Ep 5: Don't Label Me A 'Black' Barry White

Trailer: Soul Unlimited - How Barry White Changed Music

A Taste of what Soul Unlmited (how barry white changed music) is all about.

Ep 8 : Let The Music Play On

In this final episode, Steven Ivory recalls an eventful meeting with the Artist as a rookie Reporter. Barry bounces back in the mid-90s and Larry Katz (Boston Herald Journalist) interviews the artist just before 'The Icon Is Love' tour. Broadcaster Adrian Goldberg shares his earliest memories of music and his older siblings' influence. Then Simon Bartholomew and Andrew Levy, The Brand New Heavies, weigh in on how White's music has influenced their songwriting and production. Credits: Courtesy of the Larry Katz interviews at Northeastern University Archives and Special Collection.

Ep 7 : A Music Sold To The World - Sho' You Right

White explains why a global audience became hooked on his sound. Lisa Stansfield pays tribute in the highest possible fashion. We track White's shift from symphony to synthesizer and his ultimately flawed desicion to sign for CBS. We span languages and continents with Zurisaddái Sastré Castelán's Reale Orchestra from Mexico and Ramon Escale's Messengers Choir from Barcelona.

Ep 6: If There Is Something In This World We All Atone To...

Barry White explains his rationale for making seductive music. Marvin muscles in on the Bedroom Soul scene. We hear Producer Maggie Ayre's musical memories from childhood. Zoe Rahman, Jazz Pianist, and Steve Cradock (Ocean Colour Scene/Paul Weller) also share personal insight on why White's music chimes with them still today.

Ep 5: Don't Label Me A 'Black' Barry White

Barry pulls no punches in explaining why Black artists get treated less favourably. We hear his views on Isaac Hayes and Heather Small (MPeople) gives her experience of being a Black musician in today's industry.