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MUMBAI: Bringing in a social relevance to festive celebrations, Big FM has announced a unique campaign titled ‘Kudiyan di Lohri’ in association with NGO Plan India and rock band Euphoria.
read moreMUMBAI: The 85th Academy Awards have announced its nominations in all categories for the 2013 awards ceremony slated to be held on 24 February at Dolby Theatre, Hollywood. Leading the nominees in music were popular films ‘Life of Pi’ and ‘Skyfall’ with four nods each. The films bagged nominations in categories like ‘Best Original Score’, ‘Best Sound Editing’, ‘Best Sound Mixing’ and ‘Best Original Song’ – ‘Pi's Lullaby’ (Life of Pi) and ‘Skyfall’ (Skyfall) respectively.
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MUMBAI: Paying tribute to the legacy of classical legends like tabla stalwart Pandit Chatur Lal (tabla), Pandit Ravi Shankar (sitar) and late Ustad Ali Akbar Khan (sarod), the annual musical concert titled ‘Smritiyaan’ will be held on 17 January at Sanmukhanada Hall, Mumbai.
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MUMBAI: In context with dance music, India has become quite evident, be it with international dance music gigs happening in India or the international discussions based on ‘India as emerging market in dance music’. Whichever is the case artistes and businesses have started understanding the crest of emerging Indian market in dance music. In 2012, 5th International music summit (IMS) in Ibiza was also a catalyst in presenting India globally.
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MUMBAI: Gana Gandharvan Yesudas celebrates his birthday on 10 January. The versatile singer has sung 50,000 songs in 17 languages during his career spanning five decades. His father, Augustine Joseph was a well-known Malayalam classical musician and his first guru.
read moreMUMBAI: After a leading player like iTunes entered the market in 2012, the Indian digital market is slowly getting to its tipping point. With the focus steadily shifting from the mobile VAS industry to digital and consumer engagement through smartphones growing, industry insiders state that 2013 may witness the entry of other leading players like Spotify and Amazon in India.
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MUMBAI: Aiming to award and celebrate regional talent this month, Big FM has announced yet another regional award function from its on-ground properties stable. The network will host the second edition of the ‘Big Kannada Entertainment’ awards in Bangalore later this month.
read moreMUMBAI: With internet consumption steadily growing in the country, its growth is all set to influence society and commerce by contributing $100 billion to India’s gross domestic product by 2015, according to a report by McKinsey & Co. Due to the increase in user consumption, the potential to contribute $100bn to India’s GDP has grown from around $30 billion in 2011, with its exponential growth. To measure the influence created by internet was difficult, however its visibility makes it easy to measure indices like online sales.
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MUMBAI: After a two-decade wait, fans of hip-hop star Snoop Dogg can enjoy his lazy Long Beach drawl when he performs on 11 January in Pune and on 13 January in Delhi. Multi-platinum artist (over 30 million albums sold) and generation defining rapper Snoop Dogg aka. Snoop Lion who landed up in India interacted with the media on his music and new found Rastafarianism faith.
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MUMBAI: Mahesh Bhatt, Aditi Rao Hydari and Randeep Hooda visited Radio City today, launching the music of ‘Murder 3’. In a chat with RJ Rohit Vir, the trio poured out the ‘Murder 3’ shooting secrets. The opportunity to work with a veteran like Mahesh Bhatt has been incredible for the lead pair – Aditi gushed, how Bhatt motivates actors to push the envelop and brings out the best in them.
read moreMUMBAI: AAT ACADEMY, SAE INDIA and SAE INTERNATIONAL will host fame music, India's Biggest Online Music Competition in India. This competition is open to all music enthusiasts and composers. The uniqueness of this competition is online voting by audience and attractive cash prizes to be won including technology goodies. Interestingly the contest had already registered 600+ artists from India before the start of the competition.
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MUMBAI: The worlds of art and technology have always had an intricate relationship, but in recenread more
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MUMBAI: After captivating fans with his Coachella performance, international pop sensation Justin Bieber stirred concern when he shared tearful...read more
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: Hailey Bieber recently shared a reassuring photo of her husband, Justin Bieber, after his emotional selfies sparked concern among fans.In...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
