Jennifer Grout
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Jennifer Grout | |
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| Birth name | Jennifer Grout |
| Born | May 21, 1990 Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
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| Occupations | Singer |
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| Years active | Early 2010 –2013 [she took break to music][citation needed] |
Jennifer Grout (born May 21, 1990) is an American singer of Arabic and Amazigh (Tashelhit) music.[1]
Biography[edit]
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 Islam and Arabic 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[edit]
Jennifer Grout has several albums and songs mostly in Amazigh (Tashelhit):[4]
Her Arabic Songs[edit]
- Amz Lkhatm (Take the ring)
- Nttbla (we became addicted)
- Merhba (Welcome)
- How are you today
Personal life[edit]
Jennifer Grout converted to Islam in 2013, after she met her Moroccan husband.[5]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on December 22, 2019. 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.