2024 Grammy Awards<\/a> in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe recently reunited fusion band, once named \u201cTuriyananda Sangit,\u201d was originally founded by British guitarist John McLaughlin, Indian tabla maestro Zakir Hussain, and percussionist Vikku Vinayakram in 1973; they were soon joined by violinist L. Shankar and the late mridangam maestro Ramnad Raghavan. The five released three albums before disbanding in 1977; the band briefly launched a spinoff in 1997 called Remember Shakti and would regroup in 2020 with McLaughlin, Hussain, vocalist Shankar Mahadevan, percussionist V. Selvaganesh, and violinist Ganesh Rajagopalan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mahadevan, Selvaganesh, and Rajagopalan secured the band\u2019s Grammy award alongside founding members McLaughlin and Hussain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a result of their long-term hiatus, Shakti is lesser known among younger audiences but with present-day academy recognition\u2014and a 50th anniversary world tour last year\u2014they could be set to return to global prominence. This Moment,<\/em> released on June 30, comprises eight songs by the group. The album won against popular Nigerian musician Burna Boys I Told Them\u2026<\/em>, Nigerian American singer Davido, global group Bokant\u00e9, and Peruvian singer-songwriter Susana Baca.<\/p>\n\n\n\nRead the full article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Indian jazz band Shakti bagged Best Global Music Album for This Moment\u2014their first studio release in 46 years\u2014at Sunday\u2019s 2024 Grammy Awards in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1669,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[26,30,23,19,25,22,21,27,29,20],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
TIME: How Indian Talent Won Big at the Grammys - Official Webpage of Shakti - John McLaughlin, Zakir Hussain, Shankar Mahadevan, V. Selvaganesh, Ganesh Rajagopalan<\/title>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n