Newspapers have carried extensive coverage of the news of the honouring of the killers of Congress MP Lalit Makhen and General AS Vaidya by the ...
11:59 AM, Oct 12, 2012
On October 5, 1962, exactly fifty years ago, four young men recorded a single the words and music of which they had composed themselves, which ...
12:45 PM, Oct 08, 2012
Houston: Soon many of you will have a chance to add applications from the most popular mobile operating system, Android, to the most popular desktop system, Windows and enjoy technological marvel, thanks to the Chipmaker AMD and Bluestacks. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and BlueStacks have teamed up to let consumers run Android apps on their AMD-powered PCs. BlueStacks, creator of a Windows app that enables you to run Android apps...
11:36 AM, Sep 29, 2012
New Delhi: Carlos Santana, a world renowned name in rock guitar, is all set to perform for the first time in India next month. The 65-year-old music icon will set the stage on fire with his signature Afro Latino Blues rock fusion on October 26 at the Vladivar Rock N India fest in Bangalore. Santana's line up for his India gig includes his Latin-infused, multi-genre hit singles 'Black Magic Woman',...
06:47 PM, Sep 28, 2012
Chandigarh: The Congress on Friday said the construction of Operation Bluestar memorial in Amritsar can trigger unrest in Punjab and the state government should be questioned for "patronising separatist agenda". Leader of Opposition in Punjab Sunil Jakhar along with 10 Congress MLAs met Governor Shivraj Patil and submitted a memorandum in this regard. "Punjab has plunged into a state of shock and fear with the raising of a memorial in...
04:42 AM, Jun 09, 2012
As the Air India pilots remain defiant, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh warns them saying the airline is planning to fire more pilots as well as hire new pilots. ...
09:56 PM, Jun 06, 2012
It is not easy to write a book with Jazz as the main character that is always lurking as the "backdrop". In fact it isn't easy writing about music at all; no matter how tuned you are to it and what your sensibilities are made of. Esi Edugyan manages it wonderfully through his book, 'Half-Blood Blues'. 'Half-Blood Blues' alternates between 1992 and 1939/1940, whose major characters are three African-American men...
06:30 PM, Jun 04, 2012
Alaska: It takes a certain type of person to get on stage under a name taken from a building renowned as one of the most beautiful ever constructed, without being laughed out of the room. Henry Saint Clair Fredericks is that type of person, and he has long preferred the name Taj Mahal, which he says arrived in a series of dreams a few decades ago. Under that moniker he...
02:04 PM, Apr 28, 2012
This spring, there is music in the air. Here are some music festivals that will leave you whistling a tune. Sulafest 2012 Location: Sula Vineyards, Nashik When: February 4-5 Artists: Nitin Sawhney, Blackstratblues, Papon & East India Company Damage: Rs. 1,800. The highlight this year is undoubtedly Nitin Sawhney. He is a huge favourite of Rajeev Samant, founder and CEO of Sula Vineyards. Area79 Music and Arts Festival Location: The...
12:43 PM, Feb 10, 2012
BANGALORE: Standing in long hours of traffic congestion is not a new experience to Bangaloreans, but Monday, gave more woes than blues to the city. While North and West Bangalore had rows of vehicles chock-a-block for over two hours, Central Bangalore too had unending jams. It was only South Bangalore that escaped the ugly traffic jams. Of the 2,800 task force of the Bangalore Traffic Police (BTP), more than half...
09:10 AM, Jan 31, 2012
Kolkata: Acclaimed Hyderabadi filmmaker Nagesh Kukunoor, known for his creations based on social issues, Wednesday said he has no plans to make a movie on Telangana. "It isn't necessary that every issue needs to be addressed in films. Movies are not just a platform to project issues, they have to first entertain, which is my primary thrust," said Kukunoor when asked if he would make a movie on the Telangana...
10:42 AM, Dec 15, 2011
The closing day of the November fest in Chennai on Friday saw Pakistani musicians Zeb and Haniya perform live in India for the first time. ...
08:26 AM, Nov 20, 2011
Chicago: Grammy-winning blues musician Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith, who was a longtime sideman for Muddy Waters, died of a stroke on Friday in Chicago at age 75, according to a statement on his website. Smith's death comes less than six months after the passing at age 97 of blues master Joe Willie 'Pinetop' Perkins, with whom Smith shared a Grammy win this year in the best traditional blues album category...
12:36 PM, Sep 17, 2011
Sydney: You don't get to hear of post-sex blues often, but a third of women experience it at some point. Postcoital dysphoria or the experience of negative feelings following an otherwise satisfactory copulation takes the shape of melancholy and is fairly widespread, says a new study. "While 32.9 percent of women reported experiencing symptoms of postcoital dysphoria at least a little of the time in their life...10 percent reported experiencing...
03:23 PM, Mar 31, 2011
Mumbai: Music aficionados and specially fans of blues are in for a treat since a Blues festival is set to roll out here Saturday onwards. Mahindra Blues Festival, being organised by the Mahindra Group, is a two-day weekend festival and will take place at the Mehboob studios. It will feature International Blues stars like Buddy Guy, Jonny Lang, Shemekia Copeland and Matt Schofield. The festival will also feature home grown...
12:11 PM, Feb 05, 2011
Kashmir Blues travels through the streets of Bombay and Delhi and soaks in the beauty of that place called Kashmir. ...
05:07 PM, Jul 12, 2010
Acts from the last 40 years show the posers a thing or two. ...
01:57 PM, Jan 02, 2010
Ramayana is presented in a vibrant and original avatar as an animation film. ...
01:23 AM, May 30, 2009
8x10 Tasveer is the costliest movie by the director. ...
02:34 AM, Apr 02, 2009
Shiromani Akali Dal accused of trying to woo hardliners in this election. ...
04:07 PM, Mar 22, 2009
