The Next Track

"Don’t confuse consumption with reach." 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: Reach, Bob Lefsetz (https://lefsetz.com/wordpress/2024/07/07/reach/) Glastonbury on the BBC iPlayer (https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b007r6vx/glastonbury) Glastonbury 2024 line-up (https://glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/line-up/line-up-2024/) Our next tracks: Robert Fripp: Washington Square Church CD (https://amzn.to/4bP2fhF), download (https://www.dgmlive.com/albums/washington-square-church-new-york-united-states-2) Rory Gallagher: Calling Card (https://amzn.to/4d50pKE) 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.

No one gets up in the morning and says, “I want to be in a classic rock band.” 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: The most popular, obscure, Democratic, Republican and hated music in America (https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/05/03/favorite-music-demographics/) Queen Catalog to Be Acquired by Sony Music for £1 Billion (https://variety.com/2024/music/news/queen-catalog-acquired-by-sony-music-1-billion-1236042619/) Music on The Sopranos (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_on_The_Sopranos) Our next tracks: Daniel Barenboim: Complete Wagner Operas (https://amzn.to/3zibI3u) The Three O'Clock: Sixteen Tambourines (https://amzn.to/3VPzoUv) 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.

Something always goes wrong. "The grass may look great, but it's not real grass." 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 #278: Gear Acquisition Syndrome (https://www.thenexttrack.com/283) Our next tracks: Charles Ives: Concord Sonata, by Donna Coleman) (https://amzn.to/4cqmjHU) Dog Party: Dangerous (https://amzn.to/3xmqkya) 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.

Doug and Kirk discuss one of Brian Eno's best early albums, Another Green World. 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: Another Green World (https://amzn.to/3XdkMAr) Another Green World (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_Green_World) Oblique Strategies (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblique_Strategies) Episode #164 - Sid Smith on the Life and Times of King Crimson (https://www.thenexttrack.com/167) Brian Eno — Everything Merges With The Night — Timo Andres (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0YJIvyrrRA) Another Day on Earth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_Day_on_Earth) David Byrne: Catherine Wheel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Catherine_Wheel_(album)) Our next tracks: King Crimson - Full Show (The Noise - Live At Fréjus 1982) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTDgmt9A2I0) Jane's Addiction: Nothing's Shocking (https://amzn.to/3Vr1WVk) 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.

Continuing with our multi-episode arc, we discuss the joys of listening to CDs. 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: My New Vitsœ Shelves Have Freed Up Space in My Office (https://kirkville.com/my-new-vitsoe-shelves-have-freed-up-space-in-my-office/) Another Timbre (http://www.anothertimbre.com) Episode #155 - Running a Small Record Label: Another Timbre (https://www.thenexttrack.com/158) Dave's Picks Vol. 50: Palladium, New York City, NY 5/3/77 (https://store.dead.net/en/grateful-dead/special-collections/daves-picks/daves-picks-vol.-50-palladium-new-york-city-ny-5377/081227817466.html) Barenboim: Complete Wagner Operas (https://amzn.to/3Ka9xAW) Our next tracks: Emerson String Quartet: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon (https://amzn.to/4avYInL) Simple Minds: Empires and Dance (https://amzn.to/3Kh3Gd6) 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.

Kirk buys new audio gear for the first time in several years. Tech doesn't always work. 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: NAD C 3050 amplifier (https://nadelectronics.com/product/c-3050-stereophonic-amplifier/) NAD BluOS module (https://nadelectronics.com/product/mdc-bluos-2i/) Cambridge Audio CXA61 amplifier (https://www.cambridgeaudio.com/gbr/en/products/hi-fi/cx-series-2/cxa61) Belkin SoundForm Connect AirPlay 2 Adapter (https://amzn.to/3woNgfG) CalDigit TS4 Thunderbolt 4 Dock (https://amzn.to/4aaspKM) Our next tracks: Durutti Column: Vini Reilly 35th Anniversary Edition (https://amzn.to/3wqkHOP) The Sex Pistols: The Original Recordings (https://amzn.to/3QYAJqv) 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.

Tech is full of surprises. 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: NAD C 538 CD Player (https://amzn.to/3UzD2T6) Episode #177 - Author Michael Connelly on Music in the Harry Bosch Novels and TV Series (https://www.thenexttrack.com/180) Our next tracks: Original Cast Recording: Girl from the North Country (https://amzn.to/4d7RMzz) Thurston Moore: By the Fire (https://amzn.to/3xPPJjD) 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.

We discuss lyrics in popular music. Have they become simpler and angrier over the years? 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: Billie Eilish Clarifies Comments About ‘Wasteful’ Vinyl Variants: ‘I Wasn’t Singling Anyone Out’ (https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/billie-eilish-vinyl-sustainability-comments-1235646177/) Song lyrics have become simpler and more repetitive over the last five decades (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-55742-x) Genius (https://genius.com) Our next tracks: Timo Andres: The Blind Banister (https://amzn.to/3JbdncT) The Hanging Stars: On a Golden Shore (https://amzn.to/3UaJL5r) 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.

Gear Acquisition Syndrome, or GAS, affects people with many interests: musicians, photographers, and audiophiles. We discuss how this syndrome can affect people, and why people just want to keep buying more gear. 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 150 DELOREAN EDITION All-in-One Player (https://www.cambridgeaudio.com/eur/en/product/evo-150-delorean-edition) The 7 key stages of Gear Acquisition Syndrome (https://www.musicradar.com/news/7-stages-of-gear-acquisition-syndrome) Kyusu (https://www.tencha.co.uk/collections/teapots-kyusu) Our next tracks: Max Richter: Sleep (Piano Edition) (https://music.apple.com/us/album/1732604941) Little Village: Little Village (https://amzn.to/3Tu57t4) 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.

This time, Kirk chose three rock stars to discuss from David Hepworth's book Uncommon People: The Rise and Fall of the Rock Stars 1955-1994. 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: Uncommon People: The Rise and Fall of the Rock Stars 1955-1994 (https://amzn.to/3IpfKsd) Our next tracks: Vega Trails: Tremors in the Static (https://vegatrails.bandcamp.com/album/tremors-in-the-static) Pan•American: The Patience Fader (https://panamerican.bandcamp.com/album/the-patience-fader) Gustaf: Package, Pt. 2) (https://gustaf-nyc.bandcamp.com/album/package-pt-2) 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.

We didn't all do our homework, but Doug discusses three chapters from David Hepworth's book Uncommon People: The Rise and Fall of the Rock Stars 1955-1994. 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: Uncommon People: The Rise and Fall of the Rock Stars 1955-1994 (https://amzn.to/3IpfKsd) Black Sabbath: The Ballet review (https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/sep/28/black-sabbath-the-ballet-review-heavy-metal-birmingham-royal-ballet) Introducing the Violoncello Da Spalla (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD4kNY34AoE) Our next tracks: Sigiswald Kuijken: Solo (https://amzn.to/3TeIdXC) New Order: Substance 1987 (2023 Expanded Reissue) (https://amzn.to/49w3zp4) 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.

We have a “two guys in a pub” episode, in which we talk about the next musical artist to perform at The Sphere: Dead & Company. We also discuss Apple’s new Vision Pro, the Grammys, Taylor Swift, the Superb Owl, and more. 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: Dead & Company, Dead Forever, at The Sphere (https://www.thespherevegas.com/shows/dead-and-company) Apple Vision Pro review: magic, until it’s not (The Verge) (https://www.theverge.com/24054862/apple-vision-pro-review-vr-ar-headset-features-price) Taylor Swift, QAnon, and the Political Weaponization of Fandom (https://www.wired.com/story/taylor-swift-psyop-conspiracy-theory-person-of-the-year/) Monte-Carlo Summer Festival (https://www.montecarlosbm.com/en/shows/monte-carlo-summer-festival) Our next tracks: The Passions: Thirty-Thousand Feet over China (https://amzn.to/42FNN8H) The Rolling Stones: A Bigger Bang (https://amzn.to/3SwleWA) 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.

We discuss the first album by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, aka OMD, called Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark. This was a foundational album in the synth-pop movement that started in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the UK. 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: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchestral_Manoeuvres_in_the_Dark_(album)) Synth Britannia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lVljmH0yUw) Our next tracks: Brian Eno: 77 Million Paintings (https://music.apple.com/us/album/77-million-paintings/1691826679) Dr. Feelgood: Down by the Jetty (https://amzn.to/3OoReuG) 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.

Doug has long been a fan of Frank Zappa’s music, yet we’ve never spent an episode discussing it. In our irregular series looking at individual albums, we look at Zappa’s best-selling record, the 1979 Sheik Yerbouti. 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: Frank Zappa: Sheik Yerbouti (https://www.zappa.com/releases-archive/sheik-yerbouti/#/) Episode #268: Miles Davis, Bitches Brew (https://www.thenexttrack.com/273) Robert Christgau on Sheik Yerbouti (https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=8200) Zappa (https://www.thezappamovie.com) (documentary) Our next tracks: Genesis: Wind and Wuthering (https://amzn.to/3tX6IyQ) Frank Zappa: Sheik Yerbouti (https://amzn.to/3HnsMFS) "> 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.

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 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: @officialKeef (https://twitter.com/officialkeef) - Keith Richards an Twitter Keith Richards Shows Off His Guitar Skills by Playing Some Rolling Stones Hits | The Tonight Show (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiSCebNwsdc&t=56s) Keith Richards: A life in guitars (https://www.guitarworld.com/features/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” (https://www.guitarworld.com/features/keith-richards-interview-electric-guitar-les-paul-leo-fender) Peter Gabriel - Here Comes The Flood video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlRLvaXVyk8) Our next tracks: Peter Gabriel: I/O (https://amzn.to/3RNctaa) X-Ray Spex: Germfree Adolescents (https://amzn.to/3RK6umv) 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.

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. 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: Take Control of Mac Media Apps (https://www.takecontrolbooks.com/media-apps/) Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/thenexttrack) Doug’s Apple Scripts (https://dougscripts.com) Our next tracks: The Cure: Three Imaginary Boys (https://amzn.to/3GOM9HG) Red Devils & Mick Jagger: The Blues Session (https://amzn.to/4ar14p4) 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.

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. 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! Guest: Timo Andres (https://www.andres.com) Timo Andres’s YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/timoandres) ‌Show notes: Timo Andres’s other episodes of The Next Track (https://www.thenexttrack.com/guests/timo-andres) Philip Glass Piano Etudes: The Complete Folios 1-20 & Essays from 20 Fellow Artists (https://amzn.to/3Rrj770) Philip Glass: Complete Piano Études, Maki Namekawa (https://amzn.to/3GtEvlJ) Our next tracks: Brian Eno: Ambient 1:Music For Airports (https://amzn.to/3GvjeZ1) Carla Olson & Mick Taylor - Sway: The Best of Carla Olson & Mick Taylor (https://amzn.to/3Gw161d) 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. Special Guest: Timo Andres.

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? 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: Apple is finally killing off iTunes—for real this time (https://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/apple-is-finally-killing-off-itunes-for-real-this-time/) Episode #162 - Apple's New Improved macOS Media Apps (https://www.thenexttrack.com/165) Our next tracks: Morton Feldman: Piano & String Quartet (https://amzn.to/3SW5SMP) The Who: Quadrophenia (https://amzn.to/3RbOy5p) 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.

We discuss Miles Davis's groundbreaking 1970 album Bitches Brew. 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: Bitches Brew (https://amzn.to/3QwZXLu) The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions (https://amzn.to/3ubRJ3D) Rolling Stone review of Bitches Brew (https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/bitches-brew-186433/) Guardian review of Bitches Brew (https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jul/28/miles-davis-bitches-brew-reviewed-jazz-1970) Miles Runs the Voodoo Down - 8/18/1970 - Tanglewood (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3BaGMevjeM) Black Beauty: Miles Davis at Fillmore West (https://amzn.to/465SiJQ) About the 4/10/70 concert (http://cryptdev.blogspot.com/2011/06/miles-davis-and-dead-41070.html) Our next tracks: Phillip Glass and Paul-Leonard Morgan: The Pigeon Tunnel (https://embed.music.apple.com/us/album/the-pigeon-tunnel-soundtrack-from-the-apple-original-film/1709715156) Medicine Head: New Bottles, Old Medicine (https://amzn.to/462QtNF) 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.

Roger Waters decided to make a new version of Dark Side of the Moon. It's a mistake. 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: Dark Side of the Moon Gets Rogered (https://kirkville.com/dark-side-of-the-moon-gets-rogered/) -Episode #235 - 1973 (https://www.thenexttrack.com/239) The Wall: Film (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Waters:_The_Wall) Rolling Stones: Hackney Diamonds (https://amzn.to/3tULGQQ) Our next tracks: Bach: Art of the Fugue, Angela Hewitt (https://amzn.to/3QuA8Nf) Hot Tuna: Hopkorv (https://amzn.to/3tI65bX) 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.