Page 48 - Seniorstoday March 2022 Issue

Music

The Grammys 2022

Image credit – Jathan Campbell – thegrammy.com

When it comes to the music industry, like every year, there’s an abundance
of brilliance, but only one album can win, writes Narendra Kusnur

EVERY year, Indian music industry Las Vegas on April 3. The 2015 Grammy
watchers eagerly await the announcement winner Ricky Kej has been shortlisted for
of the Grammy Award nominations. his album Divine Tides, a collaboration with
After all, everybody is curious to know drummer Stewart Copeland, in the Best
which Indian artistes have made it to New Age Album category. And Falguni
the shortlists. This time, interestingly, Shah aka Falu, in the second time she’s
things went overboard, with many artistes been nominated, is in the race for the Best
sending in their songs for consideration. Children’s Album for her record A Colorful
Many of them put up announcements on World.
social media, even behaving like they had
actually been nominated. The mainstream
media, clueless about the Grammy process,
happily gave them free publicity and friends
congratulated them, just for sending their
entries.
In the end, none of these artistes found
their names in the final nominations list,
declared on November 23, 2021. But the
two people who made it were those who
didn’t make any noise. They stand along
with four other nominees in their respective
categories when the awards take place in Falguni Shah’s second Grammy nomination!

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