- Snatam Kaur
Snatam Kaur (born 1972 in Trinidad,
Colorado ), is an American singer and songwriter. She performs the Sikh devotional music,kirtan and tours around the world as a peace activist. She lives inEspañola, New Mexico .Early life and education
Her family moved to
California when Kaur was two, living in Long Beach and Sacramento. When Kaur was six, the family went toIndia where her mother studied Kirtan. Kaur lived on a ranch nearBolinas, California as an adolescent, playing kirtan with her mother in Sikh temples and attendingTamalpais High School in Mill Valley. While at Tam High, she played violin in the school orchestra and began songwriting.Bob Weir of theGrateful Dead coached her and her classmates before they performed her song "Saving the Earth" at anEarth Day concert inSan Francisco .Kaur was also active in social and environmental causes while in high school, serving as president of the Social Action Club, which started a campus recycling program and organized environmenal awareness programs. The Club also led the effort to change the school mascot and sports team names from the Indians to the Red Tailed Hawk in 1990 and 1991.
After graduating from Tam, Kaur attended
Mills College inOakland, California , receiving abachelors degree in biochemistry. She then returned to India, to study Kirtan under her mother's teacher, Bhai Hari Singh. In 1997, Kaur began a career as a food technologist with Peace Cereals inEugene, Oregon . [ [http://www.snatamkaur.com/web.html Snatam Kaur ] ]References and notes
External links
* [http://www.snatamkaur.com Official website]
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