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Soul Music

BBC

Series about pieces of music with a powerful emotional impact

Soul Music Podcast Guide

Listen to Soul Music, a Society & Culture podcast by BBC. Stream 176 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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Make You Feel My Love

"When the rain is blowing in your face / And the whole world is on your case / I could offer you a warm embrace / To make you feel my love"...

27:46Jan 24, 2026

Cranes in the Sky by Solange

Marking 25 years of the award-winning series, Soul Music features songs from the last 25 years. “I tried to drink it away... I tried to run...

27:28Jan 17, 2026

Yellow by Coldplay

"Look at the stars, look how they shine for you..." True stories of what Yellow, one of Coldplay's most iconic songs, means to people 25 yea...

27:41Jan 10, 2026

Porcelain by Moby

A song that was everywhere after it was released as a single in 2000. Moby's Porcelain has been used in films, TV and adverts yet remains a...

27:27Jan 3, 2026

Soul Music at 25

This hour long special celebrates a quarter of a century of the programme and charts the course of a human life through pieces of music. Cer...

56:46Dec 27, 2025

Bésame Mucho

The Mexican pianist and composer Consuelo Velázquez was only 16 years old when she wrote Bésame Mucho, and she was yet to have her first kis...

27:50Apr 26, 2025

May You Never

"May you never lay your head down without a hand to hold / May you never make your bed out in the cold." A perfect folk song of brotherly af...

27:48Apr 19, 2025

Ae Fond Kiss by Robert Burns

Robert Burns began a correspondence with Agnes McElhose, also known as Clarinda and Nancy, a married woman he was besotted with. When she le...

27:45Apr 12, 2025

I Feel Love

Stories of love, loss and legacy surrounding Donna Summer's iconic 1977 hit. Producers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte wanted to make some...

27:53Apr 5, 2025

Sailing By

Written in 1963, 'Sailing By' by Ronald Binge was chosen by the BBC as the musical interlude to be played every night before the Shipping Fo...

27:48Jan 1, 2025

Benedictus

Sir Karl Jenkins' Benedictus is the penultimate movement from his anti-war mass, The Armed Man. Written twenty-five years ago this year and...

27:39Nov 9, 2024

Lovely Day by Bill Withers

"Lovely Day" was released in 1977. Its simple blissful melody masks profound lyrics which on closer examination offer hope and solace to man...

27:41Oct 26, 2024

Tender

"Tender is the night lying by your side / Tender is the touch of someone that you love too much..." - Chris Lightfoot will always associate...

28:42Oct 19, 2024

Diamonds and Rust

“Well, I'll be damned, Here comes your ghost again…” Joan Baez, also known as the "Queen of Folk", is halfway through writing a song one day...

27:51Oct 12, 2024

Tiny Dancer

Elton John's slow burner is now one of his most beloved tracks. Released in 1971 during a prolific period for Elton and Bernie Taupin, many...

27:42May 4, 2024

Northern Sky

"I never felt magic crazy as this....." For some it's a beacon of hope, for others a metaphor for love. 'Northern Sky' is the penultimate tr...

27:49Apr 27, 2024

I Can See Clearly Now

"I can see clearly now the rain is gone / I can see all obstacles in my way / Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind / It's gonna be a b...

27:51Apr 20, 2024

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 about searching for someone speci...

27:43Apr 13, 2024

Sweet Thing

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

27:37Apr 6, 2024

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 set a poem by Czech poet Adol...

27:47Nov 11, 2023

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