Heritage Indian instruments retrieved from obscurity
December 18th, 2010 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) The National Museum in Delhi has retrieved nearly 400 years of India's classical music legacy from the ravages of time by reopening a gallery that the country's ... Read more...
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Dharmendra To Release Music Album Of IT Commissioner
September 4th, 2010 - 1:29 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
September 4, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Veteran Bollywood star Dharmendra is going to launch Income Tax Commissioner Ajit Sinha's audio-visual album of devotional songs and poetry book on this Saturday. The devotional ... Read more...
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Dharmendra to launch IT commissioner’s music album
September 2nd, 2010 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 2 (IANS) Veteran actor Dharmendra will Saturday release Income Tax Commissioner Ajit Sinha's poetry book as well as his audio-visual album of devotional songs "Bhaj Mann Hari Ka Naam".
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Argentine Musician, Gustavo, To Score Music For Dhobi Ghat
June 22nd, 2010 - 3:56 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
June 22, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Bollywood's perfectionist, Aamir Khan, has roped in the Argentine music composer Gustavo Santaoalla for his wife Kiran Rao's directorial debut film Dhobi Ghat.The Golden Globe Award winner ... Read more...
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India’s guitar maestro takes classical music to new places (With image)
November 30th, 2009 - 10:34 am ICT by IANS
By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, Nov 30 (IANS) Pioneering Grammy award winner Vishwa Mohan Bhatt is taking Indian classical music to new corners of the world through his innovative string instrument, mohan veena, ... Read more...
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Pop-music sees another promising DJ popping up
October 31st, 2009 - 2:44 am ICT by Sampurn Wire
All you music-aficionados get geared one more time to swing your body to the internationally famed beats of DJ Praveen Nair.Praveen, as of now, is working on his yet untitled forthcoming ... Read more...
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Indian fusion music a hit in US Bay Area nightclubs: DJ
September 8th, 2009 - 11:37 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) India is setting the dance floors on fire in San Francisco, says one of the leading disc jockeys in California.
"Lounge and disco music ... Read more...
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‘3 Cities’ of Bombay Dub Orchestra mix Indian instruments with electronic!
August 22nd, 2009 - 5:13 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Welcome, to a world of cinematic lushness, orchestral delights, global voices, rhythms, vintage synthesizers and electronic bleeps. This is Bombay Dub Orchestra– the remarkable debut album "3 Cities" from the U.K.-based duo ... Read more...
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‘Mother India’ on singer Peter Andre’s all-time favourite list
June 10th, 2009 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
By Radhika Bhirani
Macau, June 10 (IANS) Britain-born Australian singer Peter Andre is not only ga-ga over Indian music, but also counts 1957's cult Bollywood film "Mother India" among his personal ... Read more...
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Sufi singers enchant with language mix (Feature with Images)
April 9th, 2009 - 10:34 am ICT by IANS
By Ruchika Kher
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Sufi music is generally associated with north India, but three Dargah singers from the south have brought with them a different brand of Sufi singing, ... Read more...
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Songs mostly forcibly included in Bollywood: Swiss musician
November 17th, 2008 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 17 (IANS) Moods of the characters determines the music in Bollywood films, and the songs are often forcibly included in the films, probably to meet the demands of the market, ... Read more...
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Jalandhar Tumbi and Tabla contributing to Indias musical legacy
February 27th, 2008 - 9:10 pm ICT by admin
Jalandhar, Feb.27 (ANI): Jalandhar is not only known for its sports equipment, leather and rubber goods, auto parts, but also as a major centre for the manufacture of traditional musical instruments.
Be ... Read more...
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Sri Lankan revives Ravana’s musical instrument
February 19th, 2008 - 12:49 pm ICT by admin
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By P.K. Balachandran
Colombo, Feb 19 (IANS) Dinesh Subasinghe, a rising star on the Sri Lankan rock and fusion music horizon, has a new and daring passion - to popularise ravanahatha, a ... Read more...
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