Lady Gaga hits one billion YouTube views
October 27, 2010
In a career that hasn’t exactly been short of milestones, Lady Gaga has racked up yet another: she’s become the first artist ever to reach one billion views of her music videos on YouTube. This surpasses her previous online PB of reaching one billion views of her videos on the internet as a whole.
The current queen of pop thankfully managed to beat the reigning king of tween pop Justin Bieber to the slightly arbitrary round number, although Read more
Nokia announces “Play Project” to remake Feedback classics
March 22, 2010
Mega-hits of the band Feedback are getting a makeover and “mix-master” Fuad Al Muqtadir is ready for the job.
Nokia would be presenting an album featuring the re-imagining of Feedback songs. The album will include 10 popular songs, which took the 80s’ musical scene by storm.
The songs to be featured in the upcoming album will be Read more
Momtaz: The uncrowned queen of Bangladeshi folk music
December 31, 2009
This is the 21-century; under the label of globalisation, westernisation has crept in. One would think that the younger generation is fast losing old values and traditions that also include music. Fortunately, folk music is ingrained in the air and soil of this country and has lost none of its appeal. Today people are not travelling on ox-carts for miles to listen to live performances but Bangladeshi folk songs have found their place in iPods, computer hard drives and MP3 players alongside their global counterparts. And when one considers Bangla folk, the name Momtaz comes to the Read more
Voice of the generation
December 30, 2009
In conversation with “Channel i Shera Kontho” winner Konal
On December 25, Somnur Monir Konal became the winner of the 2009 “Channel i Shera Kontho”. For Konal, a fourth semester student of United International University, the recognition is a giant leap forward.
“I always wanted to become a singer; I see the ‘Shera Kontho’ crown as a realisation of my dream,” said Konal.
Konal grew up in a music-oriented family. “I was introduced to music and singing when I was four years old by my mother Saima Monir. She has been a major source of Read more