

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 11, 2011 • 58min
Word Podcast 164: Precious Memories and Inky Fingers
Pete Paphides joins David Hepworth and Mark Ellen in the pod with a load of old music papers. It's all here: bad puns, mistaken critical judgements, and momentous news announcements tucked away at the bottom of the page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 25, 2011 • 49min
Word Podcast 163: cough buttons in Japanese toilets
Andrew Collins drops in to help kick around a few thoughts about comedians doing karaoke, the new Radiohead album, whether Krautrock would be more popular if it had happened 40 years later, and tips for the Oscars. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 17, 2011 • 45min
Word Podcast 162: From the Brits to Beechams
Mark Ellen, Fraser Lewry and David Hepworth on the effective apartheid between the r&b and folkie factions currently making up British pop, why British acts can't make speeches, and why people hate Mumford & Sons. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 10, 2011 • 31min
Word Podcast 161: Gary Moore remembered
Rob Fitzpatrick talks about meeting Elton John in the flesh, Roy Wilkinson describes his father's role in the family business, which is British Sea Power, and we talk to people who worked with Gary Moore, who died last weekend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 4, 2011 • 60min
Word Podcast 160: what does a Wichita Lineman actually do?
Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry wonder whether anybody is really heartbroken when bands break up, wonder what a Wichita Lineman does and why bands pick such uncommercial names, and answer your questions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 28, 2011 • 46min
Word Podcast 159: Keith Moon & good spelling
Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry on Iron Maiden: Flight 666, your questions, class and pop, "Seventies" Mike Johnson's fiendishly difficult rock and roll spelling test and the drumming genius of Keith Moon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 14, 2011 • 51min
Word Podcast 158: Is rock dead?
In which Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry chew on the big topics de jour: is rock dead? And did the 80s kill proper music? Plus, David Hepworth comes up with a list of great records made in that unjustly maligned decade. Warning: contains an unexpected intrusion and a controversial opinion about Morrissey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 7, 2011 • 48min
Word Podcast 157: Elton's sunglasses & Richard Thompson's beret
David Hepworth, Mark Ellen and Fraser Lewry feature in the first podcast of 2011 which includes: Captain Beefheart remembered and mis-remembered, the likelihood of anyone with four drawers devoted to sunglasses finding room in their lives for a child, the terrible choice between Spandau Ballet versus Duran Duran and why Richard Thompson really should be cast in any remake of "It Ain"t Half Hot Mum". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 3, 2010 • 47min
Word Podcast 156
This week's guest was snowed in and so David Hepworth, Mark Ellen and Fraser Lewry sort out previously unfinished business. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 16, 2010 • 53min
Word Podcast 155 - with Will MacDonald
This week we're joined by Will "Wiiill" Macdonald, who talksl about his time as the producer of TFI Friday at the height of Britpop. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.