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10 best Winnie Mashaba songs ever with videos - Briefly.co.za

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Winnie Mashaba is a famous South African gospel songwriter, singer, business lady, and TV presenter with a prolific music career. The songbird first discovered her singing talent in 1998 shortly after clearing high school studies. Winnie's enthusiasm in music has seen her release several hit songs with high listenership and excellent reception among her fans. The release of debut album Exodus 20 extended her limits by broadly sharing the beauty of Winnie Mashaba songs alongside other top hit tracks. Her spirit of praise is exceptionally noticeable in every one of her famous songs discussed. Image: instagram.com, @winnie_mashaba Source: Instagram The South African songstress, Winnie Mashaba, is not only famous for her record-breaking songs that have earned her multiple awards, but also business ventures that have increased her popularity. Now, aged about 37, Winnie is a certificate holder in Adult Basic Education and Training, as well as a degree graduate in Psychology. It is incred...

World Music Day 2020: History, significance, celebrations and quotes - Hindustan Times

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June 21 is celebrated as World Music Day annually.(UNSPLASH) World Music Day 2020: History, significance, celebrations and quotes World Music Day or Fête de la Musique is an annual celebration that takes place on June 21 to honour amateur and professional musicians alike. On this day amateur and professional musicians are encouraged to showcase their work. Hindustan Times, Delhi | By hindustantimes.com UPDATED ON JUN 21, 2020 02:03 PM IST World Music Day or Fête de la Musique is an annual celebration that takes place on June 21 to honour amateur and professional musicians alike. Over 120 countries celebration World Music Day by organizing free public concerts in parks, streets, stations, museums and other such public places. On this day musicians are encouraged to play in public. World Music Day was founded by France's Minister of Culture, Jack Lang and also Maurice Fleuret, a French composer, music journalist, radio producer, arts admi...

I have no problem with remixed and recreated songs: Singer Kumar Sanu - Free Press Journal

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Often referred to as the king of 90s Bollywood music, Kumar Sanu is known for his melodious romantic songs like  Ek Ladki Ko Dekha, Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyan, Ab Tere Bin, Ladki Badi Anjani Hai, Sochenge Tumhe Pyar, Nazar Ke Samne and many others. The singer has an immense fan following from the decades he ruled the Hindi music industry. In an exclusive interview with the Cinema Journal, Kumar Sanu, talks about battling Covid, the 90s music scene, multi-composer albums and more. Excerpts...   The 90s music scene is synonymous with romantic Bollywood melodies. What do you feel about the romantic songs of today? The earlier love songs used to have a lot of heart-touching melodies. Today, many new sounds are being added to it all. I am not saying this is bad, but definitely, there has been a distinct change in today's romantic numbers. There are some songs in today's times too, that are quite nice, saare gaane kharab nahi hain (not all songs are bad). But I feel th...

Stream the 2021 International Jazz Day Global Concert, a Genuine All-Star Affair - wbgo.org

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Not long after Herbie Hancock was appointed a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador in 2011, he announced his intention to start an International Jazz Day, in celebration of jazz's universal truths, and its potential as a diplomatic instrument around the world. Every year since, there have been celebrations on multiple continents on April 30, which the United Nations has designated as International Jazz Day. And up until last year, when the coronavirus pandemic forced an improvisational adjustment, each year has brought a new host city for an All-Star Global Concert. This year, as in 2020, that event will be presented virtually in accordance with public health considerations, at 5 p.m. ET. Hosted by actor Michael Douglas from United Nations Headquarters in New York City, it will feature performances by musicians representing more than 20 countries. As usual, the artistic director is Herbie Hancock, and the musical director is his fellow pianist and composer John Beasley. Throughout the day, a...

Hottest Romantic Songs 2020 - Indipop - Times of India

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Last year was massive when it came to Indipop music, and mushy, romantic singles not just garnered multiple hits online, but were streamed and downloaded across apps, platforms and music portals. Needless to say, there were many records created when it came to hits and views online of these singles. While Amaal Mallik's pop debut, with his heart wrenching love ballad 'Tu Mera Nahi' topped our charts, multiple artistes vied for a place in our Top 15 list. Neha Kakkar, Jubin Nautiyal, Tulsi Kumar, Darshan Raval, Dhvani Bhanushali, Asees Kaur, B Praak, Ankit Tiwari, Arijit Singh, Tony Kakkar, and Soham Naik gave us some of the most melodious love songs that found themselves on the Times Hotlist's Hottest Romantic Songs 2020 - Indipop. After taking into account the votes received on our Times Poll that saw hundreds of enthusiastic etimes readers vote in, chart ratings of Mirchi, online streams and downloads of gaana.com, and votes by an internal jury, here's our li...

Ariana Grande And Big Sean Slow It Down On 'Best Mistake' - MTV.com

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Ariana Grande might be calling it an "instant gratification" track, but honestly, girl, you're really just teasing the life out of us with all these My Everything previews. Grande dropped yet another full-release on (August 12) on iTunes, this time featuring the smooth rhymes of Big Sean. "Best Mistake" walks in the footsteps of records like Rihanna's "We Found Love," with the singer dropping heavy lines about the struggle of an on-again, off-again broken relationship. "Break up / Make up / Total waste of time / Can we please make up our minds / And stop acting like we're fine," the pop star cries with a tone that really says, "It's over, boy." Sean follows up in another verse, attempting to mend the broken love with, "I guess time's wasting / Tick-Tocking / Lip-Locking / How can we keep the feelings fresh / How do we Zip-lock it." "Best Mistake" is the for...

Amy Winehouse's 20 greatest songs – ranked! | Amy Winehouse - The Guardian

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Kanye West Finally Releases New Album Donda: Listen - Pitchfork

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News Kanye West Finally Releases New Album Donda : Listen JAY-Z, the Weeknd, Jay Electronica, Travis Scott, Lil Baby, the Lox, Young Thug, Pop Smoke, and more appear on the long-delayed record, which also credits Marilyn Manson and DaBaby, who controversially appeared at the third listening event By Madison Bloo m , Matthew Straus s , and Noah Yo o August 29, 2021 Kanye West, July 2021 (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Universal Music Group) Finally, Kanye West has released his new studio album Donda . It includes contributions from JAY-Z (on "Jail"), the Weeknd, Jay Electronica, the Lox, Young Thug, the late Pop Smoke, Travis Scott, Lil Baby, Kid Cudi, Lil Durk, Lil Yachty, Baby Keem, Playboi Carti, Ty Dolla $ign, Don Toliver, and Fivio Foreign. Producers include Boi-1da, Mike Dean, E.Vax of Ratatat, 88 Keys, Swizz Beatz, Wheezy, and Gesaffelstein. Listen to Kanye West's new album Donda , and find the currently available credits, below. (Pitchfork earns a commission from pur...

The Best Rock + Metal Songs of July - Staff Picks + Essentials - Loudwire

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The Weekly Wire playlist is still roaring, packed with 50 new songs each week and, here, we're recapping the Best Rock + Metal Songs of the Month for July with a mix of essential songs and choice selections from the Loudwire staff. Maybe you'll even discover a new band that rules! The Essentials You know these bands and you probably heard these songs the instant they came out — midnight Spotify lurkers, we see you... Follow Loudwire's 'Best of the Month' playlist on Spotify here. Anette Olzon, "Sick of You" Angels & Airwaves, "Losing My Mind" Badflower, "Family" Between the Buried and Me, "Revolution in Limbo" Bullet For My Valentine, "Parasite" Cane Hill, "All We Know" Carnifex, "Graveside Confessions" Coheed & Cambria, "Shoulders" Cradle of Filth, "Crawling King Chaos" Crystal Lake, "Curse" Deafheaven, "The Gnashing...

‘Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry’ Music And Sound Team On Pop Star’s Gift – Contenders TV: The Nominees - Deadline

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Billie Eilish not only has the No. 1 album in the country— Happier Than Ever —she's also the subject of the Emmy-nominated documentary Billie Eilish: The World's A Little Blurry , directed by R.J. Cutler. The Apple Original Films doc chronicling the Grammy-winning teenage singer-songwriter's creative process, family life, astonishing rise and adjustment to worldwide fame earned Emmy nominations in four categories including music direction, sound mixing, sound editing and picture editing. Music director and music mixer, Aron Forbes, a double Emmy nominee, has worked with Eilish for years already, and co-wrote one of her earliest hits, "Bored." Eilish performs the song early in the film. "She was 13 years old when I wrote that with her, which is just unbelievable to think about," Forbes said during a panel discussion for the documentary at Deadline's Contenders Television: The Nominees awards-season event. Forbes said knowing Eilish as well...

Award-Winning World Fusion Band Opium Moon to Release Double Album - World Music Central

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Grammy-winning band Opium Moon is set to release a double album titled 'Night + Day'. Release date is August 27, 2021. Opium Moon performs a fascinating mix of world music, Sufi mysticism and entrancing soundscapes. The 'Night' part of the set includes seven studio recorded songs while 'Day' features six studio tracks. Violinist and vocalist Lili Haydn says, " We love the magic of the slow, hypnotic seductiveness of our first album, but we also love to shred and make people dance, so we put all the lovemaking music on the Night album and all the groovy, danceable songs on 'Day'. And on two songs we interpreted the same theme in both ways, illuminating our belief that perspective changes everything ." [embedded content] Buy Night + Day Author: World Music Central News Department World music news from the editors at World Music Central Adblock...

Top Five Favorite Electronic Dance Music Songs - One EDM

The Electronic Dance Music Industry has had an exciting year in the year 2021. This is a period of significant growth for the industry, which saw many new artists making their mark on the Electronic Music charts. In this article we will be looking at the best songs of the year and trying to predict the upcoming year in the Electronic Music genres. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but rather a shortlist of songs that have been making the cover spots across the various major UK and worldwide radio stations. Enjoy! This track is at number four on the list, and is the second track from the self-titled album. It was originally released as a single on Artymptitude (altitude). The main producer is Thomas Young. He has worked with everyone from LCD Soundsystem to Kanye West. His own musical interests include drum & bass, house, and chill out. "Apathy" is the third song from the self titled album. It is an electro-swing-influenced song and was produced by none o...

Watch Migos perform a trio of ‘Culture III’ songs for their NPR Tiny Desk concert - NME

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Migos are the latest act to appear as part of NPR's Tiny Desk (Home) Concert series, performing three songs from the trio's latest album, 'Culture III'. Performing from the Gallery Dept. in Los Angeles with a backing band in tow, Migos kicked off the set with album opener 'Avalanche' with each rapper delivering their verse from the couch. They then stand up and perform together for a rendition of 'Straightenin', before member Quavo segues into final track 'Birthday' by lighting the candles on a golden cake. Watch Migos' Tiny Desk (Home) Concert below: [embedded content] 'Culture III' arrived back in June, as the final instalment of their 'Culture' album trilogy. The star-studded tracklist featured collaborations with the likes of Cardi B, Polo G, Future and Justin Bieber, plus posthumous appearances from Juice WRLD and Pop Smoke. In a four-star review, NME 's Sam Moore said the album successfully picked up fr...

K-Pop Songs That Were Remade in 2021 - allkpop

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Be the DJ! Hands On With the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 Alan Walker Laptop - PCMag

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If you happen to be a fan of international star DJ Alan Walker, and especially if you ever wanted to try your hand at producing music yourself, Asus is about to make you very happy with the announcement of the ROG Zephyrus G14 Alan Walker Edition. In a collaboration with the mega-popular DJ and music producer, Asus developed a special edition of its hit 14-inch gaming laptop. Walker worked closely with the laptop maker to create a unique look, as well as a functional outer box that, in a definite first, doubles as a mixing board.  We were able to get hands-on time with the products, and interview Walker himself to get his thoughts on technology, smart wear, and the special edition laptop. First, a look at the laptop itself... If the mixing-board packaging, in particular, is difficult to wrap your head around, it's all covered in the above video, so check it out for a walkthrough. A written explanation of the laptop and the ROG Remix box follows, too, and the inte...

ABBA is releasing new music, hyping major reunion 'Voyage' - New York Post

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ABBA is ready for some more of that "Money, Money, Money." "Dancing Queen" fans have been anxiously awaiting the first new music in nearly four decades from the iconic Swedish pop band — which has earned a reported $2 billion in a career that's spanned arena stages, 400 million records sold, the Broadway stage and movie screens. Now, as of Thursday morning, the act's new official Twitter account dropped a bombshell, cryptically hyping an upcoming chance for fans to witness a reunion "Voyage" of some mysterious sort. This "Mamma Mia" of a big comeback tease is accompanied by a website for the mystery project, and the opportunity to "Register your interest to be the first in line to hear more about ABBA Voyage." An insider with the band's label, Capitol Music Group, told The Post on Thursday that a special invite-only teaser event will be taking place the afternoon o...