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Word In Your Ear

Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Alex Gold

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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 po...

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Jonathan Richman, on-the-road songs and the best-known solo ever recorded

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Georgie Fame, Ben Sidran and the golden age of ‘60s Soho

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Mari Wilson, our favourite girl about town, takes Neasden to Chelsea

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Madonna smoking, the first indie PM and have we just witnessed the nadir of pop?...

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Gary Numan’s reality check – ‘I’m essentially a guy who wears make-up for a livi...

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David Gray’s priceless memories of lessons learned the hard way

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Paul Simon’s Graceland and how the masterpiece was made

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Star Ratings - do we love/hate/need them? Five-star debate here! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Brian Epstein & the Beatles - what he did and what he hid

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Are we nearing Beatles Overload? plus the rock star with the most children (41!)

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The glorious story of Funk from James Brown to Off The Wall

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