

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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Jun 10, 2010 • 51min
Podcast 135
The singer and songwriter brings his guitar and uke to talk about writing, co-writing, winning prizes and not winning prizes, getting caught short at a Bob Dylan concert and glancing encounters with superstars. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 28, 2010 • 49min
Word Podcast 134
David Hepworth, Mark Ellen and Fraser Lewry marvel at the myth of Exile On Main Street, and are joined by Kate Mossman for an impromptu review of the new Sex and the City movie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 20, 2010 • 44min
Word Podcast 133: with Neil Hannon
Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry are joined in the pod this week by a be-suited Neil Hannon, who popped into Word Towers on his way to the Ivor Novello awards and played us a few songs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 13, 2010 • 58min
Word Podcast 132
Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry are joined in the pod by returning guest Andy Murray, where we talk about Andy's time at Stiff Records and look back at the election, while Mark receives some genuine David Gilmour guitar strings and joins Fraser singing a short song about horses. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 5, 2010 • 49min
Word Podcast 131
Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry play Rock Trumps™ and reveal which music festival does a roaring trade in meat cleavers, discuss what Billy Preston was up to as an 11-year-old, marvel at a bunch of session men playing The Beatles with mind-boggling precision, and recall Louise Wener's days as a singing waitress aboard a floating restaurant in Boston. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.