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The real-life stories and heartbreaking songs they inspired, from The Beatles, Baez, Clapton, Cohen and Dylan. With new music from Damien Dempsey, Sarah Ann Rée & Culture Kid, Sorcha Richardson and Jeffrey Silverstein. Def Leppard go acoustic too, ahead of their playing Belsonic in Belfast.

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1 hour, 48 minutes

Last on

Thu 25 Jun 2026 22:04
BBC Radio Ulster & BBC Radio Foyle

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Music Played

  • The Beatles

    Something

  • Eric Clapton

    Layla [Acoustic Live / Unplugged]

  • Joan Baez

    Diamonds And Rust

  • Bob Dylan

    Sara

  • Leonard Cohen

    So Long Marianne

  • Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger

    The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

  • Damien Dempsey

    Go Move Shift

  • Def Leppard

    Two Steps Behind [String / Acoustic Version]

  • Ciaran Lavery

    Tell Them All [Live at the Mac]

  • Sarah Ann Rée & Culture Kid

    Sometimes...

  • Sorcha Richardson

    Illinois Again

  • Noah Cyrus & Stephen Wilson Jr

    If There's A Heaven

  • Eric Clapton

    Wonderful Tonight

  • Def Leppard

    Miss You In A Heartbeat [Acoustic Version]

  • Stevie Wonder

    Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer

  • Lou Reed

    Coney Island Baby

  • Jeffrey Silverstein

    Out of Tune

  • Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

    If We Were Vampires

  • Noah Kahan

    We Go Way Back

  • Sydney Rose

    We Hug Now [Stripped]

  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Nuvole Bianche [Live at the Royal Albert Hall]

  • Dua Lipa

    Anything For Love [Live from the Royal Albert Hall]

  • Kevin Simm

    He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother [Acoustic]

Broadcast

  • Thu 25 Jun 2026 22:04
    BBC Radio Ulster & BBC Radio Foyle