Crowdfunding platform Wishberry has launched a campaign to support Roy Dipankar’s feature length documentary ‘Extreme Nation’. ‘Extreme Nation’ is a personal, cinematic journey to analyze years of evolution of what people call “the devil’s music” - travelling across countries, towns and cities of the subcontinent where Roy found a fascinating story to share with you and the world. The film highlights a diverse and equally discordant but well connected nexus of a volatile, extreme and underground subculture rooted in the Indian subcontinent; steeped in common history and geo-political strife.
17 artists across multiple genres, including Tajdar Junaid and Soulmate, to perform all over the city at the second run of The Gig Week in Mumbai this November, 3rd to 11th – in what promises to be the overachiever among all the weeks you’ve seen this year. #BestOf52
Completing a diverse line-up for the Red Bull Music Academy North Stage at Magnetic Fields later this year are Daphni – Caribou’s elusive dancefloor alter ego – Swiss DJ and selector par excellence, Sassy J, Sophie Wilson, the Manchester-born, London-based DJ and producer better known as Willow, and Sindhi Curry, Mumbai-based selector Pramod Sippy’s new moniker.
20-year-old singer dropped her theatrical musis video for Havana featuring her and today she is celebrating another milestone: the single has reached #1 on the worldwide iTunes charts. “Can you hear my screams from wherever you are,” she wrote (okay, screamed) in an Instagram post, “because Havana just became the #1 song on itunes worldwide.”
Nashville, Tenn. – CMA Awards New Artist Of The Year nominee Luke Combs scores his second consecutive No. 1 with RIAA GOLD-certified single When It Rains It Pours topping the Billboard Country Airplay charts today. The newly minted smash hit, co-penned by Combs, Ray Fulcher and Jordan Walker, notches more than 89 million streams worldwide and over 34 million views on the single’s larger than life music video.
Singer/songwriter/producer/hitmaker and 8x GRAMMY Award nominee Sia announced recently that her first-ever holiday album, ‘Everyday is Christmas’, will be released on November 17, 2017 via Monkey Puzzle/Atlantic Records. The collection of original holiday songs was written by Sia and Greg Kurstin.
This month, Budweiser unleashes Touch, the ultimate musical anthem for Halloween, co-written by American R&B Star Kehlani and Grammy Award-winner Ryan Tedder of One Republic.
Major Lazer shot a video for Particula on the streets of Johannesburg, South Africa. Directed by South African filmmaker Adriaan Louw, the video features appearances from native South Africans Maphorisa and Nasty C, Nigerian rapper Ice Prince, and Nigerian-American recording artist Jidenna.
Louis Tomlinson premiered a new song 'Just Like You' yesterday, as a special fan track release. In addition to Just Like You, a brand new Louis single is set to follow later this year.
Having released an acclaimed new album ‘Alone in the Universe’ in 2015, sold out multiple arena tours, and had an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, Jeff Lynne’s ELO will release a live CD/DVD of their legendary concert at Wembley Stadium in June. Titled ‘Wembley or Bust’ and directed by Paul Dugdale it is out on multiple formats November 17th on Sony Music.