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The extraordinary life of Louis Armstrong plus George Harrison rebooted
Episode 405
Topics subjected to the usual forensic scrutiny this week include ... Jan & Dean's role in the kidnap of Frank Sinatra Jnr, is it still the Stones wi…
4 years, 5 months ago
Summer in the City: Word in The Park presents ... Mark Lewisohn
Episode 404
We staged our first live event for 18 months on July 17, a sun-baked day at a spectacular outdoor venue kindly lent us by Opera Holland Park. A vast …
4 years, 5 months ago
The mysterious connection between Zappa and Sparks
Episode 403
Topics plumbed to their very depths this week include .... are tears for Olympic athletes now compulsory? The absurd names of Usain Bolt's children. …
4 years, 5 months ago
Amy Winehouse, XTC and the joy of "re-loved CDs"
Episode 402
Matters of high import thrashed out this week include Dylan's Shadow Kingdom livestream, the Thunder Road lyric farrago, Apple Venus and Wasp Star - …
4 years, 5 months ago
Word in The Park #2: Lesley-Ann Jones remembers John Entwistle’s riotous funeral
Episode 401
We had our first live event for 18 months on a fabulous, sun-baked afternoon in Holland Park on July 17 and the writer and former Fleet Street column…
4 years, 5 months ago
Summer in the City: Word in The Park presents ... Gary Crowley
Episode 400
In our sun-baked return to live events on July 17, we had four guests onstage at a spectacular outdoor venue kindly lent us by Opera Holland Park in …
4 years, 6 months ago
How do songs become terrace anthems?
Episode 399
Sports writer and old pal Nige Tassell traces the story of Sweet Caroline, You’ll Never Walk Alone and Yes Sir I Can Boogie – with fond memories of t…
4 years, 6 months ago
Flat Rabbit, Mandible Rumpus ... what makes a band name work?
Episode 398
In which we salute Frogspawn Candy, Lord Snooty & his Pals and Steppenwolf, rejoice in the Onion's coverage of Lorde, applaud the return of the Siffl…
4 years, 6 months ago
Bob Geldof: an unmissable hour of insight into rock stardom
Episode 397
Nobody is better qualified to talk about music as he's seen it from every angle. Bob Geldof broke into the Beatles' hotel room aged 12. He saw Dylan …
4 years, 6 months ago
Rock band gangs you want to join
Episode 396
Matters of high import discussed this week include ... having a 'date night' with your old CDs. Can the one-piece jumpsuit ever return? The whole Bil…
4 years, 6 months ago