Word In Your Ear

A podcast by Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Alex Gold

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Music

784 Episodes

  1. Andy Fairweather Low’s teenage psychedelic stardom

    Published: 1/23/2025

  2. A 3-part rant about LPs sold as ‘antiques’, TikTok & the shameful AI Michael Parkinson

    Published: 1/20/2025

  3. The unstoppable Francis Rossi – open the fridge door and he’ll do 30 minutes

    Published: 1/18/2025

  4. Graham Nash beat the Beatles in a talent contest

    Published: 1/14/2025

  5. The Dylan biopic, Sam & Dave and why 2025 is the most important year in our lives.

    Published: 1/13/2025

  6. Johnnie Walker, pop’s golden year and what’s wrecking rock documentaries.

    Published: 1/5/2025

  7. How Dylan and Leonard Cohen punctured the Summer Of Love plus the birth of blockbuster album

    Published: 12/31/2024

  8. Why we have enough Christmas hits plus the greatest songs about money

    Published: 12/23/2024

  9. Bill Bailey celebrates “the things that make us human”.

    Published: 12/21/2024

  10. How Al Stewart struck gold, the folk boom and a flat-share with Paul Simon

    Published: 12/19/2024

  11. ‘Mystique is dead’: what Gary Kemp learnt in 40 years of making and selling records

    Published: 12/18/2024

  12. The afterlife of Hallelujah and the day David sold his old singles

    Published: 12/17/2024

  13. The greatest sax solo, YMCA, musical one-night stands and Tom Hanks’ wise advice

    Published: 12/9/2024

  14. How ‘60s pop was sold and the first news stories launching the hits

    Published: 12/8/2024

  15. The Beatles ’64 movie - one of us loves it, the other doesn’t. Plus Rod’s tweets & Trump’s guitars

    Published: 12/2/2024

  16. How R.E.M. changed the game and why there’ll never be another band like them

    Published: 12/1/2024

  17. Fairport, Nick Drake, Traffic and why Island Records was a sumptuous visual delight

    Published: 11/29/2024

  18. Danny Baker - the panjandrum of unstoppable anecdote with a taste of his upcoming tour

    Published: 11/27/2024

  19. The Band Aid recording, the birth of the tape loop and the power of the movie theme tune

    Published: 11/25/2024

  20. How Toyah & Robert’s kitchen show became an Xmas rock’n’roll ding-dong

    Published: 11/23/2024

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Mark Ellen and David Hepworth have been talking about and writing about music together and individually for a collective eighty years in magazines like Smash Hits, Mojo and The Word and on radio and TV programmes like "Rock On", "Whistle Test" and VH-1.Over thirteen years ago, when working on the late magazine The Word, they began producing podcasts. Some listeners have been kind enough to say these have been very special to them. When the magazine folded in 2012 they kept the spirit of those podcasts alive in regular Word In Your Ear evenings in which they spoke to musicians and authors in front of an audience. Over these years they've produced hundreds of hours of material. As of the Current Unpleasantness of 2020, they've produced yet hundreds of hours more with a little help from guests kind enough to digitally show them around their attics such as Danny Baker, Andy Partridge, Sir Tim Rice and Mark Lewisohn. For the full span of the Word In Your Ear world, visit wiyelondon.com. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.