We have often seen and heard people giving presents to others on their birthdays, but Flipkart's digital music store Flyte appears to be openhanded as it is giving people gifts in the run up to its first birthday. ...
04:03 PM, Feb 20, 2013
A melodious voice, a sweet six-string riff, a beautiful jugalbandi on tabla - The music launch of their album is like any other, however, with one difference. The musicians are all prisoners and the performance is in Tihar Jail. Meet the Tihar Idols, who have launched their first album, a first from inside a jail. ...
10:06 AM, Feb 01, 2013
The last place you'd expect a music album to be launched is Tihar Jail. But come later this year, that's exactly what is going to happen. Tihar's inmates have become the first, worldwide to cut a commercial music album from inside a jail. ...
08:59 AM, Jan 09, 2013
New Delhi: Despite going international with her new single song 'In My City', actress Priyanka Chopra says she has tried to retain the Indianness in her new album. "I consider myself very desi and I want the world to get the taste of India in my music. Though it's an English album, I didn't want my songs to be completely western. I wanted to have a little Indianness in it...
03:47 PM, Oct 26, 2012
Mumbai: Priyanka Chopra's first single and her most-talked-about film Barfi are releasing on the same day and she has decided to skip the former event. "My music album will come in a few months but the first single will come the same day as Barfi, actually September 13. The first single features Will.I.AM. and it will be a worldwide release," the 30-year-old said here at the Mijwan fashion show. Titled...
07:33 PM, Sep 04, 2012
New Delhi: Whatever happened to solo albums? There was a time when the likes of Shaan and Falguni Pathak made it big with 'Tanha Dil', and 'Yaad Piya Ki'. Nowadays, TV and radio channels don't support such endeavours, musicians say, but feel that digital media offers some hope. After facing a rough patch, the music industry is looking upwards. According to industry lobby FICCI, the Indian music industry generated Rs...
03:15 PM, Aug 07, 2012
Los Angeles: Inspired by Queen of Pop Madonna, singer Katy Perry has said her music is set to turn darker following her recent heartbreak. The 27-year-old singer, who split from husband Rusell Brand last December, said her next album will be much different from the cheerful music she is known for, reported MTV online. "It will be a much darker album than the previous one. It was inevitable, after what...
08:15 PM, Jul 03, 2012
Los Angeles: Aerosmith has reunited with Jack Douglas, who produced the band's key 1970s albums, and quietly recorded a new studio album even as its lead singer traded jokes with Jennifer Lopez on 'American Idol'. Steven Tyler said Aerosmith was finishing two final songs for the as-yet-untitled album, its first since 2004's 'Honkin' on Bobo', and that he expected it to be released in about three months. Joined Wednesday by...
01:47 PM, Mar 29, 2012
London: British teen band One Direction became the first UK group to enter the US Billboard 200 chart at number one on Tuesday. The band sold more than 176,000 copies of their debut album 'Up All Night', making chart history in the United States, with the record soaring straight to the top of the digital charts within minutes of its official release on March 13th, a statement from the band's...
02:33 PM, Mar 22, 2012
Stockholm: Swedish pop group ABBA are to release a new version of their last album, featuring a previously unreleased track for the first time since 1994, the group's website said on Wednesday. ABBA remain one of the world's most popular bands and their music got a new lease of life with the 'Mamma Mia' stage show and film. The band's website said a deluxe edition of their final album, 'The...
08:33 AM, Jan 26, 2012
Los Angeles: British singer Adele's multi-platinum selling album '21' scored its 16th week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday, entering an elite list of only five albums to cross the that mark in the past 20 years. '21', which has been selling more than 100,000 copies each week for 33 weeks, joined the ranks of the soundtrack to the 1997 box-office phenomenon 'Titanic', Whitney Houston's...
12:20 PM, Jan 19, 2012
Anoushka Shankar talks about recording her latest album 'The Traveller' while expecting her first child Zubin. ...
12:40 PM, Jan 11, 2012
Los Angeles: Two previously unreleased songs from Amy Winehouse aired on radio stations this week ahead of her posthumous album, generating mostly positive comments from critics and bittersweet memories for fans. The reggae-infused track 'Our Day Will Come' premiered on BBC's Radio 1 station on Thursday and is a cover of Ruby & The Romantics's classic song. Another, 'Like Smoke', is a collaboration with rapper Nas, and it premiered on...
02:32 PM, Nov 04, 2011
London: Late singer Amy Winehouse's unheard tracks are set to be compiled and released in December by her father Mitch. The tragic singer's father Mitch has revealed he was impressed by the songs that his daughter recorded before her death in July and wants to share them with her fans. "I spent so much time chasing after Amy - telling her off - that I never realised what a true...
12:11 PM, Nov 01, 2011
A popular band from Kolkata- Bhoomi has come out with a new album- using the occasion of Durga Puja as a perfect launch. ...
10:48 AM, Oct 05, 2011
New Delhi: After making her mark in Bollywood, actress Priyanka Chopra, a trained western classical singer, is set to release her debut music album, and that too internationally. She will write and record songs in English. "It has been a long cherished dream which is finally coming true," Priyanka said in a statement. The 29-year-old has signed a recording agreement with music company Universal Music Group (UMG) and Desi Hits!,...
05:43 PM, Aug 05, 2011
News of the 27-year-old's death has boosted sales of her 2006 award-winning album Back to Black. ...
09:51 AM, Jul 25, 2011
London: 'Mysterious Girl' singer Peter Andre wants to be more like Robbie Williams when he performs. The 38-year-old reality TV star was so impressed with the singer when he saw him perform with 'Take That' last week and took an extra note of Robbie's showmanship, Female first reported. "I went to see 'Take That' last week and my God, they were awesome. It was absolutely brilliant. I know Robbie Williams...
04:24 PM, Jul 12, 2011
