"Shakti", the band comprising of guitarist John McLaughlin, tabla player Ustad Zakir Hussain, vocalist Shankar Mahadevan, percussionist V Selvaganesh and violinist Ganesh Rajagopalan clinched the Grammy award in the Best Global Music Album category for "This Moment" at the 66th Grammy Awards 2024 held in Los Angeles, United States on Sunday.
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— Recording Academy / GRAMMYs (@RecordingAcad) February 4, 2024
“This Moment, the new ‘studio’ album is a true labor of love. The music on this recording represents a quantum leap in the musical evolution of Shakti. It represents 50 years of working and playing together beginning in 1973.
"The numerous concerts we have played, the number of times we have been together working on our musical development, have brought us to the point where it has all been brought together here and now in the 21st Century," McLaughlin said in a statement.
The album released on June 30, 2023 and was apparently recorded separately by each member of the band, who sent their contributions in from their respective hometowns.
In 2023, Shakti hosted a 50th Anniversary Tour across 27 cities, which also featured 17 US performances with solo opening slots by Bill Frisell, Béla Fleck, John Scofield and Jerry Douglas.
"This Moment" is Shakti's first new album in over 45 years.
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