Las Vegas: Indian composer Ricky Kej and vocalist Falguni Shah were among the winners at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, April 3, 2022. While Kej won the Grammy for the second time, it was the first for US-based Falguni Shah, who won her Grammy for the Best Children’s Album, A Colourful World.
40-year-old US-born Kej, whose family had shifted to Bengaluru when he was a child, had won his first Grammy in 2015 for his album, Winds of Samsara, in the Best New Age Album category. This time, he won the award along with drummer Stewart Copeland who he calls his childhood hero, for their album Divine Tides, in the same category.
Won the Grammy Award today for our album Divine Tides 🙂 Filled with gratitude and love this living-legend standing with me – @copelandmusic . My 2nd Grammy and Stewart’s 6th. Thank you to everyone who ever collaborated, hired, or listened to my music. I exist because of you. pic.twitter.com/Pe4rkOp0ba
— Ricky Kej (@rickykej) April 4, 2022
He tweeted, “Won the Grammy Award today for our album Divine Tides. Filled with gratitude and love this living-legend standing with me – @copelandmusic. My 2nd Grammy and Stewart’s 6th. Thank you to everyone who ever collaborated, hired, or listened to my music. I exist because of you.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a tweet congratulated Kej for his “remarkable feat”.
Falguni, who grew up in Mumbai, had earlier also collaborated with cellist Yo-Yo Ma (Silk Road Project), American composer Philip Glass, and Latin pop star Ricky Martin. She posted on her Instagram account: “I have no words to describe today’s magic. What an honor to perform for the opening number of the GRAMMY Premier Ceremony, and then take home a statue on behalf of all the incredible people who worked on A Colorful World. We are humbled and thank the Recording Academy for this tremendous recognition.”
– global bihari bureau
