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Long live the King of Chicago

India, Sept. 13 -- There's a crackling video I return to on YouTube, whenever modern music begins to feel too sanitised. It is from March 1969, recorded in an abandoned linoleum factory in Staines, En... और पढ़ें


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... और पढ़ें


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... और पढ़ें


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... और पढ़ें


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... और पढ़ें


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... और पढ़ें


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... और पढ़ें


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... और पढ़ें


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... और पढ़ें


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 ... और पढ़ें