The Next Track

With the passing of Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh, we talk about the bass players we would take to a desert island. 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! ‌Show notes: Phil Lesh obituary Our next tracks: Grateful Dead: Fallout from the Phil Zone Stanley Clarke: School Days If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

We discuss desert island discs as a thought experiment, though we didn't agree on the ground rules. 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! ‌Show notes: Episode #130 - Desert Island Discs, Part 1 Episode #133 - Desert Island Discs, Part 2 Schubert: Winterreise, Ian Bostridge & Thomas Adès Bach: Goldberg Variations, Glenn Gould 1981 Morton Feldman: Piano and String Quartet, Kronos Quartet and Aki Takahashi Hume: Musicall Humours, Jordi Savall Elastica: Elastica The Who: Quadrophenia Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros: Streetcore Gustaf: Package, Pt.2 The Rolling Stones: Get Yer Ya-Yas Out The Clash: London Calling Brian Eno: Music for Airports Bang on a Can: Music for Airports Grateful Dead: American Beauty Bill Evans: The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961 Bob Dylan: Blonde on Blonde King Crimson: Red Castaway If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

Music is a product. We discuss how music is sold and promoted. 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! ‌Show notes: On the State of the (Book)World, with Lauren Groff and Neel Mukherjee MUBI BFI Player Nightsleeper - iPlayer Our next tracks: Philip Glass, String Quartet No. 1 - Tana Quartet Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers: L.A.M.F. (The Lost '77 Mixes) If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

Kirk attended a unique concert recently, and Doug and Kirk discuss how concerts could be more interesting. 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! ‌Show notes: Episode #178 - Lieder and Opera Singer Ian Bostridge Winterreise review - agony and ecstasy as Bostridge and Drake bring Schubert’s song cycle to dramatic life Palladium Lone Star Cafe The Bottom Line Our next tracks: La Folia 1490-1701: Jordi Savall X: Smoke & Fiction If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

People are more likely to have good audio for their TV, to watch movies and films, than for music these days. 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! ‌Show notes: Panasonic Streaming 4K Blu Ray Player DP-UB820-K Our next tracks: 2001: A Space Odyssey (4K Ultra HD) Kiss: Alive If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

Don't buy hi-fi audio equipment that needs firmware updates. (This means you, Sonos.) 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! ‌Show notes: Cambridge Audio EVO ONE Sonos, still trying to fix its broken app, lays off 100 employees Episode #168 - L'Affaire Sonos and Obsolescence in Audio Equipment KEF LSX II Episode #281: Kirk's New Audio Gear Our next tracks: Radio On Oasis - Definitely Maybe If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

It's tough to make money in the music business. So artists sell merch. 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! ‌Show notes: Shakedown Street (Grateful Dead parking lot market) Live Nation announces it will drop merch cuts and pay $1,500 stipend to all club acts Taylor Swift Sells a Rainbow of Vinyl Albums. Fans Keep Buying Them. Adele in Munich Robert Fripp: The Guitar Circle Robert Fripp merch Handmade by Toyah & Robert Cameo - Robert Fripp videos I thought Bob Dylan had fallen in love with me – then he asked me for $5,000 Episode #74 – Jeffrey Norman on Restoring, Mixing, and Mastering the Grateful Dead Our next tracks: Grateful Dead: Friend Of The Devils: April 1978 Elastica: Elastica If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

It's the summer of Apple beta software. We chat a bit about the Music app, new operating systems, and how Apple's AI could affect Apple 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! ‌Show notes: macOS Sequoia Preview Moom Soulver How to Install Apple Beta Software for macOS Sequoia, iOS 18, iPadOS 18, watchOS 11, and tvOS 11 Install macOS Sequoia Beta in a Virtual Machine on an M1, M2, or M3 Mac with UTM "By saying, “Hey Siri, I like this song,” HomePod and Apple Music become the perfect musicologist..." The Music Genome Project Our next tracks: Reformation: Mishka Rushdie Momen Leon Russel: Carney If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

"Don’t confuse consumption with reach." 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! ‌Show notes: Reach, Bob Lefsetz Glastonbury on the BBC iPlayer Glastonbury 2024 line-up Our next tracks: Robert Fripp: Washington Square Church CD, download Rory Gallagher: Calling Card If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

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. 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 Queen Catalog to Be Acquired by Sony Music for £1 Billion Music on The Sopranos Our next tracks: Daniel Barenboim: Complete Wagner Operas The Three O'Clock: Sixteen Tambourines If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track