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Edwin Starr presents the last in the series exploring the link between soul music and the US civil rights movement. Black musicians had to eat, sleep and buy gas in segregated shops and play to all-white or all-black audiences when they toured the Deep South in the fifties and early sixties.
Wilson Pickett, Martha Reeves, Mary Wilson, Jerry Butler and others tell how their songs played a part in calling for change in American society.

Contributors

Presenter:
Edwin Starr
Interviewee:
Wilson Pickett
Interviewee:
Martha Reeves
Interviewee:
Mary Wilson
Interviewee:
Jerry Butler
Producer:
David Morley

The singer presents a new six-part series showcasing the finest Irish music of recent times. This first show features songs that are traditional and contemporary, with tunes from the Chieftains, Van Morrison, Hothouse Flowers, Paul Brady and Boyzone.

Choice: Ronan Keating's Celtic Heart (10.00pm R2) beats strong and passionate and Irish. Tonight the singer chooses traditional and contemporary music from the Emerald Isle, giving us our own taste of the joys of ceilidh.

Contributors

Presenter:
Ronan Keating
Producer:
Czarina Deen

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