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Lal, 69, is one of the 10 founder-members of Jazz India Delhi Chapter, a band of aficionados — now called Capital Jazz — that has been organising Delhi’s only regular jazz event for a quarter of a century, reports Amitava Sanyal.

The composer duo is on the verge of closing deals with major record producers in the US, reports Nikhil Taneja.

With a career spanning almost three decades and many awards to his credit, as Anu Malik turned on Monday, the music composer expressed concern over the present state of Bollywood music rueing blatant copying of foreign tunes by today's musicians.

After complaining about the music industry, British singer Lily Allen is setting up her own record label. Allen has two hit albums and several singles that topped UK top 10 in her kitty.

An unassuming and down-to-earth woman, Rekha Bharadwaj, who is best known for her Namak song in Omkara,  comes across as somebody passionate about her music. The singer unravels her hidden self to Priya Rajendran.

London-based singer Juggy D, who composed hit numbers like Mere dil vich hai hum tum and Dil mera, is still struggling to find a foothold in Bollywood and says he hopes to collaborate with A.R. Rahman and Kailash Kher in the near future.

We don't know if this 'Slumdog…' composition has made Rahman a millionaire but it’s bringing him lot of accolades for sure! The composer has now won the ‘Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film’ award for the song Jai Ho, at the ninth ‘World Soundtrack Awards’.

Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, which stars Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif, is music director Pritam Chakraborty's eighth release this year and he has once again done a great job by composing music that is energetic, contemporary and pleasing.

Oscar winning sound techician Resul Pookutty will join compatriot, music maestro AR Rahman, as a voting member of the Academy of Motion Pictures and hopes that the membership will help him attract good work in Hollywood.

In the late ’80s, Nadeem-Shravan literally ruled Bollywood music, what with just one album of theirs (Aashiqui) selling over 1.5 crore units. Nikhil Taneja speaks to him.