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MUMBAI: Musician and composer Lesle Lewis is confident that he is yet to scale new heights in music. The consummate artist who has established himself as one of India’s top pop professionals- as a solo artist and as one-half of fusion pop band Colonial Cousins- is sure of his creativity blossoming in the next five years more than ever.
read moreMUMBAI: Aiming to provide vital information to the farmers in the state, the Tamil Nadu government has decided to set up 28 community radio stations at a cost of Rs 14 crore. The announcement was made today by Agriculture Minister S Damodaran while inaugurating the Farm School of All India Radio on Nutritious Millets in Chennai. The government also has plans to recruit 504 Agricultural Officers and 417 Assistant Agricultural officers offering additional help to the farmers along with providing information to them.
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Bhushan Kumar, head honcho of one of the leading music labels T-Series, has come a long way in building his business across continents and making it an entertainment super power. Over the years he has established the label as a leading distributor of devotional songs, regional albums and film songs on various platforms including TV, radio, digital and more.
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MUMBAI: As the King of Latin-pop Enrique Iglesias was rocking Pune with his melodies at the concert, the organizers were busy tackling the brawl that took place on Wednesday at 8.30 pm at the Platinum entry gate of the venue. It was allegedly claimed that some people who were at the concert were roughly handled by the police authorities. The organizers and the cops both have differing stories explaining the cause of the scuffle.
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MUMBAI: The music of the much-awaited Aamir Khan starrer ‘Talaash’ is out. The music was launched by the cast and crew at the movie themed event on 18 October in Mumbai. The six tracks of the album, composed by Ram Sampath with lyrics by Javed Akhtar, follow the theme and feel of the movie-a suspense drama with Khan playing the role of a Mumbai cop struggling with his past- dwelling in the twilight zone of suspicion and deceit.
read moreMUMBAI: As listeners and radio audiences switch over to online music services and apps, radio as a medium in UK is suffering major losses with its sales figures dropping by 18.3 per cent in a year, according to communications regulator Ofcom in its 'Digital Progress Report'. The sales of analogue radios fell by 1.5 million from end of June 2011-12 in, while DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) radio sales remained steady despite declining prices. A total of 6.7 million radios were sold, down from a peak of 10.4 million in 2008, which was the lowest figure recorded by the agency.
read moreMUMBAI: The Indian Performing Right Society (IPRS) has approached various dandiya mandals across the country to pay royalty fees for the commercial music played by them during the nine-day festival.
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MUMBAI: Instead of putting at rest the prolonged controversy which took place between Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammad Rafi’s son Shahid, former vocalist Shabbir Kumar has now challenged the melody queen to show the letter containing the purported apology as a proof.
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MUMBAI: Contrary to the perception that citizen's lead a very restricted social life in Pakistan, Zee TV's Sa Re Ga Ma 2012 contestant Zain Ali Khan opined that music and gaiety are very much alive in the country and musicians are very well-respected. Twenty-two year old Khan, who hails from Lahore, is the lone finalist from the country on the music talent show. Khan qualified for the audition rounds held at Lahore along with five other contestants including a female. His friends were however eliminated in the following rounds held in Delhi and Mumbai.
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MUMBAI: After taking a hiatus from independent releases and focusing on bollywood music, Indi-pop singer Manasi Scott is all set to release a host of musical offerings on different platforms within the next two months.
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MUMBAI: Universal Music Group India digital & business development head Ashish Joshi has put in his papers after serving the company for about four years (3 years 10 months). Joshi, will be serving the three months notice period till 31 December 2012. Joshi had joined the label in January 2009.
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MUMBAI: As India's music industry undergoes a seismic shift away from traditional labels and filread more
MUMBAI: A massive internet outage on Thursday disrupted multiple major platforms—including Googleread more
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MUMBAI: Singer Dua Lipa has officially confirmed her engagement to British actor Callum Turner. In a candid interview with British Vogue, the pop...read more
MUMBAI: Indian playback singer Stebin Ben was honoured with the ‘Rising Star’ Award at the Excellence in UK-India Cultural Awards held at the House...read more
MUMBAI: Renowned playback singer Madhushree, celebrated for her melodious contributions to both Bollywood and South Indian cinema, recently shared...read more
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