#4880, From the Soundcheck Podcast: Kiran Ahluwalia
Singer Kiran Ahluwalia was born in India, grew up in Canada, and is largely based here in New York. Her music reflects her transcontinental upbringing, as she mixes the sounds of traditional South Asian song forms with Western rock and jazz. A two-time JUNO (Canadian Grammy) winner, Ahluwalia’s work has featured collaborations with leading musicians from the Celtic and Fado worlds, as well as Malian super group, Tinariwen. Her six-piece band includes electric guitar, tabla, drum kit, accordion/organ and electric bass and is led by guitarist Rez Abbasi, a Pakistani-American who is also Ahluwalia’s husband. Her latest album, Comfort Food, features songs that protest Hindu fundamentalism in India and the nationalism that continues to stir conflicts between India and Pakistan and celebrates pancakes… Kiran Ahluwalia and her band perform some of these songs in-studio.
Plus, hear string quartet music by multi-instrumentalist composer Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ, who plays a traditional Vietnamese string instrument on “Green River Delta,” in collaboration with Kronos Quartet. - Caryn Havlik
Program #4880, From the Soundcheck Podcast, Kiran Ahluwalia (First aired 5/08/2024)
ARTIST: Kiran Ahluwalia
WORK: Hayat [4:18]
RECORDING: sanata:stillness
SOURCE: Magenta
INFO: kiranmusic.com
ARTIST: Kiran Ahluwalia
WORK: Dil [4:46]
RECORDING: Live for the Soundcheck Podcast, April 2024
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: The work appears on Comfort Food, available via kiranmusic.com
ARTIST: Kiran Ahluwalia & Tinariwen
WORK: Mustt Mustt [4:18]
RECORDING: Aam Zameen/Common Ground
SOURCE: Avokado Artists Recordings / Out 91425262
INFO: kiranmusic.com
ARTIST: Kiran Ahluwalia
WORK: Tera Jugg [6:07]
RECORDING: Live for the Soundcheck Podcast, April 2024
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: The work appears on Comfort Food, available via kiranmusic.com
ARTIST: Kiran Ahluwalia
WORK: Tera Jugg [4:46]
RECORDING: Live for the Soundcheck Podcast, April 2024
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: The work appears on Comfort Food, available via kiranmusic.com
ARTIST: Kiran Ahluwalia, Souad Massi
WORK: Ban Kuoulchi Redux [5:34]
RECORDING: Comfort Food
SOURCE: Kiran Music
INFO: kiranmusic.com
ARTIST: Kiran Ahluwalia
WORK: Pancake [4:27]
RECORDING: Live for the Soundcheck Podcast, April 2024
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: The work appears on Comfort Food, available via kiranmusic.com
ARTIST: Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ with Kronos Quartet
WORK: Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ: Green River Delta/Luu Thuy Truong [4:40]
RECORDING: Three-Mountain Pass
SOURCE: Innova 866
INFO: innova.mu
