Word In Your Ear

Peter Doggett is one of the most respected authors in the music field, with highly-praised works devoted to David Bowie ... Read more

On the 30th anniversary of the day four people who were there — Janice Long, Dylan Jones, Mark Ellen and David Hepworth ... Read more

Fifty years ago to the week the first Crosby, Stills and Nash LP was released in the UK, holding out the prospect of bro... Read more

Alexis Petridis was very lucky Elton John chose him to help tell the story in his best-selling memoir "Me". Elton John's... Read more

Elvis Costello joins us to talk about his blockbusting memoir "Unfaithful Music And Disappearing Ink". The conversation ... Read more

WIYE McCartney Special. Paul Du Noyer, who’s interviewed him more than anyone (much of which is reflected in his new boo... Read more

Billy Bragg joins us to talk about Izal medicated toilet paper, the Beatles, Joe Henry, the restorative effects of finis... Read more

... the Incredible String Band, Mr Chalk and Mrs CheeseIn which we celebrate the 50th birthday of The Who's "Live At Lee... Read more

David Hepworth's new book "A Fabulous Creation" is about the era of the LP, from "Sgt Pepper" in 1967 to "Thriller" in 1... Read more

When Dave Lewis first went to see Led Zeppelin at the Empire Pool, Wembley in 1971 it cost him 75p. When they played the... Read more

Ever since first hearing the siren call of The Rubettes' "Sugar Baby Love", Mark Kermode, TV and Radio's Mr Movie, has b... Read more

Kenneth Womack, who actually teaches a course in the Beatles at Monmouth University in New Jersey, has just published "S... Read more

It's always good to welcome Andrew Collins back to the pod. Andrew was with us most recently to talk about the new editi... Read more

Is Nick Lowe the only musician of his generation who has actually got better as he’s got older? How did he survive the F... Read more

On December 7th Thomas Alan Waits celebrates his 70th birthday and to mark that occasion we asked Barney Hoskyns, the au... Read more

In introducing this session, which was inspired by David Hepworth's new book "Nothing Is Real" Mark Ellen said "I've kno... Read more

On Sunday the Dutch group The Analogues, who have set out to play the Beatles songs that the Beatles never played live, ... Read more

Drummer with the Small Faces, the Faces and the Who, supplier of the distinctive drum sound on the Rolling Stones' "It's... Read more

... and other pop parlour games.In which we get Alexa to play Stack Waddy, Carly Simon meets James Bond, we wonder if gi... Read more

In Which Tony Fletcher tells us about Wilson Pickett, who was impossible as a child, inimitable as a singer and incorrig... Read more