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MUMBAI: Tagore's birth anniversary, a festive occasion in Bengal, is celebrated nationwide with reverence. In Bengal, it's akin to a sacred day, marked by cultural events and performances.
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MUMBAI: After the success of Anoushka Shankar live in concert, Vh1 under its annual Handpicked initiative will host three-city India tour of Finnish rock band ‘Poets of the Fall’. Spanning across Bangalore, New Delhi and Pune, the tour will be held on 22, 24 and 25 August at Hard Rock Cafe.
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MUMBAI: Commemorating 65th year of India’s independence, music channel 9XM has taken an innovative route. The channel is celebrating the day with a special version of Vande Mataram which is sung in the Acapella style by a US based band called Penn Masala. Comprising of students from the University of Pennsylvania, the band has recreated AR Rahman’s version of the track without the use of any musical instruments. As per the Acapella style, the band has used their vocals to emulate the sounds of the various instruments.
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NEW DELHI: In a unique foray, Red FM has commenced a series to pay tributes to those who successfully fought criminals to protect themselves and their dear ones in the National Capital Territory of Delhi. As reported by Radioandmusic.com earlier, the objective of the ‘Crime Ki Keh Ke Lenge’ campaign is to make more people aware of their social responsibilities. RJs Peeyuush and Swati talk to different bravehearts who come to the studios every morning and relate their stories.
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MUMBAI: Moving forward from the recently hit tragedy, UK Bhangra group RDB is all set to take a fresh start with a comeback tour in Pakistan. The tour entitled 'The Kings are back tour' will commence from 21 August to 30 September. For the first time, the band will also be accompanied by UK’s leading Urban-Bhangra artist Nindy Kaur. The tour will include four cities shows in Lahore, Multan, Karachi and Islamabad. The first show in Pakistan is slated to be held on 13 September in Lahore followed by Multan on 15 September. The dates for others cities are yet to be finalized.
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MUMBAI: As the festive season approaches, Radio City is gearing up with innovative programming for its listeners. The station has initiated special segments for ‘Independence Day’ and ‘Eid’ in Delhi and Lucknow respectively.
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NEW DELHI: Overcoming their physical barrier to nurture insatiable passion for music, a young group of visually challenged people, ‘Blind with Camera’, have shot a video of ‘Rangeele’, one of the songs from music maestro Kailash Kher’s Kailasa Records album Kailasa Rangeele. The video was shot as part of a music video competition ‘Kathagaan’ announced by Kailasa Records to understand the myriad visual interpretations of the music of Rangeele.
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MUMBAI: Popstar Lady Gaga has now roped in her best friend actor Lindsay Lohan for her recently titled album ‘Artpop’. Lohan will feature in the music video of a single from the album, but the details of the track are yet to be disclosed. The two stars went public with their friendship last month after staging a slumber party at a hotel in Los Angeles and posting pictures online. Lohan has been making a comeback in recent months after several years in and out of jail and rehab. Through this move, Gaga has given a major career boost to her friend.
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MUMBAI: Enabling Xperia users to enjoy new advanced applications, Sony is all set to enhance its Xperia P smartphones with an upgraded version of 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Sony India has confirmed the much awaited roll out of ICS update in the fourth week of August.
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MUMBAI: Singer-songwriter Apeksha Dandekar who is trying to make a mark in music industry as a live artist and playback singer, is all set to make her television debut with Coke Studio @ MTV Season 2.
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MUMBAI: With labels like Universal, EMI and Sony Music setting to explore the forsaken regional market of Indian music industry, Times Music which had tread on a clear regionalization path for the last few years has taken this competition as an opportunity to boost the laidback genre. Over the past few years, Times Music has created a phenomenal global publishing administration and digital distribution network with wide repertoire in regional languages. The company is quite clear with its strategic viewpoint to go global.
read moreMUMBAI: Contributing its pie in educating the country, Big FM has initiated one-of-a-kind property titled ‘Big Disha’. The education based rural marketing programme offers career counseling to small town youth to make informed career decisions, on the basis of their interest and personality. The strategy behind coming up with this initiative was to help unravel myths, make known the true potential about different streams and professional courses through experts, and guide students to pick up careers based on their personality type and interest areas.
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MUMBAI: Universal Music Group (UMG) delivered impressive first-quarter earnings that surpassed exread more
MUMBAI: Universal Music Group and TikTok have announced a new licensing agreement, marking the enread more
MUMBAI: Vianet Media, founded by Mr.read more
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: Tagore's birth anniversary, a festive occasion in Bengal, is celebrated nationwide with reverence. In Bengal, it's akin to a sacred day,...read more
MUMBAI: The world’s premier music publication, Billboard Magazine, has released its 2024 International Power Players list, honouring executives who...read more
MUMBAI: 2x-Grammy-nominated artist and producer Steve Aoki announces the forthcoming release of his 9th studio album, set to drop June 28. Aoki...read more
