MUMBAI: Prasar Bharati has denied any move to change the frequency of the popular All India Radio FM Gold from 106.4 to 100.1 MHz. Its CEO B S Lalli has told RadioAndMusic.com that he had blocked any move to change the frequency, when it was brought to his notice on 31 October, B B Nagpal reports from New Delhi.
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MUMBAI: Four International guitar maestros - Frank Wingold (Jazz), Eric Vaarzon Morel (flamenco), Dave Goodman (blues) and Dylan Fowler (finger-picking) will perform a jugalbandi for the first time in Mumbai, as the first stop of a 5-city musical tour. The first performance will be in Mumbai on Saturday, the 13th of November, at Hotel Novotel Juhu Beach (Ballroom), starting at 8 pm.
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MUMBAI: Music Today has announced a landmark series that celebrates the glory of music and maestros from the subcontinent, Timeless Music from Pakistan.
The series features a wide array of recordings from classical and ghazal legends such as Roshan Ara Begum, Umrao Bundu Khan, Ustad Fateh Ali Khan, Ustad Ghulam Hassan Shagan Khan, Ustad Salamat Ali Khan and Ustad Amanat Ali Khan. The albums, each priced at Rs 299, include rare recordings never released before, along with well remembered tracks, to make it a collector's collection.
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MUMBAI: Radio Mantra celebrated the festival of lights with an innovative programming initiative: 'Double Hafta Vasool', an interesting contest which targeted the normally dormant affluent in its eight markets, and ended up connecting with a database of over 20000 people with salaries ranging between 15000 to 80000 rupees per month, from sectors like insurance, banking, education, telecom, and government.
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Radio Mirchi listeners experienced a bright Wednesday morning when versatile film director Sanjay Leela Bhansali went onair with RJ Jeeturaj to promote his forthcoming release, Guzaarish. Through the conversation, Bhansali revealed the passionate musician aspect of his personality. After all, the respected director makes a foray into music direction with Guzaarish. Bhansali admitted he is a great fan of Lata Mangeshkar. "Her songs have always fascinated me,... he said, adding, Thanks to her, ...
MUMBAI: Taylor Swift won top honors as Country Songwriter of the Year at the BMI Awards in Nashville, becoming, at age 20, the youngest person in history to win the award. She is followed by Bill Anderson, who won the award in 1960 at age 23, and Johnny Cash, who was 24 when he won in 1956.
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MUMBAI: A total of 29 awards (List here) under Film and non-film categories were presented at the Global Indian Music Awards (GIMA) which the Indian Music fraternity attended in full strength on Wednesday night in Mumbai. High points of the evening were a Lifetime Achievement Award for Lata Mangeshkar, and the Award for Outstanding Contribution by an Indian on the Global St...
MUMBAI: Reliance Broadcast Network Limited's digital initiative, BIG Digital, which offers mobile and online solutions, has launched India's first ever talk internet radio, christened BIG Net Radio, which seeks to capitalize on the growing internet users in India and internationally. The specialized talk internet radio channel will offer entertainment across the most popular areas of appeal, ranging from Bollywood to spiritual and humor. However, it will be purely talk, and no music.
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MUMBAI: Telco Uninor has launched My Music, a mobile music portal with multi-lingual access in Kolkata and West Bengal. My Music showcases full songs from various languages and genres A subscriber can call a toll free number and record his or her own voice over a song, thus giving it an RJ feel. The added convenience of saving a personal choice and enjoying the songs later, at leisure, is what Uninor is banking upon to make the service popular
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