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Trevor Nelson鈥檚 Country Soul

91热爆 Radio 2's Trevor Nelson explores the sometimes surprising links between Country Music and Soul, R n B and Reggae

Country has a closer relationship with soul, R'n'B and even reggae than many people realise. Over the years, it's shared many of the same songwriters, studios and musicians, as well as the universal stories of love, work, struggle and relationships gone bad.

91热爆 Radio 2's King of Soul, Trevor Nelson explores the country-soul crossover for Radio 2 Country, playing soul versions of country classics by the likes of Al Green, Esther Philips, Percy Sledge, The Supremes, and Candi Staton to name just a few. He'll also take a look at some unlikely country albums recorded by some of the all-time soul greats including Bobby Womack and Ray Charles, whose pioneering album "Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music" blurred the lines between country and soul forever.
Country music has always been huge in Jamaica as well, with countless reggae covers of big country hits; even original tracks from artists as unlikely as Jim Reeves and Shania Twain are regularly played in the heaviest Jamaican reggae venues.

Add in Willie Nelson's perhaps ill-advised attempt at a reggae album, and it's a fascinating alternative take on a little discussed side of the music.

1 hour

Last on

Sun 12 Mar 2017 13:00

Music Played

  • Solomon Burke

    Ain't Got You

    • Shout! Factory.
  • Percy Sledge

    Today I Started Loving You Again

    • Demon Records.
  • Esther Phillips

    Am I That Easy To Forget

    • Atlantic Records.
  • Ray Charles

    You Don't Know Me

    • 1962 British Hit Parade: Britain's Greatest Hits Volume 11 Part 3 CD1.
    • ACROBAT.
    • 8.
  • Candi Staton

    In The Ghetto

    • Honest Jons.
  • Al Green

    I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

    • HI RECORDS.
  • The Pointer Sisters

    Fairytale

    • Blue Thumb Records.
  • The Supremes

    My Heart Can't Take It No More

    • MOTOWN.
  • Bobby Womack

    Bouquet Of Roses

    • United Artists Records.
  • The Staple Singers

    Will the Circle Be Unbroken

    • Buddah Records.
  • Arthur Alexander

    If It's Really Got To Be This Way

    • Elektra Nonesuch.
  • Dobie Gray

    Loving Arms

    • MCA Records.
  • Charley Pride

    Kiss an Angel Good Morning

    • RCA VICTOR.
  • Linda Martell

    Before The Next Teardrop Falls

    • Plantation Records.
  • John Holt

    Before The Next Teardrop Falls

    • Clocktower Records.
  • John Holt

    I'm A Worried Man (feat. Toots Hibbert)

    • Lost Highway.
  • Whitney Houston

    I Will Always Love You

    • The Bodyguard (Original S/Track).
    • Arista.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 9 Mar 2017 23:00
  • Sun 12 Mar 2017 13:00

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