Tunecore announces grant that will award one India based artist a cash prize of Inr 100,000

Believe, one of the global leading digital music companies and its leading automated distribution division, TuneCore have announced the funding of a grant for India based music creators. The TuneCore Grant is a cash endowment of INR 100,000 that will be awarded to one selected artist.

Breezer Vivid Shuffle Season 6 concludes its Mumbai edition; Next stop Guwahati on 19th November

Riding the wave of Hip hop fever that’s sweeping the nation, the sixth season of Breezer Vivid Shuffle hosted the hip hop celebration of the year at Phoenix Marketcity’s Dublin Square in Mumbai over the weekend. Witnessing a massive footfall of hip hop enthusiasts, the festival was a two-day ride filled with good vibes and thrilling experiences for hip hop lovers across the city. Fans got a chance to witness the hip hop superstar Raftaar and one of Breezer Vivid Shuffle’s ambassadors Kriti Sanon, take the stage along with some of the freshest talent from across India.

Viacom18 and MTV Staying Alive Foundation announce MTV Nishedh Season 2

After setting a strong precedence with the first season of the well-received episodic series MTV Nishedh and the digital-only spin-off – MTV Nishedh Alone Together in 2020, Viacom18 and MTV Staying Alive Foundation with funding partners Johnson & Johnson, and The David and Lucile Packard Foundation are back with their behaviour change content campaign MTV Nishedh Season 2.

Amit Trivedi, Salim-Sulaiman, Benny Dayal, Papon, Euphoria among others, to perform at Parx Music Fiesta

The city of Mumbai is all set to get its very own biggest-ever carnival themed music festival - Parx Music fiesta.

The Yussef Dayes Experience, Henry Saiz & Band present Moonlight Wolves, Vieux Farka Toure, Anyasa, Humankind among others to perform at Echoes of Earth

Continuing its legacy of being India’s leading ecologically crafted music festival, Echoes of Earth is returning to its home turf, Bangalore, this 3rd and 4th of December. In its fifth edition now, this one of-a-kind festival unveils an incredible line-up featuring 35 global and homegrown artists and promises a larger-than-life celebration of music and Earth this year.

Larissa Bonesi and Terence Lewis’ ‘Aao Na’ is all love, soul and passion

Single Saiyaan, which marks the first collaboration between singer-composer Payal Dev and playback duo Sukriti and Prakriti Kakar, was released recently.

The Scoop: How Halloween is moving beyond parties and growing into a ‘Spellbound Experience’ - curtsy Casa Bacardi

The occasion of Halloween has grown explosively in India over the last few years. A cultural event that is best known for its tradition of dressing up in spooky costumes, Halloween parties are now a common sight across India and are some of the best parties of the year.

Mahindra Independence Rock sets in motion a rock revolution with a grander-than-ever celebration of the genre

India’s oldest rock festival that has served as the rite of passage for countless Gen X rockers in the country all throughout the 80s and 90s came alive last weekend after its nine-year-long hiatus. Erstwhile Independence Rock, now rechristened ‘Mahindra Independence Rock’ a.k.a. ‘Mahindra I-Rock,’ (with the Mahindra Group as its Title Partner) was a resurgence of the roaring rock-and-roll scene and celebrated three decades of rock music in more than 5 Indian languages on the 5th and 6th of November at Bayview Lawns in Mumbai.

Curtian Blue releases his latest project S.T.R.I.P.E.S

Curtain Blue releases his latest project S.T.R.I.P.E.S via Export Quality Records. S.T.R.I.P.E.S is a truly eclectic project, with electronica at its essence. Curtain Blue does not shy away from using unconventional sounds such as retro video game sounds, bells, broken trumpets percussion that sounds like shutters etc. across the EP. The versatility and attention to detail that he wields is evident in this EP as he goes from the dancefloor favourite Right Into You to the more sombre and emotional All for you. The tasteful sampling and processing of various instruments, such as the vocals and trumpets, to name a few, is a common link across the wide-ranging sounds on this EP.

As per CISAC Global Collection Report, Indian Performing Right Society Limited (IPRS) ranked as the 5th largest Society by revenue in the Asia-Pacific region

Capturing the worldwide study, CISAC has just released its Global Collections Report for 2022 (based on 2021 collections data). The Paris-based International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) is the apex body of 228 Authors' Societies in 119 countries representing more than 4Mn creators.