The Next Track

By Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearn

Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearn discuss music and musicians, and how we listen to music, whether it be analog or digital, downloaded or streamed, audio, or video.... more

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July 21, 2021Episode #214 - Chris Connaker on Music with Dolby Atmos and Spatial Audio
With Apple offering some music with Dolby Atmos and/or Spatial Audio on Apple Music, we talk with Chris Connaker about whether this is a Good Thing for music.
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Guest:
Audiophile Style
Audiophile Style Podcast
‌Show notes:
Episode #211 - Changing Music Forever
Episode #193 - Is Stereo Wrong?
1615 Gabrieli in Venice (first classical album recorded with Dolby Atmos)
The Lefsetz Letter: Spatial Audio
Reader replies to the above
Apple Music Rock Spatial Audio playlist
Verizon says its version of spatial audio doesn't need specific gear or content
Our next tracks:
Eagles -- Hotel California Live Video HQ
The Groundhogs: Solid
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Special Guest: Chris Connaker.
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July 07, 2021Episode #213 - The Grateful Dead's 100 Essential Songs, with Bob Trudeau
This week's guest, Bob Trudeau, has co-authored a book, with Barry Barnes, about the Grateful Dead's 100 Essential Songs. Even if you're not a fan of the Grateful Dead, this episode is an interesting discussion of a band's repertoire.
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Guest:
The Grateful Dead's 100 Essential Songs
‌Show notes:
Kirk's Picks
A Long Strange Pick (documentary on Amazon Prime Video)
The Grateful Dead Studies Association
Sunshine Daydream Deluxe (CD/Blu-Ray)
Our next tracks:
Jon Hassell: Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics
Summer of Soul
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June 23, 2021Episode #212 - Caoilfhionn Rose's Second Album, Truly
We're happy to welcome back Caoilfhionn Rose to discuss the recording and release of her second album Truly. Caoilfhionn is a young singer from Manchester, and continues the lineage of great music from that city.
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Guest:
Caoilfhionn Rose
Truly
‌Show notes:
Episode #119 - Caoilfhionn Rose on Gigging, Busking, Recording, and Releasing Her First Album
Royal Northern College of Music
Durutti Column - LC
Durutti Column - Chronicle LX: XI
Vinyl Record Production in Peril After Fire at California Plant
Sage Gateshead (Newcastle)
Logic Pro
Our next tracks:
Durutti Column: Sex and Death (Apple Music link below is not the extended version.)
Phil Ochs: Pleasures of the Harbor

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34min
June 09, 2021Episode #211 - Changing Music Forever
Apple has introduced lossless, high-resolution, and spatial audio on Apple Music, and claims that the latter will "change music forever." Will it?
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‌Show notes:
About lossless audio in Apple Music - Apple Support
Jazz in Spatial Audio playlist
Episode #193 - Is Stereo Wrong?
Satyagraha video on the iTunes Store
Our next tracks:
Glass: Satyagraha
Clarence Williams and His Orchestra: Clarence Williams' Q.R.S. Recordings, Vol.1
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May 26, 2021Episode #210 - Emma Swift on Her Album of Dylan Covers Blonde on the Tracks
Emma Swift has recorded a beautiful album of covers of Bob Dylan songs. We spoke with her about what Dylan's music, and what it takes to record an albums of his songs, and partly in lockdown.
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Guest:
Emma Swift
‌Show notes:
Blonde on the Tracks
Our next tracks:
Messiaen: Catalogue d'oiseaux, Pierre-Laurent Aimand
Joni Mitchell: Hejira
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May 12, 2021Episode #209 - Sean Latham, Director of the Institute for Bob Dylan Studies, on Bob Dylan at 80
Sean Latham, Director of the Institute for Bob Dylan Studies, talks about the Bob Dylan archive, the Bob Dylan Center, and about Bob Dylan at 80.
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Guest:
Sean Latham
Book: The World of Bob Dylan
‌Show notes:
The TU Institute for Bob Dylan Studies
Bob Dylan Center
The Bob Dylan Archive - The University of Tulsa : Bob Dylan Archives
Dylan@80 Virtual Conference
Our next tracks:
Zappa
Mick Fleetwood & Friends: Celebrate the Music of Peter Green and the Early Years of Fleetwood Mac
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45min
April 28, 2021Episode #208 - Jeff Slate on Bob Dylan at 80
Musician and journalist Jeff Slate has written about, and for, Bob Dylan, and has recently released an album with one disc of Dylan covers. We discuss Dylan at 80, and choose our top five Dylan albums.
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Guest:
Jeff Slate
Lockdown Live
‌Show notes:
Episode #131 - Jeff Slate on Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks
Bob Dylan discography
Bob Dylan Center, Tulsa, OK.
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Episode #194 - Pianist Simone Dinnerstein
Episode #187 - Live Performances during Covid-19, and After
Episode #195 - Timo Andres: Making Home Videos and the Creative Process
Our next tracks:
Miles Davis: Get Up with It
Leonid & Friends: "25 or 6 to 4"
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Special Guest: Jeff Slate.
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55min
April 14, 2021Episode #207 - Yes. I mean, no, really, but Yes.
Setting out to discuss the 1971 album by Yes, The Yes Album, Doug and Kirk end up discussing all of Yes's core output, released over a period of a couple of years, that the band - or what's left of it - still plays 50 years later. Sort of.
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‌Show notes:
Fragile
The Yes Album
Close to the Edge
Yesssongs (Album)
Yessongs (Movie)
Tales from Topographic Oceans
Relayer
And You and I (video)
Roundabout (video)
Yes Symphonic Live (Amazon Prime Video)
The Ship of Theseus
Yes in the round, 1978 (Compilation of fan footage)
Progeny
All 183 Yes Songs Ranked Worst to Best
Jon Anderson on Solo Reissues and 50 Years of 'The Yes Album'
Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow
Chris Squire - Fish out of Water
Chris Squire's Swiss Choir
Yes: The Steve Wilson Remixes
Our next tracks:
Fretwork: Johann Sebastiani's St Matthew Passion - Live at Wigmore Hall
Ten Years After: Recorded Live
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March 31, 2021Episode #206 - Two Guys in a Pub Rambling about Audio Gear
We offer a free-form episode, where we ramble about audio equipment, music, and more.
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‌Show notes:
Apple Matters
Douk Audio U3 Mini Class A Headphone Amplifier
Behringer Microamp HA400
Sonos Amp
HomePod theater Dolby Atmos
HomePod Mini Features Dormant Temperature and Humidity Sensor That Could Be Activated in a Future Software Update
Apple Discontinues the HomePod; Is That the End for Apple and Home Audio?
Our next tracks:
Nik Bärtsch: Entendre
The Oscar Peterson Trio: Night Train
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32min
March 17, 2021Episode #205 - Iconic Album Covers
In our first multimedia podcast episode, we look at iconic album covers. Depending on your podcast player, you may be able to see the albums we discuss as the podcast progresses. If not, there's a link in the show notes to a page on Kirk's website with all the album covers.
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‌Show notes:
Web page with covers of the albums mentioned in this episode
Inspiration for David Bowie's "Heroes" album cover
No Music on a Dead Planet
The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack
Our next tracks:
Art Pepper: Unreleased Art Pepper, Vol. 11: Atlanta
Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich: Dek-Tette
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