The Whole Nine Yards Episode 243     

With Roy Stannard

On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

Sunday 21st September 2025 3-5pm

www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen

Your Harbour

We need places to go when the world feels too loud.

Like a lighthouse in the fog, music has a way of building safe places. Invisible architecture. Emotional sanctuaries. A harbour. We all need one. A place to dock when the tide of life gets rough. For some, it’s a memory. For others, it’s a melody. A voice that says, “You’re not alone.”

Music is more than entertainment – it’s a shelter.

You’ll hear stories of emotional anchorage, musical lifeboats, and the strange comfort of finding yourself in someone else’s song. Because sometimes, the safest place isn’t a physical one – it’s a chord. A vibration. A shared feeling.

So wherever you are, these 2 hour are yours. A haven from the hurly-burly. A harbour in the storm.

Hour One

Eric Bogle – Safe In The Harbour (By Request 2001)

Philamore Lincoln – Temma Harbour (The North Wind Blew South 1970)

All About Eve – Martha’s Harbour (All About Eve 1988)

The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter (Let it Bleed 1969)

Johnny Foreigner – Dark Harboutzz (Grace & the Bigger Picture 2009)

Bob Dylan – Shelter from the Storm (Blood on the Tracks 1975)

Tears for Fears – Pale Shelter (The Hurting 1983)

A Silent Film – Harbour Lights (Sand and Snow 2012)

The Killers – Deadlines and Commitments  (Battle Born 2012)

Sia – Day too Soon (Some People Have Real Problems 2008)

Broken Bells – Shelter (Shelter single 2018)

Loney Dear – Harbours/Harbors (Loney Dear 2017)

Hour Two

Villareal – Harbouring (Unravelling 2013)

Donna Jean & The Tricksters – Shelter (Donna Jean & The Tricksters 2007)

Bethel Music ft Amanda Lindsey Cook – King of My Heart (Peace 2020)

Leon Bridges – Coming Home (Coming Home 2015)

Sara Bareilles (featuring John Legend) – A Safe Place to Land (Amidst the Chaos 2019)

Stephanie Dosen – The Coldharbour Road (A Lily for the Spectre 2007)

Ollie Dixon – Harbour (Islands EP 2022)

Jade – Reflections on a Harbour (Fly on Strangewings 1970)

Fito Páez – Asilo en tu Corazón (Asylum in your Heart) (Rock and Roll Revolution 2014)

Birdy – Shelter (Birdy 2011)

Kabza De Small & Spirit of Praise – Nasempini (He is my Shield in Battle) (feat. Ayanda Ntanzi, DJ Maphorisa & Stakev) (Single 2025)

Moby – My Weakness (Play 1999)