MUMBAI: Hypersonic, the powerhouse symphonic metal band founded in 2006 by Salvo Grasso and Emanuele Gangemi, has achieved their dream of creating unique, powerful, and epic music.
read moreMUMBAI: From singing to anchoring and now a Radio Jockey. Rahul Vaidya is leaving no stones unturned to showcase his talent to the world. Rahul is very excited about his new job as a RJ and enjoying it every bit. He also wants to do a film and is hence sweating it out at the gymnasium every day.
read moreMUMBAI: Primetime Kagiso, a joint venture between Primetime International and Kagiso Media (South Africa's private radio network) which has partnered with Radio City for airing IPL updates, has a second partner on board - Red FM and associate partner SFM.
read moreMUMBAI: Singer Babul Supriyo is affronted by news reports saying he has been pencilled in to act in a film being made by Kamal Khan, who made the controversial 'Deshdrohi' last year. Khan has gone on record saying he has singers like Sukhwinder Singh, Vinod Rathod and Babul Supriyo acting in his forthcoming project based on the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai.
read moreMUMBAI: Who can forget the classic pop song Dooba dooba by Silk Route? The band may not have gone far as a 'band', but lead vocalist Mohit Chauhan has surely made the best out of both non-film and film music. The singer plans to release a non-film music album shortly under the aegis of Universal Music.
read moreMUMBAI: Sony Music Entertainment has launched operations in Dubai. Dubbed Sony Music Entertainment Middle East, the Dubai office has been established to cover the regional market, says Sony Music Entertainment Asia president Daniel DiCicco. The Middle East operations will promote content by signed international artistes from the United States, India and the Philippines. The label also plans signing regional artistes and distributing their music around the world.
read moreMUMBAI: Two youth musician Shabir Saznawaz and theatrist Sumit Sharma from the Valley have been selected for this year's Sangeet Natak Akademi Yova Ustad Bismilah Khan Award. This is for the first time in the history of the State that this prestigious award has been conferred. Secretary Jammu Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, Zaffar Iqbal Manhas, stated that Saznawaz has been selected in Sofiyana Music while Sharma was chosen by the high level jury constituted by the SNA.
read moreMUMBAI: Legends never retire. Jagjit Singh, after a period of 2 years, has recorded a brand new ghazal album, entitled �Inteha', which was recently launched on Big Music. Returning to his forte of �romatic ghazals', Jagjit Singh, after his success of the audio album, is on a �Inteha' Ghazal tour in U.S.A. & Canada.
read moreMUMBAI: The year 2009 stands for uncertainty, the year of the global slowdown, the year when the buzz words are hope and fantasy. In keeping with the current vibe and the understanding of people's requirements, BIG 92.7 FM, Hyderabad's leading FM Station celebrating the World Laughter Day has gone all out to bring in laughter in their lives. Known for its innovativeness, BIG 92.7 FM this time erected a unique first-of-its kind 10-feet long �Recession' monster at Lumbini Park.
read moreMUMBAI: Time Magazine's latest list of the Top 100 Most Influential People includes two names from the music world, both of whom have been associated with Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire. Speaking for M.I.A., movie and music video director Spike Jonze says, "The great thing about her is that she doesn't have some global plan." "She just has things she cares about and is interested in, from all over the world."
read moreMUMBAI: India figures on a just released US priority watch list of countries that need to do a better job protecting copyrights. Canada too figures in this list, for the first time. The US says there are increasing concerns about Canada's need for copyright reforms, and better policing of its borders to seize pirated goods. Algeria, Argentina, Chile, Indonesia, Israel, Pakistan, Thailand and Venezuela are the other countries that figure on the list.
read moreMUMBAI: The South Asian community is set to go live with HumDesi on HD Radio. The Network of Indian Professionals (NetIP), North America's premier non-profit networking organization for South Asians, and HumDesi Radio (HumDesi), North America's first Ethnic Digital Radio Network, have partnered to host 'PrimeTime with NetIP'.
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