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MUMBAI: Savera, one of the renowned singer-songwriters and music composers emerging from the Indian independent music scene has released his latest single titled ‘Aahista’.
read moreMUMBAI: German broadcaster Deutsche Welle has partnered with Bangladesh's bdnews24.com, as thetwo news providers will work together in the future on several shared multimedia projects. Readers can now access three links to Deutsche Welle content from bdnews24.com's Bengali and English homepages, including DW-TV's livestream, and English and Bengali news on DW-WORLD.DE. In addition, DW-AKADEMIE will provide technical assistance and support in creating a new concept for the company's website, according to a
read moreMUMBAI: Media company Bertelsmann AG will soon launch a music rights business in an effort to become a service provider for artists.
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MUMBAI: Jon Bon Jovi is being sued for $400 billion by a Boston musician, Samuel Bartley Steele. Steele, who fronts the 'Chelsea City Council' band has accused Bon Jovi of stealing lyrics from his song '(Man I Really) Love This Team'. Samuel Bartley Steele, the front man for a band, believes Bon Jovi heard his song while campaigning in Boston for John Kerry in '04 then used the lyrics in his own song entitled, 'I Love This Town'
read moreMUMBAI: Times Music sub brand Junglee Music has bagged the music rights of One More Thought Entertainment's two films, �Dusvidaniya' and �Khalbali - Fun Unlimited' slated to release later this year. Junglee's last acquistion was Rimi Sen, Nana Patekar and Mozammil Ibrahim starrer Horn Ok Please. The new sibling of Times Music has earlier launched Anees Bazmee's two earlier movies, 'Welcome' and 'Singh Is Kinng', which later made headlines after the digital rights were sold for a record price to UTV New Media.
read moreBANGLORE: After a year or more of planning, dreaming, hoping and praying, the wait is finally over for Bangalore band Lounge Piranha. After two months of rigorous recording sessions in a studio in Chennai, the band finally launched their much awaited album, Going Nowhere, on 12 October. Amidst the ban on live bands and music in the city, LP still managed to pull a decent crowd of approximately 150 at the Alliance de Fran?§ais. The album is a seven song EP recorded and produced by Noam from Tel Aviv under the name of Mongrel Records.
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MUMBAI: The heavily promoted Def Leppard concert, scheduled to happen on 17 and 19 October in Bangalore and Mumbai has been indefinitely postponed. E-18, the organisers have cited recent serial blasts in the country and other violent occurences as the reasons for this development. When contacted, E-18 CEO Farhad Wadia said, "How can you have a concert when there are bomb blasts in the country? Security was one of the main reasons why we had to postpone the concert. Eventually, the band also decided not to perform since the situation is too precarious."
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MUMBAI: Mumbai-born composer Ashutosh Phatak will be releasing his debut album, Sigh of an Angel, under the Blue Frog label on 16 October 2008 at Blue Frog, Lower Parel.
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NEW DELHI: Shraddha Pandit, who has earlier done playback playback for films like Khamoshi-The Musical, Sangharsh, Khoobsurat, Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hai, Soch and Raju Chacha- has now come out with a new album for which she has not only sung but written and composed the lyrics The new album 'Teri Heer' by the 24 year old singer, combines Sufi and Indian genres and has been released by Sony BMG.
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NEW DELHI: Indian pop star Daler Mehndi has been invited by Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari to Islamabad as an Ambassador of Peace and Harmony. Daler Mehndi's first sufi album Bismillah is to be launched in Pakistan by the President himself. It is the first time that the President of that country has invited an Indian artiste and declared him an Ambassador of Peace and Harmony.
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MUMBAI: The ongoing Pranganga Swarotsov Sangeet Parampara celebrated in memory of Late Pt. Kishan Maharaj and Late Pt. Narayan Chakravarthy saw one of the highly revered Padma Shree award winner Smt. Sitara Devi perform on October 10, 2008. Though the danseuse was not in best of her health, Sitara Devi displayed such zest for life that audience stood up applauding for the courage she displayed at the age of 86. She entered the venue with a walker and was assisted by two people to climb the stage. But the moment Dr Soma Ghosh began to sing, she became the face of Dr.
read moreMUMBAI: British broadcaster Channel 4 has abandoned its plans to launch three digital radio stations as it struggles to cope with financial recession The broadcaster, reports say, can no longer afford the ?10 million cost of launching the service as the advertising revenues slump declined. Channel 4's chief executive Andy Duncan said in a statement that the decision had been taken reluctantly but the broadcaster had little choice as it was unaffordable for the enterprise.
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MUMBAI: Spotify has reported a noticeable boost in Premium subscriptions from iOS users followingread more
MUMBAI: Cricket fever hit the airwaves as Radio City, India’s leading radio network, became the Oread more
MUMBAI: Apple and Universal Music Group (UMG) have partnered to introduce Sound Therapy, a new coread more
MUMBAI: Sapphire Media Limited has completed the acquisition of FM Radio station, BIG 92.7 FM.read more
MUMBAI: An attorney defending AI company Anthropic in a high-profile copyright lawsuit admitted tread more
MUMBAI: New York Festivals (NYF) Storytellers Gala announced the 2025 Radio Awards winners. Exceptional storytelling and audio innovation were...read more
MUMBAI: A fashion face-off is unfolding as singer Neha Bhasin calls out viral influencer Nancy Tyagi for allegedly misrepresenting the origins of...read more
MUMBAI: Savera, one of the renowned singer-songwriters and music composers emerging from the Indian independent music scene has released his latest...read more
MUMBAI: Baltimore, MD's NIGHT'S EDGE announces the release of their fourth studio album entitled "The World That Never Was" this coming August 21st,...read more
MUMBAI: Ahead of Memorial Day, multi-Platinum and award-winning, Chris Janson, has released his patriotic new track, “This Flag,” out now. Written...read more
