Word In Your Ear
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This is all you need to know about Word In Your Ear. It began in 2006, which means it’s almost as old as podcasting itself. Its voices Mark Ellen and David Hepworth have been writing, broadcasting or podcasting about music since 1975. It has a large and devoted following, many of whom have a relationship with them dating back to Smash Hits, Mojo, Q, The Word, Radio One, VH1 and the Old Grey Whistle Test. There is no more trusted podcast in the music and entertainment space. If you don’t believe us ask friends like Elvis Costello, Stewart Lee, John Lydon, John Cooper Clarke, Midge Ure, Rickie Lee Jones, Charlie Higson, Richard Thompson, Gary Kemp, Craig Brown, Phil Manzanera, Jacqui Abbott, Toyah Willcox, Graham Gouldman, Guy Garvey, Sharleen Spiteri, Sylvie Simmons, Trevor Horn, Kate Rusby, Ron Sexsmith, Lloyd Cole, John Otway, Nick Heyward, Andy Partridge, Chris Difford, Bob Geldof and Billy Bragg, all of whom have guested on the show.
Why can’t brothers in bands ever get along?
Word In Your Ear · 3.6K views · 10 days ago
An Indie Sleaze special! – up and down with the Strokes, Libertines and Arctic Monkeys
Word In Your Ear · 3.8K views · 12 days ago
Another Word with … Sid Griffin: the Long Ryders leader laughs at the absurdity of teenage life!
Word In Your Ear · 3.6K views · 10 days ago
Nicky Hopkins’ hidden genius, the Oasis film and the best songs about rain
Word In Your Ear · 4.1K views · 2 weeks ago
Jon Savage loathed the 1976 singles chart so he’s made an album of should-have-been hits
Word In Your Ear · 8.9K views · 1 day ago
Peter Frampton – ‘the Face of 1968’ looks back!
Word In Your Ear · 4.1K views · 3 months ago
At home with Nick Drake, Sandy Denny & John Martyn in the golden year of 1970
Word In Your Ear · 4.1K views · 6 months ago
Paul Weller – ‘gloriously chippy’ – as seen by friends, family, fans and collaborators
Word In Your Ear · 10K views · 10 months ago
Mustn’t grumble! Songs with the essence of Englishness
Word In Your Ear · 2.3K views · 6 months ago
Hugh Cornwell on how the drummer has the best seat in the house
Word In Your Ear · 11K views · 1 year ago
Stiff Records’ 50th birthday! – the farcical magnificent record label and why we adored it
Word In Your Ear · 3.3K views · 1 month ago
What are the great singles that have entered our bloodstream? “Nobody hums an album!”
Word In Your Ear · 3K views · 1 month ago
Talk Talk, a deep-dive tale of mystery and imagination
Word In Your Ear · 8.6K views · 4 months ago
Brian Eno’s restless creative adventures with Roxy, Bowie, U2 and Talking Head
Word In Your Ear · 4.1K views · 4 months ago
Scores McCartney still wants to settle, Country Joe and the rise of ‘destination gigs’
Word In Your Ear · 3.2K views · 6 months ago
Siouxsie, Nico, Cocteaus, Shangri-Las, Bobbie Gentry … a celebration of the sound of Goth
Word In Your Ear · 5.4K views · 4 months ago
Bowie, the Cure, Neil Young and the golden age of the video shoot
Word In Your Ear · 2.9K views · 1 month ago
The Keith Moon story is a movie in waiting, both a comedy and a tragedy
Word In Your Ear · 6K views · 5 months ago
The Proclaimers know the exquisite delight of your songs being sung in football stadiums
Word In Your Ear · 7K views · 1 month ago
The Damned at 50 and the memories (and regrets) of Rat Scabies
Word In Your Ear · 8.3K views · 4 months ago