H. Sridhar, a popular Sound Engineer who has been involved in over a thousand songs passed away this morning at around 8 am due to a massive heart attack. The Sound Engineer had been part of A. R. Rahman’s team right from the onset. He was 50. Having been closely associated with director’s Mani Ratnam, [...]

 
When we visualise the golden era of music in Indian cinema we primarily think about the giant music directors like Shankar Jaikishan, Naushad, etc., or lyricists like Shakeel Badayani, Shailendra, Majrooh Sultanpuri or singers like Rafi, Lata who made major contribution to the music of that age. Among the legendary giants there were other composers [...]

 
Elton John and the creative team behind Billy Elliot the musical have been mulling over the prospect of turning the show into a movie.
Yes, we know the show was based on a film in the first place, but that movie, released in 2000, didn’t have an original score. Rather, it had the protagonist dancing to [...]

The Jai starrer ‘Aval Peyar Thamizharasi’ is progressing fast. Directed by debutant Meera Kadhiravanl, expectations are that the movie would go on to join the elite list of hits like ‘Kadhal’, ‘Subramaniapuram’, ‘Veyyil’ and ‘Paruthi Veeran’.
Meera Kadhiravan, who worked as associate with Balu Mahendra and Thangar Bachchan, says, ‘the facets of what the present generation [...]

 
It felt just a bit like old times at the Tap Bar in the Knitting Factory on Tuesday night. The crowd was robust and youngish, half noisy, half rapt, enthusiastic. The music was willfully dynamic, high impact and given to steep crescendos. One band, led by the drummer Nasheet Waits, approached its tunes through a [...]

Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman, better known as the legendary duo Wendy and Lisa, have announced the upcoming release of their new album, White Flags of Winter Chimneys. It will be released exclusively on their web site wendyandlisa.com in December, to be followed with a CD release in February 2009.
White Flags of Winter Chimneys is [...]

 
The slender and savvy Niharika Singh who makes her debut in John Mathew Mathan’s A New Love Ishtory with Himesh Reshammiya, also stars with him in Mudh Mudh Ke Na Dekh.
Launch
I’m so happy to start my career with John Mathew Mathan’s A New Love Ishtory in which I play a rich and successful hotelier who [...]

 
If the concept of Willie Nelson as the fourth Wise Man doesn’t strike you as funny, you can probably skip Stephen Colbert’s Christmas special Sunday night.
And if you don’t think it would be amusing to see Nelson bring the baby Jesus his own special herbal gift, or sing a song called “The Little Dealer Boy” [...]

 
After more than 200 shows and four years in Las Vegas, Elton John is taking his Red Piano on the road – and first stop was Birmingham.
The show has been running at Caesars Palace in Vegas to packed houses since 2004, but now the singer has embarked on a short European tour of select venues, [...]

 
Elton John has written a song with Baz Luhrmann.The ‘Australia’ director has co-written the lyrics to the song ‘The Drover’s Ballad’ and Elton has written the music for the song.
‘The Drover’s Ballad’ is performed by Elton and will be included in the Baz Luhrmann movie ‘Australia’.
‘Australia’ is the new Baz Luhrmann blockbuster starring Nicole Kidman [...]