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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. 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! Support The Next Track. ‌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 If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

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. 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! Support The Next Track. 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 If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Special Guest: Chris Connaker.Support The Next Track

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. 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! Support The Next Track. 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 If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

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. 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! Support The Next Track. 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 If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Special Guest: Caoilfhionn Rose.Support The Next Track

Apple has introduced lossless, high-resolution, and spatial audio on Apple Music, and claims that the latter will "change music forever." Will it? 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! Support The Next Track. ‌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 If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

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. 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! Support The Next Track. Guest: Emma Swift ‌Show notes: Blonde on the Tracks Our next tracks: Messiaen: Catalogue d'oiseaux, Pierre-Laurent Aimand Joni Mitchell: Hejira If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

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. 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! Support The Next Track. 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 If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

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! Support The Next Track. 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" If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Special Guest: Jeff Slate.Support The Next Track

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. 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! Support The Next Track. ‌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 If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

We offer a free-form episode, where we ramble about audio equipment, music, and more. 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! Support The Next Track. ‌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 If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track