{"id":1802,"date":"2024-03-11T19:47:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T19:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shakti50.com\/?p=1802"},"modified":"2024-03-11T19:47:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T19:47:56","slug":"the-new-indian-express-sounds-good-from-childhood-dream-to-grammy-glory-percussionist-v-selvaganesh-reflects-on-his-musical-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shakti50.com\/2024\/03\/11\/the-new-indian-express-sounds-good-from-childhood-dream-to-grammy-glory-percussionist-v-selvaganesh-reflects-on-his-musical-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Indian Express: Sounds good!: From childhood dream to Grammy glory, percussionist V Selvaganesh reflects on his musical journey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Dese Gowda writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fresh off his Grammy win for the album ‘This Moment’, Selvaganesh recalls his family\u2019s push to take up the kanjira, which might have been considered a \u2018secondary instrument\u2019, but has got him fame beyond measure.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n BENGALURU: People have continually asked me what I was feeling when I went on stage to receive the Grammy. I\u2019ve never said this before, but I was thinking of this one photograph that John [Mclaughlin] ji had shown a while back. It was taken in the \u201980s. John ji, Shankar [Mahadevan] ji, Zakir [Hussain] bhai, and my dad [Vikku Vinayakram] are sitting together, with me standing behind them in my school uniform, holding a soda!\u201d shares percussionist V Selvaganesh, adding, \u201cBack then, I could never have imagined that I would one day play with these legendary musicians, be a co-producer for an album, and win a Grammy. It\u2019s a dream come true.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n