Ravi Shankar wins posthumous Grammy

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The late Ravi Shankar was awarded a Grammy for Best World Music Album for The Living Room Sessions Part 1. Accepting the award on his behalf was daughter Anoushka Shankar whose album, Traveller was also nominated for the award.

Additionally, he was amongst seven artists who were given Lifetime Achievement Awards. In a pre-Grammy ceremony on Saturday, both daughters Anoushka Shankar and Norah Jones accepted the award. They spoke of how glad they were that he had known about this accolade before his passing, and of his excitement to be receiving it. View the speech here.

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