Barkat Sidhu (18 September 1946 – 17 August 2014) was a Sufi singer from

Moga district Moga district is one of the twenty-two districts in the state of Punjab, India. It became the 17th district of Punjab State on 24 November 1995 cut from Faridkot district. Moga District is among the largest producers of wheat and rice in Pu ...

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

, and a fine exponent of the

Patiala Gharana The Patiala ''gharana'' (, ) is one of the vocal (tradition, school, or style of music) of Hindustani classical music, named after the city of Patiala in Punjab, India where it was established. The ''gharana'' was founded in the mid to late 19th ...

. Barkat was born at Kaniya village near Shahkot in Jalandhar district in 1946. In his early days, He got his musical training from his maternal uncle Niranjan Das (father of Puran Shahkoti) He then became disciple of Pandit Kesar Chand Narang and learnt Indian classical music.

Discography

* Deedar Mahi Da * Har Surat Vich Tu * Rom Rom Vich Tu * The best of Barkat Sidhu

Gabu Schalabi

* Alif Allah * Dekho Ni Ki Kar Gaya Mahi * Uth Gaye Gawandon Yaar- the year of the supernatural

Death

Barkat Sidhu died of cancer in a hospital in Ludhiana on 17 August 2014. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had directed the authorities of the private hospital in Ludhiana, where Barkat was admitted, to provide him treatment at free of cost. He died in the presence of his friends and family.

References

* * * Download Songs here - https://web.archive.org/web/20120807073356/http://folkpunjab.com/barkat-sidhu/ 1946 births 2014 deaths Performers of Sufi music Punjabi-language singers 20th-century Indian singers Singers from Punjab, India {{India-singer-stub