DawnOpinion

False notes in a vexed song

National songs or anthems are often imposed from above, in which case they tend to exclude the diversity of the masses they ...
India West

Lata Mangeshkar’s 6-Hour Candid Interview Now In Book Form

MUMBAI, (IANS) – It was indeed a marathon six-hour long radio interview, a first, longest ever and last such given by the legendary Bollywood singer, the late Lata Mangeshkar, to All India Radio, ...

'50 Years of Jai Santoshi Maa': Usha Mangeshkar Remembers The Iconic Devotional Blockbuster

This year multi-starrer Sholay celebrates 50 years of its blockbuster success. Jai Santoshi Maa (JSM), minus the bluster and ...
NPR

All Songs Considered

Since launching in 2000, All Songs Considered has been NPR's flagship program for music discovery, artist interviews and conversations with friends and fellow music lovers about the really big ...
Billboard

Here’s Every Billboard Hot 100 Year-End No. 1 Song

"Die With a Smile" is the latest leader, dating to the Hot 100's 1958 launch. By Xander Zellner Billboard has been publishing weekly rankings in one form or another for more than a century. Early in ...
NPR

All Songs Considered

December 14, 2025 • We go to college and get the “big D,” hit the dance floor and do what we want, then head back to the radio. Is this a life filled with every possibility, or is it all just ...