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Gurbani (14-53)
Ashtpadiyan (53-71)
Gurbani (71-74)
Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
Vaar Siri Raag (83-91)
Bhagat Bani (91-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
Ashtpadi (109)
Ashtpadiyan (110-129)
Ashtpadi (129-130)
Ashtpadiyan (130-133)
Bara Maha (133-136)
Din Raen (136-137)
Vaar Maajh Ki (137-150)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
Karhalei (234-235)
Ashtpadiyan (235-242)
Chhant (242-249)
Baavan Akhari (250-262)
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Thittee (296-300)
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Gurbani (323-330)
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Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
Bhagat Bani (345-346)
ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
Ashtpadiyan (411-432)
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Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
Bhagat Bani (475-488)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ | Raag Goojaree
Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ | Raag Bihaagraa
Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
Vaar Bihaagraa (548-556)
ਰਾਗੁ ਵਡਹੰਸ | Raag Wadhans
Gurbani (557-564)
Ashtpadiyan (564-565)
Chhant (565-575)
Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
Vaar Sorath (642-659)
ਰਾਗੁ ਧਨਾਸਰੀ | Raag Dhanasaree
Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
Bhagat Bani (691-695)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
Bhagat Bani (710)
ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
ਰਾਗੁ ਬੈਰਾੜੀ | Raag Bairaaree
ਰਾਗੁ ਤਿਲੰਗ | Raag Tilang
Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ | Raag Suhi
Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
Kaafee (761-762)
Suchajee (762)
Gunvantee (763)
Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
Bhagat Bani (792-794)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ | Raag Bilaaval
Gurbani (795-831)
Ashtpadiyan (831-838)
Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
Bhagat Bani (855-858)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
Ashtpadiyan (869)
Bhagat Bani (870-875)
ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
Gurbani (876-902)
Anand (917-922)
Sadd (923-924)
Chhant (924-929)
Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
ਰਾਗੁ ਨਟ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ | Raag Nat Narayan
Gurbani (975-980)
Ashtpadiyan (980-983)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ | Raag Maalee Gauraa
Gurbani (984-988)
Bhagat Bani (988)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
Ashtpadiyan (1008-1014)
Kaafee (1014-1016)
Ashtpadiyan (1016-1019)
Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
Dakhni (1033-1043)
ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
Bara Maha (1107-1110)
Chhant (1110-1117)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕੇਦਾਰਾ | Raag Kedara
Gurbani (1118-1123)
Bhagat Bani (1123-1124)
ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
Ashtpadiyan (1153-1167)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਸੰਤੁ | Raag Basant
Gurbani (1168-1187)
Ashtpadiyan (1187-1193)
Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਾਰਗ | Raag Saarag
Gurbani (1197-1200)
Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਲਾਰ | Raag Malaar
Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
Chhant (1278)
Vaar Malaar (1278-91)
Bhagat Bani (1292-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਲਿਆਨ | Raag Kalyaan
Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
ਰਾਗੁ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ | Raag Prabhaatee
Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
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Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
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Mundavanee Mehl 5
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<blockquote data-quote="spnadmin" data-source="post: 104932" data-attributes="member: 35"><p><a href="http://oascentral.troyrecord.com/RealMedia/ads/click_lx.ads/troyrecord.com/Entertainment/1538073149/x07/default/empty.gif/524648685145704947544941435a4c54?x" target="_blank"><img src="http://imagec14.247realmedia.com/RealMedia/ads/Creatives/default/empty.gif/0" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p> <strong>Galitcha stirs a multi-cultural gumbo</strong></p><p></p><p> Published: Thursday, June 25, 2009</p><p> </p><p> By Don Wil{censored}</p><p>Special to The Record</p><p> </p><p> <img src="http://images.townnews.com/troyrecord.com/content/articles/2009/06/28/entertainment/doc4a429fbf8f18b569470304.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p> Galitcha</p><p> </p><p> “You were sick, man!”</p><p></p><p>Kuljit Sodhi laughs about the comment now, but when the teenager first blurted it out to him last year at the Old Songs Festival, the turbaned leader of the east Indian folk group Galitcha wasn’t at all sure how to take it.</p><p></p><p>“I was actually….what’s the expression, dumb…..?</p><p></p><p>Dumb founded, I coach him. “Dumb founded, yes. Suddenly the other people said, ‘It was really great. I like the mix you guys have.’ Then, I understood. I think I know, okay, what this was about.”</p><p></p><p>Cultural diversity is the watchword this weekend as many scores of artists from around the world take part in the 29th Annual Old Songs Festival at Altamont Fairgrounds Friday through Sunday. From Appalachian balladeer Elizabeth LaPrelle & The Fruit Dodgers to the English folk song duo John Roberts & Tony Barrand, this renowned event puts the emphasis on tradition with an incredibly large array of workshops and mini-concerts that have the artists and the attendees rubbing shoulders with one another with an intimacy that’s unique even in a field known for such interaction.</p><p></p><p>Kuljit emigrated from the Punjab region of India to Montreal with his family when he was 10. His father had fought in the India-Pakistan war in ’69 and was a CID inspector. “That’s like the CIA,” explains Sohdi. “The guy he was going to replace was assassinated.”</p><p></p><p>If, like me, your only familiarity with Indian music is Ravi Shankar, you won’t feel out in left field with Galitcha, which translates as “tapestry.”</p><p></p><p>Indeed, the rest of the group is composed of Canadians, and though Kuljit plays dholki and tumbi and sings in his native language, Chris MacLean sings in English and plays guitar and harmonium. Linsey Wellman plays flutes and sax, and Shawn Mativetsky, though Canadian, has played the tabla for 17 years.</p><p></p><p>Kuljit was used to the slapping sound of a tabla that he likens to African drumming. “Shawn stays away from that for some technical and expert reasons, but in Pumjabby style you do actually need some of that because it’s about that pizzazz, that fun bling. So, he’s been learning over the years to do some of that.”</p><p></p><p>That’s right, Galitcha’s sound is not at all stuck in a classical Indian motif. And most interestingly, it’s Kuljit’s multi-cultural smorgasbord background as much as his Canadian band mates that drives that diversity. When he and his parents arrived in Canada with basically the clothes on their backs they had to live in an immigrants’ section of Montreal where he heard a lot Greek music. Disco was popular at the time, and he says that the glitzy nature of that genre felt right at home for child who had seen a lot of Bollywood films in India.</p><p></p><p>A chance meeting with the late Pakistani devotional singer Nusrat Ali Khan in the early ’80s brought Kuljit back to his Indian roots. “Magazines back in the ’90s put him as the voice of the century. Basically, a Qawwali singer (which is)sort of gospel of the Muslim world of Pakistan and India . Qawwali style is the very rhythmic praises of God, the beloved or the loved one. That’s the style he had.</p><p></p><p>Coming full circle, Kuljit has been listening to Pete Seeger, the folk patriarch he sees the American equivalent in stature to Nusrat Ali Khan.</p><p></p><p>Like Seeger’s best songs, Indian music has a rich heritage in protest stemming from India’s 1947 declaration of independence from the British.</p><p></p><p>When I mention that Seeger might find welcome compatriots within the Sikhs, Kuljit says, “You’re actually giving me goose bumps by telling me that. (Protest) is a big tradition especially within the Sikh community because Sikhs were actually brought up and then a new religion found 500 years ago from the Hindus as being protesters and warriors. It was put together to actually revolt against the Islamic movement in northern India.”</p><p></p><p>Kuljit sees music as the antidote to racism, which he says is as rampant in India as it is in North America, and he sees kids like the one who thought his music was “sick” as being the key to breaking down the barriers of prejudice.</p><p></p><p>He’s looking forward to this weekend and reconnecting with one young “crew cut WASP” struggling with alcoholic parents. The teenager promised to help him prepare Indian food at the festival, and Kuljit plans to give him a drum set.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 104932, member: 35"] [URL="http://oascentral.troyrecord.com/RealMedia/ads/click_lx.ads/troyrecord.com/Entertainment/1538073149/x07/default/empty.gif/524648685145704947544941435a4c54?x"][IMG]http://imagec14.247realmedia.com/RealMedia/ads/Creatives/default/empty.gif/0[/IMG][/URL] [B]Galitcha stirs a multi-cultural gumbo[/B] Published: Thursday, June 25, 2009 By Don Wil{censored} Special to The Record [IMG]http://images.townnews.com/troyrecord.com/content/articles/2009/06/28/entertainment/doc4a429fbf8f18b569470304.jpg[/IMG] Galitcha “You were sick, man!” Kuljit Sodhi laughs about the comment now, but when the teenager first blurted it out to him last year at the Old Songs Festival, the turbaned leader of the east Indian folk group Galitcha wasn’t at all sure how to take it. “I was actually….what’s the expression, dumb…..? Dumb founded, I coach him. “Dumb founded, yes. Suddenly the other people said, ‘It was really great. I like the mix you guys have.’ Then, I understood. I think I know, okay, what this was about.” Cultural diversity is the watchword this weekend as many scores of artists from around the world take part in the 29th Annual Old Songs Festival at Altamont Fairgrounds Friday through Sunday. From Appalachian balladeer Elizabeth LaPrelle & The Fruit Dodgers to the English folk song duo John Roberts & Tony Barrand, this renowned event puts the emphasis on tradition with an incredibly large array of workshops and mini-concerts that have the artists and the attendees rubbing shoulders with one another with an intimacy that’s unique even in a field known for such interaction. Kuljit emigrated from the Punjab region of India to Montreal with his family when he was 10. His father had fought in the India-Pakistan war in ’69 and was a CID inspector. “That’s like the CIA,” explains Sohdi. “The guy he was going to replace was assassinated.” If, like me, your only familiarity with Indian music is Ravi Shankar, you won’t feel out in left field with Galitcha, which translates as “tapestry.” Indeed, the rest of the group is composed of Canadians, and though Kuljit plays dholki and tumbi and sings in his native language, Chris MacLean sings in English and plays guitar and harmonium. Linsey Wellman plays flutes and sax, and Shawn Mativetsky, though Canadian, has played the tabla for 17 years. Kuljit was used to the slapping sound of a tabla that he likens to African drumming. “Shawn stays away from that for some technical and expert reasons, but in Pumjabby style you do actually need some of that because it’s about that pizzazz, that fun bling. So, he’s been learning over the years to do some of that.” That’s right, Galitcha’s sound is not at all stuck in a classical Indian motif. And most interestingly, it’s Kuljit’s multi-cultural smorgasbord background as much as his Canadian band mates that drives that diversity. When he and his parents arrived in Canada with basically the clothes on their backs they had to live in an immigrants’ section of Montreal where he heard a lot Greek music. Disco was popular at the time, and he says that the glitzy nature of that genre felt right at home for child who had seen a lot of Bollywood films in India. A chance meeting with the late Pakistani devotional singer Nusrat Ali Khan in the early ’80s brought Kuljit back to his Indian roots. “Magazines back in the ’90s put him as the voice of the century. Basically, a Qawwali singer (which is)sort of gospel of the Muslim world of Pakistan and India . Qawwali style is the very rhythmic praises of God, the beloved or the loved one. That’s the style he had. Coming full circle, Kuljit has been listening to Pete Seeger, the folk patriarch he sees the American equivalent in stature to Nusrat Ali Khan. Like Seeger’s best songs, Indian music has a rich heritage in protest stemming from India’s 1947 declaration of independence from the British. When I mention that Seeger might find welcome compatriots within the Sikhs, Kuljit says, “You’re actually giving me goose bumps by telling me that. (Protest) is a big tradition especially within the Sikh community because Sikhs were actually brought up and then a new religion found 500 years ago from the Hindus as being protesters and warriors. It was put together to actually revolt against the Islamic movement in northern India.” Kuljit sees music as the antidote to racism, which he says is as rampant in India as it is in North America, and he sees kids like the one who thought his music was “sick” as being the key to breaking down the barriers of prejudice. He’s looking forward to this weekend and reconnecting with one young “crew cut WASP” struggling with alcoholic parents. The teenager promised to help him prepare Indian food at the festival, and Kuljit plans to give him a drum set. [/QUOTE]
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