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Times Music honoured with awards and nominations at PTC Punjabi Awards 2017 and Radio City Freedom Awards 2017 in various categories   With a series of nominations, Times Music’s popular Punjabi single “Jatti De Nain” by Roshan Prince and Milind Gaba bagged Best Duo Group award at PTC Punjabi awards 2017. Times Music was also awarded Best Electronica Artiste, Best Pop Artiste (People’s choice) and Best Indie Collaboration at Radio City Freedom Awards on 22nd March held at Hard Rock Café, Mumbai. At Radio City Freedom awards, Akshay Johar aka Mojo Jojo, whose latest release Shots Fired, won the much-deserved People’s choice award for Best Electronica artiste. Rimi Nique and Sanket Sane surprised everyone by winning Best Pop Artiste (people’s choice) for their single “On A High Zindagi.” The Midival Pundtiz, Papon & Malini Awasthi were recognized as the Best Indie Collaboration for their brilliant work on Nadia. Congratulating the winners, Mandar Thakur, COO of Times Music

Bollywood Music Festival ~Day 2 proved to be a melting pot of music tunes with a blend of genres like contemporary, folk, punjabi, rap, sufi, pop and fusion~ After a glamorous opening on Day 1, music lovers swarmed to Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Grounds, New Delhi for Day 2 of Bhutani Group presents Hungama Bollywood Music Project. It saw a footfall of over 20,000 people. Touted as Asia’s largest Bollywood Music Festival, Bollywood Music Project, organized by Event Capital (a Laqshya Media Group Company) and TM Talent Management was held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Grounds. Comprising over 60 iconic artists and supported by over 200 musicians on three stages. The festival showcased an array of music genres such as contemporary, folk, Punjabi, rap, sufi, pop and hip hop. The much-awaited performances of the day were by Badshah who made the audience dance on his famous party numbers like Wakhra Swag, DJ wale Babu and much more. The audience could hold back their enthusiasm as they d

Saregama's Sai Baba and Shabad Gurbani music cards From Lata Mangeshkar to Asha Bhosle, romantic to classical songs, you have been enjoying the best of Saregama’s collection through its music cards. Taking this initiative forward, the label has introduced Sai Baba and Shabad Gurbani music cards. The Sai Baba music card contains 100+ aartis, bhajans, mantras and granths, whereas the Shabad Gurbani music card contains around 100 songs of Gurbani and Paaths that are carefully curated. Each music card has pre-loaded content on a 4GB USB memory card, making it convenient to use on laptops, computers, car music systems and any other USB port. Immerse yourself in the soulful spirit of music in the voice of Jagjit Singh, Anup Jalota, Shailendra Bharti, Bhai Harbans Singh and Bhai Satvinder Singh with these melodious music cards. Saregama music cards have a ready-made playlist for easy listening and gifting, whenever and wherever. Available on: www.saregama.com/musiccard  ; Amazo

Kasauli Rhythm & Blues Festival WHAT? Kasauli Rhythm & Blues Festival WHEN? April 14-16, 2017 WHERE? Village Chabbal, Baikunth Resorts, Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh In an era when EDM has almost taken over other genres, not every concert or show gets to reach the hearts of people. EDM is something you get to hear everywhere you go, but you won’t witness a band performing in the hills every weekend. It might sound a bit dreamy, but the music concerts being set up in the hills have something special about them. The calm and serenity they offer is incomparable. Under the sky full of stars, flowing in the rhythmic breeze of the hills, transporting you into a totally different tranquil world. Well, if that’s what you dream of, then it’s not the dream anymore. Yes, the Kasauli Rhythm & Blues Festival is here in its sixth edition and has everything you could ever ask for. It’s a festival packed with fun, amazing artists and music that is at any time better than regular