Greg kicks things off with a remembrance of the Japanese composer, record producer and actor, Ryuichi Sakamoto, who passed this week at the age of 71. A prolific composer and performer, he rose to fame as a founding member of the influential Yellow Magic Orchestra in the late 70s. From there he worked with everyone under the sun & his accolades are too many to list. Go and listen to his music, it’s beautiful.

Next, Greg & Jay join up for a brand new “Tales From The Concert,” Hank Dietle’s edition. Last episode Jay mistakenly said he was playing a show in Ellicott City, when he was actually playing a show in Rockville. The venue, Hank Dietle’s, is a mile away from Greg’s parents, where he’s visiting for the week. The stage for our segment is now set…

Song: David Sylvian - “Topic”

Jay also brings us a brand new Three For Thursday. We get some new music, some old music, and, finally, some more old music that’s new to Jay.
Songs:

Elle King - “Tumbling Dice”

*Robert Palmer - “Sailing Shoes”

Robson Jorge, Lincoln Olivetti - “Jorgea Corisco”

Finally Nick gives us his first impression of the new Apple Classical Music app. The app adds a tremendous amount of meta data to each work, and provides an interface to explore that data in refreshing ways. The idea of genre focused apps is discussed for a bit and then it’s an overall round of applause from the group.

Song: Tauk - “Informant”