MUMBAI: Legendary singer Bhupen Hazarika has been bestowed with the first 'Asom Ratna', one of the highest awards of Assam government.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi presented the award to the "Bard of Brahmaptura" at a simple ceremony on Saturday
Asom Ratna comprises Rs 3,00,000, a citation and a plaque.
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MUMBAI: Big FM recorded a total income of Rs 490 million for the quarter ended 31 December 2008.
Adlabs Films Limited, a member of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group and the leading entertainment conglomerate in the country, announced its results for the quarter ended December 31st 2008, recording revenues of Rs 1630 million for quarter ending December, up by 61 per cent.
The proposal to demerge the company's FM radio business with effect from 1 April 2008; was approved at a meeting of the Equity shareholders of Adlabs Films held on 22 January.
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MUMBAI: South by South West 2009, better known as SXSW, one of the most influential and anticipated music festivals in the US, will also be hosting Carnatic vocalist duo Darshana and Souwmya on 13 March 2009 in Austin.
As reported earlier, Indian band 'Ashu' is also set to play this year.
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MUMBAI: The JD Rock Awards ceremony will take place on 12 February 2009 at The Hard Rock Cafe Mumbai.
On the same night, there will be a Tribute to Guitar Gods performed by Hipnotribe, with special guest guitarists Rudy Wallang, Amyt Dutta, Dhruv Ghanekar, Randolph Correia and Floyd Fernandes.
The Song Of The Year, Band Of The Year and Album Of The Year categories for the JD Rock Awards ceremony are open to public voting through the event's official website till 5 February.
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MUMBAI: News channels CNN-IBN and IBN7 did a special musical show on Republic day called India Rocks for Peace.
The show was a tribute to the victims and families of people who suffered losses in the number of terror attacks that India witnessed in 2008. The theme for India Rocks 2009 is Peace. CNN-IBN & IBN7 will speak to the terror victims from Jaipur, Hyderabad, Delhi, Mumbai.
The show featured various celebrities singing songs specially composed for the theme Peace. A...
MUMBAI: The Indian Motion Pictures Producers Association has convened a campaign on behalf of film producers to secure outstanding royalties from music companies and settle grievances against labels, satellite television channels, FM radio channels and satellite radio channels.
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MUMBAI: The true battle for survival has begun on Channel [V]'s Launchpad with the finalists whittled down to a lean seven.
The seven bands who have made their way to Channel [v]'s third edition of [v] Launch Pad are Faridkot, Reverse Polarity, Cassini's Division, Blank Noise, Workshop and Prachir.
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MUMBAI: Absolute Radio has lost a fifth (461,000) of its listeners after changing its name from Virgin Radio, going by the first Rajar quarter figures for the station.
Reports in the Guardian and Brand Republic say the BBC stole audience from commercial radio, according to the Rajar figures for the fourth quarter of 2008. Absolute's rival national commercial station TalkSport scored a record audience of 2.5 million listeners in the final quarter of 2008.
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MUMBAI: The Chennai based �Youth for Social Change' has organised the �1000 Bhopals' concert, the second concert of its kind organised under the �Justice Rocks' series.
Justice Rocks is a series of concerts targeting the youth to convey the message of social justice through music. The concert will be spread over two evenings, 7 and 8 February at Bucks Theatre, YMCA grounds in Chennai.
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MUMBAI: The Copyright Board has given radio stations time till 31 March 2009 to file evidence and supporting documents, on the issue of music royalties.
The Copyright Board will begin hearings on the issue in May this year, after the music licensing bodies file their replies to the evidence filed by the radio operators.
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