Dear Friends,
I’m thrilled to share that the album companion to my new book Sage Warrioris out today! It’s a dazzling musical odyssey by the legendary artist Sonny Singh. Each track on the album accompanies a chapter in the book, so you can listen as you read for a multi-sensory experience.
Get the album here
and pre-order the book here!
I can’t wait for you to experience Sonny Singh’s music LIVE. Make sure you have your free tickets to the Revolutionary Love Tour, where Sonny will be by my side, performing music from his album at every major stop. We are now up to 45 cities! Our first stops are coming up: NYC on 9/10 and LA 9/13! Get your tickets here.
The album is out NOW, and the book will be coming out on Tuesday, Sept 10th. I am so honored to have Sonny by my side on this journey. He leads with deep humility, vision, and courage. Join me in congratulating him on his album release day! Graphics to post to socials here.
“Sage Warrior is far more than a book–it’s a sacred invitation.”
— Brené Brown, Ph.D., author of the #1 NYT Bestseller Atlas of the Heart.
See you soon!
Valarie
Sage Warrior, the album, is a genre-crossing, twelve-song odyssey into ancestral wisdom from the critically acclaimed singer, trumpeter, and songwriter Sonny Singh. The album explores the Sikh spirit of the sant sipahi, the sage warrior: the sage leads with love; the warrior answers the call to courage. Introspective and urgent, spiritual and rebellious, the album offers bold new renditions of Sikh devotional poems from South Asia, channeling ancestral wisdom for our time. Singh created the album as a companion to the new book Sage Warrior by visionary civil rights leader and bestselling author Valarie Kaur. Each track on the album accompanies a chapter in the book. Together, the Sage Warrior book and album offer an electrifying multisensory experience of Sikh wisdom—a clarion call to love, devotion, and courage in dark times.
How do we find the wisdom to envision a new world
and the courage to fight for it?
How do we survive seemingly apocalyptic times?
In a world on fire, how do we embrace love and joy?
We are not the first to ask these questions—in fact, seeking the answers forged one of the world’s great wisdom traditions. In a time riven by caste, conquest, and cruelty, Sikhs blazed the path of the sant sipahi, the sage warrior. The sage radiates love and Oneness; the warrior activates that ethical power to fight for humanity. These energies empowered the first Sikhs to survive near-annihilation nearly half a millennium ago in South Asia. The sage warrior is the essential archetype for our time of turmoil—one we can all embody to cultivate our souls and transform the world.
Valarie Kaur combines the epic, immersive story of her Sikh ancestors—centering the stories of the women who worked to map the path of the sage warrior—with the chronicle of a personal journey: her pilgrimage with her young children across Punjab, India where the story unfolded, an occasionally comic adventure woven with sublime moments of connection and insight. Each chapter offers a sparkling lesson that emerges from the stories—from practicing pleasure to metabolizing grief to choosing courage.