{"id":1680,"date":"2024-02-05T22:12:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T22:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shakti50.com\/?p=1680"},"modified":"2024-02-05T22:12:02","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T22:12:02","slug":"rolling-stone-what-does-shakti-and-zakir-hussains-grammy-win-mean-for-indian-fusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shakti50.com\/2024\/02\/05\/rolling-stone-what-does-shakti-and-zakir-hussains-grammy-win-mean-for-indian-fusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolling Stone: What Does Shakti and Zakir Hussain\u2019s Grammy Win Mean for Indian Fusion?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Rolling Stone writes: A late acknowledgment of the jazz-fusion greats by the Recording Academy notwithstanding, there\u2019s a lot more diversity that has been growing from the style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier today, most of India woke up to the news that Indian music was shining yet again at the Grammys<\/a>. The Recording Academy Awards, which took place on February 4th, brought cheer to jazz-fusion pioneers Shakti<\/a>, who won Best Global Music Album for 2023\u2019s This Moment<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to the win with Shakti, tabla maestro\u00a0Zakir Hussain<\/a>\u00a0was part of two more Grammy-winning projects at the66th Annual Grammy Awards<\/a>. For his work on Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer\u2019s album\u00a0As We Speak\u00a0<\/em>(Best Contemporary Instrumental Album) and the song \u201cPashto\u201d (Best Global Music Performance) featuring flautist Rakesh Chaurasia, Hussain increased his tally. All Indian artists who won Grammys this year have been making Indian fusion music (among other things) for decades, arguably legends, virtuosos and seasoned artistic minds in their own right, which makes the accolade for\u00a0Shakti\u00a0<\/em>a long-deserved one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n