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Anoushka Shankar reveals she skipped Grammys 2026 as it takes toll on her mental health, shares if winning award matters

Anoushka Shankar reveals she skipped Grammys 2026 as it takes toll on her mental health, shares if winning award matters

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Sitar maestro Anoushka Shankar, who had two nominations at the 68th annual Grammy Awards, has revealed why she chose not to attend the event and instead stayed in India for her projects. Taking to Instagram, Anoushka penned a long note and also shared whether winning a Grammy Award truly matters. Anoushka Shankar has been nominated 14 times at the Grammys but never won. Anoushka Shankar shares why she skipped Grammys this year Along with the note, Anoushka shared a bunch of photos from her recent shows. She was seen playing the sitar, performing and spending some fun moments with her team members. Sharing the post, Anoushka wrote, “It’s Grammy day today! I’m proud to be twice nominated – for my album Chapter III: We Return to Light and for Daybreak, the lead song from the album. These are my 12th and 13th nominations, which in itself is HUGE!” Anoushka on how the event stresses her She opened up about how being part of the event gets her stressed. “At the same time, it feels really …

Grammy Awards 2026: When and where to watch award ceremony in India

Grammy Awards 2026: When and where to watch award ceremony in India

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Grammy Awards 2026: The 68th annual Grammy Awards will take place on Sunday with a different focus than last year. This year, the focus will be on music, with Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga, Bad Bunny, and more going head-to-head. The 2025 award show was completely reimagined and refocused to relief efforts following the devastating Los Angeles-area wildfires. Grammy Awards 2026: The event will be held at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles. (AFP) How and where can you watch the show in India The main show will air live on CBS beginning at 8 pm Eastern on Sunday, which will be 6.30 am IST on Monday. The Grammys can also be watched through live TV streaming services that include CBS in their lineup, such as Hulu Live TV, YouTube TV and FuboTV. Paramount premium plan subscribers will be able to stream the Grammys live; Paramount essential subscribers will have on-demand access the next day. The premiere ceremony will take place just ahead of the Grammys’ ceremony at 3:30 pm eastern (2 am IST on Monday) …

Sounds of Kumbha: At Grammys, singer Siddhant Bhatia sees growing global collaborations for Indian music and festival

Sounds of Kumbha: At Grammys, singer Siddhant Bhatia sees growing global collaborations for Indian music and festival

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Indian classical singer-composer Siddhant Bhatia received his official Grammy nomination medal at a reception in Los Angeles ahead of the main gala ceremony on Sunday night (Monday morning in India). Grammy nominated singer-composer Siddhant Bhatia with his medal at Los Angeles His album Sounds of Kumbha is nominated in the Best Global Music Album category alongside works by sitarist-composer Anoushka Shankar and the Shankar Mahadevan-led band Shakti. Bhatia is also the producer for the Grammy-nominated album Shayan by Indo-American musician Charu Suri. Speaking to us from the US, he said, “It was a long night rubbing shoulders with nominees from across the globe. Experiencing this respect for Indian music on a global stage is very beautiful. I met Shankar (Mahadevan) bhai, my co-producer and fellow nominee Charu Suri, British musician Jahanvi Harrison—nominated for a New Age album of Krishna kirtan—Nigerian-American singer-songwriter Davido, jazz legend Chaka Khan who is receiving a Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award, and many others.” Siddhant sported a designer Anita Dongre kurta set for the nominee medal ceremony. For the red carpet …

Exclusive | Grammy nominee Charu Suri on blending Indian ragas with jazz; to wear ivory gown with Nehru jacket at gala

Exclusive | Grammy nominee Charu Suri on blending Indian ragas with jazz; to wear ivory gown with Nehru jacket at gala

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Madurai-born, US-based pianist-composer Charu Suri is “superbly excited” for the 68th Grammy Awards. She is nominated in the Best Contemporary Instrumental category for her album Shayan (based on evening ragas and meaning deep sleep) and as a producer on Siddhant Bhatia’s Sounds of Kumbha. She is also a contributing artist nominated on another album, Her Story by Flor Bromley. Grammy nominee Chart Suri wears a gown by Shruti Sancheti at a Music, Meditation and Chai concert she gave in Los Angeles yesterday which brought together several global acclaimed artists together (Credit: Vedang Bhatt) Speaking to us from Los Angeles, the musician says, “I am superbly excited, grateful and content with coming so far. I just feel that the nominees are winners in so many ways. To have a chance to pick up even one Grammy is so amazing.” For the Grammy red carpet on Sunday night, Mumbai-based designer Shruti Sancheti has flown from India with five ensembles. “All are custom-stitched and woven for the event. For the nominee reception (on Saturday) I have a customised …

Jimmy Cliff, reggae music pioneer, dies at 81

Jimmy Cliff, reggae music pioneer, dies at 81

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By Kate Chappell Jimmy Cliff, reggae music pioneer, dies at 81 KINGSTON, – Jimmy Cliff, the legendary Jamaican singer who along with Bob Marley popularized reggae, ska and rocksteady music over a six decade career, has died, his wife Latifa Chambers announced on Facebook on Monday. The cause was a seizure followed by pneumonia, she said. Born James Chambers on July 30, 1944 during a hurricane in St. James Parish, northwestern Jamaica, he moved in the 1950s from the family farm to the country’s capital Kingston with his father, determined to succeed in the music industry. At just 14 he became nationally famous for the song “Hurricane Hattie,” which he wrote. Cliff would go on to record over 30 albums and perform all over the world, including in Paris, in Brazil and at the World’s Fair, an international exhibition held in New York in 1964. The following year, Island Records’ Chris Blackwell, the producer who launched Bob Marley and the Wailers, invited Cliff to work in the U.K. with him. Cliff later went into acting, …

2025 Grammys: Indian-Origin Banking Expert Chandrika Tandon, Sister Of Indra Nooyi, Wins For Her Album Triveni

2025 Grammys: Indian-Origin Banking Expert Chandrika Tandon, Sister Of Indra Nooyi, Wins For Her Album Triveni

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Last Updated:February 03, 2025, 10:11 IST Chandrika Tandon, an Indian-American business leader and musician, won a Grammy for her album Triveni at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards. The album blends ancient chants with world music. Tandon, who learned music from Shubhra Guha and Girish Wazalwar, received her first Grammy nomination in 2010 for Om Namo Narayana: Soul Call. Chandrika Tandon, an Indian-American business leader and musician and sister of Indra Nooyi, won a Grammy at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards for her album Triveni. The album, which blends ancient chants with world music, won in the Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album category. Tandon was honoured for the seven-track album. She collaborated with South African flautist Wouter Kellerman and Japanese cellist Eru Matsumoto to bring Vedic chants to life in Triveni, which represents the merging of their three different styles. “Music is love, music ignites the light within all of us, and, even in our darkest days, music spreads joy and laughter,” Tandon said when accepting the award in Los Angeles. Growing up in …

Ricky Kej: There is a change in how the industry looks at the music I create

Ricky Kej: There is a change in how the industry looks at the music I create

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Music composer and environmentalist Ricky Kej, who recently got nominated for his fourth Grammy Award, says his perception towards music and its use as a catalyst to create an environment-conscious society has evolved over the years. Ricky Kej The composer, who is in the running for a Grammy in the Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album category for Break of Dawn, muses, “There is a change in a lot of things… in my own behaviour, for example. When I started off, I was a hardcore environmentalist. I always thought it is all-or-nothing, and people should stop doing this or that. I thought one should shame people into action. Later, I started having empathy and understood that I have to be realistic about this approach.” Also read: Indian classical musicians get appreciated outside, not in India, says Grammy winner Ricky Kej The 43-year-old, who won his first Grammy in 2015 for his album Winds of Samsara, adds, “There are only two kinds of problems — surviving and thriving.” Kej rues, “Climate change is more looked …

Musical group featuring award winning Indian-American singer Falu nominated for Grammy

Musical group featuring award winning Indian-American singer Falu nominated for Grammy

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By Yoshita Singh Musical group featuring award winning Indian-American singer Falu nominated for Grammy New York, A musical group featuring award-winning Indian-American singer Falu has been nominated for a Grammy award in the best folk album category. The American Patchwork Quartet featuring Falu , multi-Grammy award-winning guitarist and vocalist Clay Ross, acclaimed Issei jazz bassist Yasushi Nakamura, and renowned jazz drummer Clarence Penn has been nominated for the 2025 prestigious music award in the ‘Best Folk Album’ category. In a statement to PTI, Grammy-award-winning artist Falu said she was honoured and blessed to be nominated for the prestigious award “as the first Indian female in the Best Folk Music category with my group, American Patchwork Quartet”. “This is a significant nomination for me as my work crosses over into mainstream American music via its deeply rooted folk music. It has been a passion of mine to share my treasured Indian culture with the rest of the world through musical collaborations like this. I am super proud of what we have created with American Patchwork Quartet …

Taylor Swift becomes IFPI’s Global Artist Chart winner for the fourth time

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After winning four People’s Choice Awards last week, Taylor Swift has now officially been declared 2023’s biggest global artist. On Wednesday, February 21, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) announced that Swift as the Global Artist Chart winner for the second year in a row. The Cruel Summer hitmaker also made history by clinching the prestigious title for the fourth time. Taylor Swift is now the first and only artist to win IFPI’s Global Artist Chart award for the fourth time(X, formerly Twitter) Taylor Swift officially declared 2023’s biggest global artist IFPI made the announcement on X, formerly Twitter, with the message, “#1 – Taylor Swift The unstoppable @taylorswift13 returns to take the throne at No. 1 for the 2nd year in a row, breaking her own record as the 1st ever 4x Global Artist Chart winner. Congratulations Taylor, you are officially the #1 Global Artist of the year!” Hindustan Times – your fastest source for breaking news! Read now. 2023 was undoubtedly a year of accomplishments for Swift. Among other accolades, the …

Grammys 2024: PM Modi all praise for Shankar, Zakir and other Indian musicians

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Indian musicians Shankar Mahadevan, Zakir Hussain, Rakesh Chaurasia, Selva Ganesh V and Ganesh Rajagopalan on his X account on Monday. The Indian musicians brought home three Grammy Awards on Sunday, making the country proud and standing out amongst stars like Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus. (Also Read: India shines at Grammy Awards as Shankar Mahadevan, Zakir Hussain win laurels) Ustad Zakir Hussain, vocalist Shankar Mahadevan, percussionist V Selvaganesh and violinist Ganesh Rajagopalan of Shakti pose for photos with their Grammy Award for best global music album for This Moment (PTI) PM Modi’s message Congratulating them on their success, PM Modi wrote on X, “Congratulations @ZakirHtabla, @Rakeshflute, @Shankar_Live, @kanjeeraselva, and @violinganesh on your phenomenal success at the #GRAMMYs! Your exceptional talent and dedication to music have won hearts worldwide. India is proud! These achievements are a testament to the hard work you keep putting in. It will also inspire the new generation of artists to dream big and excel in music.” Discover the thrill of cricket like never before, exclusively on …