Bengaluru-based musician and environmentalist Ricky Cage won his second Grammy for his new age album ‘Divine Tides’ alongside founder and drummer Stewart Copeland of renowned rock band, The Police. They won the award in the Best New Age Album category. The qualified dentist-turned-musician, who has also done ad jingles and penned the scores of several Kannada films, greeted the audience as he stepped onto the stage at the MGM Grand Marquee Ballroom. Las Vegas.
“Full of gratitude and love to this living legend standing by me – @copelandmusic. My second Grammy and Stewart’s sixth. Anyone collaborating, hiring or listening to my music,” Cage wrote enthusiastically after the 64th Grammy Awards on Twitter. Thank you everyone. I exist because of you.” The tweet was accompanied by a picture of Cage with Copeland.
Won a Grammy Award today for our album Divine Tides Full of gratitude and love from this living-legend standing with me – @copelandmusic , My second Grammy and Stewart’s sixth. Thank you to everyone who collaborated, hired or listened to my music. I exist because of you. pic.twitter.com/Pe4rkOp0ba— Ricky Cage (@rickykej) 4 April 2022
He won his first Grammy in 2015 for his album ‘Winds of Sansar’, when famed Hollywood musician Hans Zimmer did not congratulate him. Born in North Carolina in 1981, Cage, according to his biography, is half-Punjabi, half-Marwari, and has lived in Bengaluru since the age of 8. He attended Bishop Cotton School in Bangalore before finishing college with a degree in Dentistry.
But music was his first love, and he started out as a keyboardist with the progressive rock band Angel Dust before becoming a full-time jingle musician and green cause advocate.
Featuring artists from around the world, the album Divine Tides is a tribute to the grandeur of our natural world and the resilience of our species. The critically acclaimed album includes 9 songs and 8 music videos that were filmed around the world, from the quintessential beauty of the Indian Himalayas to the snowy jungles of Spain. Divine Tides has already won many awards at various festivals around the world.
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