MUMBAI:The legendary Indian singer, Gurdas Maan, was honored with a Doctorate in World Music from The University of Wolverhampton at a ceremony at the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre on 7th September 2010, in United Kingdom. Dr. Maan was conferred this honor by the School of Sport, Performing Arts and Leisure of the University for recognition of his lifelong career in music, ...

MUMBAI:Amazon already offers Songza, which lets music enthusiasts create their own customise radio station and then share it with friends.And now after Songza, Amazon has purchased online music retailer Amie Street for an undisclosed amount.Amie Street has a different revenue and sales model. It allows users to buy songs that start off free and become increasingly expensive as they rise ...

MUMBAI:The T.J. Martell Foundation for Leukemia, Cancer and AIDS Research will celebrate its 35th Annual Awards Gala on Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 at the Marriott Marquis Times Square in New York City. This year, the Foundation is proud to present the Humanitarian of the Year Awards to brothers Monte and Avery Lipman, President & CEO of Universal Republic Records and ...

MUMBAI:The next decade in The Latin Recording Academy's continued evolution began today when nominations for the 11th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards (www.latingrammy.com) were announced at a press conference attended by national and international media at the Avalon in Hollywood, Calif. Artists reading nominations this morning included pop/rock trio Camila, singer/songwriter Alex Cuba, two-time Latin GRAMMY winner Kany Garcia, pop/rock group ...

MUMBAI:Hungama Digital Media Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., South Asias leading mobile and digital entertainment company has partnered with Vdopia, the leading online and mobile video monetization player to take charge of video advertising on Dailymotion.com exclusively for their videos.The Paris based Dailymotion.com is a video sharing community, that allows users to browse videos by searching tags; channels; user created groups to ...

BANGALORE: Radio One launched the One Bengaluru One Music offering in the garden city of Bangalore today.Representatives of bands such as Swarathma, Raghu Dixit, Thermal & a Quarter, Atomic Meltdown, Moon Arra amongst others signed on to take part on the platform that the station has provided to the bands in Karnataka to showcase their talent. Radio One will select ...

MUMBAI: NH7 is one of the longest highway in the country between Lakhnadon in North to Kanyakumari in South, connecting two ends of the spectrum. Initiated with the same intention of bringing the Indian music scene together, providing daily updates with music, news, features and reviews of bands, NH7 is a music portal started by Only Much Louder's Vijay Nair ...

MUMBAI: 92.7 BIG FM, the radio arm of Reliance Broadcast Network Limited is taking its endeavour of supporting the environment by creating a greener and cleaner country and offering local connect to its listeners by launching another major initiative - BIG Green Ganesha 2010 with the support of RAMKY, an environment based company as the title sponsor. BIG Green Ganesha ...

MUMBAI: Red FM, the radio station known for its 'Bajaate Raho' attitude will be celebrating the arrival of RJ Devaki as new entrant to their fold in Ahmedabad.Speaking on the new appointment, Red FM senior VP and programming head Nisha Narayanan said, "We are pleased to have Devaki on board. Within a short span of time, Red FM has already ...

MUMBAI: Spurred by the success of the Inaugural Kala Viraasat in 2009, Banyan Tree Events, a cultural organization that promotes performing arts announced the dates for Kala Viraasat this year. It is a comprehensive festival showcasing classical dance, ballet forms, classical music, world music, fusion ensembles, folk and sufi music.The two-day cultural festival, sponsored by IndusInd Bank, will commence on ...

MUMBAI: Hungama Digital Media's ArtistAloud has introduced a new initiative to promote original and unreleased music by artistes, titled First 1s.First 1s is a celebration of music from talented musicians from various parts of the world who have been selected and brought together onto one common platform. Users via the Upload feature on the ArtisteAloud, had sent their unreleased work. ...

MUMBAI: Fly Mobile has refreshed its music phone line-up in India with the launch of a low-priced handset, Fly Harmony (DS 102), the device that is claimed to be high on volume and features.Targeted at music lovers, the phone comes with mini booom which generates loud sound and has audio player with equalizer and background play.The dual-SIM handset offers a ...

MUMBAI: Red FM, Mumbais most popular radio station known for its Bajaate Raho attitude is determined to tackle environmental concerns this festive season. Red FM and Oh Wonderful Emotions an NGO have joined forces to spread awareness about greener means of celebrating Ganesh Jayanti this year.As part of this initiative, Red FM is giving out 20 eco friendly Ganesha Idols ...

MUMBAI: T20 Cricket has brought about a complete revolution to the sport. Today, cricket no more seems to be just about the players and the huge sum invested in each of the T20 teams by Shilpa Shetty, Shahrukh Khan or Ness Wadia. Infact there is a lot of hoopla that surrounds the cricket fever in India as well as abroad.After ...

MUMBAI: One of the worlds most renowned beatboxer, Shlomo is all set on a India tour in September with gigs in Mumbai, Bangalore and Delhi, wherein he will collaborate with some of Indias musicians.Shlomo has performed all over the world at the biggest festivals and events including Glastonbury, Bestival and Big Chill. His performance with Bjork at the 2004 Olympics ...

MUMBAI: It was the month of August, 2007 when 94.3 MY FM ventured in the city of Ajmer with its new edition of interactive radio station that could transmit the vibe of the city. Three years from the day, we are proud to announce completion of a splendid third innings. 94.3 MY FM, Ajmer today celebrated its third anniversary in ...

MUMBAI: eyeSight Mobile Technologies, a developer of Hand Gesture Interface solutions for mobile phones and consumer electronics devices, today announced the successful launch of a unique new application which allows users to control a mobile phone MP3 player with simple hand gestures."Moove" MP3 Player controlled by eyeSight's Touch Free Interface technology, offered only to the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic users - ...

MUMBAI: Celebrations poured in from every nook of the city as 94.3 MY FM celebrated its third successful spell in the beautiful city of Surat. Acknowledged nationwide for its distinguishable humane efforts 94.3 MY FM, Surat celebrated the completion of its third spell by introducing its Koshish Dil Se campaign.MY FM as a brand has time and again endorsed the ...

MUMBAI: Teesri Manzil, a 1966 Bollywood film, still remains one of the most successful commercial films in Hindi Cinema. An effective plot, energetic performances, an excellent musical score, great chemistry between the lead pair and above all the brilliant direction made the film a blockbuster. The musical thriller was revisited on Saturday night when Radio Mirchi screened 'Teesri Manzil' for ...

MUMBAI: With the first of its kind reality show Ketpavarellam Pesalam RJ Hunt Trichy Suryan 93.5 FM has identified three talents for radio jockeying.The Hunt had three phases wherein primarily aspirants were encouraged to register their voices through IVRS and after the first round of screening about one thousand youngsters were interviewed for the next level and twenty most promising ...

MUMBAI: MTV Networks Digital, a unit of Viacom's MTV Networks (MTVN), and AT&T will connect consumers to their friends, families, and featured musical artists for free through a first-of-its-kind online phone unit, featuring the Motorola BACKFLIP(TM), AT&T's first Android smartphone combining a revolutionary design with MOTOBLUR(TM), a unique service that delivers and organizes conversations, friends and favorite content from multiple ...

MUMBAI: YouTubeMusicDownloader.com today announces YouTube Music Downloader 3.6.3, a windows downloader designed to download music from YouTube and convert to audio & video formats.YouTube has changed their video format and download url on July 22th, 2010. YouTube Music Downloader developer team updated the YouTube Music Downloader to version 3.6.3 within 4 hours, and the new version allows users to download ...

Together with his partner Jatin, they have given few of the most memorable music of Hindi cinema, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai to name a few. It's been four years since composer Lalit Pandit branched out to embark on a solo music career. But his calling came with the recent hit 'Munni Badnaam Hui' from Dabangg with ...

MUMBAI: Veteran Singer Asha Bhosle, who has duetted with the likes of Boy George, Robbie Williams and Australian cricketer Brett Lee, is set to perform with iconic South American rock guitarist Carlos Santana.The singer, who will turn 77 tomorrow, has been a long-time fan of the Grammy-award-winning singer. Her late husband and famous musician R D Burman introduced Asha to ...

MUMBAI: She is the Nightingale of India and the Queen of Melodies. She has reigned the Singing industry for more than four decades and has casted colorful shadows of emotions on many of us for years.The living singing legend, Asha Bhosle turns 77 this Wednesday. On this occasion she speaks to NewsX Consulting Editor, Ayaz Memon, on her life, her ...