{"podcast":{"title":"Caropop","slug":"caropop-4326665","podcast_index_feed_id":4326665,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/thecaropopcast/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/thecaropopcast","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/thecaropopcast/20210923_222107_f86600be468f0a94861a761a0e383d24.jpg","author":"Mark Caro","episode_count":234,"summary":"There may be nothing more inspiring and entertaining than relaxed, candid conversations among creative people. Mark Caro, a relentlessly curious journalist and on-stage interviewer, loves digging into the creative process with artists and drawing out surprising stories that illuminate the work that has become part of our lives. The Caropopcast is for anyone who wants to dig deeper into the music, movies, food and culture that they love.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/caropop-4326665"},"episode":{"title":"Kevin Gray 2026","slug":"kevin-gray-2026","published_at":"2026-01-22T13:11:33+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/caropop-4326665/kevin-gray-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/caropop-4326665","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/thecaropopcast/2476565","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/81118/2476565/thecaropopcast/2026_01_22_13_10_04_7541c01f-0957-4df1-a014-b30b5ebd8481.mp3","summary":"In our annual check-in with renowned mastering engineer Kevin Gray, he reflects on a very busy 2025 that included his Rhino High Fidelity versions of Fleetwood Mac and Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks’ long-out-of-print Buckingham Nicks. How did Gray and fellow mastering engineer Chris Bellman feel about Rhino releasing separate versions of Buckingham Nicks mastered by each of them? Gray also discusses the Rhino High Fidelity John Coltrane: 1960-1964 Mono box, for which he revisited some albums he’d previously mastered in stereo. Gray's RHF version of T. Rex’s Electric Warrior followed the label’s reel-to-reel tape release of that album—which should sound better? Of course, we had to address the hullabaloo sparked by Gray’s comments on Caropop a year ago criticizing the One Step pressing process. Was he surprised? Does he feel vindicated? Other topics covered: Gray’s Blue Note Tone Poet work with producer Joe Harley; the jazz albums Gray is recording and releasing on his Cohearent Records label. What’s in store for 2026?","meta_description":"In our annual check-in with renowned mastering engineer Kevin Gray, he reflects on a very busy 2025 that included his Rhino High Fidelity versions of Flee…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3081,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/caropop-4326665/episodes/kevin-gray-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/caropop-4326665/kevin-gray-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}