Soom T
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{{Infobox musical artist
| image = Soom T - Paléo 2016.jpg
| caption = Soom T at the Paléo Festival in Nyon, Switzerland on 24 July 2016
| birth_name = Sumati Bhardwaj
| alias = Raggamuffin Queen
| birth_date = 17 June 1979
| birth_place = Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland
| genre = bhangra, hiphop, reggae, punk
| discography = Good (2022)
The Arch (2020)
Born Again (2018)
Ode To a Karrot (2017)
Free As Bird (2015)
Bullet Over Babylon (2015)
Send Dem Kids To War (2007)
The Arch (2020)
The Louder the Better (2024)
| years_active = 2005–present
| label = Khanti Records
X-Ray Production
Renegade Masters
| past_member_of = Monkeytribe
}}
Sumati Bhardwaj (born 17 June 1979), better known by her stage name Soom T, is a Scottish reggae singer, rapper, record label director and activist. She is nicknamed the "Raggamuffin Queen."
Biography
Soom T was born in Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland.{{Cite web |last=Péguillan |first=Frédéric |date=2016-02-05 |title=Soom T, princesse du ragga au royaume de la pop |url=https://www.telerama.fr/sortir/soom-t-princesse-du-ragga-au-royaume-de-la-pop,137841.php |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=Telerama |language=fr}} She is of Indian heritage and is a Christian.{{Cite web |date=2022-03-03 |title=REGGAE Soom T - Good |url=https://www.iriemag.com/reggae-soom-t-good/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=IRIE™ Magazine |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Ashley |first=Brooke |date=2024-03-27 |title=Album Showcase: Soom-T - "The Louder the Better" |url=https://rootfire.net/album-showcase-soom-t-the-louder-the-better/ |access-date=2025-06-13 |website=Rootfire |language=en-US}} She has been nicknamed the "Raggamuffin Queen" by the media and fans.{{Cite news |date=8 April 2022 |title=Soom T. Ray of hope in the dark |url=https://kultur.media/en/interview/soom-t/ |work=Kultur}}
Soom T's musical career started as a member of the trip hip-hop dub band Monkeytribe,{{Cite book |last=Frith |first=Simon |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Made_in_Scotland/T33VEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1 |title=Made in Scotland: Studies in Popular Music |last2=Cloonan |first2=Martin |last3=Williamson |first3=John |date=2023-09-29 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-000-96101-0 |pages=120 |language=en}} before going solo in 2005.{{Cite web |title=SOOM T |url=https://www.renegademasters.com/soom-t |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=Renegademasters |language=en}} She has collaborated with artists including Alex Dupuis, Asian Dub Foundation, Gaudi, Kiko, King Creosote, Miss Kittin, Naâman, The StoneMonks, Tigerstyle and Xavier Waks.{{Cite web |title=Soom T |url=http://2017.couleurcafe.be/en/artists/soom-t/ |access-date=2025-06-13 |website=Couleur Café 2017 |language=en}} She has also released some bhangra songs.{{Cite web |title=Soom T |url=https://rootfire.net/soom-t/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=Rootfire |language=en-US}}
In 2013, Soom T wrote the songs for the National Theatre of Scotland
Soom T is also an activist and has campaigned with the Glaswegian political group Y Network. She performed anti-war song Send Dem Kids To War with supergroup The Burns Unit on the television programme Later... with Jools Holland in 2011.
Soom T established the record label Renegade Masters, through which she self-produced her 2022 album Good. The album cover was designed by French 3D street artist Nikita.
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IKw_2UHAF0 Performing] at Subsonic Festival in Romania in August 2012
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV4SOhy4R5M Performing with Naaman] on Good Morning Toulouse in March 2013
- {{Instagram|id=mc_soom_t}}
- {{Facebook|id=SoomTMusic}}
- {{YouTube|channel=SoomTOfficial}}
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Category:Musicians from Glasgow
Category:British reggae singers
Category:Bhangra (music) musicians