Kiran Ahluwalia is a Canadian singer, songwriter who infuses African desert blues and Western musical styles. Kiran Ahluwalia won the 'Newcomer' category in the inaugural Songlines Music Awards (2009) – announced 1 May 2009 – the new 'world music' awards organised by the UK-based magazine, Songlines.

Personal life

Ahluwalia was born in

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, grew up in Delhi and moved to

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at the age of nine. After completing her MBA at Dalhousie University, she returned to Toronto with the plan of being in the financial services industry, she changed her mind and went back to India to study music and then returned to Toronto to build her career as a musician. Ahluwalia is married to guitar player and co-arranger Rez Abbasi, and currently lives in New York. In 2016, Ahluwalia was one of the recipients of the Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards presented by

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Discography

With Rez Abbasi *'' Things to Come'' (Sunnyside, 2009) Featured by

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*'' Indoctrination (from Nuages du Monde)'' (Nettwerk, 2006)

References

External links

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Living people 1965 births Musicians from Patna Indian emigrants to Canada Musicians from Toronto Canadian women singer-songwriters Canadian world music musicians Canadian musicians of Indian descent Canadian people of Punjabi descent Dalhousie University alumni Juno Award for World Music Album of the Year winners Canadian Folk Music Award winners Expatriate musicians in India Canadian expatriates in India 21st-century Canadian singers 21st-century Canadian women singers Ahluwalia {{Canada-singer-stub