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    Music

    The Next Track

    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.

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    Latest Episodes:
    Episode #217 - To Stream or to Own Music Redux Sep 01, 2021
    Show notes

    In episode #2 of The Next Track, we discussed streaming versus owning music. That was five years ago. We decided to revisit the topic, to see if we've changed our minds.

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    ‌Show notes:

    • Episode #2 – To Stream or to Own Music?
    • Digital music streaming penetration in the United Kingdom 2020, by demographic group
    • Chicago tour dates

    Our next tracks:

    • Terry Riley – Shri Camel (live video, 1977)
    • Blodwyn Pig: All Said and Done

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    Episode #216 - Blonde on Blonde Aug 18, 2021
    Show notes

    In a delayed episode celebrating Bob Dylan's 80th birthday, we take a close look at his 1966 album Blonde on Blonde.

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    ‌Show notes:

    • Bob Dylan: Blonde on Blonde
    • Blonde on Blonde (Wikipedia)
    • Double Album (Wikipedia)
    • Episode #208 - Jeff Slate on Bob Dylan at 80
    • Mad Magazine fold-in

    Our next tracks:

    • Robert Fripp, 13th of May 1979 at Le Trompe l'Oiel
    • The Sensational Alex Harvey Band: US Tour '74 Live

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    Episode #215 - People Aren't Listening to Much New Music Aug 04, 2021
    Show notes

    More than two-thirds of music listened to in the US is old music. Music less than 18 months old accounts for only a third of listening, and this share is dropping. We discuss what this means for the future of the music industry.

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    ‌Show notes:

    • Over 66% of All Music Listening in the Us Is Now of Catalog Records, Rather Than New Releases
    • Zeno's paradoxes
    • 75% of Tiktok’s Users Say They Discover New Artists on the Platform
    • Movie references aren’t the only allusions to be lost on other people
    • Episode #48 – Musician Dave Harrington of DARKSIDE and the Dave Harrington Group on Music Between Genres

    Our next tracks:

    • Darkside: Spiral
    • The Electric Light Orchestra: The Electric Light Orchestra II

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    Episode #214 - Chris Connaker on Music with Dolby Atmos and Spatial Audio Jul 21, 2021
    Show notes

    With Apple offering some music with Dolby Atmos and/or Spatial Audio on Apple Music, we talk with Chris Connaker about whether this is a Good Thing for music.

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    Guest:

    • Audiophile Style
    • Audiophile Style Podcast

    ‌Show notes:

    • Episode #211 - Changing Music Forever
    • Episode #193 - Is Stereo Wrong?
    • 1615 Gabrieli in Venice (first classical album recorded with Dolby Atmos)
    • The Lefsetz Letter: Spatial Audio
    • Reader replies to the above
    • Apple Music Rock Spatial Audio playlist
    • Verizon says its version of spatial audio doesn't need specific gear or content

    Our next tracks:

    • Eagles -- Hotel California Live Video HQ
    • The Groundhogs: Solid

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    Special Guest: Chris Connaker.

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    Episode #213 - The Grateful Dead's 100 Essential Songs, with Bob Trudeau Jul 07, 2021
    Show notes

    This week's guest, Bob Trudeau, has co-authored a book, with Barry Barnes, about the Grateful Dead's 100 Essential Songs. Even if you're not a fan of the Grateful Dead, this episode is an interesting discussion of a band's repertoire.

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    Guest:

    • The Grateful Dead's 100 Essential Songs

    ‌Show notes:

    • Kirk's Picks
    • A Long Strange Pick (documentary on Amazon Prime Video)
    • The Grateful Dead Studies Association
    • Sunshine Daydream Deluxe (CD/Blu-Ray)

    Our next tracks:

    • Jon Hassell: Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics
    • Summer of Soul

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    Episode #212 - Caoilfhionn Rose's Second Album, Truly Jun 23, 2021
    Show notes

    We're happy to welcome back Caoilfhionn Rose to discuss the recording and release of her second album Truly. Caoilfhionn is a young singer from Manchester, and continues the lineage of great music from that city.

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    Guest:

    • Caoilfhionn Rose
    • Truly

    ‌Show notes:

    • Episode #119 - Caoilfhionn Rose on Gigging, Busking, Recording, and Releasing Her First Album
    • Royal Northern College of Music
    • Durutti Column - LC
    • Durutti Column - Chronicle LX: XI
    • Vinyl Record Production in Peril After Fire at California Plant
    • Sage Gateshead (Newcastle)
    • Logic Pro

    Our next tracks:

    • Durutti Column: Sex and Death (Apple Music link below is not the extended version.)
    • Phil Ochs: Pleasures of the Harbor

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    Special Guest: Caoilfhionn Rose.

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    Episode #211 - Changing Music Forever Jun 09, 2021
    Show notes

    Apple has introduced lossless, high-resolution, and spatial audio on Apple Music, and claims that the latter will "change music forever." Will it?

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    ‌Show notes:

    • About lossless audio in Apple Music - Apple Support
    • Jazz in Spatial Audio playlist
    • Episode #193 - Is Stereo Wrong?
    • Satyagraha video on the iTunes Store

    Our next tracks:

    • Glass: Satyagraha
    • Clarence Williams and His Orchestra: Clarence Williams' Q.R.S. Recordings, Vol.1

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    Episode #210 - Emma Swift on Her Album of Dylan Covers Blonde on the Tracks May 26, 2021
    Show notes

    Emma Swift has recorded a beautiful album of covers of Bob Dylan songs. We spoke with her about what Dylan's music, and what it takes to record an albums of his songs, and partly in lockdown.

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    Guest:

    • Emma Swift

    ‌Show notes:

    • Blonde on the Tracks

    Our next tracks:

    • Messiaen: Catalogue d'oiseaux, Pierre-Laurent Aimand
    • Joni Mitchell: Hejira

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    Episode #209 - Sean Latham, Director of the Institute for Bob Dylan Studies, on Bob Dylan at 80 May 12, 2021
    Show notes

    Sean Latham, Director of the Institute for Bob Dylan Studies, talks about the Bob Dylan archive, the Bob Dylan Center, and about Bob Dylan at 80.

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    Guest:

    • Sean Latham
    • Book: The World of Bob Dylan

    ‌Show notes:

    • The TU Institute for Bob Dylan Studies
    • Bob Dylan Center
    • The Bob Dylan Archive - The University of Tulsa : Bob Dylan Archives
    • Dylan@80 Virtual Conference

    Our next tracks:

    • Zappa
    • Mick Fleetwood & Friends: Celebrate the Music of Peter Green and the Early Years of Fleetwood Mac

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    Episode #208 - Jeff Slate on Bob Dylan at 80 Apr 28, 2021
    Show notes

    Musician and journalist Jeff Slate has written about, and for, Bob Dylan, and has recently released an album with one disc of Dylan covers. We discuss Dylan at 80, and choose our top five Dylan albums.

    Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon. We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks!

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    Guest:

    • Jeff Slate
    • Lockdown Live

    ‌Show notes:

    • Episode #131 - Jeff Slate on Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks
    • Bob Dylan discography
    • Bob Dylan Center, Tulsa, OK.
    • Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
    • Episode #194 - Pianist Simone Dinnerstein
    • Episode #187 - Live Performances during Covid-19, and After
    • Episode #195 - Timo Andres: Making Home Videos and the Creative Process

    Our next tracks:

    • Miles Davis: Get Up with It
    • Leonid & Friends: "25 or 6 to 4"

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    Special Guest: Jeff Slate.

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