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MUMBAI: Fox History and Entertainment has announced the return of History Rocks with its fifth season, which is dedicated to the Woodstock Generation to music and peace. Premiering on the channel on 2 April, this 12-part series allows music lovers a peek into the lives of rock legends of this generation and their biggest concerts. This time the series offers the likes of Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Dire Straits, Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin.
read moreMUMBAI: Cricket Communications, Inc., a leading provider of innovative and value-driven wireless services and a wholly owned subsidiary of Leap Wireless International, Inc. (Nasdaq: LEAP), today announced it will showcase Muve Music on the Samsung Suede throughout SXSW. Muve Music is the first wireless rate plan that includes unlimited music downloads, ringtones and ringback tones along with unlimited talk, text, Web, video and more.
read moreMUMBAI: Grammy award-winning rock icons Duran Duran will kick-off the second year of "Unstaged: An Original Series from American Express" on March 23rd at the Mayan Theatre in Los Angeles, Calif. The event (featuring all four original members: Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor and Roger Taylor) comes one day after their critically acclaimed 13th studio album, entitled ALL YOU NEED IS NOW (S-Curve Records), hits stores.
read moreMUMBAI: In what is proclaimed as the company's biggest expansion in its V.DO series, Intex has launched five phones with cutting edge technology, high customer safety, bohemian combinations of utility & entertainment features and priced between INR 1490/- to 2640/-
read moreMUMBAI: MY FM recently organised a cricket match for over a thousand inmates of Raipur Central Jail. 1,027 prisoners participated in a cricket match against the MY FM team captained by Rajesh Chauhan, an international sports star from Raipur. Around 800 spectators came forward to cheer their favorite team. The enthusiastic prisoners won the match, and as a reward, the Jail Superintendant and DG of Raipur jail granted pardon of imprisonment of seven days to all 1,027 prisoners.
read moreMUMBAI: Group messaging and social network company SMS GupShup will announce the launch of a voice-based content card for the All World Gayatri Pariwar, a social reform organization with over 3000 centres across 80 countries, on Tuesday, 15th March, 2011. As part of Gayatri Pariwar's Holi celebrations, this product will be formally launched by Dr. Pranav Pandya, Head of AWGP, on Saturday, 19th March, 2011 at Shanti Kunj in Haridwar. The function is expected to attract thousands of devotees.
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MUMBAI: The Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry began the third year of the Bandstand Revival Project in Mumbai on March 12. The Bandstand Revival Project is a blend of music by various bands of Mumbai. The program featured live performance by Pradakshinam and Bombay Bassment at Malabar Hills, Hanging Gardens, on Saturday, March 12.
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* Tamagna Ghosh and Kunal Kakodkar showcase 11 Indian and international bands and artistes at Zenzi, Bandra
read morePrashant Panday, ED & CEO - ENIL, tells Pavan R Chawla there's no trend in Mirchi's dropping ratings, and is confident it will recover its position on the back of corrective initiatives already taken.
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MUMBAI: Radio has been falling, even as Cable & Satellite (C&S) and Internet are growing strongly in reach when compared to the sequential quarter, as per the IRS 2010 Q4 data released yesterday by the Media Research Users Council (MRUC). It reveals that radio is the only sector which is continuing to de-grow. In the IRS Q4 report, radio's total reach dipped to 163.91 million -- a negative CAGR of 9.8% over Q3, when it was 168.67 million, which too had dropped from the Q2 figure of 172.60 million.
read moreMUMBAI: Delhi got its subsequent dose of the Fever Unplugged Concerts with yet another musical mystic – Padmashree Shubha Mudgal presented by Fever Entertainment as part of its Women's Day celebrations. With her enchanting and versatile voice, she casted a musical spell on the crowd gathered at the Siri Fort Auditorium in Delhi organized by Fever Entertainment. Around 2000 people were captivated to the tunes of Shubha Mudgal's signature tracks like Dholna and Ab ke Sawan. The best part about the concert was her performance on unpublished songs written by Gulzaar Sahib and Faiz.
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MUMBAI: In today's content-driven world, sound is a surprisingly overlooked yet potent branding read more
MUMBAI: BandLab, the world’s largest social music creation platform, today announced a major expread more
MUMBAI: In a candid conversation with Radioandmusic, Akhila Shankar (Head, TuneCore South Asia) read more
MUMBAI: As Apple Music marks its 10th anniversary since launching on June 30, 2015, the US tech read more
Gen Z and millennials from six metro cities highlight the most relevant moments when music...read more
MUMBAI: Jio Studios and B62 Studios have unveiled the electrifying first glimpse of Dhurandhar, directed by Aditya Dhar (Uri: The Surgical Strike)...read more
MUMBAI: antiSOCIAL and Xoxo Acid Girl hosts a night of high-voltage acid, raw rave energy, and femme-powered anarchy. Curated by Ana Lilia, this...read more
MUMBAI: Popular Radio Jockey Devangana is celebrating a remarkable journey in the radio industry. Completing a milestone today, her career spans...read more
