MUMBAI: After the success of 2010 album 'Bada Boom', world music legend tabla maestro Zakir Hussain and multi-talented composer Ranjit Barot will be a part of Abstract Logix's collaborative jazz album �The New Universe Music Festival 2010', which will release on Wednesday 20 September.
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MUMBAI: �Bacardi NH7 Weekender' is back in its second year featuring 150 artistes and 75 pre-parties, and will commence from 18 – 20 November in Pune.
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MUMBAI: Big FM's facebook application for �Green Ganesha' campaign has hit a record of 67,000 likes in just two weeks.
The virtual global Ganesha is more than 78% complete, 1850 people have shared the application and 7500 invites have been sent by 450 people till now. Created by Big Digital, the digital arm of Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd the application is live for facebook users till Sunday 11 September.
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MUMBAI: Big Digital, the digital arm of Reliance Broadcasting Network Ltd. has initiated a service for Airtel subscribers through which they can access 92.7 Big FM across the country. The service in its first Phase is started in Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Mumbai.
The new service features FM streaming capability, personalized recommendation for users, content such as new movies, celebrity specials, channel language selector to provide the relevant channels to the users. The technology partner for the service is Spice Digital and Airtel is the telecom operator.
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MUMBAI: As a tribute to the traditional institution of kirtan, Daler Mehndi has released �Bhalo Bhalo Re Kirtaniya' –Gurbani kirtan single digitally. The song is dedicated to Shriman Sant Sujan Singh Ji Maharaj- a revered exponent of kirtan, on his 100th birth centenary.
Talking about the new release, Daler Mehndi said, Concerts, shows and songs are intrinsic part of my life but my soul belongs to kirtan, and as promised to my fans I'll continue to serve and celebrate with kirtan....
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MUMBAI: Taylor Swift along with Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton and Jason Aldean have topped the nomination list of 45th Country Music Association Awards with five nominees each.
Taylor swift has received nominations for �Female Vocalist of the Year', �Album of the Year - Speak Now' and �Song of the year and Music Video of the year - Mean' and �Entertainer of the year'.
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NEW DELHI: In a major policy decision, Prasar Bharati Board has approved immediate expansion of All India Radio FM Stations to all 313 cities planned for coverage under the FM expansion scheme of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry.
The Prasar Bharati Board in a meeting today approved a token allocation of Rs 3 billion as bridge finance for undertaking this work to be recouped from the Government once the scheme of expansion of FM coverage by All India Radio is approved and adopted in the 12th Five Year Plan.
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