Indian Musician Ricky Kej Receives 4th Grammy Nomination For 'Break Of Dawn'

The nominations for the 67th Grammy Awards were announced on Friday, bringing both familiar and new Indian and Indian-origin names to the forefront. Artists like Ricky Kej, Anoushka Shankar, Varijashree Venugopal, Radhika Vekaria, and Chandrika Tandon are among those recognised this year.

Ricky Kej, a three-time Grammy winner, earned a nomination in the Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album category for his album Break of Dawn. Also in this category are the album Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before Dawn by sitarist, singer-songwriter and composer Anoushka Shankar, Warriors of Light by Indian-origin artist Radhika Vekaria and Triveni by entrepreneur and artist Chandrika Tandon, created with flautist Wouter Kellerman and cellist Eru Matsumoto.