Two Indian musicians were among the winners at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, given out to musicians on Sunday night in Las Vegas. Composer Ricky Kej won his second Grammy Award as she and Stewart Copeland won the award for Best New Age Album. Indian-American singer-songwriter Falu won her maiden trophy for Best Children’s Music Album on the night.
Falu, whose real name is Falguni Shah, won in the Best Children’s Music Album category for her album A Colorful World. The New York-based musician has, in the past, collaborated with AR Rahman for Slumdog Millionaire. She received her early training in music in Mumbai, where she trained under the legendary sarangi and vocal master Ustad Sultan Khan.
In her acceptance speech at the awards, she said, “Who would have thought that having my mother sing an old children’s lullaby from India would get a response from parents in America?” The performer also posted a picture of herself with her award on Instagram celebrating her win. In the caption alongside, she wrote, “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. THANK YOU!”
Ricky Kej, meanwhile, added to his 2015 win with a second Grammy Award. He and Stewart Copeland won the Best New Age Album award for Divine Tides. Taking to Twitter, Ricky shared a picture of himself and his collaborator and wrote, “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.”
The 2022 Grammys, which kicked off on Sunday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, was hosted by Trevor Noah. At the event, singer Olivia Rodrigo made an impressive Grammy debut, Silk Sonic claimed two major awards and Jon Batiste had the most stunning victory of the night winning the top prize at Grammy Awards.