Botal Free by Jordan Sandhu

The Botal Free album has several strong tracks, but Botal Free is the one most listeners come back to first. The production by The Boss is understated in the best way — supportive without overshadowing the vocal.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On Botal Free, Jordan Sandhu clearly belongs in the second group. a talented ensemble cast are at the heart of Botal Free, and Botal Free captures their dynamic at its most compelling.

Released in 2020, it arrived at a time when Punjabi music needed exactly this kind of sincerity. There is a quality to Botal Free that makes it feel like company — the kind of song you put on when words feel insufficient.

In 3:33 minutes, Botal Free builds, opens up, and resolves in a way that feels complete rather than truncated. Songs like Botal Free are the reason people fall in love with Punjabi music and never quite fall out of it.