Grammy award winning singer, songwriter Nelly Furtado's 4th English studio album is due for a release on the 18th of September. ...
02:14 PM, Sep 11, 2012
Find out about the journey of singer KJ Yesudas who defied boundaries and sang in almost all Indian languages. ...
11:44 PM, Sep 09, 2012
Singer Celion Dion is back on the cover of a magazine after six long years. ...
08:08 AM, Sep 02, 2012
Mumbai: Legendary singer Asha Bhosle, who has been requested by Raj Thackeray-led MNS not to participate in a musical reality show featuring Pakistani artistes, today sought to play down the issue, saying she understands the language of music and has nothing to do with politics. Maharashtra Navnirman Sena has requested Bhosle not to judge the show 'Sur Kshetra', to be aired on Colors TV, where Pakistani singers are taking part....
01:07 PM, Aug 31, 2012
Paris: Johnny Hallyday's producer says the French entertainer famed for his Elvis-like style and gravelly voice has been hospitalised with a severe case of bronchitis. According to the Sipa news agency, producer Gilbert Coullier said the hospitalization on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe was a "precautionary measure." The 69-year-old singer was on a summer break from an international tour that is still slated to resume in October. In a tweet,...
06:08 PM, Aug 28, 2012
Singer Justin Bieber is trying to shed his baby tag with the song 'Boyfriend'. ...
07:30 PM, Jul 10, 2012
Melbourne: Topless pictures of an Indian-origin singer, who is Gold Coast city's pick to promote tourism in India, has left a section of the Indian community uneasy with some speaking against such moves to sell tourism to a largely conservative India. Queensland-raised pop singer Aiysha Saagar was recently selected as the Gold Coast Goodwill Ambassador by the eastern city's Mayor Tom Tate, and she is set to travel to India...
07:37 PM, Jul 04, 2012
New York: 30 Rock star Alec Baldwin has tied the knot with fiancee Hilaria Thomas. Baldwin, 54, wed the 28-year-old yoga instructor at the historic St Patrick's Old Cathedral in New York on June 30, reported People magazine. "Hilaria Thomas and Alec Baldwin were married this evening at St Patrick's Old Cathedral in New York City with family and friends sharing in the joy of the occasion," a source said....
08:30 PM, Jul 01, 2012
Mumbai: Ghazal singer Talat Aziz was the first celebrity contestant to be eliminated from the fifth season of dance reality show 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa'. Talat was among TV hosts Archana Vijaya and Shibani Dhandekar to get minimum scores after combining audience votes and the judges' scores. Talat was competing alongside Gurmeet Chowdhary, Giaa Manek, Sanath Jayasuriya, Bharti Singh, Pratyusha Banerjee, Sushil Kumar, Darsheel Safary, Ravi Kishan, Isha Sharvani and Jayati...
01:59 PM, Jul 01, 2012
Mumbai: If only wishes were horses! For a group of singers from Pakistan, who have lent their soulful voices to some of the chartbuster tracks of Saif Ali Khans latest film, their dreams of coming to India were crushed. Reason being that the Indian government didnt grant them a visa. If all had gone well, the singers would have been part of an event this month in Mumbai to officially...
01:47 PM, Jun 28, 2012
Melbourne: Singer Lady Gaga likes to surprise her fans with wacky things. This time she has posted a racy picture of her in a lacy lingerie and set the tongues wagging. The 26-year-old singer posted a picture on her Twitter page. She tweeted, "Hey Melbourne we're here! We can hear you downstairs! Is that church bell ringing for us? The devil of pop is here." The 26-year-old is in the...
06:34 PM, Jun 27, 2012
New Delhi: After 32 cities across the world, Balcony TV is here in India to provide a platform to independent musicians and singers. From a fusion of Indian classical to Delh's very own Reggae Raja's, it is a musical rhapsody. Pragya, Kavi and Rishi are three freelance writers who jam together every month to produce Balcony TV Delhi. They shortlist singers with original scores, shoot with them and upload their...
09:57 AM, Jun 21, 2012
New Delhi: Famous Pashto singer Ghazala Javed and her father were shot dead by motorcycle-borne gunmen in Pakistan's Peshawar city, police said. The attack took place in Dabgari area when Javed went to a beauty parlour along with her father Mohammad Javed on Monday night, the Dawn News reported Tuesday. Hailing from Swat valley, Javed married around two years ago. Following differences with her husband, she started living with her...
01:22 PM, Jun 19, 2012
Ahmad Faraz, the Urdu poet, told me an interesting anecdote. Once, he was very late in catching his flight back home from Delhi. The airport ...
12:03 PM, Jun 15, 2012
Kozhikode: He left with a promise that he would return to the city to sing again. And when the news broke amongst music lovers in the city of Mehdi Hassans demise on Wednesday, it was also confirmation that it was a promise he would not be able to keep. Hassan had performed at the Tagore Centenary Hall in 2002 - reportedly his last in India - and the performance came...
11:01 AM, Jun 14, 2012
New Delhi: Mehdi Hassan, the legendary Pakistani ghazal maestro born in India, passed away at a Karachi hospital Wednesday and his son says that the funeral will take place Friday. "My father's funeral will take place Friday in Karachi," Arif Mehdi told IANS on phone from Karachi, adding that they have yet to finalise the place. "We have asked for the permission from the government to bury him at Quaid-e-Azam...
07:07 PM, Jun 13, 2012
New Delhi: Ghazal maestro Mehdi Hassan first mesmerised connoisseurs with his rendition of 'Gulon main rang bhare;, step one of a long musical journey that lasted five decades. The death of the artist, who gave voice to ghazals such as 'Patta patta boota boota' and 'Abke bicchde khwaabon mein mile', brings the curtains down on an era of lyricism, melody and poetry in light Hindustani classical music. Born in undivided...
03:26 PM, Jun 13, 2012
New Delhi: India-born Pakistani ghazal singer Mehdi Hassan died at a Karachi hospital on Wednesday after prolonged illness. He was 84. Better known as 'King of ghazal', Hassan ruled the Pakistani music industry for years. He was born in a village called Luna in Rajasthan. His family migrated to Pakistan after 1947 and had to face financial problems as well. Not many know that Hassan used to work at a...
02:28 PM, Jun 13, 2012
