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MUMBAI: What you do today has repercussions tomorrow…so plant a sapling today so that the fruit is borne tomorrow... – with this belief NINE FM, Gangtok has joined hands in making Sikkim �Clean and Green'.
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MUMBAI: The melody queen of Kolkatta, Suparna Acharya is yet again at her best with a Thumri based ghazal � Ab katla hoke teri mehfil mein aye' in Pooja Bhatt's Kajraare. Kajraare is a complete package of good music by actor, singer and composer Himmesh Reshammiya. Bapi –Tutul who have discovered the new talent in Suparna has also done the background score of the film. Tutul feels that such singers have vanished from the industry. Suparna has a perfect voice to do justice to Thumri based numbers and surely reminds of Begum Akhtar.
read moreMUMBAI: The head of the United Nations agency responsible for cultural issues is paying tribute today to music as a cornerstone of understanding in South-East Europe at a gathering of the leaders from nearly a dozen regional countries in Istanbul, the 2010 European Capital of Culture.
read moreMUMBAI: Fever 104 FM kickstarted the second season of Fever Music Mahotsav Season from 21 June with the theme revolving around R D Burman's music – the boss of Bollywood music. All the elements of the Music Mahotsav this year will celebrate the Boss' music with the programming peppered with interesting elements such as Boss Kaun Thha (Interesting trivia capsules on RD Burman's music), unplugged tributes to RD and a guess-the-RD-tune contest where listeners can win lakhs of money!
read moreMUMBAI: The first official broadcast of a FIFA World Cup(tm) match in Swahili has taken place in South Africa, with BBC World Service broadcasting live in Swahili from the Serbia v Ghana match on 13 June In this historic first, the commentary team of Charles Hilary and Salim Kikeke commentated live from the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria to cover the Serbia v Ghana game The match was broadcast to Africa via the BBC's FM partner relays.
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MUMBAI: After successfully hunting talent in four cities of the country, �Generation A-Star Mirchi Create with Agnee', the first radio reality show by Radio Mirchi in association with Indi rock band Agnee, was in the city of Bangalore to scout its fifth finalist. Sneha Ravichandran & Mihika Bolangady were chosen as the winners from the city who will compete with other selected participants in the grand finale to be held on 10 July.
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MUMBAI: After hosting and judging several reality shows, singer Shaan will now make a brief appearance on Disney Channel's popular show Ishaan - the first musical on Indian Television for Tweens and their families
read moreMUMBAI: British Phonographic Industry (BPI), has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Google asking the popular search engine take down links that lead to popular file-sharing sites, including Megaupload, 4shared.com, Zippyshare, and MediaFire. The complaint says there are at least 38 links "available via Google's search engine, and [requests these] links be removed as soon a possible as they directly link to sound recordings owned by [BPI] members."
read moreMUMBAI: One of heavy metal's most respected and influential bands, Slayer, is about to enter the "app age" with the launch of Slayer: Pinball Rocks, a new pinball game app developed in conjunction with American Recordings/Columbia Records, Sony Music Entertainment and Gameprom. "As a life-size pinball player, this looks so awesome," said Slayer's Kerry King. "It looks really fun and entertaining, with a shot of evil, and it could definitely keep me up all night with a few shots for myself..."
read moreMUMBAI: Leo Burnett India pocketed a Silver Radio Lion for its work becoming the sole Indian agency to grab awards in the radio category at Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival 2010. The Radio Lions category winners were announced on the third day of the advertising festival. Leo Burnett India grabbed the metal for their work done for Bajaj Electricals, titled �Pleasure of Mixing 'in the best use of music and sound design category. The spot was produced by Lingo India Mumbai and K V Sridhar was the chief creative officer
read moreMUMBAI: Desitara.com and Stereo Nation's contest "Sing and Dance along with me in the UK" has come to an end with Kanchan Dora being announced as the winner. She will get a chance to perform along with Taz in a concert to be held in UK.
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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: Summer break boredom kicking in? Say no more!read more
MUMBAI: The market for sample packs is more saturated than ever–forcing modern sample libraries read more
MUMBAI: Many new and exciting Indian pop talents have called Molfa Music home in the past year, including singer-songwriter Ananya Jafa, whose latest...read more
MUMBAI: Nashville Harbor/Harpeth 60 Records multi-Platinum selling artist, Chris Janson, has just announced summer dates for his captivating and...read more
MUMBAI: Prepare for a musical experience as Samarth Swarup gears up for the release of his upcoming EP “Sama". Produced by Bhushan Kumar, the EP...read more
The premiere episode of Pokémon’s new series is slated to launch on Hungama on May 25 read more
MUMBAI: Pacha Ibiza’s legendary Flower Power is back again this season, reimagined for a new era while staying true to its core essence. Every...read more
