Future Classic Women Awards – Falu 111223

Hello and welcome to the sixth edition for a future classic women awards with me Stefania Passamonte on women's radio station the program where we search for the most amazing new female artist on the classical panorama to today we have a very, very, very special guest on future classic women awards. She is our fantastic pluri nominated winner Grammy winner Falu Shah. Hello Falu, how are you? Hi. I'm good, thank you. So Falu, you know this is a British program. We are in London, but we. You are not in London. Where are you now? I'm in New York City. Fantastic. So Falou, first of all, congratulations on your latest nomination. Tell us a little bit, how was it to discover that you've been nominated for the upcoming Grammys awards? It was. Every time you get a nomination, it's really, really a very serial and a very beautiful experience. And you always become more and more humbled and more and more grateful by understanding and knowing that your peers are liking your music. So that's very reassuring and I don't take this lightly. Every nomination is special, every nomination is a blessing. And I am very, very thankful to everybody who thought that this song, Abundance in Millets should be nominated for global music performance this year. And I am so grateful for their support, love and belief in this song and in us. Well, before we even start, shall we just listen to this fantastic song? So this is Abundance in Millets nominated for the Grammy awards as best global music performance by Falucia. What if we could change the world? What if we could change the world? Green fields, flowing grains golden sun, Gentle way awaken and rise Looking for sunrise Millet swaying all around Once lost, now found Nourishing body and soul it's time to make us whole. Sa. Militara wonder an end to hunger what if we could change the world? What if we could change the world? What if we could change the world? What if we could change the world? Samaritan. International Military. One world, one harmony. An ancient melody. So much that we can gain the magic of this brain. With sorrow, wonder and into hunger what if we could change the world? What if we could change the world? What if we could change the world? What if we could change the world? Dunia international millet yerman aravi. The world. Absolutely gorgeous. Tell us a little bit, how did you think about this piece? I mean, abundance in Millet. So how did it came to your mind to create this wonderful piece of music? So just a little note. My. You can just call me Falu because that is my stage name. You don't have to say Sha. Yeah, okay. So the idea of this song came from the Prime Minister of India. He had invited me to congratulate me when I won my first Grammy to India. So I met, I went to see him in Delhi at his residence, and he told me that, you know, since you can you. Since music is such a powerful medium and a tool to spread any message, love, peace, why don't you use music and spread awareness of the super grain called millets? Now I was asking the Prime Minister, how can I write a song on millets? He said, it, that's. That's up to you. And then he said, try to say that millets are a great. You know, the basic idea is millets are a great grain that you can grow and harvest in low rainfall regions because these regions are affected by climate change and there is no longer any rain there. So instead of starvation and hunger, farmers can grow this alternative grain and feed their families, communities and nations. And this is the Prime Minister's idea that through millets and making this grain available to everyone in the world, we might be able to potentially help end world hunger. And our mission would be, no child sleeps hungry. Wow. This is such a powerful message and such a useful message. That's the thing, you know, we can shout to the world that there is the climate change, there is this emergency, there is everything horrible that is happening around the world, including war and famine. But another thing is actually to bring a solution. And this is a wonderful solution. Sometimes also a solution to the most dramatic things might be something simple like writing a song that will make other people to think about the fact that they could cultivate millets. Exactly right. So this is what we want to do is basically create awareness of the super grain in the world and by doing that, help ending world hunger. And music is the best way to, to spread any message. So we, we try to write a song and create awareness and spread this message. And hopefully it goes through every household, every soul. And people support farmers in growing this. And together collectively, we may be able to feed every child before he goes to sleep. That's such a beautiful, beautiful message. And so, of course, I wish you all the best of luck with this wonderful song. The Grammys are always so unpredictable, isn't it? There is so many wonderful submissions. There is so very many amazing artists that are competing every year. How it is to win, you know, a Grammy. What's the feeling? The feeling is something that I have never felt ever in my life. One time when I became a mother, I felt so blissful. Yeah. And the second time when I won a Grammy, it was a heavenly feeling of gratefulness, humility and that with music we will be able to do something good for the world. So you feel empowered and you feel that, yes, you know, your, your music matters and you can do so much wonderful things with it. So here I am trying to use music as a powerhouse to do any good. Even if one child goes to sleep with a full stomach with my music, then I feel that my music had a purpose. Yeah, absolutely. Well, you said something very important that is sometimes is enough that even just one child, you know, doesn't go hungry and is already a huge success. Often we look at the bigger picture. We try to achieve things that aren't achievable and starting from the smaller things, that is even just by helping one person that is next to you and you know, that will make these, these a better world. Now, Falu, a very big question. You know, how did you decide to become a singer, writer, songwriter and you know, did you know when you were little that one day you would have been at the Grammys and won the Grammys even more than once? No, no. You know, I grew up in India in Mumbai. A very traditional Gujarati family. My, my, my grandfather had farms. We used to grow millets there in Gujarat in Maruli. And when my. But my, we lived in Mumbai. But we, every summer vacation we would go to either Maroli or Mahabaleshwar or Panjini. And I, you know, I was very familiar with the countryside and the, that the rural village lifestyle of India, which I loved. So growing up, you know, my mother was a musician. So it fell in my lap as a three year old and she saw that I was musical, I had good pitch and she started training me. And then I was very fortunate to be trained by Indian mastros, legendary masters like Ustad Sultan Khan or Comedy Munshi or Kishore Yamankar and Uday Mazumdar and four amazing teachers changed my life along with my mom and my dad. And my, you know, my family always comes first. So they supported, they nourished, they gave me everything I needed to blossom as a musician. And they, they never said once that, you know, you shouldn't do music because there is no security. They would always say, pursue your dreams. Fly as high as you can. If you fall, we are here to catch you. So be fearless. In fact, my mom used to call me be fearless. Palu. Well, this is such a wonderful, you know, thought and I believe this is the biggest richness that you can give to a child in this world, you know, the fact, the security that even if you fall, your family will be there to catch you and you will be always safe. So that's a dream, dream family. But tell me a little bit. You know, you told us you grew up in, in India, so how was it to move to New York? Yeah. Let me answer your first question. Did I ever imagine I would get a Grammy? Yes. You know, I never imagined, but somewhere back in my mind I always saw in the Grammy goes to Michael Jackson. The Grammy goes to Madonna. I always associated Grammys with, you know, the biggest stars of the world. So obviously not ever, not ever even dreaming that somebody like me who lives in India, who is a, is a little girl there, would ever even come to America, let alone win a Grammy. Like all of this was like, I feel God always has a plan for you. I'm a very religious person and God, you know, they, they give you the plan. You have to listen to it, the universe and you keep following the, the messages that you get from God. And I feel for me, I have been very lucky because I had a supportive family. I fell in love with a man who was from America. So I didn't come here to do any, any musical thing or so I went to school and learned a little bit of composition and everything. But I came here because I fell in love with my husband. And together we are in the band together, we sing together, we write together. He is also nominated for this latest song, Abundance in Millets. His name is Gaurav Shah. And that's how I came to America, because of love. And then he supported me, I supported him. And we both sing and write and play and perform together. And here we go, here we have this song on Millets with our little child. He also sang in it and. Oh, really? Oh, fantastic. My son also sang, you know, in the, in the, in the choruses, in the, in the harmony lines, in. You know, he's one, one of the voices in the song. As, as a famous song says, it's a family business, it's a family passion, I would say. Yes, I love that. But there is another question. Well, I don't know. I have million questions for you. I think we could be here for forever and ever before. Before I go on to the next one, actually, why don't we listen to the song Nishad's Lullaby? Would you like to tell us a little bit about this song? So this song is passed on to me, just like my music is passed on to me as 11 generations. My my guru is Ustad Sultan Khan was 10. I am the 11th one, you know, inheriting this lineage of classical music from Jaipur Gharana, Indur Gharana. And my son is learning this style of music as well to become the 12th. Wow. And we, our music is not written written, it's oral tradition. We pass it on from one teacher to one student to another student. It's. It's a lineage and oral tradition passed on. So you know, Nishad's Lullaby was a lullaby that was also passed on for five generations in my family. My mom's mom's mom's mom sang it. And then I decided when I had a son that I wanted to capture my mother's voice. And I, I requested my mother to sing our family lullaby in my first album follows Bazaar that I wrote for kids and that actually got nominated. I think it was her, not me. But you will actually hear my mother singing this to her grandson as a family gift and with. With music. Beautiful. Let's listen to Nisha's lullaby. Sa. J. Ra. Bye bye. And this was Nishat's Lullaby from the first nominated album by our guest Falusha for the Grammys awards. Falu? Yeah. You told me I should call you Falupa. Falusha is your full name as an artist or. No, my full legal name is Falunisha, not Falua. So this is why I. People just call me so. But what shall I say? When people want to find your music, they look for Falu Shah, don't they? No, no, they just look for Falu. For Falu. Okay, then I'll just call you Falu. So. But we have no confusion. So Falu, you know, we were talking about classical Indian music and this is exactly what's behind, you know, my idea of founding this new music conservatory that is called the London Performing Academy of Music where we want to put together the classical music of the world. Because classical music is not anymore just the classical music of the European composers like Mozart, Beethoven or Chopin or anything. It's also the heritage music, the classical music of different countries and the deserve of a space into the classical music of the 21st century. I believe at the same level as the traditional European classical music. So I wanted to ask you a few, you know, you said you studied composition. Did you study classical compositions or you started songwriting, modern songwriting, songwriting. So I. My training has been always in Indian classical music. But when I came here, I was so curious to learn about different cultures and different musical traditions. So I, I signed up in Berkeley and I took some classes on how to do songwriting, the craft of songwriting. And then again, how can I work on harmonies with Indian melodies? And how do I incorporate microtones in the scale system? So like Phrygian or Dorian. But how do we try to bring Indian, Indian microtonal singing along by staying in the Dorian mode? So something like that. I was trying to draw from both this, the classical Indians tradition and the Western tradition and then try to blend it. And I made my own style genre called indie Hindi, where we kind of draw from both and then we try to be true to both of the traditions without, you know, really diverting or diluting it. But that's, that's where all my music falls into, which is indie Hindi. So how is this music accepted in India? Where is a sort of a modern version of the classical Indian music? So this Indian, Indian music, I mean, in India they are very, they are very progressive. They embrace a lot of different cultures and styles and traditions of music. And it's been going well. I mean, every India is now celebrating this third nomination by its own daughter, Falu. So they have given me a lot of love and obviously they, they are proud. And I'm proud to be an Indian as well because I was born and raised there. So yeah, it's my home and America is also my home. So I feel, you know, both the countries have given me so much and I could not have asked for more. I am very grateful and I'm. I'm super lucky. A big part of, of all of this falls feels to me like, you know, luck also matters. You know, luck is big. It's a big thing. And yes, hard work matters, but also if you're in the right place at the right time with the right people, that goes a long way too. Well, I would say not just luck also destiny sometime, isn't it? You have, you are the one that has to be in that place at that time. And sometimes even if you're not planning it, you find yourself in that situation, isn't it? And, and music somehow has chosen you to, to spread these beautiful messages and the Indian culture and your own sensibility as an. That is absolutely wonderful. Now, I would like to ask you something. You know, this is the women's radio station and we talk about the place for women composers, for example, in classical music, in history and today. There is a lot of work in all the sectors to try to bring equality in, in the arts, not just in the normal everyday life. So how do feel that as a female songwriter in, in, in. Among the other songwriter in India for example, or in, in the recording academy for the Grammys. Oh, I think women have, have come such a long way, you know, for we didn't have voting rights in the 60s, but now we can vote. So we, we are progressing every hour, every minute. And I am so proud of the unity we have demonstrated throughout the years that we women will support each other, we will vouch for each other, we will stand behind each other. And because of that, I feel like it in music, it's sort of, it is what it is. I don't care who wrote it, who composed it, who engineered it, who mastered it, as long as it is a masterpiece, the song or music. Nothing should, nothing else should be mattering, you know, for I mean women are come, women are so talented and we need to hold each other's hand and support each other because together we are only more powerful. Well, who would you say was your biggest inspiration for becoming the successful artist that you are today? Do you have a woman inspiration or is a male inspiration or. No, I have both. You know, I got to both teachers. One was Komani Munshi, she was a female. My another teacher was a female and I have two male teachers, Uday Mazumdar and Ustad Sultan Khan. So for me, I didn't really. It was never like either a female is teaching me or a male is teaching me. My respect to all my gurus is equal. And so with my band members, if my band member is a woman or a man, it doesn't even like, it doesn't even occur to me. I'm just whoever I work with and I love their music and that's all I care about. Well that's absolutely fantastic. And that's, you know, what we all dream for, isn't it? We really want to, to think about the music and not about how someone look like or you know, sound, you know, what you want is the music itself. So tell me a little bit about the next song that we're gonna play is called Beiji. Am I right? Biggie, it's called Sorry. So Biggie comes from my album Someday which I made with Karishma which is, which was my first band when I came to America. It, it was started by my husband Sandeep and Shomo, three other founders and we, we always loved Indian semi classical music as well as classical. But this song comes, comes from the semi classical style of Indian music from the northeast Banaras Gharana which I was also a Gandhaban Shagid means I was an Initiated student of Komadi Munshi who was an another student of Siddheshwari Devi who is the legend tumri singer. And I inherited all of this beautiful semi classical tumris dadras chaitis horis from that gharana. It's a school of music and this one is a sample of a longing. It's, it's, it's about a longing feeling that a girl feels when the beloved is not with her. So it's a very passionate, very sensual piece but it is something from the semi classical style of music which is tumidadra. Wonderful. Let's listen to Biggie from the album Sunday by Fado. Sa. Bell. Happy. Me. And this was Biggie from the album Sunday from our guest Grammy nominated Grammy winner artist Falu. This was beautiful. I don't know, time is flying so I don't have, I don't know if we will manage to play everything we wanted to play today. So this is the last part of the interview and normally we talk about your experience as an artist. So I'd like to ask you what was the most exciting place that you performed? If you can choose one. Carnegie Hall. My first debut concert at Carnegie Hall. Wow. At Zenkel was something that really, you know, for an artist who is raised in India, born in India and comes here in America and gets a chance to perform at Carnegie hall which I, I still work at, you know, I'm one of the teaching artists and you know I represent Indian music there. I in 2006 they invited me to perform at Zenkel Hall, Carnegie hall and the show was sold out. And I think that kind of a feeling of, you know, okay, music is music no matter which continent you perform at. And people love music no matter what race, culture, sex or skin they come from. Right. It's one language. Music is such that a soul sings and a soul hears. Yeah. And when I performed at Carnegie hall in 2006 that was, that really told me that it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter what color you are Falu, but if you can sing well you will get people to love your music. So keep making your art, your gold. And I guess this is a wonderful message for anyone listening to us. For any young girl that is dreaming one day to perform a Carnegie hall and to believe in their talent. The talent is something that you know, you have, you know, people might be, you might be unlucky and meet teachers that they're not helping you as you should that make you doubt yourself. But if you have this fire burning inside and you have a vision and a drive to go to, to share your talent with the world. There will be the way, maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but after tomorrow, you know, that's, that's what I believe. And you are the testimony of these. So congratulations, Falu. You know, I'm a big fan. We've been in contact. I'm a member of the recording academy for so many years and you know, listening to your submission and voting and, and I'm so pleased, you know, for all your success and I wish you many more, including of course, with this wonderful song that is abundance in Millets, currently nominated for the latest Grammys as best global music performance. Falup, do you think, you know, the global music performance is such a larger category, isn't it? You have music from all around the world, so it's really, sometimes I think it's difficult to compare one style with another. What do you think about these? You? So, yes, it's a very huge umbrella. It's a big category, an international category. It's global. And yes, how do we compare African music with Indian music with Brazilian music or with anything like music from China? Right? How, how do we. But at that time, I feel the. Sometimes voters look at the, the intent and cause of why the song was written. You know, like if the song, the message penetrates in their heart. Like for me, my, my song is more about helping end world hunger with the mission of no child sleeps hungry. Right. So if a voter listens with that intent and with that meaning of, of what happens if this song takes off, it will make the entire world aware of the millets, the super grains that are available, they, that they might not even know about. Right. So I'm hoping that with this song and you know, thank you to the Grammys and Recording Academy for looking at the obvious, of course, the musical element of it, but along with it, also the powerful message that we want to spread. And when you have a Grammy nomination, it just gives you a seal of authenticity and it gives you a seal of yes, you're recognized and that's. That goes a long way for any message to travel. And Grammy is the best musical award for excellence in music, right. So having that stamp, even a nomination, if it wins, it's even like it will even go broader into villages and rural because everybody knows Grammy. Every person in this world, I think, is it knows Grammys and Oscars, they know that. So something from that tremendous honor of nomination or win takes the message far along. And I feel, I'm hoping that voters Would bless abundance in millets for music for best global music performance, because their blessings will help feed kids. All the children in the world who are sleeping hungry. Let's. Let's take this musical message through our best academy, and let's make sure we feed every child before they go to sleep. Wonderful. Absolutely wonderful. All right, now, this is the funny part of the interview, so I'm gonna have to ask you something that I always ask our guest. So do you have any hobby to relax, you know, to free your mind other than, you know, I guess, you know, making music? That is something very important for us? Yes, I do two, three things that actually really put my mind at ease. One is going for nature walks. I like to go and, you know, go and be with the trees. I love trees. Second is I like to work out. I. I go to the treadmill and I run. And the third is I like to paint. Wow. So I. I paint for my relaxation. Ah, that's beautiful. That's such a beautiful art. Still very artistic. And. And do you have any embarrassing moment, you know, funny moment that you can share with us of going on stage or something that. A mishap that happened, you know, on a tour or going on in a concert or in the recording studio? Yes, yes. One time I had to think about it. So thank you for giving me that. That's half a second I went. I had a concert, and, you know, for. Even when. When we did the sound check, everything was fine. And when I. When I went on stage, the monitor just died on me. Oh. And it wasn't a concert where I could say, oh, come on, let's fix the monitor. It already started. The people were there. You know, once you do sound check and you're on stage afterwards for the show, there's no looking back back. So I. I kind of just put a little bit of. You know, I always carry earplugs just to protect my hearing. So I put one earplug in my right eye, and that became my right ear, and that became my monitor. So, you know, stuff like that happens. Live shows, a lot of things happen, and you just have to know how to cope up. And because I had that little earplug from cvs, I was able to put it in my right ear and I did the concert. But, oh, my God, I. I don't know how I did it. It was very hard, but it was an embarrassing moment that the monitors didn't work well. I had. We had some guests that they were telling us they are classical musicians and they were performing With a mix of classical and electronics. And the earth is used to listen to with classical. So the monitor wasn't working, as you were telling me, and they couldn't hear the sound. And then playing in tune, so everything came out out of tune. So sometimes people don't realize that it is very difficult to perform or sing, you know, with instruments that they're not well tempered, like the piano, for example. Right, right. And any other, you know, experience that you can share with us, you know, the, the most challenging audience, if you like, that you performed for. Challenging. Well, you know, audiences come from various, various backgrounds. Right. And sometimes they are skeptical of. Of what is. You know, they come because Carnegie hall is or, you know, Hollywood bowl is kind of giving us a spot. They have their own, you know, like, they come and they don't know what they're going to expect or they don't know what, what to expect from this artist. So sometimes one challenge was, you know, my name, Falu is not a very like, common name. Right. I mean, it's a, it's a very common name in India, but not in America. So people sometimes don't know what ethnicity I am from. Right. And they don't know what music I am singing. They just come. I see. And they will come and they will see me. I'm very, I'm small. I'm five feet and I'm a very small built person. And then when I sing, I sing with a very big voice. So when I go to see them in the audience next after the concert, I say thank you for coming. And I meet everybody. They're like, is that you? I'm like, yeah, it was me. Like, you didn't really think I went. When you were singing, I felt you were much bigger than what you really are in your size. And, and it's always a challenge. People think I'm much bigger in size than what I am. Oh, wow. But I laugh at it because they can't really believe they're meeting me because, you know, I'm only five foot. Right. So. Oh, yeah. Well, we have a wonderful saying in Italian that is that in the small barrel there is the best. The, the best wine. Do you have something similar? Yeah. You know, Mahatma Gandhi was also 5 foot. So then I tell them that, well, I mean, sorry if I my height disappointed you. The reminder that Gandhiji, Mahatma Gandhi was also 5 foot, also Gujarati like me. So, so sorry for that disappointment, but thank you for coming. Wonderful. And so do you go often back to India to perform? Yes, I do. Yeah. I go, at least I try to go. Before, COVID it was more, but now it's like once a year or, you know, once in 18 months or something. We go, we go back, we, we never forget where we come from. So, you know, we go home and we perform for our audiences. And in India, from, for my people, they look like me, they know every lyric of what I'm saying. Super. That's very good. Above all, when you're spreading such important messages. So I'm sure that's, that's what they want. Now I would like to ask you about the last piece we're gonna play together today. That is Crayons from the Grammy winner album Colorful World. Tell us about this one. So it was very well put together by my entire team that consists of my producer Kenya Audi and her husband Oscar, who did mixing and engineering and mastering, and of course my band and Tammy hall and David Sands and everybody who played on that album. It Crayons came after a very serious episode that I witnessed in my life, which was George Floyd's death. You know, my son was 8, 7, 8 years old and when he, you know, they showed it a lot in media how he was killed and all the kids were terrorized and were scared that just because they are brown or black is their life in danger. And my son came to me and asked, mom, mom, am I, am I safe or am I going to be killed because I'm brown? And I had to assure my little child that look then. And he likes to paint as well. So I said, look, Nishad, how Crayons are different colors. They have different characters. Red is red, blue is blue, yellow is yellow. But they live very peacefully in a box. Just like. But they also have their characters. They don't lose their color, but they live peacefully in a crayon box. Similarly, all human beings come in different colors, but they can all live very peacefully in this world. So let's try to keep every dimension and every character that we have and enjoy the differences rather than being fearful of the differences with other people. So Crayons was a big message that our team wrote together and produced. And it was, I think that's, that was the message that I think got us the Grammy. My work is always message based. You know, I like to use music for a bigger cause. Yes. For this one, I wanted to have every kid feel, every kid feel safe in whatever color, sex or religion they were born in. And I think again about children, about children feeling safe and loving their, their own self and not trying to be something else that they are not because they are scared. I think crayons was one of that and I think that also really penetrated into voters and they liked it and the world liked it. So here it is. Well, let's listen to Crayons from the Grammy winner album Colorful Worlds by Fallu. Crayons are wonderful they come in every color they let us paint a world for you and me Colors and their shades are there for one another Another together in a box they live with ease we dream, we paint we play with colors we dream, we paint we play and live. It's magical it's beautiful the way the colors get along it's magical it's beautiful the way the colors get along. Crayons are wonderful they come in every color they let us paint a world for you and me it's crayons nature they color and con Color and con they paint a thousand words for us to see we dream, we paint we play with colors we dream, we paint we play and live. It's magical it's beautiful the way the colors get along it's magical it's beautiful the way the colors get along it's magical it's beautiful the way the colors get along it's magical it's beautiful the way the colors get along. Crayons are wonderful and this was Crayons from the Grammy winning album Colorful World by our wonderful guest Falu. Falu. As you said, you know, it's such a beautiful song is. Is giving us such an important message and as you said, you know, it came from your conversation with your son, with your child and as a mother myself, I totally agree. You know, mothers are the same no matter the color, where they come from, the religion and we all want our children to be safe and. And have a wonderful future in this world and they are the one that they're gonna make this world better isn't comes from us to teach them how to live together, how to accept each other but not even accept really, you know, love each other because that's what it is. And this song is absolutely fantastic. Now do you already have a in your pipes or. For now you're concentrating in the upcoming Grammys and hopefully in a wonderful. Well, let's not jinx it. You know in going to the Grammys as a nominees I'm, you know I'm. I always write so I'm always writing. I write lullabies for living from Carnegie hall and I, I'm a songwriter and that's my job so I keep writing songs and, and Sometimes you just have to keep writing and making music and you know, albums are formed or singles are formed and then you release and right currently I'm just, you know, taking it all in because it's getting abundance in Millets and getting it to the nomination is, has been a very beautiful journey and I'm trying to see how more, what more can I do to take this message. So together as mothers, as women, as humans, we can make sure that other humans who are sleeping hungry are taken care of and we help them feed a full meal before they go to bed. Effy Absolutely. Well, I would like to finish our interview with the last song of today, that's Nadi. Would you like just to tell us a little bit about this song? Yes. Nadi is a very romantic song. It's sung by my husband Gaurav Shah who is also a male singer in abundance in Millets. You will hear his voice. And we both sang this song and we played it with Karishma, my other band and it is about, you know, beauty of having a lover, having another significant other or having a husband, a wife or boyfriend or you know, a partner in life, life that understands and walks with you towards the better. Good. Beautiful. So let's listen to Nadi sang by our guest Falu and her husband Garuf Shah. Gaurav Shah. Sam. K. Oh. Sam. And this was Nadi sang by our wonderful guest Grammy nominated artist Falu and her husband Gaurav Shah. If you have any questions that you would like to ask to our guest nomination for our future Classic Women awards, please email present us@womensregistration.com or tweet us @womensradio sdn. I'm very sad to have to finish this interview. The time is against us unfortunately and now it goes so quickly. So a big thanks to our guest songwriter, Grammy winner, Grammy nominated this year, Falu for the great chat and the wonderful music that we play today. If you want to follow more of my music you can follow me on every social media at Falu Music F A L U Music. Wonderful. And you've been listening to future Classic women awards on women's radio station live every day at 10am and 10pm London time. And if you would like to listen to it again or catch up on our previous programs, you can head to my presenters page. Stefania Passamonte Future Classic Women Awards on womensradiostation.com thank you for listening. Sam.