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Legendary musician Dave Grohl’s saga to come alive in ‘The Storyteller’

Channeling his creativity into writing and using his remarkable skill for storytelling, in May 2020 he wrote a moving reflection for The Atlantic on missing the thrill of live music during the Covid era that went viral.

April 7, 2021

Legendary musician Ghulam Mustafa Khan passes away, music industry pays tribute

A.R.Rahman wrote,"The sweetest teacher of all... May the Ghafoor-ur-Rahim give you a special place in the next world #UstadGhulamMustafa."

January 19, 2021

Madras HC issues notice to AR Rahman over tax evasion case

The I-T department filed a case saying the foundation did not have a Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) license at that time to receive payment from a foreign organisation.

September 12, 2020

Musician Shekhar Ravijianii charged more than Rs 1k for 3 boiled eggs; netizens post hilarious comments

He recently took to his social media handle to share this bizarre incident with the netizens.

November 15, 2019

Arijit Banerjee: The Pakhawaj Prodigy

It is indeed a very good thing for Arijit Banerjee from Siliguri to be blessed and motivated by stalwarts of classical music as he shares stage with the likes of Pundit Malhar Ghosh, Pundit Digambar Mitra, Pundit Arup Chattopadhyay and Pundit Sujay Basu.

November 9, 2018

Near death experience caused Elton John to retire

Veteran musician Elton John, who announced his retirement from showbiz earlier this week, says that it was his brush with death experience which made him do so. John, 70, who has enjoyed five decades of success, suffered a near-fatal bacterial infection in May, which saw him rushed to intensive care for emergency care, reports thesun.co.uk. …

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January 26, 2018

George Ezra to release “Staying At Tamara’s” on March 23

Singer-songwriter and musician George Ezra is gearing up to release his sophomore album Staying At Tamara’s on March 23. Three years after the release of his debut album Wanted On Voyage, Ezra will return to the music world with a collection of “songs about escapism, dreaming, anxieties and love”, which he penned while travelling and …

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January 26, 2018

Ankit Tiwari is trying to get camera friendly

Singer-composer Ankit Tiwari, who has featured in the video of his new single Tum hardafa ho, says he is enjoying the process of being in front of the camera. After last year’s song Badtameez, Tiwari has sung and also starred in the video for another track. Asked about the experience, the Sunn Raha Hai hitmaker …

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September 1, 2017

The Nobel goes to Bob Dylan

This has been a year of many major surprises. First, Britain chose to leave the European Union (Brexit) through a referendum. Then Donald Trump proved most pollsters wrong and won the election for the US Presidency. In between these two stunners came another huge surprise when the Nobel committee confounded all and conferred the year’s …

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December 18, 2016

Can’t wait for truth to come out: Chris Brown

Singer Chris Brown says he is sure he will be vindicated after being accused of threatening a woman with a "deadly weapon". The 27-year-old musician was arrested last week after beauty queen Baylee Curran accused him of pulling a weapon on her during a row at his home about jewelery. Brown, however, has maintained he …

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September 7, 2016