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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March 15, 2019Episode #140 - The Reunion Tour
The band is back together, and we explain our new approach to the podcast. We then discuss how music may change as more people use voice assistants to request what they want to hear. And, of course, we present our own next tracks.
Show notes:
Voice Assistants Will Impoverish Music
36% of Americans now own smart speakers. Here’s what that means for musicians.
Charles Ives: Concord Sonata, Marc-André Hamelin
Fans buy the 'wrong' Stephen King book
Bob Weir: Ace
Our next tracks:
Grateful Dead: Playing in the Band, 5/21/74 (on Pacific Northwest '73-'74: Believe It If You Need It)
Blondie: Parallel Lines
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January 14, 2019Episode #139 - In Which We Bid Farewell
It's been a long, strange trip, and it's time to get truckin' on.
Show notes:
Doug's website
Kirk's website
Thanks for helping make this a wonderful adventure. See you all again somewhere.
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January 04, 2019Episode #138 - A Look Back at Music We Discovered Last Year
Music discovery has changed a lot, and as the new year rolls in, it's time to look back at 2018 and the music that we have discovered.
Show notes:
Greta Van Fleet: From the Fires
Episode #119 - Caoilfhionn Rose on Gigging, Busking, Recording, and Releasing Her First Album
Small Faces: Small Faces
Episode #114 - Theo Travis on His New Travis & Fripp Apps
Episode #115 - App Developer Peter Chilvers on the New Travis & Fripp Apps
Travis & Fripp: Between the Silence
Robert Fripp Soundscapes: World Financial Centre New York United States
Steppenwolf: For Ladies Only
The Poems of T.S. Eliot Read by Jeremy Irons
John Lee Hooker & Canned Heat: Hooker 'n' Heat
Episode #121 - Roie Avin on Modern Prog Rock Masterpieces
Thank You Scientist: Stranger Heads Prevail
Episode #46 – Percussionist Colin Currie on Performing and Recording Steve Reich’s Drumming
Steve Reich: Pulse Quartet
Lew Lewis: Save the Wail
Brian Eno: Music for Installations
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December 28, 2018Episode #137 - How Do You Create a "Music Social Network?"
Apple has killed off its second attempt at a "music social network," Connect, which was part of Apple Music. We ponder what it would take to create a useful music social network.
Show notes:
Discogs
iTunes Features That Have Been Retired
Episode #60 – Geoff Edgers on the Slow Death of the Electric Guitar
The Classical Music Recordings Discussion Group (Facebook)
How to Share Your Listening History in Apple Music
Doug's profile on Apple Music
Kirk's profile on Apple Music
Our next tracks:
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel; two-disc CD
Steppenwolf: All Time Greatest Hits
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December 21, 2018Episode #136 - Breaking Up with iTunes?
We look at some possible future scenarios about iTunes, in part because a recent change that Apple has made.
Show notes:
Episode #104 - The Future of iTunes
Why iTunes Isn’t Bloated
Mojave Update Updates iTunes
Apple Support page, "Update to the latest version of iTunes"
Steve McGuire maintains a list of recent stand-alone iTunes installers at Apple Support
Episode #122 - What if Apple Does Stop Selling Downloads?
Our next tracks:
Springsteen on Broadway (Netflix); two-disc CD
"Compared to What" Les McCann & Eddie Harris: Swiss Movement; Eddie Harris: The Electrifying Eddie Harris
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December 14, 2018Episode #135 - Christmas Gift Guide
Doug and Kirk make a list, and check it twice, presenting some ideas for music-related Christmas gifts.
Show notes:
Episode #130 - Desert Island Discs, Part 1
Episode #133 - Desert Island Discs, Part 2
Angle plugs
Banana plugs
TwelveSouth BackPack for iMac
iTunes gift cards for Apple Music
Technics SL-1210 MK2 turntable
IsoAcoustics speaker stands
Behringer U-Phono UFO202 Audiophile USB/Audio Interface with Built-in Phono Preamp
Bach 333
Mozart 225
Bach 333: Amazon.com, $523: Amazon UK: £400, Amazon FR, €384
Bloom: 10 Worlds
Sonos One
Apple HomePod Compared to Sonos One
Sony CDP-CX355 Mega Storage Compact Disc 300 CD Changer Player
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December 07, 2018Episode #134 - Downsizing Your Audio System
Chris Connaker, of the Computer Audiophile website, joins us to discuss downsizing audio systems. You really can get good sound with a minimal setup these days, and Chris explains how.
Guest:
Computer Audiophile
Superphonica
Show notes:
Sonos Beam
Focal Chorus 705 speakers
Sonos Playbar
Sonos One
Chris Connaker's HomePod review
Apple HomePod Compared to Sonos One
Grateful Dead: Sunshine Daydream, 8/27/72, Veneta, OR
Sonos Sub
The Definitive Dynaudio Music 1, 3, 5, 7 Speaker Review
Devialet Phantom
Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin
Aurender S5W
Tivoli Audio Pal
Naim Mu-so
Our next tracks:
Planet Earth II & Blue Planet II (4K Blu-Ray)
Joni Mitchell: Shadows and Light
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Special Guest: Chris Connaker.
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November 30, 2018Episode #133 - Desert Island Discs, Part 2
Doug and Kirk have made lists of their ten desert island discs, and, in part one of a two-part series, we hear Doug's picks. Check out Episode #130 - Desert Island Discs, Part 1 to hear Kirk's picks.
Show notes:
Doug's ten desert island discs (links to Apple Music, except for Exposure which isn't streamable):
The Clash: London Calling
The Rolling Stones: Get Yer Ya Yas Out!
Humble Pie: Performance Rockin' the Fillmore
Lucinda Williams: Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Fats Waller: Greatest Hits
JS Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos
Fatboy Slim: You've Come a Long Way Baby
Frank Zappa: Hot Rats
Brian Eno: Taking Tiger Mountain (by Strategy)
Robert Fripp: Exposure
We also mentioned Peter Gabriel performing Here Comes the Flood from the 1979 Kate Bush Christmas Special (via YouTube).
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November 23, 2018Episode #132 - Is the Album Dead?
A recent article in Rolling Stone says that the album is dying. Andy Doe says that "every word in that article is shite."
Guest:
Andy Doe
Proper Discord
Show notes:
The Album Is in Deep Trouble – and the Music Business Probably Can’t Save it
Zeno's paradoxes (Wikipedia)
Episode #1 – Songs to Albums to Songs
Existentialism Is a Humanism
Our next tracks:
Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending, et al
Baxter Dury: Happy Soup
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Special Guest: Andy Doe.
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November 16, 2018Episode #131 - Jeff Slate on Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks
Musician and journalist Jeff Slate wrote the liner notes for the latest Bob Dylan Bootleg Series release, More Blood, More Tracks, covering the Blood on the Tracks sessions.
Guest:
Jeff Slate
Jeff Slate's articles about music
Show notes:
More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 Deluxe Edition
When Bob Dylan Saw God (Esquire)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Deluxe Edition
A Simple Twist of Fate: Bob Dylan and the Making of Blood on the Tracks
Bob Dylan’s First Day with “Tangled Up in Blue” (New Yorker)
Mondo Scripto
Blind Willie McTell (Apple Music)
Our next tracks:
More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 Deluxe Edition
Billy F. Gibbons: The Big Bad Blues
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Special Guest: Jeff Slate.
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