Soul Music Podcast
Series about pieces of music with a powerful emotional impact
Episodes to download
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Benedictus
Sat 9 Nov 2024
With its message of peace, Karl Jenkins's Benedictus brings solace in hard times.
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Tender
Sat 19 Oct 2024
Stories of what Tender, from Blur's 1999 album 13, means to people around the world.
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Diamonds and Rust
Sat 12 Oct 2024
Stories of love and loss surrounding the song Diamonds and Rust by Joan Baez.
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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 βPurple Rainβ 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
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.
