這篇文章最初發表在 2005 年冬季的《寶瓶時報》上，由 Sat Kartar Kaur Khalsa 撰寫，這是對 1998 年去世的 Singh Kaur 的致敬。 在恩雅之前，在 Deva Premal之前，在當今蓬勃發展的聖歌音樂運動之前，有 Singh Kaur 的一席之地。 在 20 世紀 70 年代和 80 年代，Singh Kaur 是新時代音樂界最暢銷的主唱。 她是第一位美國錫克音樂家，她的音樂超越了 3HO 本身，並影響了全球的靈性界。 在那段時間裡，我作為聖歌主唱和 kirtan 的老師，去了許多 3HO 的謁師所。 無論我走到哪裡，有兩件事總是連帶的：
1）你總是能聞到瑜伽茶烹飪的溫暖肉桂香氣
2）你總是會聽到 Singh Kaur 的聲音從立體播音器中傳出來，將天堂般的頻率帶入我們靈性成長生活的空間。
這些感受的記憶，以及她留下的音樂遺產，至今仍是 3HO 歷史文化和傳統的基石。 Amar Singh 是一位多種樂器的音樂家，曾與她高度頻繁地合作，他回憶到：「 我們與 Yogi Bhajan，坐在聖路易斯機場，他正在等待飛往紐約的轉機航班。 他要求 Singh Kaur 將 Rakhe Rakhan Har 放在音樂中。 Yogi Bhajan 在一個空的泡沫塑膠杯上敲出心跳節奏，我就坐在她旁邊，然後我寫下了節奏，當我們回到家時，我們把節奏放進了 Singh Kaur 的電子鼓機裡，這就是在最後的錄音中所聽到的節拍。 第二天，我去上班了。 那天晚上我回家時，我問了 Singh Kaur 這件事，她播放了一張試錄音 — 基本上已算是完成的作品。 她早上坐下來，音樂從她身上流過。 我總是驚訝和敬畏的是，她能夠為任何她聽到的單詞 — 英語或古魯穆齊文 — 配上完美的音樂。」
她的密友 Sat Jivan Kaur 回憶道：「 有一天晚上，在佛羅里達州的冬至慶祝活動中，凌晨 3 點左右，我被這美妙的聲音喚醒了。 我站起來，穿過營地，看看它來自哪裡。 最後，我來到了謁師所。 Singh Kaur 真的在唱 Siri Guru Granth Sahib。 我坐在那裡，幾乎淚連連地聆聽著，然後，我去讓保安，在營地廣播這聲音。 她沒有小我，她會讓任何人和她一起誦經。 我喜歡和她一起歌唱。
「 我自己的作曲和歌唱方法，在我們互相加油打氣的一次談話中，得到了擴展。有一天，我告訴她：「 我只是無法讓這首歌的旋律或歌詞正確表達出來。 我感覺很卡。」 「 傻女孩」，她說，「 你不知道歌曲有自己的靈魂嗎？ 如果它想來看你，它會來跟你玩。」「跟我玩？ 」「 你就是這首歌所演奏的樂器。 你知道，這樣工作起來要容易得多」，她這麼解釋道。 從那以後，我對音樂所經歷的過程看法就不一樣了。
在 Singh Kaur 生命的最後，中提琴手 Sahib Amar Kaur 演奏了她的兩張空靈唱片《 Fairy Night Songs 仙女夜之歌 》和《 This Universe 這個宇宙 》，這些唱片以黑膠唱片發行。 Sahib Amar 回憶道：「 她告訴我，她希望這個宇宙這張唱片。成為她送給 3H0 家族的禮物。 我認為這是她說感謝的方式，並與每個人以和平音頻結束緣份， 直到她生命的盡頭，她總是在創作音樂，提供我們所有人欣賞。」
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Singh Kaur 的音樂
享受 Singh Kaur 的音樂，由 SikhNetGurbani 媒體中心 提供串流：
Fly Away 飛離
Mender of Hearts 心靈的治癒者
Sat Kartar Kaur 40 多年來一直在世界各地表演和促進神聖音樂體驗。 她有自己的唱片和 CD，是 Khalsa String Band 的原始成員。 她曾在許多其它聖歌藝術家的錄音中演唱，包括 Krishna Das。 Sat Kartar Kaur 的音樂可以在 SikhNet、Sat Nam Europe 和 Invincible Music 上找到。
These sense memories, along with the music legacy she left, remain today as cornerstones of 3HO historical culture and tradition.
Amar Singh, a multi-instrumental musician who worked extensively with her, recalls: “We were sitting in the St. Louis airport with Yogi Bhajan, who was waiting for a connecting flight to New York. He asked Singh Kaur to put Rakhe Rakhan Har to music. I was sitting next to her as Yogi Bhajan tapped out the heartbeat rhythm on an empty styrofoam cup. I wrote the rhythm down, and when we got home, we put the rhythm into Singh Kaur’s drum machine. This is the beat heard on the final recording. The next day, I went off to work. When I came home that evening, I asked Singh Kaur about it, and she played a rough recording – basically the finished piece. She had sat down in the morning and the music just flowed through her. I was always amazed and awed by her ability to put the perfect music to any words that came her way – English or Gurmukhi.”
Remembering Singh Kaur
This article was originally published in the Winter, 2005 issue of Aquarian Times and was written by Sat Kartar Kaur Khalsa. It is a tribute to Singh Kaur, who passed away in 1998.
Before Enya, before Deva Premal, and before today’s burgeoning chant music movement, there was Singh Kaur.
In the 1970s and 1980s Singh Kaur was the best-selling vocalist in the New Age music scene. She was the first American Sikh musician whose music reached beyond 3HO and impacted the worldwide spiritual community.
During that time, I traveled to many 3HO ashrams as a chant vocalist and kirtan teacher. Everywhere I went, two things were always a given:
1) you would always smell the warm cinnamon aroma of Yogi Tea cooking, and
2) you would always hear Singh Kaur’s voice emanating from the stereo, bringing a heavenly frequency into the spaces where we were growing a spiritual life.
Sat Jivan Kaur, her close friend, recalls, “One night at Winter Solstice celebration in Florida, around 3 a.m., I was stirred awake by this beautiful sound. I arose and went through the camp, to see where it was coming from. Finally, I came upon the gurdwara. Singh Kaur was literally singing the Siri Guru Granth Sahib. I sat and listened in near-tearful awe, then went and asked security to broadcast it through the camp. She had no ego, and she’d let anyone chant with her. I loved singing with her.”
My own approach to composing and singing was expanded in one of our mutual hold-each-other-up conversations. One day I told her, “I just can’t get the tune or words on this song to come out right. I feel so blocked.”
“Silly girl,” she said, “don’t you know that the song has its own spirit? If it wants to visit you, it will come and play you.” Play me? “You’re the instrument that the song is playing upon. Works much easier that way, you know,” she explained. My perception of the musical process has never been the same since.
Toward the end of Singh Kaur’s life, violist Sahib Amar Kaur played on two of her ethereal recordings, Fairy Night Songs and This Universe, released on Sequoia Records.
Sahib Amar recalls: “She told me that she wanted This Universe to be her gift to the 3H0 family. I think it was her way of saying thank you, and of making peaceful closure with everyone. Up to the very end of her life, she was always creating music for all the rest of us to enjoy.”
Cover of the popular “Remember Him” album
The Music of Singh Kaur
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Sat Kartar Kaur has performed and facilitated sacred music experiences worldwide for over 40 years. She has her own recordings and CDs and is an original member of the Khalsa String Band. She has sung on many other chant artists’ recordings, including Krishna Das. Sat Kartar Kaur’s music is available on SikhNet, Sat Nam Europe, and Invincible Music.
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