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MUMBAI: 'Barbadiyaan‘ music composer and advertising industry ace Amartya Rahut (Bobo) is all set to surprise fans with Arshad Warsi's upcoming film 'Joe B Carvalho'. Sameer Tiwari’s 'Joe B Carvalho' will comprise of five tracks composed by Rahut and penned by Amitabh Bhattacharya.
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MUMBAI: Popular rock band Kings of Leon is all geared up to unveil its sixth studio album titled ‘Mechanical Bull’ on 24 September. The album has been produced by their longtime producer Angelo Petraglia and was recorded at the band’s studio in Nashville. Stated to be a youthful sounding album, it will be marketed and distributed by RCA Records.
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MUMBAI: Ardent fans of the Bruce Springsteen, Justin Timberlake and Ke$ha hold your breath as its time to turn your dream into reality, by participating in a contest organized by Vh1 India. Vh1 Concert Diaries presented by Samsung Galaxy S4 will start on 4 June. Vh1 and Samsung Galaxy S4 have decided to help fans win a chance to see their pop idols live in concert. Three lucky winners will get a chance to travel across the globe and witness any one of their favourite artists perform live.
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NEW DELHI: Former Journey singer Steve Perry has revealed he had a cancerous mole removed from his face. The 64-year-old rocker said in a Thursday posting on Fanasylum.com that he learned he had skin cancer last month. “Three weeks ago a routine mole was taken off my face and the lab report came back melanoma skin cancer,” he wrote. “I have had two surgeries in two weeks to remove all the cancer cells and I’ve been told they think they got it all and no other treatments are required.”
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MUMBAI: With music streaming services ruling the roost globally, companies are escalating the battle with the development of new software and products aimed at enhancing the user experience. Taking a cue from the same, tech giant Apple has unveiled a lineup of key products defining its position in the growing market.
read moreNEW DELHI: Even as India is still contemplating opening up mobile TV to the private sector, Pakistan’s Warid Radio Station enables users to access radio and TV directly on their mobile phones. This service allows the mobile subscribers to receive live audio feed on their cell phones with the option to browse different Radio and TV channels which include Samaa TV, Dunya News, Urdu 1 and Abtakk for television and FM 100 and FM 106.2 for radio.
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MUMBAI: With a cash prize of Rs 6 lakhs, the ‘National Guitar Contest 2013’, organized by Dimapur (Nagaland) based Sky Entertainment, is giving Indian guitarists an opportunity to participate in one of the prestigious 'Guitar Player Award' ever to be held in the country.
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Malayala Manorama's Radio Mango 91.9 was the first Malayalam private FM station in Kerala started in the year 2007. Since then, they have taken a long journey covering four cities of Kerala namely Kochi, Trissur, Kozhikode and Kannur. In a conversation with Radioandmusic.com, Radio Mango director programmes Ravi Nair discusses about station's new initiatives and how Mango still manages to entertain its listeners with dosage of popular music accompanied with light news or daily happenings. Excerpts:
read moreMUMBAI: The melodramatic violins, trickling sounds of santoor, rapid tabla runs and crisp guitar plucking that has given Hindi cinema its unique sound and character, and immortalized its screen heroes and divas may soon be a relic of the past as computers and digitalization has delivered a crushing blow to cinema’s live recording musicians, who till a decade ago provided the soundtrack in bollywood.
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MUMBAI: The trend of suggestive and vulgar lyrics in bollywood songs to woo the youth is somehere leading to a breakdown of the rich indian music culture. Titled as 'item songs', these musical productions have become a source of raking in moolah. Staying true to the craft of writing, national award winning lyricist Prasoon Joshi believes that there is good music being created even today and that is the one that will take the industry forward.
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MUMBAI: The Muthoot Group-owned radio station, Chennai Live 104.8 FM is raking in moolah with sponsored editorial shows and they plan to add more such shows in future. With an aim to play safe, many leading private FM players avoid experimental programming but Chennai Live has proved that innovation is the key driver to success.
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MUMBAI: Paytm Insider, one of India’s leading entertainment experiences platforms, announces the read more
MUMBAI: India’s leading private radio and entertainment network, Red FM, proudly welcomed the neread more
MUMBAI: MY FM, known for its commitment to bring the best in music and entertainment to the listeread more
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: Amazon miniTV, Amazon’s free video streaming service, today released the latest musical gem from its hit series, Jamnapaar. The evocative...read more
MUMBAI: The multi-faceted Aparshakti Khurana recently posted a video of himself jamming with singer-composer Savi Kahlon, who is popular for his 'Apa...read more
MUMBAI: Baggy jeans and Timberlands for everybody! Toronto hip hop - funk connoisseur John Orpheus teleports us back to the salad days of the late...read more
MUMBAI: In what is one of the most exciting collaborations in recent times, cult figures of the underground UK rap scene, PAV4N and Sonnyjim have...read more
MUMBAI: South Asia’s premier advertising and marketing festival, Goafest 2024 now unveils supporting partners for its 17th edition. Scheduled to take...read more
