It’s telling, then, that the first Panjabi-language songs to be recorded and distributed on wax were semi-classical ballads sung in various different raags by some of the foremost Indian superstars of the time, including Bengali singer Gauhar Jaan. Indeed, Panjabis, across both present-day India and Pakistan, are united in a distinctly textual way, as pre-Partition Panjab saw the emergence of a musical culture that reconfigured religious, romantic and heroic tales with the accompaniment of traditional instrumentation -the dhad, sarangi, dhol, tumbi, algoze, and so on. As with any sort of folk music, Panjabi “lok sangeet”-literally, the music of the people-has a history that stretches back for centuries and, to some extent, the very nature of “Panjabiyat” (in other words, “Panjabi ness”) is a product of that cultural heritage. Documenting the origins of Panjabi folk music, or really any cultural expression that is as rooted in the customs and traditions of a people from the Global South, is a momentous one. Amritpal Singh Kullar and Arjun Singh Lotay explore the history of Panjabi folk music and its deep-rooted connection to vinyl culture.ĭocumenting the origins of any genre is a difficult task.
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