There’s music and there’s music from Goa. The fusion of cultures, the sea, surf, beaches and the air must have conspired beautifully to inspire its habitants to create the most joyous music. Goa has contributed immensely in enriching the musical kaleidoscope of the country- from studio musicians to bona fide stars. A new talent is in the horizon- Silvia Fernandes.
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MUMBAI: DJ-producer-singer Romanthony, best known as the voice behind the 2000 hit 'One More Time' of Daft Punk, passed away at his Austin home earlier this month.
Aged 46, Romanthony's family confirmed that he died from complications of kidney disease but the cause of Romanthony aka Anthony Moore death has yet not been released.
His sister, Mellony Moore wrote on her Facebook, ''My baby brother Romanthony AKA Anthony Moore passed away 7 May 2013 at his home in Austin, Texas. Th...
MUMBAI: More than three decades after their last album (The Visitors, 1981), Swedish pop super group Abba is in the news again. Their Greatest Hits collection released in 1992 has overtaken greatest hits The Beatles' iconic Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club band in sales to become the UK's second biggest selling album of all time.
According to the Official Charts Company, while both albums have sold over 5.1 million copies in the UK, the Swedish band's 1992 Best Of collection has now ...
MUMBAI: With the opportunities that FM Phase III auction will offer and the challenges that digital platform with increased connectivity will pose, the radio industry needs to cohesively position itself as an attractive proposition to advertisers, TAM Media Research Sr VP - S-Group & Marketing Pradeep Hejmadi said.
Though dwarfed by television, the Rs 1,300 crore radio has had a steady growth of 11-13 percent (December 2012). However, things are expected in the industry soon.
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MUMBAI: Touted as the timeless bollywood music channel, 9X Jalwa has witnessed substantial changes recently. After witnessing a restructuring of the sales team, the channel is now focused on innovation and growth with new packaging greeting its viewers.
Keeping in mind their vast catalogue of bollywood music, the channel aims to offer more variety to audience with the launch of a new show ‘Jalwa Jubilee Hits’.
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MUMBAI: Peter Luff, the conductor of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, doesn’t believe that the children are being exposed enough to music in elementary school. Furthermore, he feels that music should be a right and that adults, educational and music professionals most notably, have the obligation to impart some kind of musical knowledge and appreciation to them.
The Queensland Symphony Orchestra has been performing during an annual concert series to elementary schools specifically in an effort to fight against the decline in well-supported music and arts programs.
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MUMBAI: Korean handset maker Samsung has officially launched its dual-SIM smartphone Galaxy Grand Quattro in the Indian market.
The device sports 4.7-inch WVGA TFT display, TouchWiz UI layer, Motion UI, android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean, 1.2GHz quad-core processor, 5MP auto focus rear camera, VGA front c...
NEW DELHI: In its commitment to offer innovative products and services to its customers, Aircel,one of India’s leading telecom players today introduced yet another innovative product under its ‘Extra’ proposition – ‘Extra Recharge’. Through an easy recharge of Rs 69, the customers will enjoy Full Talk time and get an Extra talktime upto Rs 100.
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