Kiran Ahluwalia

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Vo Kuch 00:00 Tools
Mustt Mustt 00:00 Tools
Jo Dil 00:00 Tools
Koka 00:00 Tools
Awara 00:00 Tools
Merey Mathay 00:00 Tools
Saffar 00:00 Tools
Rabh Da Roop 00:00 Tools
Raqba 00:00 Tools
Teray Darsan 00:00 Tools
Jhanjra 00:00 Tools
Yakeenan 00:00 Tools
Rabh Da Roop (Image of Heaven) 00:00 Tools
Yaar 00:00 Tools
Mustt Mustt (feat. Tinariwen) 00:00 Tools
Yeh Nahin 00:00 Tools
Haal-e-Dil 00:00 Tools
Yaar Naal 00:00 Tools
Ik Ranjha 00:00 Tools
Tumba 00:00 Tools
Meri Gori Gori 00:00 Tools
Rabba Ru 00:00 Tools
Soch Ka 00:00 Tools
Haath Apne 00:00 Tools
Aks 00:00 Tools
Kina Nere 00:00 Tools
Lakeerai 00:00 Tools
Zindagi 00:00 Tools
Jaag Na Jaag 00:00 Tools
Mustt Mustt (Extended) 00:00 Tools
Rabba Ru (Intro) 00:00 Tools
Hayat 00:00 Tools
Mustt Mustt Redux 00:00 Tools
Matadjem - Waris Shah 00:00 Tools
Rabbu Ru 00:00 Tools
Vo Kuch (Passion) 00:00 Tools
Koi tanhai 00:00 Tools
Yeh Nahin (Wandering dusty paths) 00:00 Tools
Kina Nere (The unsung Ghazal) 00:00 Tools
Jaane Na 00:00 Tools
Matadjem 00:00 Tools
Sanata 00:00 Tools
Vada 00:00 Tools
Khafa (Up In Arms) 00:00 Tools
Ik Ranjha (My longing) 00:00 Tools
Jhoom 00:00 Tools
Mustt Mustt - Extended 00:00 Tools
Hum Dono 00:00 Tools
Tamana 00:00 Tools
Rut Sawan Di 00:00 Tools
Rabbu Ru (Intro) 00:00 Tools
Meri Gori Gori (Yellow bangles) 00:00 Tools
Rabbu Ru - Intro 00:00 Tools
Qaza 00:00 Tools
Yaar (News of My Loved One) 00:00 Tools
Mustt Mustt (Extended) - Extended 00:00 Tools
Saaqiya (Wine bearer) 00:00 Tools
Taskeen 00:00 Tools
Lament 00:00 Tools
Sau rang 00:00 Tools
Shaam-e-gham 00:00 Tools
Mustt Mustt (Redux) 00:00 Tools
morning breeze 00:00 Tools
Rabba Ru (Intro) - Intro 00:00 Tools
balama 00:00 Tools
Saat (Seven) 00:00 Tools
Bechain (Restless meditation) 00:00 Tools
Sar Se (Bejewelled in flowers) 00:00 Tools
Mustt Mustt (Redux) - Redux 00:00 Tools
Kuch Aur (Something Else) 00:00 Tools
Yakeenan [Ghazal] 00:00 Tools
Raina (Night) 00:00 Tools
Jhanjra (Ankle Bells) 00:00 Tools
We Sinful Women 00:00 Tools
Rabba Ru - Intro 00:00 Tools
Jhanjra (Ankle Bells) [Punjabi Folk Song] 00:00 Tools
Tumba [Punjabi Folk Song] 00:00 Tools
Koka (Nose Ring) [Punjabi Folk Song] 00:00 Tools
Soch Ka [Ghazal] 00:00 Tools
Main Dhoondta Hoon (Eternal Search) 00:00 Tools
Meri Gori Gori (Yellow Bangles) [Punjabi Folk Song] 00:00 Tools
Haal-E-Dil [Ghazal Couplet] 00:00 Tools
Haath Apne [Ghazal] 00:00 Tools
Ik Ranjha (My Longing) [Punjabi Folk Song] 00:00 Tools
Awara (Fickle) [Nazm] 00:00 Tools
Jaag Na Jaag [Sufi Poem] 00:00 Tools
Jo Dil [Ghazal] 00:00 Tools
Jhoomo (Sway) 00:00 Tools
Koka (Nose Ring) 00:00 Tools
Awara (Fickle) 00:00 Tools
Aks [Ghazal Couplet] 00:00 Tools
Main Dhoondta (Eternal search) 00:00 Tools
Yeh Nahim 00:00 Tools
Teray Darsan [Ghazal] 00:00 Tools
Mustt Mustt - Redux 00:00 Tools
Elephant Hunting Song 00:00 Tools
Khafa 00:00 Tools
Nerey Mathay [Punjabi Folk Song] 00:00 Tools
Nerey Mathay 00:00 Tools
Kuch Aur 00:00 Tools
Jhoomo 00:00 Tools
Meri Gori 00:00 Tools
Mustt Mustt (Extended) [feat. Tinariwen] 00:00 Tools
Raina 00:00 Tools
Saat 00:00 Tools
Kashish 00:00 Tools
Nerey Mathay [Punjabi Folk Son 00:00 Tools
Rabh da Roop (Image of Haven) 00:00 Tools
Kina Nere (The Unsung Ghazal) [Ghazal] 00:00 Tools
Saaqiya 00:00 Tools
Musst Musst 00:00 Tools
Laakerai 00:00 Tools
In Ranjha (My Longing) 00:00 Tools
Rabb Ru 00:00 Tools
Mustt Mustt feat Tinariwen 00:00 Tools
Indoctrination 00:00 Tools
Akina Nere 00:00 Tools
Main Dhoondta Hoon 00:00 Tools
Mustt Mustt (Extended) (feat. Tinariwen) 00:00 Tools
Aam Zameen Common Ground 00:00 Tools
Mustt Mustt (Redux) [feat. Tinariwen] 00:00 Tools
Rut Sawan Ti 00:00 Tools
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It took many years for Kiran Ahluwalia to find one of the last living masters of ghazal, a form of sung poetry that dates back to 14th century India. When she met Vithal Rao, her teacher and the last living court musician of the king of Hyderabad, she was exposed to a bygone era, a time before Indian independence when princes and kings employed court musicians to put music to ghazal poetry. In a twist of fate, Kiran is now a bridge to this colorful past and has emerged as one of the most preeminent composers of contemporary ghazals. Because there is such a vast repertoire of this music today, there are very few ghazal composers. Singers usually stick to the true classics. But Kiran has long been on a path to mastery so that she could one day compose for the sensual and highly literary poetic form. She started her training as a young girl. “When I was growing up in India, very few people had recordings of any kind,” Kiran recalls. “We would listen to the radio, and when a song came on that I wanted to learn, my mother would quickly write down the lyrics for me.” Kiran studied Indian music from the time she was seven, first in India and then in Canada where she immigrated with her parents. She learned music part time alongside high school and university studies. After finishing her university degree in Toronto, she decided to go back to India to further pursue ghazal and Indian music on a full time basis. Her parents were dismayed. “Doors were slammed and tears were shed,” recalls Kiran. “But they saw that I was adamant and this was what I needed to do. Before I boarded the plane for India, I had their support.” Kiran spent many years in Bombay, Hyderabad and Punjab studying Indian classical music, ghazals and Punjabi folk songs. Ten years after, she returned to Toronto to record her first commercial CD. This CD was nominated for Canada1s highest musical honour - the JUNO Award. In the ten years that Kiran was away -- Toronto had changed and quite a surprise was in store for her. She found poets writing beautiful lyrics in the poetic form of ghazals. “A huge door opened up for me”, says Kiran, “Imagine how ecstatic I felt; I sing in a genre that emerged in India in the 14th century, and here we were in the present day; I was composing music in this genre and I could find lyrics to compose to right here in Canada.” Soon, Kiran started composing these poems, recording them and singing them in concert in Canada, India and Pakistan. Kiran's bi-cultural life experience has made her adept at reaching new audiences, something evident in her approach to composition and arrangements and in her thoughtful and modern explanations when performing on stage. To one recent audience, she explained that ghazals explore the many moods of love, from the ecstatic to the despondent, from pursuing the beloved to feeling the restlessness of unrequited love, and summarized by describing a ghazal as a “highly-literate pick up line.” Kiran earned a JUNO Award in 2004 for her second CD, BEYOND BOUNDARIES. Her self-titled, international debut CD was released on Triloka/Artemis in April 2005. She is currently recording her next CD to be released on Times Square records in North America and World Connection in Europe in the spring of 2007. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.