Nevada
(US)
(ANI):
Grammy
winner
American
maverick
cellist
and
composer
David
Darling
plans
to
record
a
Hindu-themed
album.
Titled
'Everything
Is
Heart
Breaking',
Darling
reportedly
wants
to
record
this
solo
CD
with
meditation
drones
and
singing
in
raga
scales
in
collaboration
with
German
producer
Manfried
Eicher
of
ECM
Records
and
keyboardist
Kit
Walker.
He
has
recorded
over
20
albums
and
his
'A
Prayer
for
Compassion'
won
the
prestigious
Grammy
last
month.
Congratulating
David
Darling
on
winning
Grammy,
Hindu
statesman
Rajan
Zed,
in
a
statement
in
Nevada
(USA)
today,
called
for
introduction
of
'kirtan'
as
new
field
of
awards
at
Grammys
next
year.
Outside
India,
'kirtan'
was
attracting
large
audiences
in
USA,
Canada,
United
Kingdom,
and
many
other
countries
of
the
world,
resulting
in
various
new
albums
and
creation
of
star
'kirtan'
artists.
It
was
the
time
Grammys
organizer
National
Academy
of
Recording
Arts
and
Sciences
of
USA
opened
its
eyes
to
the
sentiments
of
people,
Zed,
who
is
president
of
Universal
Society
of
Hinduism,
added.
Indiana
born
Darling,
68,
who
now
lives
in
Goshen
(Connecticut),
dabbled
in
various
styles,
including
jazz,
African,
classical,
Brazilian,
and
Indian
music.
He
has
written
and
performed
in
over
a
dozen
movies,
including
MTV
nominated
'Heat'
(Michael
Mann).
His
other
albums
include
'8-String
Religion'.