Dya Singh is a master musical interpreter of the traditional Sikh songs and texts, and at presenting this original material together with diverse influences from around the globe. He and his group perform as the first show in The Smith's 2008/2009 "Passport World Music Series."

The basis of the music is Sikh (spiritual), Punjabi and North Indian (in that order). It then embraces music virtually from any other part of the globe including blues, jazz, folk (all kinds), country & western, country, Australian indigenous, bush, etc. The only criteria laid is that it should enhance the universal spiritual messages of truth, love, peace, harmony, equality and justice that Dya Singh stands for. Influences to date within the music of Dya Singh include Vietnamese zither (dang thranh), Southern European gypsy violin, European flute, Polish dulcimer, blues and electric guitar, bouzouki, didgeridoo, Nepalese drums and tabla, Irish bohdran and Irish fiddle.

Dya Singh has been one of Australia’s pioneers in the development of new Australian World music. A Dya Singh performance is many things, and moves as the mood requires -- soothing, uplifting, exhilarating, hypnotic, informative with interaction and improvisation between the musicians, and conveying the sense of joy that arises from creativity and spirituality meeting on stage.