Jagjit Singh - "Radio jockeys and programming folks don't have any taste for ghazals"

Of late, ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh has remained inaccessible to the media. Perhaps, the only time he comes out into the open for an interview is...

Is the ghazal disappearing?

The number of ghazal singers has come down exponentially in the past decade or so. The few great singers who left a lasting impression on the ghazal...

Multiplex issue strikes discordant note for music

MUMBAI: The music industry is facing the brunt of the impasse between multiplex owners and filmmakers over revenue shares. As Hindi film releases...

Big Music CEO Kulmeet Makkar - The kind of music that is being created now is music on the move

Taking up where he left off last week, Big Music CEO Kulmeet Makkar speaks his mind on the changing dynamics of the Indian music industry in a free...

Labels bargain for better customer connect

MUMBAI: The last few weeks have been bonanza time for connoisseurs of music across genres. It's that time of the year when you surfed through the...

Big Music CEO Kulmeet Makkar - Radio is our friend and the composer is our 'annadata'

After being in the industry for almost two decades, Big Music CEO Kulmeet Makkar has perhaps seen the changing face of music business in India more...

E18 fundraiser - music comes to the rescue

Alka Yagnik - "The mood and soul of music is lost"

Born on 20 March 1966, Alka Yagnik is one of the most versatile singers in the industry today. Alka started crooning at the age of six for Calcutta...

Music Launch of Kal Kissne Dekha

Holi spells moolah time for Bhojpuri music

Raunchy Bhojpuri albums, bordering on the vulgar, were always the hot cakes that disappeared off nukkad shop shelves' in the UP-Bihar belt in the...