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MUMBAI: After making a comeback on radio on Meow FM and hosting the night slot, �Meow Masti' for a month, RJ Siddharth Kannan has now taken over as host of breakfast show, �Meow Zindagi'.
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MUMBAI:Indian Heritage Society (IHS) is organizing 'Mumbai Sanskruti' a two-day music festival on the steps of heritage site 'Town Hall' at on 7and 8 March, 2009. The festival is an effort to increase awareness of the rich culture and heritage of the city. The first day will see performance by vocalist Rashid Ali Khan where as the second day will feature contemporary classical musicians like Niladri Kumar, Selva Ganesh, Sivamani and Louis Banks.
read moreMUMBAI: Big FM has appointed Nikhil Mehta as Regional Sales Director – West and Vivek Mahajan as Head - SME and new business development. Mehta will be heading sales for the West region, including New Business Development in key markets and will be reporting into National Sales Head Pankaj Chandra. Vivek Mahajan, who has been appointed as Head – SME and New Business Development, Maharashtra, will be responsible for bringing in new advertisers to radio, while creating innovative properties for Clients Mahajan will report to Nikhil Mehta.
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MUMBAI: Real, the newly launched Hindi entertainment channel will launch a music talent show, �Sitaron Ko Choona Hai' from 9 March. The musical show will be aired every Monday to Thursday at 8 pm. Sitaron Ko Choona Hai will look out for performers and would judge singers not only for their singing skills, but stage presence and performance as well. The show will witness 12 participants contesting to win the best singer title and they would be groomed and styled by the mentors, much like producers Miditech's earlier effort, Fame Gurukul.
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MUMBAI: Popular music reality show Indian Idol finally got its first female winner in its fourth edition in the form of Sourabhee Debbarma, who won the grand finale in Mumbai on Sunday night. 22 year old Sourabhee, who hails from Tripura, belted out popular numbers confidently and piped other finalists - Bengali girl Torsha Sarkar and army man Kapil Thapa.
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MUMBAI: Now that A R Rahman has done what no music director in India has achieved in years, a long festival of sorts is in the making to celebrate his Oscar win. Rahman would be visiting Thiruvananthapuram on 14 April (Vishu, Kerala new year) for a benefit concert for the rehabilitation of AIDS-afflicted children at the Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium as part of non-profit social organization Global Kerala Initiative. This charity show will be part of A R Rahman's world tour.
read moreNEW DELHI: General Motors India has launched an online contest, �Spark Muzic anthem', based on its newly launched variant, Spark Muzic. Says GM India VP-sales, marketing and after-sales Ankush Arora, The �Spark Muzic Anthem' initiative undertakes an innovative use of the internet to reach out to our customers.... The contest, which asks participants to sing the �Spark anthem' to win prizes, will announce the winners during the second week of April.
read moreNEW DELHI: A series of films tracing the history of Kashmiri Sufiana Music and paying a tribute to the best masters of Sufi Music in the Kashmir valley, �Films on Kashmiri Sufiana Music', was released at the festival of Kashmir arts and crafts in the capital by J and K Governor N N Vohra. The three-part series, which has been produced and directed by renowned filmmaker Mushtaq Bala, attempts through in-depth research to show the richness of the Kashmiri Sufiana music which still reverberates in the valley.
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MUMBAI: Eros International launched a band ADZ - Rising in Mumbai on Friday during the music launch of its forthcoming film Aa Dekhen Zara.
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MUMBAI: Concerts like ShiVHari happen but rarely – and when they happen, it's better not to miss them. The most awaited concerts of the year - ShivHari- A jugalbandi by Pt Shivkumar Sharma and Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia - on 27 February - was nothing less than mesmerising – for those who attended, this would still mean like an understatement.
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MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government plans to start an three music festival named after Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, to be held at three venues annually, including Mumbai. State minister for cultural affairs Harshvardhan Patil on Thursday announced several initiatives in the field of Indian classical music, including the establishment of a gurukul to teach the Kirana gharana style, a cash award for stalwarts and a festival name after Joshi.
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MUMBAI: BIG FM, one of India’s leading radio networks, presented the second edition of BIG IMPACread more
MUMBAI: BIG FM, India's leading radio network, successfully concludes the third season of 'Mairead more
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MUMBAI: 93.5 Red FM, India’s leading private radio and entertainment network announced the fourtread more
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MUMBAI: Paytm Insider and Hyperlink proudly announce the grand spectacle of Aditya Birla Group 'Masters of Music’, an extraordinary concert bringing...read more
MUMBAI: Nisa has unleashed “Dance Alone”, the final preview track off her debut album Shapeshifting due out this Friday, April 26 via Tender Loving...read more
MUMABI: Leading Indian content studio Jio Studios and Studio Green Films, a premiere film production and distribution company owned by Mr. K.E....read more
MUMBAI: From the hard-hitting rhymes of Baccha Kisko Bol Raha Hai, Tiger Baby Records now moves to disco and funk for the label’s third release,...read more
MUMBAI: Big Boss Fame Munawar Faruqui is known for his exceptional music talent, apart from his comedy. He has produced several popular hits...read more
