Noshir Mody, a GRAMMY®-nominated guitarist, composer, and producer, is acclaimed for creating music that dissolves the boundaries between jazz, global traditions, and contemporary instrumental music. Born and raised in Mumbai, India, Mody moved to the United States at the age of twenty-two. A self-taught guitarist, he immersed himself in the vibrant New York City jazz scene, developing a distinctive musical language that brings together Indian musical sensibilities, jazz harmony, progressive rock, and influences gathered from cultures around the world. The result is music that is both technically adventurous and deeply human.

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Mody’s latest single, Architecture of Belonging, is a collaboration with acclaimed Dutch vocalist Vivienne Aerts that explores one of our most fundamental human questions: What does it truly mean to belong? Built around Mody’s evocative acoustic guitar and Aerts’ extraordinary layers of voice, the piece unfolds as an immersive musical conversation in which the guitar serves as protagonist while the vocals create a layered, evolving emotional landscape. Drawing on Indian, Middle Eastern, and Spanish influences, the music moves through three interconnected movements toward an understanding of ourselves and one another rooted in vulnerability, forgiveness, and acceptance.

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Mody’s body of work spans eight releases, each reflecting his commitment to storytelling through music. His discography as a leader includes the solo guitar album In This World with You, the trio recording Union of Hearts, and larger ensemble projects including Stories from the Years of Living Passionately, A Burgeoning Consciousness, An Idealist’s Handbook: Identity, Love and Hope in America 2020, A Love Song, and Abstractions. His 2025 single Vṛṣṭi (वृष्टि), inspired by the Sanskrit word for rain, brought together Indian classical traditions, jazz improvisation, and global influences in a meditation on stillness, renewal, and transformation.

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A featured artist on the GRAMMY®-winning album Sakura, Mody was subsequently nominated for a GRAMMY® Award for Best Global Music Performance. His music has also received recognition from the International Songwriting Competition and the InterContinental Music Awards, while his performances have taken him to stages including Carnegie Hall, Birdland, and the GRAMMY Museum’s Clive Davis Theater.

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Known for his distinctive guitar voice and deeply expressive approach to composition, Mody is equally engaged as a producer, shaping every aspect of his recordings to serve the emotional and conceptual world of the music. Beyond his work as an artist, he serves as a Governor of the Recording Academy’s New York Chapter, Co-Chair of its Education Committee, and a GRAMMY U mentor.

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Across his work, Mody continues to explore music as a meeting place between cultures, ideas, and people. With Architecture of Belonging, that exploration turns toward something even more elemental: the invisible structures that connect us, the vulnerability that allows us to recognize ourselves in one another, and the possibility that belonging may be less something we find than something we come to understand.

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🌟 GRAMMY® nominated artist, Best Global Music Performance (Kashira)

🌟Featured Artist on GRAMMY® Award-Winning Recording, Best Global Music Album (Sakura)

🌟InterContinental Music Awards, 2024 Winner, Blues Category - 'The Yards' (Album: A Love Song)
🌟World Songwriting Awards, Best Jazz Song - "Illusions Grow" (Album: An Idealist's Handbook: Identity, Love and Hope in America 2020)
🌟Hollywood Independent Music Awards, Jazz (Smooth/Cool) Nomination - ‘The Yards’ (Album: A Love Song)
🌟Independent Music Awards, Best Jazz Instrumental Album Nominee (Album: Stories From The Years Of Living Passionately)
🌟Global Music Awards, Outstanding Achievement for ‘COMPOSER’ (Album: A Love Song)
🌟Global Music Awards, Outstanding Achievement for ‘BAND’ (Album: A Love Song)
🌟Global Music Awards, Outstanding Achievement for ‘ALBUM’ (Album: An Idealist's Handbook: Identity, Love and Hope in America 2020)
🌟Global Music Awards, Outstanding Achievement for ‘COMPOSER’ (Album: An Idealist's Handbook: Identity, Love and Hope in America 2020)
🌟Global Music Awards, Outstanding Achievement for ‘GROUP’ (Album: An Idealist's Handbook: Identity, Love and Hope in America 2020)
🌟GASC Outstanding Achievement in Songwriting "Under A Starlit Sky" (Album: An Idealist's Handbook: Identity, Love and Hope in America 2020)
🌟GASC Outstanding Achievement in Songwriting "Secrets In The Wood And Stone" (Album: A Burgeoning Consciousness)
🌟GASC Outstanding Achievement in Songwriting 'India' (Album: Stories From The Years Of Living Passionately)
🌟John Lennon Songwriting Contest Jazz Finalist "Forever July" (Album: A Burgeoning Consciousness)
🌟Finalist for the 2023 Unsigned Only Music Competition for
- ‘What Tomorrow May Bring’ (Album: A Love Song) Instrumental Category
🌟Semi-Finalist for the 2023 Unsigned Only Music Competition for
- ‘The Yards’ (Album: A Love Song) Jazz Category
- ‘In The Absence Of Answers’ Jazz Category