MUMBAI: Big Music announced the launch of its latest spiritual album Mahamritunjay Mantra... by Jagjit Singh. The Mahamrityunjay Mantra, which is addressed to Lord Shiva is a centuries old technique of connecting one to pure consciousness and bliss. The mantra is said to rejuvenate, bestow health, wealth, a long life, peace, prosperity, satisfaction, immortality and contentment.
read moreMUMBAI: One of the most popular contestants ever to appear on American Idol gives his fans an all-access pass to the wildly successful television show - and opens up about how becoming an Idol star changed his life forever.
read moreMUMBAI: Mumbai was up and running on January 18, 2009, in Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon. After the dastardly attacks on 26/11 a strong message sent out to the world Mumbai is safe.... �Mumbai runs to secure its future' campaign is an attempt by Radio Mirchi 98.3FM to motivate and guide all its listeners to participate in the great run.
read moreMUMBAI: iPhone application, Talk Radio, will audio stream Barack Obama's historic Presidential Inauguration, Tuesday, January 19, 2009. At the request of both customers and news agencies, Talk Radio will add a special host program for the inauguration. Users of the application will now be able to participate in this historic event by audio stream from anywhere in the world where their phone has a network connection.
read moreMUMBAI: Radio Mirchi's website, www.radiomirchi.com has been adjudged the most popular Radio and TV website of 2008 in the recent survey conducted by Metrix Labs and AC Nielsen. Organized by Metrix Labs and AC Nielsen since 2004, the Website of the year 2008 awards aim to capture the framework and user understanding that the site has embodied in its design, deployment of technology and content.
read moreMUMBAI: Green-and-gold bangles jingling to the rhythm of the dance, traditional gold-lined ghagras and salwar suits, red-and-green parandas' marked the celebration of Lohri,the Punjabi harvest festival at Siliguri. Radio Misty 94.3 fm, the First and Number one fm station of North Bengal and Sikkim partnered with Punjabi Biradari of North Bengal for Lohri Punjab Di. Famous Punjabi Troupe Ranguwal and Party performed folk and modern songs. Traditional dances were performed on stage. People could have the taste of Maaki ki roti, sarson ka saag and other Punjabi cuisine.
read moreMUMBAI: Colorado-based author Laura Faeth recounts the healing power of music in her new release, I Found All the Parts: Healing the Soul Through Rock �n' Roll (Wyatt-MacKenzie, November 2008). According to Faeth, rock �n' roll makes spiritual transformation possible.
read moreMUMBAI: The Kannada film industry and Karnataka's music fraternity were in deep shock Saturday over the death of 39-year-old renowned musician and actor Raju Ananthaswamy at a hospital here. Ananthaswamy was suffering from a kidney problem for many months and was under treatment. He is survived by his mother Shantha and two sisters who live in the US. He was divorced many years ago. Ananthaswamy was a renowned music composer and singer of Kannada Sugam Sangeet (light music).
read moreMUMBAI: The world's most popular online video community YouTube has announced the launch of the "YouTube Symphony Orchestra" (www.youtube.com/symphonyin), the world's first collaborative online orchestra and summit in December 2008. The purpose of this initiave is to give Indian musicians a unique opportunity to perform alongside musicians of all instruments and styles from all over the world. For this, musicians from the Bangalore based William Joseph International Academy have also been roped in - their performances will be filmed and uploaded to YouTube.
read moreMUMBAI: A research conducted by specialist consumer research agency 'The Leading Question' and leading digital music business company 'Music Ally' has revealed that many consumers prefer their internet service providers as music suppliers in the digital arena.
read moreMUMBAI: STATE CHIEF Minister, O Ibobi will launch a five-minute mid-day Manipuri bulletin of the All India Radio Imphal on January 21 . Deputy Director (News), BB Sharma informed through a press release that this is the first of its kind among the All India Radio Stations in the North Eastern Region. The Chief Minister will also open three FM news headlines at 12 noon, 2 pm and 4 pm at the same function.
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