Kiran Ahluwalia - Two-time JUNO Winner!

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Two-time JUNO (Canadian Grammy) winner Kiran Ahluwalia's  open-hearted vocals have established her as one of global music's most  compelling cross-pollinators. Her six-piece band is led by ace guitarist  Rez Abbasi, whose accolades include the Guggenheim Fellowship and  frequent appearances on the Top Ten Guitarists of Downbeat's  International Critics Poll. Kiran and Rez are a real-life couple, one  born in India, the other in Pakistan. Having grown up in the Diaspora,  they crossed ethnic and religious lines between their two warring  motherlands to forge a musical and life partnership. Together they craft  songs that are equal parts reflective and groovy and bring together the  disparate traditions of Indian music, West African Blues and Jazz.   Three continents come together in these songs so organically that they  sound like nothing else—ethereal, raw, urgent and elegant at the same  time.

Over the course of seven albums, Kiran's work has featured  collaborations with leading musicians from the Celtic and Fado worlds,  as well as Malian super group Tinariwen. Her reworking of the classic  Qawwali tune "Mustt Mustt" has amassed over 3 million views online and  the inspiration that drove her to create it continues to inform her music today.