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Niche genres of music have been struggling to preserve their sounds ever since cable TV and internet invaded the country’s popular sound and visual scape. Two decades on, bastions of jazz and pop music, mainly in urban areas, are still thriving albeit smaller but more fanatical followers may who faithfully keep the fire burning.
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MUMBAI: 9X Jhakaas Music Yatra - the travelling musical platform by Maharashtra’s first Marathi music channel 9X Jhakaas, will air a unique musical show called Goonj. A complete treat for instrumental music lovers, Goonj will feature internationally acclaimed flutist Pravin Ghodkhindi and his son Shadaj Ghodkhindi. Goonj will premiere on 9X Jhakaas on Saturday, 29th December 2012 at 9pm and will also have a repeat telecast on Sunday, 30th December 2012 at 9 am and at 10 pm.
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Label: Sony Music Music: Vishal Bhardwaj Lyrics: Gulzar Singers: Sukhwinder Singh, Ranjit Barot, Vishal Bhardwaj, Prem Dehati, Rekha Bhardwaj, Shankar Mahadevan, Mohit Chauhan, Master Saleem, Pankaj Kapur, Imran Khan and Umoja.
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MUMBAI: Actor Shreyas Talpade released music video “HOGI SALMAN KI SHAADI” on 26th December 2012, at Bungalow No 125, SVP Nagar, Mhada, 4 bungalow, Andheri (W), wherein approximately entire media also wished that Salman should get married now. As Salman’s birthday is on 27th December, so this album is dedicated to him. Unlimited fans of Salman Khan also wants him to get married. Shreyas expressed his well wishes to the makers and to Salman Khan also. Entire team and Shreyas also celebrated Salman's birthday by cutting a cake.
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MUMBAI: Radio City has registered itself in the ‘Limca Book of Records’ for ‘Tallest Christmas Tree’ ever created. The 30 feet high tree decorated by gifts collected from listeners over the last 10 days is placed at Ambience Mall, Gurgaon.
read moreMUMBAI: Enthralling stage, good music, divine food, drinks and the perfect ambience – get set to welcome 2013 @ Hard Rock Cafe. A place known for its signature décor, enviable music memorabilia and the mouth-watering food will be decked up to soar up your party spirits on New Year’s Eve. Every year, the café witnesses thronging crowds screaming for more music, food and drinks. Well, to spice up one of the most talked about year-ends; the Café has a very special celebration in store for you!
read moreMUMBAI: Big FM New Delhi has initiated the third edition of its city-wide campaign – ‘Darya Dilli’, which aims at making the chilly winters of the city a more tolerable affair for its underprivileged residents. With the winters of 2011-2012 claiming at least 10 lives a day in Delhi alone, Big FM is conducting a city-wide collection drive encouraging the more privileged citizens of the city to donate clothing which can shelter the poor and under privileged from the harsh and cold weather.
read moreNEW DELHI: The Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity has extended by three months up to 31 March 2013 the empanelment of FM Radio channels. This follows the failure of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry to announce the guidelines for empanelment and rate of FM Radio channels. The current deadline was to expire on 31 December and it is understood that the Ministry is trying to iron out some thorny issues so that it can also clear the path for ascending e-auction of the FM Radio Phase III.
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MUMBAI: Indian Idol 6 winner Vipul Mehta recently launched his debut album 'Hello Namaste Sat Sri Akal' on Universal Music. The album consists of seven tracks ranging from new compositions to cover versions of old Bollywood classics.
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MUMBAI: After ruling 2012 with its successful sale of handsets, Samsung is now aiming to retain its position on the leaderboard in 2013 by shipping a total of 510 million mobiles, out of which 390mn are said to be smartphones. While the Korean giant is widely expected to ship around 420mn phones this year with 288mn devices already sold in the first three quarters, it aims to beat its rival Apple by managing sales of 510mn, with 390mn for smartphones and 120mn for feature phones respectively. Thus, it is expected to sell around 20 per cent more devices in 2013 compared to 2012.
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MUMBAI: With music consumption on digital platforms gaining tract, most labels are aiming to create innovations to gain from the space. Leading music label Saregama India has also gone down the route by recently launching an internet radio streaming service on its portal. The radio streaming service will offer a wide range of genres from its catalogue which includes Malayalam, Punjabi folk music, instrumental tracks, Marathi, Carnatic, Hindustani classical, Bengali Rabindra Sangeet and film hits, Tamil film, Telugu and devotional tracks and Hindi film classics.
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MUMBAI: Google is gearing up to introduce a Gemini Artificial Intelligence (AI) extension for Youread more
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
MUMBAI: Vianet Media, founded by Mr.read more
MUMBAI: Google initiated testing of the 'hum to search' feature in late 2023 on its YouTube Musicread more
MUMBAI: Musician Munawar Faruqui recently announced his latest masterpiece, ‘Dhandho’ marking his first release post-Bigg Boss 17 win. Created in...read more
MUMBAI: Canadian-based sensation Jerry is set to redefine the Punjabi music scene with his ground-breaking debut album, 'RAW”. With a string of...read more
MUMBAI: Renowned Indian musician- singer Jubin Nautiyal, is set to cast a spell on UK audiences with his captivating vocals during his highly...read more
MUMBAI: Set to transport audiences back to the early 2000s musical era, the iconic verse ‘Dekha Tenu Pehli Pehli Baar Ve’ from the song ‘Say Shava...read more
MUMBAI: Percept Live, creators of Asia’s largest dance music festival ‘Sunburn’ and India’s first BDM show ‘Bollyboom’, has announced a tie up with ‘...read more
