Sonny Singh ngumumkeun rekaman sophomore nya, Sage Warrior dengan single kahayang kahayang, Pavan Guru.

Sage Warrior nyaéta hiji genre-crossing, tanpa batas, dua belas lagu-odyssey kana kebijaksanaan ancestral ti nyanyi, trumpeter, jeung songwriter kritik Sonny Singh. album ieu eksplorasi roh Sikh tina sant sipahiThe wise warrior: the wise leads with love; the warrior responds to the call to courage. Introspective jeung urgent, spiritual jeung rebellious, album ieu nawarkeun réngsé anyar tina puisi Sikh devotional ti Asia Kidul, kana kana anu nganteurkeun kaséhatan ancestral pikeun waktos urang. Singh dijieun album salaku pendamping ka buku anyar</pfseg> Sage Warrior dina pemimpin hak sipil visionary jeung penulis bestseller Valarie Kaur. unggal track dina album nawarkeun bab dina buku. Saméméhna, buku jeung album Sage Warrior nawarkeun hiji pangalaman multisensory electrifying tina hikmat Sikh - hiji panggero clarion ka cinta, komitmen, jeung keberanian dina waktos gelap.

Sonny Singh di Brooklyn anu diresmikan pikeun inovasi musik berani jeung gembira. Dina dua dekade panungtungan, Singh meunang reputasi salaku anggota aslinya tina band Red Baraat, ngawanohkeun dina panggung di sakuliah dunya kalayan trumpet na suar na. Anjeunna ngamimitian karir solo pikeun eksplorasi rendering anyar gembira musik Sikh. Dina 2022, Anjeunna dirilis debut solo Anjeun Chardi Kala na kritikal panggeroan: "Singh geus ngalakukeun hal anu langka salaku musisi - anjeunna geus katempo hiji basa anyar ..." (Bhanuj Kappal, Live Mint). albumna digambarkeun hiji spasi anyar dina landscape musik spiritual: "Ieu téh musik indian devotional salaku western pop jeung trumpet salaku hiji kakuatan mendengkeun eta téh sadar yén aya teu loba sejenna di mana wae" (Bruce Miller, PopMatters).

Now with his second album, Singh ushers us into altogether new experiences of the sacred through music, poetry, and song. The album was produced by Grammy-nominated Kaveh Rastegar, who has worked with Sting, John Legend, Ringo Starr, and De La Soul. Sage Warrior features a virtuosic roster of musicians on guitars, Punjabi and western drums, horns, harmonium, and synths. The result: a rich sonic journey into the world of Sikh music and beyond. At moments, traditional Punjabi rhythms transport us to the riverbanks of Punjab, where Sikh ancestors sang the sacred poems. In the next moment, we are ushered into bold new experiments in global music through soaring trumpets and epic electric guitar-driven melodies. In every track, Sonny’s powerful voice is our guide, as in the words of Annie Mok of Bandcamp Daily: “Singh’s voice arrives, like the breaking of morning sunlight, a bursting open of joy.”

The Sage Warrior album is genre-crossing, borderless, devotional, and new –

• In Sachau Orai, Sonny’s music pulsates with reggae and dub, a nod to the spiritual roots of reggae music, connecting Sikh wisdom with a vibrant global call to action: “Higher than truth is the living of truth.”
• In Jaano Jot, Sonny offers an anthemic declaration to dismantle caste and all forms of oppression, with a catchy Punjabi-cumbia groove: “Know the light within all, ask not of caste / there are no hierarchies in the world beyond.”
• In Taati Vao, a sacred poem for protection, Sonny’s powerful voice and layered electric guitars shelter the listener with epic melodies: “Hot winds cannot touch me, I am shielded by the Infinite.”
• In Begampura, the sage-poet Ravidas dreams of “a place without despair.” Through dreamy, lush, layered vocal harmonies, Sonny invites us to imagine a world without cruelty or agony, and to feel the possibility of liberation in our bodies.

In making the album, Singh worked closely with Valarie Kaur as she wrote the book Sage Warrior. Singh composed new renditions of the sacred poems, shabds, that appear in each story. Singh sent her music demos as she wrote; she sent him chapters as he composed. The book inspired the album; the album inspired the book; both were inspired by Sikh wisdom. Fittingly, the penultimate track of the album features Kaur reading an excerpt of the book to an introspective improvisational soundscape in a piece called Rebirth.

"Musik Sonny ngawanohkeun roh warrior anu bijaksana - hiji kabutuhan full-throated of Oneness, jeung panggero berani ka aksi," nyebutkeun Valarie Kaur. "Dia mangrupakeun seniman, aktivis, jeung pemikir anu ngagambarkeun cinta revolusioner dina aya jeung na na na. Ieu hiji pangalaman electrifying pikeun nelepon musikna nalika kuring ditulis, sarta pikeun tulisan kuring diulangkeun bentuk musik. buku jeung album dilakukeun bersama-sama."

Singh ngécéskeun, "Sementara Valarie bakal ngirim kuring draft mimiti unggal bab buku, musik ngaluarkeun ku kuring kalayan gampang. tulisan-Na nyusun sajarah komunitas urang jeung perjuangan dina basa nu kuring kudu ngéséskeun - anu generasi urang kudu ngésékeun.

Ieu panon, di tengah-tengah naon janten nu paling kontroversial jeung destabilisasi usum pemilu urang ayeuna, Sage Warrior buku jeung album bakal nyiptakeun jalan ka keberanian, koneksi, jeung cinta. Dimimitian dina bulan September 2024, Singh bakal gabung Kaur dina Revolusioner Love Tour pikeun ngabalukarkeun sajarah na musik aranjeunna ka audiences di sakuliah nagara. album, buku, jeung seni visual (dina seniman Sikh Keerat Kaur) digabungkeun, The Sage Warrior proyék téh hiji pangalaman multisensory, audio-visual, hiji tawaran anyar tina kebijaksanaan Sikh, hiji gerbang kana gerak cinta revolusioner, sarta obat pikeun sadaya anu lapar pikeun harapan, penyembuhan, pembebasan, jeung sukacita.

Pavan Guru nyaéta single munggaran ti lagu-lagu jeung trompeter Brooklyn-based Sonny Singh nu bakal runtuyan album sophomore. Kalawan musik anyar ieu datang ngaronjatkeun eksplorasi tanpa batas Sonny urang ngeunaan ilaharna Sikh nu mangrupa jantung album debut na Chardi Kala di 2022, nu JazzTimes disebut “vibrant, ebullient, and energized.”

Pavan Guru is Sonny’s original rendition of a widely recited poem about the mystical Oneness found in nature, written by Guru Nanak, founder of the Sikh faith (full translation below). Produced by Grammy-nominated bass player and musician Kaveh Rastegar, Pavan Guru begins with layered electric guitar soundscapes and Sonny’s voice soaring, inviting listeners into a space of reflection, before galloping Punjabi rhythms on the dholki and tabla and meditative trumpet melodies lead the way.  

“I have been reciting and singing the words in this shabad [devotional song] my whole life,” Sonny explains. “It is humbling to bring my own musical voice and sensibility to these verses that are so special for millions of Sikhs around the world – and to be able to share them with new audiences outside our community.”

Sonny Singh’s new album, called Sage Warrior, is set to release on September 6th, alongside a book by the same name by his longtime friend and Sikh activist and writer Valarie Kaur (One World, 9/10/24).

English Translation by Valarie Kaur, with Dolly Kaur Brar, Nirinjan Kaur Khalsa, and Jasvir Kaur Rababan

Air our teacher, water our father
Mother Earth, the great womb
Hari jeung malam téh duanana daddy jeung caregiver
Dina sakabéh dunya muter dina pelukan maranéhanana

Aya anu kami ngalakukeun, alus jeung destruktif,
di baca dina court of account
Dina tindakan urang jeung urang ngan, urang nyokot dekat atawa drift jauh

Aya anu ngatur ngaran mistik
jeung geus labuh loyally
Oh Nanak, muka maranéhanana radiant
dan loba leuwih anu dibebaskan kalayan aranjeunna

About 'The Sage Warrior' Book Ku Valarie Kaur:

“Sage Warrior is far more than a book – it’s a sacred invitation." - Brené Brown, Ph.D., penulis #1 NYT Bestseller Atlas of the Heart

Dina buku, Sage Warrior, diterbitkeun dina 10 September 2024 (One World), Kaur nembongkeun hiji narik imaginatif tina 250 taun sajarah epik sikh kahiji. Dina waktos diwujukeun ku kasta, penaklukan, jeung kekerasan, sikh kahiji nyiptakeun jalan anyar tina sant sipahi, warrior anu bijaksana — hiji figur anu ngagambarkeun sakumaha anu bijaksana, lengkep cinta jeung awewe pikeun dunya salaku eta, jeung warrior, anu ngéléhkeun dunya salaku eta kudu jadi. Sababaraha bab fokus dina hiji Guru Sikh, atawa pamimpin spiritual, jeung leluhur awéwé, jeung leksi anu cocog. Dina album, Singh ngabalukarkeun unggal puisi suci ka hirup. Dina tradisi Sikh, musik mangrupakeun alat utama pikeun kaséhatan: ngaliwatan puisi musik, kaséhatan landed dina awak, pikiran, jeung jantung.

Gambarkeun salaku “a brilliant gem” ku Michelle Alexander, author tina New Jim Crow, Sage Warrior offers us a new way to think about how we cultivate a discipline of courage, pleasure, and connection in seemingly catastrophic times, inspired by a rich and surprising wisdom tradition that many have very likely never explored.