Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchKilling Me Softly with His Song
"Strumming my pain with his fingers... Singing my life with his words..."
Killing Me Softly with His Song is a song about the pleasure and embarrassme…
3 years, 9 months ago
Into My Arms by Nick Cave
"I don't believe in an interventionist God" must be one of the most original opening lines to a song.
It's one that resonates with the people in this …
3 years, 9 months ago
Chervona Kalyna
Powerful stories linked to this beautiful and stirring Ukrainian folk song.
Chervona Kalyna inspired Pink Floyd to reform so they could release their …
3 years, 9 months ago
Bruch's Violin Concerto
A Violin Concerto in G minor, Opus 26, became the best-known work of the German composer Max Bruch.
Originally written in 1866, it went through many…
4 years, 2 months ago
Ne Me Quitte Pas
Ne Me Quitte Pas is a song about begging someone not to go - and of promising the world to them, if they'll only stay.
From Haiti to New York, Proven…
4 years, 3 months ago
Purple Rain
"I never meant to cause you any sorrow, I never meant to cause you any pain..."
True stories of what Prince's epic ballad means to different people ar…
4 years, 3 months ago
Young Hearts Run Free by Candi Staton
**** 4 Extra broadcast to mark 40 years since the 45 rpm single was released in the UK on 23rd April 1986 ***
Candi Staton and others celebrate t…
4 years, 3 months ago
A Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten
In 1942, Benjamin Britten boarded the M.S. Axel Johnson, a Swedish cargo vessel, to make the journey home to England after three years in America. Du…
4 years, 8 months ago
U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
More gospel than rock, this 1987 hit has inspired great change in people's lives and created memories for music lovers across the world.
Brendan McMan…
4 years, 9 months ago
Song To The Siren
"Long afloat in shipless oceans":
So begins ‘Song To The Siren’ whose lyrics were inspired by Homer's Odyssey and the story of the Sirens who lured un…
4 years, 9 months ago