The Tracks & Tales Guide Daily

A running journal of the listening bar world — fragments, reflections, and discoveries written in the moment. Each piece follows the culture of slow listening as it unfolds, one record and one room at a time.

An Hour Handed Back

An Hour Handed Back

The clocks go back on Sunday, and the Listening Club gathers on the same day. For once the calendar gives something back. The question is what to d...
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The Seventh Record

The Seventh Record

Six sessions in, choosing the seventh record turned into a battle. Byrd, Sanders, Davis, Hathaway, Eno and Jones each changed what a Listening Club...
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Eleven, Then Fifteen

Eleven, Then Fifteen

A Swedish newspaper asked how Tracks & Tales began. Somewhere in the answers I wrote that the Listening Club had members in eleven countries. I...
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Upside Down on the Label

Upside Down on the Label

An address label says very little until you reach the last line. The first copy of The Luxury of Listening is heading for Australia, with a handwri...
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The Side Ends

The Side Ends

When a record side ends, nobody decides for you what happens next. That small moment sits underneath four words, listen, read, look, watch, and an ...
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Stevie Wonder, Fifty Years in the Key of Life

Stevie Wonder, Fifty Years in the Key of Life

Yesterday, Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life turned fifty. The last session ended at 4:54 in the morning, and this week the record still ask...
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