Luister naar Word In Your Ear podcast

Steve Hackett remembers batwings, blues clubs and Genesis on £15 a week	Word In Your Ear	38:00
Mari Wilson, our favourite girl about town, takes Neasden to Chelsea	Word In Your Ear	34:53
All music is dance music! – and the best stage name ever	Word In Your Ear	52:52
Adam & the Ants, pop stardom and Marco Pirroni’s brief spell in the spotlight	Word In Your Ear	38:07
The Specials are no more! Horace Panter remembers days when it was ‘like walking on air’	Word In Your Ear	23:06
Is Indie the new Good Old Days? And why are there no British country stars?	Word In Your Ear	52:25
Kevin Rowland, the new Dexys and what he's learnt from life	Word In Your Ear	40:42
Great rock feuds of Manchester, TV comedy & the man who invented the pop song	Word In Your Ear	50:17
Joan Armatrading, Tom Robinson and the great music meltdown of Summer ‘76	Word In Your Ear	39:38
Prefab Sprout - a tale of mystery, eccentricity and pop’s most famous motorbike	Word In Your Ear	41:40
Madonna smoking, the first indie PM and have we just witnessed the nadir of pop?!	Word In Your Ear	62:10
Gary Numan’s reality check – ‘I’m essentially a guy who wears make-up for a living’	Word In Your Ear	39:08
David Gray’s priceless memories of lessons learned the hard way	Word In Your Ear	37:07
Why George Michael’s life is a movie plus Syd, Kirsty, Gorillaz & the worst album title ever	Word In Your Ear	58:09
Peter Frampton – ‘the Face of 1968’ looks back!	Word In Your Ear	44:16
Paul Simon’s Graceland and how the masterpiece was made	Word In Your Ear	33:18
Kate Mossman has strong feelings about rock stars past their prime	Word In Your Ear	48:57
Pop stars’ weddings and why Noel Gallagher’s right about World Cup music	Word In Your Ear	52:08
Dave Balfe remembers the Teardrops, Blur and a very big house in the country	Word In Your Ear	51:46
Star Ratings - do we love/hate/need them? Five-star debate here! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	Word In Your Ear	37:54
Brian Epstein & the Beatles - what he did and what he hid	Word In Your Ear	29:47
Are we nearing Beatles Overload? plus the rock star with the most children (41!)	Word In Your Ear	48:58
The glorious story of Funk from James Brown to Off The Wall	Word In Your Ear	42:54
Leo Sayer has met everyone – rock legends, sport superstars, future presidents …	Word In Your Ear	32:46
Songs about sweltering heat, Willie Nelson’s braids and is vinyl now ‘luxury goods’?	Word In Your Ear	47:53
How Daniel Lanois made those adventurous records with Dylan, U2 and Willie Nelson	Word In Your Ear	37:49
Siouxsie, Nico, Cocteaus, Shangri-Las, Bobbie Gentry … a celebration of the sound of Goth!	Word In Your Ear	31:04
Blondie and Clem Burke remembered by devoted pal Kathy Valentine of the Go-Go’s	Word In Your Ear	34:27
Nick Lowe’s miracle payday, Rock feuds and a giant inflatable Jarvis	Word In Your Ear	50:35
The Damned at 50 and the memories (and regrets) of Rat Scabies	Word In Your Ear	35:42
Shoegaze, slackers, ‘noise chasms’ and the 10-year reinvention of rock	Word In Your Ear	44:38
Famous rock locations, His & Hers records and weird things thrown onstage	Word In Your Ear	54:00
Brian Eno’s restless creative adventures with Roxy, Bowie, U2 and Talking Heads	Word In Your Ear	30:59
The Who, Floyd, Led Zep and the great college circuit that launched 1,000 bands	Word In Your Ear	49:55
Paul Simon, Bad Bunny, how songwriting changed & the scourge of Blue Dot Fever!	Word In Your Ear	50:00
Pleasure Gardens, cabaret, nightclubs, rave & 350 years of the Big Night Out	Word In Your Ear	30:11
Andy Earl’s memories of photographing Prince, Madonna and Johnny Cash	Word In Your Ear	33:46
Talk Talk, a deep-dive tale of mystery and imagination	Word In Your Ear	45:14
The Clash, the Cramps and Penny Kiley’s teenage punk diaries	Word In Your Ear	28:33
Van Morrison’s agent writes crime fiction as the music business sleeps	Word In Your Ear	44:25

Steve Hackett remembers batwings, blues clubs and Genesis on £15 a week

Word In Your Ear

38:00

Mari Wilson, our favourite girl about town, takes Neasden to Chelsea

Word In Your Ear

34:53

All music is dance music! – and the best stage name ever

Word In Your Ear

52:52

Adam & the Ants, pop stardom and Marco Pirroni’s brief spell in the spotlight

Word In Your Ear

38:07