Snatam Kaur

小檔案
外文名 Snatam Kaur
真  名 Snatam Kaur Khalsa
代表作 Long Time Sun
藝人資料
Snatam Kaur 的真名叫 Snatam Kaur Khalsa，Kaur 是錫克族語公主之意。Snatam Kaur 是一位精神音樂大使，她出生在印度瑜伽士家庭。Snatam 從小就訓(xùn)練了聲音、小提琴、吉他。她有了西部古典音樂的堅(jiān)實(shí)基礎(chǔ)，并經(jīng)常參加樂隊(duì)演奏及個(gè)人的小提琴獨(dú)奏。在精神音樂領(lǐng)域不斷的擴(kuò)展著并發(fā)揮著自己的天分，她遨游在音樂和靈性之間。“我得知潮流的重要性，信奉瑜伽者 Bhajan 曾說過，”她說，“我有個(gè)人經(jīng)驗(yàn)的，我認(rèn)為這些神圣的詞能量，有一個(gè)非常真正，正面的作用。”Snatam 在印度更加進(jìn)一步探索了聲音的力量。在印度她花費(fèi)了時(shí)間照顧幼兒，教體育和提供音樂給兒童在早晨吟唱和平頌歌。Snatam 在這里安定的學(xué)習(xí)音樂并從教于 Amritsar（Sikh 樣式印度大師 kirtan）Bhai Hari Singh 。對(duì)她來說這是一巨大榮譽(yù)，并且她的母親在孩童時(shí)代也受過這位大師的教育。
在從印度返到美國后，Snatam 開始了她的事業(yè)成為了錄音藝術(shù)家并出版了《和平家庭》等音樂專集。而后，她擔(dān)當(dāng)了歌手，與音樂家 Livtar Singh 和 GuruGanesha Singh 相識(shí)，使她有了第一個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)可以寫歌曲。兩年后她開始開發(fā)她自己的聲音并將錫克族音樂和西方古典音樂完美的結(jié)合在一起。從而開始了非常卓有成效的音樂事業(yè)。
很多人說：“每次聽到她那宛如天籟的人聲吟唱都是全身心的沉浸在她所營造那種平和的意境里不能自拔，她聲音就像一股溫暖和煦的陽光輕撫著聽者的心。”
作品年表
Peace Family: Reunion（2000）專輯
To Heaven and Beyond（2000）專輯
Grace（2004）專輯
Prem（2004）專輯
Shanti（2004）專輯
Celebrate Peace（2005）專輯
Anand（2006）專輯
The Best Of（2007）專輯
Meditations for Transformation: Release & Overcome（2008）專輯
Feeling Good Today!（2009）專輯
Liberation's Door（2009）專輯
Divine Birth（2010）專輯
Sacred Chants For Healing（2010）專輯
Ras（2011）專輯
Light of the Naam: Morning Chants（2014）專輯
Life and career
Snatam Kaur Khalsa (born 1972 in Trinidad, Colorado), is an American singer and songwriter. Kaur performs new age Indian devotional music, kirtan, and tours the world as a peace activist. The surname "Kaur", meaning "princess", is shared by all female Sikhs.
Her family moved to California when Snatam was two, living in Long Beach and Sacramento. When Snatam was six, the family went to India where her mother studied kirtan. Snatam lived on a ranch near Bolinas, California until 8th grade and then moved to Mill Valley in 1986. During her childhood, she played kirtan with her mother in Sikh temples and at Sikh religious ceremonies. She attended Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley. While at Tam High, she played violin in the school orchestra and began songwriting. Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead coached Kaur and her classmates before they performed her song Saving the Earth at an Earth Day concert in San Francisco on April 22, 1990.
Snatam was also active in social and environmental causes while in high school, serving as president of a social action club known as "Students for Justice" in her senior year. The club started a campus recycling program and organized environmental awareness programs. The club also led the effort to change the school mascot and sports team names from the Indians to the Red Tailed Hawk in 1989 and 1990, inspired by a speech given at the school by Sacheen Littlefeather.
After graduating from Tam, Snatam attended Mills College in Oakland, California, receiving a bachelor's degree in biochemistry. She then returned to India to study Kirtan under her mother's teacher, Bhai Hari Singh. In 1997, Kaur began a career as a food technologist with Peace Cereals in Eugene, Oregon.
Discography
2000         Reunion
2000         To Heaven and Beyond
2002         Carry Us Home
2002         Prem (Love)
2003         Shanti
2004         Grace
2005         Celebrate Peace
2005         Mother's Blessing
2006         Anand
2007         LIVE in Concert
2007         Amrit Vela - Sadhana Chants
2008         Teree Meher Da Bolanaa
2008         Meditations for Transformation 1: Merge & Flow
2008         Meditations for Transformation 2: Connect & Heal
2008         Meditations for Transformation 3: Release & Overcome
2009         Liberation's Door
2010         The Essential Snatam Kaur: Sacred Chants For Healing
2010         Divine Birth
2011         Ras
2011         Feeling Good Today
2012         Evening Prayer - Kirtan Sohila
2012         Heart Of The Universe
2013         Sat Nam! Songs from Khalsa Youth Camp
 
2014         Light of the Naam: Morning Chants