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MUMBAI: The world's longest-running serial drama, BBC Radio 4's The Archers, will celebrate 60 years on air on 2 January. The UK pubcaster says that the drama, set in the fictional village of Ambridge, attracts an audience of over five million in the UK and has a worldwide following. First broadcast to the nation in 1951, daily life in Britain's favourite village continues to enthral audiences as much today as it did when it was first heard.
read moreMUMBAI: Toronto Hard Rock band Diemonds has been hard at work over the past few months recording their second record, "The Bad Pack," set to hit the streets in February 2011. The new songs are heavier, catchier and showcase the band's growth as musicians and individuals. It features the lead track "Take on the Night," which can be streamed free at http://www.diemonds.net NOW!
read moreMUMBAI: UrFilez, a leading digital music provider in the Middle East, has launched a competition to pay tribute to the King of Pop at the release of his new album entitled "Michael." By making this lucky draw available to all fans of Michael Jackson in Bahrain, UrFilez is promoting his first posthumous album in its own unique way. The prizes include a new Samsung Galaxy S phone and PS3 games.
read moreMUMBAI: Reed MIDEM, the Paris-based organizer of premium business-to-business events, today announces the appointment of Bruno Crolot as Director of Music Markets. Bruno Crolot will head Reed MIDEM's portfolio of music events including MIDEM, the world's leading international music tradeshow and conference He will also oversee Reed MIDEM's contribution to the inaugural US-based Rethink Music conference and the music content of the new Connected Creativity Forum for the entertainment and technology industries.
read moreMUMBAI: An Oxford-based expert in the music of Turkish, Arab and Islamic cultures has won one of the world's most prestigious prizes in music. Martin Stokes, Lecturer in Ethnomusicology at the University of Oxford, is the 2010 winner of the Dent Medal, awarded by the Royal Musical Association for an outstanding body of academic work or a single large-scale study.
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MUMBAI: Renowned director Kodi Ramakrishna, Indian Idol Sriram Chandra and popular television anchor Suma today gave a sneak preview of the scintillating performances and acts that will be witnessed at the grand awards night of the �Cocoraj BIG Telugu Television Awards 2010.
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MUMBAI: Mandar Thakur is set to join Times Music as Chief Operating Officer (COO) from Wednesday, the 15th of December. Confirming the development to RadioAndMusic.com, Thakur said, I am delighted to join Times Music, and will be working closely with the Times Music team and I look forward to unlocking the hidden value within the various areas of the music business....
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MUMBAI: Instrumentalist, composer and world fusion music pioneer Prem Joshua's 14th album with Music Today, Luminous Secrets, was launched in Delhi. The album continues the spiritual and world music journey of Joshua with Music Today, following earlier albums like Sky Kisses Earth, Mudra, Desert Vision, Hamsafar, Water Down the Ganges, Dance of Shakti & Yatri. Joshua's music is a musical masala of Indian classical, jazz, funk, ethno and trance music tastefully blended for a global appeal.
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MUMBAI: Here's your chance to bring home Udaan, the landmark serial that rocked Indian television when it aired in 1990-'91 as Reliance BIG Home Video has just released the much-acclaimed serial on DVD. Written and directed by Kaveta Choudhary, Udaan was perhaps the first serial based on women empowerment. It starred stalwart actors, such as Kaveta Chaudhry, Vikram Gokhale, Uttara Bawker, Vijay Mehta, Satish Kaushik and Shekhar Kapoor.
read more* 4-week activity on till 20 Dec * Winner to host 1-hr show MUMBAI: PlanetRadiocity Web Radio has launched an RJ Hunt exclusively on Facebook through a four-week activity completely driven by its Facebook fans. The auditions, spread across various elimination stages, are on till 20th December, 2010. The winner of the hunt will get to host a one-hour exclusive show on one of India's top internet radio stations, PlanetRadiocity Web Radio.
read moreMUMBAI: Popular Asian TV channel B4U Music has become the first Asian channel to launch on the global mobile TV network Yamgo, according to a report from London. B4U, a music-themed TV channel already available on more than 8 different satellites, in more than 100 countries including the USA, UK, Canada and India, is the latest channel to launch on the mobile content delivery network and will provide an exclusive showcase for Asian music content, from global artists and labels, across mobile phones worldwide.
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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
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: India International Centre hosted an evening of spoken words and live music by acclaimed interdisciplinary artist and actor Sujoy Prasad...read more
MUMBAI: One of the most anticipated releases of the month, ‘Mr. & Mrs. Mahi’ is a partnership of love and dreams starring Rajkummar Rao alongside...read more
MUMBAI: Heftyverse, an innovative Metaverse initiative by Hungama Digital Media, joins hands with Bhamla Foundation to introduce Ecotainment, a...read more
MUMBAI: Stand Atlantic takes a mellower turn with a new heartfelt alt-pop love song titled "LOVE U ANYWAY", in which the accompanying music video...read more
MUMBAI: Following the release of their latest song "Just Getting Started," Sons of Silver recently engaged in an intimate conversation with music...read more
