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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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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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March 03, 2021Episode #204 - Oh, by the way, which one's pink?
In another album deep dive, we discuss Wish You Were Here, Kirk's favorite Pink Floyd album.
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‌Show notes:
Wish You Were Here (Wikipedia)
Wish You Were Here review (Rolling Stone)
Episode #58 – David Weigel on the History of Progressive Rock
Episode #97 - Jerry Ewing on Progressive Rock
Shine on You Crazy Diamond (Wembley, 1974)
Raving and Drooling (Wembley, 1974)
Pink Floyd - Live - Wembley , Empire Pool, London, November 16 , 1974 (YouTube)
Igor Levit on playing Satie's Vexations
Igor Levit (Wikipedia)
Our next tracks:
Beethoven: Late piano sonatas, Igor Levit
Savoy Brown: Getting to the Point
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February 17, 2021Episode #203 - Keith Miles on Bob Dylan in London
Dylanologists Jackie Lees and Keith Miles have written a book about Bob Dylan in London, highlighting the importance of the city to Dylan's career and growth as an artist. Keith Miles joins us to discuss this book, and tell some tales of the troubadour in the city.
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Guest:
Keith Miles
Bob Dylan in London: Troubadour Tales
‌Show notes:
Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues (video)
Bob Dylan: Blood in My Eyes (video)
Bob Dylan: The complete Supper Club soundboards
The Lone Star Café
Fur Peace Ranch Quarantine Concerts
Our next tracks:
Hot Tuna: 2001-07-27, Kent Connecticut
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris: The Complete Trio Collection
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February 03, 2021Episode #202 - Guitarist Gerard Cousins on His New Album of Music by Phillip Glass
There haven't been many transcriptions of Philip Glass's music for guitar, and Gerard Cousin's new album, Escape, shows just how ideal Glass's music is for this instrument. We talk with Gerard Cousins about the classical guitar, its repertoire, and the long process of transcription necessary to create this recording.
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Guest:
Gerard Cousins
Escape
Philip Glass: Opening (YouTube)
‌Show notes:
Julian Bream: 20th Century Guitar
Narcisco Yepes: Bach, Works for Lute I; Works for Lute II
Paul Galbraith: Nocturnal (YouTube)
Orange Mountain Music
Biber: Rosary Sonatas
Larry Coryell: European Impressions
Eric Whitacre: This Marriage (YouTube)
Our next tracks:
Brian Eno: Film Music
Bobby Keys: Bobby Keys
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January 20, 2021Episode #201 - Kurt Andersen on Why Music Hasn't Changed in Decades
In his recent book Evil Geniuses, Kurt Andersen noted that people have dressed the same for decades, and that music has barely changed since the 1980s. We discuss this decades long stasis, and why it may have happened.
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Guest:
Kurt Andersen
Studio 360
Fantasyland
Evil Geniuses
‌Show notes:
Episode #48 – Musician Dave Harrington of DARKSIDE and the Dave Harrington Group on Music Between Genres
New York City blackout of 1977
Setlist.fm, July 13, 1977
Hasta la Vista, America: Trump’s Farewell Address
The Zen of Everything, Episode 40: Change
Robert Fripp: Music for Quiet moments
Our next tracks:
Anouar Brahem: Blue Maqams
The James Gang: Miami
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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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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.