MUMBAI: Tabla Maestro Taufiq Qureshi and Drumming wizard Ranjit Barot come together at Blue Frog on 15th of August to celebrate India's 61st Independence Day through an Indian Classical Music Fusion concert.
Taufiq Qureshi, an ace percussionist of India, is also an acclaimed composer. Being the son and disciple of the legendary tabla maestro Ustad Allarakha; Taufiq's performances showcase the traditional flavour and intricacies of Indian rhythm, interwoven with his phenomenal command a...
MUMBAI: Delhi's 100 Chartbuster Stations' RJ Ravi who took the challenge of attempting more than '100 hrs' RJing marathon has completed 56 hrs of non-stop live RJing marathon. With 'Beijing Olympics 2008', the biggest sporting event of the world approaching, BIG 92.7 FM, India's No. 1 FM station, in a first-of-its-kind initiative and in keeping up with the 'Vibe of the City' presents an Olympiad where every Indian will now get the chance to win, like never before in the form of a unique 'Radio Olympiad' across 44 stations!
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MUMBAI: Sony has launched its latest range of Walkman MP3 players, the NWZ-B130F series.
The NWZ-B130F series include features range from MP3 playback to voice and FM recording as well as FM radio listening.
Available in 1GB and 2GB capacities, the 1GB model can hold approximately 650 songs and record around 43 hours of music, while the 2GB model can hold about 1,300 songs and record up to 88 hours of music.
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MUMBAI: Red FM has launched a new brand jingle for the station, maintaining the essence of its "Bajaate Raho" attitude.
The new sound has been composed by music producer Sachin Gupta and has the likes of Monali Thakur and Jaspreet (Indian Idol 3 participant) lending their voices.
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MUMBAI: Radio Misty stations in North Bengal and Sikkim quickly reprogrammed Monday's line up after news of India's first Olympic gold win trickled in.
A day long on air celebration termed Chak De India has been on air from Monday morning on the station, to mark Abhinav Bindra's win in the 10m rifle shooting event.
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MUMBAI: Musicians and music enthusiasts across Mumbai came to watch Australian guitarist Brett Garsed and ace drummer Virgil Donati perform on Friday evening. The performance-cum-workshop featuring Garsed and Donati was organized by Brijesh Bhargava of Bhargava Musik and composer Sandeep Chowta.
"One of the main reasons for conducting this performance-cum-workshop session is to encourage and introduce amateur musicians to a new level of musicianship" says Sandeep Chowta, who also heads...
MUMBAI: Ace violinist Dr L Subramaniam has been conferred a Honorary Doctorate in Music by the University of Sheffield in the UK. The ceremony was presided over by Pro-Vice-Chancellor Geoff Tomlinson.
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MUMBAI: Music composer duo Siddharth-Sangeet Haldipur is making a Bollywood debut in Bollywood as composers with two films.
The brothers, (Siddharth is part of A Band of Boys and Sangeet belongs to Aasma) have composed for director Kunal Vijaykar's next, 'Fruit and Nut' starring Cyrus Broacha. The film is likely to release by this year end. The other film in Siddarth-Sangeet's kitty is choreographer Tarun Kumar's 'Aye phasaa'.
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NEW DELHI: The Government is not considering any proposal to permit news broadcasts on private FM Radio channels.
This was stated by Information and Broadcasting secretary Sushma Singh, when answering a question on the sidelines of the Second Indian News Television Summit organised by indiantelevision.com.
Singh noted that the government had studied the reports of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India as well as the Ficci in this connection.
Answering another question, she said the government was considering the report on television audience meters received recently...
