'3' cast celebrates 92.7 BIG FM's 'Manasu Thota Melody Month'

MUMBAI: 92.7 BIG FM, Chennai’s No. 1 Melody station and winner of the Golden Mikes Broadcaster of the Year Award, celebrated “Manasu Thota Melody” month at its studio on Monday with the star cast of the movie “3”. Actors Dhanush and Shruthi Hasaan, the movie’s director Aishwarya Dhanush and music...

Logitech UE Sets Your Music Free With AirPlay Speaker That Offers Effortless Streaming

MUMBAI: Logitech introduced the Logitech® UE Air Speaker with Apple’s AirPlay®. Now you can stream uncompressed music from iTunes or an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch connected to your home’s Wi-Fi® network to a Logitech UE speaker that delivers high-quality audio with a big sound stage boosted by dual...

SiriusXM Files Antitrust Claims Against SoundExchange and a Record Industry Trade Association

MUMBAI: Sirius XM Radio today announced that it has filed a complaint against SoundExchange, Inc. and American Association of Independent Music ("A2IM") charging those organizations with unlawfully interfering in SiriusXM's efforts to secure, through a competitive market, copyrights critical to its...

New Digital & CD Releases For 2012 Show Bright Future In Music

MUMBAI: Popular independent artists with large catalogs of music, like singer/songwriter/producer Miss Kristin of Big Fuss Records Inc., are utilizing their choices when marketing music to the public and seeing better returns. The evolution of internet with the merger of audio in computing...

Zoom Festival back in its second edition

MUMBAI: Billed as Thailand’s biggest electronic music and dance event, the Zoom Festival is back in its second edition scheduled to be held on 30-31 March. The fest will witness performances by more than 50 musicians including Taboo of ‘Black Eyed Peas’, DJ Domination, Teddy O, Slick, Eddie Pay,...

European Union probes into Universal EMI deal

MUMBAI: The European Union antitrust regulators have opened an in-depth investigation into a bid by Vivendi’s Universal Music to buy EMI’s recorded music unit for $1.9 billion, as the proposed deal could reduce competition to the detriment of consumers.

1008 Veena artistes to strum for 'Sahasra Veena Jhenkara' concert

MUMBAI: Unifying power of music, 1008 Veena artistes will come together in a first-of-its-kind concert titled 'Sahasra Veena Jhenkara'. The concert will be held on 28 March at Bangalore, in the presence of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, founder of The Art of Living. The initiative will feature Veena...

Sony unveils NWZ walkman series

MUMBAI: Sony India has expanded its walkman MP3 player range by introducing new NWZ series - B170, B172 and B173. The players claim to deliver upto 18 hours of music playback and the quick charge function allows 90 minutes of music. The players are enabled with bass boost button, integrated USB...

Justin Bieber unveils his latest single 'Boyfriend'

MUMBAI: Pop-teen sensation Justin Bieber has released his latest R&B single ‘Boyfriend’ on iTunes. The track produced by American singer, songwriter and producer Mike Posner is the first single from Bieber’s upcoming album ‘Believe’. The single depicts Bieber’s role as a boyfriend in an...

Spring Fever 2012 concludes with Gulzar's poem

NEW DELHI: Legendary poet and lyricist Gulzar recently attended the poem reading session at the closing ceremony of the literary festival ‘Spring Fever 2012’ in Delhi. The third annual literature festival of Penguin Books concluded on a high note with Gulzar reading out best poems from his latest...

Star Plus kick-starts 'Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar' season two

MUMBAI: Star Plus is back with the second season of the singing reality show ‘Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar’. The first episode of the show will air on 31 March at 9pm. The show will feature 18 contestants, including six champions and 12 runner-up from other reality shows. The contestants divided in two...

Shafqat Amanat Ali Concert

Shafqat Amanat Ali Concert

German music industry likes WiMP - Aspiro will launch early second quarter

MUMBAI: Music Service WiMP has been available in a closed beta version in Germany since December 2011, where mainly representatives of the music industry have been invited to test the service. In a survey in which over half of the test users participated, 9 out of 10 answered that they are...