For the past 30 years, Onkar has been enthralling audiences with his original compositions and mesmerizing voice. Trained in East Indian Classical music, Singh has performed kirtan, or devotional Sikh music in various venues across Canada, the U.S. and India. To date, Singh has released 3 kirtan albums, all of which have been very well received. Recently, he sang on the album, SHIVABOOM (produced by Andrew McPherson) which was nominated for a Juno award this year for Best World Music Album. The past 6 years have seen Singh diversify his musical repertoire by performing ghazal, sufi and fusion music. He has recently performed outstanding concerts at the ROM (2008), DesiFest (2008), MMM (2008 & 2009) and the Zaika festival (2009). In 2008, he was voted Best Music Artist of the year for MMM and this past April saw him singing the US and Canadian National anthems for the Raptor’s game accompanied by his fellow musicians Gurpreet Chana, Harman Singh, and Jiwanjot Singh. He has appeared on numerous T.V shows including the OMNI show Cherdi kala, Roger’s daytime, South Asian Focus and been written in feature articles for the Toronto Star, the Toronto Sun and the Expositor. Errol Nazareth of the Toronto Sun says, “blessed with a gorgeous, evocative voice”. A voice that is sure to leave you feeling at peace, grounded and yearning for more, this talented artist is sure to make more strides in the musical arena.
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