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For the first episode of the new decade - the last one recorded in the previous decade - Doug and Kirk look back on their year in music. Show notes: Honkyoku (Kirk's shakuhachi website) The Zen of Everything (Kirk's podcast) Rode Procaster microphone Yamaha AG03 mixer Episode #147 - Kirk's New Sonos Amp KEF Q350 speakers Q Acoustics 3020I speakers Amazon Echo Dot Tivoli Audio model One Episode #162 - Apple's New Improved macOS Media Apps Doug's AppleScripts Time Out: We Don’t Give Music Enough Time to Grow on Us Anymore John Cale: Music for a New Society Our next tracks: Chick Corea Trio: Trilogy Harry Nilsson: Pussy Cats If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.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 Our next tracks: Harold Budd: Bandits of Stature Frank Zappa: The Hot Rats Sessions If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

Sid Smith is the official biographer of King Crimson. He recently updated his book, In The Court Of King Crimson - An Observation Over 50 Years, that tells the tale of this seminal band. We talk with Sid about everything Crimson. Guest: In The Court Of King Crimson - An Observation Over 50 Years Show notes: DGM Live Episode #161 - Philip Thomas on Morton Feldman's Piano Music Episode #97 - Jerry Ewing on Progressive Rock Our next tracks: CBGB (movie) Jeff Beck: Blow By Blow If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Special Guest: Sid Smith.Support The Next Track

Lewis Shiner's latest novel Outside the Gates of Eden is a saga that begins at a Dylan concert in 1965, then follows a musician and his friends as they age, up to the present. This novel has a huge scope, with moving scenes about music, and about a generation growing up. (Apologies for the sketchy Skype audio quality.) Guest: Lewis Shiner Show notes: Outside the Gates of Eden Episode #28 – Music and Mystery: Author Peter Robinson on Music in His Novels Why Bob Dylan Matters Episode #67 – The Grateful Dead’s Legendary 5/8/77 Cornell Concert, with Author Peter Conners Our next tracks: Fontaines D.C.: Dogrel Mother's Finest: Another Mother Further If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Special Guest: Lewis Shiner.Support The Next Track

Doug and Kirk spend a half hour or so discussing Apple's new apps that replace iTunes on the Mac. They rant, they praise, they shrug, they laugh, and they reminisce on what was, while imaging what could have been. It was a very good year. Show notes: The iTunes Guy column on Macworld CarPlay Crashes Constantly in My Car The iTunes and Everything Apple forum on Audiophile Style Kirk's new book, Take Control of macOS Media Apps Poll: What Do You Think of the New macOS Media Apps that Replace iTunes? In Praise of the iTunes Column Browser hierarchically /ˌhaɪəˈrɑː.kɪ.kəl.i/ Search Results to Playlist AppleScript Join Together Most Recent AppleScript Updates Our next tracks: Dietmar Berger: The Manchester Gamba Book The Pretty Things: Greatest Hits If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

Episode #161 - Philip Thomas on Morton Feldman's Piano Music Philip Thomas has recorded a 5-CD set of all of Morton Feldman's music for solo piano. We discuss with him one of the most interesting of 20th century composers and the unique nature of sound in Feldman's works. Guest: Philip Thomas Morton Feldman Piano box set on another timbre Show notes: Episode #155 - Running a Small Record Label: Another Timbre Morton Feldman (Wikipedia) David Tudor (Wikipedia) American Sublime - Morton Feldman’s mysterious musical landscapes (Alex Ross in the New Yorker on Morton Feldman) Our next tracks: Jan Garbarek and The Hilliard Ensemble: Officium XTC: Black Sea If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Special Guest: Philip Thomas.Support The Next Track

Ginger Baker has died, and we reflect on older musicians and how they keep on performing, even without any new material, until their golden years. Show notes: Ginger Baker obituary (The Guardian) Beware of Mr. Baker Episode #143 - Too Old to Rock 'n Roll Cream Farewell Concert (YouTube) Town Hall / Symphony Hall, Birmingham Steve Hackett: Selling England by the Pound Cruise Episode #24 – Composer Timo Andres on Contemporary Classical Music Our next tracks: Orchestral Manoeuvers In the Dark: Souvenir Mike Oldfield: Five Miles Out If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

Amazon announced a new lossless and high-resolution music streaming service. Has high-res music finally come to everyone? We talk with Chris Connaker, of Audiophile Style, to try to understand Amazon's logic. Guest: Chris Connaker: Audiophile Style, Superphonica Show notes: Amazon Music HD Amazon Launches Amazon Music HD (and Lies a Lot) Apple's Mastered for iTunes; now called Apple Digital Masters Amazon's press release, with the quote from Neil Young Book Review - Neil Young's To Feel The Music: A Songwriter's Mission to Save High-Quality Audio Episode #38 – New in Audio at the Consumer Electronics Show (where we discuss MQA) Our next tracks: Franz Schubert: Piano Trios Op.99 & 100 To Cry You a Song: A Collection of Tull Tales (Discogs info) 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

Doug and Kirk discuss some audio-related projects they carried out this summer, new Sonos gear, streaming audio in the home, the iTunes visualizer, and more. Show notes: My New Vitsœ Shelves Have Freed Up Space in My Office Rams (documentary about Dieter Rams) Kef Q150 speakers Q Acoustics 3010i speakers Kirk's comfy chair is an older model from this brand, similar to this style. Sonos Move Sonos One SL Sonos Port Sonos Connect Kef LS 50 wireless speakers Netgear Orbi mesh wi-fi system Episode #136 - Breaking Up with iTunes? Episode #145 - The Future of iTunes Redux Episode #152 - Flogging a Dead App: Is it Really the Death of iTunes? Sculpting Time - The Andrei Tarkovsky Collection Three Dog Night (Wikipedia) Our next tracks: Tarkovsky Quartet: Nuit Blanche Three Dog Night: Captured Live at the Forum If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

Andy Doe joins us to discuss CD packaging. The types of packages used, such as jewel cases and digipacks, and the marketing behind those Big Classical Box Sets. Guest: Andy Doe Proper Discord Show notes: Andy's video about how to unwrap a CD (YouTube) O-cards and J-cards Beethoven Symphonies, Roger Norrington, The London Classical Players Beach Boys: US Singles Collection Murray Perahia: The First 40 Years Bach 333 – The New Complete Edition Mozart 225 - Complete Edition In Praise of the iTunes Column Browser Julianna Hatfield, Only Everything: Our next tracks: Mitsuko Uchida Plays Schubert The Kinks: The Anthology 1964-1971 If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Special Guest: Andy Doe.Support The Next Track