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MUMBAI: Hope For Haiti Now; A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief" featured one-of-a-kind performances by Wyclef Jean, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Shakira and Sting in New York, Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Dave Matthews, John Legend, Justin Timberlake, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift, Emeline Michel and a group performance by Keith Urban, Kid Rock, and Sheryl Crow in Los Angeles and Beyonc?©, Coldplay and a group performance by Bono, The Edge, Jay-Z and Rihanna in London.
read moreMUMBAI: The Indian music industry's cheer over royalty and co-ownership as mooted by the proposed amendments to the Indian Copyright Act might be short lived as film producers are now ganging up against the move.
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MUMBAI: Renowned classical flautist Pt Ronu Majumdar revealed his new album 'Breathless Flute' under the World Wide Records on 28 January 2010. The album was launched by jazz pianist Louis Banks, Jackie Shroff, composer Shantanu Moitra and filmmaker Viveck Vaswani Breathless Flute can be considered as one of the most contemporary offering by the classical musician till date. Is that to break the conventional norms of classical music?
read moreMUMBAI: Liberty Satellite Radio is wrapping up its purchase of satellite radio company Worldspace, reports website Rapidtvnews. Documents filed before a US Bankruptcy Court show that an agreement has been reached. Liberty has, to date, paid a total of US$19.6m to keep Worldspace afloat. In India, Worldspace has been silent since the beginning of 2010. Liberty, that was expected to pick up the India operations of the Indian arm, apparently changed its mind only in December 2009, leaving subscribers and employees alike, in the lurch.
read moreMUMBAI: Radio Mirchi has announced the second edition of its Mirchi Music Awards that will be held on 10 Febuary in Mumbai to felicitate talent from the Indian music industry.
read moreMUMBAI: The Association of Radio Operators of India (AROI) has pressed the information and broadcasting ministry for independence to generate and air news like other media including television, print and the internet.
read moreMUMBAI: After launching its flagship music store and bundling its handsets with 'Comes with Music' application, handset manufacturer giant Nokia has announced to launch its new handset X6 without the music service. The company has instead replaced it by 25 free tracks from the Nokia music store
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MUMBAI: Avadhoot Gupte's much controversial presentation, Marathi film Jhenda has hard hitting tracks complementing the flow of the film. Although the movie is based on the strong theme of politics where music is of secondary importance, the score still manages to stand out. Being the director and script writer helps Gupte in penning and composing tracks in the film, with a deeper understanding of the central theme. Although he's best known as a musician, Gupte doesn't overdo the music bit and does justice to the script as well.
read moreMUMBAI: According to Grammy.com, the official page of the Grammy awards, the 52 awards will be special in many ways.
read moreMUMBAI: Only Much Louder (OML), strong holders in India's Independent music scenario will be venturing into the digital space soon. OML founder Vijay Nair told Radioadmusic.com that their soon to be launched digital production house will focus on creating technology and software's meant for musicians.
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MUMBAI: Looks like the new version of the iconic anthem Mile Sur Mera Tumhara has failed to strike a chord with the Aam Junta. This time, with the 'sur' completely out of tune, the new song has revoked reactions from various quarters through social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Apparently, majority of the reactions on the web are angst ridden.
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MUMBAI: Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India has announced the appointment of Dr Bikrread more
MUMBAI: The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC) announced today that it has filed a legal aread more
MUMBAI: The world is a stage! Literally.read more
MUMBAI: Anara Publishing continues to make waves in the Indian music scene, building on their iniread more
MUMBAI: Google is gearing up to introduce a Gemini Artificial Intelligence (AI) extension for Youread more
