
Music and Faith
Cathy MacDonald introduces a celebration of music inspired or influenced by various religious or cultural faiths including the music of medieval St Andrew's cathedral, a reflection on Bob Dylan's Gospel years and the story of how a Gaelic hymn became an international pop hit.
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Scotland’s Music – St Andrews
John Purser reimagines the music and atmosphere of the town’s historic cathedral in its medieval heyday.
Duration: 27:25
Songlines – Morning Has Broken
John Cavanagh traces the history of one of the world’s favourite melodies from the church pew to the hit parade.
Duration: 26:38
Culture Café – Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years
Clare English introduces a look at Dylan’s controversial years of conversion to Christianity and the music he produced.
Duration: 45:18
Soul Music – Part 1
Musician and minister John Bell explores Transcendence and the way music can articulate our most intense experiences.
Duration: 27:02
Sunday Morning with Cathy MacDonald – Helen Shapiro
The 60s singer discusses how religion had increasingly become part of her stage performance and why gospel music is now her true musical calling.
Duration: 09:19
Soul Music – Part 2
John Bell looks at the tunes that have emerged from struggle and conflict to inspire and release people from oppression.
Duration: 26:10
The Banned History Of Rock’n’Roll – Religion
Vic Galloway explores this tension between music and religion and asks whether rock’n’roll really is the devil’s music.
Duration: 27:18
Soul Music – Part 3
John Bell explores how setting scripture to music can lead to great inspiration.
Duration: 26:11
Mary Ann Kennedy’s Global gathering – Tigerstyle
The Glasgow-based Bhangra group perform live traditional Sikh devotional music.
Duration: 05:27
Soul Music – Part 4
John Bell considers what happens when grief is raw – can music face up to the hardest of human experiences?
Duration: 25:47
If I Knew Then – Krishna Das
Ricky Ross meets the Jewish born master of Indian devotional singing and discusses how the music changed his faith and his life forever.
Duration: 28:31
Soul Music – Part 5
John Bell considers music’s ability to cross cultural barriers and connect with people all over the world.
Duration: 26:40
Songlines – Nkosi Sikilel iAfrica
John Cavanagh explores the origins and creation of the South African national anthem “Nkosi Sikelel iAfricaâ€
Duration: 26:48
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- Sun 8 Jan 2012 00:30ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Scotland