Mark Ellen

Music journalist and broadcaster

London, UK

About Mark

Mark Ellen is a British music journalist, broadcaster, and television presenter. He has written for various publications, including The Guardian and The Times, and has presented several radio shows. He is known for his witty humor and insightful commentary on the music industry.

Associated Podcasts

Word In Your Ear

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Recent Appearances

The Who, Floyd, Led Zep and the great college circuit that launched 1,000 bands

Word In Your Ear•May 12, 2026•49:55•host

Paul Simon, Bad Bunny, how songwriting changed & the scourge of Blue Dot Fever!

Word In Your Ear•May 11, 2026•50:00•host

Mark Ellen

About Mark

Associated Podcasts

Word In Your Ear

Connect

Recent Appearances

The Who, Floyd, Led Zep and the great college circuit that launched 1,000 bands

Paul Simon, Bad Bunny, how songwriting changed & the scourge of Blue Dot Fever!

Key Topics

Pleasure Gardens, cabaret, nightclubs, rave & 350 years of the Big Night Out

Andy Earl’s memories of photographing Prince, Madonna and Johnny Cash

Talk Talk, a deep-dive tale of mystery and imagination

The Clash, the Cramps and Penny Kiley’s teenage punk diaries

Van Morrison’s agent writes crime fiction as the music business sleeps

Can the Michael movie reboot Jacko? & how social media changed festivals

Andy Kershaw & Dylan’s jar of jam plus the things people do to get gigs

The story of Wild Thing and whatever happened to World Cup songs?

No Sex Pistols in Manchester? ‘No Smiths, Nirvana, indie rock.’ Discuss!

The Keith Moon story is a movie in waiting, both a comedy and a tragedy

The shameless age of Britpop in ‘the wildest year of the 90s’

Who hasn’t had ‘work done’, how to spot AI and the stupidest thing we ever did

How Tony Visconti keeps the Bowie flag flying

Matt Johnson & the unique story of The The plus George Michael and the sunbed

At home with Nick Drake, Sandy Denny & John Martyn in the golden year of 1970

The Jarrett movie, Macca’s secret & when did standing at gigs start?

The Clash story mapped by the places they lived, played, evolved … and shot pigeons

Mustn’t grumble! Songs with the essence of Englishness