Bubbley Kaur

Bubbley Kaur is a pseudonym name of an Indian New Delhi born housewife who along with her husband and children own a launderette company in Preston, northern England. Bubbley got involved in singing by accident when she met Tjinder Singh of Cornershop through a taxi driver friend in 2003 who mentioned to Tjinder that Bubbley has a fantastic singing voice. On meeting, they realized that they’d met at a party some years previously and discussed their mutual love of Punjabi folk music. Kaur a mother and launderette operative hadn’t heard much in the way of Western pop and rock music, let alone anything by Cornershop. This ultimately led to their first collaboration with the track Topknot in 2004, which Bubbley Kaur co-wrote the lyrics for. In 2011, she collaborated again with the group and released the album And The Double-O Groove Of, which featured electro and Bollywood influences. Not much is known about Bubbley Kaur and the band Cornershop have tighten the limit on what the media should know of her, possibly because of a backlash from certain people in the tight Asian community in Preston. 

Links To Peel
Peel was a fan of Bubbley Kaur's vocals on Cornershop's Topknot track. He liked the record so much, he played it regularly on his show. After Peel's death in October 2004, the track reached number 40 on the 2004 Festive Fifty, presented by Rob Da Bank.

Festive Fifty Entries

 * 2004 Festive Fifty: Topknot #40

Other Shows Played
(The following list was compiled only from the database of this site and Lorcan's Tracklistings Archive and is certainly incomplete. Please add further details if known.)

2004


 * 18 May 2004: 'Topknot' (featuring Cornershop) (CD Single) - Rough Trade
 * 03 June 2004: 'Topknot (featuring Cornershop) (12")' (Rough Trade UK)
 * 23 June 2004: 'Topknot (featuring Cornershop) (12")' (Rough Trade UK)
 * 27 July 2004: Topknot (featuring Cornershop) (12") (Rough Trade UK)
 * 14 December 2004 (Rob Da Bank): 'Topknot (featuring Cornershop) (Cavemen Mix feat Mia)' (12") - (Rough Trade)
 * 28 December 2004 (Rob Da Bank): Topknot (featuring Cornershop) (12") Rough Trade FF #40