Mumbai: Musician Ricky Cage, who has been nominated for his fourth Grammy Award, says he hopes it turns into a win and makes it “four out of four”.
“I’m lucky that I’ve been nominated three times before and I’ve won all three times. So, it’s three out of three. I hope it’s four out of four,” Cage told PTI in an interview. Will be done.” ,
Cage is nominated in the New Age Album category for “Break of Dawn”.
“This album has been in my mind since 2015. I was made aware of this philosophical quote that ‘the impurities of the environment are a direct reflection of the impurities of the mind’. This is actually what Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a speech at this event’ Known as ‘Samvaad’, it was a Hindu Buddhist conference that took place in 2015,” said the Bengaluru-based artist.
Renowned sitarist and composer Anoushka Shankar has also been nominated in the same category for her album ‘Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before Dawn’.
Other nominees are Radhika Vekaria’s “Warriors of Light” and entrepreneur and composer Chandrika Tandon’s “Triveni”, a collaboration with flautist Wouter Kellermann and cellist Iru Matsumoto.
Shankar also earned additional nominations for his featured role in Jacob Collier’s song “A Rock Somewhere”, which also featured singer Varijasree Venugopal, receiving her first nomination.
Cage said that he would love to collaborate with Shankar and had already approached him.
The 43-year-old said, “I’m hoping that one day we’ll collaborate with each other, but we know each other, we’re in touch and I hope there will be a collaboration.”
Another famous name in their list is that of famous musician Hans Zimmer.
“I always wanted to collaborate with film composer Hans Zimmer. He is someone I always want to collaborate with. I’ve met him twice, both times at the Grammys. We took a picture together… I hope one day I get a chance to work with Hans Zimmer,” he said.
Cage first won a Grammy in the Best New Age category in 2015 for “Winds of Samsara” and later in 2022 for “Divine Tides” with Stewart Copeland. In 2023, he and Copeland were honored again, this time for “Divine Tides”. Winning the award for Best Immersive Audio Album.
The 2025 Grammy Awards are scheduled to take place on February 2, 2025, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
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