With a ray of hope in their checkered career, Swarathma is back once again on the music front. Representing a subtle shift in their compositions, the band’s latest offering ‘Topiwalleh’ highlights social issues.fter winning the Radio City Live title in 2008. Their self-titled debut album had released in 2009 on Virgin Records. The Bangalore based band comprises of six ...
The Indian music industry has opened a gateway of opportunities for talented Pakistani singers to climb the ladder of success.The current breed of playback singers in the country is widely dominated by cross-border musicians like Shafqat Amanat Ali, Mustafa Zahid, Ali Zafar and Atif Aslam amongst others. Ali Haider, the voice behind the single ‘Purani Jeans’ that made waves in the early era of 90's is one of the Pakistani singer who made his mark in the Indian pop scene....
MUMBAI: Winner of two National Awards and multiple accolades for movies like ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’ and ‘3 Idiots’, ace lyricist Swanand Kirkire is juggling several hats at the moment. Currently seen as judge on singing reality show ‘Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar 2’, the lyricist cum singer will also be seen testing his acting skills in ‘Maximum’ and ‘Single Chal Riya Hoon’....
After being lauded for her innovative compositions in Oye Lucky Lucky! Oye and Love Sex aur Dhokha, Sneha Khanwalkar is back with unique project MTV Sound Tripping. The youngest female composer of Bollywood industry will produce the sound sourced musical outtake conceptualized and owned by MTV.
Lending an inventive approach to the well-versed day-to-day life, Sneha Khanwalkar with Radioandmusic.com’s Swagata Panjari shares her views on the unique format of the show and what the term sound sourcing means to her....
Propelling Indian folk music to glorious pinnacles beyond city limits, Angaraag Mahanta a.k.a Papon has made an incredible mark in the music industry. His rendition of Pritam’s Jiyein Kyun in Dum Maaro Dum was inarguably one of the best musical debuts in Bollywood last year.
Infusing new perspective in the cultural arena of Assamese music, the success has come in a small step for the singer, composer, programmer and producer has entered a whole new diaspora with hindi-pop album ‘Papon the story...so far’....
Hailed as world’s No.1 DJ, French house music producer David Guetta is currently trending in India with his much awaited three-city tour for the second edition of Eristoff Invasion 2012 festival.
The Grammy award winning producer who is nearly worshipped at dance music festivals across the world has kept his promise to lend one of its kind concerts in India by installing ‘Grand Festival set,’ which he used during international gigs....
A familiar voice in Rahman’s composition Sujata Bhattacharya a.k.a Madhushree who shot to fame with her single 'Kabhi Neem Neem' (Yuva) has recently crooned a duet with legendary composer for Ekk Deewana Tha.
The classical trained singer from Kolkata has earned gamut of bollywood hits like ‘In Lamhaon ke damaan mein (Jodha Akbar), Pal Pal Hai Bhaari (Swades), Tu Bin Bataye (RDB), Hum Hai Is Pal (Kisna) and more’....
After winning best musical score at Golden Globe, Ludovic Bource’s 2011 much talked about comedy drama ‘The Artist’ has received nominations for great honours like The Oscar, Bafta and Cesar Awards. The film released under Sony Music has received ten accolades for The Academy and Cesar awards while 12 nods for Bafta....
Inarguably one of the most successful and iconic Indie artiste Raghu Dixit has earned one of the greatest honours for Indian music industry by performing in Glastonbury music fest. Raghu Dixit’s journey as a musician has been at peak with the recent surge of original music in the country.iortized his...
Marathi music composer duo Ajay and Atul Gogavale, who shot to fame with ‘Natrang’ have hit big-time in Bollywood. After enthralling audiences with their compositions in Viruddh, Singham and My Friend Pinto, the National award-winning duo has revived their magic in Karan Johar’s Agneepath.ma...
They are the winners of what is arguably the first radio talent hunt in India- Swarathma, the 'fusion' band from the Garden City of Bangalore who stood way above the 125 bands that started off for the RC-Live, Radio City Talent hunt. The band comprises Vasu Dixit, the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist; Jishnu Dasgupta the bass vocalist and bass guitarist; Pavan Kumar, back-up vocalist and Indian percussionist; Sanjeev Nayak, the lead violinist, Montry Manual -for drums and percussions; 19 year old Varun is the lead guitarist. The band considers Jishnu its ...
An ace tennis pro who's also an award winning radio jockey, RJ Prithvi lives each day as it comes. One look at him and you're sure that he's about to come up with a wisecrack. Yes, that's RJ Prithvi for you - live and fresh, as Namita Gupta catches up with him just outside Bangalore's Radio One studio, post his daily Breakfast Show.
After basking in the glory of his first Hindi film, ‘Aamir’, composer Amit Trivedi is rightfully excited about his two forthcoming scores. Having survived in the industry for a decade doing menial compositions, fame came his way with Aamir. In a freewheeling interview with Radioandmusic.com’s Anita Iyer, Trivedi spills the beans on his band OM, the 10 year struggle to venture into Bollywood and the journey to gaining acceptability by the industry.
Were you fascinated by music right from childhood?...
RJ Rashmi or Rapid Rashmi as she's popularly known in Bangalore, creates a storm on air between 2 and 5 pm Mondays to Fridays on RapidAdda.
Rapid Adda (Hangout), formerly known as Broadcast Bandi, is the only show on Big's Bangalore station that's stayed since inception, and that says it all. Rashmi is liked for her voice and also has a unique laugh, which people love to hear over and over.
Rapid Rashmi with her quick wit has created an adda, which is a radio adda that gives a forum for young unique talent to come and exhibit on her show....
Radio Mirchi Delhi's Purani Jeans has almost lost its flavour with Sayema missing from the scene. After a long absesnce of three months, the RJ is back to woo the Mirchi audience with the same charm and zeal. Caught in a conversation with Radioandmusic.com’s Shabana Ali, Sayema discusses her experience on the show and her journey as an RJ.
Excerpts:
What are the new elements incorporated in Purani Jeans after your comeback?...
If the pucca Punjabi tunes of Oye lucky lucky oye that are ruling the charts on television and radio make you think it's a Punjab da puttar who has composed the score, think again.
The film's composer is a female music director in her 20s, and sports looks that could easily find her a place in front of the camera. The chirpy Sneha Khanwalkar chats with Radioandmusic.com’s Anita Iyer about her experience while composing for Oye lucky lucky oye, the Punjabi genre and the Indian music industry in general.
With Debajyoti Bhaduri aka DJ on the bass guitar, Benjamin Pinto aka Benny on the keyboard, Hitesh Madan aka Rikki on the guitar, Ashwani Verma on the drums, Rakesh Bhardwaj on the dholak, Prashant Trivedi on the tabla and our very own Palash aka Polly as the lead vocalist, the leading commercial Indian band Euphoria has simply more layers to it than seen by the audience. Radioandmusic.com's Aaishwari Chouhan explores these hidden layers in an interview with the band members with Palash as their spokesperson....
Together with his partner Jatin, they have given few of the most memorable music of Hindi cinema, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai to name a few. It's been four years since composer Lalit Pandit branched out to embark on a solo music career. But his calling came with the recent hit 'Munni Badnaam Hui' from Dabangg with its unabashed lyrics and added glamour quotient provided by Salman and Mallika Arora Khan in the video. Talking to Radioandmusic.com's Harpreet Khokhar, Pandit excitedly converses about 'Munni.. and the changing pattern of the ...
Firstly I`ll begin by asking you how Rouge came about? the record label a couple of years back and I just started recording some songs. Originally they wanted to put me in another band. But that kind of fell through so I continued studying at the time and waited to meet the right girls because I always wanted to be part of a girl band.Time went on and eventually I was introduced to Legha who was also introduced to the record label, she was writing tracks at the time and Laura at the time was still doi...
An ace tennis pro who's also an award winning radio jockey, RJ Prithvi lives each day as it comes. One look at him and you're sure that he's about to come up with a wisecrack. Yes, that's RJ Prithvi for you - live and fresh, as Namita Gupta catches up with him just outside Bangalore's Radio One studio, post his daily Breakfast Show.
RJ Rashmi or Rapid Rashmi as she's popularly known in Bangalore, creates a storm on air between 2 and 5 pm Mondays to Fridays on RapidAdda.
Rapid Adda (Hangout), formerly known as Broadcast Bandi, is the only show on Big's Bangalore station that's stayed since inception, and that says it all. Rashmi is liked for her voice and also has a unique laugh, which people love to hear over and over.
Rapid Rashmi with her quick wit has created an adda, which is a radio adda that gives a forum for young unique talent to come and exhibit on her show....
Radio Mirchi Delhi's Purani Jeans has almost lost its flavour with Sayema missing from the scene. After a long absesnce of three months, the RJ is back to woo the Mirchi audience with the same charm and zeal. Caught in a conversation with Radioandmusic.com’s Shabana Ali, Sayema discusses her experience on the show and her journey as an RJ.
Excerpts:
What are the new elements incorporated in Purani Jeans after your comeback?...
He lives up to his expectation of being the funny man. He fools around with the listeners as he plays brainless pranks on them by impersonating someone on his show Sunset Samosa.
Riding high following his win at the India Radio Foum Awards and in a quirky interview with Radioandmusic.com's Harpreet Khokhar, Radio Mirchi's RJ Naved tickles the funny bone with his one-liners.
How did you kick-start your journey into the radio sector?...
Zila Khan, one of the top women Sufi singers in the country is launching an album 'Zila, the girl child' on the Saregama label on 8 March 2008.
The album talks about various emotions of a woman, including her sensuality.
Khan is the seventh generation of an unbroken line in what is the oldest school (or Gharana) of Sitar and Surbahar in India, the daughter of the incomparable sitar maestro Ustad Vilayat Khan. ...
Popular pop artist and playback singer Padmashree Remo Fernandes has resurfaced with his social single ‘India, I cry’ over the web. With an on-off appearance in Bollywood, the singer has been making his own songs in hometown Goa. In a chat with Radioandmusic.com’s Anita Iyer, Fernandes nonchalantly speaks about the challenges of being a pop singer in the Bollywood dominated era of the 80’s, the sorry state of non-film music and his new single- ‘India- I cry’...
Chances are that you will bob your head to the mention of "Mera Babu Chhail Chhabeela Main to Nachoongi" or jump off your chair to break into a jig for a "Dama Dam Mast Qalandar".
Bangladesh based singer Runa Laila, who made these songs popular and many others, is back once again in India with 'The great big Punjabi wedding’. On this elaborate concept album, the veteran singer is crooning some fun-filled Punjabi tracks which she recently recorded in Delhi....
Brother in law, and long time music producer of Lucky Ali, Micheal Mcleary recently debuted as a composer through a children’s film Aao Wish Kare. Though this soft-spoken musician has worked with many big-wigs like Rahman and Salim Sulaiman, it took him a while to break into the bollywood music scene. The film Aao wish kare may not have garnered much success at the box office, but the music of the film did sound different than the usual mix. ...
Anuj Sharma is a known singer from Himachal Pradesh. But his big break came when he managed to reach the final 14 in Indian Idol's second season. He had to leave the show, but many felt that he deserved a better chance. So Anuj Sharma was brought back into the show through a wild card entry. And he proved it right by managing to end the season as the runner up....
I was born in a border town called Jaigoan, which is very close to the India-Bhutan border. Radio happened to me suddenly. I had left my place to pursue graduation in Siliguri, the largest city of the region. Here, while studying, I got into the habit of listening to radio, as all students do.
I was just 18 years old, and my habit of listening to the radio had me dreaming of becoming a radio jockey. Never knew my dream would come true some day!...
An ace tennis pro who's also an award winning radio jockey, RJ Prithvi lives each day as it comes. One look at him and you're sure that he's about to come up with a wisecrack. Yes, that's RJ Prithvi for you - live and fresh, as Namita Gupta catches up with him just outside Bangalore's Radio One studio, post his daily Breakfast Show.
Excerpts:
What was your life like, pre-RJing?...
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RJ Rashmi or Rapid Rashmi as she's popularly known in Bangalore, creates a storm on air between 2 and 5 pm Mondays to Fridays on RapidAdda.
Rapid Adda (Hangout), formerly known as Broadcast Bandi, is the only show on Big's Bangalore station that's stayed since inception, and that says it all. Rashmi is liked for her voice and also has a unique laugh, which people love to hear over and over.
Rapid Rashmi with her quick wit has created an adda, which is a radio adda that gives a forum for young unique talent to come and exhibit on her show....
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Radio Mirchi Delhi's Purani Jeans has almost lost its flavour with Sayema missing from the scene. After a long absesnce of three months, the RJ is back to woo the Mirchi audience with the same charm and zeal. Caught in a conversation with Radioandmusic.com’s Shabana Ali, Sayema discusses her experience on the show and her journey as an RJ.
Excerpts:
What are the new elements incorporated in Purani Jeans after your comeback?...
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He lives up to his expectation of being the funny man. He fools around with the listeners as he plays brainless pranks on them by impersonating someone on his show Sunset Samosa.
Riding high following his win at the India Radio Foum Awards and in a quirky interview with Radioandmusic.com's Harpreet Khokhar, Radio Mirchi's RJ Naved tickles the funny bone with his one-liners.
How did you kick-start your journey into the radio sector?...
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Zila Khan, one of the top women Sufi singers in the country is launching an album 'Zila, the girl child' on the Saregama label on 8 March 2008.
The album talks about various emotions of a woman, including her sensuality.
Khan is the seventh generation of an unbroken line in what is the oldest school (or Gharana) of Sitar and Surbahar in India, the daughter of the incomparable sitar maestro Ustad Vilayat Khan. ...
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Popular pop artist and playback singer Padmashree Remo Fernandes has resurfaced with his social single ‘India, I cry’ over the web. With an on-off appearance in Bollywood, the singer has been making his own songs in hometown Goa. In a chat with Radioandmusic.com’s Anita Iyer, Fernandes nonchalantly speaks about the challenges of being a pop singer in the Bollywood dominated era of the 80’s, the sorry state of non-film music and his new single- ‘India- I cry’...
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Chances are that you will bob your head to the mention of "Mera Babu Chhail Chhabeela Main to Nachoongi" or jump off your chair to break into a jig for a "Dama Dam Mast Qalandar".
Bangladesh based singer Runa Laila, who made these songs popular and many others, is back once again in India with 'The great big Punjabi wedding’. On this elaborate concept album, the veteran singer is crooning some fun-filled Punjabi tracks which she recently recorded in Delhi....
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Brother in law, and long time music producer of Lucky Ali, Micheal Mcleary recently debuted as a composer through a children’s film Aao Wish Kare. Though this soft-spoken musician has worked with many big-wigs like Rahman and Salim Sulaiman, it took him a while to break into the bollywood music scene. The film Aao wish kare may not have garnered much success at the box office, but the music of the film did sound different than the usual mix. ...
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Anuj Sharma is a known singer from Himachal Pradesh. But his big break came when he managed to reach the final 14 in Indian Idol's second season. He had to leave the show, but many felt that he deserved a better chance. So Anuj Sharma was brought back into the show through a wild card entry. And he proved it right by managing to end the season as the runner up....
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I was born in a border town called Jaigoan, which is very close to the India-Bhutan border. Radio happened to me suddenly. I had left my place to pursue graduation in Siliguri, the largest city of the region. Here, while studying, I got into the habit of listening to radio, as all students do.
I was just 18 years old, and my habit of listening to the radio had me dreaming of becoming a radio jockey. Never knew my dream would come true some day!...
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