Rabbi Shergill, born Gurpreet Singh Gill, 1975 in Delhi, India is a musician famous for his debut album Rabbi and the chart-topper song of 2005, Bulla Ki Jaana. His music has been described as rock, sufiana and Indipop. Rabbi himself has been called "Punjabi music's true urban balladeer". His father was a Sikh preacher and his mother is a college principal and also a Punjabi poet. Rabbi has four sisters. He is an alumnus of Guru Harkrishan Public School, India Gate and University of Delhi's renowned Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College. After leaving college, he did jingles for adverts for a while, some of them were for Nova ghee, Yamaha RX-T motorbikes, and Times FM. Rabbi struggled for many years to get his debut album published. Initially he worked with Sony Music, but Sony backed out. He then approached Minty Tejpal, brother of Tehelka's editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal, who liked his music and offered him a contract. After Tehelka's first sting operation, the company ran into financial problems and eventually cancelled the contract. Magnasound also offered him a contract, but the company became bankrupt before the album could materialize. He was finally signed on by Phat Phish Records, who brought out his debut album. His self-titled debut album Rabbi (2004) was highly successful with its title track Bulla ki jaana main kaun becoming an instant hit. The other songs in the album are an eclectic mix, including songs of joy (Ajj Nachna), love (Tere Bin) and even on contemporary issues (Jugni). Rabbi writes in Punjabi, for "It is my pride", he says. Rabbi's music has been inspired by Rock,Hard rock as well as Sufi and Punjabi folk music. His favourite musicians include Bruce Springsteen, Sahotas, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, and Jimmy Page. His fans include Amitabh Bachchan and Sir V. S. Naipaul, who famously commented, "I didn’t understand it (his music); but it was very, very soulful, very deep." Mira Nair compared him to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. He has recently released his second album Avengi Ja Nahin.
Thursday, 8 January 2009
Rabbi Shergill
Rabbi Shergill, born Gurpreet Singh Gill, 1975 in Delhi, India is a musician famous for his debut album Rabbi and the chart-topper song of 2005, Bulla Ki Jaana. His music has been described as rock, sufiana and Indipop. Rabbi himself has been called "Punjabi music's true urban balladeer". His father was a Sikh preacher and his mother is a college principal and also a Punjabi poet. Rabbi has four sisters. He is an alumnus of Guru Harkrishan Public School, India Gate and University of Delhi's renowned Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College. After leaving college, he did jingles for adverts for a while, some of them were for Nova ghee, Yamaha RX-T motorbikes, and Times FM. Rabbi struggled for many years to get his debut album published. Initially he worked with Sony Music, but Sony backed out. He then approached Minty Tejpal, brother of Tehelka's editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal, who liked his music and offered him a contract. After Tehelka's first sting operation, the company ran into financial problems and eventually cancelled the contract. Magnasound also offered him a contract, but the company became bankrupt before the album could materialize. He was finally signed on by Phat Phish Records, who brought out his debut album. His self-titled debut album Rabbi (2004) was highly successful with its title track Bulla ki jaana main kaun becoming an instant hit. The other songs in the album are an eclectic mix, including songs of joy (Ajj Nachna), love (Tere Bin) and even on contemporary issues (Jugni). Rabbi writes in Punjabi, for "It is my pride", he says. Rabbi's music has been inspired by Rock,Hard rock as well as Sufi and Punjabi folk music. His favourite musicians include Bruce Springsteen, Sahotas, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, and Jimmy Page. His fans include Amitabh Bachchan and Sir V. S. Naipaul, who famously commented, "I didn’t understand it (his music); but it was very, very soulful, very deep." Mira Nair compared him to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. He has recently released his second album Avengi Ja Nahin.
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I LIKE RABBI`S SONG BULLA KI JANNA& TERE BIN.WE R PROUD 2 SEE A SABAT SURAT SINGER BETWEEN US. KEEP IT UP RABBI VEER JI .MAHARAJ `II ALWAYS BE TERE WITH U.U`R A NICE EXAMPLE 4 US .
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