Word In Your Ear

*EARLY ACCESS* Word Podcast 361 - and when did YOU last listen to 'Apple Jam'?

In which we look at pop conspiracy theories (Britney Spears!), the Christmas songs that work for 2020, the 36 versions of the new McCartney album, the howling mundanity of Arsene Wenger's Desert Island Discs, folk box-sets made in China, Gary Barlow in Sainsbury's, "America's truth crisis" and mangled celebrity band names.  The #FreeBritney story in Vanity Fair …<a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/11/the-oracle-of-britney-spears" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/11/the-oracle-of-britney-spears</a> The ‘Harry Smith B Sides’ in the New York Times ...<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/14/arts/music/anthology-of-american-folk-music.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/14/arts/music/anthology-of-american-folk-music.html</a> Nick Lowe’s ‘Christmas At The Airport’ …<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQoVB3Rd28E" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQoVB3Rd28E</a> Davitt Sigerson’s It’s A Big Country …<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDXZsydJU2c" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDXZsydJU2c</a> <a href="https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/4234399" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Get bonus content on Patreon</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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 podcasts alive in regular Word In Your Ear evenings in which they spoke to musicians and authors in front of an audience.  Over these years they've produced hundreds of hours of material. As of the Current Unpleasantness of 2020, they've produced yet hundreds of hours more with a little help from guests kind enough to digitally show them around their attics such as Danny Baker, Andy Partridge, Sir Tim Rice and Mark Lewisohn. For the full span of the Word In Your Ear world, visit <a href="http://www.wiyelondon.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wiyelondon.com</a>. <a href="https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/4234399" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Get bonus content on Patreon</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.