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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The Next Track episodes:

January 03, 2024Episode #272: Keef
Keith Richards is still alive. We recorded this episode on his 80th birthday, and we discussed how he is one of the most important guitarists in rock music, and the backbone of The Rolling Stones
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‌Show notes:
@officialKeef - Keith Richards an Twitter
Keith Richards Shows Off His Guitar Skills by Playing Some Rolling Stones Hits | The Tonight Show
Keith Richards: A life in guitars
Keith Richards: “They haven't really improved the electric guitar since Les Paul and Leo Fender put their touch to it. Everything else is trying to sound like them”
Peter Gabriel - Here Comes The Flood video
Our next tracks:
Peter Gabriel: I/O
X-Ray Spex: Germfree Adolescents
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December 20, 2023Episode #271: New in Apple’s Music App
Apple’s recent operating system updates have added some changes to the Music app. We look into these features and how they affect the way you manage your music.
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‌Show notes:
Take Control of Mac Media Apps
Patreon
Doug’s Apple Scripts
Our next tracks:
The Cure: Three Imaginary Boys
Red Devils & Mick Jagger: The Blues Session
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December 06, 2023Episode #270: Timo Andres on Philip Glass’s Piano Études
Composer and pianist Timo Andres worked on a new edition of Philip Glass’s piano études. He talks about these works, about what piano études are, and about Glass’s music.
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Guest:
Timo Andres
Timo Andres’s YouTube channel
‌Show notes:
Timo Andres’s other episodes of The Next Track
Philip Glass Piano Etudes: The Complete Folios 1-20 & Essays from 20 Fellow Artists
Philip Glass: Complete Piano Études, Maki Namekawa
Our next tracks:
Brian Eno: Ambient 1:Music For Airports
Carla Olson & Mick Taylor - Sway: The Best of Carla Olson & Mick Taylor
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Special Guest: Timo Andres.
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November 22, 2023Episode #269: The End of iTunes
Apple is slowly phasing out iTunes on Windows, after having done so four years ago on Mac. Is it the end of the iTunes brand?
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‌Show notes:
Apple is finally killing off iTunes—for real this time
Episode #162 - Apple's New Improved macOS Media Apps
Our next tracks:
Morton Feldman: Piano & String Quartet
The Who: Quadrophenia
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November 08, 2023Episode #268: Miles Davis, Bitches Brew
We discuss Miles Davis's groundbreaking 1970 album Bitches Brew.
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‌Show notes:
Bitches Brew
The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions
Rolling Stone review of Bitches Brew
Guardian review of Bitches Brew
Miles Runs the Voodoo Down - 8/18/1970 - Tanglewood
Black Beauty: Miles Davis at Fillmore West
About the 4/10/70 concert
Our next tracks:
Phillip Glass and Paul-Leonard Morgan: The Pigeon Tunnel
Medicine Head: New Bottles, Old Medicine
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October 25, 2023Episode #267: Dark Side of the Moon Gets Rogered
Roger Waters decided to make a new version of Dark Side of the Moon. It's a mistake.
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‌Show notes:
Dark Side of the Moon Gets Rogered
-Episode #235 - 1973
The Wall: Film
Rolling Stones: Hackney Diamonds
Our next tracks:
Bach: Art of the Fugue, Angela Hewitt
Hot Tuna: Hopkorv
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October 11, 2023Episode #266: Is the Sphere the Future of Concerts
The Sphere is a huge new venue in Las Vegas, with a massive scene that provides an immersive video experience. U2 has been playing there, with concerts that combine their music with innovative visuals.
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‌Show notes:
The Sphere
Behind the scenes at U2's Las Vegas Sphere residency (CBS This Morning)
Behind U2's Residency at Sphere Las Vegas: Apple Music
Macbeth, RSC
Gilles Deleuze: Proust and Signs
Our next tracks:
Henry Purcell: Fantasies for the Viols
The Flatmates: Potpourri: Hits, Mixes and Demos '85-'89
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September 27, 2023Episode #265: How Recordings Have Changed Music
Recordings change music by freezing it in time.
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‌Show notes:
Hubbub (Paywall, free to read with account creation)
Episode #126 - Background Music and Muzak
How Daydreaming Can Enhance Creativity for Fiction Writers
Episode #187 - Live Performances during Covid-19, and After (John Wyver on filming theater)
Our next tracks:
Starfield: Original Game Soundtack
The Adverts: Crossing the Red Sea with The Adverts
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September 13, 2023Episode #264: The Heyday of Album Artwork
A new documentary about Hipgnosis, the design team that is famous for covers of albums by Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and many others, looks at the period when album artwork became an important element of rock albums.
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‌Show notes:
Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art. - The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue
Squaring the Circle
Dave Harrington of DARKSIDE and the Dave Harrington Group on Music Between Genres
Our next tracks:
Darkside
Mud: Use Your Imagination
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August 30, 2023Episode #263: More Thoughts on Dolby Atmos
It's been a while since we've talked about Dolby Atmos, so we decided to discuss how much it has changed the way we (well, Kirk) listen to music. (Doug doesn't have an Atmos setup yet.)
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‌Show notes:
Episode #214 - Chris Connaker on Music with Dolby Atmos and Spatial Audio
Sonos Arc
Sonos Sub mini
Gerard Cousins: The Poet Acts
The Dark Side of the Rainbow
Brian Eno: FOREVERANDEVERMORE
Grateful Dead: Reckoning
Our next tracks:
The Necks: Sex
Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense (Deluxe Edition)
Note: I've listened to Sex, by The Necks, several times recently. When I went to prepare the show notes, I couldn't find it on Apple Music any more. For some reason the artist has removed this from streaming.
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How many episodes does The Next Track have?

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