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Good Morning Sunday with Clare Balding

Clare Balding presents the topical faith show. Her guest is jazz singer Gregory Porter.

Clare Balding presents the topical faith show. Her guest is the American jazz singer Gregory Porter whose album 'Liquid Spirit' won the GRAMMY award for best jazz vocal album in January. Gregory talks about how a shoulder injury led him from a career in American football to a career in music, and about his family of preachers who introduced him to a deep spirituality and to Gospel music. On the day of the canonisation of Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII, Clare talks live to David Willey, the Â鶹ԼÅÄ's Rome correspondent since 1972 and biographer of Pope John Paul II. Clare's faith guest is Dr Damian Howard, a Jesuit priest and lecturer at Heythrop College in London.

Producer: Janet McLarty.

1 hour, 57 minutes

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Sun 27 Apr 2014 07:00
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2

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  • Jennifer Paige

    Crush

    • Woman (Various Artists).
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  • Carpenters

    Happy

    • Horizon.
    • A&M.

  • Paul Bell

    Love Is Happening

  • Michael Bolton & Leona Lewis

    Ain't No Mountain High Enough

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.
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    Salve Regina

  • Lady A

    I Run to You

    • Need You Now.
    • Capitol Nashville.
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  • Jess Thristan

    Side By Side

  • Aaron Shust

    God So Loved The World

  • Sofia Soloists Chamber Orchestra

    Concerto in D

  • Sister Sledge

    He's The Greatest Dancer

    • The Last Days Of Disco (Film Soundtra.
    • Columbia.

  • Elvis Presley

    Always On My Mind

    • Presley - The All Time Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • Carrie Underwood

    Jesus Take The Wheel

  • Paul Carrack

    I'm Losing You

    • (CD Single).
    • Carrack-UK.
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  • Maia

    Finite World

  • Donny Hathaway

    Some Day We'll All Be Free

  • Gregory Porter

    Liquid Spirit

  • The Jam

    English Rose

    • More Monkey Business From Catalogue Marketing (Various Artists).
    • Universal.

  • Alison Moyet

    Love Letters

    • Alison Moyet Singles.
    • Columbia.

  • R.E.M.

    Shiny Happy People

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1991 (Various).
    • Telstar.

Gregory Porter

Gregory Porter

Gregory Porter has been called the next great male jazz singer. His third album ‘Liquid Spirit’ won best jazz vocal album at this year's GRAMMY awards. Gregory talks to Clare about growing up with a mother who was a church minister, the influence of that upbringing on his musical education, and how a shoulder injury during his freshman year at university hampered his dreams of a career in football and led to a career in music.

Canonisation of Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII

Canonisation of Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII

David Willey, the Â鶹ԼÅÄ's Rome correspondent and biographer of Pope John Paul II, talks to Clare live from Rome where ceremonies for the canonisation of Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII are getting underway. 

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Dr Damian Howard

Dr Damian Howard
Dr Damian Howard is a Jesuit priest and lecturer at Heythrop College, London. He'll be talking to Clare about today's canonisation in Rome of Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII and its relevance for Catholics today. 

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  • Sun 27 Apr 2014 07:00
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2