Word In Your Ear
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The genius of George Harrison and why he’s still underrated
39 mins; November 09, 2024
Ian Broudie of the Lightning Seeds - his Year Zero moment, Imposter Syndrome and seeing the Beatles (aged 7)
31 mins; November 04, 2024
Kraftwerk, Cream, Nirvana, savage reviews, fantasy girlfriends and a naked Nick Cave ‘plush doll’
47 mins; November 03, 2024
Life with the Lennons, fame, friendship, the FBI and the Lost Weekend – by Elliot Mintz.
43 mins; October 30, 2024
How Goth took over, farewell Phil Lesh and the curse of teenage stardom
51 mins; October 28, 2024
When Mark King of Level 42 was the 11 year-old singing drummer in a novelty act
46 mins; October 25, 2024
King Crimson, red hair dye and a singing Jack Russell: the boisterous memoir of Jakko Jakszyk
39 mins; October 22, 2024
Obsessive fans, Dylan’s reading list and how Taylor Swift tickets are the new codeword for wealth
51 mins; October 21, 2024
Britpop, its peaks and its spiritual godfather: a Golden Age rebooted by Miranda Sawyer
41 mins; October 17, 2024
Zappa and Elvis as fathers (!), Billy Joel’s house sale and the curse of too much choice
44 mins; October 14, 2024
Hugh Cornwell on how the drummer has the best seat in the house
24 mins; October 10, 2024
Kris Kristofferson, a lost Tom Petty film and rock stars and the curse of the selfie
45 mins; October 07, 2024
How Christine McVie saw Fleetwood Mac and the real reason she left them – by Lesley-Ann Jones
37 mins; October 04, 2024
Nick Heyward dressed like Cary Grant – then the Jam, XTC and Talking Heads. “It’s all about clothes, hair and shoes.”
33 mins; October 03, 2024
In the studio with Nick Drake, Fairport, John Martyn & the String Band: John Wood remembers a golden age
48 mins; October 02, 2024
Ian Hunter – joining Mott The Hoople, Bowie, Hamburg and being “enthused into craziness”.
31 mins; October 01, 2024
Bryan Ferry, Maggie Smith and why Ian Hunter is a movie in waiting
46 mins; September 30, 2024
When Cocteau Twins followed the Ramones onstage and why 1979 was the Golden Age - by Simon Raymonde
45 mins; September 27, 2024
The deep secret of Abba’s “music without nostalgia” and the time they met the Pistols
46 mins; September 25, 2024
Fond memories of lost ‘80s London, Morrissey v Marr and the film they should make about Toyah
55 mins; September 23, 2024
Swinging London & the Wombles seen from an electric-blue Rolls-Royce. Mike Batt looks back
30 mins; September 20, 2024
Joe Boyd – Little Richard, Nick Drake, Tight Fit and why everything sounds the way it does
48 mins; September 18, 2024
Screaming Jay Hawkins 75, Dave Grohl 1
46 mins; September 16, 2024
One Day author David Nicholls – prog rock, Live Aid and making tapes for girls
35 mins; September 13, 2024
Nick Lowe – war stories, wise decisions and the event in 1970 that made him think again
32 mins; September 12, 2024
The Buskers’ Hall of Fame – from Moondog and Billy Bragg to Don Partridge and “the skating Sikh”.
39 mins; September 10, 2024
Who should follow John Lydon with a Spoken Word spectacular?
38 mins; September 09, 2024
David Hepworth on the glory, comedy and tragedy of rock stars who can't retire
53 mins; September 04, 2024
The Oasis reunion – feuds, cash, symbolism and the desire to repair our imperfect lives
33 mins; August 31, 2024
Are comedians more competitive than rock stars?
44 mins; August 28, 2024
Johnny Beatle’, early Blondie, Led Zeppelin’s plane and seven fabulous years at the Melody Maker.
45 mins; August 22, 2024
One-word rock star mimicry, bands who shouldn’t reform & the best thing about Taylor Swift
42 mins; August 19, 2024
The extraordinary story of Arthur Lee, Love and the 1966 flop which became a hit for the ages
34 mins; August 15, 2024
Buddy Holly airlines and the inimitable Bob Dylan
38 mins; August 11, 2024
“Pop music is 80 per cent about hair”, remaking classic albums and why CDs are so hard to love
50 mins; August 04, 2024
Queen, Bowie and other residents of Rockfield Studios remembered by the cook’s daughter
31 mins; August 02, 2024
57 years of Fleetwood Mac: author Mark Blake's fond encounters and fresh revelations
45 mins; July 31, 2024
Ron Sexsmith doesn’t need a teleprompter. He can do 40 Dylan songs at the drop of a hat
35 mins; July 30, 2024
Without John Mayall 
 no Cream, Fleetwood Mac, Status Quo or Led Zeppelin?
52 mins; July 29, 2024
Best album sleeves, what’s ruined singing and pop as ‘empowerment porn’
42 mins; July 21, 2024
Who is Lawrence and why did Will Hodgkinson write a whole book about him?
38 mins; July 18, 2024
Backstage at Live Aid, the first Knebworth and bands that don’t get on
52 mins; July 15, 2024
How Joni Mitchell joined the boys’ club and why we don’t need a comeback – by Ann Powers
46 mins; July 12, 2024
Twist And Shout? Spiral Scratch? Corey duBrowa celebrates the best and rarest EPs ever made
38 mins; July 08, 2024
What songs should be longer or shorter?
45 mins; July 07, 2024
Dylan Jones – Clegg’s women, Hague’s pints and “the wiring behind celebrity culture”
37 mins; July 03, 2024
Happy accidents, whooping at gigs and why the album review star system doesn’t work anymore
49 mins; June 30, 2024
Pop football chants, Reg ‘Reg’ Snipton sings Joni Mitchell & the tale of John Lennon’s watch
51 mins; June 24, 2024
Only Clare Grogan knows how it feels to burst onstage from a giant birthday cake
38 mins; June 21, 2024
The wit and charisma of Kate Bush by Graeme Thomson: going too far makes you what you are
43 mins; June 18, 2024
For the love of Françoise Hardy, Ben Sidran and the TV comedy Twenty Twelve
41 mins; June 17, 2024
Stewart Lee knows the rigours of ‘animal costume work’ and why great comedy is about shock
48 mins; June 15, 2024
How Springsteen went “six deep”, fictional rock hacks and who’s more conservative than Liam Gallagher?
46 mins; June 11, 2024
Jon Savage - Dusty’s wig, Bowie’s bombshell and how gay pop culture changed music
34 mins; June 09, 2024
“Abba’s success is more about us than them”: Giles Smith looks back at a 50-year love affair
37 mins; June 08, 2024
the Architect of Mod: how Peter Meaden restyled and launched the Who - by Steve Turner
39 mins; June 06, 2024
Great album trilogies, suing Madonna and "the pantheon of psychedelic heaviosity"
47 mins; June 03, 2024
The spectacular Dead & Co, songs performed backwards & happy birthday Diamond Dogs!
43 mins; May 26, 2024
Why They Might Be Giants now perform an entire song backwards
27 mins; May 22, 2024
Guy Chambers - writing with Robbie, a tangle with Bowie & half a bagel with Paul McCartney
36 mins; May 21, 2024
Alan Edwards, pop PR – ‘Bowie was like King Arthur and the Spice Girls like the Pistols’
42 mins; May 20, 2024
Rock’s image-makers, men on dancefloors and why bands can’t act like bands anymore
55 mins; May 19, 2024
Paul Carrack has seen it all – beat, soul, prog, pub rock, pop & the perfect ‘slow burn’ career.
37 mins; May 16, 2024
Nige Tassell was so obsessed with Dexys he’s tracked down all 24 ex-members
35 mins; May 15, 2024
Why Nick Mason’s “cottage industry” band plays just early Pink Floyd
27 mins; May 14, 2024
Let It Be revisited, the wisdom of Steve Albini and a woeful tale about Steve Marriott
53 mins; May 12, 2024
The genius of Little Feat, the Man with the Twang & pop’s greatest scandal in the making
46 mins; May 05, 2024
Steve Diggle of the Buzzcocks remembers the day “a terrible beauty was born”
30 mins; May 03, 2024
Rock snobbery, the seven wives of Gregg Allman & the greatest solo on a pop record
63 hours 52 mins; April 29, 2024
Harold Bronson of Rhino Records kept a 40-year rock and roll diary

39 mins; April 28, 2024
The “amniotic throb” of modern pop, the eternal life of the Top Gear theme and the Blue Nile’s lucky break
47 mins; April 21, 2024
Hollywood Babylon, the inspired gimmickry of Catch A Fire and the luck of Ron Wood
58 mins; April 15, 2024
Neil Tennant remembers life “with dyed red Bowie hair and clattering platforms”
43 mins; April 11, 2024
Richard Thompson – “you know it’s time to go when the audience starts throwing chairs”
24 mins; April 10, 2024
Neil Tennant remembers the pop press and “the last great era of forward-looking songs"
36 mins; April 09, 2024
The Stones’ clothes, our love affair with Abba & rock’s most appalling spectacle
47 mins; April 08, 2024
Big Characters we have loved and why the Clash wouldn’t last ten minutes in 2024
46 mins; March 31, 2024
How Paul Cook broke into Hammersmith Odeon to see the Who, Slade, Queen & Alex Harvey
18 mins; March 28, 2024
Sharleen Spiteri saw Joe Strummer onstage and thought “that’s what I want to be”
35 mins; March 26, 2024
Album sleeves as lifestyle statements and 5 seconds that made Phil Manzanera a fortune
36 mins; March 25, 2024
Phil Manzanera Part 2: an insider’s guide to Roxy Music (and a great Bob Dylan story)
43 mins; March 24, 2024
Phil Manzanera’s enviable life in Roxy Music and beyond
38 mins; March 22, 2024
Fish is bowing out to become a Hebridean shepherd. What’s he learnt in 45 years onstage?
46 mins; March 20, 2024
The extraordinary story of Steve Harley’s greatest hit
6 mins; March 18, 2024
Great divorce albums, Powerpop snobs and dark tales of 1999
61 hours 10 mins; March 17, 2024
Stephen Fall’s reviewed 3,333 of his albums. Buy the book!
22 mins; March 14, 2024
It’s Arthur Brown, the god of hellfire 
 paging Health & Safety!
20 mins; March 12, 2024
Suzi Ronson - Bowie’s stylist - knows why rock and roll is all about hair
37 mins; March 11, 2024
How the Beatles invented pop video and acts we love who always sound the same
33 mins; March 10, 2024
Is social media killing pop music? And where have all the bands gone?
43 mins; March 04, 2024
For Henry Normal comedy is like “sugar and salt”
28 mins; March 03, 2024
Steve Howe of Yes tells a few tales from topographic oceans
32 mins; February 29, 2024
The evergreen record that’s 50 years old & Jeremy Thorpe at a hippie commune
59 mins; February 25, 2024
Richard Coles has faced every audience imaginable, one armed with pea-shooters
30 mins; February 23, 2024
For Jah Wobble driving tube trains was even more thrilling than playing Glastonbury
35 mins; February 20, 2024
Steve Wright and other great radioheads, McCartney’s bass & the non-profits of Python
51 mins; February 19, 2024
Max Décharné reboots the golden age of the Teddy Boys
35 mins; February 18, 2024
Guy Garvey remembers the Grumbleweeds in panto, Santana fantasies & a song nicked from Roy Castle
27 mins; February 14, 2024
Lulu, when Prince did a bad thing and how the Beatles changed the shape of the human head
53 mins; February 12, 2024
Musicians and their mothers and the records we could never sell
47 mins; February 04, 2024