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Kulvinder Johal
 Hailing
from the village of Jandiala in the district of
Jallandhar in Panjab, Kulvinder first touched down in
the UK in 1981 and has lived in Derby ever since.
His student days were spent in Samrai High School
in Jandiala, while their he took to the stage on many
occasions singing patriotic songs and reciting versus of
Shaheedi songs. Singing was simply a hobby for him, he
had no intention to sing and perform professionally
though in 1977 he entered a school singing competition
in jallandhar. This was attended by approxiamately 1000
schools.
A chance meeting with Sukhi (Tru-Skool) saw Kulvinder
taken under his wing, together they spents hours at a
time perfecting vocals and preparing for some mind
blowing recordings.
Since being in the UK, Johal has performed on many of
the stages in his hometown of derby, as well as a number
of other UK cities. Johal listens to and has been
inspired by many artists including: Kuldip Manak,
Surinder Shinda, Mohd. Saddiq, Lal Chand Yamla Jatt,
Ranjit Kaur, Narinder Biba to name a few. His all time
favourite singer is Dilshaad Akhtar, and is also heavily
inspired by Durga Rangila.
The best is yet to come, Kulvinders full vocal
versatility hasn't yet been shown in the projects he's
been involved with. Johal is capable of singing any type
of song in any style. His favourites are ballad's and
songs with deep meaningful lyrics. Johal hopes to show
more of this side in up-coming projects.
It has been widely noted that his voice has a remarkable
vocal resemblance to the legend that is Kuldip Manak.
Some would go as far as to say that Johal is one of the
most powerful bhangra vocalists today. Johal loves to
sing in mehfils and when with friends.
Recently Kulvinder was featured in the latest addition
to the immortal production series, "Shaheedi 400" and "Panj".
It is the support from all his friends, especially "Tru-Skool"
that keeps him motivated to improve and perfect. From
the recent recordings, Mooho Boldhi from the album Word
Is Born has been his personal favourite.
In the near future we will see a solo album with the
music provided by Tru-Skool. A live set-up shouldn't be
ruled out.
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