

Word In Your Ear
Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Alex Gold
Mark Ellen and David Hepworth have been talking about and writing about music together and individually for a collective eighty years in magazines like Smash Hits, Mojo and The Word and on radio and TV programmes like "Rock On", "Whistle Test" and VH-1.Over thirteen years ago, when working on the late magazine The Word, they began producing podcasts. Some listeners have been kind enough to say these have been very special to them. When the magazine folded in 2012 they kept the spirit of those podcasts alive in regular Word In Your Ear evenings in which they spoke to musicians and authors in front of an audience. Over these years they've produced hundreds of hours of material. As of the Current Unpleasantness of 2020, they've produced yet hundreds of hours more with a little help from guests kind enough to digitally show them around their attics such as Danny Baker, Andy Partridge, Sir Tim Rice and Mark Lewisohn. For the full span of the Word In Your Ear world, visit wiyelondon.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Apr 9, 2010 • 57min
Word Podcast 130 - with Eamonn Forde
Eamonn Forde joins us in the pod to talk about: a childhood without music in the wilds of Norn Iron, the worst jobs we've ever had, how to stop a circus mule, the legacy of Malcolm Maclaren, Lyndon Johnson ringing up to order some trousers, legendary penises in rock and who, if anyone, really killed rock journalism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 30, 2010 • 58min
Word Podcast 129 - with Andrew Collins
Andrew Collins joins us in the pod to mark Rolf Harris Day and take part in talks about: Erykah Badu's bottom, International Record Store Day, and the likelihood of the cassette making a return. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 24, 2010 • 41min
Word Podcast 128 - with Jude Rogers
The do's and don'ts of wedding dances, how to crowd surf and things we don't do anymore. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 17, 2010 • 36min
Word Podcast 126 with Philip Ball
Philip Ball, author of "The Music Instinct: how music works and why we can't do without it", entertains and instructs Kate Mossman and David Hepworth (with examples at the pianoforte). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 5, 2010 • 53min
Word Podcast 127
Includes: Mike "Seventies" Johnson's rock spelling test, Rob Fitzpatrick on promo copies, Mark Ellen on medieval pop groups and "Magic" Alex Gold with details of our upcoming A Word In Your Ear gig. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 24, 2010 • 1h 3min
Word Podcast 125
Mark Hodkinson from Pamona Publishing joins David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry to talk about how bands were formed in the years after punk, the inevitable power struggles that take place within the ranks of those bands, the effect that fame has on personality, what it takes to succeed, and the economics and practicalities of running a small independent publishing house in the era of Amazon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 12, 2010 • 58min
Word Podcast 124
Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry head to Gold Top studios in north London to talk to Neil Brockbank, producer of Nick Lowe. A believer in recording live with the musicians, he describes the changes that have taken place in the way music is recorded from the Beatles through Frank Sinatra to Ricky Martin and beyond and looks at the implications that has for what we listen to. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 5, 2010 • 52min
Word Podcast 123
Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry enter the pod to examine the new, more-words-than-ever edition of The Word as it arrives - minty fresh - from the presses. They also do their best to answer your questions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 25, 2010 • 53min
Word Podcast 122 - with Idris Elba
Fraser Lewry, Andrew Harrison and David Hepworth take the pod to meet the man you know as "The Wire"'s Stringer Bell and may soon know as Driis. Plus a report from last Friday's social, some reflections on the Word's One Hit Wonders Playlist and a discussion of what it's like to be with really, really good-looking people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 22, 2010 • 1h 2min
Word Podcast 121 - Phil Smee, reissue man
Reissues consultant and designer Phil Smee joins us to talk about what records are *really* rare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


