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MUMBAI: Director-choreographer Remo D'Souza’s latest flick 'Any Body Can Dance' (ABCD) features tracks rendered by renowned singers from the music industry. Composed by Sachin-Jigar and penned by Mayur Puri, the soundtrack comprises of thirteen songs, nine of which feature in the movie. Speaking with Radioandmusic.com, one half of the composer duo Jigar said, “We have experimented with all the tracks unlike most of the bollywood songs. The film includes many genres of dance forms which need different genres of music, but we have given them a touch of Indian music as well.”
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MUMBAI: For the first time in his three-decade long career veteran rocker Gary Lawyer is working on an album from start to finish all by himself. From the songwriting stage to recording, the multi-tasking Lawyer will leave his stamp on his work-in-progress project. This will be the singer's seventh album, coming after a hiatus of three years. The album is slated to release in 2013.
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MUMBAI: Big FM, India’s No.1 FM radio network in association with Ambuja Cement announces its latest local initiative for the Punjab region titled ‘Ambuja Cements Big Panjaa League’. Another innovation and an industry first, the concept originated from the local penchant and extremely common sport of arm wrestling or panja in the region. The contest invites the strongest and the brawniest of players to participate in an arm wrestling championship, and is spread across seven towns of the Majha region of Punjab.
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MUMBAI: British music and entertainment retailer HMV has announced that it has appointed administrators and suspended trading in its shares, signaling bankruptcy after failing to secure a reprieve from its lenders. HMV management confirmed today that it had failed to gain agreements with lenders and suppliers to continue trading. The company has appointed three partners of Deloitte LLP to administer the business.
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MUMBAI: English Indie punk band Modern Mafia have stepped into bollywood and Tamil film industry with their composition in the movie ‘David’. Their track 'Arnie' has been reworked as ‘Bandhay’ in Hindi and ‘Machi’ in Tamil.
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MUMBAI: After attaining success with its first broadcast project Hummra M, Complete News and Entertainment Broadcast Pvt Ltd (CNEB) and Launch Pad have joined hands yet again to enter the Punjab market with another regional channel. Slated to launch within a month, the channel will be based on similar lines as the Bhojpuri music channel with animated characters as its USP and playing hit Punjabi film music. Apart from that, 2013 will also witness the company’s entry into other markets like Orissa and Bengal.
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MUMBAI: After a short hiatus, former Hungama Digital Media Entertainment Integrated Media head Niloufer Dundh is back with her new venture ‘Ventes Dundh’, having already bagged three projects in its kitty. Speaking with Radioandmusic.com, Dundh said, “French is close to my heart so ‘Ventes’ which means sales and rest is my surname”, explaining about the name she chose for the venture.
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MUMBAI: India’s largest radio network, Red FM, recently repositioned its Bengaluru radio station as a ‘24/7 SuperHits Hindi’ station to cater to the listeners’ preference for Hindi music over regional music.
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MUMBAI: As Bombay Jayashri makes wave with nomination of Oscar, controversy has surrounded this Carnatic vocalist, after Irayimman Thampi trust have accused Jayashri's 'Pi's Lullaby' of not being an original composition, meanwhile, she denies the allegation. As per agency, Jayashri said, “I can only say that I wrote whatever that came to my heart.”
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MUMBAI: After six years, 31- year-old Grammy award winning singer Justin Timberlake released his new single, 'Suit and Tie', also featuring rapper Jay-Z, on 13 January . The song is the first release of Timberlake's forthcoming album, The 20/20 Experience due to be out later this year. The single under Sony Music is available on iTunes Store. It is written by Timberlake along with Timbaland, Shawn Carter, Jerome 'J-ROC' Harmon and James Flauntleroy while it is produced by Timbaland, Timberlake and Harmon.
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MUMBAI: Australian actor Hugh Jackman won the Golden Globe for best actor in a musical or comedy Sunday for his all-singing role in musical adaptation "Les Miserables." Jackman beat fellow nominees Jack Black in "Bernie," Bradley Cooper in "Silver Linings Playbook," Ewan McGregor in "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" and Bill Murray in "Hyde Park on Hudson." In his acceptance speech, Jackman -- praised for his vocal skills in the movie -- revealed that he almost gave up the starring role of Jean Valjean only a few weeks before it started filming.
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MUMBAI: Norwood Fisher (Fishbone) has assembled a team of friends for a new project called The Familyhood Nextperience. The collective's debut single...read more
MUMBAI: Nashville Harbor/Harpeth 60 Records multi-Platinum selling artist, Chris Janson, has just announced summer dates for his captivating and...read more
MUMBAI: Pacha Ibiza’s legendary Flower Power is back again this season, reimagined for a new era while staying true to its core essence. Every...read more
MUMBAI: GRAMMY® Award-winning and chart-topping artist/producer duo The Chainsmokers and GRAMMY® nominated R&B singer and songwriter Fridayy have...read more
