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Soft power: Hits with no formula

India, Aug. 23 -- In a flat in Manchester in January 1980, Ian Curtis (yes, that Ian Curtis, a few months from becoming post-punk's most mourned voice at 23) of the band Joy Division sat gluing coarse... Read More


Soft power: Sanjoy Narayan on the return of The Durutti Column

India, Aug. 21 -- In a flat in Manchester in January 1980, Ian Curtis (yes, that Ian Curtis, a few months from becoming post-punk's most mourned voice at 23) of the band Joy Division sat gluing coarse... Read More


Let the record show...

India, Aug. 9 -- I have become a born-again fan of Mick Jagger, 83, and The Rolling Stones. Last month, they released their 25th British studio album, Foreign Tongues and, during a promotional intervi... Read More


Let the record show...: Sanjoy Narayan on the new Rolling Stones album, Foreign Tongues

India, Aug. 7 -- I have just become a fan of Mick Jagger and his band, The Rolling Stones. How ridiculous does that sound? It's 2026. Jagger and his mates founded the band in 1962 - 64 years ago - and... Read More


Let the record show...: Sanjoy Narayan on Foreign Tongues by The Rolling Stones

India, Aug. 7 -- I have just become a fan of Mick Jagger and his band, The Rolling Stones. How ridiculous does that sound? It's 2026. Jagger and his mates founded the band in 1962 - 64 years ago - and... Read More


The eras tour: A gripping, sweeping 'history' of music

India, July 19 -- Around the middle of the third episode of For the Record: An Incomplete History of Music, I caught myself doing something I don't normally do while watching a YouTube video. I paused... Read More


Off the Record is a gripping, sweeping history of music, says Sanjoy Narayan

India, July 17 -- Around the middle of the third episode of For the Record: An Incomplete History of Music, I caught myself doing something I don't normally do while watching a YouTube video. I pause... Read More


For the Record is a gripping, sweeping history of music, says Sanjoy Narayan

India, July 17 -- Around the middle of the third episode of For the Record: An Incomplete History of Music, I caught myself doing something I don't normally do while watching a YouTube video. I pause... Read More


Playing all the parts

India, July 12 -- Joni Mitchell, at 82, is having the kind of season many artists don't get at their peak. In March, she won Canada's Juno Lifetime Achievement honour. Weeks earlier, she won a Grammy ... Read More


Playing all the parts: Musician Joni Mitchell finally gets her due

India, July 10 -- Joni Mitchell is having the kind of season many artists don't get even in their prime. In March, she was awarded Canada's prestigious Juno Lifetime Achievement honour. She walked on... Read More