Soumik Datta’s Music Travelogue ‘Rhythms of India’ To Premiere on BBC World News on January 25
London-based musician, composer, television presenter, and sarod maestro Soumik Datta will be seen in a new television series showcasing Indian musical traditions and trends, Rhythms of India on BBC World News starting January 25, 2020. From a spectacular religious festival in Kerala to folk musicians in the Rajasthan desert, intimate…
Mumbai, 17th January: Saregama, India’s oldest music label and youngest movie studio, launched Carvaan in 2017. The product met with unprecedented success and reached 2M sale milestone this month. As an…
After two years of curating stellar parties and experiences, Milkman presents the second edition of its highly anticipated festival, Terminal 1. Terminal 1 isn’t essentially your regular music festival, it…
Spotify Introduces Personalized Pet Playlists, just for you and your furry BFF!
Pets and their humans – it’s a relationship bonded in a mutual love of snuggles, hugs, boops, and…music? While the music for pets isn’t an exact science, a new study from Spotify shows pet owners believe there is a true connection between their beloved animals and music. And so, Spotify…
A nervous day for the music industry that could have witnessed one of the most significant conflicts in the global music business ends with a peaceful turn. Spotify has been…
Ahead of the 2020 NAMM Show, Korg has announced four new MS-20 FS synthesizers. This announcement comes after revealing the revival of the ARP 2600 FS Synth. Korg says “we have resumed production of a…
Solid State Logic Releases Budget-friendly Audio Interfaces
Solid State Logic (SSL) is best known in the audio industry for its massive professional consoles that cost tens of thousands of dollars. But the British company is now hoping to break into home studios for the first time. Ahead of NAMM, it’s debuting two affordable audio interfaces for bedroom…
Mumbai, 13th January 2020: Beck’s Ice Packaged Drinking Water today announced the launch of their first-ever music video in a catchy and relatable anthem that celebrates the camaraderie among friends.…
Multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter, philanthropist, and global recording artist Shakira released her new single “Me Gusta”. The new track is a collaboration with Puerto Rican rapper and singer, Anuel AA. The release of the…
It’s Not Necessary to Outsource Music when India Encompasses a Huge Traditional Music Repertoire – Pt. Bickram Ghosh
Winner of four GIMA awards Pt. Bickram Ghosh is known to dabble in a vast repertoire of musical genres, from classical, rock, new-age, fusion to film. The tabla wizard and the versatile music composer has played for George Harrison’s Brainwashed and Pandit Ravi Shankar’s Full Circle, which eventually won the Grammies. The illustrious Composer who has recently released…
After there successful Kickstarter campaign in 2019, Vochlea Music has started shipping the Dubler Studio Kit, a real-time vocal MIDI controller. This lets you sing melodic and rhythmic phrases and…
That music gala — especially electronic music dance (EDM) festivals — are often associated with abundant drug abuse is nothing new. In recent times, if raves have grown more popular…
Fever 104 FM Awarded with Antarashtriya Yoga Diwas Media Samman
MUMBAI: Fever 104FM has received an award instituted by the central government for creating awareness on yoga and promoting its practice in an innovative way. The award, Antarashtriya Yoga Diwas Media Samman (ADMS 2019), attracted over 150 entries from all major media houses across the country. Fever FM, bagged the…
MUMBAI: The Epic Fam Jam event is going to be held in Mumbai for the first time in India. Epic Fam Jam is one of a kind event which is…
New Delhi,10th January 2020: After the enormous success of its maiden Heavy Metal music festival Bighorn, Skillbox, an art social network and discovery platform, has announced the 2nd edition of…
Korg Reissues ARP 2600!
It’s handcrafted in Japan, supervised by the co-founder of ARP Instruments David Friend, as a single run, limited edition reproduction of the original ARP 2600. It even comes in a custom-branded hardshell case running on casters. Wow, what an iconic synthesizer. The ARP 2600 is seen as a bridge between…
A new study from the University of California, Berkeley has identified and mapped the 13 subjective experiences that different kinds of music can evoke in people. Have you ever been…
This small town guy came, lived and conquered the Tinseltown with his voice and today lives his dreams to make it big in Bollywood. The singer, songwriter Abhijeet Srivastava shares…
Indian Pop Star Sukhbir Singh Invests in Flutin, Supports Budding Artists
Indian pop icon and seasoned music professional Sukhbir Singh is partnering with international music app Flutin as an investor. He is also using the platform to support his latest artistic initiatives, employing the app’s powerful promotion and distribution. “We are thrilled that Sukhbir has agreed to collaborate with us, both…
Mumbai, January 2020: 8th of January, 2014 the torchbearer of Indian Hip-Hop, rapper Naezy The Baa released his first song ‘Aafat’ that changed the Indian hip-hop space. Six years down the line…
Gatecrash a music agency based out of Mumbai has just announced tour #1 for 2020 with SHIJIN, an Electric Jazz Quartet with some stellar musicians from France, USA & Belgium.…
Tencent To Acquire 10% in Universal Music Group
A Tencent-led investment group, including Tencent Music Entertainment and other investors, has admitted purchasing 10% of the Universal Music Group (UMG) from the French firm Vivendi. According to a statement from Vivendi, the group also has the option to enlarge its acquisition up to 20% of UMG’s share capital until…
Behringer ended the decade in typical fashion, announcing its latest ‘reproduction’ of a classic synth. Next off the rank is the CAT, a clone of the Octave CAT (minus keyboard),…
NAMM 2020: It’s a sign of the times that Roland is releasing a product dedicated to live streaming video – be it musical or otherwise – to online platforms from…
The Revamped Package – Korg Wavestate
Born out of the ashes of Sequential and their Prophet VS vector synth, the original Korg Wavestation was one of the defining instruments of the early ’90s. Key to the Wavestation’s character were two elements: the vector synthesis inherited from Sequential, which allowed users to crossfade between four separate waves,…
After a super successful Phase One launch of the Bollyboom Diljit Dosanjh India Tour in 2019 across Pune and Bengaluru, ‘Bollyboom’, the premium Bollywood Music Property of Percept Live, is…
Believe, the leading technology and artist services company, announced today that it has acquired Canvas Talent, an India-based artist services, development and booking company. This brings new opportunities to high-profile…
On AR Rahman’s 53rd Birthday, We Revisit His Top 5 Tracks
Singer-composer AR Rahman has two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, two Grammy Awards, six National Film Awards, a Golden Globe, and 15 Filmfare Awards to his name. The maestro knows his way around across languages and film industries, including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and English movies. On his 53rd…
Podcasts have had an increased market in India since the launch of Spotify. The ease of listening to an interview, discussion or thoughts in audio format passively has made podcasts…
After the stupendous success of its first edition in 2019 Tender Roots Academy of Performing Arts in collaboration with the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) is yet again back…
Milkman Presents Terminal 1 Pre-party with Elena Colombi
Many DJs claim to be champions of free-spirited eclecticism, but few truly break boundaries or swerve convention. Step forward Elena Colombi, a DJ and radio host whose inspired sets are not only openminded and mind-altering, but also seek to toy with the emotions of listeners and dancers via shifts in intensity, tone, light and shadow. Her…
Performances by renowned folk artist Mame Khan, Indo-American flautist Rasika Shekar, Gully Bolly rapper Naezy, Lifafa and an Urdu blues act by the Sameer Rahat Urdu Blues Trio had the…
Now that 2020 is upon us, there are a lot of promising artists from 2019 that we believe will have a lot more to offer this year! If you haven’t…
Top 5 Music Start-Ups of India
2019 was also an exciting year for music start-ups in India. Be Online Radio, Merchandising Tools or Tech-based – start-up ecosystem in India has been on the rise and worth celebrating! According to us, here are some of the best music start-ups/ventures that have come up from India in the…
2019 was an enthralling year for music consumers. Music Labels played with new business models and supported artists in a great deal to create some of the best tracks the…
As the year 2019 bids adieu, former US President Barack Obama has shared his list of favorite songs of the year 2019. This list includes artists around the globe and…
Sunburn Goa 2019 Culminates On A High Note With Showcases By Martin Garrix, Maceo Plex And Luciano
Music festivals are a dime-a-dozen these days and often times it’s hard for them to stand out or get things right. But, what Sunburn Goa 2019, known for delivering the most over-the-top, out-of-this-world production, achieved for its’ ultimate homecoming was pretty incredible because if you go by the sheer audience…
Nirali Kartik the new face of Taj Mahal tea, is a renowned Indian classical vocalist and a digital influencer who dares to propagate Indian classical music to the gen-next as her…
Proving to be a juncture to change perceptions, Bollywood Music Project held at Jio Garden BKC Mumbai recently became a melting pot of not only commercial music genres like Bollywood,…
Skillbox Announces the 2nd Edition of “Lemonade” Music Festival in Goa
Goa, December 23, 2019 – After the smashing success of the maiden edition of its Lemonade Music Festival held in Goa last year, Skillbox, the art social network and discovery platform, has announced the 2nd edition of Lemonade in Goa. The festival takes place on the 31st of December 2019 and the party goes on till the crack of…
Ahead of Ranthambhore Music & Wildlife festival in India, we got in touch with Believe Entertainment and asked them about their mission statement and how will they be approaching this…
World’s largest Bollywood music festival – Bollywood music project 5th edition kickstarted on a high note in Mumbai at Jio World Garden today. A largescale multi-genre festival, music lovers in India have probably…
Today’s Millennial Love ‘Live’ Music Performances, Encouraging The Trend of Music Festivals in India.
2019 is nearing the end, and it is unavoidable to look at the meteoric rise in the interest in Live Music Performances amongst millennials. Recent trends and collections show that they pay more for travel, entertainment, and dining than their parents and grandparents do. After a rough week, the thing…
December 2019 – India’s largest celebration of reggae music and culture, Goa Sunsplash, who earlier announced legendary reggae singer Macka B, musical globetrotters The Turbans, first all-female reggae sound system…
Unless you’ve been living under a humongous rock, it would be immensely hard to have missed the anticipation that the upcoming edition of Sunburn Goa is generating across the country.…
Season 2 of Smule Mirchi Cover Star Will Unearth India’s Hidden Singing Talent
Mumbai, 17th December 2019: After a phenomenal first season, ‘Smule Mirchi Cover Star’, one of India’s largest digital singing talent hunts hosted by Radio Mirchi, is back with season two. Presented by Smule, the world’s favourite social music-making app, the contest is now Live. The talent hunt is a coveted…
Aditya Music’ is the first music channel in South India to reach an epic milestone by clocking 10 Million Subscribers on its YouTube channel. ‘Aditya Movies’, another newly started YouTube…
Recently TikTok achieved a massive milestone of 1.5 billion downloads across different App Stores and became the third most downloaded app in the non-gaming category. Its parent company – Bytedance…
Vishal Bhardwaj To Perform Live For The First Time at Bollywood Music Project 5.0
Asia’s largest Bollywood music festival, ‘Bollywood Music Project’ is back in Mumbai with its 5th edition and an exciting line-up, on 20th & 21st December at Jio Garden BKC. Showcasing more than 50 artists on one platform, these two days are going to be the biggest days in Mumbai for…
Bengaluru, December 2019: OML today announced the appointment of Gunjan Arya as its Chief Executive Officer, Dhruv Sheth as the Chief Operating Officer and Saurabh Abbi as the Chief Business…