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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January 06, 2021Episode #200 - This Was the Year that Wasn't
Another year is gone, and what a year. Four the 200th episode of The Next Track, we take stock of what 2020 meant for us musically, talk about some of the wonderful musicians we were able to interview in lockdown, and mention a couple of musical discoveries we have made.
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‌Show notes:
Frank Sinatra: It Was a Very Good year
We won't link to all the episodes we mention, so just go to The Next Track website and see all the interesting topics and interviewees of the past year
Uncertain Times, with TJ Connelly
Dropkick Murphys
Eric Clapton and Van Morrison Release Their Anti-Mask Anthem (Vanity Fair)
A Certain Ratio: ACR LOCO
Jo Jo Gunne
Material: Memory Serves
Massacre: Killing Time
Shadowman - documentary about Richard Hambleton
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December 23, 2020Episode #199 - Do You Know It's Christmas?
We again re-run our annual Christmas show, because it was so good that we couldn't imagine doing a better Christmas show. And because we really don't want to do a new Christmas show. And because we're really proud of the extensive show notes that took so long to collate. If you've already heard it and don't want to listen again, we'll understand.
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There’s got to be a German word for this. It’s that feeling, that first second, when you heard Jingle Bells in the middle of summer.
Show notes:
Episode #58 – David Weigel on the History of Progressive Rock
Trio Mediaeval: Folk Songs
Bruce Springsteen: Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Do They Know It’s Christmas
We Are the World
Bob Dylan: Christmas in the Heart
Bob Dylan: Must Be Santa (video)
The Jethro Tull Christmas Album
Apple Music Christmas Playlist
Die Hard
It’s a Wonderful Life
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Vince Guaraldi Trio: A Charlie Brown Christmas
I Wish it Could Be Christmas (article)
The Kinks: Father Christmas
Nat King Cole: The Christmas Song
Emerson, Lake & Palmer: I Believe in Father Christmas
Mannheim Steamroller: Christmas
Ghosts of Christmas Past
Roomful of Blues: Roomful of Christmas
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December 09, 2020Episode #198 - Casey Rae on William S. Burroughs and Rock and Roll
William S. Burroughs was an author who had a huge influence on rock musicians. Casey Rae's new book charts this influence through the years, as Burroughs met with many of the great musicians of his time.
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Guest:
Casey Rae
William S. Burroughs and the Cult of Rock 'n' Roll
Dead to Me podcast
Show notes:
Beat Godfather Meets Glitter Mainman: William Burroughs Interviews David Bowie
RE/Search
Call Me Burroughs
The Best of William Burroughs from Giorno Poetry Systems
Break Through in Gray Room
A Thanksgiving Prayer
William S. Burroughs and Bill Laswell: The Road to Western Lands
It's 10pm, Do You Know Where Your Children Are?
Our next tracks:
From Brussels With Love
The Network: Trans Am EP
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November 25, 2020Episode #197 - I'm Not an Audiophile, But...
A comment by a tech reviewer incited us to discuss who is qualified to pass judgment on the audio quality of devices. We discuss this with our favorite audiophile, Chris Connaker.
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Guest:
Chris Connaker
Chris Connaker on The Next Track
Show notes:
Apple HomePod mini Review: Siri in a Compact Speaker (Kirk's review)
A New Listening Room Part One
A New Listening Room Part Two: Acoustics, Speakers, DSP
The Next Track: Episode 167, Tuning the Perfect Music Listening Room
Apple HomePod Review - An Audiophile Perspective
Can a Good Soundbar Rival a True Surround-Sound System in a Blind Listening Test? (Wirecutter)
Amazon Music HD Is Still Lossy
Episode #159 - Has Lossless and High-Resolution Audio Finally Come to the Masses?
Josh.ai
Our next tracks:
Brian Eno: Film Music 1976 - 2020
Spooky Tooth: Spooky Two
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Special Guest: Chris Connaker.
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November 11, 2020Episode #196 - Really Don't Mind if You Sit This One Out
Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick is arguably the best progressive rock concept album of all time. Doug and Kirk have long been fans of this record, and discuss the genesis of the recording and the music, which still stands, nearly 50 years after its release, as one of the great albums of all time.
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Show notes:
Episode #191 - Exile on Monday
Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick
Thick as a Brick (Wikipedia)
Thick as a Brick - live in London, 1977
Thick as a Brick newspaper
Thick as a Brick lyrics
Our next tracks:
The Eagles: Live
The Who: Quadrophenia
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October 28, 2020Episode #195 - Timo Andres: Making Home Videos and the Creative Process
We last spoke with composer and pianist Timo Andres early in the lockdown, after he made a series of videos for a recital program that had been cancelled at Carnegie Hall. Over the past few months, Andres has refined the art of filming himself at the piano, and uses both audio and video recording as part of his creative process.
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Guest:
Timo Andres
Timo Andres' YouTube channel
Show notes:
Episode #183 - Composer and Pianist Timo Andres on Concertizing at Home
Alex Ross: I hate "classical music."
Timo Andres: How can I live in your world of ideas?
IRCAM (Wikipedia)
Timo Andres: Debussy — Reflets dans l’eau / Ellington — Reflections in D
ORTF stereo technique (Wikipedia)
Adam Abeshouse
I Still Play
Sony RX100 VII
Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 4K
Davinci Resolve
MKBHD (Marques Brownlee)
Score follower video: Stravinsky — Symphonies of Wind Instruments — piano transcription by Timo Andres
The Orchestra - iPad app
Our next tracks:
John Dowland: Complete Lute Works, Paul O'Dette
Young-Holt Unlimited : The Definitive Young-Holt Unlimited
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Special Guest: Timo Andres.
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October 14, 2020Episode #194 - Pianist Simone Dinnerstein
Pianist Simone Dinnerstein used the lockdown to record an album of music by Philip Glass and Franz Schubert. We discuss how she built her career, how she recorded this album, and talk about Schubert's wonderful last piano sonata.
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Guest:
Simone Dinnerstein
Show notes:
A Character of Quiet
Paapa Essiedu in Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare Company
Photo of Simone Dinnerstein playing for Philip Glass
Circles: Glass Piano Concerto No. 3, and Bach Keyboard Concerto in G Minor
Our next tracks:
Philip Glass: Einstein on the Beach (1984)
Led Zeppelin: Physical Grafitti (Deluxe Edition)
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September 30, 2020Episode #193 - Is Stereo Wrong?
Is stereo the right way to listen to music? After all, it is an artificial attempt to reproduce the sound of live music. Perhaps we should revolt against the tyranny of the sweet spot.
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Show notes:
Grateful Dead June 1976 box set
Bob and Ray Throw a Stereo Spectacular
How To: Position Desktop Speakers
BOSE 201 Bookshelf Speakers
KEF Q350 speakers
Two ears - two loudspeakers?
KEF LS50 Meta speakers
Chris Connaker: A New Listening Room Part Two: Acoustics, Speakers, DSP
Sonos Arc
Q Acoustics 3020i Bookshelf Speakers
Episode #178 - Lieder and Opera Singer Ian Bostridge
Our next tracks:
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Complete Schubert Lieder
Morphine: Cure for Pain
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September 16, 2020Episode #192 - The Same as It Ever Was
Following our discussion of CDs in episode #190, we continue our discussion about these plastic discs, mainly because Doug bought some new audio gear and is now CD-obsessed.
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Show notes:
Episode #190 - Nostalgic about CDs
Elizabethtown
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Wendy Brooke on Twitter @ProgRockers
The story of the Grateful Dead Europe 72' release
The Cure: Faith (Cassette release)
A Certain Ratio: The Graveyard and the Ballroom (Wikipedia)
Our next tracks:
A Certain Ratio: acr:set
The Flock: Dinosaur Swamps
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32min
September 02, 2020Episode #191 - Exile on Monday
We begin an irregular series of key albums that stand out in the history of music. For our first foray into this type of discussion, we talk about The Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street.
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Show notes:
The Renaissance Men of Music
Exile on Main Street
Exile on Main Street (Wikipedia)
Stones in Exile (Wikipedia)
Robert Frank: The Americans
Exile on Main Street review, Lenny Kaye, Rolling Stone
Side Splitter (AppleScript)
Our next tracks:
Brian Eno & Jah Wobble: Spinner Brian Eno & John Cale: Wrong Way Up
Phil Manzanera: Diamond Head
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