Among the walnut shells, wrapping paper, dried tangerine peel and broken toys beneath the Christmas Tree Of News we found a few unopened presents, among them …

… Marine Homicide Unit solving murders in Scottish waters or former rock star dumping toxic waste? A crime drama Stackwaddy special.

… Roy Bittan, Duke Ellington: how musical “professors” date back to ragtime.

…’Suzanne’ and the other three songs Leonard Cohen gave away.

… Mary Martin, unsung connector and catalyst of folk-rock.

… how the spare, monochrome simplicity of John Wesley Harding flew against the prevailing wind of Disraeli Gears, Forever Changes and Magical Mystery Tour.

… “I’d rather be dead than wet my bed”.

… the invention of the “blockbuster album”.

… she’s only human: what Judy Collins thought when she met Leonard Cohen.

… Crowded House, John Fogerty, Ry Cooder, Ian Broudie, Patti Smith … when did having your kids in your band become almost compulsory?

… producer Richard Perry’s journey from Beefheart to the “surrealistic vaudeville” of Tiny Tim to the pure genius of ‘You’re So Vain’.

Plus a rare moment - something David Hepworth doesn’t know! - and birthday guest Sandra Austin.

Tickets for Word In Your Ear live here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bowie-in-london-and-hollywood-tickets-1118845138929?aff=oddtdtcreator

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