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MUMBAI: On the occasion of legendary lyricist and poet Kaifi Azmi's 90th birth anniversary, Saregama launched �Legends – Kaifi Azmi', a handpicked collection of maestro's melodies. �Legends – Kaifi Azmi' is an epic compilation containing immortal songs of Kaifi saheb right from his first film Buzdil (1951) to Tamanna (1996). Kaifi Saheb, the true legend that he was, has penned some of the most immortal songs of all times.
read moreMUMBAI: My FM has launched two new interactive programs �Aradhana' and �Kajal @ 9' from today. Aradhana, is a spiritual show that will air famous Kathakar, Morari Bapu's �katha' every morning from 6 to 7 am across all My FM stations. Bapu's �ram katha' is famous world over and he has more than 700 kathas in his kitty.
read moreMUMBAI: The 54th annual Grammy awards have announced their first set of performers for the event to be held in February. Amongst the list are nominees Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Kelly Clarkson and Foo Fighters. International pop stars like Jason Aldean who has three nods and Nicki Minaj with four nominations will be performing on the Grammy stage for the first time.
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MUMBAI: Queen of pop Madonna's �Masterpiece' from her movie 'W.E' won the best original song at the 69th Annual Golden Globe awards. The award is a major milestone in her career as the pop star turned film-director nabbed the globe for her first feature film 'W.E' which she wrote and directed. Madonna has been nominated earlier on six occasions for best original song. This is her second Golden Globe Award, winning the foremost for best actress in motion picture for the film Evita....
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MUMBAI: AR Rahman's Rockstar bagged two awards in the music category at the 18th Annual Colors Screen Awards 2012. Rahman won the best music director, while Mohit Chauhan bagged the best playback singer male for �Phir Se Ud Chala' and �Sadda Haq'.Best female playback singer award was given to Shreya Goshal for �Ooh la la' from 'The Dirty Picture'. Prasoon Joshi won the best lyricist award for �Achha Lagta Hai' from Aarakshan and the best background score award was given to Ranjit Barot for Shaitan.
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A true devotee of Indian music and an institution in herself, ace singer Shubha Mudgal is a name to reckon with in Indian music. From Hindustani classical, Khayal, Thumri, Dadra to Indian Pop the genius has diversified and experimented with various forms of music, undoubtedly giving justice to each. On entering into the fourth year of her music fest �Baajaa Gaajaa', the versatile singer opens up on the challenges faced in promoting an Indian music festival, in a conversation with Poonam Ahuja.
read moreNEW DELHI: A core committee comprising senior members of the film industry, along with Members of Parliament, will meet Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to voice their protest against the levy of service tax on copyright. The Film Federation of India FFI) , which will give detailed statistics stating the losses of the film industry and the meagre success rate, said that levy of service tax will sound the death knell of the Indian film industry and we will be forced to shut down the entire Indian film industry....
read moreNEW DELHI: There has been no direct recruitment in the Group �A' cadres since Prasar Bharati was set up as an autonomous corporation in 1997. The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) refused to hold Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) meetings between 1997 and 2002 as the pubcaster was an autonomous body. A large number of pending court cases compounded the problem, apart from the fact that service rules did not exist for many of the posts.
read moreMUMBAI: EMI Records has filed a lawsuit against the Irish government over handling its anti-piracy laws. The record label has launched a legal action accusing the country's government of dragging its feet in introducing new laws to combat illegal file sharing.
read moreMUMBAI: Social networking site Facebook has announced the launch of a music feature �Listen With' that enables users to listen and share music with friends. The feature allows user to notify and discuss the tunes through Facebook app supporting Spotify, Rdio and Mog. Users also have privacy settings to control visibility when they are listening to a song with a Facebook friend.
read moreMUMBAI: After month long speculation, legendary singer Paul McCartney has revealed the title and the track listing of his new studio album �Kisses on the Bottom' set to release in February 2012. The album comprises of 14 tracks including two original McCartney compositions �My Valentine' and �Only Our Hearts' featuring feature renowned artistes Eric Clapton and Stevie Wonder. It also includes guest musicians like Grammy Award-winning producer Tommy LiPuma and Diana Krall & band.
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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
