Jaswinder Brar

Jaswinder Brar
Background information
Birth name Jaswinder Kaur Brar
Born (1973-09-08) 8 September 1973
Kaleyanwali, Haryana, India
Genres Bhangra, folk, pop, religious
Occupation(s) Singer
Years active 1990–present

Jaswinder Brar (born 8 September 1973) is a Punjabi folk singer. She sings Punjabi folk and Bhangra and known as the Folk Queen. She is known for her stage shows and is called Akharheya Di Rani.[1] She is specially known for her Lok Tatths. She started her career with the album named "Keemti Cheez" in 1990.

Life

Brar was born on 8 September 1973 to Baldev Singh and Narinder Kaur to a Punjabi Jatt family in Mandi Kaleyanwali.

She got married on 19 May 2000 to Ranjit Singh Sidhu[2] and took a break for about two years from singing while she had a daughter.

Awards and honors

Among her awards, she is honored with the "Shromani Punjabi Lok Gaaiki Award 2010" in November; she is the 12th to receive that award. She received others including Sangeet Samrat award on Prof. Mohan Singh Mela. She was nominated for the ETC Channel Punjabi's music awards 2006, for "Best Folk Oriented Vocalist (Female)" (for her song "Mirza") and "Best Oriented Folk Album (Female)" (for her album Gallan Pyar Dian) and awarded as best folk vocalist female 2006.[3]

Discography

Jaswinder Brar posing for her album Jiunde Rehn

She started her career with the album named Keemti Cheez in 1990 and released several albums since then.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Mutiayaran Punjab Dian at Wolverhampton's Wulfrun Hall". ExpressAndStar.com]. 27 September 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "Mass Marriage:". Chandigarh: The Tribune. 13 March 2002. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "ETC Channel Punjabi, Music Awards 2006 - Nominations". www.unp.me. 18 March 2006. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "Jaswinder Brar - Albums". www.goyalmusic.net. Retrieved 14 January 2012.


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