Soul Music Podcast
Series about pieces of music with a powerful emotional impact
Episodes to download
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A Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten
Sat 18 Dec 2021
Memories of Benjamin Britten's Christmas work for harp and voices.
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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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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 1967 hit for Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell followed by Diana Ross in 1970.
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Take Me Home, Country Roads
Wed 4 Aug 2021
From West Virginia to West Jamaica, stories of what the song means to people.
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We've Only Just Begun
Wed 21 Jul 2021
The Carpenters' massive hit about hopes and dreams was originally a TV advert for a bank.
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Once In A Lifetime
Wed 30 Dec 2020
Talking Heads' breakout hit from 1980 is explored by people whose lives the song touched.
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I Wonder as I Wander
Tue 22 Dec 2020
Personal stories from around the world inspired by the carol 'I Wonder as I Wander'.
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Lean On Me by Bill Withers
Tue 8 Dec 2020
An enduring classic which delivers a message of support and friendship.
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I Will Survive—Series 30
Wed 29 Jul 2020
True stories of what the iconic disco anthem means to people around the world.
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Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte by Maurice Ravel—Series 30
Wed 22 Jul 2020
What makes Ravel's Pavane For A Dead Princess so evocative and emotional?
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Feeling Good—Series 30
Wed 15 Jul 2020
The surprising history behind a track made famous by Nina Simone
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Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay—Series 29
Wed 22 Jan 2020
Otis Redding's lonely lament and why it matters to people aged from 20 to 80
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Toto's Africa—Series 29
Wed 8 Jan 2020
Released in 1982, this soft-rock anthem has become an unlikely viral smash-hit.
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Coventry Carol—Series 29
Christmas Day 2019
The 'Coventry Carol' tells the story of the Slaughter of the Innocents
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Farewell to Stromness—Series 28
Wed 31 Jul 2019
Personal stories about Farewell to Stromness, by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.
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Wind of Change—Series 28
Wed 24 Jul 2019
How Scorpions’ 1990s power ballad became an anthem for the fall of the Berlin Wall
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Streets of London by Ralph McTell—Series 28
Wed 17 Jul 2019
50 years after it was first recorded, Ralph McTell and others discuss Streets of London.
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Let the River Run—Series 27
Wed 23 Jan 2019
The story of how a classic 80’s movie song became an anthem for a new generation.
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.
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