After being associated with top music labels in the past, Rajeeta Hemwani joined Universal eight months ago as vice president, content and A&R. She was the creative and marketing brain behind some of the albums of artistes like Gulzar, Jagjit Singh, Asha Bhonsle, Shubha Mudgal, Shankar Mahadevan, War of the DJs and DJ Suketu. Prior to Universal, she was head of content & Artiste and Repertoire at Reliance ADAG's Big Music after being associated with Times Music for ten years as Associ...
MUMBAI: The year 2009 stands for uncertainty, the year of the global slowdown, the year when the buzz words are hope and fantasy. In keeping with the current vibe and the understanding of listener requirements, BIG 92.7 FM, India's No. 1 FM Station says to its listeners 'Don't Worry, Be Happy'. The Station is going all out to leave the listener feeling happy through its brilliant programming line up, tailor-made to ensure listener delight.
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MUMBAI: Today 24-7 Entertainment, Europe's leader in digital distribution, announced the launch of Filmax's YODECIDO music store in Spain (http://musica.yodecido.com). The music download store, powered by 24-7 Entertainment is one of a myriad of digital entertainment sites all linked to one and other and under the YODECIDO umbrella, making for an ideal, one-stop cultural shopping experience which includes music, film (through a video on demand service), Web TV and film social networking.
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MUMBAI: Rajinder Singh Rai gained his stage moniker from the first fans who called him an Indian MC. He explained that "Indian" isn't a language and from there was known as Panjabi MC after the language he used in the music he played and rapped.
In regard to hip-hop music and Indian music, he said "One of my main goals is to fuse the two worlds. I would love to link everybody up, for sure Certainly his "Mundian To Bach Ke" remix with Jay-Z introduced the sound to the most global marke...
Start: 23 Feb 2009 - 6:00pm
End: 1 Mar 2009 - 9:00pm
Timezone: Asia/Calcutta
Select City: BangaloreThe Kabir Festival, started by filmmaker Shabnam Virmani, is week long event, a festive yet critical imm...
MUMBAI: The PCM Group's Radio Misty launched its Sikkim station at Gangtok on 31 January.
With this launch, the group now has two FM stations, Siliguri being the first one. Radio Misty Sikkim 95 FM is the first 24X7 FM station of Sikkim, claims the company.
Radio Misty Sikkim will play a blend of popular Hindi music, English music along with local songs, pops, fusion, remixes, retro music and international music. The focus will be on promoting local music.
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MUMBAI: Sony Pix has bagged the India telecast rights of the BAFTA Awards 2009, to be held on 9 February at the Royal Opera House in London at 5.30 am. The live telecast will be followed by the repeat telecast at 10 pm on the same day
Pix has slated the Bafta movie-marathon from 1 - 9 February, in which Bafta award winning movies from the previous years like The Silence of the Lambs, Big Fish, East is East, When Harry Met Sally, Philadelphia, Trauma, Chicago, Close Encounter of the Third Kind and The Queen will be aired.
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MUMBAI: "I think in every child there is the hidden real star," says music director Bappi Lahiri, who is coming out with an album SLUM STARS with children from the Dharavi Slums. In association with DJ Paul Devro who will be remixing the tracks, the album will be receiving a world release with the international label Mad Decent in Los Angeles. This album has been possible, thanks to the effort of dharavi.org, an organization striving for the betterment of the residents of Dharavi.
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MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC's DG Mark Thompson has announced a deeper commitment to arts and music on the BBC, with a range of initiatives aimed at supporting cultural Britain and better serving the public.
He pledged that the BBC would:
* Create a new Arts Editor role for BBC News, which will help ensure that appropriate focus is given to arts events and stories on a day-to-day basis.
* Demonstrate a new energy in working with partners, creating a BBC arts board to improve the gestation process for great content ideas and partnerships.
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