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Soul Music
Soul Music
BBC Radio 4

Series about pieces of music with a powerful emotional impact

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Episodes

Someone to Watch Over Me

Written by George Gershwin for the musical Oh Kay, Someone To Watch Over Me has endured as a tender ballad... more

13 Apr 2024 · 27 minutes
Sweet Thing

Sweet Thing by Van Morrison has an atmosphere full of tenderness, wonder and joy. But underneath this there a feeling... more

06 Apr 2024 · 27 minutes
Songs My Mother Taught Me

Antonin Dvorak wrote his Gypsy Songs in 1880. He was passionate about the folk music of his native Bohemia and... more

11 Nov 2023 · 27 minutes
Fire and Rain

James Taylor's song of suicide, loneliness and addiction somehow remains hopeful and uplifting, even as people experience their own dark... more

04 Nov 2023 · 27 minutes
Pata Pata

Miriam Makeba recorded 'Pata Pata' in 1967 with the help of American producer Jerry Ragovoy. It became a huge... more

28 Oct 2023 · 27 minutes
Defying Gravity from Wicked

Wicked the musical is 20 years old in 2023. The story of the Wizard of Oz told from the witches'... more

21 Oct 2023 · 27 minutes
I Will Always Love You

Written by Dolly Parton... sent stratospheric by Whitney Houston; I Will Always Love You is a song that has... more

14 Oct 2023 · 27 minutes
Fast Car

'Fast Car' is one of Tracy Chapman's biggest hits, with listeners from around the world finding striking connections with their... more

05 Jul 2023 · 27 minutes
I Say a Little Prayer for You

When Burt Bacharach and lyricist Hal David wrote I Say A Little Prayer For You in 1967 the war in... more

24 Jun 2023 · 27 minutes
Ghost Town

'Ghost Town' was recorded by British two-tone band The Specials as a comment on urban decay and social unrest. ... more

17 Jun 2023 · 27 minutes
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