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Noise to let the light back in

India, Nov. 9 -- For decades, heavy metal has been vilified as the soundtrack of aggression and societal deviance. Parents have worried, critics have scoffed, and psychologists have warned of its supp... Read More


Noise to let the light back in: Sanjoy Narayan writes on heavy metal

India, Nov. 8 -- For decades, heavy metal has been vilified as the soundtrack of aggression and societal deviance. Parents have worried, critics have scoffed, and psychologists have warned of its supp... Read More


Rage finds an unlikely ally: Hope

India, Oct. 19 -- When Iggy Pop recommends a band on his BBC Radio 6 Music show, it's time to listen. The man who turned stage-diving into an art form, and survived both The Stooges and a heroin addic... Read More


A wild muse chase

India, Oct. 12 -- There's a scene in The Get Down, Netflix's lavish but short-lived 2016 series about the birth of hip-hop, in which young MCs in the Bronx huddle around turntables, excitement palpabl... Read More


A wild muse chase: Sanjoy Narayan on the kinship of jazz and hip-hop

India, Oct. 11 -- There's a scene in The Get Down, Netflix's lavish but short-lived 2016 series about the birth of hip-hop, in which the young MCs in the Bronx huddle around turntables, eyes wide, exc... Read More


Race to the Finnish

India, Sept. 21 -- As an Indian who has lived in Finland for several years, the craving for Indian food surfaces regularly, and usually goes unmet. The typical Indian restaurant here serves predictabl... Read More


Airing his thirty laundry

India, Sept. 21 -- There is something profoundly moving about an Indian ascetic who has held his right arm raised for years, in devotion to Shiva and as a call for world peace. For over 50 years, Amar... Read More


The 30-track album: Sanjoy Narayan writes on Jeff Tweedy

India, Sept. 19 -- There is something profoundly moving about an Indian ascetic who has held his right arm raised for years, in devotion to Shiva and as a call for world peace. For over 50 years, Ama... Read More


Race to the Finnish: Sanjoy Narayan tries familiar flavours at Ravintola Indus, Helsinki

India, Sept. 19 -- As an Indian who has lived in Finland for several years, the craving for Indian food surfaces regularly, and usually goes unmet. The typical Indian restaurant here serves predictab... Read More


Masters of sound and silence

India, Sept. 14 -- They arrived at Helsinki's cultural palace, Kulttuuritalo, with no fanfare, no theatrics: just four musicians (Stuart Braithwaite, Barry Burns, Dominic Aitchison and Martin Bulloch)... Read More