MUMBAI: Saregama India Ltd has launched Band Called Nine's debut album �Rewind' on Sunday, 5th June at Bluefrog. The album has created a new non-film genre with a story telling-meets-song concept, which consists of nine tracks with a narration. Neelesh Misra is the creative director and lyricist, while Shilpa Rao is the lead vocalist and Amartya Rahut is the music composer of the band. The album was launched by Bollywood singer Vishal Dadlani and the event saw live performances by Shilpa Rao and Neelesh Misra.
read moreMUMBAI: After delivering blockbuster like Dabangg, the musical duo Sajid-Wajid is back with Housefull 2. Confirming the news to Radioandmusic.com, Sajid said, The music of Housefull 2 is different from Housefull and Hey Babyy, this time we are experimenting with various forms of classical beats like thumbri, tabla and much more. I can assure you that the music of Housefull 2 will be a chartbuster.... It's the first time that the composers will work with Sajid Khan, the director of two hit ventures Heyy Babyy and Housefull.
read moreMUMBAI: Red FM undertook a series of activity to celebrate the World Environment Day across the country including Jabalpur, Vizag, Bhubaneshwar, Vadodara, Varanasi and Bhopal.
read moreMUMBAI: Grammy winner Lady Gaga's hit single �Bad Romance' was officially the most played single on UK radio last year. According to the annual airplay chart compiled by music licensing company PPL, the pop queen topped the charts with 'Bad Romance' at number one and her other single 'Alejandro' at number three while Alicia Keys's 'Empire State of Mind' took the runner-up spot. The previous year's chart was topped by Lily Allen, with her single The Fear.
read moreMUMBAI: Radio One has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with Manipal University, to provide students with academic training, infrastructure, networking links, and to facilitate joint programs and teaching collaborations.
read moreMUMBAI: Lavina Tauro has been promoted as senior vice-president, voice products for the UTV Interactive vertical, the digital arm of the UTV Group. Under her leadership, the company has launched audio cinema, and executed products in the devotional and music space, both vital components of the UTV Interactive division.
read moreMUMBAI: Hungama has tied up with Finnish mobile application developer, Huuked Labs to integrate its digital store content by launching an Indian specific app 'Huuked.' This is a mobile file-sharing software application for Symbian Series 60 and Java enabled handsets.
read moreMUMBAI: The French regulators have banned the usage of the words 'Facebook' and 'Twitter' on radio and television programs. President Nicolas Sarkozy's colleagues have agreed to uphold a 1992 decree, which stipulates that commercial enterprises should not be promoted on news programs, states a report. The law allows broadcasting anchors to use the brand names, only if a news story is specifically about either of the two companies.
read moreNEW DELHI: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court today issued notice to the Central Government and the Central Board of Film Certification on a public interest litigation seeking stay on public exhibition of Salman Khan starrer movie 'Ready' which has already been released. A vacation division bench of Justices Devi Prasad Singh and SC Chaurasia of the Court asked the respondents to file a reply on the issue by 12 June.
read moreMUMBAI: To support the United Nations Environmental Programme's World Environment Day celebrations, Wizcraft International Entertainment has created a song along with Shubha Mudgal, Debojyoti Mishra and Sam Panchamukhi for the upcoming, World Environment Day. Together, the three artists have infused their true feeling about the environment in the song. Earlier this week, IIFA and UNEP have struck a partnership in a bid to protect the environment by saving forests.
read moreMUMBAI: Music in Goa is known for its Latin American roots and one Goan musician Colin D'Cruz got the opportunity to perform Latin-jazz with a couple of masters from Brazil and America. Thanks to the Internet.
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