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Word Podcast 316 - Dan Franklin
Dan Franklin's first book "Heavy" chronicles his life-long love affair with heavy music in all its different manifestations, from Meat Loaf to Sunn 0…
6 years, 1 month ago
Word Podcast 315 - John Mitchinson and Andy Miller
John Mitchinson and Andy Miller do the award-winning Backlisted podcast which, as they like to say on the tin, "brings new life to old books". They'r…
6 years, 1 month ago
Word Podcast 314 - Bethan Roberts
We were delighted to welcome Bethan Roberts to Word In Your Ear to talk about her novel “Graceland”. This is based on the most important relationship…
6 years, 2 months ago
Word Podcast 312 - Mike Barnes
In his new book "A New Day Yesterday", an account of progressive rock in the 1970s, Mike Barnes tells the story of how this peculiarly British musica…
6 years, 2 months ago
Word Podcast 313 - Sid Smith
When Sid Smith first finished his definitive biography of King Crimson in 2001 he thought, not unreasonable that would be that. But then Robert Fripp…
6 years, 2 months ago
Word Podcast 311 - Alexis Petridis
Alexis Petridis was very lucky Elton John chose him to help tell the story in his best-selling memoir "Me". Elton John's equally lucky Alexis agreed …
6 years, 4 months ago
Word Podcast 310 - Barney Hoskyns
On December 7th Thomas Alan Waits celebrates his 70th birthday and to mark that occasion we asked Barney Hoskyns, the author of his biography "Lowsid…
6 years, 4 months ago
Word Podcast 309 - Andrew Collins
It's always good to welcome Andrew Collins back to the pod. Andrew was with us most recently to talk about the new edition of his official biography …
6 years, 6 months ago
Word Podcast 308 - Graham Parker
Graham Parker had an unusual career trajectory. "I didn't pay my dues until after I had some success," he says. In the wake of his greatest triumph,…
6 years, 6 months ago
Word Podcast 307 - Dylan Jones
The big hit records of today are assembled. The great records of 1968 were made. In a few cases they just happened, seemingly brought into being by s…
6 years, 7 months ago