'Iron Maiden' an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, played to a packed venue filled with die hard fans in London. ...
10:39 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Kolkata: Hundreds of musicians, technicians and artists from West Bengal are set to participate in a protest against piracy, digitisation and indiscriminate Internet music download June 20 here in the wake of Music World deciding to shut its landmark store in the hep and stylish Park Street. The decision by top singers and audio companies to organise a protest comes in the aftermath of the "shocking" disclosure that India's premier...
06:54 PM, Jun 14, 2013
New York: Apple unveiled an Internet radio service called iTunes Radio on Monday and said the service will personalise listeners' music based on what they've listened to and what they've purchased on iTunes. Apple said iTunes Radio will be available this fall in the US. It will be free with advertisements included, although subscribers of Apple's iTunes Match music-storage service will get a commercial-free version of iTunes Radio. That service...
12:37 PM, Jun 11, 2013
London: South Korean rapper Psy has revealed that British rock band Queen inspired him to become a pop star. The 'Gangnam Style' hitmaker said he once watched their 1986 Live At Wembley Stadium tape on loop as a teenager in South Korea, reported Sun online. "If it wasn't for Queen at Wembley, I wouldn't be a pop star. When I was growing up I would watch Freddie Mercury (lead vocalist...
05:07 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Bangalore: The condition of playback legend Manna Dey, undergoing treatment at a private hospital here for age-related and other complications, has shown "marginal improvement", hospital sources said today. "His condition is slightly better than yesterday. There is marginal improvement. He is stable," sources at Narayana Hrudayalaya said. The 94-year-old Dey, who has sung more than 3,500 songs in different languages, including Hindi and Bengali, in a career spanning seven decades,...
12:35 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Bangalore: The condition of legendary singer Manna Dey, who is admitted at a Bangalore hospital with chest infection, continued to remain critical on Monday. "There is not much change in Mannada's condition," said one of his friends while requesting anonymity. The multilingual playback singer has been ailing for over a month because of old age-related complications. Though Dey was rushed to super-specialty Narayana Health hospital late on Saturday after he...
11:07 AM, Jun 10, 2013
New York: Apple is expected to reveal a digital radio service and changes to the software behind iPhones and iPads on Monday as the company opens its annual conference for software developers. Apple hasn't said what it will unveil at the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. But the major announcements are expected during Monday's keynote presentation. Last year, Apple used the conference to announce its own mapping service, better...
09:38 AM, Jun 10, 2013
Mumbai: Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar is working on his next film which will be a musical and is also likely to have a touch of realism. Madhur is known for his realistic films like 'Chandni Bar', 'Page 3', 'Corporate', 'Traffic Signal', 'Fashion', 'Jail' and 'Heroine' and had earlier also attempted a romantic-comedy 'Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji'. He has now teamed up with Bhushan Kumar of T-Series for a film. "He...
02:50 PM, Jun 09, 2013
London: Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez believes women have taken over the music industry in the last 20 years. The 'Live it Up' hitmaker, who has been in the trade for quite a sometime, said she is definitely here to stay and feels a lot of male artists are not doing well because females have been breaking the industry, reported Contactmusic. "Women have taken over the music industry - when you think...
10:57 AM, Jun 09, 2013
Mumbai: National award-winning music composer Amit Trivedi says his renditions in his upcoming film 'Lootera' are a tribute to legendary R D Burman. 'Lootera' is a period romance drama set in Bengal of 1950s and is directed by Vikramaditya Motwane after his much acclaimed 'Udaan'. "The music of this film is a tribute to Pancham Da (R D Burman) in terms of melody and orchestration. I am happy that the...
04:22 PM, Jun 08, 2013
Music Director: AR Rahman Singers: Jaswinder Singh, Shiraz Uppal, Shreya Ghoshal, AR Rahman, Javed Ali, Pooja Av, Kirti Sagathia, Aanchal Sethi, Vaishali, Chinmayi, Madhushree, Neeti Mohan, Rashid Ali, Rabbi Rating: 3.5 out of 5 The music of director Anand.L. Rai's movie 'Raanjhanaa' has eight tracks. Since the movie is based in Benares, composer A.R. Rahman has included the regional flavour in most of the tracks. Use of a lot of...
11:03 AM, Jun 08, 2013
San Francisco: Apple Inc is gearing up to sell audio ads on a music-streaming service it intends to unveil at its developers conference next week, according to people familiar with the plan, going up against Google Inc and Pandora Media Inc in the increasingly competitive market for mobile tunes. The iPhone maker, which has been working to put together a streaming music service for the past year, has contacted some...
02:55 PM, Jun 06, 2013
Los Angeles: Concertgoers won't have to leave their homes to enjoy the "Live Music Day Festival," the biggest online-only event of its kind, music networks MTV, VH1 and CMT said on Tuesday. The 24-hour virtual concert is set to kick off at 7 p.m. EDT on June 19 and will feature performances by more than 50 bands and artists spanning rock, indie, pop, R&B and folk. Acts include Hanson, Atlas...
10:12 AM, Jun 05, 2013
San Francisco: Apple Inc has signed an agreement with Warner Music Group for music licenses in a push to create a streaming music service to unveil at a conference of its developers next week, the New York Times and Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing anonymous sources. The iPhone maker has been considering a music-streaming service to complement iTunes, the largest repository of music for sale, for the past...
10:34 AM, Jun 04, 2013
Composer: Amit Trivedi Singers: Monali Thakur, Amitabh Bhattacharya, Mohan Kanan, Swanand Kirkire, Amit Trivedi, Shilpa Rao Rating: 3.5 out of 5 The music of director Vikramaditya Motwane's 'Lootera' is like a breath of fresh air. With six tracks in its kitty, the album has been composed by Amit Trivedi with time and patience. Not for once does the music go out of tune. 'Sawaar loon' opens the album. Sung by...
10:40 AM, Jun 03, 2013
New Delhi: Flipkart will close its nascent music download service, Flyte, due to problems of music piracy and micro-payments. Flyte, which was started on February 27 last year allows people to download music at affordable prices. Flipkart claims the Flyte has about 100,000 customers. Flipkart has also sent an email to Flyte announcing that the Flyte MP3 store was shutting down (full text below). Flipkart Head (Digital Media and Payments)...
07:18 AM, May 30, 2013
Music Director: Amit Trivedi Singers: Amit Trivedi, Richa Sharma, Divya Kumar, Altaf Raja Rating: 3 out of 5 The music album of director Rajkumar Gupta's 'Ghanchakkar' has four tracks and a remix number. Composed with the intention of providing fullsome entertainment and fun, it is a little crazy. Amit Trivedi, who has shown his versatility as a singer, belts out the first track 'Ghanchakkar babu'. The quirky and peppy lyrics...
11:17 AM, May 29, 2013
New Delhi: The West Bengal government's decision to take over two channels owned by scam-tainted Saradha Group which were facing closure may hit the roadblock as present guidelines do not allow state governments to run TV channels. "At present no proposal has come to us from the state government but as per the present set of guidelines state governments are not allowed to run television channels," a senior Information &...
08:43 PM, May 24, 2013
Los Angeles: Google's new music service offers a lot of eye candy to go with the tunes. The song selection of around 18 million tracks is comparable to popular services such as Spotify and Rhapsody, and a myriad of playlists curated along different genres provides a big playground for music lovers. The All Access service represents Google's attempt to grab a bigger piece of the digital music market as more...
12:55 PM, May 23, 2013
