Grammy – Shankar Mahadevan Lauds India, Wife In Speech

LOS ANGELES, CA (IANS) – Musicians Shankar Mahadevan and Zakir Hussain’s ‘Shakti’ band made India proud at the 66th Grammy Awards as it won the Global Music Album honor at the event.

The group includes the legendary guitarist John Mclaughlin who was not present, on stage on February 5 at the Crypto.com Arena, as well as the outstanding instrumentalists – violinist Ganesh Rajagopalan, and percussionist Selvaganesh Vinayakram.
Moments earlier Zakir Hussain had won a Grammy and did not make it to the stage on time for this one. While accepting the honor on behalf of the group, Mahadevan said: “Thank you boys. Thank you, God, family, friends, and India. We are proud of you, India.”

Mahadevan then dedicated the award to his wife and said: “I would like to dedicate this to my wife, whom every note of my music is dedicated to.”

The artists mentioned were nominated for the Grammy Awards alongside others such as Susana Baca, Bokante, Burna Boy, and Davido.