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MUMBAI: Known to be Subhash Ghai's most ambitious project till date, multistarrer Yuvvraaj's music was launched under the T-Series label at a suburban hotel in Mumbai on Thursday. Though the multi-star cast of the film was not in attendance, the man behind the much anticipated film's music A R Rahman was present with his mother Karima Begum, who officially launched the music of the film along with lyricist Gulzar and director Subhash Ghai.
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MUMBAI: After the success of its two earlier albums with musical trio Kailash-Paresh-Naresh, Sony BMG is all set to launch the third part of Kailasa by this year end or early January 2009.
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MUMBAI: Big FM's celeb jock Raju Srivastav, who held on to the 7 am to 10 am slot for some months from February 2008, returns to Big this Diwali. Srivastav, whose comic capers were carried as capsules even on Singapore's Asian FM which has a deal with Big FM, will begin his new innings starting 20 October. In his earlier avatar, Srivastav used to share the morning slot with RJs Archana Jani and Vrajesh Hirjee, who quit the station in March 2008.
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MUMBAI: Music label Tips is set to launch the debut album of new age Sufi artiste, Krishna titled Ishq Gali Naa Jaiyo.... The singer who has earlier rendered popular numbers like �Maula mere' from Chak de India and �Zindagi mein koi' from Musafir would be launching his first non-film album.
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MUMBAI: In 2003, when Anand Surapur launched the music record label Phat Phish Records and signed Rabbi Shergill (till then, an unknown who was rejected by music majors for almost six years until Phat Phish Records identified his talent). Eventually, Rabbi gained recognition for his song �Bulla ki Jaana' which soared to the number one position across the nation's music charts.
read moreMUMBAI: Nepal has got its first Community FM radio station, with the Tharu language as its main mode of communication. The station has been established in Bansgadi area of Bardia District, Nepal. Christened Guru-Baba FM, the station, inaugurated on 14 October, will transmit all its programmes in the Tharu language using a 100 W transmitter in 106.4 Mhz frequency, says in the report in the Telegraph Nepal, quoting station in charge, Pushpa Chaudhary. The station was inaugurated by the Maoists' CA member Bishnu Chaudhary. the report adds.
read moreMUMBAI: German broadcaster Deutsche Welle has partnered with Bangladesh's bdnews24.com, as thetwo news providers will work together in the future on several shared multimedia projects. Readers can now access three links to Deutsche Welle content from bdnews24.com's Bengali and English homepages, including DW-TV's livestream, and English and Bengali news on DW-WORLD.DE. In addition, DW-AKADEMIE will provide technical assistance and support in creating a new concept for the company's website, according to a
read moreMUMBAI: Media company Bertelsmann AG will soon launch a music rights business in an effort to become a service provider for artists.
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MUMBAI: Jon Bon Jovi is being sued for $400 billion by a Boston musician, Samuel Bartley Steele. Steele, who fronts the 'Chelsea City Council' band has accused Bon Jovi of stealing lyrics from his song '(Man I Really) Love This Team'. Samuel Bartley Steele, the front man for a band, believes Bon Jovi heard his song while campaigning in Boston for John Kerry in '04 then used the lyrics in his own song entitled, 'I Love This Town'
read moreMUMBAI: Times Music sub brand Junglee Music has bagged the music rights of One More Thought Entertainment's two films, �Dusvidaniya' and �Khalbali - Fun Unlimited' slated to release later this year. Junglee's last acquistion was Rimi Sen, Nana Patekar and Mozammil Ibrahim starrer Horn Ok Please. The new sibling of Times Music has earlier launched Anees Bazmee's two earlier movies, 'Welcome' and 'Singh Is Kinng', which later made headlines after the digital rights were sold for a record price to UTV New Media.
read moreBANGLORE: After a year or more of planning, dreaming, hoping and praying, the wait is finally over for Bangalore band Lounge Piranha. After two months of rigorous recording sessions in a studio in Chennai, the band finally launched their much awaited album, Going Nowhere, on 12 October. Amidst the ban on live bands and music in the city, LP still managed to pull a decent crowd of approximately 150 at the Alliance de Fran?§ais. The album is a seven song EP recorded and produced by Noam from Tel Aviv under the name of Mongrel Records.
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MUMBAI: 93.5 Red FM, India’s leading private radio and entertainment network, is proud to announcread more
MUMBAI: IPRS, Indian Performing Rights Society, hosted a one of its kind landmark event aimed at read more
MUMBAI: Xiaomi India, a global technology brand renowned for its innovation, today announced a stread more
MUMBAI: UK-based audio software company DataMind Audio is launching its flagship plugin, The Combread more
MUMBAI: Ultra Media & Entertainment Group today announced the launch of a ground breaking bouread more
MUMBAI: Mahindra Independence Rock will be celebrating its 30th Edition milestone with its unique line-up, reuniting the legends and unleashing...read more
MUMBAI: For musicians the world over – both independent and managed - this should come as a breath of fresh air. The .music registry yesterday...read more
MUMBAI: Renowned Bollywood playback singer and composer Amit Trivedi is thrilled to announce his latest, Azaad Collab. Known for his soulful voice...read more
