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MUMBAI: The Indian music industry is constantly undergoing change with the help of its audience who is now open to consuming new forms of music. As the music scene expands to incorporate more newer music and expose the Indian audiences to innovative content, most players are now aiming to expand their footprints in the business with new channels. Also amongst them is MTunes, which is slated to release around four channels in the coming year to cater to a wider range of audience.
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MUMBAI: Director of film "BANDOOK” Aditya Om and music director Nikhil Kamath were looking for a voice that sounded like Lataji in the late 60’s and after considering many singers they zeroed in on singer Bandana Sharma to sing "Tu Jaldi Bata De" penned by Kapil Sibal – Minister of Communications and Information Technology. They collectively they felt that her voice was best suited for the song and its situation in the film.
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MUMBAI: If you attended the NH7 Weekender festival in Pune earlier this year end 2012, you might have recognized the Bhojpuri Queen as the flamboyant front woman of the Trilok Gurtu's band. Kalpana Patowary – Assamese singer and Bhojpuri icon(BHOJPURI QUEEN), will be performing live in the Bandra Fort Festival this January 12th 2013, with Trilok Gurtu. An excited Kalpana posted on her Facebook Page, saying, "Really looking forward to performing in Mumbai at Bandra Fort on 12th January 2013.
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MUMBAI: On the occasion of Republic Day, music label Crescendo Music has announced composer Siddharth Kashyap’s patriotic album ‘Rock On Hindustan’. The album will release on 26 January 2013. Featuring a blend of rock, fusion and traditional Indian music, the album is aimed at instilling a patriotic feeling in the generation of young Indians. It comprises of seven tracks rendered by 15 renowned musicians and chorus singers including Roop Kumar Rathod and Madhushree. Seven music videos have been shot for each of the songs.
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Red FM radio jockey (RJ) Malishka: MUMBAI: Last year’s tragic radio joke incident which led to the suicide of nurse Jacintha has brought to light the immense influence RJs have on the population and the social responsibilities that go with the job. Although the joke played by Australian radio RJs were meant to be ‘harmless fun’ and similar pranks have been played by their counterparts in India, the tragedy highlighted the unpredictable reaction of humans/ listeners to unexpected situations.
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Red FM radio jockey (RJ) Malishka: MUMBAI: Last year’s tragic radio joke incident which led to the suicide of nurse Jacintha has brought to light the immense influence RJs have on the population and the social responsibilities that go with the job. Although the joke played by Australian radio RJs were meant to be ‘harmless fun’ and similar pranks have been played by their counterparts in India, the tragedy highlighted the unpredictable reaction of humans/ listeners to unexpected situations.
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MUMBAI: Fans of pop-rock outfit Euphoria are in for a treat of a spiritual kind. The Delhi based outfit, known for its catchy pop and rock tunes, has jumped into the spiritual wagon for its latest offering. It’s soon to be released first devotional/ spiritual album- ‘Sharnaagat’ (To Surrender to the Supreme) trades pop hooks for serene and reflective songs. The band is however confident that fans will take to their new work. And going by the response that the seven tracks have received on iTunes, it seems their hunch is correct.
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MUMBAI: Big FM’s Trivandrum station has bagged the ‘Best Reporting Award’ at the recently concluded 17th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK). Adjudged as the best reporters at IFFK by a jury panel comprising of media experts, the station was presented the ‘Best Reporting Award’ by popular bollywood filmmaker Priyadarshan, Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy and Kerala Film and Sports Dept minister K B Ganesh Kumar.
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MUMBAI: An Indian Traditional Film and in 3 different languages, what else an actor needs to debut in the Film Industry. Kumar Diwakar, an efficient filmmaker of the Industry comes with his film “Mangal Phera”. Film ‘Mangal Phera’ is the first ever film to be released in Bhojpuri, Gujarati and Nepali. The film stars Dashrath Rathod, Vinay Anand and Sampoorva.
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MUMBAI: The music of Murder 3, the third installment in the hit Murder franchise is riding high on expectations. Composed by Pritam, the music album consists of five songs penned by Sayeed Quadri. Quadri, has been associated with the franchise since the beginning in 2004. He had penned the lyrics with Kumaar and Mithoon for Murder 2 (2011) and with Rahat Indori for the original Murder.
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MUMBAI: Pop divas Beyonce and Kelly Clarkson, and singer songwriter James Taylor will perform at President Obama’s second inauguration as President of the United States of America, the inauguration committee has announced. The trio will perform a set of patriotic songs at Capitol Hill in front of an expected audience of more than 1 million who will gather to hear Obama’s inaugural speech on 21 January.
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MUMBAI: Universal Music Group (UMG) delivered impressive first-quarter earnings that surpassed exread more
MUMBAI: Universal Music Group and TikTok have announced a new licensing agreement, marking the enread more
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MUMBAI: Google initiated testing of the 'hum to search' feature in late 2023 on its YouTube Musicread more
MUMBAI: The worlds of art and technology have always had an intricate relationship, but in recenread more
MUMBAI: Pop band Faridkot, consisting of members IP Singh and Rajarshi Sanyal, recently sat down for an exclusive interview to discuss their latest...read more
