MUMBAI: Bajaj Entertainment Art Music Sports (BEAMS) has signed up three talented artists , including a Canadian singer-songwriter Lorelei Loveridge, an enthusiastic Indian musician Jataveda Banerjee and the Multi-talented Dave Crane. BEAMS will be playing a crucial role in managing these musicians and provide them with opportunities in the music business.
read moreMUMBAI: Radio Misty has entered into an exclusive tie up with Saregama music for airing songs from the label's latest album during this Puja season. The station will also feature exclusive live interviews of all the Saregama – Soul of India's Bengali artists like Srikanta Acharya, Nachiketa, Rupankar, Raghav, Jojo, Supratik, Haimanti shulka, Jayati, Anusua and Mou Mukhrjee.
read moreMUMBAI: Hindi general entertainment channel 9X and music channel 9XM will be available on Freesat in the UK, in addition to the BSkyB platform. 9X will be first Hindi GEC to be available on the Freesat platform on channel No. 662, while 9XM joins the league of B4U Music and Zee Muzik and will be available at channel No. 513.
read moreMUMBAI: Dandiya queen Falguni Pathak who was a part of Big FM's Navratri celebrations, �9 Big nights' last year has tied up with Fever 104 FM. Big FM had earlier this year, as part of its yearlong initiatives, announced a tie up with Falguni Pathak. But apparently, things didn't work out and Big FM has finally tied up with Dandiya duo Priety and Pinky.
read moreMUMBAI: Malayalam general entertainment channel Amrita TV is set to launch a new music programme based on film songs from 29 September. The channel claims that the new show Music Mix is a combination of classic melodies and modern beats. Music Mix will be telecast every Monday-Friday at 5.30 pm. Each episode will feature four songs including two drawn from the black and white era.
read moreMUMBAI: Singer-music director Shibani Kashyap performed live with her newly formed band - Sojourn, at Mumbai's Hard Rock Cafe on Tuesday night. Dressed in denims and boots, Shibani looked every inch a rock-star. The band sang a farrago of songs in quick succession making the crowd groove. Shibani started the night with her popular track Sajna Aa Bhi Ja, followed by Kya Nazakat Hai and western classics like Smooth Operator, It's all about the money and many more.
read moreMUMBAI: Navratri organiser 'Sankalp' known for its lavish annual celebrations is going hi-tech this year.
read moreNew Delhi: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has released a consultation paper on Media Ownership. The consultation paper was brought in after Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) sought Trai's recommendations on the need for cross media and ownership restrictions in India for radio, broadcasting and print media.
read moreNEW DELHI: Who exactly is at the number one spot in Chandigarh? While Radio Audience Measurement (RAM) is yet to make its entry in the city; radio stations My FM and Big FM have already staked claims to the top spot, citing different independent research agency surveys.
read moreMUMBAI: After Red, Mirchi and My FM, Radio City has also taken the decision to hike its airtime rates in select key markets with effect from 1 October 2008. This increase amounting to 15 to 20 per cent increment over existing rates, comes in line with a robust increase in Radio City's listenership, reach and listener equity and is commensurate with the consistent, innovative delivery of quality SEC AB audiences to advertisers, says the company.
read moreOften at music launches, it happens that except 'good music', one gets the best of everything – food, wine, brilliant atmosphere, stunning women and of course, those unavoidable long-short speeches. I waited for a good 15 minutes at the 'Tabeer' music launch. On the 16th minute (no, my watch was not set on a countdown, just a guess) I saw the guitarist and the bass player tune their respective instruments – it was like a ray of hope. Within moments, all the musicians were up on stage and what happened after that was, in one word – 'mesmerizing'.
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