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MUMBAI: Rapper Panther releases a new independent song titled ‘Galat Karam' in collaboration with Delhi Rapper ‘Raga’.
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Rajinder Singh Rai, better known as Panjabi MC, made his international breakthrough with "Mundian to Bach Ke" ("Beware of the Boys"). MC has been honing his skills as a freestyler by recording tracks that utilized both desi samples and well known international songs. His albums Souled Out, Another Sellout, Grass Roots and Legalised have made him one of the most prominent names in bhangra. Radioandmusic.com's Ann Abraham sat down with him to talk about the release of his new album Indian Timing....
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Multi-instrumentalist Prem Joshua left home when he was 18 years and came to India. Born in Germany, his journey took him to countries like Greece, Turkey, Afghanistan and India. Inspired by the music of Pt Ravi Shankar in his younger days, Joshua developed a liking for the sitar and later learnt it from from Ustad Usman Khan – after his association with India for 30 years, this affable musician never misses coming to India every year, no matter what.
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An early starter in the music industry, Chintoo Singh's solo rabab performances have been appreciated by many over the globe. He has accompanied both national and international artistes like Mehdi Hassan, Jagjit Singh, Ghulam Ali, Shania Twain and Phil Collins, to name a few – thanks to his unique guitar playing style. In addition, Chintoo Singh is now in talks to perform at Eric Clapton's Crossroad Guitar Festival.
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Listeners know Neelesh Mishra as the man behind the lyrics of 'Jaadu Hai Nasha Hai' and 'Chalo Tumko Lekar Chale' but the multi-tasking lyricist has not stopped there. With Anurag Basu's 'Kites', Anees Bazmee's 'It's My Life', Kunal Deshmukh's 'Jashan', Piyush Jha's 'Sikandar', Tanushree Basu's 'Puraani Jeans' and Guddu Dhanoa's 'Deewana Must Die' in the pipeline, the journalist - lyricist - novelist is up to something BIG this time. In an interaction with Chirag Sutar, Neelesh Misra speaks on the world of words and of course Bollywood!
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Musician Dinesh Ghate is on a mission to honour the unsung instrumentalists' contribution to the golden era of Bollywood music. Profiling them and felicitating them, his periodical, Swar Aalap is a platform for these forgotten musicians to unveil their talent. In a conversation with Radioandmusic.com's Anita Iyer, Ghate reveals his journey of discovering the musicians and feature editor Kushal Gopalka compares the current music to that of the days gone by.
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Prasoon Joshi has carved a niche for himself as lyricist in Hindi films by bringing in word play which is simple yet deep - an expression which organically takes the music to a newer level. He has slashed all Bollywood lyric writing clich?©s and given the listeners some sensible words to hum, in the process. In spite of being a leading lyricist today, Bollywood was never a childhood influence, Joshi says. "I just stumbled into it; I just didn't know how to react when I got into this."
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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. Excerpts -
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After an initial struggle in the music industry, Underground artiste Parwati Kumari released her new album �Barse Barse Naina' with a fabulous opening performance last week in Mumbai. Today, the �live' music lover's delight, Parvati Kumari is set to promote her album in other cities. Considered to be Saregama India's most recent discovery, Parwati Kumari landed in Mumbai a couple of years ago, armed with nothing but a music degree and a dream to sing.
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Jalebee Cartel has challenged the notion that dance music is a Western domain, by single-handedly putting India on the international EDM map.
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It's a humbling experience to meet an icon like Ghulam Ali at a public do. The man has toyed with music in its 'pure' form with such ease - experimenting with feel, melody, meaning, and lots of surprises in the form of 'improvisations' Ghulam Ali does that with such ease!
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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.
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MUMBAI: BIG FM, one of India’s leading radio networks, presented the second edition of BIG IMPACread more
MUMBAI: BIG FM, India's leading radio network, successfully concludes the third season of 'Mairead more
MUMBAI: BIG FM, India's leading radio network, successfully concludes the third season of read more
MUMBAI: 93.5 Red FM, India’s leading private radio and entertainment network announced the fourtread more
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