Popularity: 19%
Archive for April, 2010
StandUP Radio – April 27th Broadcast
On April - 27 - 2010
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Introducing: Hip-Hop Artist – Ray Gill
On April - 20 - 2010
Vancouver based up and coming South Asian Hip Hip Artist Ray Gill has just released his Mr.Controversy Mixtape
Download FREE here:
RayGill.Net
Ray Gill is a young, energetic south asian hip hop artist composer. His music is
positive and uplifting and very inspiring to the youth and people of all ages, influenced by his heritage,
Ray Gill makes music from an urban perspective. His goal is to inspire people to believe in
themselves, coming from a divorced broken family,addiction and losing everything to finding God and
turning his life around finishing college and now managing a sucessfull care home with a flourishing music
courier, Ray Gill proves that anything is possible. With his YouTube Channel DesiTelevision Ray Gill’s Goal
is to expose new artists in the south asian community and save them some of the same mistakes he had
to go through. Ray Gill is also working on his (untitled) self help book which will take examples from the
struggles he has faced and overcome.
Popularity: 34%
StandUP Radio – April 20th Broadcast
On April - 20 - 2010
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Popularity: 12%
New Video! K S Makhan Feat. Roach Killa – Good Luck Charm!
On April - 19 - 2010
StandUP Radio – April 13th Broadcast
On April - 14 - 2010
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Popularity: 12%
Call for Volunteers for desiFEST 2010!!!!
On April - 9 - 2010
Be involved in the city’s largest and only South Asian Music Festival…Now is your opportunity!
Volunteer with desiFEST 2010 taking place at Yonge and Dundas Square on May 29 2010, 10am to 10pm…12 hours of music, dance, food, and a whole lot more. Positions are available for all roles including kids zone, merchandise booth, information booth and more….there are many exciting positions just waiting to be filled!
If interested, please email mladha@bluebandmedia.com with your full name, phone number, email address, age, hours you are available and the position you are interested in.
desiFEST will also provide reference letters for your volunteer time upon request.
Looking forward to an exciting desiFEST 2010!!!!
Popularity: 24%
Punjabi folk music meets hip-hop – BlacKMahal
On April - 6 - 2010
A couple of years ago I was lucky enough to see the great Ustad Lal Singh Batti perform in San Fransisco, California. He is known as one of the living legends of dhol. He is a teacher of dholak, dance, harmoniam and vocal. He’s been playing for 43 years and is the lead singer of the group BlacKMahal.
BlacKMahal is a full band, complete with MCs and vocalists, that is based in San Francisco. Their immediate awesomeness is due in part to the lead vocalist and the ‘Godfather’ of the Dhol drum, Lal Singh Bhatti, an American and Indian music icon who lives in the Bay Area. The band formed serendipitously when Vijay Chattha, an active hip-hop DJ at the time, met Lal Singh at a wedding in the East Bay 5 years ago. The two began discussing music, and started toying with the idea of a project that spanned their respective tastes and experiences.
BlackMahal was formed shortly after and, with the help of some friends, they began making music that reflects Punjabi tradition in the context of timeless funk and contemporary hip-hop. They have been performing ever since at major venues including The Great American Music Hall, The Fire Art’s Festival and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. The group’s popularity is spreading like wildfire, recently garnering international recognition and numerous spins on BBC Radio 1 and a feature in the print edition of Rolling Stone India.
Check out a promo of one of their performances!
Popularity: 25%
StandUP Radio – April 6th Broadcast
On April - 6 - 2010
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Popularity: 6%
Bollywood style movie trailer for Halo!
On April - 5 - 2010
That’s right. Halo! Imagine Games Network produced an April Fools’ Day trailer for the movie Halo, instead they made it Bollywood style! They teamed up with the talented dancers at Ishaara and Fringe-composer, Chris Tilton, to portray Halo like it’s never been seen before. See more at http://www.ign.com/originals
Check it out!
Popularity: 16%
