# Is Indie the new Good Old Days? And why are there no British country stars?

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Podcast: [Word In Your Ear](https://stenobird.com/podcast/word-in-your-ear-4162240)
Published: 2026-07-13T13:21:45+00:00
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As this week’s news hurtles over the net, we sort the aces from the double-faults. The final score …    … Madonna, Shakira, Chris Martin and World Cup 11-minute half-time overload!   … how many Stones albums were “the best since Exile On Main Street”?   … Kevin Rowland’s heart-breaking songs about Life’s Third Act   … 10 good reasons to miss the Nineties   … Country & Western is about travelling through the vast geography of America. “Go 200 miles in Britain and you fall off the edge”   … Florian Pilkington-Miksa, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond: rock’s real (or invented?) double-barrelled names   … how “travel and never arrive” is the new entertainment experience   … plus Sly Stone’s Babies Makin’ Babies, the comforting cry of “Gambo’s in the building!” and birthday guest Patrick Butler. Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock'n'Roll going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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