Jennifer Grout
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Birth name | Jennifer Grout |
Born | Boston, United States | May 21, 1990
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Occupation(s) | Singer |
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Years active | Early 2010 –2013 she took break to music |
Jennifer Grout (born May 21, 1990) is an American singer of Arabic and Amazigh (Tashelhit) music.[1]
Biography[]
Born in Boston, Grout studied at the Longy School of Music of Bard College,[2] then at the McGill University in Canada.[3] She is the daughter of a pianist and a violinist and began studying music at 5.[1]
In 2012 and after her summer trip to Morocco, Jennifer Grout got interested in Arabic and Amazigh culture and music.[3] She competed in Arabs Got Talent and was a finalist in 2013,[2] then in Shaklak Mish Ghareeb in 2014.
Songs[]
Jennifer Grout has several albums and songs mostly in Amazigh (Tashelhit):[4]
- Amz Lkhatm (take the ring)
- Nttbla (we became addicted)
- Merhba (welcome)
- How are you today
Personal life[]
Jennifer Grout converted to Islam in 2013, after she met her Moroccan husband.[5]
See also[]
- Tashelhit
- Fatima Tabaamrant
- Raissa Kelly
References[]
- ^ a b Crouse, Lindsay (December 3, 2013). "Surprising New Face in Arabic Music". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
- ^ a b "About". jennifergrout.com. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
- ^ a b Guessous, Hamza (December 28, 2019). "Jennifer Grout: Moroccans Generosity Was Behind My Conversion to Islam". Morocco World News. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
- ^ "Jennifer Grout". Spotify. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
- ^ Sourgo, Youssef (January 24, 2014). "Jennifer Grout Explains her conversion to Islam". Morocco World News. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1990 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American singers
- 21st-century American women singers
- American sopranos
- People from Boston
- Converts to Islam
- Longy School of Music of Bard College alumni
- McGill University alumni