In 1952, B V Keskar, Union minister for Broadcasting, decided to ban film songs from All India Radio for their ‘erotic’ nature, and relay only classical music. It meant listeners had access to songs ...

Radio Ceylon, launched in 1925, became famous in India for airing Binaca Geetmala, a popular Hindi film song countdown hosted by Ameen Sayani. The show shaped Indian music culture from 1952 to 1988, ...

Jhumri Telaiya once captivated India with its radio song requests. The town became famous in the 1950s for its frequent shout-outs on Radio Ceylon's Binaca Geetmala. This passion for music was linked ...

The earliest radio station in Asia, Radio Ceylon, turned 100 last week. Nearly a decade older than All India Radio (AIR), the Sri Lankan radio service was once the Indian Subcontinent’s ears to the ...

COLOMBO, Dec 21: Sri Lankan radio service that was once popular across India as just ‘Radio Ceylon’ and popularised ‘Binaca Geetmala,’ a one of its kind weekly countdown show of Hindi film songs, ...

For the past three years, Father John Misty has performed a Big Sur Park School Benefit at Sunset Cultural Center in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA. In the past, he's uploaded the live shows to Bandcamp by ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The last few performances for “Songs of the Season” were Dec. 20, 2025, at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library. The annual “Songs of the Season” invites musicians to the ...

MUMBAI, (IANS) – The legendary radio host Ameen Sayani – who ruled the airwaves and lorded over the hearts of millions of “Behno aur Bhaiyon” in the Indian subcontinent and neighboring countries – ...

The depth and breadth of the international Christmas songbook continues to astound. This year I’m adding a dozen new tracks, and they’re all over the place genre-wise – soul, punk, country, doo-wop, ...

Singer and songwriter Anthony Nunziata is returning to Scranton this holiday season to perform with local students. Students from the Valley View High School Chorus and Occhipinti Dance Company will ...

If there’s one thing Mariah Carey knows how to do, it’s maintain her reign as the Queen of Christmas. Nearly 30 years after the release of her iconic holiday anthem, “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” ...