Tag: Grammy

Monday, September 11th, 2017-Echoes Program 1737A

This year’s unlikely New Age Grammy winners were the trio White Sun, a group that takes Hindi mantras and turns them into soaring vocal melodies. The group is fronted by singer, Gurujas, who writes the melodies that have propelled this group to the New Age forefront.

Tuesday June 27th, 2017-Echoes Program 1726B

This year’s unlikely New Age Grammy winners were the trio White Sun, a group that takes Hindi mantras and turns them into soaring vocal melodies. The group is fronted by singer, Gurujas, who writes the melodies that have propelled this group to the New Age forefront.

Tuesday, February 10th, 2015-Echoes Program 1506B

Ricky Kej is an Indian musician steeped in the Bollywood sound. Wouter Kellerman is a South African world music flutist. They got together for a global exploration called Winds of Samsara, merging Indian, African and Middle Eastern sounds into a hymn for peace dedicated to Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi. They talk about their Grammy…

Grammys Change Pop Instrumental Category.

The Grammy Awards have announced what could be a significant change in the Pop Instrumental Album Category.  They’ve reconstituted it as the  Contemporary Instrumental Album.  The ramifications could be interesting since “contemporary instrumental” is a much more generic designation that could bring in all kinds of music that isn’t rock, pop, jazz or folk, potentially…