MUMBAI: Star World will air the 50th Annual Grammy Award live on Monday 11 February from LA.
Grammy's 2008 nominations include, hip-hop whiz kid Kanye West with eight nominations while British soul sensation Amy Winehouse with six. Also in the running are alternative rockers Foo Fighters, rapper Jay-Z and dance-pop singer Justin Timberlake, who received five nominations each.Other popular contenders are R&B songstress Rihanna and American Idol singer Chris Daughtry.
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Mumbai: An exhibition of over 300 exquisite and rare Indian musical instruments and performances by popular artistes will roll from Saturday at the Horniman Museum in southeast London.
Titled 'Utsavam: Music from India', the nine-month long display is touted to be the biggest ever show of its kind, says a PTI report.To bring the instruments to life, there are videos and sound recordings collected during five years of field trips undertaken by the co-curators Margaret Birley and Rolf Killius in co-operation with the British Library's sound archive.
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MUMBAI: The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has signed a radio agreement with Uefa for the European Football Championship in 2008.
Under the agreement, public service radio broadcasters will have access to technical reporting facilities at each of the matches in next summers tournament. The agreement covers radio broadcasters in 15 countries who were not already included in existing TV contracts for the tournament.
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