The Gurmat Sangeet Podcast

Sarbpreet Singh
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Join Sarbpreet Singh on a personal journey into Gurmat Sangeet or Sikh Sacred Music; reminisces and curated listening of some of the finest live recordings of Gurbani.

Episodes

  1. 04/25/2025

    Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan and the gift of Jog

    I take my listeners back to a cold Dceember night in Jalandhar in 2009, when my journey in music was enriched by a magnificent rendering of Raga Jog by sitar maestro, Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan at the Harivallabh Festival. The episode features a shabad in Raga Jog sung specially for the podcast by Hazuri Ragi Bhai Nirmal Singh Batala, the bearer of the legacy of the redoubtable Bhai Sahib Balbir Singh and one of the finest exponents of Gurmat Sangeet in the Sikh Panth.  In the episode I reminisce about the late Gyani Dyal Singh Ji, the noted Sikh musicologist and teacher and Bibi Jaswant Kaur, who collectively kept the legacy of the legendary Rababi, Bhai Taba Ji, alive. I also write about a visit with the late master luthier, Gurdial Singh, who hand crafted many magnificent stringed instruments and was a wizard of the sitar jowari. The episode concludes with the gat that Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan played that night, accompanied by Ustad Akram Khan, the doyen of the Ajrara Gharana.

    44 min

  2. 10/02/2021

    Guru Ramdas Rakho Sarnayee

    As we approach the birth anniversary of Guru Ramdas, enjoy some of my favorite shabads associated with the fourth Guru.

    47 min

  3. 06/22/2021

    The Cloak is Worn and Weary

    A magnificent shabad from the Bani of Guru Nanak Sahib, sung by Bhai Sahib Santa Singh Ji - a poignant reflection on the human condition

    23 min

  4. 06/09/2021

    In the midst of sorrow, feels no pain

    A shabad of great comfort from Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib - a magnificent rendition in Raga Hamir by Bhai Sahib Samund Singh Ji

    36 min

  5. 05/12/2021

    The Celestial Horseman

    A beautiful shabad by Bhagat Kabir in which he uses the metaphor of a horse that he has fashioned out of his consciousness, who soaring to the heavens, epitomizes the poet's connection with the Divine. The episode has two dazzling renditions of the shabad by Gyani Dyal Singh Ji and Bhai Sahib Dharam Singh Zakhmi Ji.

    28 min

  6. 03/06/2021

    The Lion of Kapurthala - Bhai Gyan Singh Jogi

    As my journey in Gurmat Sangeet continues, I meet a lion of an old school Ragi Singh at Bridgewater, NJ in the 90s

    48 min

  7. 02/20/2021

    The Sage of Rakab Ganj : Gyani Dyal Singh Ji

    I encounter the formidable Gyani Dyal Singh Ji, Principal of the Rakab Ganj Kirtan seminary in Delhi

    43 min

  8. 01/31/2021

    The tale of the Singapore Tapes - Bhai Dharam Singh Zakhmi

    Through the kindness of a fellow Gurmat Sangeet premi, the author is introduced to the fabulous kirtan of Bhai Sahib Dharam Singh Zakhmi and his Jatha

    2h 1m

  9. 01/25/2021

    A Precious Gift : Bhai Nazar Singh teaches me a shabad

    A mentor is found and a protégé receives a most precious gift.

    30 min

  10. 01/24/2021

    My First Partal : from the oeuvre of Bhai Sahib Avatar Singh - Gurcharan Singh Ji

    A young Sikh in Milwaukee in the late 90s, searching for his moorings, develops a passion for both Gurmat Sangeet and Shahstriya Sangeet. An unexpected gift arrives.

    33 min

  11. 01/22/2021

    Virji and his soul stirring Kirtan

    The soul stirring Gurbani Kirtan of Sardar Prem Singh, who goes by 'Virji'

    1h 6m
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Join Sarbpreet Singh on a personal journey into Gurmat Sangeet or Sikh Sacred Music; reminisces and curated listening of some of the finest live recordings of Gurbani.

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  • Creator
    Sarbpreet Singh
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    11
  • Rating
    Clean
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    The Gurmat Sangeet Podcast