MUMBAI: Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India has signed a Grant of Permission Agreement for establishing, maintaining and operating a Community Radio Station (CRS) at Sai Jyoti Gramodhyog Samaj Sewa Samiti, Lalitpur,...

MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment released Pancham Unmixed, in a collectors edition DVD Pack – a feature length-film on the late composer R. D. Burman. Directed by Brahmanand S Siingh, the film has been showcased in...

MUMBAI: Oscar winning musician AR Rahman will soon be attending the 2010 Grammy Awards. Rahman, who has earlier won numerous awards, has now bagged two Grammy nominations for his soundtracks from Slumdog Millionaire. His...

MUMBAI:  Music director duo Sajid – Wajid Khan have been appointed as the brand ambassadors of Radio Noida 107.4 FM. Radio.   "It may be the closing ceremony of Global festival of films 2009 but it’s the beginning of...

MUMBAI: A.R. Rahman makes his first foray into composing music for an American comedy feature film with Universal Pictures’ forthcoming romantic comedy, Couples Retreat. The soundtrack will be released via Saregama India digitally and...

MUMBAI: In a tribute to the Mumbai Terror attacks that hit the city on 26 November, 2008, Divya Kumar has directed music composer and singer Adnan Sami with Jermaine Jackson in a video of...

The Indian Music Industry has been awarded record compensation in a case of copyright infringement under the concept of plea bargaining....

MUMBAI: Fever 104 FM is the official radio partner for AR Rahman live in concert Jai Ho. The concert will be organized in Kolkata on 14 November, 2009 at Salt Lake. As part of...

MUMBAI: George Michael is to release Live in London a 23 song full concert DVD on 8 December through Epic Records/Sony Music Entertainment. This is the first live DVD of Michael’s career. Recorded and...

MUMBAI: MTV has decided to drop the term Music Television from its logo in order to reach out to viewers as a complete entertainment network. The star cast of All The Best, Bipasha Basu,...

MUMBAI: The cast and crew of Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani (APKGK) recently launched its music on World Smile Day. Director Raj Kumar Santoshi is making a comeback in the genre of comedy with...

MUMBAI: Fever 104 FM in association with Saregama launched Ameen Sayani’s latest album, Geetmala ki Chaaon mein (Vol 6-10). The compilation comprises rare interviews and interactions with Bollywood veterans and celebrities of yesteryears like...

MUMBAI: Percept, announced the India for Peace Concert, a Percept initiative supported by The Indian Television Academy (ITA) and STAR Plus, in memory of the terrorist attacks of 26/11 in India. Pledging for harmony,...

MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM has launched a new quiz show on radio called BIG Bollywood Ka Waaris. The show, gives Bollywood lovers an opportunity to test their knowledge on the subject as they strive...

MUMBAI: Sony Music and Vishesh Films launched the music of Tum Mile recently in Mumbai. The cast and crew of the film including Emraan Hashmi, Soha Ali Khan, Mahesh Bhatt and director Kunal Deshmukh...

MUMBAI: Close on the heels of MY FM’s new campaign, the radio station has also spruced up its website and introduced several innovations to change the look and feel making it even more interactive,...

Saavn & T-Series join hands to make Blue music widely available across sites such as iTunes, Amazon.com, eMusic, Napster, Rhapsody in UK & US....

MUMBAI: MyBand.co.in – events division held its first ever Music Concert – MyBand MyMusic featuring top 8 bands of the portal on 26 September 2009 at Rock Heights in Hyderabad. Targeted towards the youth...

MUMBAI: Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India has signed a Grant of Permission Agreement for establishing, maintaining and operating a Community Radio Station at Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya Raipur, Chhattisgarh. Letter of...

MUMBAI: Radio One 94.3 FM has entered into an MOU with the Symbiosis International University to offer an Advance Certificate Course in Radio Management at the SIMC campus in Pune beginning 5 October, 2009....

MUMBAI: After giving the music for Shemaroo Entertainment’s animation film Bal Ganesh, music director Shamir Tandon will now score the music for the company’s two more films. Tandon will compose for Bal Ganesh’s sequel...

MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM has appointed singer Sonu Niigaam as its new brand ambassador. With this association, BIG 92.7 FM has also launched its new music positioning – Chillax Hits in Mumbai and Delhi....

MUMBAI: Vishesh Films launched the music of its forthcoming film Tum Mile on Red FM. The movie stars Emraan Hashmi and Soha Ali Khan and the music is by Pritam. The trio visited the...

MUMBAI: Idea Cellular has launched a special compilation of Health Music, in association with the Indian Music Academy (IMA), titled the Walking Ragaas. The music album is a collection of various Ragas and Vedic...

MUMBAI: Fever 104 FM has undertaken an initiative for celebrating Asha Bhosle’s birthday. The radio station will be hosting a special week long celebration of Asha Bhosle’s songs with Fever Tape Recorder, which is...

MUMBAI: Percept Talent Management has signed Adnan Sami’s son Azaan Sami, who will make his debut with PTM in association with Sony Music India. The young composer and singer will release his debut album...

Sajid - Wajid have been giving the music for most of Salman Khan's films and this time round they have dished out a romantic album....

MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM has appointed Raj Kambhoj as its director – rural activation. With over 14 years of experience in conceptualising events and creating multi-brand properties, Kambhoj will be spearheading the rural activation...

MUMBAI: Ad man and lyricist Prasoon Joshi was given the Shailendra Samman Award for Outstandng Literary Achievement for meaningful writing in films. Joshi said, "Such appreciation for ones work is always a very humbling...

MUMBAI: Radio City 91.1FM has brought back Musical-E-Azam, a Live music festival in its Season 3 on popular demand. This 2 week musical series for music lovers will kick-start on air from 7 –...

MUMBAI: Kamal Haasan’s daughter, actress Shruti Haasan  who is composing music for his film Unnaipol Oruvan, the Tamil remake of A Wednesday, convinced him to sing for her! It’s not for the first time...

Sony Music, Fox Star Studios & Phat Phish India settle lawsuit that was filed against them by Quick Gun Murugun's music composer - Sagar Desai....

MUMBAI: ibibo.com in association with Counter Culture Records has launched "The Rising Rock Stars of India"- an online platform that encourages fresh talent and emerging rock bands across India. As a part of the...

Lata Mangeshkar will be lending her voice for a Bengali film after 17 years. Movie is titled Ami Bhalo Laga Bhalobasha. The film has actress Rituparna Sengupta in the lead role....

MUMBAI: SS Music will air an exclusive music video shot by the channel involving music director Dharan and various playback singers on 29 August 2009. The music video which is titled Sing one more...

MUMBAI: BIG Music launched the music of David Dhawan’s Do Knot Disturb in Mumbai recently. This is the first time that a music company in India has launched  the music of a Bollywood film...

Nokia has launched its music store service in India, which will offer over three million international and Hindi film and regional soundtracks across all genres....

Indian singer Asha Bhosle's album Precious Platinum has been featured in the Top 100 Greatest World Music Albums of all Time by Amazon.com....

MyBand - the destination for Indian music bands has launched its Digital Store, which will enable all bands and artists to make available their owned content and enable online....

MUMBAI: BIG Music has released the soundtrack of Baabarr; a Ridhi Sidhi Films’ production, directed by Ashu Trikha. Baabarr stars Soham Shah, Urvashi Sharma, Mithun Chakraborty, Om Puri, Sushant Singh and Shakti Kapoor. Anand...

MUMBAI: Vandal Movies in association with Multi Media Combines released the music of their forthcoming English film The Unforgettable in Mumbai. Music director Ismail Darbar has scored the music which is being released on...

MUMBAI: Lata Mangeshkar has recorded the Hanuman Chalisa for a T-Series album. Mangeshkar has sung many devotional songs in her career but for the first time will be praising Lord Hanuman-who is regarded as...

MUMBAI: A.R. Rahman, will give an exclusive free concert at Parramatta Park on Saturday 16 January as part of the 2010 Festival program. NSW Premier and Sydney Festival president Nathan Rees yesterday made the...

MUMBAI: Musician A. R. Rahman has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Middlesex University of United Kingdom (UK), focusing on blending Asian and Western music styles. With this MOU between Rahman’s KM Music...

MUMBAI: A.R. Rahman is reportedly developing an album in memory of entertainment icon Michael Jackson, which will include musicians from all over the world. According to reports, besides Rahman’s original creations, it will also...

MUMBAI: All the 38 FM stations operating under the SFM brand will now be rebranded RED FM creating the country’s largest FM station network. Commenting on the occasion, RED FM CEO K.Shanmugam said “Consolidating...

MUMBAI: BIG Music launched the music of Amol Palekar’s forthcoming film Samaantar  at Cinemax Versova on Wednesday, 12 August , 2009. Samaantar is a BIG Pictures production starring Amol Palekar and Sharmila Tagore.  The...

MUMBAI: Yash Raj Films has launched the music of its forthcoming film titled Dil Bole Haddipa on its label YRF Music. The movie stars Shahid Kapur and Rani Mukherji. The music of the film...

MUMBAI: T-Series has launched the first solo album of singer Uvie called Aa Bhi Ja. The title track of the album is a song sung by Uvie and depicts the emotion of a man...

MUMBAI: Radio Misty 94.3 FM has partnered with musical extravaganza Rockfest 2009 featuring seven popular bands from across the region. Seven participating bands performed with Band Down Syndrome being declared the winner. The grand...

Music company T-Series is looking at pre-loading music on pen drives and memory chips; to begin with Blue, which has music composed by AR Rahman....

MUMBAI:BIG Music has acquired the music of BIG Pictures and Puja Films’ co-production Do Knot Disturb, which has been directed by David Dhawan. The music of the film will be out on 25 August...

MUMBAI: The Indian Music Academy, an initiative of Art & Artistes and a reputed leading cultural body, will bring together and involve some of the decision makers from all constituents of the Indian Music...

MUMBAI: Famous Bollywood music director Oscar winner A R Rahman’s six year old son Ameen A R Rahman has sung a complete song in upcoming Hollywood romantic comedy Couples Retreat. Directed by Emmy nominated...

MUMBAI: The music of Anjum Rizvi’s next film Fast Forward was launched recently. Present at the do were the stars from the movie, Akshay Kapoor, Rehan Khan, Bhavna Pani and Sabina Sheema. On the...

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Producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra has sold the music rights of his forthcoming film 3 Idiots to T-Series....

MUMBAI: While Salim-Suleiman’s soundtrack of the Soham Shah-directed Luck has scored fabulous reviews for hit tracks like Jee Le and Khuda Ya Veh, people were surprised that the background score of Luck has been...

MUMBAI: Ibibo.com and Sony Music have joined hands to promote Kailash Kher’s new album – Kailasa Chaandan Mein – through an innovative program. Three ibibo users will get to sing with Kailash Kher in...

MUMBAI: Tips has released Punjabi pop singer Jazzy B’s new album ‘Kaun Nachdi’. Jazzy has been synonymous with his previous albums, ‘Surma’ and ‘Dil Lutiya’. The new album features one single song that has...

MUMBAI: SS Music has launched a new show called Room with the View, which will have all movie related news, gossip and interviews. The show will be hosted by VJ Shyam. Room with the...

Government plans to set up 195 All India Radio sub-stations across the country during the 11th Five Year Plan; allocates Rs 1.63 billion for same.<br /> ...

MUMBAI: Universal Music Publishing Group has signed an exclusive world-wide publishing agreement with Oscar-winning composer and internationally renowned musician AR Rahman. However, this deal is not inclusive of India. Included in the deal is Jai...

Big FM has rolled out its 45th radio station in Shimla to become the first private player in Himachal Pradesh....

MUMBAI: Sony Music released singer Kailash Kher’s new album Kailasa Chaandan Mein. This will be the singer’s third album after Kailasa and Kailasa Jhoomo Re. The album was unveiled in Delhi and the video...

MUMBAI: The Indian Music Industry’s (IMI) anti piracy wing organized a training programme for police officers of Maharashtra to raise awareness about Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and the importance of its protection. The programme...

MUMBAI: Saregama India launched Anita Singhvi’s new album Tajalli in New Delhi recently. The album was launched by the Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit Singhvi said, "Tajalli means a Light from Heaven…the light brings...

MUMBAI: Radio Misty 94.3 will launch a new show devoted to ghazals, which begins from 21 June 2009. The new show titled Shaam-E-Ghazal, is a blend of unplugged ghazals, mushairas and live on-air performance...

MUMBAI: The music of Yash Raj Films’ upcoming film New York has been released on YRF Music. The movie releases on 26 June in theatres worldwide. The film stars John Abraham, Katrina Kaif, Neil...

MUMBAI: Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has signed a Grant of Permission Agreement for establishing, maintaining and operating a Community Radio Station at Wayanad Social Service Society, Mananthvady, Kerala. The Community Radio Service in...

MUMBAI: Veteran Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar is all set to render a new song, ‘Daata Sun Maula Sun…’ for Percept Picture Company and Madhur Bhandarkar’s Jail. Mangeshkar recorded the song for the film on...

T-Series has acquired the music rights of Anthony D'Souza's debut directorial film Blue, which is produced by Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision....

Oscar-winning musician AR Rahman will compose the score to the Universal Pictures' upcoming comedy Couples Retreat....

MUMBAI: The music of Zor Lagaa Ke Haiya! was recently launched by Mithun Chakraborty in Mumbai. The movie, produced by Gemini Motion Pictures stars Mithun, Mahesh Majrekar, Riya Sen, Seema Biswas, Glushan Grover along...

MUMBAI: Saregama India has launched the music album Ishq Nahin Asaan comprising songs sung by ghazal singer Nawaaz Jaswinder Singh. The launch was attended by Javed Aktar, Shabana Azmi, Kailash Kher and Rakesh Bedi....

MUMBAI: MySpace unveiled Music Central – a social music portal in India for independent music genre. This new portal has been designed to be a one-stop shop for discovery of all kinds of Indian...

MUMBAI: MySpace unveiled three bands that will be performing at India’s first ever MySpace Secret Show. MySpace Secret Show lineup includes MotherJane, Scribe and Black. This gig is exclusive and free for MySpacers and...

MUMBAI: Music director Bappi Lahiri will be bringing Rhythm n Blue (R.N.B.) music to India. An international album titled My Love will be released by T-Series. The album will have eight tracks and two...

MUMBAI: BIG FM is the official radio partner of ICC Twenty20 Matches, which will be held in England. Starting the ball rolling on a 45 day excitement planed by BIG 92.7 FM, the station...

MUMBAI: MySpace will soon showcase MySpace Secret Shows in India. Based on the concept, disclosed locations, undisclosed artistes, the first Secret Show in India will be held in Mumbai on 29 May. In keeping...

MUMBAI: Anoushka Shankar, who is currently performing on the seven city tour with her father Pandit Ravi Shankar, was recently left shocked when a fire broke out at the place where they were supposed...

MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM has brought on board Rahul Vaidya to host a Top 50 countdown, which is called Jhakkas Pachas. The show, which is in a countdown format of top 50 songs of...

MUMBAI: BIG 92.7FM, Mumbai has launched its first ever Marathi program on the breakfast show, christened Masala Chaha. The show will air from 6-8 am and will be hosted by Viplove Gupte, who is...

MySpace India has joined hands with live music performance club Blue Frog to promote independent music in India....

MUMBAI: Warner Music, which is the India Licensee for EMI Music India, will be releasing Green Day’s eighth studio album, entitled 21st Century Breakdown, on 15 May. The album is the trio’s first studio...

MUMBAI: Shruti Haasan, who will debut in Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision’s Luck, will be composing the music for the remake of A Wednesday, which stars her father Kamal Hassan. The Tamil remake of the...

Hindi film music composers & lyricists have come together to fight a legal battle against music labels for copyright & royalties....

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MUMBAI: Jain Heritage, a Cambridge school promoted by Bangalore based Jain Group of Institutions (JGI) in association with BIG 92.7 FM Hyderabad launched a first-of-its kind radio reality show Little RJ Hunt. The hunt...

MUMBAI: Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM has tied up with Kerala Tourism to offer the best of holiday season to its listeners this summer. Listeners can tune into Radio Mirchi to experience the beauty of...

MUMBAI: Saregama India has associated with the IPL cricket team Deccan Chargers to create a music album. The Deccan Chargers’ anthem has been sung by Shaan, composed by Shamir Tandon with lyrics penned by...

MUMBAI: Taj Enlighten Film Society conducted a workshop on the art of scriptwriting with India’s legendry lyricist and writer Javed Akhtar. Akhtar, has won the hearts of many connoisseurs of movies with his poetry,...

MUMBAI: Radio Netherlands Worldwide (RNW) has taken on a new partnership with one of the largest cable networks in India; Incablenet (IndusInd Media & Communications Ltd. of Hinduja Group). This allows around two million...

MUMBAI: Times Music has entered into a deal with Mukta Music – a division of Mukta Arts – to manufacture and distribute the audio track of their forthcoming movie Paying Guests with all physical...