Kirk McElhearn
Co-Host of The Next Track
Kirk McElhearn is a freelance journalist. He writes on his website Kirkville, and is Senior Contributor to Macworld, where he is The iTunes Guy. He is also a regular contributor to TidBITS, as well as several other web sites and magazines. He is co-host of The Committed podcast. Kirk has written more than twenty books, including Take Control of iTunes. On Twitter, he's @mcelhearn, and he has a Facebook page.
Kirk McElhearn has hosted 279 Episodes.
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Episode #119 - Caoilfhionn Rose on Gigging, Busking, Recording, and Releasing Her First Album
August 24th, 2018 | 32 mins 55 secs
Caoilfhionn Rose, a young musician from Manchester, has recorded her first album, due to be released in October. She has previously recorded with The Durutti Column, and Vini Reilly has mentored her. She talks about the challenges of releasing an album, touring, busking, and more.
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Episode #118 - No Snobs Allowed - Anne Midgette on Classical Music for Beginners
August 17th, 2018 | 46 mins 24 secs
Anne Midgette, chief classical music critic for the Washington Post, discusses her article about classical music for beginners.
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Episode #117 - Back from Vacation
August 10th, 2018 | 30 mins 42 secs
Doug and Kirk took a week off. They are back to discuss their music listening during that week, and more.
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Episode #116 - Wearing Your Favorite Band
August 3rd, 2018 | 30 mins 5 secs
We talk about artist t-shirts, and how they represent a search for identity and a desire to belong to a certain group. And they look cool.
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Episode #115 - App Developer Peter Chilvers on the New Travis & Fripp Apps
July 27th, 2018 | 31 mins 57 secs
Peter Chilvers joins us to follow up on last week's episode, where Theo Travis discussed his new apps built around Travis & Fripp performances, that Peter developed.
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Episode #114 - Theo Travis on His New Travis & Fripp Apps
July 20th, 2018 | 39 mins 10 secs
Flautist and saxophonist Theo Travis joins us to discuss the three new Travis & Fripp apps he has recently released, and his various music projects.
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Episode #113 - Liner Notes, Lyrics, & Ephemera
July 13th, 2018 | 32 mins 49 secs
Remember how, back in the day, you used to get cool stuff with your records? Lyric sheets, liner notes, stickers, and other things?
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Episode #112 - The End of B-Sides
July 6th, 2018 | 33 mins 7 secs
We talk about the lowly b-side, the flip side of a single, which is fading away into obscurity.
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Episode #111 - How They Listen to Music: Simon Vance, Audiobook Narrator
June 29th, 2018 | 42 mins 36 secs
We discuss the changes in the way we have listened to music over the decades with Simon Vance, esteemed narrator of audiobooks, who saw all the great British bands live in their prime.
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Episode #110 - Requiem for the Stereo
June 22nd, 2018 | 34 mins 24 secs
Is the home stereo dead? It certainly looks like it.
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Episode #109 - In Praise of the CD
June 15th, 2018 | 32 mins 52 secs
James Jackson Toth joins us to discuss why we shouldn't give up on the CD.
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Episode #108 - Buying Records
June 8th, 2018 | 37 mins 13 secs
Doug and Kirk wax nostalgic about buying records: what was so nice about browsing record stores, and what are we missing.
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Episode #107 - Earworms and Mondegreens
June 1st, 2018 | 35 mins 45 secs
Do you get annoying earworms? And do you occasionally encounter mondegreens? We look at these two interesting phenomena.
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Episode #106 - Music in Your Head: Listening to Music on Headphones
May 25th, 2018 | 34 mins 30 secs
Doug and Kirk discuss headphones: the pros and cons of listening to music on headphones, and the different types of headphones you can use to listen to music.
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Episode #105 - The Future of Vinyl
May 18th, 2018 | 34 mins 44 secs
Andy Doe joins us to discuss the present and future of vinyl records.
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Episode #104 - The Future of iTunes
May 11th, 2018 | 32 mins 4 secs
Doug and Kirk discuss the future of iTunes. What effect will streaming and Apple's forthcoming video service have on iTunes? Will it split into several apps? Will it still be called iTunes?