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MUMBAI: Irshwin Balvani, business head of music televison channels Zee Muzic and ETC Music, passed away, following cardiac arrest on Wednesday evening.
read moreMUMBAI: The 56th 'Sawai Gandharva Mahotsav'started in 1953 to commemorate the first death anniversary of Sawai Gandharva, the noted Hindustani vocalist and Guru of Pt Bhimsen Joshi will be held between 11 and 14 December at Shaniwar Peth in Pune. Many Well known musicians and practising artists gather in Pune to pay homage to the great musician in the form of this colourful festival, every year. The festival will see performances by artistes like Pt Shivkumar Sharma (Santoor), Pt Jasraj (Vocals), Pt Rajan and Pt Sajan Mishra (Vocals), Pt Ronu Mujumdar (Flute) and many more.
read moreMUMBAI: The music retail business in India will touch a figure of Rs 49.54 billion by 2010, according to Online and mobile music company Soundbuzz . A sizeable chunk of this revenue, Rs 45.04 billion, not surprisingly, will come from the mobile music business.
read moreMUMBAI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to pass any interim direction on a plea of noted singer Rabbi Shergill for the deletion of a certain song in the recently released Hindi film 'Sorry Bhai!', which he claimed was his copyright, says a PTI report. A bench of Justices Arijit Pasayat and S H Kapadia turned down the plea of senior counsel K T S Tulsi who made the plea during the "mentioning time". The bench said it would hear the matter after it is listed for hearing.
read moreNEW DELHI: My FM's Indore station initiated �Radio united for peace' and brought the entire radio fraternity including all the four stations and people of Indore together to pay homage to all those who had fallen prey into the hands of terror attack in Mumbai on 30 November. The city of Indore came together to observe a candlelight vigil in support of the Mumbai terror victims and martyrs.
read moreMUMBAI: The build-up to the fourth Jack Daniel's Annual Rock Awards for 2008 continues with the second Jack Daniel's - Rolling Stone TRIBUTE with VH1 concert, to be held on 5 December, 2008 at Elevate in New Delhi, to honour the legendary Jim Morrison. The concert, featuring some of the capital's finest musicians, will celebrate the iconic singer's birthday which falls on 8 December. Singer, DJ and actor Luke Kenny, a die hard Morrison fan, will host the event and also perform a few tracks. The menu for the evening: JD, music and cake.
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MUMBAI: Kerala based Malayali rock band Avial is positioned at number 13 on US based website WorldSings.com, a music and social networking community which is organising a music competition for solo singers or bands across the globe. The bands are being shortlisted on the basis of voting by registered members for their favourite songs. The top 20 bands will compete in the Worldsings Concert to be held in Las Vegas and the winner stands a chance to grab $1,000,000 as prize money.
read moreMUMBAI: Different music, tweaked programming and sobered down RJ talk marked Mumbai's FM airwaves for three days after the first terror attacks hit Mumbai. Stranded staff, affected families and other problems were swept aside as stations rallied to offer a voice of reason to a disturbed city. While some like Radio One's programming head Malini were at the Trident in Mumbai when the attack happened, other RJs, like Mirchi's Jeeturaaj stayed put on air for a marathon session, updating listeners.
read moreMUMBAI: Clubbing forum 'Club Converge better known as (C2) from Kerala is gearing for the C2 Ocean Fest 2008 in partnership with Club FM and Indian Express. C2 is a popular name among the party-goers and has over 1500 registered members. The three day festival will be held at Willingdon Island in Kochi on 5, 6 and 7 December after 9 pm.
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BANGALORE: The curtain raiser for the Kingfisher–Explocity Festival of Jazz & Blues will he held on 6 December 2008 at Bangalore with performances by blues singer Dana Gillespie, accompanied by Joachim Palden on the electric piano and Enrico Morena on the drums. The curtain raiser will be held at the Hotel Royal Orchid Lawns.
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MUMBAI: Music composer Vishal Dadlani will soon file a PIL (Public Interest Litigation) against television news channels that showed the movements of the armed forces live to the terrorists on national television for three days during the attacks. "It is undoubtedly known that channels did a good job of keeping the viewers clued in with the latest happenings but there has to be some code of conduct when it comes to military or anti-terrorist operations," believes Dadlani.
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MUMBAI: Sapphire Media Limited has completed the acquisition of FM Radio station, BIG 92.7 FM.read more
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MUMBAI: France’s rap community is in mourning following the untimely death of Werenoi, one of its most successful and influential voices in recent...read more
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MUMBAI: Get ready to groove to the beats of India's hottest indie artists! Radioandmusic's Indie Meter has compiled the top 10 trending pics from May...read more
MUMBAI: Chennai was ground zero for cinematic euphoria as the much-awaited trailer of Thug Life—the monumental collaboration between Kamal Haasan,...read more
MUMBAI: After a staggering 13-year hiatus, the hard rock legends Guns N’ Roses returned to India — and their comeback was nothing short of explosive...read more
