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Good Morning Sunday with Clare Balding

Clare Balding presents the topical faith show. Her guest is jazz singer Gregory Porter.

Clare Balding presents the topical faith show. Her guest is the American jazz singer Gregory Porter whose album 'Liquid Spirit' won the GRAMMY award for best jazz vocal album in January. Gregory talks about how a shoulder injury led him from a career in American football to a career in music, and about his family of preachers who introduced him to a deep spirituality and to Gospel music. On the day of the canonisation of Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII, Clare talks live to David Willey, the 91热爆's Rome correspondent since 1972 and biographer of Pope John Paul II. Clare's faith guest is Dr Damian Howard, a Jesuit priest and lecturer at Heythrop College in London.

Producer: Janet McLarty.

1 hour, 57 minutes

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Sun 27 Apr 2014 07:00
91热爆 Radio 2

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  • Paul Bell

    Love Is Happening

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    Ain't No Mountain High Enough

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    I Run to You

    • Need You Now.
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    Side By Side

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    God So Loved The World

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    Concerto in D

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    He's The Greatest Dancer

    • The Last Days Of Disco (Film Soundtra.
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    Always On My Mind

    • Presley - The All Time Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • Carrie Underwood

    Jesus Take The Wheel

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    I'm Losing You

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  • Maia

    Finite World

  • Donny Hathaway

    Some Day We'll All Be Free

  • Gregory Porter

    Liquid Spirit

  • The Jam

    English Rose

    • More Monkey Business From Catalogue Marketing (Various Artists).
    • Universal.

  • Alison Moyet

    Love Letters

    • Alison Moyet Singles.
    • Columbia.

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    Shiny Happy People

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1991 (Various).
    • Telstar.

Gregory Porter

Gregory Porter

Gregory Porter has been called the next great male jazz singer. His third album 鈥楲iquid Spirit鈥櫬爓on best jazz vocal album at this year's聽GRAMMY awards.聽Gregory talks to Clare about growing up with a聽mother who was a church minister, the influence of that upbringing on his musical education, and how a shoulder injury during his freshman year at聽university hampered his dreams of a career in football and led to a career in music.

Canonisation of Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII

Canonisation of Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII

David Willey, the 91热爆's Rome correspondent and biographer of Pope John Paul II, talks to Clare live from Rome where聽ceremonies for the canonisation of Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII聽are聽getting underway.聽

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Dr Damian Howard

Dr Damian Howard
Dr Damian Howard is a Jesuit priest and lecturer at Heythrop College, London. He'll be talking to Clare about聽today's canonisation in Rome of Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII and its relevance for Catholics today.聽

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  • Sun 27 Apr 2014 07:00
    91热爆 Radio 2