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Jerry Ewing, editor of the UK's Prog magazine, discusses the history of progressive rock, and presents his new book Wondrous Stories. This week's guest: Jerry Ewing Sponsor: Audible.com. Get a free audiobook and a 30-day free trial at www.audibletrial.com/NextTrack Show notes: Wondrous Stories: A Journey through the Landscape of Progressive Rock Prog magazine Episode #58 – David Weigel on the History of Progressive Rock How the Brits Rocked America Episode #93 – Simon Vance on Narrating Audiobooks Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon Recording Sessions Genesis: Live 1973 Midas Fall Valis Ablaze Ghost Community Our next tracks: Brad Mehldau: After Bach The Meters: The Meters Listen as a playlist on Apple Music. If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Special Guest: Jerry Ewing.

We welcome Kiku Day, ethnomusicologist and shakuhachi player, to discuss this Japanese Flute. This week's guest: Kiku Day Show notes: Shakuhachi (Wikipedia) Okuda Atsuya Okuda Atsuya's CDs Gagaku (Wikipedia) Honkyoku (Wikipedia) Fuke Zen (Wikipedia) Shakuhachi music notation European Shakuhachi Society World Shakuhachi Festival 2018 in London A few shakuhachi recordings on Apple Music: Teruhish Fukuda: Japan: Musical Offering of a Shakuhachi Master Kohachiro Miyata: Shakuhachi - Japanase Flute Takeo Izumi: Samurai Music Yoshikazu Iwamoto: The Spirit of Dusk Listen as a playlist on Apple Music. Our next tracks: Bill Frisell & Thomas Morgan: Small Town John Prine - Prime Prine: The Best of John Prine Listen as a playlist on Apple Music. If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Special Guest: Kiku Day.

We finish our look at movies about music by discussing concert movies. What makes a good concert movie? Why are concert movies no longer interesting? Show notes: Ladies & Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones Woodstock: Three Days of Peace & Music The Last Waltz The Complete Monterey Pop Festival The Criterion Collection The Rolling Stones: Gimme Shelter Concert for Bangladesh Joe Cocker: Mad Dogs & Englishmen Last Days of the Fillmore The Beatles: Let it Be (disc; the film is no longer for sale) Bob Dylan: 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense Readers' Poll: The Best Concert Movies of All Time (Rolling Stone) Bolero Bolero flash mob U2: Live at Red Rocks The Grateful Dead Movie The Cure in Orange Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii Festival Express Our next tracks: GarciaLive Volume Ten: May 20th, 1990 Hilo Civic Auditorium Joe Cocker: Mad Dogs & Englishmen If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

People often wonder if classical record labels make money. We asked Andy Doe, who has a lot of experience in the classical record business, and he explains how the business works. This week’s guest: Andy Doe Proper Discord Show notes: Naxos Records Colin Currie Group harmonia mundi Artists and repertoire (A&R) – Wikipedia The Philharmonia Orchestra Berlioz: Les Troyens Many of the Karajan albums with “interesting” covers can be seen on this page on Amazon UK. ♫ Episode #46 – Percussionist Colin Currie on Performing and Recording Steve Reich’s Drumming Our next tracks: Kirk: Steve Reich: Pulse/Quartet Doug: Long John Baldry: It Ain’t Easy If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Special Guest: Andy Doe.

If you’re an audiobook listener, you will probably recognize this voice. We welcome Simon Vance, one of the most widely appreciated narrator of audiobooks. He discusses what it involves to record audiobooks, and how the audiobook industry works. This week’s guest: Simon Vance Show notes: Audiofile Magazine Simon Vance’s award winning audiobooks (Audiofile) Audies Audible.com (Try Audible and get two free audiobooks) Audible UK (Free trial) Anthony Powell: A Dance to the Music of Time (first of four volumes) A Dance to the Music of Time (DVD) Alan Moore: Jerusalem William Boyd: Any Human Heart Julian Barnes: Levels of Life Iris Murdoch: The Sea, The Sea Kazuo Ishiguro: The Unconsoled Tom Malmquist: In Every Moment We Are Still Alive Our next tracks: Kirk: Murray Perahia: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Op.106 “Hammerklavier” & op. 27/2 “Moonlight” Doug: Steely Dan: Pretzel Logic If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Special Guest: Simon Vance.

Podcaster Chuck Joiner talks to us about how he listens to music: which sources he uses, how he chooses what to listen to, and what equipment he uses. This week’s guest: Chuck Joiner, the MacVoices podcast Show notes: Audion Sonos speakers Apple AirPods JBL Flip 4 waterproof speaker Brian Eno: Nerve Net Episode #89 – Too Much Music; James Jackson Toth’s Failed Experiment View Cached Music AppleScript Apple HomePod https://www.kirkville.com/how-to-use-apple-musics-personal-dj-feature-to-create-you-own-personal-radio-station/ Our next tracks: Kirk: Creedence Clearwater Revival: Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits Doug: Dread Zeppelin: Bar Coda If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Special Guest: Chuck Joiner.

Kirk got his HomePod. He spent a couple of hours listening to music to judge the sound quality. In short, it sounds great at times, but at others it doesn’t. Sponsor: ChronoSync, by Econ Technologies. Whatever your backup or sync scenario, ChronoSync has got you covered! Download a free 15-day trial version, and get 25% off ChronoSync on the Econ Technologies website. Show notes: Wrapping it right: In praise of Apple’s packaging Sonos PLAY:5 Cambridge Audio Minx Air 100 Coldplay: The Scientist Bob Dylan: Cold Irons Bound Talking Heads: I Zimbra Brian Eno: Just Another Day (This disc is not available on Apple Music.) The Cure: Faith David Bowie: “Heroes” Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here Brian Eno: St. Elmo’s Fire Joy Division: She’s Lost Control Grateful Dead: Ripple Brad Mehldau: Exit Music (For a Film) Beethoven: String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95, “Serioso”; Takács Quartet Tobias Hume: Musicall Humours, Jordi Savall Purcell: Fantasies for Viols, Phantasm Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No.39 Aria: “Erbarme Dich” Magdalena Kozená Bob Dylan: Tangled Up in Blue Brad Mehldau: River Man Grateful Dead: Truckin’ Coldplay: ‘Til Kingdom Come Our next tracks: Doug: Abraham Inc.: Tweet-Tweet If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

Journalist Liz Pelly talks about streaming muzak, Spotify, playlists, and the future of streaming. This week’s guest: Liz Pelly Liz Pelly’s newsletter Show notes: The Problem with Muzak The Secret Lives of Playlists Future of Music Coalition Episode #89 – Too Much Music; James Jackson Toth’s Failed Experiment U.S. Copyright Authorities to Make Subscription Music Services Increase Payout Rate to Publishers and Musicians Topsify Filtr Digster Hands On: iTunes 10’s Ping feature Merlin Music fans bought a lot of cassettes last year Our next tracks: Kirk: Nils Frahm: All Melody Doug: Ten Years After: Watt If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Special Guest: Liz Pelly.

Musician and journalist James Jackson Toth launched an experiment in dedicated listening; sitting and listening attentively to just one album a week. He failed. He tells us why, and how we may have too much music to listen to. You stop hearing music at a certain point and you start hearing decisions. This week’s guest: James Jackson Toth, Wooden Wand Show notes: Too Much Music: A Failed Experiment In Dedicated Listening Episode #85 – How Much Music Is Too Much? Brian Eno: Nerve Net (Expanded Edition) The Cure: Pornography Jeffrey Lewis Douglas Rushkoff: Present Shock Episode #79 – 1977 Episode #76 – Mirror Balls and Polyester: Looking Back at Disco Music New York Times review of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Be Bop Deluxe concert at the Palladium, October, 1976. Episode #48 – Musician Dave Harrington of DARKSIDE and the Dave Harrington Group on Music Between Genres Other People (Nicolas Jaar’s label) Liz Pelly: The Problem with Muzak Our next tracks: Kirk: Improved Sound Limited: Suicide Road Doug: The Florida Boys: Southern Gospel Treasury If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Special Guest: James Jackson Toth.

Buying and selling hi-fi equipment can be fraught with problems. Chris Connaker joins us to talk about the situation, and to present his new venture, Superphonica, a platform for buying and selling audio goods. Sponsor: ChronoSync, by Econ Technologies. Whatever your backup or sync scenario, ChronoSync has got you covered! Download a free 15-day trial version, and get 25% off ChronoSync on the Econ Technologies website. This week’s guest: Chris Connaker, of the Computer Audiophile website Superphonica Show notes: @NextTrackCast Audiophilia Forever: An Expensive New Year’s Shopping Guide Readly Schitt Audio Episode #73 – Kirk Wants to Buy an Amplifier Sony a7RIII camera escrow.com Our next tracks: Kirk: Lou Reed: The Blue Mask Doug: The Remains: Live 1969 If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Special Guest: Chris Connaker.

What is pitch? How do instruments play in tune with each other? How do instruments tune, and what is temperament? Andy Doe explains all this. Show notes: Pitch (Wikipedia) Bach: 6 Suites for Cello Solo, Peter Wispelwey Music tuning (Wikipedia) Musical temperament (Wikipedia) Pythagoras (Wikipedia) Pythagorean tuning (Wikipedia) Meantone temperament (Wikipedia) Online recordings with unequal temperaments Britten: Saint Nicolas, King’s College Choir 1615, Gabrieli in Venice, King’s College Choir Our next tracks: Kirk: Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Ralph Kirkpatrick, clavichord Doug: David Bowie: Let’s Dance (Demo Single) If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Special Guest: Andy Doe.

As the new year rings in, we take a look at our music listening habits and think about how we may want to change them. Show notes: SwinsianRoon PlexTidalQobuzEssential Bollywood playlistThe A-List: K-PopOur next tracks: Kirk: Daniel Lanois: For the Beauty of Wynona Doug: The Bryan Ferry Orchestra: The Jazz Age If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

As we amass music in our physical or digital libraries, it can reach a point where it doesn’t make sense to keep adding more music. How much really is too much? Sponsor: ChronoSync, by Econ Technologies. Whatever your backup or sync scenario, ChronoSync has got you covered! Download a free 15-day trial version, and get 25% off ChronoSync on the Econ Technologies website. Show notes: Play Random Albums AppleScript Collecting Music in an Analog Age High Fidelity The Deadhead’s Taping Compendium, Volume 1: An In-Depth Guide to the Music of the Grateful Dead on Tape, 1959-1974 The Deadhead’s Taping Compendium, Volume 2: An In-Depth Guide to the Music of the Grateful Dead on Tape, 1975-1985 The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions Yes: Progeny: Seven Shows from Seventy-Two Searching for the Perfect Recording Discogs Paul Badura-Skoda: 90th Anniversary Edition Gramophone Hyperion Records Naxos Records Grateful Dead: Dave’s Picks Volume 24: Berkeley, Ca, 8/25/72 Our next tracks: Kirk: Bill Nelson: Rosewood Volume 1 and Volume 2 Doug: Pseudo Echo: Live at the Viper Room, Pseudo Echo: Nutbush City Limits (single) If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

We answer a few listener questions about Apple’s AirPods, how to rip optical discs (other than CDs), and moving and merging iTunes libraries. Sponsor: ChronoSync, by Econ Technologies. Whatever your backup or sync scenario, ChronoSync has got you covered! Download a free 15-day trial version, and get 25% off ChronoSync on the Econ Technologies website. Show notes: Apple AirPods Sennheiser PX 100-II i headphones Episode #57 – Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Optical Discs iTunes Now Hides CD Action Settings if No Optical Drive Is Detected Rip audio tracks from your DVDs How to rip audio from your Blu-ray discs Audio Hijack Episode #50 – Streaming Music in Your Home Audacity Philip Glass: Einstein on the Beach (Blu-Ray) Fission Take Control of Audio Hijack How To Move Your iTunes Library to an External Hard Drive How To Combine or Merge Two iTunes Libraries Dupin Super Remove Dead Tracks Track Down Purchases Our next tracks: Kirk: Bach: Art of Fugue, by Ottavio Dantone and Accademia Bizantia Doug: Ella Fitzgerald: Ella at Zardi’s If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

We welcome Daniel Spreadbury to discuss the software that composers use to put their notes onto virtual paper. This week’s guest: Daniel Spreadbury, Dorico Dorico Show notes: Sibelius ARM processor An original score of a fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach A score by William Byrd German organ tablature French-style lute tablature Bach’s unfinished fugue Real book Newzik A shakuhachi score Our next tracks: Kirk: Stan Richardson: Shakuhachi Meditation Music Doug: 10cc: Sheet Music If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Special Guest: Daniel Spreadbury.