On August 6th, Goldspot became the only band in the US to have a simultaneous release of a Hindi and English version of their new single ‘Friday’.Siddhartha Khosla, nicked "Sid", is the lead singer and hails from New Jersey.

He’s performed with Pandit Ravi Shankar and has even had a tryst with the Beatles' George Harrison. He’s also a forerunner of world music in India.

Meet tabla maestro Bickram Ghosh, who shares his notes on fusion music, Hyderabad and more

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Who do you call a legend - an original inimitable warbler, who refuses to be wiped off one's memory even after 12 years of his passing away, a singer unsurpassed, an incomparable actor and a genius who could script, write lyrics, raise ludicrous situations in films with his one liner punches and characteristic humour along with enacting grief and pity with equal ease.

Kotla Sultan Singh (Amritsar), Aug.1: About three decades after his death, playback singer Mohammad Rafi still rules the hearts of millions, especially in his native place of Kotla Sultan Singh, 35 kilometres from Amritsar.

So deep is the regard for him, that Rafi's friends and fans now want a music academy to be built in his name.