Soul Music Podcast
Series about pieces of music with a powerful emotional impact
Episodes to download
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Northern Sky
Sat 27 Apr 2024
Exploring why Nick Drake's song from the album Bryter Layter means so much to so many.
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I Can See Clearly Now
Sat 20 Apr 2024
Stories of what Johnny Nash's 1972 hit means to people around the world.
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Sweet Thing
Sat 6 Apr 2024
Exploring why Van Morrison's iconic song, from Astral Weeks, means so much to so many.
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Songs My Mother Taught Me
Sat 11 Nov 2023
Dvorak's best known song from his Gypsy Cycle composed for voice and piano in 1880
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Fire and Rain
Sat 4 Nov 2023
James Taylor's song of suicide, loneliness and addiction, which somehow remains hopeful.
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Pata Pata
Sat 28 Oct 2023
Stories of what Miriam Makeba's iconic song means to people from around the world.
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I Will Always Love You
Sat 14 Oct 2023
Written by Dolly Parton... sent stratospheric by Whitney Houston.
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Ghost Town
Sat 17 Jun 2023
Stories of what this iconic song by two-tone band The Specials means to different people.
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I Only Have Eyes For You
Sat 10 Jun 2023
The hypnotic beauty of a Tin Pan Alley song made famous by The Flamingos.
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I Believe in Father Christmas
Christmas Eve 2022
'The Christmas we get we deserve.' How Greg Lake's 1975 hit gives people hope and comfort.
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Nessun Dorma
Sat 17 Dec 2022
Stories of what this powerful Puccini aria means to people from around the world.
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Killing Me Softly with His Song
Sat 10 Dec 2022
Stories of what Killing Me Softly with His Song means to people around the world.
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Chervona Kalyna
Sat 26 Nov 2022
Powerful stories linked to this beautiful and stirring Ukrainian folk song
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Bruch's Violin Concerto
Sat 18 Jun 2022
Stories of what Bruch's popular violin concerto means to people around the world.
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Ne Me Quitte Pas
Sat 11 Jun 2022
Stories of what Jacques Brel's song has meant to people around the world.
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Young Hearts Run Free by Candi Staton
Sat 28 May 2022
Candi Staton helps to celebrate this uplifting 1970s disco classic.
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Purple Rain
Sat 21 May 2022
True stories of what Prince's epic ballad 鈥楶urple Rain鈥� means to people around the world.
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A Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten
Sat 18 Dec 2021
A composition for voices and harp, written on a cargo ship on the Atlantic in 1942.
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U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Sat 11 Dec 2021
More gospel than rock this 1987 hit has inspired change and created strong memories
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Song To The Siren
Sat 4 Dec 2021
The different meanings Tim Buckley's ballad "Song to the Siren" has for people.
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Unfinished Sympathy
Sat 27 Nov 2021
Personal stories inspired by Massive Attack's breakthrough single.
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Some Enchanted Evening from South Pacific
Sat 20 Nov 2021
Personal memories of one of the most beloved songs written by Rodgers & Hammerstein
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Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Sat 13 Nov 2021
The story behind this uplifting anthem and the personal memories forever linked to it.
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Take Me 主播大秀, Country Roads
Wed 4 Aug 2021
Stories of what the song 'Take Me 主播大秀, Country Roads' means to people.
Why Sam Cooke's 'A Change Is Gonna Come' became a Civil Rights anthem
Watch the animation - Professor Mary King describes how the song became a symbol of hope.
