Word In Your Ear
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How Tony Visconti keeps the Bowie flag flying
35 mins; April 02, 2026
Matt Johnson & the unique story of The The plus George Michael and the sunbed
38 mins; April 01, 2026
At home with Nick Drake, Sandy Denny & John Martyn in the golden year of 1970
28 mins; March 31, 2026
The Jarrett movie, Macca’s secret & when did standing at gigs start?
45 mins; March 29, 2026
The Clash story mapped by the places they lived, played, evolved … and shot pigeons
38 mins; March 27, 2026
Mustn’t grumble! Songs with the essence of Englishness
57 mins; March 23, 2026
Neil Tennant revisits songs he’s written since the age of nine
54 mins; March 20, 2026
Steve Nieve looks back at Costello, Stiff tours and the magical sound of pianos
42 mins; March 16, 2026
Scores McCartney still wants to settle, Country Joe and the rise of ‘destination gigs’
62 hours 35 mins; March 15, 2026
Shaun & Bez and other Odd Couples we love
50 mins; March 08, 2026
The Kinks’ chaotic ascent mapped out day-by-day is ‘a nirvana for any fan’
41 mins; March 08, 2026
How A Hard Day’s Night ripped up the pop movie rulebook
44 mins; March 06, 2026
Bob Dylan and the Beatles, a tale of envy, affection and intense rivalry
36 mins; March 04, 2026
Mark Lewisohn and why writing the real Beatles story just got harder
49 mins; March 03, 2026
Albums we bought because we liked the title
46 mins; March 01, 2026
How Glenn Tilbrook transformed the life of Squeeze
33 mins; February 25, 2026
The Skids, Big Country and the unsettling story of Stuart Adamson
46 mins; February 24, 2026
There are only three Rock National Treasures – and we name them!
49 mins; February 22, 2026
Keith & Chuck, Bowie & Tina, Frank & Elvis and what we learnt from rock’s joint ventures
41 mins; February 18, 2026
Boston, Def Leppard, bad hair & the golden age of rock radio
35 mins; February 17, 2026
Was Bad Bunny at the Superbowl the greatest show ever staged?
63 hours 58 mins; February 16, 2026
Andy Bown remembers the Herd, Judas Jump and 47 years in Status Quo
32 mins; February 10, 2026
How the album survived and why it satisfies the soul!
38 mins; February 09, 2026
Racy pulp paperbacks, teenage Joni and the BRIT School versus the age of the amateurs
47 mins; February 08, 2026
David Bowie and the triumph, mystery and struggle of his third act
39 mins; February 03, 2026
Days with Bowie, Prince, the Stones, Hendrix & the Clash by David Sinclair
62 hours 16 mins; February 02, 2026
The genius of Sly Dunbar & Catherine O’Hara plus Springsteen’s anthem and old New York
56 mins; February 01, 2026
Adele Bertei, New York’s art-rock explosion and Eno’s shopping list
35 mins; January 28, 2026
Steve Lillywhite produced the Stones, U2, Siouxsie, XTC - ‘the last leg of the relay’
54 mins; January 27, 2026
Who’d be a nepo baby? plus the mystery album that outsold the Beatles
47 mins; January 25, 2026
Simon Nicol of Fairport Convention, back in the van with a bag of toffees
37 mins; January 22, 2026
Miles Hunt of the Wonder Stuff - ‘I’d rather make people laugh than applaud’
41 mins; January 21, 2026
Kenney Jones remembers the Small Faces’ masterpiece
25 mins; January 20, 2026
The fabulous Bob Weir and how the Grateful Dead invented the internet
39 mins; January 18, 2026
Steve Cradock on Ocean Colour Scene, Mod hair & the ghost of Ronnie Lane
28 mins; January 16, 2026
Mary Coughlan, onstage from the age of five - ‘Applause and lemonade!’
25 mins; January 12, 2026
Pet Shop Boys at 40, missing folk star found! & rock stars’ childhood bedrooms
52 mins; January 11, 2026
From Dylan to Chappell Roan, pop’s 60-year obsession with Brigitte Bardot
56 mins; January 04, 2026
Peter Hammill, Van Der Graaf Generator and what makes them unique
33 mins; December 29, 2025
Do all panned albums end up loved? And what’s the most significant record sleeve?
53 mins; December 21, 2025
Paul Kelly – ‘national treasure!’ - and the song that took 30 years
48 mins; December 18, 2025
Lucinda Williams is fighting on every front
32 mins; December 17, 2025
Beastie Boys, Frankie, teds, punks, raves - ‘moral panics’ remembered!
62 hours 40 mins; December 15, 2025
Punk Rock recalled by Chris Sullivan - can music STILL be outrageous?
34 mins; December 09, 2025
UK Subs’ Charlie Harper (81) has served 50 years in the punk wars. Give this man a medal!
32 mins; December 08, 2025
Fairytale of New York's full story & the imperishable genius of Steve Cropper
54 mins; December 07, 2025
The Beatles versus Capitol Records and ‘the greatest marketing hype in history’
47 mins; December 03, 2025
The Undertones are 50! And no-one’s more amazed than Damian O’Neill
34 mins; December 02, 2025
Jimmy Cliff, unseen Beatles and the greatest bassline on record!
63 hours 41 mins; December 01, 2025
Boo Hewerdine’s funny and alarming account of real life on the road
34 mins; November 26, 2025
Legendary duos who met by chance, RIP Mani & ironing to gangsta rap
59 mins; November 23, 2025
Kula Shaker’s Crispian Mills had a colourful childhood
38 mins; November 19, 2025
The Beach Boys’ story gets more tangled by the minute
36 mins; November 18, 2025
What makes a rock star a ‘ledge’ & the daft rituals of the ‘70s disco
50 mins; November 16, 2025
Rock’s fascination with the Third Reich exposed by Daniel Rachel
35 mins; November 14, 2025
Paul Weller – ‘gloriously chippy’ – as seen by friends, family, fans and collaborators
34 mins; November 13, 2025
Did rave kill dancing in couples? Stars seen in strange places?
39 mins; November 11, 2025
David Bowie and why we need him more than ever. Paul Morley looks back in wonder
30 mins; November 06, 2025
‘Bob Dylan is my father’ - and why Sam Sussman is convinced it’s true.
27 mins; November 05, 2025
Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey had a ‘manifesto for success’. Here’s how it worked
34 mins; November 04, 2025
Cowbells, maracas, gongs, castanets – classic percussion parts demonstrated!
45 mins; November 03, 2025
The Smiths’ Mike Joyce on triumph, gladioli & Morrissey when he was still ‘Steve’
41 mins; November 02, 2025
Records that sound unique and why all bands need a backlash
47 mins; October 26, 2025
Paul Young – “Big in the ‘80s! What lucky bastards we were!’
34 mins; October 25, 2025
Billy Bragg – 40 years, 2,700 gigs and what he learnt from Taylor Swift
34 mins; October 22, 2025
Mark Kermode tells us stories about music in movies
40 mins; October 21, 2025
How many bands can you name every member of?
48 mins; October 19, 2025
The Zombies’ Colin Blunstone – a psychedelic showpiece then ‘washed up’ aged 21
36 mins; October 17, 2025
Led Zeppelin’s fight for attention and how they fudged their backstory
39 mins; October 14, 2025
Stones, Blondie, Iggy and songs that make a movie & why we loved Diane Keaton
54 mins; October 13, 2025
Ringo and why the Beatles wouldn’t have worked without him
37 mins; October 10, 2025
Rock stars we envy, Madonna as a sister-in-law & the British obsession with poshness
52 mins; October 05, 2025
Bowie, Boy George and the rise of the riotous Blitz club with Robert Elms
32 mins; October 03, 2025
The Prince story by 200 people who knew him - and John McKie
39 mins; October 01, 2025
The three London kids who invented rock style
34 mins; September 30, 2025
Danny Thompson’s bass adventures, Dylan’s women, TV satire and great sleeve art.
56 mins; September 28, 2025
Thea Gilmore on Joan Baez, Jake Thackray and Dave Pegg’s dog starting her career
26 mins; September 24, 2025
How pioneer tape-rat Roger Armstrong found vintage America a whole new audience
48 mins; September 23, 2025
Why Van and Fairport make the perfect send-off, Robert Redford & the best-looking rock stars
47 mins; September 22, 2025
John Prine, Elvis Costello and a jukebox on fire
39 mins; September 18, 2025
Alex's star-studded week in Hollywood
44 mins; September 15, 2025
Peter Hammill on Bowie, other superfans & 47 albums of ‘self-sabotage and chaos’.
36 mins; September 12, 2025
Talking Heads, where they came from and where they went - with Jonathan Gould
45 mins; September 10, 2025
Freddie Mercury has a daughter’ – and Lesley-Ann Jones can prove it
31 mins; September 10, 2025
Oasis in 2026, the Troggs and what Morrissey’s only gone and done now!
52 mins; September 08, 2025
‘Hey Joe’, its miracle birth & why violent songs are like True Crime - by Jason Schneider
36 mins; September 03, 2025
Maddy Prior of Steeleye Span drove Rev Gary Davis round Britain in a Triumph Herald
37 mins; September 02, 2025
Why reviews lost their sting - and what matters more, the song or the record?
41 mins; September 01, 2025
Debsey Wykes of Dolly Mixture wants you to read her teenage diary
37 mins; August 27, 2025
Singers’ vast egos explained and what’s the real definition of ‘a fan’?
36 mins; August 24, 2025
Neil Hannon - the Divine Comedy, the Father Ted saga & nights at the Indie Disco
29 mins; August 22, 2025
Tanita Tikaram - from ‘girl with guitar in bedroom’ to Hammersmith Odeon in six months
33 mins; August 20, 2025
Bob Mould remembers Hüsker Dü, Sugar & that guy with the hipster moustache
33 mins; August 19, 2025
Comedy records, TV gold & have Oasis and Coldplay hoovered up all the cash?
61 hours 54 mins; August 17, 2025
Brian Protheroe on the eternal life of his 1974 hit “Pinball”
33 mins; August 15, 2025
Terry Reid, the man who really invented Led Zeppelin, & guitar fetishism
46 mins; August 11, 2025
Peter Ames Carlin on the record that made Bruce Springsteen
42 mins; August 07, 2025
Jah Wobble - 40 hilarious unedited minutes interrupted by a pest control officer
39 mins; August 07, 2025
Elvis, the Colonel & how unseen letters changed Peter Guralnick’s view of their partnership
52 mins; August 04, 2025
Are the Nineties the new Classic Rock? And whatever happened to comedy records?
36 mins; August 03, 2025