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Joan Armatrading, Tom Robinson and the great music meltdown of Summer ‘76
Episode 933
The blistering heat of 1976 burnt various things onto the memory – standpipes, strikes, Entebbe, ‘Confessions’ movies, Jeremy Thorpe – but most of al…
20 hours ago
Prefab Sprout - a tale of mystery, eccentricity and pop’s most famous motorbike
Episode 932
Nige Tassell fell in love with the literary allusions of Prefab Sprout when at school and his new book ‘Truly Gifted Kids’ tells their unique and ins…
1 day, 20 hours ago
Madonna smoking, the first indie PM and have we just witnessed the nadir of pop?!
Episode 931
Tapping the barometer of news to see what’s blistering or stormy, which this week includes …
… “The Man can’t bust our music!”: the crimes and misdem…
4 days, 11 hours ago
Gary Numan’s reality check – ‘I’m essentially a guy who wears make-up for a living’
Episode 930
Seven hundred fans have contributed to ‘Gary Numan: A People’s History’, a lavishly published compendium of memories of discovering, hearing and watc…
1 week ago
David Gray’s priceless memories of lessons learned the hard way
Episode 929
David Gray went through the roof with his White Ladder album in 2000 and he’s toured and recorded ever since, ending this summer’s loop at Latitude. …
1 week, 3 days ago
Why George Michael’s life is a movie plus Syd, Kirsty, Gorillaz & the worst album title ever
Episode 928
Digging deep in the icebox of news to choose the following lightly chilled refreshments …
… 500 Miles, Wonderwall, Yes Sir I Can Boogie(?): what does…
1 week, 4 days ago
Peter Frampton – ‘the Face of 1968’ looks back!
Episode 927
Peter Frampton, for goodness sake! Part of our lives at Word In Your Ear since we were teenagers. Played guitar on national telly when he was 14. Joi…
2 weeks ago
Paul Simon’s Graceland and how the masterpiece was made
Episode 927
‘Graceland’ was an almighty gamble for Paul Simon, a costly, high-risk departure from the music he’d been making and a complex international venture.…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Kate Mossman has strong feelings about rock stars past their prime
Episode 925
Kate’s an old pal of ours from Word magazine who writes scintillating columns and profiles for the New Statesman and Observer. We loved her book ‘Men…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
Pop stars’ weddings and why Noel Gallagher’s right about World Cup music
Episode 924
Amid much parping of vuvuzelas, the week’s news stories sprint onto the pitch. And these make it to the quarter-finals …
… Dua Lipa’s mega-wedding an…
2 weeks, 4 days ago