

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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Jul 4, 2007 • 46min
Word Weekly 12
David Hepworth and Mark Ellen are joined by Andrew Collins to talk about the Concert for Diana, Prince's plan to give away his new album and the strange thing about the Spice Girls reunion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 25, 2007 • 19min
Word Weekly 11
Glastonbury special with Mark Ellen, Andrew Harrison and Jude Rogers reporting from the site while David Hepworth stays in the dry and wonders about Big Gigs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 18, 2007 • 44min
Word Weekly 10
Mark Ellen, David Hepworth & Andrew Harrison contemplate George Michael's piano, famous people that we didn't recognise and the one about the rock star and the paté de foie gras. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 12, 2007 • 40min
Word Weekly 9
David Hepworth, Mark Ellen and Rob Fitzpatrick talk about the man we call Laughing Len, what makes a great rock and roll venues and one man's terrible Elvis Costello faux pas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 5, 2007 • 38min
Word Weekly 8
David Hepworth, Mark Ellen and Andrew Harrison on Paris Hilton in chokey, DJs who pretend to play records, movie stars who can't sing and rock stars who can't act. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 30, 2007 • 55min
Word Weekly 7
David Hepworth, Mark Ellen and Jude Rogers sing the praises of vinyl, talk about failed comebacks and the etiquette of demo tapes while Nick Lowe is our first guest anecdotist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 24, 2007 • 47min
Word Weekly 6
David Hepworth, Mark Ellen and Andrew Harrison see if they've got enough dosh to by EMI and contemplate the most expensive gig in the history of the world Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 15, 2007 • 27min
Word Weekly 5
Mark Ellen and David Hepworth talk to Trevor Dann about what - if anything - is the matter with music radio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 9, 2007 • 27min
Word Weekly 4
Mark Ellen, David Hepworth, Rob Fitzpatrick and Kerry Shale on Prince's curious plans for the Millennium Dome, the indecipherable Bob Dylan and the strange things boys do to pay tribute to their favourites. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 2, 2007 • 30min
Word Podcast 3
Neil Aspinall's extraordinary life with the Beatles, Rock Stars Kids and the story about Elton and the parachutists Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.