Ricky Kej’s collaborated album Winds Of Samsara won the Best New Age Album trophy
Musician Ricky Kej and activist Neela Vaswani won the Grammy for their work in album Winds of Samsara and the documentary on Malala Yousafzai, respectively. Kej was declared a winner for his collaborative album Winds of Samsara in the New Age Album category. The Bengaluru-based artiste teamed up with South African flautist Wouter Kellerman on the album.
A self-taught musician Kej, 33, has previously composed soundtracks for Kannada films. Winds of Samsara is his 14th studio album. Other albums nominated in the category were Bhakti by Paul Avgerinos, Ritual by Peter Kater and R Carlos Nakai, Symphony live In Istanbul by Kitaro and In love And longing by Silvia Nakkach and David Darling. Vaswani, who is the author of the short story collection Where the long Grass Bends and memoir You Have Given Me a Country, won the trophy in the Best Children’s Album category for I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education And Changed The World (Malala Yousafzai).