Sixteen tons TennesseeSixteen Tons, released in 1955, vaulted Ernie Ford to fame and reimagined a miners' song as a national phenomenon. Ford's resonant voice an...
Watch Parkinson’s patient plays clarinet during deep brain stimulation surgery, shows instant symptom improvementA retired speech therapist, Denise Bacon, played the clarinet during her Deep Brain Stimulation surgery for Parkinson's disease. The proced...
Columbine high school mass shooting survivor Anne Marie Hochhalter dies at 44 from natural causesAnne Marie Hochhalter, a survivor of the 1999 Columbine school shooting, was just 17 when she was left paralysed by the attack. Despite fac...
Saxophonist Mars Williams passes away at 68Renowned American saxophonist Mars Williams, known for his contributions to the Waitresses and the Psychedelic Furs, passed away at 68. His...
Psychedelic Furs and Waitresses' saxophone player Mars Williams passes away at 68Williams played a pivotal role as a saxophonist in the Waitresses from 1980 to 1983, contributing to hit songs like "Christmas Wrapping," "...
49 years on, Lata Mangeshkar's Bollywood hits resonate at Royal Albert HallThe BBC's Proms paid tribute to Lata Mangeshkar, the 'Nightingale of India,' with a special concert at Royal Albert Hall featuring renditio...
Iconic jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter dies at age of 89Wayne Shorter died in a Los Angeles hospital. Shorter is remembered as a central force in American jazz.
Kanchipuram, Chennai top in export of musical instrumentsIndia exported $22 million worth of musical instruments and their accessories in the first half of this financial year, as against $38.5 mi...
128 artists to receive Sangeet Natak Akademi awards for 2019, 2020, 2021The fellows are: Bharatnatyam dancer Saroja Vaidyanathan, Kathakali exponent Sadanam Krishnan Kutty, Manipuri dancer Darshana Jhaveri, clas...
Salsa idol Johnny Pacheco passes away at 85; friends, colleagues pay tributeThe co-founder of Fania Records had been hospitalized a few days earlier for pneumonia.
Sebi slaps Rs 1 crore fine on 11 entities for manipulative tradeThe regulator had conducted investigation from August 2013 to June 2014 regarding the trading in the scrips of Emed.com Technologies.
UK company with just 6 staffers bags Rs 31.5cr deal to sell instruments to Indian ArmyA small British company, with just six employees, has struck a £3.5 million (about Rs 31.5 crore) trade deal to sell musical instruments to...
India's national orchestra Vaadya Vrind to compose Swachh Bharat melodyThis is the first time that the national orchestra is being employed for a big-ticket initiative.
Fighting against odds, Bengaluru police band keeps the beat on streetThe band has won several accolades n the past, the most recent being this year's Mysuru Dasara's State compeition that features police band...
How RSS band plans to bring more 'harmony' in to its foldThe purpose is to have consistency in the band so that more people are driven to join the Sangh, said a pracharak of RSS.
U Shrinivas: His strings brought smilesRenowned Mandolin exponent Uppalapu Srinivas passed away at a private hospital here today after a prolonged illness, hospital sources said.
All that jazz: Nazara Tech CEO loves the sax!There is a piano, a saxophone, a clarinet & a whole lot of smaller instruments that speak volumes about the love for music of the 34-year-o...