Shani Gandhi
BornAustralia
Occupation(s)
  • Engineer
  • Producer

Shani Gandhi is an Australian music producer, engineer and mixer based in Nashville, Tennessee. A native of Perth,[1] she moved to Ithaca, New York in 2007, to pursue a Bachelor of Music degree at Ithaca College. Her career in Nashville has paired her with such producers as Gary Paczosa, Michael Wagener, Neal Cappellino, and Marshall Altman. Gandhi has engineered and mixed albums for the likes of Alison Krauss & Union Station, George Jones & The Smoky Mountain Boys, Kelsea Ballerini, Sarah Jarosz, Parker Millsap and Sierra Hull.

Gandhi mixed three songs on Kelsea Ballerini's Platinum Certified album The First Time (2015),[2][3] including its third single Peter Pan, which also received platinum certification and topped the Billboard US Country Airplay and US Hot Country Songs Charts in the same week.[4][5][6]

In 2017, Gandhi received a Grammy Award for Best Folk Album as Engineer[7] for Sarah Jarosz's, Undercurrent.[8] She was also nominated[9] for Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, along with Gary Paczosa, for the same album.[10]

In 2020, Gandhi was nominated for the 63rd Grammy Awards for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical as Engineer for Sierra Hull's 25 Trips.[11]

Discography

Year Artist Album/Release Credit
2020 Sierra Hull 25 Trips Producer, Engineer, Mixer[12]
2016 Sarah Jarosz Undercurrent Engineer[8]
2019 The Mountain Goats In League With Dragons Mixer[13]
2019 Pony Bradshaw Sudden Opera Producer, Engineer, Mixer[14]
2019 Michaela Anne Desert Dove Mixer[15]
2018 Parker Millsap Other Arrangements Producer, Engineer, Mixer[16]
2019 Danny Burns North Country Engineer, Mixer[17]
2017 Old Crow Medicine Show Cover Stories "My Song" Engineer[18]
2018 Dierks Bentley The Mountain Engineer[19]
2017 Alison Krauss Windy City Engineer Assistant[20]
2015 The Lonesome Trio The Lonesome Trio Engineer[21]

References

  1. ^ Collins, Simon (22 April 2017). "Grammy win puts Perth-raised audio engineer in top mix". The West Australian. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  2. ^ The First Time - Kelsea Ballerini | Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 16 December 2020
  3. ^ American album certifications – Kelsea Ballerini – The First Time. Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.
  4. ^ American single certifications – Kelsea Ballerini – Peter Pan. Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.
  5. ^ "Kelsea Ballerini Is the First Woman to Top Hot Country Songs & Country Airplay Charts at the Same Time". Billboard. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Kelsea Ballerini". Billboard. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  7. ^ "2017 Grammy Nominations". 6 December 2016.
  8. ^ a b "59th Annual Grammy Awards (2016): Best Folk Album".
  9. ^ "59th Annual Grammy Awards (2016):Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical".
  10. ^ Thanki, Juli (11 February 2017). "Shani Gandhi soars behind the soundboard".
  11. ^ "Shani Gandhi". GRAMMY.com. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  12. ^ 25 Trips - Sierra Hull | Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 13 January 2021
  13. ^ In League with Dragons - The Mountain Goats | Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 13 January 2021
  14. ^ Sudden Opera - Pony Bradshaw | Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 13 January 2021
  15. ^ Desert Dove - Michaela Anne | Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 13 January 2021
  16. ^ Other Arrangements - Parker Millsap | Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 13 January 2021
  17. ^ North Country - Danny Burns | Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 13 January 2021
  18. ^ "Shani Gandhi". TIDAL Browse. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  19. ^ The Mountain - Dierks Bentley | Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 13 January 2021
  20. ^ Windy City - Alison Krauss | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 13 January 2021
  21. ^ The Lonesome Trio - The Lonesome Trio | Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 13 January 2021

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