Music

Bhubaneswar: When it rains, have you ever breathed the air carrying the smell of earth when first drops hit the soil? The smell, petrichor, has always been a poet's muse. While some take petrichor as a symbol of strangeness, some...

Bhubaneswar: Actor Manoj Mishra and Bhubaneswar Mayor Ananta Narayan Jena have appealed the public to vote for Odia singer Shasank Sekhar, who is among the top-10 finalists in music reality show Rising Star Season 2, which is being telecast...

Bhubaneswar: Love not only brings two people together but with dedication and consistency it has the power to cure mental and physical illness to some extent. This has been highlighted in upcoming Hindi music video ‘Tera Chehra’, to be...

Bhubaneswar: If there is one name that immediately strikes the mind, while talking about ‘ghazals,’ it is undoubtedly that of Jagjit Singh. His soulful, soothing and deep renditions have been etched on the hearts of music lovers. The ‘kagaz ki kasti’...

New Delhi: World’s largest search engine Google on Sunday paid tribute to legendary playback singer Mohammed Rafi with a doodle on the occasion of his 93rd birth anniversary. Mohammed Rafi is hailed as one of the most versatile singers of...

After four-year struggle in Mumbai, Odia singer Asit Tripathy finally got his Bollywood break in Raj Kumar Rao-starrer ‘Shaadi Mein Zaroor Ana’ scheduled for November 10 release. The romantic number ‘Tu banja gali Banaras ki mein sham talak bhatku tujhmein...’...

Today I remember Banikantha Nimai Harichandan and the benign glory of pious Odisha. Banikantha, his moniker, was so apt that every morning in hamlets, villages, households there wasn’t a soul which didn’t hear him waking up life to a...

Bhubaneswar: 'Toh Bina', a single music video crafted by Odisha-based Vighnanz The Band, has recorded over 2 lakh views within 36 hours, said a press release on Wednesday. Vighnanz The Band, which has been performing in the state for last 7...

Bhubaneswar: ‘Geeti Chhaya’, the first-ever photography exhibition chronicling the evolution of Odia film music up to 1986, will be unveiled at the State Museum here on Wednesday. The exhibition is being organised by Film Journalists Forum (fJf) in association...

Eminent Odia singer Adyasha Das released a song on Chausathi Yoginis, her latest musical venture at the ancient tantric seat of worship, on the auspicious occasion of Dussehra yesterday. The first-ever song depicting the rare qualities of all 64...