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Cat got your heart?

India, Oct. 18 -- A waiter in Bengaluru shook his head from side to side when Cat Power asked if there was milk for her tea. She told us this from a stage in Helsinki; mused on whether "no" is express... Read More


Cat got your heart?: Sanjoy Narayan writes on a unique artist

India, Oct. 16 -- A waiter in Bengaluru shook his head from side to side when Cat Power asked if there was milk for her tea. She told us this from a stage in Helsinki; mused on whether "no" is express... Read More


Riffs and resistance: How jazz speaks up

India, Oct. 11 -- When writing about protest music, it is customary to refer to names that are nearly cliches. Singers such as Woody Guthrie, Joan Baez, and Nina Simone; or, more recently, The Clash, ... Read More


Riffs and resistance: Sanjoy Narayan on how jazz speaks up

India, Oct. 9 -- When writing about protest music, it is customary to refer to names that are nearly cliches. Singers such as Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and Nina Simone; or, mo... Read More


Right in the feels: Why music gives us 'chills'

India, Sept. 27 -- One of the many luxuries of my superannuated life is the bountiful gift of time, specifically the four or five hours a day I can happily burn through doing nothing but listening to ... Read More


Right in the feels: Why music gives us 'chills'

India, Sept. 25 -- One of the many luxuries of my superannuated life is the bountiful gift of time, specifically the four or five hours a day (yes!) I can happily burn through doing nothing but listen... Read More


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... Read More


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