Indian fusion band Shakti, that includes Zakir Hussain and Shankar Mahadevan bagged the International Music Album award at Grammy Awards 2024 in Los Angeles on Sunday night time. The band, which additionally options John McLaughlin, percussionist V Selvaganesh, and violinist Ganesh Rajagopalan gained for the album This Second.
The band was fashioned in 1973, quickly after the jazz fusion band Mahavishnu Orchestra, which was fashioned in 1971 disbanded. The band toured pretty extensively between 1975 and 1977.
The band break up up in 1978 and was reformed in 2020. In 1997, for a short time, Zakir Hussain and John McLaughlin fashioned a band, ‘Bear in mind Shakti’. In June 2023 it launched the album ‘This Second’. The album incorporates eight tracks together with Shrini’s Dream, Bending the Guidelines, Karuna, Giriraj Sudha, Mohanam and Las Palmas.
On profitable the Grammy, Shankar Mahadevan stated, “Thanks, boys!” He additionally expressed his gratitude to their households, pals and God. He devoted the award to his spouse. And added that India has their utmost admiration.
