Gibson honours Les Paul by funding Belmont University award
MUMBAI: To honour Les Paul, the pioneer of electric guitar and multi-track recordings, Gibson Guitar Corporation gave a $100,000 fund to Nashville’s Belmont University. The fund was given on 9 June, which also marked the 100th birthday of Les Paul.
Marathon Festival of Indian ragas live on New York's WCKR FM station
NEW DELHI: More than sixty musicians will take part in a marathon 24-hour festival of Indian ragas is to be broadcast live on New York’s WKCR 89.9 FM Radio Station from 20 June featuring Indian and international artistes.
9X Jhakaas partners with Marathi film æWelcome Zindagi' for contest
MUMBAI: Marathi music channel 9X Jhakaas has associated itself with the upcoming Marathi film ‘Welcome Zindagi’ for an interesting contest. Through this contest, known as the ‘Jhakaas Welcome Zindagi Contest’, the channel aspires to give viewers an opportunity to win a brand new Tata Nano car.
TeliaSonera invests $115 million for a 1.4 per cent stake in Spotify
MUMBAI: Another round of funding for Spotify had TeliaSonera pumping in a whooping $115 million into the streaming service. It is estimated that after the fresh round of funding, Spotify is now valued at around $8 billion.
BMG signs three- year deal with GEMA for 38 European countries
MUMBAI: Music company BMG and the German collective society- GEMA, announced a three- year digital licensing deal to maximise income collected from 38 European countries for BMG’s US and UK songwriters.
The expectations are really high with 'The Voice India' says Rajesh Iyer
The first episode of the Indian version of the known international singing competition format 'The Voice' was recently aired on Zee Network’s &TV. Auditions for the show had begun in April and shortlisted candidates above the age of 16.
ole inks publishing deal with chart-topping songwriter April Geesbreght
MUMBAI: ole, the world’s fastest growing independent rights management company, has signed multi-genre songwriter April Geesbreght to a worldwide publishing deal.
Big FM Kanpur launches Season two of 'Chora Ganga Kinare Wala'
MUMBAI: Big FM has consistently spearheaded initiatives that create awareness about preserving the environment, one such campaign being 'Chora Ganga Kinare Wala' in Kanpur.
Apple loves music, so invented iPod, started iTunes and now Apple Music
MUMBAI: Maybe the revolution in the music industry had already started when the first set of music streaming services were unveiled. However, with Apple Music coming into the picture, the music streaming business has obviously taken another step forward.
BBC's Chinese, Hindi, Russian and Spanish-language content is on News Republic app
MUMBAI: BBC World Service's content in four languages is now available to users of a leading global news app for smartphones, tablets and wearables, News Republic.
