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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 #207 - Yes. I mean, no, really, but Yes. Apr 14, 2021
    Show notes

    Setting out to discuss the 1971 album by Yes, The Yes Album, Doug and Kirk end up discussing all of Yes's core output, released over a period of a couple of years, that the band - or what's left of it - still plays 50 years later. Sort of.

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    ‌Show notes:

    • Fragile
    • The Yes Album
    • Close to the Edge
    • Yesssongs (Album)
    • Yessongs (Movie)
    • Tales from Topographic Oceans
    • Relayer
    • And You and I (video)
    • Roundabout (video)
    • Yes Symphonic Live (Amazon Prime Video)
    • The Ship of Theseus
    • Yes in the round, 1978 (Compilation of fan footage)
    • Progeny
    • All 183 Yes Songs Ranked Worst to Best
    • Jon Anderson on Solo Reissues and 50 Years of 'The Yes Album'
    • Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow
    • Chris Squire - Fish out of Water
    • Chris Squire's Swiss Choir
    • Yes: The Steve Wilson Remixes

    Our next tracks:

    • Fretwork: Johann Sebastiani's St Matthew Passion - Live at Wigmore Hall
    • Ten Years After: Recorded Live

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    Episode #206 - Two Guys in a Pub Rambling about Audio Gear Mar 31, 2021
    Show notes

    We offer a free-form episode, where we ramble about audio equipment, music, and more.

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    ‌Show notes:

    • Apple Matters
    • Douk Audio U3 Mini Class A Headphone Amplifier
    • Behringer Microamp HA400
    • Sonos Amp
    • HomePod theater Dolby Atmos
    • HomePod Mini Features Dormant Temperature and Humidity Sensor That Could Be Activated in a Future Software Update
    • Apple Discontinues the HomePod; Is That the End for Apple and Home Audio?

    Our next tracks:

    • Nik Bärtsch: Entendre
    • The Oscar Peterson Trio: Night Train

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    Episode #205 - Iconic Album Covers Mar 17, 2021
    Show notes

    In our first multimedia podcast episode, we look at iconic album covers. Depending on your podcast player, you may be able to see the albums we discuss as the podcast progresses. If not, there's a link in the show notes to a page on Kirk's website with all the album covers.

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    ‌Show notes:

    • Web page with covers of the albums mentioned in this episode
    • Inspiration for David Bowie's "Heroes" album cover
    • No Music on a Dead Planet
    • The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack

    Our next tracks:

    • Art Pepper: Unreleased Art Pepper, Vol. 11: Atlanta
    • Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich: Dek-Tette

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    Episode #204 - Oh, by the way, which one's pink? Mar 03, 2021
    Show notes

    In another album deep dive, we discuss Wish You Were Here, Kirk's favorite Pink Floyd album.

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    ‌Show notes:

    • Wish You Were Here (Wikipedia)
    • Wish You Were Here review (Rolling Stone)
    • Episode #58 – David Weigel on the History of Progressive Rock
    • Episode #97 - Jerry Ewing on Progressive Rock
    • Shine on You Crazy Diamond (Wembley, 1974)
    • Raving and Drooling (Wembley, 1974)
    • Pink Floyd - Live - Wembley , Empire Pool, London, November 16 , 1974 (YouTube)
    • Igor Levit on playing Satie's Vexations
    • Igor Levit (Wikipedia)

    Our next tracks:

    • Beethoven: Late piano sonatas, Igor Levit
    • Savoy Brown: Getting to the Point

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    Episode #203 - Keith Miles on Bob Dylan in London Feb 17, 2021
    Show notes

    Dylanologists Jackie Lees and Keith Miles have written a book about Bob Dylan in London, highlighting the importance of the city to Dylan's career and growth as an artist. Keith Miles joins us to discuss this book, and tell some tales of the troubadour in the city.

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    Guest:

    • Keith Miles
    • Bob Dylan in London: Troubadour Tales

    ‌Show notes:

    • Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues (video)
    • Bob Dylan: Blood in My Eyes (video)
    • Bob Dylan: The complete Supper Club soundboards
    • The Lone Star Café
    • Fur Peace Ranch Quarantine Concerts

    Our next tracks:

    • Hot Tuna: 2001-07-27, Kent Connecticut
    • Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris: The Complete Trio Collection

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    Episode #202 - Guitarist Gerard Cousins on His New Album of Music by Phillip Glass Feb 03, 2021
    Show notes

    There haven't been many transcriptions of Philip Glass's music for guitar, and Gerard Cousin's new album, Escape, shows just how ideal Glass's music is for this instrument. We talk with Gerard Cousins about the classical guitar, its repertoire, and the long process of transcription necessary to create this recording.

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    Guest:

    • Gerard Cousins
    • Escape
    • Philip Glass: Opening (YouTube)

    ‌Show notes:

    • Julian Bream: 20th Century Guitar
    • Narcisco Yepes: Bach, Works for Lute I; Works for Lute II
    • Paul Galbraith: Nocturnal (YouTube)
    • Orange Mountain Music
    • Biber: Rosary Sonatas
    • Larry Coryell: European Impressions
    • Eric Whitacre: This Marriage (YouTube)

    Our next tracks:

    • Brian Eno: Film Music
    • Bobby Keys: Bobby Keys

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    Episode #201 - Kurt Andersen on Why Music Hasn't Changed in Decades Jan 20, 2021
    Show notes

    In his recent book Evil Geniuses, Kurt Andersen noted that people have dressed the same for decades, and that music has barely changed since the 1980s. We discuss this decades long stasis, and why it may have happened.

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    Guest:

    • Kurt Andersen
    • Studio 360
    • Fantasyland
    • Evil Geniuses

    ‌Show notes:

    • Episode #48 – Musician Dave Harrington of DARKSIDE and the Dave Harrington Group on Music Between Genres
    • New York City blackout of 1977
    • Setlist.fm, July 13, 1977
    • Hasta la Vista, America: Trump’s Farewell Address
    • The Zen of Everything, Episode 40: Change
    • Robert Fripp: Music for Quiet moments

    Our next tracks:

    • Anouar Brahem: Blue Maqams
    • The James Gang: Miami

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    Episode #200 - This Was the Year that Wasn't Jan 06, 2021
    Show notes

    Another year is gone, and what a year. Four the 200th episode of The Next Track, we take stock of what 2020 meant for us musically, talk about some of the wonderful musicians we were able to interview in lockdown, and mention a couple of musical discoveries we have made.

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    ‌Show notes:

    • Frank Sinatra: It Was a Very Good year
    • We won't link to all the episodes we mention, so just go to The Next Track website and see all the interesting topics and interviewees of the past year
    • Uncertain Times, with TJ Connelly
    • Dropkick Murphys
    • Eric Clapton and Van Morrison Release Their Anti-Mask Anthem (Vanity Fair)
    • A Certain Ratio: ACR LOCO
    • Jo Jo Gunne
    • Material: Memory Serves
    • Massacre: Killing Time
    • Shadowman - documentary about Richard Hambleton

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    Episode #199 - Do You Know It's Christmas? Dec 23, 2020
    Show notes

    We again re-run our annual Christmas show, because it was so good that we couldn't imagine doing a better Christmas show. And because we really don't want to do a new Christmas show. And because we're really proud of the extensive show notes that took so long to collate. If you've already heard it and don't want to listen again, we'll understand.

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    There’s got to be a German word for this. It’s that feeling, that first second, when you heard Jingle Bells in the middle of summer.

    Show notes:

    • Episode #58 – David Weigel on the History of Progressive Rock
    • Trio Mediaeval: Folk Songs
    • Bruce Springsteen: Santa Claus is Coming to Town
    • Do They Know It’s Christmas
    • We Are the World
    • Bob Dylan: Christmas in the Heart
    • Bob Dylan: Must Be Santa (video)
    • The Jethro Tull Christmas Album
    • Apple Music Christmas Playlist
    • Die Hard
    • It’s a Wonderful Life
    • A Charlie Brown Christmas
    • Vince Guaraldi Trio: A Charlie Brown Christmas
    • I Wish it Could Be Christmas (article)
    • The Kinks: Father Christmas
    • Nat King Cole: The Christmas Song
    • Emerson, Lake & Palmer: I Believe in Father Christmas
    • Mannheim Steamroller: Christmas
    • Ghosts of Christmas Past
    • Roomful of Blues: Roomful of Christmas

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    Episode #198 - Casey Rae on William S. Burroughs and Rock and Roll Dec 09, 2020
    Show notes

    William S. Burroughs was an author who had a huge influence on rock musicians. Casey Rae's new book charts this influence through the years, as Burroughs met with many of the great musicians of his time.

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    Guest:

    • Casey Rae
    • William S. Burroughs and the Cult of Rock 'n' Roll
    • Dead to Me podcast

    Show notes:

    • Beat Godfather Meets Glitter Mainman: William Burroughs Interviews David Bowie
    • RE/Search
    • Call Me Burroughs
    • The Best of William Burroughs from Giorno Poetry Systems
    • Break Through in Gray Room
    • A Thanksgiving Prayer
    • William S. Burroughs and Bill Laswell: The Road to Western Lands
    • It's 10pm, Do You Know Where Your Children Are?

    Our next tracks:

    • From Brussels With Love
    • The Network: Trans Am EP

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