Soul Music Podcast
Series about pieces of music with a powerful emotional impact
Episodes to download
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Yellow by Coldplay
Yesterday
Stories of what Yellow, one of Coldplay's most iconic songs, means to people 25 years on.
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Bésame Mucho
Sat 26 Apr 2025
Stories of one of the most recorded Spanish-language songs of all time.
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Ae Fond Kiss by Robert Burns
Sat 12 Apr 2025
Ae Fond Kiss: one of Robert Burns' most famous poems set to music.
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I Feel Love
Sat 5 Apr 2025
Stories of love, loss and legacy surrounding Donna Summer's iconic 1977 hit I Feel Love.
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Sailing By
New Year's Day 2025
Stories about a piece of light music which became interwoven with the Shipping Forecast.
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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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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
Is it a protest song? Is it anti-religious? Or is it just a song of joy and hope?
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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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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.
