New Delhi: Art, performance and regional integration merge in the folk music of Parvathy Baul, one of the country's top Baul musicians from Bengal, who balances her training as an artist from Santiniketan's Kala Bhavan with the devotional music of the wandering minstrels that she has carried down south to Kerala. Parvathy has found the true meaning of her music and life as a Baul bard under her guru, Muslim...
01:38 PM, Nov 09, 2012
New Delhi: British trance music group Above & Beyond are super excited to perform in India and the band's guitarist and songwriter Tony McGuinness say they would like to try out chicken tikka as the delicacy is quite popular in UK. Above & Beyond, which consists of three band members Tony, Jono Grant and Paavo Siljamaki, had earlier performed in India during Goa Sunburn festival in 2007 and 2011. The...
07:04 PM, Nov 08, 2012
Los Angeles: Jermaine Jackson wants to change his name to something a little brighter. He's asking a court to allow him to alter his famous surname and become Jermaine Jacksun. The older brother of Michael Jackson filed a name change petition on Tuesday in Los Angeles, stating the switch was for 'artistic reasons.' The filing doesn't elaborate, but Jackson's friend Steve Dennis, who was speaking on the singer's behalf, said...
01:28 PM, Nov 08, 2012
Music Director: Himesh Reshammiya Lyricists: Sameer, Shabbir Ahmed and Himesh Reshammiya Singers: Himesh Reshammiya, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Hamsika Iyer, Mynampati Sreeram Chandra, Shreya Ghoshal, Mika Singh Rating: 3 out of 5 Bollywood's 'khiladi' Akshay Kumar is back in action to pack a punch with his new outing 'Khiladi 786'. The film's soundtrack has been composed by Himesh Reshammiya. It has seven original tracks and five remixes. First up on...
11:56 AM, Nov 08, 2012
New Delhi: Folk music is silently tipping the gender balance in northern, eastern and southern India with more women from little known village communities using it as a legitimate grassroots voice - and are being heard across the country and abroad. Sugna Devi's voice rings like an untamed desert bird soaring in flight from behind her 'ghunghat' (veil) - a swathe of cotton drape that covers her head. She sings...
01:53 PM, Nov 07, 2012
New York: Classical composer Elliott Carter, whose challenging, rhythmically complex works earned him widespread admiration and two Pulitzer Prizes, has died at age 103. Music publishing company Boosey and Hawkes didn't give a cause of death that occurred yesterday. In a 1992 Associated Press interview, Carter described his works as "music that asks to be listened to in a concentrated way and listened to with a great deal of attention....
12:06 PM, Nov 06, 2012
Guwahati: The state paid rich tributes to Assam's most famous and popular musical icon Bhupen Hazarika on Monday on his first death anniversary. All-religion prayers, cultural shows and processions were organised across the state to pay tributes to Hazarika, often called the "bard of Brahmaputra". His songs were played in buses, ferries and homes as a mark of respect to the legend. A multi-faceted genius, Hazarika was a poet, music...
10:05 AM, Nov 06, 2012
The Mozart of Madras, AR Rahman will make an appearance on Season 2 of MTV's iconic show 'Unplugged'' which starts this Saturday. ...
04:54 PM, Nov 02, 2012
Nashville: Blake Shelton dominated the Country Music Association awards on Thursday, taking home three trophies, including the coveted entertainer of the year prize, on country music's biggest night. Shelton, 36, whose popularity has rocketed since he became a judge in 2011 on the TV singing contest 'The Voice,' also won male vocalist of the year for a third time. Shelton shared song of the year honors with his wife, Miranda...
04:51 PM, Nov 02, 2012
If the visuals of Shah Rukh Khan's clumsy strumming of guitar managed to you put you off in 'Challa'; just the song on its own makes up for it. The song has everything going for it - from the music which IS cool, airy and has very edgy placement of beats to Rabbi nailing it with the beautiful lyrics penned down by Gulzar. ...
04:59 PM, Nov 01, 2012
Music Director: Ram Sampath Lyricist: Javed Akhtar Singers: Suman Sridhar, Vishal Dadlani, Sona Mahapatra, Ravindra Upadhyay and Ram Sampath Rating: 3 out of 5 Ram Sampath, who entertained music lovers with the quirky and peppy numbers in 'Delhi Belly', has composed for 'Talaash' five original tracks and one remix, with the lyrics being penned by Javed Akhtar. The album starts with a bang with a jazzy and groovy number 'Muskaanen...
03:15 PM, Oct 31, 2012
Los Angeles: Rapper Eminem has hinted about a new solo album in 2013. The 40-year-old 'Not Afraid' hitmaker has been selling commemorative baseball caps on his online store. Printed on the cap's side panel are the lists of landmark dates for the artist's past solo records: 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2010 and 2013, reported Ace Showbiz. No specifics, such as title or release date have been mentioned so...
11:49 AM, Oct 30, 2012
Rapper 'Taboo' from the Black Eyed Peas is in India. CNN-IBN caught up with him and got him to talk about India, Bollywood and their interesting connect with musical maestro Ilaiyaraaja. ...
02:21 PM, Oct 29, 2012
London: Pop star Madonna has been named the best-selling female singles artist in Britain's music chart history. The 54-year-old defeated Rihanna to take the title by selling more than 17.8 million (copies of her) singles in Britain since the release of her debut track 'Holiday' back in 1984, reports contactmusic.com. Rihanna came in second with a sales figures of 11.4 million in the seven years since she released her first...
12:12 PM, Oct 29, 2012
London: Singer Jay Sean walked away with the trophy of the British artist of the decade at the recently held Asian Music Awards. The Indian-origin British singer was also awarded the Best Male artist, however, he was unable to attend the event as he is on tour in Australia, reports dailystar.co.uk. Other big winners included rapper M.I.A., who won Best Video for her 'Bad Girls' promo, and singer/actress Preeya Kalidas,...
11:07 AM, Oct 28, 2012
New Delhi: 12.30 pm: The Bharatiya Janata Party slams the reshuffle, saying that it will not make any change. BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said, "Nothing new has come from the scrapyard." 12.23 pm: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says the new Cabinet is a mix of youth and experience. Upon being asked about Rahul Gandhi, the PM said that he had always wanted him in government but that the Congress...
09:51 AM, Oct 28, 2012
Los Angeles: Singer Justin Timberlake apologized on Friday for what he called a 'distasteful' video that features homeless people in Los Angeles congratulating him and new wife Jessica Biel on their wedding. The video was made by a friend of Timberlake's and intended as a humorous gift for the couple's lavish wedding in Italy last week. The joke backfired when gossip website Gawker got hold of the video and celebrity...
06:35 PM, Oct 27, 2012
London: Pop star Britney Spears says her two young sons think that she is on a mission to save the world when she leaves home for work. The 30-year-old singer's boys, Sean Preston, seven, and Jayden James, six, love watching her on 'The X Factor' and they are convinced that she has special powers when she is on the TV talent show, reported Daily Telegraph. "The boys try to figure...
01:49 PM, Oct 27, 2012
Bangalore: When Carlos Santana, number 15 on the Rolling Stones magazine list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time, took the stage at an open air concert venue in Bangalore on Friday evening, the small trickle of people that had started pouring in since afternoon had reached a healthy crowd of over 3,000 people. Dressed in a white shirt and a pair of white trousers, the pioneer of rock-latin-jazz...
11:27 AM, Oct 27, 2012
London: 'Take That' star Robbie Williams says he will be disappointed if his baby daughter, Teddy, isn't a rebel when she gets older. The 38-year-old 'Candy' singer became a father for the first time last month when wife Ayda gave birth to little Theodora 'Teddy' Rose and he is hoping she follows in his rebellious footsteps, reported Showbizspy. "I think it's going to be very difficult for her to get...
05:19 PM, Oct 26, 2012
