

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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Mar 27, 2009 • 43min
Word Podcast 91
Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry on: forming bands in Stoke Newington, the reunion of Spandau Ballet, people who can sing and people who can't plus a plug for Luke Haines' book. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 17, 2009 • 43min
Word Podcast 90 - St Patrick's Day Special
Barry McIlheney joins Andrew Harrison and David Hepworth to talk about the marketing of irishness, the triumphs and embarrassments of Comic Relief, what we would do with Mick Jones's lock-up and your memorable examples of onstage bad behaviour. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 9, 2009 • 44min
Word Podcast 89
Kate Mossman, Mark Ellen and David Hepworth on: reviewing albums, what we really think of the BBC, getting obsessed with Bob Dylan and Glenn Campbell, visiting the Decemberists and what not to do in a snowstorm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 3, 2009 • 57min
Word Podcast 88
Andrew Collins, Mark Ellen and David Hepworth on: Neil Young's car, U2 getting the BBC into bed, the future of the album review, the only sensible way to set the prices of concert tickets, the most uncalled-for reprises in entertainment history and the sheer pointlessness of roof-top concerts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 24, 2009 • 47min
Word Podcast 87
Special podcast in which David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry talk to our music business specialist Eamonn Forde about how 2009's winds of change will affect you, the music fan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 17, 2009 • 38min
Word Podcast 86
Mark Ellen and David Hepworth welcome Barry Mcilheney to discuss the largest gathering of men over 35 since the AGM of Fathers For Justice, Van Morrison's spectacular new teeth and lots more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 10, 2009 • 34min
Word Podcast 85
Mark Ellen and David Hepworth listen spellbound as Andrew Harrison explains Spotify, Twitter and other contemporary marvels. Plus, instrumental filler tracks padding out albums and what we can all learn from Christian Bale and Pilot Sully. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 3, 2009 • 35min
Word Magazine Podcast 84
In which Mark Ellen, Matt Hall and David Hepworth revisit the Editor's mauling at the hands of Alvin "Get Some" Stardust, pick over the Radio Two Folk Awards and predict a comeback for the package tour. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 23, 2009 • 40min
Word Podcast 83 - remember Diamond White?
Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Matt Hall on: Diamond White and the other poisons we used to take; Aretha Franklin's unfortunate way of chopping words into syllables; Kenneth Williams lavatory and other important issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 16, 2009 • 48min
Word Podcast 82 - Amy loses a contact lens
Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Matt Hall on the history of applause, the lonesome death of William Zantzinger and the remaking of Minder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


