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Charlie Chaplin wrote the music for 'Smile' in 1935 for the film 'Modern Times', but the lyrics were only added nearly 30 years later.
Chris Philips …
6 years, 11 months ago
Schubert’s B-Flat Piano Sonata D960
The B-Flat Piano Sonata D960, which Schubert completed two months before his death, in 1828, is a vast and complex work.
It’s the last of a triptych …
7 years ago
Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Shine On You Crazy Diamond discussed by voices, including David Gilmour of Pink Floyd.
Understood to have been written about Syd Barrett, their former…
7 years ago
River
Soul Music with stories of the lasting impact of Joni Mitchell's song 'River', from her iconic 1971 album Blue.
A song about the breakdown of a relat…
7 years ago
True Colors
"Your true colors...are beautiful, like a rainbow..."
Billy Steinberg's lyrics were originally inspired by his mother but his song writing partner Tom…
7 years, 8 months ago
God Only Knows
"God only knows what I'd be without you"
For artist Kim Lynch God Only Knows is a song that she has carried with her from the moment her father played…
7 years, 8 months ago
Prelude a l'Apres Midi d'un Faune by Debussy
Claude Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun speaks to artists of different kinds.
Jamaican poet Ishion Hutchinson recalls hearing it through …
7 years, 8 months ago
A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum
Why has Procol Harum's surreal track ‘A Whiter Shade of Pale’ remained enduringly popular for over 50 years?
Soul Music hears the stories and memori…
7 years, 8 months ago
Songs of the Civil Rights Movement
Actor Clarke Peters narrates this special edition to mark 50 years since the assassination of the Reverend Dr Martin Luther King on April 4th 1968.
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7 years, 9 months ago
Cerys Matthews' Soul Music Mixtape - Part One
Cerys Matthews delves into the archives to put together a specially curated mixtape of her favourite stories from across 25 series of the BBC Radio 4…
7 years, 10 months ago