Word In Your Ear
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Roxy, Traffic, Nick Drake, Mott the Hoople & the magic of Island Records
Oct 8, 202640 min
Gary Kemp bought Brian Epstein’s address book and discovered ‘the DNA of the Beatles’
Oct 7, 202644 min
‘Metal Machine Music is a masterpiece!’ David Holzer has played it 1,000 times
Oct 6, 202641 min
Todd Rundgren’s outbursts, ‘too old to mosh’ & the happiest and saddest songwriters
Oct 4, 202653 min
Jon Savage loathed the 1976 singles chart so he’s made an album of should-have-been hits
Sep 29, 202638 min
Stevie Wonder’s masterpiece and the daft, chequered history of Ties In Rock!
Sep 28, 202658 min
Why can’t brothers in bands ever get along?
Sep 21, 20261h 0m
Sid Griffin (#1): the Long Ryders leader laughs at the absurdity of teenage life!
Sep 18, 202637 min
An Indie Sleaze special! – up and down with the Strokes, Libertines and Arctic Monkeys
Sep 16, 202642 min
Nicky Hopkins’ hidden genius, the Oasis film and the best songs about rain
Sep 14, 202658 min
Clint Boon saw Manchester lift off twice and auditioned the young Noel Gallagher
Sep 11, 202638 min
The Slits, a movie in waiting - “Marvel superheroes with their pants on the outside!”
Sep 9, 202639 min
Shawn Colvin – songwriter, storyteller, urban cowgirl, singing waitress
Sep 8, 202627 min
The world’s greatest radio station! & things we loved about Dolly Parton
Sep 7, 20261h 0m
Blur’s thrilling early years in words and pictures by Dave Rowntree
Aug 27, 202636 min
Natalie Merchant returns playing ‘Mother Goose as an 18th Century feminist’
Aug 26, 202629 min
The Proclaimers know the exquisite delight of your songs being sung in football stadiums
Aug 25, 202627 min
What are the great singles that have entered our bloodstream? “Nobody hums an album!”
Aug 24, 202642 min
Martin Simpson’s 60 years on the folk circuit ‘making people cry for a living’
Aug 19, 202650 min
The Shadows and the chequered tale of the first British rock’n’roll band
Aug 18, 202642 min
Stiff Records’ 50th birthday! – the farcical magnificent record label and why we adored it
Aug 16, 202645 min
Elliott Smith, his life, his afterlife and the friends who believed in him
Aug 14, 202633 min
How Kylie became the whole world’s sweetheart
Aug 12, 202638 min
Sandy Denny’s life and luminous talent celebrated by Linda Thompson
Aug 11, 202628 min
The Abbey Road photo miracle, Glen Hansard and TV we’d pay to watch
Aug 10, 202654 min
Bowie, the Cure, Neil Young and the golden age of the video shoot
Aug 6, 202634 min
Pauline Black of the Selecter, the girl who invented the Rude Girl
Aug 5, 202634 min
Tony Fletcher - teenage label boss! – remembers the Jam, the Tube and the ‘80s pop explosion
Aug 4, 202646 min
Is AI wrecking rock history? – plus festivals in heatwaves and Kate Bush dancing
Aug 3, 202646 min
Jonathan Richman, on-the-road songs and the best-known solo ever recorded
Jul 27, 202642 min
Georgie Fame, Ben Sidran and the golden age of ‘60s Soho
Jul 23, 202637 min
Steve Hackett remembers batwings, blues clubs and Genesis on £15 a week
Jul 22, 202638 min
Mari Wilson, our favourite girl about town, takes Neasden to Chelsea
Jul 21, 202634 min
All music is dance music! – and the best stage name ever
Jul 20, 202652 min
Adam & the Ants, pop stardom and Marco Pirroni’s brief spell in the spotlight
Jul 15, 202638 min
The Specials are no more! Horace Panter remembers days when it was ‘like walking on air’
Jul 14, 202623 min
Is Indie the new Good Old Days? And why are there no British country stars?
Jul 13, 202652 min
Kevin Rowland, the new Dexys and what he's learnt from life
Jul 8, 202640 min
Great rock feuds of Manchester, TV comedy & the man who invented the pop song
Jul 5, 202650 min
Joan Armatrading, Tom Robinson and the great music meltdown of Summer ‘76
Jul 3, 202639 min
Prefab Sprout - a tale of mystery, eccentricity and pop’s most famous motorbike
Jul 2, 202641 min
Madonna smoking, the first indie PM and have we just witnessed the nadir of pop?!
Jun 29, 20261h 2m
Gary Numan’s reality check – ‘I’m essentially a guy who wears make-up for a living’
Jun 26, 202639 min
David Gray’s priceless memories of lessons learned the hard way
Jun 23, 202637 min
Why George Michael’s life is a movie plus Syd, Kirsty, Gorillaz & the worst album title ever
Jun 22, 202658 min
Peter Frampton – ‘the Face of 1968’ looks back!
Jun 19, 202644 min
Paul Simon’s Graceland and how the masterpiece was made
Jun 18, 202633 min
Kate Mossman has strong feelings about rock stars past their prime
Jun 16, 202648 min
Pop stars’ weddings and why Noel Gallagher’s right about World Cup music
Jun 15, 202652 min
Dave Balfe remembers the Teardrops, Blur and a very big house in the country
Jun 12, 202651 min