Soul Music Podcast
Series about pieces of music with a powerful emotional impact
Episodes to download
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I Will Survive
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
Wed 22 Jul 2020
What makes Ravel's Pavane For A Dead Princess so evocative and emotional?
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Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay—Series 28
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 28
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 28
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.
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Smile—Series 27
Wed 16 Jan 2019
This classic tune was written by Charlie Chaplin for the film Modern Times.
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Schubert’s B-Flat Piano Sonata D960—Series 27
Wed 9 Jan 2019
Personal stories of Schubert’s last Piano Sonata
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River—Series 27
Wed 19 Dec 2018
Personal stories of Joni Mitchell's song River, from her 1971 album Blue.
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True Colors—Series 26
Wed 2 May 2018
How Cyndi Lauper's 1980s ballad True Colors has inspired people around the world.
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God Only Knows—Series 26
Wed 25 Apr 2018
How the Beach Boys classic God Only Knows touches souls wherever it is played.
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Prelude a l'Apres Midi d'un Faune by Debussy—Series 26
Wed 18 Apr 2018
People share stories of how Debussy's beautiful prelude has affected their lives.
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A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum—Series 26
Wed 11 Apr 2018
Why has Procol Harum's surreal track remained enduringly popular for over 50 years?
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Songs of the Civil Rights Movement—Series 26
Wed 4 Apr 2018
Actor Clarke Peters tells the stories of the songs behind the civil rights movement.
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Cerys Matthews' Soul Music Mixtape - Part One
Mon 12 Feb 2018
A specially curated mixtape of Cerys's favourite stories from the 25 series of Soul Music
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Cerys Matthews' Soul Music Mixtape - Part Two
Mon 12 Feb 2018
A specially curated mixtape of Cerys's favourite stories from across the 25 series.
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Cerys Matthews' Soul Music Mixtape - Part Three
Mon 12 Feb 2018
A specially curated mixtape of Cerys's favourite stories from the 25 series of Soul Music
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Kraftwerk: Computer World—Series 25
Wed 24 Jan 2018
How Kraftwerk's classic album Computer World has changed people's lives.
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Ich Habe Genug—Series 25
Wed 10 Jan 2018
People from around the world describe how Bach's cantata changed their lives.
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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