Judi Singh

[1] Her father was a Punjabi Sikh who moved to Canada from India in 1907, becoming one of the first Indo-Canadians in Alberta; a park in Edmonton's Mill Woods neighbourhood is named in his honour.

[3] Singh grew up listening to gospel, blues, jazz, and Indian music in her family home near the University of Alberta campus.

[3] In Winnipeg, she met her partner Lenny Breau, who was later inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.

However, the relationship disintegrated as Breau was often absent and dealing with addiction issues, leaving Singh to take care of their daughter on her own.

[5] In 1970, Singh moved back to Edmonton with her daughter Emily,[5] and recorded the album A Time for Love with Tommy Banks.