Beverly Hills: It was a surreal scene: Whitney Houston had died at the Beverly Hilton, and hours later and a few floors below, her life was being celebrated at the event where her career was launched. On Saturday night, Clive Davis - Houston's mentor, producer, champion and longtime friend - memorialized her at his pre-Grammy gala, held downstairs in the same hotel where her body was being examined by coroner's...
10:20:53 PM Feb 12, 2012
Whitney's downfall was so long and sad that, in an impatient public's mind, it overshadowed her accomplishments. ...
05:22:23 PM Feb 12, 2012
Laxmikant-Pyarelal were a popular Indian composer duo, composed Indian classical music as well as Western music. ...
05:12:14 PM Feb 12, 2012
Whitney Houston passed away on Sunday in Los Angeles, casting a pall over the biggest weekend in music as the entire industry descends upon the City of Angels for Grammy awards on Monday. ...
12:14:50 PM Feb 12, 2012
New York: Whitney Houston's downfall was so long and sad that, in an impatient public's mind, it overshadowed her many accomplishments. Those achievements can be checked off easily in numbers - Grammy Awards, records sold, the string of seven consecutive No. 1 singles. Yet if there's any solace to her passing, it is that people will revisit recordings, videos and films to rediscover the majesty of her work. Look up...
10:35:04 AM Feb 12, 2012
Los Angeles: At her peak, Whitney Houston was the golden girl of the music industry. From the middle 1980s to the late 1990s, she was one of the world's best-selling artists. She wowed audiences with effortless, powerful, and peerless vocals that were rooted in the black church but made palatable to the masses with a pop sheen. Her success carried her beyond music to movies, where she starred in hits...
09:13:24 AM Feb 12, 2012
All eyes are on the Grammys that will be held on Monday and British singer Adele Adkins is a favourite with 6 nominations - the highest this year. She recently underwent a throat surgery. ...
09:05:23 AM Feb 12, 2012
Los Angeles: Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48. Houston's publicist, Kristen Foster, said on Sunday that the singer had died, but the cause and the location of her death were unknown. Meanwhile, an official of the Beverly Hills Police department gave...
07:04:25 AM Feb 12, 2012
New Delhi: It was a perfect groovy winter evening as Romanian artist and international star Edward Maya performed in Delhi on Saturday. Performing for the second time in India, Edward set the stage on fire on a windy rainy evening at the finale of Amity University's first Youth Festival in Noida. With a crowd of almost 25,000, the national capital region did manage to see an international music star's concert...
12:57:49 AM Feb 12, 2012
Hip-hop superstar, actor and two-time Grammy Award winner LL cool J is the first official host of the Grammy Awards in 7 years. ...
03:34:24 PM Feb 11, 2012
Adele Adkins, the camera-shy 23-year-old from Tottenham, UK, looks set to dominate this year's Grammy awards with as many as six nominations including the Album of the Year and Record of the Year. ...
01:17:23 PM Feb 10, 2012
New Delhi: 'Kolaveri Di' hitmaker Dhanush has taken the microphone again. This time to salute master blaster Sachin Tendulkar through a music video. The 28-year-old, who is riding high on the success of Tanglish song, says he is honoured to croon for 'India's pride' Tendulkar in a Boost commercial. "It's a great honour to sing for a legend like Sachin Tendulkar. I am happy that I have been chosen to...
01:51:36 PM Feb 08, 2012
New Delhi: Played entirely using smart phones and tablets, the Rave iBand's jazz version of Sheila Ki Jawani is a cool rhapsody that does not dilute the experience of campy music. The band, by their own description on YouTube, comprises "serious musicians who play music using smart phones and tablets (the guitarist uses a guitar app, drummer uses a drum app)". The vocalist sings into a smartphone using a microphone...
01:06:31 PM Feb 02, 2012
The biggest names in Indian music were honored by the Limca book of records in the capital. ...
08:22:58 PM Feb 01, 2012
New Delhi: Shubha Mudgal has nothing against Bollywood, but the veteran singer with deep roots in Hindustani classical says if everyone keeps running after creating masala songs for the industry, it may prove to be a threat to other genres of music specific to Indian culture. "Today we see Bollywood music being played in every household, mostly because they are easily accessible. I have nothing against Bollywood music as I...
12:28:22 PM Jan 27, 2012
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