Word In Your Ear

Bob Marley in London, Chappell Roan’s outburst & records that sound best in the dark


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Direct from the Government Yard in Trenchtown where, over cornmeal porridge by a log wood fire, the events of the week are gently appraised, among them …

 

… how Bob Marley, the Walker Brothers, the Byrds, Hendrix, Ramones, Blondie and Nirvana “got the dust of England on their boots”.

 

… Chappell Roan’s demands for “a living wage” in a business built on inequity.

 

… why audio books surprise you in ways the print edition can’t.

 

… Beyonce? Best Country album? You sure?

 

… “separate immediately”: Marsha Hunt and the secret of a successful marriage.

 

… Bowie, Queen, the Velvet Underground: how the most streamed songs are rarely what you’d expect.

 

… when London, New York and LA were the centres of the universe.

 

… Bookends, Randy Newman’s Good Old Boys and other albums with a narrative.

 

… when the Police, Pistols and Clash tried to conquer America.

 

… Miles Copeland Senior in Ben Macintyre’s A Spy Among Friends.

 

… “the film world is constructed around 100 actors, eight of whom are celebrated every year”.

 

… plus birthday guest Keith Adsley turns the lights out for Pitchblack Playback – albums you should hear in the dark.


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Word In Your EarBy Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Alex Gold

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