MUMBAI: Grammy nominated singer Phoebe Snow, 60, famous for her 1970s folk hit "Poetry Man" has died of a brain hemorrhage.
The American singer's major accomplishments include her performance for President Bill Clinton in 1999 and when she sang at Howard Stern's wedding to Beth Ostrosky in 2008.
Snow put her music career on hold for many years to care for he daughter Valerie who was born in 1975 with severe brain damage, reports tmz.com.
It was only due to Phoebe's immense care that Valerie lived to be 31 when she was not expected to live past her toddler years.
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MUMBAI: Versatile singer Sonu Nigam who idolized the evergreen Mohammad Rafi and used to sing in his voice, has planned to recreate the magic at the Concert - A Musical Journey Of Maestros, on 7th May, 2011 at Andheri Sports Complex, Mumbai. Legendary music director Pyarelal of the music duo Laxmikant-Pyarelal, is set to perform live after twenty years....
MUMBAI: Big FM has bagged exclusive partnership with the Bertelsmann Group's initiative, 'The Wedding Book' a gift to the newlywed Prince William and Kate Middleton.
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MUMBAI: Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) released a data on Thursday, 28th April, 2011, which reports that the mobile music sales has declined 28% in 2010 to $527 million Ring tones has experienced a steep decline of 41%, while ring backs fell 26% in value. Full track mobile downloads were down 23%.
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MUMBAI: Raghu Dixit bagged the 'Best Newcomer Artist' at SongLines Music Award 2011 for his album Raghu Dixit Project. The awards is a Songline Magazine initiative; which recognize outstanding talent in world music and are voted by Songlines readers and the general public.
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MUMBAI: Big FM Hyderabad launched its new evening show Full Volume on Thursday, 28th April, 2011. Full volume will be aired everyday from 6 to 9 pm hosted by RJ Ravi, and the show aims to feature the best of Tollywood and Bollywood. Dum Maro Dum actor Rana Daggubati co-hosted the show with RJ Ravi the show. Rana said, “Radio today plays a huge role not only in promoting music but in providing holistic entertainment to the city....
MUMBAI: Enrique Iglesias and Shakira ruled the 2011 Billboard Latin Music Awards; Enrique received nine awards, including Latin Artist and Latin Album of the Year surpassing Columbian megastar Shakira, who won six awards. The awards were broadcasted live on Thursday night in Telemundo from the University of Miami's Bank United Center in Coral Gables.
Thanking his fans during the awards, Enrique said, My life has been filled with good moments and bad moments but there is one thing that ...
NEW DELHI: Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni yesterday informed that the FM Phase-III, that will roll out shortly, would ensure availability of 806 radio stations across 283 cities.
Sony was addressing the International Colloquium on Freedom of Expression and Human Rights. The two-day International Colloquium has been organised by the Press Council of India.
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MUMBAI: ESPN and ABC have produced a special opening video featuring performance of Nicole Scherzinger and Jason Bonham on Led Zeppelin's iconic track Black Dog... for 2011 NBA Playoff coverage The video debuted on ESPN and ABC at the NBA playoff start on Saturday 16th April 2011.
ESPN senior coordinating producer Tim Corrigan said, We strived to create an open which captured the energy and excitement of the NBA Playoffs This legendary track, performed by artists such as Jason and Ni...
MUMBAI: Livewire Mobile has collaborated with Dolby Laboratories, Inc. to optimize the delivery and playback of its full-track music service for mobile users. Dolby Media Generator will provide high-quality, bandwidth-efficient audio content preparation for Livewire Mobile’s end-to-end mobile music service. Livewire Mobile will begin offering its music service enabled with Dolby technology from July 2011....
