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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December 04, 2019Episode #164 - Sid Smith on the Life and Times of King Crimson
Sid Smith is the official biographer of King Crimson. He recently updated his book, In The Court Of King Crimson - An Observation Over 50 Years, that tells the tale of this seminal band. We talk with Sid about everything Crimson.
Guest:
In The Court Of King Crimson - An Observation Over 50 Years
Show notes:
DGM Live
Episode #161 - Philip Thomas on Morton Feldman's Piano Music
Episode #97 - Jerry Ewing on Progressive Rock
Our next tracks:
CBGB (movie)
Jeff Beck: Blow By Blow
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Special Guest: Sid Smith.
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November 20, 2019Episode #163 - Lewis Shiner on His Novel Outside the Gates of Eden
Lewis Shiner's latest novel Outside the Gates of Eden is a saga that begins at a Dylan concert in 1965, then follows a musician and his friends as they age, up to the present. This novel has a huge scope, with moving scenes about music, and about a generation growing up. (Apologies for the sketchy Skype audio quality.)
Guest:
Lewis Shiner
Show notes:
Outside the Gates of Eden
Episode #28 – Music and Mystery: Author Peter Robinson on Music in His Novels
Why Bob Dylan Matters
Episode #67 – The Grateful Dead’s Legendary 5/8/77 Cornell Concert, with Author Peter Conners
Our next tracks:
Fontaines D.C.: Dogrel
Mother's Finest: Another Mother Further
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November 06, 2019Episode #162 - Apple's New Improved macOS Media Apps
Doug and Kirk spend a half hour or so discussing Apple's new apps that replace iTunes on the Mac. They rant, they praise, they shrug, they laugh, and they reminisce on what was, while imaging what could have been. It was a very good year.
Show notes:
The iTunes Guy column on Macworld
CarPlay Crashes Constantly in My Car
The iTunes and Everything Apple forum on Audiophile Style
Kirk's new book, Take Control of macOS Media Apps
Poll: What Do You Think of the New macOS Media Apps that Replace iTunes?
In Praise of the iTunes Column Browser
hierarchically /ˌhaɪəˈrɑː.kɪ.kəl.i/
Search Results to Playlist AppleScript
Join Together
Most Recent AppleScript Updates
Our next tracks:
Dietmar Berger: The Manchester Gamba Book
The Pretty Things: Greatest Hits
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October 23, 2019Episode #161 - Philip Thomas on Morton Feldman's Piano Music
Episode #161 - Philip Thomas on Morton Feldman's Piano Music
Philip Thomas has recorded a 5-CD set of all of Morton Feldman's music for solo piano. We discuss with him one of the most interesting of 20th century composers and the unique nature of sound in Feldman's works.
Guest:
Philip Thomas
Morton Feldman Piano box set on another timbre
Show notes:
Episode #155 - Running a Small Record Label: Another Timbre
Morton Feldman (Wikipedia)
David Tudor (Wikipedia)
American Sublime - Morton Feldman’s mysterious musical landscapes (Alex Ross in the New Yorker on Morton Feldman)
Our next tracks:
Jan Garbarek and The Hilliard Ensemble: Officium
XTC: Black Sea
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Special Guest: Philip Thomas.
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35min
October 09, 2019Episode #160 - Golden Years
Ginger Baker has died, and we reflect on older musicians and how they keep on performing, even without any new material, until their golden years.
Show notes:
Ginger Baker obituary (The Guardian)
Beware of Mr. Baker
Episode #143 - Too Old to Rock 'n Roll
Cream Farewell Concert (YouTube)
Town Hall / Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Steve Hackett: Selling England by the Pound Cruise
Episode #24 – Composer Timo Andres on Contemporary Classical Music
Our next tracks:
Orchestral Manoeuvers In the Dark: Souvenir
Mike Oldfield: Five Miles Out
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September 25, 2019Episode #159 - Has Lossless and High-Resolution Audio Finally Come to the Masses?
Amazon announced a new lossless and high-resolution music streaming service. Has high-res music finally come to everyone? We talk with Chris Connaker, of Audiophile Style, to try to understand Amazon's logic.
Guest:
Chris Connaker: Audiophile Style, Superphonica
Show notes:
Amazon Music HD
Amazon Launches Amazon Music HD (and Lies a Lot)
Apple's Mastered for iTunes; now called Apple Digital Masters
Amazon's press release, with the quote from Neil Young
Book Review - Neil Young's To Feel The Music: A Songwriter's Mission to Save High-Quality Audio
Episode #38 – New in Audio at the Consumer Electronics Show (where we discuss MQA)
Our next tracks:
Franz Schubert: Piano Trios Op.99 & 100
To Cry You a Song: A Collection of Tull Tales (Discogs info)
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September 12, 2019Episode #158 - What We Did this Summer
Doug and Kirk discuss some audio-related projects they carried out this summer, new Sonos gear, streaming audio in the home, the iTunes visualizer, and more.
Show notes:
My New Vitsœ Shelves Have Freed Up Space in My Office
Rams (documentary about Dieter Rams)
Kef Q150 speakers
Q Acoustics 3010i speakers
Kirk's comfy chair is an older model from this brand, similar to this style.
Sonos Move
Sonos One SL
Sonos Port
Sonos Connect
Kef LS 50 wireless speakers
Netgear Orbi mesh wi-fi system
Episode #136 - Breaking Up with iTunes?
Episode #145 - The Future of iTunes Redux
Episode #152 - Flogging a Dead App: Is it Really the Death of iTunes?
Sculpting Time - The Andrei Tarkovsky Collection
Three Dog Night (Wikipedia)
Our next tracks:
Tarkovsky Quartet: Nuit Blanche
Three Dog Night: Captured Live at the Forum
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August 28, 2019Episode #157 - Fake Fur-Covered Streams: Everything About CD Packaging
Andy Doe joins us to discuss CD packaging. The types of packages used, such as jewel cases and digipacks, and the marketing behind those Big Classical Box Sets.
Guest:
Andy Doe
Proper Discord
Show notes:
Andy's video about how to unwrap a CD (YouTube)
O-cards and J-cards
Beethoven Symphonies, Roger Norrington, The London Classical Players
Beach Boys: US Singles Collection
Murray Perahia: The First 40 Years
Bach 333 – The New Complete Edition
Mozart 225 - Complete Edition
In Praise of the iTunes Column Browser
Julianna Hatfield, Only Everything:
Our next tracks:
Mitsuko Uchida Plays Schubert
The Kinks: The Anthology 1964-1971
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Special Guest: Andy Doe.
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August 14, 2019Episode #156 - 10 Ideas About the Future of the Music Business
We discuss the future of the music business, and come up with at last 10 ideas about how things will change in the next 10 years. Because 10 is a good number.
Show notes:
Robert Klein: "Now You Can Get Every Record Ever Recorded"
10 Ways The Music Industry Will Change In 10 Years
The future of music: 10 predictions from industry professionals
10 Trends That Will Reshape the Music Industry
David Cronenberg: eXistenZ
Watch Beatlemania Descend On Abbey Road To Mark 50th Anniversary Of Iconic Album Cover Shoot
Episode #35 – Musician and Developer Peter Chilvers on Brian Eno’s Album and App Reflection
Nocturnal after John Dowland
Our next tracks:
Benjamin Britten: Nocturnal, after John Downland; performed by Paul Galbraith (YouTube)
Gang of Four: Entertainment!
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36min
July 31, 2019Episode #155 - Running a Small Record Label: Another Timbre
We welcome Simon Reynell, who runs Another Timbre, a one-man record label that releases experimental and contemporary music. Simon tells us how he started the label, and what it's like to run a record label in a niche of this kind.
Guest:
Simon Reynell
Another Timbre
Show notes:
Frank Denyer: music for shakuhachi
John Cage: Two2
John Cage's Number Pieces (Wikipedia)
Episode #69 – Brian Brandt of Mode Records on John Cage, Morton Feldman, and the Music Business
Episode #80 – John Cage
Episode #123 - John Cage's Silent Piece 4'33"
Wandelweiser (Wikipedia)
Edition Wandelweiser Records
Wandelweiser und so weiter
Harold Budd on Morton Feldman
Brian Eno on the Andrew Marr Show
Our next tracks:
Brian Eno: Apollo: Atmospheres And Soundtracks)
Captain Beefheart: Trout Mask Replica
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37min

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