Sonny Singh npe ni akọkọ akọkọ akọkọ rẹ, Sage Warrior pẹlu akọkọ akọkọ akọkọ, Pavan Guru.

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Brooklyn-iwe Sonny Singh ti wa ni o wa ni aṣeyọri fun awọn aṣeyọri ati ifọwọsi music. Ninu awọn ọdun meji, Singh ti wa ni gbajumo bi a akọkọ ẹgbẹ ti awọn band Red Baraat, ṣiṣe lori awọn ile-iṣẹ ni agbaye pẹlu awọn oniwe-iwe ati awọn ọrọ rẹ. O si bẹrẹ lori aṣeyọri ti aṣeyọri lati iwadi awọn aṣeyọri titun siwaju ti awọn Sikh devotional music. Ni 2022, o fi awọn oniwe-iwe-iwe rẹ Chardi Kala to critical acclaim: “Singh has done that rarest of rare things as a musician—he has actually charted new ground…” (Bhanuj Kappal, Live Mint). His album carved out a new space in the landscape of spiritual music: “This is Indian devotional music as Western pop with a trumpet as a driving force. To hear it is to realize there’s not much else like it anywhere” (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.

“Sonny’s music tẹsiwaju awọn ọna ti awọn ọkunrin ọkunrin – a pọju-ọna apamọwọ ti Oneness, ati ki o gbọdọ gbọdọ si iṣowo,” o npe ni Valarie Kaur. “O jẹ ọkunrin, aktivist, ati olokiki ti o ṣeto awọn ọna-ọna-ọna-ọna-ọna-ọna-ọna-ọna-ọna.”

Singh sọrọ, "Kati Valarie yoo fi mi awọn akọkọ ti kọọkan akọkọ ti awọn akọkọ ti awọn akọkọ ti awọn akọkọ ti awọn akọkọ ti awọn akọkọ ti awọn akọkọ ti awọn akọkọ, awọn akọkọ ti awọn akọkọ ti awọn akọkọ ti awọn akọkọ ti awọn akọkọ ti awọn akọkọ ti awọn akọkọ ti awọn akọkọ ti awọn akọkọ ti awọn akọkọ ti awọn akọkọ ti awọn akọkọ ti awọn akọkọ ti awọn akọkọ ti awọn akọkọ ti awọn akọkọ."

Eyi akọkọ, laarin eyi ti o fẹ lati wa ni awọn ti o tobi ati ki o destabilizing election season to date, awọn Sage Warrior Bọkasi ati albumu yoo fi ọna kan si iwaju, ibaraẹnisọrọ, ati iranlọwọ. Ṣaaju ni Oṣu Kẹsán 2024, Singh yoo fi Kaur ni a Revolutionary Love Tour lati fi awọn akọkọ wọn ati awọn music si awọn awujọ ni gbogbo orilẹ-ede. Albumu, iwe, ati awọn awujọ art (by Sikh artist Keerat Kaur) ti wa ni ifọwọkan, awọn Sage Warrior project ni a multisensory, audio-visual gbajumo, a titun ifihan ti Sikh ilera, a igbese si awọn iṣowo iyanu, ati ọgbin fun gbogbo eniyan ti o fẹ lati gbọdọ, itọju, gbọdọ, ati iyanu.

Pavan Guru jẹ singer akọkọ lati Brooklyn-pẹlu singer ati trumpet player Sonny Singh ká ojoojumọ akọkọ album. Pẹlu yi titun music nlo a gbajumo ti Sonny's ti o tobi-ọna iwadi ti akọkọ Sikh ilera ti o ti wa ni ibi ti rẹ akọkọ album Chardi Kala ni 2022, eyi ti JazzTimes ti a npe ni “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
Ojo ati ọjọ jẹ ọkunrin ati ọkunrin
Gbogbo awọn agbaye ṣiṣẹ ni awọn oniwe-ọna

Ojo ti a ṣe, o dara ati iṣoro,
ti wa ni wiwa ni ibi iroyin
Nipasẹ awọn iṣẹ wa ati awọn wa nikan, a gbọdọ siwaju tabi gbọdọ siwaju sii

Ati awọn ti o ba fẹ awọn orukọ titun
ati awọn ti o ti wa ni ifọwọkan
Oh Nanak, awọn oniwe-ọna wọn ni irọrun
and many more are freed with them

Awọn 'The Sage Warrior' Book Nipa Valarie Kaur:

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

In the book, Sage Warrior, out on September 10, 2024 (One World), Kaur presents an imaginative retelling of 250 years of epic history of the first Sikhs. In a time riven by caste, conquest, and cruelty, the first Sikhs forged new path of the sant sipahi, the sage warrior—a figure who embodies both the sage, full of love and awe for the world as it is, and the warrior, who fights for the world as it ought to be. Each chapter focuses on a single Sikh Guru, or spiritual leader, and woman ancestor, and corresponding lesson. In the album, Singh brings each sacred poem to life. In Sikh tradition, music is the primary vehicle for wisdom: through musical poetry, wisdom lands in the body, mind, and heart.

Hailed as “a brilliant gem” by Michelle Alexander, author of the 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.