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Archive for December, 2009
Mumzy Stranger Feat. Rishi Rich – Street Of Bollywood 3
On December - 24 - 2009
I came across this article and after reading it I looked up the song Street of Bollywood 3 record. Check it out. Let me know what you think. I love his voice it’s so intoxicating!.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoEqXCEBiyw
MUMZY STRANGER TRACKS FEATURE ON BOLLYWOOD ALBUM
25-year-old urban desi artist Mumzy Stranger has been making considerable progress in his career this year after releasing his own solo material, as well as collaborating with other artists. Now the aspiring star from East London is hoping to make waves in the world of Bollywood after two of his tracks were chosen to feature on The Streets of Bollywood 3 record.
Rishi Rich has long championed the work of Mumzy Stranger and has been an important influence in his career so far. Not surprisingly Rishi Rich has produced the two tracks for the Bollywood album namely, It Can Only Be Love, and City Guy. It seems that first single is already proving popular with the music loving public with It Can Only Be Love already appearing in the charts.
Earlier this year Mumzy invited up and coming bhangra star H-Dhami to collaborate on his debut single, One More Dance, which was produced again by Rishi Rich and went on to establish him as a top new act.
Now Mumzy Stranger is hoping to build on his strong start in the music industry, and getting featured on an album such as The Streets of Bollywood 3 is a great way of opening Mumzy up to a whole new audience and further raising his profile.
Source : Tanisha Kapoor, bhangra.org. 12.15.09
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A1 Shopping Cart Driving School! Hilarious Video!
On December - 22 - 2009
Indian Pop Becomes Mainstream
On December - 22 - 2009
Here is a great article I found in the Metro Newspaper. Makes me really proud to be Desi, we are hitting up the Western world like none other. It’s the beginning to a Desi decade.
“Twenty years ago, Indian pop was weirdly exotic. Not so anymore. Today artists like Jay-Z and Missy Elliot sound “Indian” — and even Britney Spears has an Indian producer.
When Jay Sean burst on the music scene several years ago, he was labelled an Indian artist.
“I think of myself simply as an R&B artist,” the native Londoner tells Metro. “But just because you’re Indian, people put you in a pigeonhole, and it’s very hard to leave that pigeonhole.”
But Jay Sean — born Kamaljeet Singh Jhooti — has succeeded. His 2004 debut album sold two million copies; this year his U.S. debut single topped the Billboard Hot 100.
Slumdog Millionaire showed that Indian pop culture has crossover appeal.
“So many artists, like M.I.A., Timbaland and the Black-Eyed Peas use Indian music, but people didn’t know it was Indian until they watched Slumdog.”
Today Jay Sean lives in New York, but he often visits his parents’ home region of Punjab.
“India has all these musical events going on,” he says. “But the mainstream media doesn’t cover them. There are lots of great festivals with 80,000 kids listening to a concert, but nobody outside India hears about it.
“The funny thing is, the music isn’t that different,” he said.”
Source: ELISABETH BRAW, METRO WORLD NEWS. December 21, 2009
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StandUp Radio – Dec. 22nd Broadcast
On December - 22 - 2009
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NEW! Jay Sean – Do You Remember Video
On December - 21 - 2009
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Master Saleem….The Best Singer in the World?
On December - 21 - 2009
Master Saleem performing live at Shaan-e-sufi (part1 pf Charkhe di ghook) must see video for Saleem lovers. By the way, let’s get him for desiFEST..what do you think.. Master Saleem in front of 40,000 people..madness. I love it from .59 to 1.04..watch it. Everytime is i see thing video, i get chills and i am totally lost in the music. Is this what good music is supposed to do? Take you away from the day-to-day and take you into a deeper, more meaningful state with you?
Teri Sajni – Master Saleem
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Ode to Tabla..
On December - 19 - 2009
one of my most favorite instruments..and here’s my fav YOUTUBE videos with the tabla. This is in no particular order..just stuff I had book marked over the year. Do you have a fav vid? Add to the comment section.
#1 Gurpreet Chana
#2 This is not one of my regular dhol postings, but just had to share this one for all the drum lovers out there. A tabla prodigy in the making for sure (under his ustad Zakhir Hussain’s guidance) ….Insane talent that is an inspiration. Enjoy.
#3 Niroj Shakya, young tabla player from Patan, performing at Yala Maya Kendra, Patan Dhoka, Nepal. Lets wish him all the luck.
#4 Zakir Hussain
#5 Tabla Queen Anuradha Pal – Zakir Hussain’s disciple- Young maestro performs Tabla solo
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Reggae star Buju Banton optimistic despite drug charges
On December - 19 - 2009
Sad day for reggae music..
First Kobe
Then Tiger
NOW Buju…what the F**K if going on here..
BY JACQUELINE CHARLES
jcharles@MiamiHerald.com
Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton agreed Wednesday to be transferred from Miami to Tampa, where he faces federal drug charges.
Banton, whose real name is Mark Anthony Myrie, is accused along with two others of trying to buy more than five kilograms of cocaine last week from an undercover law-enforcement officer in Sarasota. Banton was arrested Thursday at his home in Tamarac. The charges carry a maximum setence of life in prison, his lawyer said.
Wearing a beige jail jumpsuit and shackles, Banton, 36, sat expressionless in the front row of the Miami federal courtroom Wednesday morning, his trademark dreadlocks pulled back off his narrow face and rolled into a bundle.
Occasionally, he looked across the courtroom where, in the back row, his publicist and two members of the local Jamaican Consulate observed the proceedings.
The only time Banton spoke was when he uttered his real name and age, and confirmed to U.S. Magistrate Judge William Turnoff that he was indeed waiving his bail hearing in Miami to be transferred to Tampa.
“He’s a very spiritual person. He’s a very positive person,” his attorney, Herbert Erving Walker III, said about his mood. “He’s confident he’s going to be exonerated.”
Walker added that Banton, whose album Rasta Got Soul is nominated for the Grammy Reggae Album of the Year, is looking forward to “getting back to doing what he does, which is make music for the people of the world.”
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