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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

We last spoke with composer and pianist Timo Andres early in the lockdown, after he made a series of videos for a recital program that had been cancelled at Carnegie Hall. Over the past few months, Andres has refined the art of filming himself at the piano, and uses both audio and video recording as part of his creative process. 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: Timo Andres Timo Andres' YouTube channel Show notes: Episode #183 - Composer and Pianist Timo Andres on Concertizing at Home Alex Ross: I hate "classical music." Timo Andres: How can I live in your world of ideas? IRCAM (Wikipedia) Timo Andres: Debussy — Reflets dans l’eau / Ellington — Reflections in D ORTF stereo technique (Wikipedia) Adam Abeshouse I Still Play Sony RX100 VII Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 4K Davinci Resolve MKBHD (Marques Brownlee) Score follower video: Stravinsky — Symphonies of Wind Instruments — piano transcription by Timo Andres The Orchestra - iPad app Our next tracks: John Dowland: Complete Lute Works, Paul O'Dette Young-Holt Unlimited : The Definitive Young-Holt Unlimited If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Special Guest: Timo Andres.Support The Next Track

Pianist Simone Dinnerstein used the lockdown to record an album of music by Philip Glass and Franz Schubert. We discuss how she built her career, how she recorded this album, and talk about Schubert's wonderful last piano sonata. 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: Simone Dinnerstein Show notes: A Character of Quiet Paapa Essiedu in Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare Company Photo of Simone Dinnerstein playing for Philip Glass Circles: Glass Piano Concerto No. 3, and Bach Keyboard Concerto in G Minor Our next tracks: Philip Glass: Einstein on the Beach (1984) Led Zeppelin: Physical Grafitti (Deluxe Edition) If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

Is stereo the right way to listen to music? After all, it is an artificial attempt to reproduce the sound of live music. Perhaps we should revolt against the tyranny of the sweet spot. 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: Grateful Dead June 1976 box set Bob and Ray Throw a Stereo Spectacular How To: Position Desktop Speakers BOSE 201 Bookshelf Speakers KEF Q350 speakers Two ears - two loudspeakers? KEF LS50 Meta speakers Chris Connaker: A New Listening Room Part Two: Acoustics, Speakers, DSP Sonos Arc Q Acoustics 3020i Bookshelf Speakers Episode #178 - Lieder and Opera Singer Ian Bostridge Our next tracks: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Complete Schubert Lieder Morphine: Cure for Pain If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track