Kiran Ahluwalia

Calgary Folk Music Festival Gets Spoon, Courtney Barnett, Allison Russell, Cadence Weapon and More for 2022 Edition

PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2022

Calgary Folk Music Festival is back in action in 2022, and the 43rd edition of the event has just announced this year's full lineup of over...

Kiran Ahluwalia

7 Billion

PUBLISHED May 7, 2018

Toronto-based Kiran Ahluwalia has been honing her craft; with each successive project, her blend of Indian, Malian melodies and contemporar...

Kiran Ahluwalia

Sanata: Stillness

PUBLISHED Oct 14, 2014

At this point in her musical career, Kiran Ahluwalia is a known commodity in the Canadian music landscape. But that doesn't mean that you k...

Kiran Ahluwalia Teams Up with Tinariwen for New Sahara Blues-Influenced LP

PUBLISHED Nov 29, 2010

India-born/Canada-raised singer Kiran Ahluwalia is no stranger to crossing cultural borders with her music, as she won the Juno for World M...

Kiran Ahluwalia's Ghazal Dreams

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Kiran Ahluwalia is Canada's leading exponent of ghazal, a 700-year-old tradition of sensual poetry developed in Pakistan and India. Such a...

Kiran Ahluwalia

Beyond Boundaries

PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2004

Ever since her first album, Kashish-Attraction (2001), Kiran Ahluwalia has become the premier ambassador for ghazal music. Though she's suc...

Kiran Ahluwalia

Kashish Attraction

PUBLISHED May 1, 2001

More than a millennium old, the ghazal is one of the most popular musical forms in the North Indian and Pakistani regions. An artful rival...