 500 years, and as a devotional singer/ songwriter Manika's goal is to modernize the context and of the old religious texts so that young Sikhs all over the world can connect to and benefit from their messages. Manika won the 2016 Sikh Award for Sikhs in Entertainment and has amassed over 10,000,000 views on YouTube. Manika's other passion is her philanthropic work. She tirelessly campaigns for the eradication of poverty in rural Punjab via her work with the organisation Kirtan for Causes. All profits from sales of her albums and live concerts are donated directly to the charity, which supports the education of disadvantaged youth via sponsorship schemes. Manika personally sponsors and educates 200 children. In 2015 she gave a sold-out concert at London's prestigious Union Chapel and she has been invited to sing in Gurdwaras around the world. Manika has been featured on the BBC Radio, ABC Australia and more. We talked about the reality of life in Punjab including farmer suicide and cervical cancer; we talked about what drives her personally and professionally, her difficulty as a misfit child and how that has become a source of strength, how important it is to love and look after oneself. Arranged marriage. Her upcoming book. My favourite line of the interview was "A child gives birth to a mother – and he gave birth to a strong one." To find out more about Manika, please visit her website www.manikamusic.com. You can find her on Instagram @manika.kaur and Twitter @manikakaur To make a direct donation to her charity, please visit www.educatetosave.com

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The YouTube generation are re-inventing Kirtan, an ancient form of Sikh worship. Kirtan, the devotional singing of the Sikh holy book, the Guru Granth Sahib, has traditionally been accompanied by tabla or harmonium. Today, a new generation of Sikhs are uploading their own style of Kirtan to the global diaspora. Nina Robinson meets Kirtan artists Manika Kaur from Dubai and Violinder from San Francisco. With millions of views on their respective YouTube channels, these musicians are pushing boundaries, fusing Kirtan with electronic soundscapes. Manika Kaur believes by providing English translations to her videos, she is reaching many more young Sikhs with the words of the Guru as written in the ancient texts. In India, Nina visits the Golden Temple in Amritsar, one of Sikhism’s holiest gurdwaras. She meets one of the temple’s official Kirtaniyas, Bhai Nirmal Singh. Bhai Nirmal argues the words of the Guru should not be experimented. He believes fusing Kirtan with contemporary music production techniques is at odds with the true message of Sikhism.

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1. Public Service Broadcasting (UK) - "Gagarin" CD "The Race for Space" (Test Card) 2. Greylag (USA) - "Yours to shake" CD "Greylag" (Dead Oceans) 3. Agricantus (Italy) - "Qanat" CD "Turnari" (Look Studio/CNI) 4. Black Yaya (France/UK) - "Vigilante" CD "Black Yaya" (City Slang) 5. Annie Eve (Poland) - "Bedtime" CD "Sunday 91" (Mouth to Mouth/Sony) 6. Fumaca Preta (Portugal/UK/Holland) - "Eu Era um Cao" CD "Fumaca Preta" (Soundway) 7. Fumaca Preta (Portugal/UK/Holland) - "Recitando a Toa" CD "Fumaca Preta" (Soundway) 8. Allah-Las (USA) - "Artifact" CD "Worship the Sun" (Innovative Leisure) 9. Manika Kaur (Australia/India) - "Ankhee Gharhee" CD "I Bow to You Waheguru" (Kirtan) 10. Murnau B (Spain) - "Peus Torts" CD "Behind You! A Catastrophe" (Hang the DJ) 11. Guillemots (UK) - "Southern Winds" CD "Hello Land!" (State 51 Conspiracy) 12. Jib Kidder (USA) - "The Waves" CD "Teaspoon to the Ocean" (Weird World/Domino) 13. Rebekka Bakken (Norway) - "Little Drop of Poison" CD "Little Drop of Poison" (Emarcy) 14. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba (Mali) - "Waati" CD "Ba Power" (Glitterbeat) 15. John T. Gast (UK) - "Ceremony" CD "Excerpts" (Planet Mu) Страница программы на оф. сайте Сообщество программы Вконтакте