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A recent article in Rolling Stone says that the album is dying. Andy Doe says that "every word in that article is shite." Guest: Andy Doe Proper Discord Show notes: The Album Is in Deep Trouble – and the Music Business Probably Can’t Save it Zeno's paradoxes (Wikipedia) Episode #1 – Songs to Albums to Songs Existentialism Is a Humanism Our next tracks: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending, et al Baxter Dury: Happy Soup 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

Musician and journalist Jeff Slate wrote the liner notes for the latest Bob Dylan Bootleg Series release, More Blood, More Tracks, covering the Blood on the Tracks sessions. Guest: Jeff Slate Jeff Slate's articles about music Show notes: More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 Deluxe Edition When Bob Dylan Saw God (Esquire) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Deluxe Edition A Simple Twist of Fate: Bob Dylan and the Making of Blood on the Tracks Bob Dylan’s First Day with “Tangled Up in Blue” (New Yorker) Mondo Scripto Blind Willie McTell (Apple Music) Our next tracks: More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 Deluxe Edition Billy F. Gibbons: The Big Bad Blues 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

Doug and Kirk have made lists of their ten desert island discs, and, in part one of a two-part series, we hear Kirk's picks. Show notes: Kirk's ten desert island discs (links to Apple Music): Hume: Musicall Humours, Jordi Savall Bach: Goldberg Variations, Andras Schiff Schubert: Piano Sonata no. 21, D960, Maria Joao Pires Miles Davis: Kind of Blue Grateful Dead: American Beauty Budd/Eno: Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror Reich: Music for 18 Musicians (1978 ECM recording) Bob Dylan: Blood on the Tracks Durutti Column: LC Feldman: Piano and String Quartet, Kronos Quartet, Aki Takahashi If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

Classical music is vast. How can listeners new to the genre find what they want to listen to, and learn to appreciate the many styles of music it contains. We talk with Timothy Judd who helps listeners do this through his blog. Guest: Timothy Judd Show notes: The Listeners' Club Episode #18 – New Yorker Music Critic Alex Ross Discusses Listening to Classical Music Episode #126 - Background Music and Muzak Complete Music of Carl Ruggles Our next tracks: Bach 333 Tony Joe White: Hoodoo If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

Streaming music has changed the economics of the music industry, but it has also affected the way songs are made. We discuss some of these changes and how music is adapting to the new ecosystem. Show notes: 7 Songs That Prove Streaming Has Changed Song Structures Martin Connor The dying art of the great song intro Ramones: Ramones The Clash: Sandinista! Bob Dylan: Beyond Here Lies Nothin' Our next tracks: Chiku Za: Honte no Shirabe Madness: Absolutely If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

We all know that the recorded music industry has gone through many changes in recent decades, but it can be interesting to take a long view of the various ways that music has been sold. Show notes: Frank Denyer: Music for Shakuhachi Visualizing 40 Years of Music Industry Sales (Visual Capitalist) Ringtones Composed by Brian Eno for the Nokia 8800 Scirocco Phone Creating the Windows 95 Startup Sound 48% of people who buy vinyl don't listen to the records Episode #119 - Caoilfhionn Rose on Gigging, Busking, Recording, and Releasing Her First Album Cassette Store Day Episode #90 – Liz Pelly on Streaming Muzak and Playlists Our next tracks: Bach: the Cantatas for the Complete Liturgical Year, La Petite Band, Sigiswald Kuijken PJ Harvey: Rid of Me If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

Sometimes, you hear music where you least expect it, and where you don't choose to hear it. Show notes: Episode #123 - John Cage's Silent Piece 4'33", with Kyle Gann Waitrose (My partner tells me that none of the grocery stores in the UK play background music any more; they used to, but stopped.) Muzak (Wikipedia) Stah Mahket Stawp and Shawp Music licensing (ASCAP) Episode #27 – Composing Music for Stage and Screen, with Paul Englishby RSC gives musicians a central role at Stratford Songs for As You Like It (composed by Laura Marling) Tafelmusik (Wikipedia) Furniture music (Wikipedia) Brian Eno: Music for Airports Why Politicians Keep Using Songs Without Artists’ Permission Sounds of Nature playlist on Apple Music George Winston Our next tracks: Mikel Rouse: International Cloud Atlas Lew Lewis: Save the Wail If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

How is the sausage made? In this episode we present a making of episode; how we make our podcast. Show notes: Episode #124 - Deluxe Editions Blue Yeti microphone Rode NT1 microphone Audio Hijack Take Control of Audio Hijack Episode #123 - John Cage's Silent Piece 4'33", with Kyle Gann Episode #121 - Roie Avin on Modern Prog Rock Masterpieces Episode #67 – The Grateful Dead’s Legendary 5/8/77 Cornell Concert, with Author Peter Conners Episode #60 – Geoff Edgers on the Slow Death of the Electric Guitar Episode #90 – Liz Pelly on Streaming Muzak and Playlists Episode #89 – Too Much Music; James Jackson Toth’s Failed Experiment Episode #18 – New Yorker Music Critic Alex Ross Discusses Listening to Classical Music Episode #9 – Will Hermes on Discovering New Music Episode #58 – David Weigel on the History of Progressive Rock Episodes with Andy Doe Episodes with Chris Connaker Episode #35 – Musician and Developer Peter Chilvers on Brian Eno’s Album and App Reflection Episode #115 - App Developer Peter Chilvers on the New Travis & Fripp Apps Episode #114 - Theo Travis on His New Travis & Fripp Apps PhotoActive Intego Mac Security Podcast Our next tracks: Durutti Column: M24J: Anthology Joe Strummer: Joe Strummer 001 If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

Deluxe editions, super deluxe editions, and more. The record industry is trying hard to get us to buy our favorite music again. Show notes: Fleetwood Mac: Rumours (Deluxe Edition) Durutti Column: Without Mercy (Deluxe Edition) Grateful Dead: Europe '72 Rhino Records Bob Dylan: 1965-1966, The Cutting Edge, Bootleg Series Vol. 12 (6 disc edition) Bob Dylan: The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 Frank Zappa: You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1 Brian Eno: Music for Installations Grateful Dead: Pacific Northwest '73 - '74, The Complete Recordings Miles Davis: Kind of Blue: 50th Anniversary Edition + DVD Yes: Progeny: Seven Shows From Seventy-Two The Who: Live at Leeds, Super Deluxe Edition Humble Pie: Performance: Rockin' the Filmore - The Complete Recordings Mozart 225 Bach 333 After we recorded this episode, the new version of the White Album, by the Beatles, was announced. It's a super deluxe edition with demos, outtakes, and more Our next tracks: Bob Dylan: Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 The Reflex Revision - Stevie Wonder: I Wish, The Reflex YouTube Channel If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

Kyle Gann, author of No Such Thing as Silence: John Cage's 4'33", discusses this seminal work. This week's guest: Kyle Gann No Such Thing as Silence: John Cage's 4'33" Show notes: Episode #80, John Cage (with Laura Kuhn, executive director of the John Cage Trust) Episode #69 – Brian Brandt of Mode Records on John Cage, Morton Feldman, and the Music Business Episode #102 - Silence John Cage and the Anechoic Chamber Muzak (Wikipedia) Searching for Silence John Cage's Art of Noise, by Alex Ross (New Yorker) David Tudor John Cage: Silence: Lectures and Writings John Cage performing Water Walk on I've Got a Secret, 1960 John Cale on I've Got a Secret, 1963 Joseph Campbell (Wikipedia) New Music America festival, 1982 Harold Budd - Children on the Hill (transcr. Kyle Gann) From Brussels With Love Our next tracks: Brad Mehldau: After Bach Frank Zappa: Chunga's Revenge If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Special Guest: Kyle Gann.Support The Next Track