Silk Road Ensemble grabs a Grammy

Sing Me Home, the sixth album of the multinational group Silk Road Ensemble, was given the Best World Music Album award on Sunday night at the 59th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.

Also, a documentary by Oscar - and Emmy-winning director Morgan Neville that tells the story of the ensemble, The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble, received a Grammy nomination for best music film.

They were just the latest of the plaudits given to the ensemble, which was set up by French born Chinese-American cellist Yo-Yo Ma to advance multicultural understanding by bringing together musicians from different nations.