Word In Your Ear

Life with the Lennons, fame, friendship, the FBI and the Lost Weekend – by Elliot Mintz

How Goth took over, farewell Phil Lesh and the curse of teenage stardom

When Mark King of Level 42 was the 11 year-old singing drummer in a novelty act

King Crimson, red hair dye and a singing Jack Russell: the boisterous memoir of Jakko Jakszyk

Obsessive fans, Dylan’s reading list and how Taylor Swift tickets are the new codeword for wealth

Britpop, its peaks and its spiritual godfather: a Golden Age rebooted by Miranda Sawyer

Zappa and Elvis as fathers (!), Billy Joel’s house sale and the curse of too much choice

Hugh Cornwell on how the drummer has the best seat in the house

Kris Kristofferson, a lost Tom Petty film and rock stars and the curse of the selfie

How Christine McVie saw Fleetwood Mac and the real reason she left them – by Lesley-Ann Jones

Nick Heyward dressed like the Jam, XTC and Talking Heads. “It’s all about clothes, hair and shoes.”

In the studio with Nick Drake, Fairport & John Martyn: John Wood remembers a golden age

Joel Selvin on "a sylvan moment in Hollywood history"

Joel Selvin on "a sylvan moment in Hollywood history"

Ahmet Zappa: what's life like when Frank’s your father?

Rolling Stone founder/editor Jann Wenner – “where are you ever going to get a job like that again?

“Well I walked up to her and I asked her if she wanted to dance.”

Miki Berenyi of Lush: it was the best of times, it was the worst of times …

Martin Kelner and daughter Ruth: you're never alone with a National Lampoon album

Jonathan Morrish’s unforgettable days as Michael Jackson’s press agent

Ian Leslie: in praise of “intelligent, literate and very pretentious pop”

Dylan’s love letters and the one album that never lets you down

Why did Sheila Rock walk out of a New Order shoot?

Simon Sebag Montefiore knows the five best songs about history ever written