Your lockdown guide to live music performances

1 month, 1 week ago

Javed Ali: Audiences abroad crave for Indian musicians more

Javed Ali recently toured Australia and is currently touring India. Javed Ali He goes on to share how performing abroad gives a high: “Since we visit countries like the US, the UK, Canada, Australia etc., perhaps once a year, wahan ke music lovers mein bhookh hoti hai. The singer, who is best-known for his songs Jashn-e-Bahaara from Jodhaa Akbar, Arziyan …

Music India Javed Ali

1 month, 1 week ago

From Jelly Roll to TWICE, top acts hit ‘Amazon Music Live’ to spotlight their upcoming projects

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — If artists want to launch an album with a bang, “ Amazon Music Live” could be the end zone to score big. Some of the biggest performers in music — including Jelly Roll, Megan Thee Stallion, Ed Sheeran, Kane Brown, Peso Pluma and Lil Baby — have graced the live stage during the weekly concert series in …

Music Football Fans Amazon Artists Share Los Angeles

3 months, 4 weeks ago

Australian live music venues closing as cost of living hits businesses and patrons

ABC

In 2010, thousands shut down Melbourne's main drag Swanston Street for the Save Live Australian Music rally. In the years since COVID-19 began, 1,300 venues — a figure that made up 25 per cent of all live music venues nationwide at the time — have closed. The double whammy of COVID and inflation on Australia's live music scene APRA AMCOS's …

Music Live Music Cost Venue Barrett Cent Live

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Amit Trivedi: My priority is independent music now

Hindustan Times

Alongside working on film music, Amit Trivedi has been actively releasing independent music. But my priority is independent music now.” Amit Trivedi Besides releasing music on his YouTube channel, AT Azaad, Trivedi came up with a concept-based live show last year, titled Indradhanush. It felt magical” Sharing how the concept of Indradhanush, which is a three-hour-long concert came about, Trivedi …

Music Trivedi Independent Music Film Music Indradhanush

2 years ago

Music show presents a live-concert experience

China Daily

Huang Pin-yuan and Victor Wong Pin-kuan perform in the reality show Join Our Concert. A music show to evoke memories of attending a live concert has been recently aired on Tencent's video-sharing platform. It's a rare chance for music lovers to enjoy the immersive viewing experience and interactions in a live concert amid the pandemic when people have to obey …

Concert

2 years ago

Music show presents a live-concert experience

China Daily

Huang Pin-yuan and Victor Wong Pin-kuan perform in the reality show Join Our Concert. A music show to evoke memories of attending a live concert has been recently aired on Tencent's video-sharing platform. It's a rare chance for music lovers to enjoy the immersive viewing experience and interactions in a live concert amid the pandemic when people have to obey …

Concert Experience

2 years ago

Music show presents a live-concert experience

China Daily

Huang Pin-yuan and Victor Wong Pin-kuan perform in the reality show Join Our Concert. A music show to evoke memories of attending a live concert has been recently aired on Tencent's video-sharing platform. It's a rare chance for music lovers to enjoy the immersive viewing experience and interactions in a live concert amid the pandemic when people have to obey …

Concert

2 years ago

Music show presents a live-concert experience

China Daily

Huang Pin-yuan and Victor Wong Pin-kuan perform in the reality show Join Our Concert. A music show to evoke memories of attending a live concert has been recently aired on Tencent's video-sharing platform. It's a rare chance for music lovers to enjoy the immersive viewing experience and interactions in a live concert amid the pandemic when people have to obey …

Concert

2 years, 3 months ago

These five local artists have just been added to the Listen Out/Listen In lineup!

ABC

For the last few months since Listen Out and it’s Adelaide spinoff Listen In dropped their massive lineups, you’ve been able to stew over the excitement of seeing the likes of Disclosure, AJ Tracey and The Jungle Giants live. But, thanks to this year’s triple j Unearthed competition, the lineup has grown even bigger with five Australian artists added to …

Listen Listen Out Listen In

2 years, 5 months ago

Gigs are great – but open-mic nights are better. Hear me out

The Independent

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Open-mic nights have a certain je …

Hear

2 years, 6 months ago

OnTheBeatWith| Arijit Singh: ‘I have learnt valuable music lessons just by listening to songs’

Firstpost

In OnTheBeatWith series, we revisit a musician’s journey in the industry, their music, anecdotes about their hits, and their recording-studio stories. Whether it is slow melodious numbers like Naina, Hamari Adhuri Kahani, Agar Tum Saath Ho, Hawayein Lambiyaan Si Judaiyaan, serious classical songs like Laal Ishq, Aayat, Phir Le Aaya Dil or peppy fun tracks like First Class, Galti Se …

Music Events Lata Mangeshkar Live Events Songs Listening Singh

2 years, 11 months ago

Chennai stays pitch-perfect

The Hindu

After two years of Covid-induced interruption when the Chennai music season briefly returned to live concerts at the end of 2021, what was on display was striking resilience and the city’s age-old commitment to its favourite art — from musicians, the sabhas, and the music lovers. The break “gave me time to introspect, learn, revise, listen and practice,” says Amrita …

Music Chennai Digital Live Concert Stage Musicians Concerts

3 years ago

Sounds of 2021: How live music fared amid virus hiccups

Hindustan Times

After a lull in 2020, the music world took baby steps this year to get in sync with the new reality of the post-pandemic world. AP Dhillon went on a big music tour in India this year While the early months of 2021 were engulfed by despair and agony due to the devastating second wave of the virus crisis, the …

India Singer Live Lot 2021 Independent Music Concerts

3 years, 1 month ago

From the real to the reel world

Deccan Chronicle

DJ Amit Saxena, who has performed at international cricket matches, IPL, ICC T20 World Cup and other events, is now making his entry into Bollywood. But once they saw my work, the prejudice started melting away.” The DJ says, “As I performed at different places, people started to recognize me. I was also invited to perform for Celebrity Cricket League …

Music Hyderabad Ipl Perform Other Events

3 years, 2 months ago

Ed Sheeran tests positive for Covid-19 ahead of Saturday Night Live appearance

The Independent

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Ed Sheeran has tested positive …

Music Covid Live Sign Free Perform Saturday Night Live

3 years, 6 months ago

TM Krishna to perform live on Instagram and Facebook to raise funds for artistes

The Hindu

A live TM Krishna concert can now be streamed from anywhere. This particular live session is also part of his attempts to raise funds for artistes displaced financially during the pandemic. I hope to have all my reference books open because I don’t know what people will be asking,” he says adding, “I am trying to keep it as personal …

Instagram Krishna Facebook Artistes

3 years, 9 months ago

Doing stand-up during a pandemic has been harrowing – but there is a silver lining for the comedy industry

The Independent

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. You can’t afford to be discerning …

Comedy Work Live Podcast Ted Felt

3 years, 10 months ago

Indie music insiders on their one big takeaway from COVID-19 crisis' impact on the live performance scene

Firstpost

Now that club gigs are back, and some of them are even packed to scary capacities, I asked Indian independent artists, managers and other industry folk about the one big career lesson they gained over the past 11 months when live music, their main source of income, was put on a prolonged pause. Then in November, she put out her …

Music Mumbai Live Indie Bhatnagar Gigs Skillbox

4 years ago

Lockdown Legends Part 5: Tech that got me through the lockdown feat. Sony, SoundMAGIC, Xbox, Samsung, Google

Firstpost

Editor’s Note: This story is part of a series about tech gadgets and devices that helped Team tech2 and some of our friends through the pandemic, lockdown, and the year 2020, in general. And while I was stuck at home with my family of 9, I also had to figure out ways of isolating myself from them, because work goes …

Tech Samsung Work Image Sony Track Xbox

4 years ago

Live music performances set for the weekend

China Daily

Michał Ciesielski Michał Ciesielski, composer and jazz pianist from Gdańsk, Poland, will perform at Jianghu Bar, a popular live house venue tucked away in a hutong in downtown Beijing on Sunday. Since 2018, the pianist has been teaching at the Beijing Contemporary Music Academy and has been giving performances in the capital. Virtuoso viola da gamba player He Xiao The …

Music Beijing

4 years, 1 month ago

Between live streaming's limitations and live gigs' hazards, indie music scene could find promising middle ground – Firstpost

Firstpost

While there’s no doubt that online shows entertained and even comforted us during these trying past few months, there’s also no doubt that they’ll never match up to the experience of watching a concert in person. “They might as well go through countless well-produced videos on YouTube for free.” As a sessions singer and composer, he’s been buffered by the …

India Mumbai Events Indian Online Artists Ticket

4 years, 3 months ago

It’s gig night again: open mics and live performances return to Chennai venues

The Hindu

“It’s okay that more people didn’t show up; their safety is important,” says Chennai-based singer Adil Mohammed, discussing his recent live performance at Goddy’s in Nungabakkam, Chennai. Even if there had been just one person sitting there, I would have been happy to complete my set for him or her.” Adil’s last line sums up just how much the city’s …

Chennai Mic Performances Return

4 years, 3 months ago

K-Pop Band BTS' Online Concert 'Map of the Soul One' Coming Up in October

News 18

Following the explosive success of their No.1 single ‘Dynamite’, global superstars BTS are coming to the audience around the world with the new online concert ‘BTS Map Of The Soul On:E’. Big Hit Entertainment said, “We have prepared never-before-seen stages and various setlists for fans who must have felt disappointed by the cancellation of offline concerts due to COVID-19. We …

Concert Bts

4 years, 6 months ago

Lockdown list of live music and standup shows

The Hindu

Sunburn Home Festival Belgian DJ Mattn, who was part of the lineup at Tomorrowland last year, is one of the headliners at Sunburn India’s virtual edition, along with Israeli EDM duo Vini Vici, Dutch DJ and record producer Ummet Ozcan and Dutch pair Bassjackers. Sunburn creators Percept Live are touting this edition as ‘Asia’s first Virtual Mega Music Festival’, in …

Music

4 years, 6 months ago

World Music Day 2020: Dhvani Bhanushali, Jubin Nautiyal and other singers share their lockdown lessons

India TV News

Singers like Papon, Dhvani Bhanushali and Jasbir Jassi have been using music to try and help people beat lockdown stress. "In normal life, we are so busy running around that we sometimes end up not taking utmost care of ourselves," she said. There were a billion things I wanted to do but I wasn't able to do because of my …

Music Things Lockdown World Music World Music Day Papon Jubin Nautiyal

4 years, 7 months ago

Take That concert: How to watch live online

The Independent

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The music stars may be used to filling stadia, …

Williams Crew Nation Nordoff Robbins

4 years, 7 months ago

Over 75 artistes including Usha Uthup, Ricky Tej and Manasi Scott will perform virtually for ‘The Independent Together’ on May 31

The Hindu

More than 75 artistes across fields of music, comedy, poetry and more, will perform live from home in a digital concert on May 31. The Independent Together concert announced by Hungama Artist Aloud will include performances from Amit Mishra, Palash Sen, Faridkot, Gaurav Kapur, Ricky Kej, Gunjan Utreja, Jasbir Jassi, Manasi Scott, Nikita Gandhi, Parikrama, Shaan, Uday Benegal and Usha …

Usha Uthup

4 years, 7 months ago

Chennai-based Riffbook.org offers online concerts to support independent musicians during the lockdown

The Hindu

Life in lockdown has been difficult for Tyron Davey. “This is the first time that I am without a show for this long, and I have been performing for the last 20 years,” he says. He is one of nine singers lined up for the online concerts organised by Riffbook.org, a website by Chennai-based musician and graphic designer Jay Manickadas. …

Jay 7 Pm Online Concerts

4 years, 7 months ago

Airtel set to launch online concerts on Wynk Music; begins pilots

India TV News

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel has started pilots for hosting live online concerts on its Wynk Music app, according to a source. Wynk Music has already done two live concerts in the past one month to validate the technology and plans are underway to launch the platform under the #WynkConcerts umbrella by as early as next month, a source told PTI. …

Music Pti Live Source Airtel Concerts Wynk

4 years, 8 months ago

Indie music industry in Kerala turns to ‘digital concerts’ during lockdown

The Hindu

The lockdown to combat the spread of the Coronavirus has seen musicians across the globe entertaining listeners through live gigs on different social media platforms. The second one, scheduled for May 16, features Govind Vasantha, Chinmayi Sripaada and KS Harisankar,” says Sujith Unnithan, chief operating officer, Wonderwall Media, which manages the musicians and their bands. It currently supports Zoom-based event …

Music Job Live Streaming Platform Event Artistes Paytm Insider

4 years, 8 months ago

The beats and emojis flow as spoken-word open-mics shelter on Instagram

LA Times

In a garage in Bell, Friday nights used to be occasions for a communal celebration. For the last month, poet Eric Eztli, who founded Alivio Open Mic in 2013, has been hosting weekly live poetry readings on Instagram Live. Eztli ends the online event by reading poems from his most recently published book, “ From My Blood.” One artist taking …

Poetry Phone Artists Open Instagram Mic Eztli

4 years, 8 months ago

Here’s why Indian artistes are thrilled at gaining a digital audience during the lockdown

The Hindu

In the current lockdown situation, Facebook and Instagram have emerged the most go-to avenues for socialising. Pune-based songwriter and singer Harish Budhwani who hails from Ajmer in Rajasthan confirms his nervousness, though he made his debut on the ‘live’ space long before the lockdown. So is the joy and nervousness of seeing the numbers rise or fall.” As one who …

Audience Live Instagram Suraj Harish

4 years, 8 months ago

Music for the locked-down soul: Some recommendations

The Hindu

#StarsInTheHouse New York-based couple, music show host Seth Rudetsky and Broadway producer James Wesley, have been livestreaming celebrity performances twice a day for The Actors Fund, a charity that helps people in the entertainment industry tide over this long spell of cancelled performances. House Concert India There are seven chapters to House Concert India, and each one of them is …

Chennai House Live Instagram Sofar

4 years, 9 months ago

Palash Sen, Ankur Tewari, Nikhita Gandhi, Tejas Menon to be part of JioSaavn’s live performances during lockdown, all this month

The Hindu

Music artistes Palash Sen, Ankur Tewari and Nikhita Gandhi are gearing up for virtual performances that can be enjoyed by fans in the comfort of their homes. Concerts, festivals and the live performances have all been shut due to COVID-19, but music lovers can still enjoy the experience of a concert without actually physically attending it, during lockdown. Music and …

Music Live Tejas Perform Artistes Nikhita Jiosaavn

4 years, 9 months ago

The Best-Sounding Tiny Desk Concerts, Vol. 2

NPR

The Best-Sounding Tiny Desk Concerts, Vol. That's why the second volume of the best-sounding Tiny Desk concerts features selections from some of my favorite YouTube shoutouts. • Jacob Collier The audio engineer who records Tiny Desk Concerts might be the most talented person on Earth. • Snarky Puppy NPR's sound mixing is usually good, but mixing SP properly is some …

Npr Tiny Desk Vol Tiny Desk Concerts Sound Engineer

4 years, 9 months ago

Once booming concert industry goes quiet after coronavirus

Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn — Inside a warehouse for MooTV, a live video production company in Nashville, Tennessee, the floor-to-ceiling shelves are lined with row after row of video screens, cables and rolling cases that normally would be out on the road with Brad Paisley, Chris Stapleton or Dierks Bentley. “We’ve watched within a few days 100% of our calendar clear, which …

Health Industry Work Company Live Entertainment Nashville Virus

4 years, 9 months ago

Chennai’s Carnatic musicians plan a live digital concert

The Hindu

Of course, balcony antakshari is fun. In Chennai, Carnatic musicians TM Krishna, Akkarai Subhalakshmi, B Sivaraman and N Guruprasad are now putting together the ‘Home and the World’, a digital Carnatic live concert. “A lot of artistes, from different fields, have had all performances cancelled,” says Krishna, adding, “Just in the Carnatic world, it has already led to the cancellation …

Carnatic Live Concert Krishna Musicians Plan

4 years, 9 months ago

Musicians around the world are going live, online

The Hindu

Global citizen This one has pulled out all the stops, and we are more than a little starstruck by the scale of it. Their ‘Together At Home’ Instagram live series has already pulled in the likes of Pop’s blue-eyed duo Camilla Cabello and Shawn Mendes, Irish singing-songwriting hearththrob Hozier, and US-based rapper Common performing live from their drawing rooms and …

Music Chennai Live Instagram Check Instagram

4 years, 9 months ago

Fears many Melbourne music venues won't make it through coronavirus shutdown

ABC

It's a city famed for its live music scene, but venue owners in Melbourne say the industry is on the brink of catastrophe because of the coronavirus outbreak, with fears many clubs and pubs won't survive long enough to see performers return to the stage. Key points: The Australian Government doesn't want mass gatherings of 100 people or more at …

Business Music Industry Liquor Live Music Live Melbourne

4 years, 9 months ago

Musical artists hold virtual concerts from home after coronavirus cancels tours

Deccan Chronicle

New York: The spreading coronavirus canceled several touring performances from A-list musical artists, but those acts have found a new venue to sing: their living rooms. John Legend, Bono, Coldplay’s Chris Martin, Pink, John Mayer, Keith Urban and more have held virtual concerts from their homes as the world continues to practice social distancing to slow the spread of the …

4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus outbreak: Chris Martin, John Legend, Ankur Tewari live-stream performances from home for fans

Firstpost

Other musicians who also live-streamed their music were Keith Urban and Pink. Here is Legend’s asking fans to join his Instagram live story He also asked his fans to let him know which other artists he should “pass the torch to.” On the other hand, singer Keith Urban too surprised his fans by dropping a live performance on Instagram. The …

Music Coronavirus Fans Performance Indian Live Instagram

4 years, 9 months ago

I see bands at germy, jam-packed clubs for a living. I never realized how lucky I was

LA Times

Going to see a band called the Rapture, I finally decided, felt just a little too much like tempting fate. It would’ve been one of several gigs I took in last week as part of my work as The Times’ pop critic — a job that requires experiencing as much music as possible in as many different circumstances as possible: …

Music Los Angeles Beyoncé Live Concert Los Angeles Times Lat

4 years, 9 months ago

All together now: Watch artists stream concerts from home amid coronavirus shutdown

LA Times

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin is one of several artists posting free live performances to social media as concerts continue to be canceled worldwide. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to cancel concert events worldwide, John Legend, Pink, Keith Urban, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin and more artists are taking to social media to deliver live performances to their fans. Had an idea …

Urban Live Concert Martin Coldplay Chris Chris Martin

4 years, 11 months ago

Musica Globalista: A decade of successful Electronic Dance Music

Wired

*That's a pretty good recap. What ensued sounded terrible: screeching synths, swollen bass gurgles, and a maniacal sample of someone screaming, “Yes, oh my God,” which I’d later learn was lifted from a viral video of a girl beating her personal best competitive cup-stacking time. Within two years, German DJ Zedd went from Skrillex protégé to Interscope solo artist, proving …

5 years, 1 month ago

Woes of the Live Musicians!

Deccan Chronicle

They say you’re not a Bengalurean if your bathroom singing talent was not inspired by the live music performance that you’d visited recently! Eventually my passion for music grew because of the vast opportunities here and I quit my job to follow my love for music.” Speaking about the struggle of being an aspiring musician in the city Loy says, …

Music Bengaluru Musician Live Music Live Ban Musicians

5 years, 1 month ago

Are phone-free gigs the future? Artists and audiences need to meet each other halfway to find a workable solution

Firstpost

Last month, I went for an Indian independent music gig with a twist. Audiences in Mumbai who signed up to attend the album launch of Safe With Me, electronic music producer Riatsu aka Shadaab Kadri and multi-instrumentalist Neil Gomes’s new collaborative album, were informed that it was a “phone-free” event. Over the years, I’ve convinced myself this bad gig behaviour …

Music Phone Concert Gig

5 years, 6 months ago

5SOS set to perform on The Voice... after Ed Sheeran declined

Daily Mail

They made a spectacular comeback last year with their Youngblood album and are currently promoting their new single. And during Tuesday's episode of The Voice Australia, TV host Sonia Kruger confirmed that 5 Seconds of Summer will take to the stage to perform live on the show's finale. The Voice host Sonia Kruger revealed during Tuesday's episode of the show …

Voice Perform Ed Sheeran

Your lockdown guide to live music performances

History of this topic

Your lockdown live gigs include a New York jazz trio and Indian indie musicians

Jubin Nautiyal to conduct live concert from home in Dehradun

Discover Related