Who would have represented Punjabi music culture better than Diljit Dosanjh on Jimmy Fallon?
Don’t get me wrong. Diljit is a legend and his Fallon appearance was a moment. But it got me thinking: who else from the Punjabi music scene could have stepped on that stage and truly represented the culture?
Drop your picks below. A few ground rules before the comments start:
Please don’t say Karan Aujla. Yes, he’s one of the hottest Punjabi artists right now and I love him too but P Pop Culture is not the album you bring to a mainstream Western audience when the goal is representing the depth and soul of Punjabi music culture. The album slaps, but it’s not that statement piece.
This is about who carries the culture, the sound, the roots, the energy, in a way that would make someone who has never heard Punjabi music stop and say “what is THIS.”
So who do you got? Old school? New wave? Someone criminally underrated on the global stage?
Feel free to also share why. Curious to hear the reasoning, not just the names.