Bobby Singh
BornEngland
GenresWorld Music

Bobby Singh, is an Australian tabla player.[1] He was one of the musician responsible for the album Djan Djan which won the 2010 ARIA Award for Best World Music Album.[2] Singh is also a member of Rasa Duende.

Djan Djan is an album by Mamadou Diabate, Bobby Singh & Jeff Lang. Diabate is a kora player and Lang is a guitarist. The three met during Diabate's 2008 tour of Australia and recorded the album in a single day in March of that year.[3]

Singh was the subject of the documentary Viva, I Belong Everywhere that was broadcast nationally on SBS TV in May 2005.[4]

Discography

Albums

Title Details Peak positions
AUS
Aasha
(with Adrian McNeil)
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: (VEDA.4)
  • Formats: CD
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Sawariya
(with Jaspinder Narula)
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Nuff (PGMX 1312)
  • Formats: Cassette
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Rouhani
(with Joseph Tawadros)
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: ABC Classics (ABC 476 8078)
  • Formats: CD
 —
As Wide As the Sky
(with Joseph Tawadros)
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Birdland Records (BL 008)
  • Formats: CD
 —
Djan Djan
(with Mamadou Diabate and Jeff Lang)
  • Released: 2010
  • Label: ABC (2723504)
  • Formats: CD, digital
 —
Kapture
(with Sandy Evans)
  • Released: May 2015[5]
  • Label: Rufus
  • Formats: CD, digital
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Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2010 Djan Djan
(with Mamadou Diabate and Jeff Lang)		 ARIA Award for Best World Music Album Won [6]

References

  1. ↑ Singh, Manpreet K (14 June 2013), "Bobby Singh - Australia's tabla maestro", SBS
  2. ↑ "First ARIA Genre Award winners announced", Triple J, 1 November 2010
  3. ↑ Spencer, Doug (24 January 2009), "Mamadou Diabate/ Jeff Lang/ Bobby Singh", Radio National. The Weekend Planet
  4. ↑ "Trove listing", National Library of Australia, 24 January 2009
  5. ↑ Hardaker, John (7 May 2015), "REVIEW: Sandy Evans & Bobby Singh – Kapture", AustralianJazz.net
  6. ↑ ARIA Award previous winners. "ARIA Awards – Winners by Award – Best World Music Album". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 November 2020.
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