Episodes

  • Episode #294: Desert Island Bass Players
    Nov 6 2024
    With the passing of Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh, we talk about the bass players we would take to a desert island. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/thenexttrack). We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: Phil Lesh obituary (https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phil-lesh-grateful-dead-dead-1234809976/) Our next tracks: Grateful Dead: Fallout from the Phil Zone (https://amzn.to/48ndaPi) Stanley Clarke: School Days (https://amzn.to/4ek07zN) If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.
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    33 mins
  • Episode #293: Desert Island Discs Redux
    Oct 23 2024
    We discuss desert island discs as a thought experiment, though we didn't agree on the ground rules. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/thenexttrack). We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: Episode #130 - Desert Island Discs, Part 1 (https://www.thenexttrack.com/133) Episode #133 - Desert Island Discs, Part 2 (https://www.thenexttrack.com/136) Schubert: Winterreise, Ian Bostridge & Thomas Adès (https://amzn.to/3Absge9) Bach: Goldberg Variations, Glenn Gould 1981 (https://amzn.to/4fbzvlh) Morton Feldman: Piano and String Quartet, Kronos Quartet and Aki Takahashi (https://amzn.to/4h8CX1T) Hume: Musicall Humours, Jordi Savall (https://amzn.to/4eUNgoE) Elastica: Elastica (https://amzn.to/4eSpZ6O) The Who: Quadrophenia (https://amzn.to/4f4whjs) Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros: Streetcore (https://amzn.to/3A98bFh) Gustaf: Package, Pt.2 (https://amzn.to/3NAXwGE) The Rolling Stones: Get Yer Ya-Yas Out (https://amzn.to/3NzLRYB) The Clash: London Calling (https://amzn.to/3Yy72Re) Brian Eno: Music for Airports (https://amzn.to/3YAhkAl) Bang on a Can: Music for Airports (https://amzn.to/3UgVeAd) Grateful Dead: American Beauty (https://amzn.to/3Yz61bi) Bill Evans: The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961 (https://amzn.to/3YxVRYE) Bob Dylan: Blonde on Blonde (https://amzn.to/4eP8bJN) King Crimson: Red (https://amzn.to/3A9taI2) Castaway (https://amzn.to/3NzMMZ3) If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.
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    30 mins
  • Episode #292: Music as Product
    Oct 9 2024
    Music is a product. We discuss how music is sold and promoted. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/thenexttrack). We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: On the State of the (Book)World, with Lauren Groff and Neel Mukherjee (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/on-the-state-of-the-book-world-with-lauren/id1040121937?i=1000670718785) MUBI (https://mubi.com/t/web/global/8cTPc-E6) BFI Player (https://player.bfi.org.uk/home) Nightsleeper - iPlayer (https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002265y/nightsleeper) Our next tracks: Philip Glass, String Quartet No. 1 - Tana Quartet (https://music.apple.com/gb/album/philip-glass-string-quartet-no-1-single/1573304631) Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers: L.A.M.F. (The Lost '77 Mixes) (https://amzn.to/3BE8AjB) If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.
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    32 mins
  • Episode #291: Why Can't Concerts Be More Interesting?
    Sep 25 2024
    Kirk attended a unique concert recently, and Doug and Kirk discuss how concerts could be more interesting. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/thenexttrack). We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: Episode #178 - Lieder and Opera Singer Ian Bostridge (https://www.thenexttrack.com/181) Winterreise review - agony and ecstasy as Bostridge and Drake bring Schubert’s song cycle to dramatic life (https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/jun/12/winterreise-review-schubert-bostridge-drake-warner-ustinov-studio-bath) Palladium (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palladium_(New_York_City)) Lone Star Cafe (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_Star_Cafe) The Bottom Line (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bottom_Line_(venue)) Our next tracks: La Folia 1490-1701: Jordi Savall (https://amzn.to/3XUW1ZE) X: Smoke & Fiction (https://amzn.to/47Hl0mv) If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.
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    28 mins
  • Episode #290: Why Most People Have Better Audio on Their TV Systems
    Sep 11 2024
    People are more likely to have good audio for their TV, to watch movies and films, than for music these days. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/thenexttrack). We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: Panasonic Streaming 4K Blu Ray Player DP-UB820-K (https://amzn.to/3zn0ydV) Our next tracks: 2001: A Space Odyssey (4K Ultra HD) (https://amzn.to/3Xj0Iet) Kiss: Alive (https://amzn.to/3MEQzUj) If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.
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    31 mins
  • Episode #289: Audio Gear and Firmware: Trouble Ahead, Trouble Behind
    Aug 28 2024
    Don't buy hi-fi audio equipment that needs firmware updates. (This means you, Sonos.) Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/thenexttrack). We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: Cambridge Audio EVO ONE (https://www.richersounds.com/cambridge-audio-evo-one-walnut/) Sonos, still trying to fix its broken app, lays off 100 employees (https://www.engadget.com/audio/sonos-still-trying-to-fix-its-broken-app-reportedly-lays-off-100-employees-203224705.html) Episode #168 - L'Affaire Sonos and Obsolescence in Audio Equipment (https://www.thenexttrack.com/171) KEF LSX II (https://uk.kef.com/products/lsx-2) Episode #281: Kirk's New Audio Gear (https://www.thenexttrack.com/286) Our next tracks: Radio On (https://player.bfi.org.uk/subscription/film/watch-radio-on-1979-online) Oasis - Definitely Maybe (https://amzn.to/3MplYtQ) If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.
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    30 mins
  • Episode #288: Merch
    Aug 14 2024
    It's tough to make money in the music business. So artists sell merch. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/thenexttrack). We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: Shakedown Street (Grateful Dead parking lot market) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakedown_Street_(vending_area)) Live Nation announces it will drop merch cuts and pay $1,500 stipend to all club acts (https://www.cbc.ca/music/live-nation-drops-merch-cuts-gives-stipend-to-club-acts-1.6978767) Taylor Swift Sells a Rainbow of Vinyl Albums. Fans Keep Buying Them. (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/17/arts/music/taylor-swift-albums-versions-vinyl.html) Adele in Munich (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adele_in_Munich) Robert Fripp: The Guitar Circle (https://amzn.to/3SLFVyw) Robert Fripp merch (https://robertfripp.mymerch.studio) Handmade by Toyah & Robert (https://toyahshop.ccsproducts.co.uk) Cameo - Robert Fripp videos (https://www.cameo.com/robertfripp) I thought Bob Dylan had fallen in love with me – then he asked me for $5,000 (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/bob-dylan-facebook-scam-jakob-dylan/) Episode #74 – Jeffrey Norman on Restoring, Mixing, and Mastering the Grateful Dead (https://www.thenexttrack.com/77) Our next tracks: Grateful Dead: Friend Of The Devils: April 1978 (https://store.dead.net/en/grateful-dead/special-collections/friend-of-the-devils/friend-of-the-devils-april-1978-dead.net-exclusive-%5B19-cd%5D/081227816759.html) Elastica: Elastica (https://amzn.to/3yCFyzD) If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.
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    27 mins
  • Episode #287: The Summer Doldrums
    Jul 31 2024
    It's the summer of Apple beta software. We chat a bit about the Music app, new operating systems, and how Apple's AI could affect Apple Music. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/thenexttrack). We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: macOS Sequoia Preview (https://www.apple.com/macos/macos-sequoia-preview/) Moom (https://manytricks.com/moom/) Soulver (https://soulver.app) How to Install Apple Beta Software for macOS Sequoia, iOS 18, iPadOS 18, watchOS 11, and tvOS 11 (https://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/how-to-install-apple-beta-software/) Install macOS Sequoia Beta in a Virtual Machine on an M1, M2, or M3 Mac with UTM (https://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/install-macos-ventura-beta-in-a-virtual-machine-on-an-m1-or-m2-mac-with-utm/) "By saying, “Hey Siri, I like this song,” HomePod and Apple Music become the perfect musicologist..." (https://www.apple.com/uk/newsroom/2017/06/homepod-reinvents-music-in-the-home/#:~:text=By%20saying%2C%20“Hey%20Siri%2C,tastes%20are%20shared%20across%20devices) The Music Genome Project (https://www.pandora.com/about/mgp) Our next tracks: Reformation: Mishka Rushdie Momen (https://amzn.to/3Szv6j5) Leon Russel: Carney (https://amzn.to/3SxhnJz) If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.
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    30 mins