Jeff Bhasker, David Balkrishnan also make the cut.
By Sreekanth A Nair
Indian American jazz musician Rudresh Mahanthappa, sitarist Anoushka Shankar and Indo-British director Asif Kapadia are among the nominees at the 58th Grammy awards, announced in Los Angeles, on Monday.
Shankar, 34, has been nominated in the Best World Music Album category for her album ‘Home,’ an classical album illustrating the meditative and virtuosic qualities of the Indian raga.
There are two ragas in the album and one of them was created by her father, the late sitarist Ravi Shankar.
Expressing happiness on the fifth nomination in the same category, Anoushka Shankar wrote on Facebook: “Overwhelmed to have just received my fifth Grammy nomination!!! Grateful to have a traditional album like “Home†be recognized, and want to acknowledge my collaborators. Unending gratitude to my father and guru.”
Kapadia has been nominated in the Best Music Film category for Amy, a documentary on the late singer Amy Winehouse.
Indian-origin musician Jeff Bhasker has been nominated for the Record of the Year — for Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars’ Uptown Funk and also in the Producer of the Year, Non-Classical category.
The Indian American musician Rudresh Mahanthappa (The Afro Latin Jazz Suite) and another Indian-origin musician David Balkrishnan (Confetti Man) will be competing in the Best Instrumental Composition category.
This year, Kendrick Lamar leads nominations with 11, followed by Taylor Swift and The Weeknd, who each earned seven nominations. Additionally, music producer/songwriter Max Martin receives six nominations and mastering engineer Tom Coyne, rapper Drake, and engineers/mixers Serban Ghenea and John Hanes each earned five nominations.
“The diversity in the creative community is what makes music a universal language, and it’s gratifying to see the vibrancy of today’s artistic landscape reflected in this year’s nominations — a testament to The Academy’s voting members,” said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy, in a statement.
“Artists are pushing boundaries in exciting ways, making it an exceptionally strong year for music,” he added.
This year’s nominees were selected from more than 21,000 submissions entered.
Final-round Grammy ballots will be mailed December 16 and the preeminent award for excellence in music will be presented Monday, February 15, 2016, at the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles.