The Next Track

By Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearnTechnology Music

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March 24, 2018Episode #97 - Jerry Ewing on Progressive Rock
Jerry Ewing, editor of the UK's Prog magazine, discusses the history of progressive rock, and presents his new book Wondrous Stories.
This week's guest:
Jerry Ewing
Sponsor:
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Show notes:
Wondrous Stories: A Journey through the Landscape of Progressive Rock
Prog magazine
Episode #58 – David Weigel on the History of Progressive Rock
How the Brits Rocked America
Episode #93 – Simon Vance on Narrating Audiobooks
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon Recording Sessions
Genesis: Live 1973
Midas Fall
Valis Ablaze
Ghost Community
Our next tracks:
Brad Mehldau: After Bach
The Meters: The Meters
Listen as a playlist on Apple Music.
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Special Guest: Jerry Ewing.
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39 min
March 16, 2018Episode #96 - Kiku Day Explains the Shakuhachi (Japanese Flute)
We welcome Kiku Day, ethnomusicologist and shakuhachi player, to discuss this Japanese Flute.
This week's guest:
Kiku Day
Show notes:
Shakuhachi (Wikipedia)
Okuda Atsuya
Okuda Atsuya's CDs
Gagaku (Wikipedia)
Honkyoku (Wikipedia)
Fuke Zen (Wikipedia)
Shakuhachi music notation
European Shakuhachi Society
World Shakuhachi Festival 2018 in London
A few shakuhachi recordings on Apple Music:
Teruhish Fukuda: Japan: Musical Offering of a Shakuhachi Master
Kohachiro Miyata: Shakuhachi - Japanase Flute
Takeo Izumi: Samurai Music
Yoshikazu Iwamoto: The Spirit of Dusk
Listen as a playlist on Apple Music.
Our next tracks:
Bill Frisell & Thomas Morgan: Small Town
John Prine - Prime Prine: The Best of John Prine
Listen as a playlist on Apple Music.
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Special Guest: Kiku Day.
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39 min
March 09, 2018Episode #95 - Movies about Music, Part 3: Concert Movies
We finish our look at movies about music by discussing concert movies. What makes a good concert movie? Why are concert movies no longer interesting?
Show notes:
Ladies & Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones
Woodstock: Three Days of Peace & Music
The Last Waltz
The Complete Monterey Pop Festival The Criterion Collection
The Rolling Stones: Gimme Shelter
Concert for Bangladesh
Joe Cocker: Mad Dogs & Englishmen
Last Days of the Fillmore
The Beatles: Let it Be (disc; the film is no longer for sale)
Bob Dylan: 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense
Readers' Poll: The Best Concert Movies of All Time (Rolling Stone)
Bolero
Bolero flash mob
U2: Live at Red Rocks
The Grateful Dead Movie
The Cure in Orange
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii
Festival Express
Our next tracks:
GarciaLive Volume Ten: May 20th, 1990 Hilo Civic Auditorium
Joe Cocker: Mad Dogs & Englishmen
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34 min
March 02, 2018Episode #94 – Do Classical Record Labels Make Money?
People often wonder if classical record labels make money. We asked Andy Doe, who has a lot of experience in the classical record business, and he explains how the business works.
This week’s guest:
Andy Doe
Proper Discord
Show notes:
Naxos Records
Colin Currie Group
harmonia mundi
Artists and repertoire (A&R) – Wikipedia
The Philharmonia Orchestra
Berlioz: Les Troyens
Many of the Karajan albums with “interesting” covers can be seen on this page on Amazon UK.
♫ Episode #46 – Percussionist Colin Currie on Performing and Recording Steve Reich’s Drumming
Our next tracks:
Kirk: Steve Reich: Pulse/Quartet
Doug: Long John Baldry: It Ain’t Easy
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Special Guest: Andy Doe.
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42 min
February 23, 2018Episode #93 – Simon Vance on Narrating Audiobooks
If you’re an audiobook listener, you will probably recognize this voice. We welcome Simon Vance, one of the most widely appreciated narrator of audiobooks. He discusses what it involves to record audiobooks, and how the audiobook industry works.
This week’s guest:
Simon Vance
Show notes:
Audiofile Magazine
Simon Vance’s award winning audiobooks (Audiofile)
Audies
Audible.com (Try Audible and get two free audiobooks)
Audible UK (Free trial)
Anthony Powell: A Dance to the Music of Time (first of four volumes)
A Dance to the Music of Time (DVD)
Alan Moore: Jerusalem
William Boyd: Any Human Heart
Julian Barnes: Levels of Life
Iris Murdoch: The Sea, The Sea
Kazuo Ishiguro: The Unconsoled
Tom Malmquist: In Every Moment We Are Still Alive
Our next tracks:
Kirk: Murray Perahia: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Op.106 “Hammerklavier” & op. 27/2 “Moonlight”
Doug: Steely Dan: Pretzel Logic
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Special Guest: Simon Vance.
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45 min
February 16, 2018Episode #92 – How They Listen to Music: Chuck Joiner, Podcaster
Podcaster Chuck Joiner talks to us about how he listens to music: which sources he uses, how he chooses what to listen to, and what equipment he uses.
This week’s guest:
Chuck Joiner, the MacVoices podcast
Show notes:
Audion
Sonos speakers
Apple AirPods
JBL Flip 4 waterproof speaker
Brian Eno: Nerve Net
Episode #89 – Too Much Music; James Jackson Toth’s Failed Experiment
View Cached Music AppleScript
Apple HomePod
https://www.kirkville.com/how-to-use-apple-musics-personal-dj-feature-to-create-you-own-personal-radio-station/
Our next tracks:
Kirk: Creedence Clearwater Revival: Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits
Doug: Dread Zeppelin: Bar Coda
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Special Guest: Chuck Joiner.
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34 min
February 09, 2018Episode #91 – The Apple HomePod Sounds Great, Except When it Doesn’t
Kirk got his HomePod. He spent a couple of hours listening to music to judge the sound quality. In short, it sounds great at times, but at others it doesn’t.
Sponsor: ChronoSync, by Econ Technologies. Whatever your backup or sync scenario, ChronoSync has got you covered! Download a free 15-day trial version, and get 25% off ChronoSync on the Econ Technologies website.
Show notes:
Wrapping it right: In praise of Apple’s packaging
Sonos PLAY:5
Cambridge Audio Minx Air 100
Coldplay: The Scientist
Bob Dylan: Cold Irons Bound
Talking Heads: I Zimbra
Brian Eno: Just Another Day
(This disc is not available on Apple Music.)
The Cure: Faith
David Bowie: “Heroes”
Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here
Brian Eno: St. Elmo’s Fire
Joy Division: She’s Lost Control
Grateful Dead: Ripple
Brad Mehldau: Exit Music (For a Film)
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95, “Serioso”; Takács Quartet
Tobias Hume: Musicall Humours, Jordi Savall
Purcell: Fantasies for Viols, Phantasm
Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No.39 Aria: “Erbarme Dich” Magdalena Kozená
Bob Dylan: Tangled Up in Blue
Brad Mehldau: River Man
Grateful Dead: Truckin’
Coldplay: ‘Til Kingdom Come
Our next tracks:
Doug: Abraham Inc.: Tweet-Tweet
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33 min
February 02, 2018Episode #90 – Liz Pelly on Streaming Muzak and Playlists
Journalist Liz Pelly talks about streaming muzak, Spotify, playlists, and the future of streaming.
This week’s guest:
Liz Pelly
Liz Pelly’s newsletter
Show notes:
The Problem with Muzak
The Secret Lives of Playlists
Future of Music Coalition
Episode #89 – Too Much Music; James Jackson Toth’s Failed Experiment
U.S. Copyright Authorities to Make Subscription Music Services Increase Payout Rate to Publishers and Musicians
Topsify
Filtr
Digster
Hands On: iTunes 10’s Ping feature
Merlin
Music fans bought a lot of cassettes last year
Our next tracks:
Kirk: Nils Frahm: All Melody
Doug: Ten Years After: Watt
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Special Guest: Liz Pelly.
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44 min
January 26, 2018Episode #89 – Too Much Music; James Jackson Toth’s Failed Experiment
Musician and journalist James Jackson Toth launched an experiment in dedicated listening; sitting and listening attentively to just one album a week. He failed. He tells us why, and how we may have too much music to listen to.
You stop hearing music at a certain point and you start hearing decisions.
This week’s guest:
James Jackson Toth, Wooden Wand
Show notes:
Too Much Music: A Failed Experiment In Dedicated Listening
Episode #85 – How Much Music Is Too Much?
Brian Eno: Nerve Net (Expanded Edition)
The Cure: Pornography
Jeffrey Lewis
Douglas Rushkoff: Present Shock
Episode #79 – 1977
Episode #76 – Mirror Balls and Polyester: Looking Back at Disco Music
New York Times review of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Be Bop Deluxe concert at the Palladium, October, 1976.
Episode #48 – Musician Dave Harrington of DARKSIDE and the Dave Harrington Group on Music Between Genres
Other People (Nicolas Jaar’s label)
Liz Pelly: The Problem with Muzak
Our next tracks:
Kirk: Improved Sound Limited: Suicide Road
Doug: The Florida Boys: Southern Gospel Treasury
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Special Guest: James Jackson Toth.
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38 min
January 19, 2018Episode #88 – Buying and Selling Hi-Fi Equipment
Buying and selling hi-fi equipment can be fraught with problems. Chris Connaker joins us to talk about the situation, and to present his new venture, Superphonica, a platform for buying and selling audio goods.
Sponsor: ChronoSync, by Econ Technologies. Whatever your backup or sync scenario, ChronoSync has got you covered! Download a free 15-day trial version, and get 25% off ChronoSync on the Econ Technologies website.
This week’s guest:
Chris Connaker, of the Computer Audiophile website
Superphonica
Show notes:
@NextTrackCast
Audiophilia Forever: An Expensive New Year’s Shopping Guide
Readly
Schitt Audio
Episode #73 – Kirk Wants to Buy an Amplifier
Sony a7RIII camera
escrow.com
Our next tracks:
Kirk: Lou Reed: The Blue Mask
Doug: The Remains: Live 1969
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Special Guest: Chris Connaker.
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37 min

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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.