Word In Your Ear
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TV's greatest musical moment - and are we still allowed to laugh at hopeless old rock bands?
50 mins; January 22, 2024
Graham Gouldman knows where to alphabetically file 10cc records
17 mins; January 21, 2024
Annie Nightingale (“the great goth auntie”), choirs on pop records & the music they sent into space
53 mins; January 15, 2024
Jim Gordon - the supernatural gift and tragic fate of “the greatest rock drummer” with Joel Selvin
33 mins; January 13, 2024
Great albums now 50 years old, the best gag ever & the haircut that launched folk-rock
53 mins; January 07, 2024
Noel Coward, Gallagher & Squire’s superpower summit & the art of the Bob Dylan backbeat
54 mins; December 31, 2023
Hipgnosis album art, the hardest working man in showbiz & the moment the world went mad
48 mins; December 18, 2023
Denny Laine, the Move’s catastrophic court case & the man who's made 700 albums in 2 years
59 mins; December 10, 2023
The Beatles as seen by their roadie, co-conspirator & friend Mal Evans – and Kenneth Womack
43 mins; December 05, 2023
A drink to Shane MacGowan, Spinal Tap rebooted and lunch with Randy Newman
40 mins; December 04, 2023
Pauline Murray’s kids have finally found out what Mum did in the Punk Wars
41 mins; December 03, 2023
Glen Matlock and the ‘Sliding Doors moment’ that sparked the punk rock fuse
62 hours 35 mins; December 01, 2023
Does anyone know more about rock stars than Jenny Boyd?
45 mins; November 29, 2023
Who’s next for an AI movie, first use of sampling & rock stars in unsuitable clothes
60 hours 34 mins; November 27, 2023
Kanye West & the billion dollar gym pumps plus the album sleeve that changed the game
38 mins; November 21, 2023
The 2-Tone story - Daniel Rachel remembers the school playground “turning black and white”
44 mins; November 18, 2023
Why Kirsty MacColl was so funny, honest, original and impossible to sell – by Jude Rogers
27 mins; November 14, 2023
Mystery people on album sleeves, Elton dressed as a hornet and Leonard Cohen’s favourite song and why
53 mins; November 13, 2023
Slade, a rambunctious reminder of a vanished world by Daryl Easlea
33 mins; November 09, 2023
The KLF torched £1m "and are haunted by it daily". John Higgs knows why
47 mins; November 07, 2023
What did we think of the Beatles' last hurrah?
60 hours 38 mins; November 05, 2023
For Ian Broudie & the Lightning Seeds, 'Three Lions' has been a blessing and a curse
44 mins; November 03, 2023
Billy Sloan, the man who interviewed Grace Jones in a bath
38 mins; November 02, 2023
The greatest guitarist & the strange tale of Mike Raven - plus a leaked Radio One memo!
44 mins; October 30, 2023
Pin-Ups’ 50th, Morrissey The Eternal Teenager and what the Stones should be writing songs about
53 mins; October 23, 2023
The “gangsterish” charm of Andrew Loog Oldham and Immediate Records, by Simon Spence
41 mins; October 21, 2023
Denmark Street, London's Tin Pan Alley, where the Sex Pistols met Pink Floyd and a luverly bunch of coconuts, by Peter Watts
27 mins; October 19, 2023
Madonna’s karaoke show, albums that sound their covers and whatever happened to protest music?
54 mins; October 17, 2023
Jarvis v Jacko and why drummers are like goalkeepers. Let Pulp’s Nick Banks be your guide
39 mins; October 12, 2023
Smoking on album sleeves, Smash Hits The Musical and records you own but have never played
60 hours 28 mins; October 09, 2023
Echo & the Bunnymen, why the rock press were “divs” and the secret of good hair by Will Sergeant
43 mins; October 08, 2023
An Insider’s Guide To Goth by Cathi Unsworth (via Cruella De Vil and the Cure)
36 mins; October 04, 2023
Nick Drake – a whole new perspective by Richard Morton Jack
37 mins; October 03, 2023
Gary Numan, unlikely sex symbols and U2’s £1,000 night in the desert
54 mins; October 02, 2023
Does Gary Numan regret throwing the glo-stick that hit David Bowie?
26 mins; October 01, 2023
Why a sumptuous new book about the Island label is “like entering the record shop of your dreams”.
39 mins; September 27, 2023
Mojo’s 30th birthday plus bands whose t-shirts you’d wear even if you didn’t have any of their records
54 mins; September 25, 2023
The “unknown woman” in McCartney’s photos, the Human League and a new U2 game
39 mins; September 18, 2023
Pulitzer Prize winner David Remnick takes the long view of Bruce Springsteen, Aretha Franklin, Macca and more
29 mins; September 17, 2023
The Stones return, rock’n’roll marriages and Freddie’s 50 kimonos
46 mins; September 12, 2023
Plaid shirts? Brown ale? A smoke-stained pub rock special with Simon Matthews
31 mins; September 06, 2023
What Kevin Armstrong learnt as the sideman for Bowie, McCartney, Morrissey, Sinead and Iggy Pop
30 mins; September 05, 2023
Which acts will “go down in history” and what matters more than their music?
51 mins; September 03, 2023
Bob Dylan - why he signs autographs left-handed and other mysteries solved by Ray Padgett
25 mins; September 02, 2023
Achtung Baby, rock fantasy friends and the band that inspired the Bad News Tour
47 mins; August 29, 2023
Robbie Robertson, Billy Connolly, Bridge Over Troubled Water and the “fake history” of Punk
63 hours 30 mins; August 21, 2023
Sinead O’Connor, that Morrissey outburst, over-long films and the pitiful plight of roadies
53 mins; July 31, 2023
Tales of Hipgnosis sleeves (and the new film) and why the world needs Steely Dan more than ever
75 hours 8 mins; July 24, 2023
PP Arnold remembers life in the Ike & Tina Turner Revue aged 17
35 mins; July 19, 2023
The things Bruce and Bing have in common and the adventures of Punch in 1976 clubland
45 mins; July 17, 2023
Nick Drake - and what Richard Morton Jack learnt from 200 people who knew him
49 mins; July 14, 2023
Cathi Unsworth was a teenage goth. Think “Robert Smith’s tarantula hair” and “cider like turps”
33 mins; July 13, 2023
Wham!, Rock Follies and lost ‘70s prog foot-soldiers Renia – we will remember them!
49 mins; July 10, 2023
Cocteau Twins song or Farrow & Ball paint colour? plus the day Beatlemania began
52 mins; July 03, 2023
Grotesque/brilliant sleeves plus does upping the price make a ticket more desirable?
60 hours 29 mins; June 27, 2023
Harvey Lisberg – managing 10cc, meeting Elvis and “Peter Noone’s extra tooth”
32 mins; June 23, 2023
Record shops in movies and what Glenda Jackson did that no other actor ever dared try
58 mins; June 21, 2023
Revenge songs, Nick Drake and that sorry tale about Primal Scream
47 mins; June 18, 2023
Word In The Park 2023 #4 – Clare Grogan's adventures in TV, film and music
26 mins; June 16, 2023
Word In The Park 2023: How the Beatles and James Bond shaped us all
20 mins; June 15, 2023
Word In The Park 2023 #2 – 60 years of the Bee Gees with Bob Stanley
22 mins; June 11, 2023
Word In The Park 2023: 60 years of the Stones with Lesley-Ann Jones
18 mins; June 08, 2023
What bands are becoming unfashionable?
37 mins; June 06, 2023
Which is the most two-faced world - movies, music or daytime TV?
38 mins; May 28, 2023
Farewell Tina Turner – “all you needed was Nutbush City Limits and a Watneys Party 7”
23 mins; May 25, 2023
Robert Johnson, Shakespeare and the rock star image of Martin Amis
51 mins; May 24, 2023
Is there a more annoying rhyme than “arms” and “charms”?
28 mins; May 15, 2023
How a nine-year-old boy kick-started Rock’n’Roll (and other stories)
47 mins; May 09, 2023
Groups that look like a check-out line at B&Q? We have a winner!
56 mins; May 02, 2023
“Well I walked up to her and I asked her if she wanted to dance.”
53 mins; April 25, 2023
Jack Nitzche, a “pleat-faced” guitarist and the time Sly Stone got married onstage
71 hours 39 mins; April 18, 2023
John Cooper Clarke reveals “the performing poet’s worst enemy”
29 mins; April 13, 2023
“Fred Flange”, Barry Cryer meets the Pretenders and what we’ve learnt about the Velvet Underground
50 mins; April 10, 2023
The inscrutable King Crimson exposed by their documentary-maker Toby Amies
34 mins; April 08, 2023
Paul Weller as a songwriter? Dylan Jones unpacks his “Imperial Phase"
31 mins; April 07, 2023
What’s Paul Jones of the Manfreds learnt from 60 years onstage?
25 mins; April 06, 2023
Do we still need film and album reviews? Plus Seymour Stein and Keith Reid’s last fandangos
51 mins; April 05, 2023
Why Andrew Lauder is the unsung hero of the record business
39 mins; April 04, 2023
Is U2’s new Songs Of Surrender album just plain *wrong*?
44 mins; March 29, 2023
15 minutes with Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake: it all started on Blackpool Pier (aged two) …
17 mins; March 22, 2023
Is U2’s new Songs Of Surrender album just plain wrong?
39 mins; March 20, 2023
Genuinely rotten albums by brilliant artists plus the band that started cancel culture
44 mins; March 15, 2023
For the love of Wayne Shorter & David Lindley - and are U2 really U2 without Larry Mullen?
41 mins; March 09, 2023
Is Karen Carpenter pop music’s saddest story?
29 mins; March 05, 2023
Was the pop boom of 1996-2006 a comedy or a tragedy?
38 mins; March 02, 2023
What the Beatles said about the Stones plus the most expensive live music in London
60 hours 48 mins; February 28, 2023
Was Chuck Berry the strangest man in the history of rock?
29 mins; February 27, 2023
Word Down Your Way: 15 minutes with Mark Everett – E from Eels - about shows he's seen and played
16 mins; February 26, 2023
What’s the best age to be and when are we at our most stupid?
44 mins; February 22, 2023
Burt Bacharach, Waters v Gilmour and how to save the BRITS
41 mins; February 16, 2023
15 minutes with Midge Ure about shows he's seen and played
14 mins; February 09, 2023
George Harrison and the T-Bone steak, rock fantasy football teams & spot the AI lyrics!
50 mins; February 07, 2023
Ron Sexsmith - heading your way in April – remembers “life-changing” shows seen over the years
20 mins; February 06, 2023
Joel De’ath, “the Indiana Jones of rare vinyl”, describes his hunt for the Holy Grail
46 mins; February 05, 2023
Peter Asher: singer, producer, manager, main role model for Austin Powers
31 mins; February 02, 2023
Farewell Tom Verlaine – plus terrible records we can’t help loving
49 mins; February 01, 2023
The Long Ryders are heading your way - and it all began with a “red negligee” …
15 mins; January 29, 2023
Farewell David Crosby plus “classic” records that leave us cold
35 mins; January 26, 2023
Suzanne Vega: she started at Carnegie Hall and she's coming to a town near you in February
14 mins; January 24, 2023
Jeff Beck “had a boom-tish anecdote about every step of his life”
65 hours 12 mins; January 18, 2023