March
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The Desi Queen of Pop returns with her latest `Dil Ki Rani', on which she teams up with Biddu, the man who gave her the hit `Made In India'. A tete-a-tete with Alisha Chinai. |
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"Learning the skills is the only thing that you can do. Music is really a very
humbling process as well, when you realise that the magic cannot be recreated at will.
Brilliance does not take place on a daily basis."
He has composed music only for select films. But each of his
compositions elicits the response - "Ah, what music!" Khayyam would seem to
exemplify the dictum that to be really creative one has to do selective work. Even though
50 years have passed since his advent, he is still surprisingly innovative. So much so,
that he can proudly look back at his work and claim never to have repeated anyone —
not even himself! 
Composing With Conviction.......
Sings another tune
Though he has delivered a number of hits in the
last year, the first thing that strikes you about him is that he is really down-to-earth.
The pretentious I-am-a-great artiste attitude is missing. Sitting in his own room in the
company of a 1,000 CDs, a Sitar, and a Harmonium, the young turk gives you a pillow to
rest, while he chats away......... an interview with Sonu Nigam
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  A brief history of the life and times, bands and songs of blues rock legend Eric Clapton, winner of two more Grammys this year. |
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smack
my bitch up! Introducing Shahin Badar, whose alaap-style chants on Prodigy's `Smack My Bitch Up', gave the song it's magnetic allure, visited Mumbai in January to explore the music possibilities here and dropped by the Raga to Rock office. During which she couldn't contain her excitement at being part of a hit song. |
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Last year, Debbie Harry
was 53. She still possesses those sleepy blue eyes, those glacial cheek bones and that
serene mouth. The looks that turned her into an iconic pin-up for children of the
sexual revolution. Now, Blondie is back in a new avatar. Blondie is back! |