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MUMBAI: US broadcaster Fox has announced that Ellen DeGeneres will once again join Ryan Seacrest as co-host of Idol Gives Back. This is its music-based reality show American Idol's music celebration which looks to raise awareness and funds to benefit various US and international charities. DeGeneres will host from the Kodak Theatre with Seacrest hosting from the American Idol stage in Los Angeles on 9 April. In India, American Idol airs on Star World. Last year, the special got a Governor's Award Emmy for raising $76 million.
read moreMumbai: Big FM has promoted Arjun Singgh Baran to the post of regional director for Operations-West, while Sudarshan Saha has stepped in as the new station head, Mumbai. P B Ramaswamy, who was the station manager, Chennai will now be the cluster head for Tamil Nadu. Baran was the man behind setting up of Big's Mumbai station, and has been instrumental in the launch and functioning of the Mumbai Station thus far.
read moreMUMBAI: US music broadcaster MTV has announced that its music video game Rock Band continues to fly off shelves and satisfy music fans and gamers as more than 6 million game levels based on songs have been purchased since its launch in November.
read moreMumbai: The 5th Radio Mirchi KAAN Awards awarding the outstanding radio Ad received a great response with more than 700 entries across 15 categories. The other awards in the category include Client of the Year for the most outstanding advertiser of 2007, Radio writer of the year, Agency of the year, Production House of the year and the Voice of the Year Award.Commenting on the significance of the medium and the 5th Mirchi KAAN Awards, ENIL (Radio Mirchi) CEO Prashant Panday said, "The jury we have this year is the highest powered jury any award has witnessed.
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Mumbai: Big 92.7 FM launched the music of the Kannada film Aramane across their three stations of Bangalore, Mangalore and Mysore on the breakfast show - Big Coffee.
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Mumbai: Rajeeta Hemwani, who put in her papers at Big Music last week, has launched her own new innovative venture, Monks of Music.
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Mumbai: The Sufi sensation Kailash Kher has sung an anthem song for The Indian Cricket League (ICL). The song ?‹?“Dil Pe Le Liya Re' resonates the essence of the sport and conveys the core values of the league. It is charged with passion and inspires the listener while retaining an element of fun.Says KailashKher, "It is a matter of pride to lend my voice for the sport every Indian has grown up on. I instantly liked Rajat's composition and Irfan Siddiqui's lyrics never fail to touch you. I look forward to our song becoming a rage all over."
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BANGALORE: Vishishta Productions launched the music of its first feature film - a Kannada movie titled Accident, that stars Ramesh Arvind and Pooja Gandhi. The film will be released in Karnataka on 4 April. The production house has tied up with Bangalore based Anand Audio Video for use of its infrastructure in distribution and marketing of the music. The music copyright has been retained with the producers for the present, and depending on the success of the movie, Anand Audio's Mohan Chhabria will take a call about acquiring the music rights.
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Mumbai: 'Venus' has recently released its latest video album "Hey Chhorie" sung by Sapna Awasthi. Hey Chhorie is a mix of Haryanvi and Rajasthani folk music with a touch of Pop music. The album has eight earthy and naughty numbers and features Bangla beauty Survi Chatterjee. The music for the latest video album by Venus Records and Tapes Pvt. Ltd. has been composed by D.J. Sheizwood and choreography done by Master Arvind while Video Direction by Navin Batra.
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MUMBAI: Lesle Lewis of the Colonial Cousins duo is set to launch five new talents in the music industry with his own music compositions.
read moreMUMBAI: Big FM, which recently got singer Sonu Nigaam to create a track specially for the radio station, now presents a singing contest 'Sing with Sonu' to be held across Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata and Chandigarh.
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MUMBAI: Hoopr, a leader in the royalty-free music space, is proud to unveil its latest innovationread more
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MUMBAI: Marking his label debut with Closemouthed earlier this year, German producer Lexer reaches new heights with latest original, Sweet Escape on...read more
MUMBAI: Today, the genre-defying brother duo Everyone You Know (EYK) release brand new album, ‘Ain’t Smiled in Ages’. Listen to the album [HERE]....read more
MUMBAI: Amit Trivedi's Azaad Collab has been a breath of fresh air in the music world, and the release of Sajaniya has only strengthened its appeal....read more
MUMBAI: Today, NERIAH’s latest single, "Red Flag," is out across all streaming platforms. Listen here: https://symphony.to/neriah/red-flag After a...read more
MUMBAI: Filipino pop sensation, BINI, is ready to spread festive cheer worldwide with their delightful version of the classic carol “Joy to the World...read more
