Bobby Singh (musician)

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]

  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