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MUMBAI: Gnarwhal, the genre-bending rock phenomenon hailing from the remote northern Canadian city of Yellowknife, continues to captivate audiences with the release of their latest single, the title track from their upcoming album “Altered States”.
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MUMBAI: For the first time, the music played during the opening and closing ceremonies of the London 2012 Olympic Games will be released digitally. The albums from each of the ceremonies will be available online immediately after completion of events. The ‘Isles of Wonder – music for the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics’ will be made available on 29 July 2012, while ‘A Symphony of British Music – music for the Closing Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games’ will be released on 12 August 2012.
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MUMBAI: In a bid to promote upcoming talents, renowned singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya has planned to set up a recording studio and facilitate young talents with the recording equipments. The singer is planning to build a tech-savvy recording studio for upcoming music directors, singers and arranger who don’t have access to the right kind of singing equipment and facilities.
read moreMUMBAI: Celebrating its fifth anniversary, My FM Ahmedabad station has initiated a five-day musical extravaganza for its listeners. The station plans to play over 800 songs till the culmination of anniversary special on 21 July. Bringing a personal touch to the celebration, the station is also running a contest inviting listeners to send in their playlist and the best one will be selected and played for an hour on-air. Culminating on 21 July, the show is featuring host of renowned celebrities sharing their favourite song as the part of the initiative.
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NEW DELHI: Paying musical homage to versatile singer Mohammed Rafi marking his 32nd death anniversary on 31 July, an audio CD ‘Rafi Tu Hai Chanda’ was released in New Delhi last evening.
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MUMBAI: After debuting as a composer in the movie 'Aalaap', renowned rock bank Agnee is all set to perform promotional concerts across four cities in India. The band will perform live gig on 19 and 24 July in Surat and Mumbai respectively. The concerts will feature Agnee's popular tracks including songs from the movie 'Aalaap'. The band also plans to perform in Delhi and Chennai, but it is yet to be confirmed.
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MUMBAI: Embracing spiritualism with poetry and music, renowned bollywood singers will perform at the nine day Srinathji Temple festival this year. Commencing from 19 August, the annual event will feature performances by Kailash Kher, Sunidhi Chauhan, Kavita Seth, KK, Sunali and Roopkumar Rathod, Prince and Group and Indo-Pak mushaira with poets amongst others. It will also witness a recital of Morari Bapu’s Ramkatha every morning until its culmination on 28 August.
read moreMUMBAI: Handset maker Nokia has partnered with RockeTalk and Maxus India to launch audio game show Nokia Mobile Antakshari. Based on popular television series Antakshari, the show will enable Nokia Asha phone users across the country to sing and answer music related questions simultaneously. The mobile users will also win a chance to perform in the Gala round in front of more than 8.6 million users. The construct will allow Nokia to 'vital connect' with over 2 lakh 'deep engaged users' and 'passive connect' with the rest of the millions.
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MUMBAI: After his successful musical journey with heavy metal band Iron Maiden, frontman Steve Harris is all set to release his solo album 'British Lion' on 24 September. The album to be released on EMI Music comprises of 10 songs featuring the heavy-rock singer's collaborative work composed over the past few years during Iron Maiden tours and releases. The album enlists tracks like 'This Is My God', 'Lost Worlds', 'Karma Killer', 'Us against the World', 'The Chosen Ones', 'A World Without Heaven', 'Judas', 'Eyes Of The Young', 'These Are The Hands' and 'The Lesson'.
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MUMBAI: Celebrating soulful melodies in 'Khazana a festival of Ghazals', renowned ghazal singers will once again share stage to raise funds for cancer aid and thalassemia awareness campaign on 27-28 July at Hotel Oberoi in Mumbai. The fest in its 11th year will feature acclaimed talents like Pankaj Udhas, Bhupinder and Mitali Singh, Anup Jatola, Talat Aziz, Hariharan, Ahmed and Mohd Hussain alongwith upcoming artistes like Chandreya Bhattacharya and Suchismita Das.
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NEW DELHI: All India Radio (AIR) will broadcast the opening and closing ceremonies of the London Olympics 2102 live on its national channel as well as on AIR FM Gold (106.4 MHz) on 27 July and 13 August respectively. In addition, the matches relating to hockey where India has qualified and football will also be broadcast live along with the semi-finals and finals. AIR sources told Radioandmusic.com the public broadcaster has drawn up extensive plans to give live telecast of the women’s hockey final and the men’s football final.
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Mumbai: Popular playback singer Mamta Sharma who ruled the charts with her item number 'Munni Badnam Hui,' is looking forward to enthrall her fans at a live concert on 12 August in Chennai. The singer will perform on her popular tracks including 'Munni Badnaam Hui', 'Tinku Jiya', 'Anarkali Disco Chali', 'Aa Re Pritam Pyaare' and the latest 'Bol Bol Bachchan'. She will be accompanied by her band of musicians and two playback singers.
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