Christmas is a season of great joy where millions of people around the world celebrate the festival of Love, Gratitude, Forgiveness, Respect, Fraternity and Good Wishes. Marking the last month in the Calendar, December is the month of giving back to the loved ones for everything you received throughout the year. In our childhood,
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Have you ever tried to sing and realised that it’s not as easy as it seems? How do singers pull it off so well? What makes their singing so impressive while yours might fall flat? The answer lies in the science behind singing. Yes, dear reader, you read that right! Singing is an art that
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A Journey with Dilip Kumar (11th December 1922 – 7th July 2021) and Mohammed Rafi (24th December 1924 – 31st July 1980) Guest article by N Venkataraman in the series of Centenary Celebrations of Rafi with his songs for Dilip Kumar on his 102nd Birth Anniversary (Dilip Kumar is the undisputed thespian of acting. Rafi
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Milliblog Weeklies – India’s only multilingual, weekly, new music playlist.Week 263: YouTube | Spotify Nain Matakka – Baby John (Thaman S) – Hindi: Thaman imports his Telugu and Tamil stuff to Hindi, and given the catchy rhythm (reused by Thaman for the umpteenth time), it does work. The tune is adequately contrived though, despite singers
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And the SOY Award for the Best Music Director of 1941 goes to? We are now coming to the end of the review of the best songs of 1941. After the Overview Post, Wrap Up 1 of the best male solos, Wrap UP 2 of the best female solos and Wrap Up 3 of the
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Milliblog Weeklies – India’s only multilingual, weekly, new music playlist.Week 262: YouTube | Spotify Dhinam Dhinamum – Viduthalai 2 (Ilayaraja) – Tamil: A deeply affecting melody that is, thankfully, removed of Raja’s modern sounds and works purely at the strength of the tune itself. The interludes are vintage Raja magic. Yennai Izhukkuthadi – Kadhalikka Neramillai
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After I had covered the best songs of Kalyanji-Anandji for Mukesh and Rafi, I once browsed through their songs for ‘other’ male singers for a lark. I was amazed to find an enormous variety of singers they had chosen. Though all the songs were well-known it had not registered in my mind instantly. The result
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I had written my first post on Kalyanji-Anandji about ten years ago on their best songs for Mukesh and had titled it “Made for each other”. I used that phrase studiedly because that was my instinctive feeling. Nudging by a reader made me explore their more songs – for Rafi, Other male singers, and Lata
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Milliblog Weeklies – India’s only multilingual, weekly, new music playlist.Week 260: YouTube | Spotify Title song – Citadel Honey Bunny (Sachin-Jigar) – Hindi: Ten songs in the soundtrack, and just one that stood out for me. The song has the same verve from the music of Raj & D.K’s ‘A Gentleman’ soundtrack, by Sachin-Jigar, again!
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NAMM (The National Association of Music Merchants), the largest global not-for-profit music trade organization, has announced today its initial listing of events for The 2025 NAMM Show, taking place at the Anaheim Convention Center January 21–25, with events and education beginning on Tuesday, January 21. Exhibits and the show floor open January 23, creating an
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