Anadi's Morning Prayers enters the first-round GRAMMY Awards® ballot
The eight-track album, recorded at East Forest's studio, has cleared Recording Academy screening in the New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album field.
Morning Prayers, the album by Anadi released on 108Records in November 2025, has cleared the Recording Academy's screening process and appears on the first-round GRAMMY Awards® ballot in the New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album field.
What it takes to reach the ballot
Entries for the GRAMMY Awards® cannot be filed from the outside. Only Recording Academy members — Voting and Professional — and media companies accredited by the Academy ahead of the entry window may submit. Every entry then passes through screening, where a committee of peers verifies that the recording meets the rules and is placed in the correct category. Recordings that do not clear screening never reach the voting membership.
About the album
Morning Prayers is eight tracks at the meeting point of Bhakti devotional practice and Western folk. Half the album presents four of the seven traditional Vaisnava morning prayers heard daily in temples; the other half features original kirtan, built on melodies Anadi carried and refined over years of practice and service. The remaining prayers are planned as future volumes — Anadi envisions the work as a multi-album devotional anthology.
Rooted in the daily practices of Bhakti yogis, Morning Prayers was born from a simple but powerful longing: to hear the sacred morning liturgy of the Hare Krishna temples expressed through an eclectic, guitar-driven, Western sonic palette.
How it was recorded
The project took a decisive turn when Nick Delffs, Anadi's collaborator and life partner, reconnected with his old friend, Krishna (East Forest), from the Boise music community. Nick had helped build East Forest's studio years earlier, and it became the natural home for the Morning Prayers sessions.
Once recording began, East Forest was moved enough by the material to join as co-producer and collaborator. His atmospheric, introspective signature shaped several tracks, among them "Keshava", "My Sweet Lord", "Pranams", "Nrsinghadeva" and "Guruvandanam".
The result flows effortlessly between two worlds: half traditional Sanskrit prayers, half original kirtan that both Nick and Anadi have curated throughout the years.
"These prayers shaped our mornings for years, and still do. They open our hearts, ground our practice, and have become a sort of soundtrack to our spiritual lives. With this album, we wanted to honor the tradition, but also bring in guitars, folk textures, the whole emotional language we grew up with, to create something unique, sincere and heartfelt."
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About Nick Delffs
Nick Delffs is a beloved figure in the Northwestern US indie-folk scene. A former frontman of The Shaky Hands, he spent his early career touring the US and Europe alongside bands such as The Shins. His solo debut Nick Delffs Redesign (2017) was followed by continuous releases, culminating in the 2024 album Transitional Phase. His experience, emotional depth and distinct indie-folk sensibility brought a warm, timeless quality to Morning Prayers.
More: nickdelffs.com
Timeline
First-round voting by Recording Academy members runs October 12–22, 2026. Nominees are announced November 16, 2026.
About 108Records
108Records is a mantra music label. Its mission is to expand and evolve mantra music globally while preserving its essence. Morning Prayers speaks to listeners outside the temple community while staying inside the tradition.