<p>Watering the scented hedgerows of news to see if any green shoots appear. And they do, in the form of …</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… the most effective protest song ever written</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… the commendable box-ticking life of Country Joe McDonald</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… the Timothée Chalamet ding-dong: is it still safe to voice an opinion?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… Harry Styles’ 67 dates in just 7 locations: how ‘Destination gigs’ throttle the competition</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… was Wings a worse name than the Beatles? And McCartney as a shepherd: discuss</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… what makes a song work as a football chant?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>... the most unusual things we've heard sung by crowds</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>…. Stormfront, Gothic Serpent, Midnight Hammer, Rolling Thunder … album title or US military campaign?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… why we love improv theatre</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… when Champion Jack Dupree lived in Halifax and Kid Creole in Rotherham</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… plus barrelhouse blues piano, ‘inflicting’ music on people and birthday guest Avi Chaudhuri &amp; rock music as community singing.</p><br><p><strong>Help us to keep the conversation going: </strong><a href="https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>