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Kabir Cultural Centre collection ➔ [Poster for Gurdial Singh Randhawa's performance of Down the Memory Lane at the Baha’i Centre, Montreal, Quebec]

Item
Identifier:
2023_01_03_003
Repository
Repository Web Site
https://www.centrekabir.com/en/
Repository Identifier
Randhawa 2006
Date
March 25 2006;Date(s) of creation
Creator
Extent
1 poster
Format
ephemera
Description
Poster advertising Down the Memory Lane, An evening of soulful ghazals and delightful Punjabi songs at the Baha’i Centre, Montreal, Quebec. Features vocals by Gurdial Singh Randhawa and Jagjit Singh Sohni on the tabla. Gurdial Singh Randhawa is a ghazal singer. He is originally from the city of Jalandhar in Punjab, India and currently lives in Montreal. He has collaborated with K.L. Saigal, Talat Mehmood, Purushottam Jalota and Jagjit Singh. Jagjit Singh Soni is a tabla player and instructor. He was born and raised in the city of Batala in Punjab, India and now lives in Brampton, Ontario. He began learning tabla at the age of 4. He holds the Guiness World Record for Longest Drumming Marathon, having played 110 hours of tabla for five days and four nights straight.
Location
Canada;Quebec;Montreal
Language
English
Notes
"Gurdial Singh Randhawa hails from Jalandhar and currently lives in Montreal. In the past he has had glorious musical associations with the likes of K.L. Saigal, Talat Mehmood, Purushottam Jalota and Jagjit Singh. This octogenarian, gifted with an angelic voice, magical fingers and devilish wit, will make you cry and laugh at the same time through his music, memories and all-pervading humanity." -Kabir Cultural Centre "Jagjit Singh is a Brampton Ontario resident and a local tabla teacher, His [Guinness World] Record [for 110 hours of playing tabla non-stop] eclipsed the previous record of 101 hours during an official attempt lasting 5 days from October 3 to October 7, 2007. Jagjit Singh 'Batalvi' was born and raised in Batala, a small city in Punjab, India, and was always a great music lover and passionate about playing tabla. He began learning tabla from his cousin, Kamalpreet Singh when he was only four years of age. His love and passion for tabla has brought him a long way from his childhood to now." - https://www.sikhnet.com/news/jagjit-singh-receives-guinness-world-record-longest-drumming-marathon Ghazals are poems dealing with love and loss that originated in Arabic Poetry. The tabla is a pair of single-headed hand drums from the Indian subcontinent. The small, conical righthand drum is called the dayan and is used to created treble or tonal sounds. The larger, kettledrum-like lefthand drum is called the baya and is used for producing bass. The tabla owes its unique sound to the coat of syahi "tuning paste" applied to specific areas on the skin of each drum. The poster uses the spelling "Sohni" for Jagjit Singh, but it is assumed that the poster is in reference to be Jagjit Singh Soni. *Date listed refers to date of performance.
Rights Statement
In copyright
Subject Headings - SACDA
South Asian Canadian men musicians;Ghazal (music)
Subject Headings - Library of Congress
Tabla players [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87006038];Posters [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001723]