MUMBAI: Known for encouraging Indian classical musical talent, Idea Jalsa for the first time will showcase International artiste on its New Year special. Recognizing rich Indian musicial heritage, these artistes are the disciples of Hindustani doyens Pandit Shivkumar Sharma and Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia.
The three international artistes Takahiro (Japan), Saskia Rao Dehas (Netherlands) and Stephanie Bosch (Germany) will play Indian classical instruments like Santoor, the Viola and ...
MUMBAI: Irish rocker U2's 360 tour has emerged as the highest grossing concert of 2011 with $231 million (Ł144.4 million) globally.
As per the Pollstar report, the tour has earned $231.9m (Ł150.1m) from their 34-date â€?360' tour which commenced from 1 January. The Irish rockers, who also dominated â€?Billboard Boxscore's tally,' attracted a total of 2,387,535 fans throughout the dates.
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NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has extended till 6 January the written comments on its Consultation Paper on Issues related to prescribing minimum Channel spacing, within a license service area, in FM Radio sector in India....
Stakeholders can also send counter comments by 13 January, a Trai press note said, adding that this had been done on the request of stakeholders. Earlier, the last dates for comments and counter comments were 26 December and 2 January respectively.
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MUMBAI: Although 'Kolaveri Di' garnered fame, applauds and recognition, the song has undoubtedly faced stiff competition from its milk version rendered by Sonu Nigam's four-year-old son, Nevaan. Recently, the milk song emerged in the list of the most-watched Indian videos in 2011, receiving more mobile video views than the original.
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MUMBAI: To celebrate New Year, Radio One will host the �Desi Grooves' Bollywood Party in Bangalore.
The music will be headlined by spinner DJ Jasmeet, followed by DJ Sandy and DJ Seth along with pyrotechnics and dance performances. The trio will present Bollywood's grooviest music and hottest jhatka numbers. Besides, there will be three dance floors playing desi music, commercial, progressive, house pop and retro.
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MUMBAI: World music label EarthSync has released Shubha Mudgal's album �No Stranger Here' in collaboration with Ursula Rucker and Business Class Refugees - Patrick Sebag and Yotam Agam.
The album is inspired by the Kabir's poetry - a poet of the Bhakti Movement (500 AD – 1700 AD) that swept across India. The album also includes poetries written by Rucker and Business Class Refugees. The songs rendered by Mudgal and Rucker intermixes diverse genres and music perspective...
MUMBAI: Jazz saxophonist Sam Rivers who defined avant-garde jazz scene passed away due to pneumonia in Florida.
Rivers made several numbers of groundbreaking albums for Blue Note records including �Fuchsia Swing Song,' and also performed with the likes of bassist Dave Holland and drummer Tony Williams. He embraced bebop in the 1950s and toured with singer Billie Holiday before joining the Miles Davis group in 1964 and appeared on the "Miles in Tokyo" live album.
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MUMBAI: On New Year's eve Lady Gaga ia all set to rock at the music extravaganza �Kohaku Uta Gassen(Red and White Singing Contest)', an annual event in Japan.
The paparazzi queen will appear live from New York City and the performance will take place in the mid-morning coinciding with the broadcast time in Japan. The singer will also appear on Japan's weekly music show �Music Station' on 23 December.
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MUMBAI: IndiaONE, the music app launched by Next Mediaworks (who also own the radio brand 94.3 Radio One) for ipad and iphone has topped the latest iTunes charts.
Radio One MD Vineet Singh Hukmani said, Paid apps are a stricter measure of consumer confidence and we are happy we are on the right track. Almost all Indian music apps are free. We decided to be different and we are glad it's working, This is just a great beginning but we have a long way to go before we meet our internal tar...
MUMBAI: 9XM has collaborated with Sony Music India for releasing a version of popular song �Kolaveri Di' starring its animated character Bheegi Billi.
Titled �Why is Bheegi Billi Just Like This', the animated version, developed by the in-house team at 9XM, showcases various �oops moments' faced by Bheegi Billi.
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