Keeping the faith

Unlike other rock singers, Jon Bon Jovi has a much softer image, which is why he has endeared himself even to those music lovers who don’t favour rock music.

Making her mark with Mehendi

This singer from UK, seems all set to take the music scene by storm. Vibha Sharma, the UK based girl, who is already popular with the Indian music directors, has now released an album.

Reviews

JORU KA GHULAM
Venus, Rs. 50
When it’s a Govinda film, music directors automatically come up with compositions which convey the very essence of the comic actor. Here Aadesh Srivastava does just that, composing songs which are typical Govinda ishtyle, meaning songs purely for the masses.

So high Solo

Our present singers have been quite unlucky in one respect - they have musically grown up in the era of duets. And however good a duet may be compositionally, it cannot match the solo in the challenges it offers to the singer.

Lyricists Anonymous

No, this isn’t some organisation like Alcoholics Anonymous to cure poets of their addiction to write lyrics. Rather, it means precisely what it says - for this week I propose to spotlight on some lyricists who are largely anonymous in the Hindi film music world.

Top Ten

-- Film Albums
-- Pop Albums(Indian)
-- Pop Albums(English)
-- UK Top Tens(Hindi Films)

The sweet strains of sitar

TPadmabhushan Nikhil Banerjee (1931-1986) was among the greatest sitarists of this century. His music earned for him deep respect among India’s classical music aficionados, and also got him a devoted international fan following.

Master of melody

Anyone who’s a Lata-bhakt is bound to be eternally attached to Madan Mohan’s vast repertoire of compositions for her. From Saawri surat man bhaye in Adaa in 1951 to Jaaiyiye humse khafa ho jaiyiye from Chaalbaz released posthumously.

Orchestras pulling strings to reach online audiences

Attending a symphony concert in cyberspace will soon become possible under a first-of-its-kind agreement that will allow orchestras to distribute live and recorded music on the Internet.

MP3.com CEO snubs record labels’ pricing schemes

Embattled MP3.com chief executive Michael Robertson criticized the music industry for its online sales strategies, saying efforts to charge customers several dollars for digital downloads will not work.

RealNetworks, Matsushita focus on music distribution

Matsushita Electric Industrial, a maker of home-use electric appliances, said it will join U.S. software maker RealNetworks to distribute music over the Internet.