LOS ANGELES,CA- Sitarist Anoushka Shankar and ‘ Amy’ director Asif Kapadia are among the Indian origin names featuring in the nominees list at the 58th Grammy awards,which were announced here on Dec 7. Shankar, 34, has been nominated in the Best World Music Album category for her solo album ‘Home’, which is a pure Indian classical album showcasing the meditative and virtuosic qualities of the Indian raga.
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‘Home’ features two ragas,one of which is a creation of her late father Ravi Shankar. This is her fifth nomination in the same category.Indo-British director Asif Kapadia features in the nominees list of Best Music Film category for ‘Amy’,his documentary on late singer Amy Winehouse. Indian origin musician Jeff Bhasker features in the top category- Record of the year- for Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars’ ‘Uptown Funk’. His other nomination is in the Producer of the Year, Non-Classical category. ‘The Afro Latin Jazz Suite’ in the Instrumental Composition category has garnered a nod to Indian-American Rudresh Mahanthappa. He and fellow artistes will be competing with another indian talent-composer David Balkrishnan (Confetti Man) in the same section.
In the key categories,Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift and the Weekend have earned top nominations including Album of the Year,Song of the Year and Record of the Year.
Lamar is nominated 11 times in nine categories while the Weekend is up for seven Grammys so is popstar Swift. Drake is up to five nods, Alabama Shakes and Florence and the Machine have four nominations. Kanye West,D’Angelo, and Diplo are up for three nods each. Record of the Year nominess are D’Angelo’s ‘Really Love’,Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars’ ‘Uptown Funk’,Ed Sheeran’s ‘Thinking Out Loud’,Taylor Swift’s ‘Blank Space’, and the Weekend’s ‘Can’t Feel My Face’. Album of the Year nominess are Alabama Shakes’ ‘Sound & Color’,Kendrick Lamar’s ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’, ‘Traveller’ Chris Stapleton;’1989’ by Tylor Swift; ‘Beauty Behind the Madness’ by The Weekend. Song of the year(songwriter’s award) nominations include ‘Alright’ Blank Space’, ‘Girl Crush,’ ‘See You Again’ and ‘Thinking Out Loud’. Best new artist nominess are Courtney Barnett,James Bay,Sam Hunt, Tori Kelly,Meghan Trainor. The 58th Annual Grammy Awards will take place on February 15,next year.
In the key categories,Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift and the Weekend have earned top nominations including Album of the Year,Song of the Year and Record of the Year.
Lamar is nominated 11 times in nine categories while the Weekend is up for seven Grammys so is popstar Swift. Drake is up to five nods, Alabama Shakes and Florence and the Machine have four nominations. Kanye West,D’Angelo, and Diplo are up for three nods each. Record of the Year nominess are D’Angelo’s ‘Really Love’,Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars’ ‘Uptown Funk’,Ed Sheeran’s ‘Thinking Out Loud’,Taylor Swift’s ‘Blank Space’, and the Weekend’s ‘Can’t Feel My Face’. Album of the Year nominess are Alabama Shakes’ ‘Sound & Color’,Kendrick Lamar’s ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’, ‘Traveller’ Chris Stapleton;’1989’ by Tylor Swift; ‘Beauty Behind the Madness’ by The Weekend. Song of the year(songwriter’s award) nominations include ‘Alright’ Blank Space’, ‘Girl Crush,’ ‘See You Again’ and ‘Thinking Out Loud’. Best new artist nominess are Courtney Barnett,James Bay,Sam Hunt, Tori Kelly,Meghan Trainor. The 58th Annual Grammy Awards will take place on February 15,next year.
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