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.

Where Shall I Go?

Where Shall I Go?

Every morning starts with one question. Not what's in the inbox, but where in the world I'll go to listen, and which record is waiting there.
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Less, But Easier

Less, But Easier

When things go well, there's a voice that says more. This morning I decided not to listen to it, and to spend the day making what Tracks & Tale...
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Five Things Before the Parcels

Five Things Before the Parcels

A red sleeve, a Sapporo piano trio, and the first morning of Tracks & Tales as a full-time job. Five promises about how to build it differently...
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Fifty-Two Fridays

Fifty-Two Fridays

A fortnight before the fifty-second Friday letter, a record goes down before dawn and the year comes into focus. Not highlights, but ten things lea...
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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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