Blogs Posts in Music category; 151 blog posts

Aamir Zaki Not Picked Up for the Coke Studio Season 4?

There’s one thing for sure that 2010 has been the year of come back for the guitar maestro, Zaki. From performances at BRC & PACC to releasing a long-awaited single and a video, Zaki has been playing his strings just right. He also [...]

Posted On : May, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Not enough entertaining surprises at MTV's Music Video Award...

Can you lampoon a culture when the culture contains its own self-lampooning -- when it comes at you with a big "just kidding" grin on its face? The MTV Video Music Awards now advertises itself basically the way the Golden Globe [...]

Posted On : Sep, 14 2010 | Comments : 0

In concert: Lady Gaga at Verizon Center

The most commanding moment in Lady Gaga’s riveting Tuesday night concert at Verizon Center had nothing to do with the arsenal of angular, asymmetrical frocks that aggrandized the superstar’s teeny-tiny frame. It came during t [...]

Posted On : Sep, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

Brazilian superstar Ivete Sangalo plays NY arena

The most Earth-shattering event in Brazil this weekend took place in New York, where singer Ivete Sangalo played a sold out show at Madison Square Garden. Too bad, few Americans even noticed. A superstar in her native Brazil, where [...]

Posted On : Sep, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

Fiat and music band Faithless sign historic deal

This Sunday, during Big Brother on Channel 4, a three-minute advertising break will be filled by a video for the dance group's new single "Feelin' Good". The Italian car company have paid for the video which will not ap [...]

Posted On : Aug, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

Prince will give new album 20TEN away free to Daily Mirror r...

Superstar Prince is giving away his new album to his millions of fans . The singer has shunned selling his eagerly-anticipated CD 20TEN in the shops or releasing it online because he wants as many people as possible to hear his music. [...]

Posted On : Jul, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

AthFest FilmFest Events

The lineup of screenings at this year's AthFest FilmFest is pretty staggering: including shorts (but not counting individual music videos), over 30 different films will be shown over the weekend, nearly all of them produced in Athens [...]

Posted On : Jun, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

Snoop Dogg Banned from Open and Friendly Dutch Music Festiva...

Looks like rapper Snoop Dogg's an un-wanted man in one Dutch town. Snoop Dogg was dropped from the lineup of the free, Parkpop festival in The Hague after the town's authorities (including the mayor) banned him from performing in [...]

Posted On : Jun, 19 2010 | Comments : 0

Top country artists 1985-2010

George Strait sits atop Billboard's list of the top 25 country music artists of the past 25 years. The Texas-based singer beat out Garth Brooks on a star-studded list compiled by. The magazine to coincide with its Country Mus [...]

Posted On : Jun, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

Sonic bombs - earplugs optional

A YEAR ago Brian Eno loaded the inaugural Vivid festival with sonic anaesthetics of the type dentists play to calm you during root canal treatment. For Lou Reed's opening gambit in his own Vivid he gave us an aural depiction of an ex [...]

Posted On : Jun, 05 2010 | Comments : 0

Hot Tours: Taylor Swift, Pearl Jam, Rod Stewart

After charting six previous times on the Hot Tours chart so far this year, country star Taylor Swift earns her first stint at No. 1 with $8.1 million in ticket sales revenue reported from the ongoing Fearless Tour. Box office gross [...]

Posted On : May, 21 2010 | Comments : 0

UK music sales up for first time in six years

Revenue increased by 1.4%, bringing the total income for 2009 to £928.8m. Download sales provided the shot in the arm, rising by more than 50% to earn £154m, compared with £101.5m in 2008. "It's encouraging [...]

Posted On : Apr, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift to Go Head-to-Head at CMT Awa...

Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift are once again in the running for country music gold! CMT announced its first-round finalists for the CMT Music Awards. And the two singers both picked up nominations.Underwood's "Cowboy Cas [...]

Posted On : Apr, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

Classical music facing cultural aggression - Amjad Ali Khan ...

Sarod maestro Amjad Ali feels that the classical music is facing a lot of "cultural aggression" in India and it is a miracle that the young generation is still interested in preserving the tradition. "I have been seeing th [...]