Soul Music Podcast
Series about pieces of music with a powerful emotional impact
Episodes to download
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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 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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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 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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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.
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Redemption Song — Series 25
Wed 27 Dec 2017
How Bob Marley's Redemption Song has inspired generations around the world.
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O Holy Night
Wed 20 Dec 2017
How the carol O Holy Night touched the lives of the archbishop of York and Katie Melua.
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Who Knows Where the Time Goes? — Series 24
Wed 14 Jun 2017
Memories of the much-loved song Who Knows Where the Time Goes? written by Sandy Denny.
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You Are My Sunshine — Series 24
Wed 7 Jun 2017
The country song turned children's favourite is told through people's experiences.
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Siegfried Idyll — Series 24
Wed 31 May 2017
Wagner's celebration of paternal love, written as a birthday gift for his wife.
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My Favourite Things — Series 24
Wed 24 May 2017
Iranian astronaut Anousheh Ansari shares her memories of the song My Favourite Things.
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Waterloo Sunset — Series 24
Wed 17 May 2017
Waterloo Sunset by The Kinks, in its 50th anniversary year.
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The Star-Spangled Banner — Series 23
Tue 1 Nov 2016
Exploring America's national anthem, set to the tune of an English social men's club song.
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The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face — Series 23
Tue 25 Oct 2016
Stories of the timeless love song written by Ewan MacColl and made famous by Roberta Flack
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Jerusalem — Series 23
Tue 18 Oct 2016
How the very English 'Jerusalem' came to be loved by people from different cultures.
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A Change Is Gonna Come, by Sam Cooke — Series 23
Tue 11 Oct 2016
Sam Cooke's A Change Is Gonna Come has become a classic anthem for civil rights in the USA
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Feed the Birds
Tue 3 May 2016
'Feed The Birds' was written for the film Mary Poppins by Richard and Robert Sherman.
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Mozart's Requiem — Series 22
Tue 26 Apr 2016
How Mozart's Requiem, written when he was dying, has touched and changed people's lives.
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The Way You Look Tonight — Series 22
Tue 19 Apr 2016
The Way You Look Tonight was made popular by Fred Astaire in the 1936 film, Swing Time.
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Sukiyaki (Ue o Muite Arukou) — Series 22
Tue 12 Apr 2016
Personal stories of the 1960s Japanese hit song Sukiyaki (Ue o Muite Arukou).
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Bring Him Home — Series 22
Tue 5 Apr 2016
Contributors explain what Bring Him Home, from the musical Les Miserables, means to them.
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Fairytale of New York — Series 21
Tue 22 Dec 2015
The stories behind 1988's 'Fairytale of New York' by the Pogues.
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Nimrod — Series 21
Tue 15 Dec 2015
Composer and conductor Paul Spicer explores the impact of Edward Elgar's Nimrod.
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Mack the Knife — Series 21
Tue 8 Dec 2015
The Brecht/Weill song Mack the Knife written for The Threepenny Opera in 1928.
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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