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MUMBAI: After engaging millions of users on radio, Fever FM’s innovative radio drama Ramayana is now available for listeners on the Apple app store across the globe. Targeted towards the Indian audience, the app will be launched on 19 April, the occasion of Ram Navami. Users can download the application for free from the app store and can experience two free episodes, behind the scene videos, celebrity recordings, dohas and pictures amongst others. Other episodes can be purchased at different packages ranging from Rs 55 to Rs 170.
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MUMBAI: Popular jazz artistes Adil Manuel and Vasundhara Vidalur are all geared up to launch their debut album titled ‘Ampersand’, through a multi-city tour commencing on 19 April in Bangalore. The album comprises of 10 tracks in the form of urban stories in one soulful rendition written and produced by the duo across a series of collaborations. Recorded live at Yash Raj Studios, the album marks the coming together of music communities across various cities, where mainstream ‘alternate’ and ‘underground’ music comes together to form a new sound.
read moreMUMBAI: Placing greater emphasis on growing brand loyalty, integrated marketing campaigns and the returns on investment, Indian marketers are highly optimistic about the expected outlook of their brands in 2013, with 85 per cent confident that their band will perform better than 2012, according to the Ipsos Asia Pacific Marketers Outlook 2013 report.
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MUMBAI: Popular rapper Jay Z has unveiled a sample of the soundtrack of the upcoming film ‘The Great Gatsby’ online by Interscope/Geffen/A&M. The movie has been scored and co- produced by the singer himself. The soundtrack features 12 tracks performed by artists like Beyoncé, Fergie, Q Tip, GoonRock, Coco O of Quadron, Gotye, Nero and Sia amongst others. As per reports, Beyonce covers Amy Winehouse’s track ‘Back to Black’ in the film.
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MUMBAI: Due to key supporting partners backing out of the event at very short notice, the ‘goMad Festival’ has been postponed until a new date is announced. As per festival organisers, the new date is expected to be announced shortly on their website and social networking page.
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NEW DELHI: Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari has said the government is exploring the possibilities of having a dedicated 24 hour FM news channel and wanted the public broadcaster to leverage the unique opportunity provided by the telecom revolution that made access to All India Radio easy. Addressing a function to present the Akashvani Annual Awards in New Delhi last evening, he said the required clearances have been taken for the auction of private FM channels.
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MUMBAI: Communicating developmental plans and schemes of the government to people in the grassroots level, is the major task of community radio (CR) stations. But even as they work towards attaining their goals, most stations face challenges of sustainability in terms of finance and content. These challenges are no different for CR’s of Assam that are located in the south of the eastern Himalayas.
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MUMBAI: Veteran playback singer Kumar Sanu is confident that musicians and artists will soon be able to reap the rewards thanks to the Copyright Bill (Amendment) passed in 2012. Payback for artists should materialise by 2014, when the music industry absorbs and adjusts to the game-changing decree passed by the Parliament, the singer said.
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MUMBAI: For the first time in the history of American Idol, the show spanning 12 seasons, the top five contestants are all going to be girls. The biggest singing reality show, American Idol Season 12, currently airing in India on Big CBS Love, in concurrence with the US, created history as the last man standing Lazaro Arabos bid adieu to the competition due to failure to create an impact among fans with his singing skills.
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MUMBAI: Year after year, music composer Pritam has been facing various allegations of plagiarism for his musical work in different films. The latest allegation is on his hit track ‘Badtameez Dil' from the film ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’ featuring Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone. According to reports, ‘Badtameez Dil’ is copy of a popular Bengali number titled ‘Ranjana Ami Aar Ashbona’.
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MUMBAI: Being known for building extensive and innovative marketing campaigns for all the films in its kitty, it goes without a doubt that leading music label T-Series would plan something new for the release of its next and most awaited film Aashiqui 2. Being a sequel of the popular film, the label is going back in time to create a buzz amongst the audiences.
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MUMBAI: Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India has announced the appointment of Dr Bikrread more
MUMBAI: The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC) announced today that it has filed a legal aread more
MUMBAI: The world is a stage! Literally.read more
MUMBAI: Anara Publishing continues to make waves in the Indian music scene, building on their iniread more
MUMBAI: Google is gearing up to introduce a Gemini Artificial Intelligence (AI) extension for Youread more
MUMBAI: Following the recent grand announcement by the makers of the action spectacle ‘Devara: Part 1’ starring Man Of Masses NTR Jr, excitement...read more
MUMBAI: Ed Sheeran, the first international celebrity on The Great Indian Kapil Show exuberates a spectacular fusion of desi charm and videsi flair...read more
MUMBAI: The world of Urban Punjabi Hip-Hop just got a new groovy entrant with the release of Teriyan Gallan, the latest romantic freestyle single...read more
MUMBAI: Josh Wink kicks off a milestone 30 years of Ovum Recordings with new single ‘The Deepness’ taken from his forthcoming two-track EP of the...read more
MUMBAI: Rapper Yung Sammy opens up about his remarkable journey in the Delhi NCR music scene, in an exclusive interview with Radioandmusic.read more
