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

In another album deep dive, we discuss Wish You Were Here, Kirk's favorite Pink Floyd album. 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: 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 If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

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

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

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

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

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

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

A comment by a tech reviewer incited us to discuss who is qualified to pass judgment on the audio quality of devices. We discuss this with our favorite audiophile, Chris Connaker. 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: Chris Connaker Chris Connaker on The Next Track Show notes: Apple HomePod mini Review: Siri in a Compact Speaker (Kirk's review) A New Listening Room Part One A New Listening Room Part Two: Acoustics, Speakers, DSP The Next Track: Episode 167, Tuning the Perfect Music Listening Room Apple HomePod Review - An Audiophile Perspective Can a Good Soundbar Rival a True Surround-Sound System in a Blind Listening Test? (Wirecutter) Amazon Music HD Is Still Lossy Episode #159 - Has Lossless and High-Resolution Audio Finally Come to the Masses? Josh.ai Our next tracks: Brian Eno: Film Music 1976 - 2020 Spooky Tooth: Spooky Two 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

Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick is arguably the best progressive rock concept album of all time. Doug and Kirk have long been fans of this record, and discuss the genesis of the recording and the music, which still stands, nearly 50 years after its release, as one of the great albums of all time. 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: Episode #191 - Exile on Monday Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick Thick as a Brick (Wikipedia) Thick as a Brick - live in London, 1977 Thick as a Brick newspaper Thick as a Brick lyrics Our next tracks: The Eagles: Live The Who: Quadrophenia If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track