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	'''Snatam Kaur Khalsa''' {{IPAc-en\|s\|ə\|ˈ\|n\|ɑː\|t\|ə\|m\|_\|ˈ\|k\|ɔːr}} (born 1972 in [[Trinidad, Colorado\|Trinidad]], [[Colorado]]), is an American singer, songwriter and author. Kaur performs new age Indian devotional music, [[kirtan]], and tours the world as a [[peace activist]]. The surname "[[Kaur]]", meaning "princess", is shared by all female [[Sikh]]s.		'''Snatam Kaur Khalsa''' {{IPAc-en\|s\|ə\|ˈ\|n\|ɑː\|t\|ə\|m\|_\|ˈ\|k\|ɔːr}} (born June 19, 1972 in [[Trinidad, Colorado\|Trinidad]], [[Colorado]]), is an American singer, songwriter and author. Kaur performs new age Indian devotional music, [[kirtan]], and tours the world as a [[peace activist]]. The surname "[[Kaur]]", meaning "princess", is shared by all female [[Sikh]]s.

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Snatam Kaur
| image = Snatam_Kaur.jpg
| alt = September 10, 2007, Snatam Kaur in Hockley, Birmingham, England.
| caption = September 10, 2007, Snatam Kaur in [[Hockley, Birmingham]], [[England]].
| image_size = 250px
| landscape =
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name =
| alias =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|06|19|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Trinidad, Colorado]]
| genre = Mantra, Meditation, New Age, Female Vocalists
| occupation = Musician
| years_active = 2000–present
| label = Spirit Voyage Records, Be Why Music
| associated_acts =
| website ={{URL| http://www.snatamkaur.com}}
}}

'''Snatam Kaur Khalsa''' {{IPAc-en|s|ə|ˈ|n|ɑː|t|ə|m|_|ˈ|k|ɔːr}} (born 1972 in [[Trinidad, Colorado|Trinidad]], [[Colorado]]), is an American singer, songwriter and author. Kaur performs new age Indian devotional music, [[kirtan]], and tours the world as a [[peace activist]]. The surname "[[Kaur]]", meaning "princess", is shared by all female [[Sikh]]s.

==Early life and education==
Her family moved to [[California]] when Snatam was two, living in [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]] and [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]]. When Snatam was six, the family visited [[India]], where her mother studied [[kirtan]]. Snatam lived on a ranch near [[Bolinas, California]] until 8th grade and then moved to [[Mill Valley]] in 1986. During her childhood, she played kirtan with her mother in [[Gurdwara]]s and at [[Sikh]] religious ceremonies. She attended [[Tamalpais High School]] in [[Mill Valley, California|Mill Valley]]. While at Tam High, she played violin in the school orchestra and began songwriting. [[Bob Weir]] of the [[Grateful Dead]] coached Kaur and her classmates before they performed her song "Saving the Earth" at an [[Earth Day]] concert in [[San Francisco]] on April 22, 1990.<ref name=OfficialWeb>{{cite web|title=Snatam Kaur Official Website|url=http://www.snatamkaur.com/|work=snatamkaur.com|accessdate=11 July 2012}}, https://www.newrenbooks.com/about/interviews/kaur.html</ref>

Snatam was also active in social and environmental causes while in high school, serving as president of a social action club known as "Students for Justice" in her senior year. The club started a campus recycling program and organized environmental awareness programs. The club also led the effort to change the school mascot and sports team names from the [[Native Americans in the United States|Indians]] to the [[red-tailed hawk|Red Tailed Hawk]] in 1989 and 1990, inspired by a speech given at the school by [[Sacheen Littlefeather]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thetamnews.org/2013/04/letting-the-indian-go-the-evolution-of-the-tam-mascot/|title=Letting the Indian Go: The Evolution of the Tam Mascot|date=22 April 2013}}</ref>

After graduating from Tam, Snatam attended [[Mills College]] in [[Oakland, California]], receiving a [[bachelor's degree]] in biochemistry. She then returned to India to study Kirtan under her mother's teacher, Bhai Hari Singh.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bhai Hari Singh (Amritsar)|website=Kirtan Sewa|url=https://kirtansewa.net/index.php/bhai-hari-singh-amritsar/|access-date=27 September 2023|date=n.d.}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=September 2023|reason=Snatam Kaur is not mentioned anywhere on this webpage.}} In 1997, Kaur began a career as a food technologist with Peace Cereals in [[Eugene, Oregon]].<ref name=OfficialWeb />

==Snatam's music==
In 2000, Kaur signed with Spirit Voyage Records — the founder of which, Guru Ganesha Singh Khalsa, became her manager and guitarist. Her professional collaboration has included new age music producer Thomas Barquee and occasionally her mother, Prabhu Nam Kaur Khalsa, also a musician.<ref name=OfficialWeb />

==Discography==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!| Release Date
!| Album Title
!| Record Label
|-
| 2000
| ''Reunion''
* with Guru Ganesha Singh Khalsa and Livtar Singh Khalsa
| Spirit Voyage Records
|-
| 2000
| ''To Heaven and Beyond''
* with Guru Ganesha Singh, Livtar Singh and Tony Redhouse
| Spirit Voyage Records
|-
| 2002
| ''Carry Us Home''
* with Guru Ganesha Singh and Livtar Singh
| Spirit Voyage Records
|-
| 2002
| ''Prem (Love)''
| Spirit Voyage Records
|-
| 2003
| ''Shanti''
| Spirit Voyage Records
|-
| 2004
| ''Grace''
| Spirit Voyage Records
|-
| 2005
| ''Celebrate Peace''
| Spirit Voyage Records
|-
| 2005
| ''Mother's Blessing''
* with Prabhu Nam Kaur
| Spirit Voyage Records
|-
| 2006
| ''Anand''
| Spirit Voyage Records
|-
| 2007
| ''LIVE in Concert''
* with Guru Ganesha Singh, Manish Vyas and Ram Dass
| Spirit Voyage Records
|-
| 2007
| ''Amrit Vela - Sadhana Chants''
* with Tarn Taran Singh
| Spirit Voyage Records
|-
| 2008
| ''Teree Meher Da Bolanaa''
| Spirit Voyage Records
|-
| 2008
| ''Meditations for Transformation 1: Merge & Flow''
| Spirit Voyage Records
|-
| 2008
| ''Meditations for Transformation 2: Connect & Heal''
| Spirit Voyage Records
|-
| 2008
| ''Meditations for Transformation 3: Release & Overcome''
| Spirit Voyage Records
|-
| 2009
| ''Liberation's Door''
* with Guru Ganesha Singh
| Spirit Voyage Records
|-
| 2010
| The Essential Snatam Kaur: Sacred Chants For Healing
| Spirit Voyage Records Under License To Sounds True
|-
| 2010
| ''Divine Birth''
* with Prabhu Nam Kaur
| Spirit Voyage Records
|-
| 2011
| ''Ras''
| Spirit Voyage Records
|-
| 2011
| ''Feeling Good Today''
| Spirit Voyage Records
|-
| 2012
| ''Evening Prayer - Kirtan Sohila''
| Spirit Voyage Records
|-
| 2012
| ''Heart Of The Universe''
* with Peter Kater
| Point of Light Records/Spirit Voyage
|-
| 2013
| ''Sat Nam! Songs from Khalsa Youth Camp''
* with Siri Nam Singh
| Spirit Voyage Records
|-
| 2014
| ''Light of the Naam: Morning Chants''
* with Ajeet Kaur and Thomas Barquee
| Spirit Voyage Records
|-
|2018
| ''Beloved''
|Spirit Voyage Records
|-
|2022
| ''Nirankaar''
|Be Why Music
|-
|}

==The Celebrate Peace tour==
From 2003 to 2009 Snatam Kaur spent much of each year on a perpetual tour called the "Celebrate Peace tour." Her tour took her several times across North America, twice to Europe, and twice to South America. The tour included performances at schools, hospices, juvenile detention centers, and other facilities. Kaur is a featured teacher and "Peace Ambassador" for the [[3HO]] Foundation (a non-governmental organization affiliated with the [[United Nations]] since 1996). Snatam Kaur toured with her longtime musical partner Guru Ganesha Singh Khalsa, a guitarist and vocalist, and various other musicians. After her marriage, her husband, graphic artist, Sopurkh Singh also traveled with Snatam Kaur.<ref name=OfficialWeb />

==Sat Nam Fest, recent and current tours==
Since the birth of her daughter, Snatam Kaur has considerably scaled down her performances, though she still comes out for the Sat Nam Fest Kundalini Yoga and Music Festivals held annually in Pennsylvania, California and Mexico, bringing her daughter and husband in tow.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.satnamfest.com/ |title=Home |website=satnamfest.com}}</ref> Her band in her current (2019) tour includes Grecco Buratto (guitar), Ram Dass Khalsa (clarinet, guitar, vocals) and Sukhmani Kaur (tabla).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brightstarevents.net/featured/snatam-kaur|title = Snatam Kaur: 2019 Concert Tour}}</ref>

==Books==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!| Release Date
!| Book Title
!| Publisher
|-
| 2016
| ''The Meditation Summit: Volume 1: Deepen and Expand Your Meditation Practice with the World's Leading Teachers'' (Author, Narrator)
* with Reginald A. Ray (Author, Narrator), Sharon Salzberg (Author, Narrator) and eight others.
| Sounds True
|-
| 2016
| ''Original Light: The Morning Practice of Kundalini Yoga.''
| Sounds True
|-
| 2016
| ''Meditation of the Soul: Jap Ji Daily Practice and Learning Tool.''
| Spirit Voyage
|-
|}

==Sikh influence on Kaur's music==
[[Sikhism]] is a religion that began in India in the mid-fifteenth century with the first Guru, known as [[Guru Nanak]] Dev Ji (1469-1539 C.E.). The essence of being a Sikh is that one lives one’s life according to the teachings of the Sikh Gurus, devoting time to meditating on God and the scriptures, chanting, and living life in a way that benefits other people and the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sikhism.about.com/od/sikhism101/a/Sikhism.htm |title=The Three Principles of Sikhism |publisher=Sikhism.about.com |date=2013-12-25 |accessdate=2014-01-04 |archive-date=2013-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224115121/http://sikhism.about.com/od/sikhism101/a/Sikhism.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Kaur’s teacher, [[Yogi Bhajan]] (1929-2004), was influential in helping promote the Sikh tradition in the West.<ref>Khalsa, Shanti Kaur Khalsa (1995). ''The History of Sikh Dharma of the Western Hemisphere''. Espanola, NM: Sikh Dharma; McLeod, Hew (1997). ''Sikhism''. London: Penguin Books.</ref>

Sikhism is based on the Shabad Guru. On Kaur's official website she explains, “Shabad is the sacred energy or recitation of sound, and Guru means the living teacher. For Sikhs, our living Guru exists within the sacred words of our tradition and physically within the Sikh holy book known as the [[Guru Granth Sahib]].” <ref name=OfficialWeb />

==Reviews and critical acclaim==

Snatam Kaur has received numerous positive reviews of her concerts and albums, especially in alternative and yogic media. These include LA Yoga, The Olympian (Olympia, WA), Light Connection, The Union (Nevada County, CA), The New Sunday Times (Malaysia), and Yoga Chicago.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kindredspirits.ws/pages/events_pages/past_events_pages/snatam_kaur_pages/reviews_snatam_kaur.html |title=Snatam Kaur Reviews |publisher=Kindredspirits.ws |date= |accessdate=2014-01-04}}</ref> In 2010, her album ''Essential Snatam Kaur: Sacred Chants for Healing'' peaked at number nine on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' listing of Top [[New-age music|New Age Music]] Albums.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-essential-snatam-kaur-sacred-chants-for-healing-mw0001972409/awards |title=The Essential Snatam Kaur: Sacred Chants for Healing - Snatam Kaur | Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date=2010-05-04 |accessdate=2014-01-04}}</ref> Snatam Kaur's career also received a boost when it became known that her music was a favorite of [[Oprah Winfrey]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oprah.com/spirit/How-Oprah-Celebrated-Her-58th-Birthday |title=How Oprah Celebrated Her 58th Birthday |publisher=Oprah.com |date= |accessdate=2014-01-04}}</ref>
Kaur was nominated for a 2019 Grammy for her album ''Beloved''.

==Personal life==
Snatam lives in the United States with her husband Sopurkh Singh, whom she married in January 2006, and their daughter, Jap Preet Kaur.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.snatamkaur.com/web8.html |title=Snatam Kaur |access-date=2014-02-17 |archive-date=2014-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703054918/http://www.snatamkaur.com/web8.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Snatam is the granddaughter of Dr. [[Stanley Biber]].

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.snatamkaur.com }}
* [http://www.spiritvoyage.com/snatam Spirit Voyage, Snatam Kaur's Record Label]
* [http://www.3ho.org/get-involved/un-ngo/ 3HO Foundation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916195836/http://www.3ho.org/get-involved/un-ngo/ |date=2012-09-16 }}
* [https://www.soundstrue.com/collections/shop?q=snatam%20kaur Sounds True]
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