MUMBAI: Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM – the ardent emissary of Sandalwood provided a fitting finale to the Amrutha Mahotsava extravaganza. As a culmination to its 'Retro Rani' contest - four lucky listeners accompanied by Hudugaatadha Hudugi RJ Varsha host of Bombaat Bhama were given a glamorous retro style makeover. Beat Raja RJ Raj also joined in on the occasion.
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MUMBAI: Big FM has altered its music positioning in Mumbai, in accordance with the station's own internal research findings and understanding of customer's music preferences.
The new positioning, �Jaisa Mood, Waisaich Music' has been introduced a month ago, understanding that Mumbai lives by a distinct and well planned time clock and hence the requirements of listeners change with the changing moods.
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MUMBAI: Orchha based community radio, Radio Bundelkhand 90.4, an initiative by Development Alternatives, has organised a three day training programme from 3 to 5 March 2009 for CR stations.
A tool to empower communities, it has been hosted by Radio Bundelkhand in technical cooperation with UNESCO and its partner organization, Maraa - A Media Collective.
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MUMBAI: Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) and WOMAD (World Of Music Arts & Dance) yesterday announced that the WOMAD Abu Dhabi three-day open-air festival is to be held on the evenings of Thursday 23, Friday 24 and Saturday 25 April on the Abu Dhabi Corniche, with an additional, special one-off concert on Friday 24 April at Al Jahili Fort in Al Ain. Furthermore, entry to both venues will be free of charge.
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MUMBAI: The Punjabi pop duo, Meet Bros- Harmeet and Manmeet Singh, are set to compose for Bollywood now.
The two are composing for Arindham Choudhary's next, �Do Dooni Char'. A light hearted comedy to be produced by Chaudhary's Planman banner, the film marks the comeback of yesteryear star couple Neetu Singh with Rishi Kapoor after a long hiatus of 26 years. The movie would be directed by debutante director Habib Faisal who has earlier scripted Yash Raj films such as �Ta Ra R...
MUMBAI: Piyush Mishra has gone all out for Anurag Kashyap's new movie Gulaal - composing the music, penning the lyrics, lending his vocals to two tracks and even acting in the movie.
Mishra says that he has tried to recreate the music era of the 1960s and 70s with the film revolving around the conflict of contemporary India trying to break the shackles of its past. As Gulaal is a tribute to the iconic lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi, he says that the music composed is more of the conventional...
MUMBAI: The State Government in Gangtok has launched a professional course in Radio Jockeying (RJ) for the unemployed youths of the state.
The Information and Public Relations Department (IPR) would select 10 unemployed youths and provide them with rigorous training for three months.
The course comprises of voice culture, radio script writing, audio production, radio content creation, radio station imaging and marketing.
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MUMBAI: Radio Mantra 91.9 FM, Agra's no.1 FM station was the official Radio Partner for the 18th Taj Mahotsav, which is one of the largest & the most eagerly awaited festivals of the region.
'Taj Mahotsav' is organized by the department of Tourism, Government of India & is celebrated from 18 to 27 February every year at Shilpgram near the eastern gate of Taj Mahal.... A large number of Indian & foreign tourists had visited Agra to have a glimpse of this cultural bonanza.
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MUMBAI: This week music has a new name with sitar maestro Anoushka Shankar who will mesmerize the audience with her soulful Indian Classical Music giving a taste of it to the Gen Next. Anoushka Shankar, daughter Legendary Sitar Virtuoso Pandit Ravi Shankar, she began training on the sitar with her father as a child, gave a public performance at the age of thirteen. Her ever-growing audience cannot help but acknowledge the familial roots and established her self as the young prodigy.
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MUMBAI: MySpace COO Amit Kapur is leaving the organisation, a few days after MySpace India marketing and content director Tarun Tripathi quit the company.
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