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Tapping into a seam of gold: Sanjoy Narayan on the best tracks of '75

India, Dec. 27 -- Music was already a big part of my life in 1975. I had my father's Western classical music LPs, and Beatles, Rolling Stones and Doors records borrowed from luckier friends in Calcutt... Read More


Miles to go around Helsinki

India, Dec. 21 -- There is a flurry of snow at Eerikinkatu. It's 7.45 am. I pull my beanie lower, adjust my headphones and press play. Right Off, from the Miles Davis album A Tribute to Jack Johnson, ... Read More


Walking around Helsinki with Miles Davis: Download Central by Sanjoy Narayan

India, Dec. 19 -- There is a flurry of early-morning snow at Eerikinkatu. It is 7.45 am. I pull my beanie lower, adjust my headphones and press play on my phone. Right Off, from the Miles Davis album... Read More


An Irish spell: Sanjoy Narayan on the stunning music of House of Guinness

India, Nov. 14 -- The Netflix period drama House of Guinness arrived in September, billed as a hybrid of Succession and Peaky Blinders. It chronicles the power struggle within Ireland's most famous br... Read More


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