MUMBAI: India's most sought after live act Motherjane will now be featured on the international PEACE album that boasts of musicians from over 50 countries. The Cochin based band has especially written the song 'Tribes of Babel' for this compilation.
read moreMUMBAI: Britain's state-owned broadcaster BBC plans to axe two radio stations, half its online content and shrink the investment on television output, as a part of the Corporation's focus on maintaining quality over quantity, leading to major cuts as reported.
read moreMUMBAI: Pop star Jennifer Lopez has parted ways with music label Sony Music after an association of 10 years She revealed that she had already signed to a new label - but declined to say which one. Lopez said, "I am making this statement to put an end to any confusion in regards to my next album, titled Love.
read moreMUMBAI: Hungama Digital Media Entertainment's MD and CEO, Neeraj Roy has been re- elected as the Chairman, Asia Board of the Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) at the recent annual general meeting held during the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. He will continue his tenure for another two years as the Asia Chair.
read moreMUMBAI: For the first time ever, over 450 artistes have lent their voices for a single song - the Marathi Abhimaan Geet - which will be launched in Thane on Marathi Bhasha Diwas - February 27. The song, penned by noted Marathi poet Suresh Bhat, has been set to tune by well known composer Kaushal Inamdar. Labhale amhas bhagya bolato Marathi has been sung by 112 established singers and a chorus of 356 upcoming singers. It was recorded in Mumbai, Chennai and Thane with 12 sound engineers and 65 musicians.
read moreMUMBAI: Bhupen Hazorika, the iconic figure of Assam, has been honoured once again by writers from three generations with an anthology of articles, personal essays, short stories and poems compiled and edited by Namrata Datta, a broadcaster, journalist and writer. The title of the book is Bhupenda, as the Assamese call him affectionately.
read moreMUMBAI: Versatile singer Kailash Kher seems to be focusing on collaborations with international musicians. It has been reported that Kher is recording with Algerian superstar Khaled. Interestingly, this album is scheduled for release in conjunction with the FIFA World Cup 2010 that starts from 11 June, 2010
read moreMUMBAI: The Spicmacay FEST �2010 will be inaugurated with a vocal recital by renowned classical vocalist Ashwini Bhide Deshpande at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Deonar in Mumbai on 25 February at 7 pm.
read moreMUMBAI: Adding on to its current profile of music, Hungama.com will now bring international music vidoes for its viewers featuring popular artists such as Pet Shop Boys, Duran Duran, Michael Learns to Rock, Richard Marx, Queen, Roxette and a lot more from the EMI Music and Warner catalogue.
read moreMUMBAI: Stand-up comedian Raju Srivastav has joined Big FM as its new breakfast jock. Raju will be joining funny man Vrajesh Hirjee on the breakfast show 92.7 FM ki laughter local. Raju's comical jokes and one liners coupled with RJ Vrajesh's excellent comic timing, promise to keep the listener in splits as they ensure a humor-filled start to the each morning as they wake the city up to a roaring start. In addition, fans of Raju across the country will be able to savor his humor capsules across the day, not just in Mumbai, but across 33 of Big FM's Stations.
read moreMUMBAI: Even though he has been on the music circuit for a while, vocalist Suraj Jagan's moment of glory came with 'Give Me some Sunshine' from 3 Idiots, the blockbuster hit of 2009.
read more