The Whole Nine Yards Ep 299 

With Roy Stannard

On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

Sunday 25 October 2026  3-5pm

www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen

Promised Land

Some songs make us dance. Some make us think. And some do something far more important. They help us carry on.

This week’s show is built around songs of resilience and optimism. Songs that look beyond obstacles towards possibilities. Songs about strength, escape, light, promise, gratitude and hope. From Strength to Guiding Light, from Move On Up to Promised Land, we’ll spend the next two hours travelling towards brighter horizons in the company of some remarkable artists.

Hour One

Joe Smooth – Promised Land (Promised Land 1987)

The Shadows – Wonderful Land (Single 1962)

Kate Simmonds – We Come in your Name (You Have been Lifted) (Heart & Soul 2002)

The Alarm – Strength (Strength, 1985)

The Rifles – The Great Escape (The Great Escape 2009)

Justin Currie – No Surrender (What is Love For 2007)

Florence + The Machine – Shake It Out (Ceremonials, 2011)

The Polyphonic Spree – Light and Day/Reach for the Sun (The Beginning Stages Of…, 2002)

Adele – Hometown Glory (Night Facilities Remix) (19 2007)

Planet Funk – Chase the Sun  (Chase the Sun 2001)

Angelina Jordan + Toby Gad – What a Wonderful World (What a Wonderful World 2024)

The Hollies – He Ain’t Heavy (Single 1969)

Hour Two

Curtis Mayfield – Move on Up (Curtis 1970)

The Lighthouse Family – Lifted (Ocean Drive 1996)

Diana Vickers – Sunlight (Once Single 2010)

Delphic – Counterpoint (Acolyte 2010)

Coldplay – Life in Technicolour II  (Prospekt’s March EP 2008) Version 1 is on the Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008)

Snow Patrol – Just Say Yes (Up to Now 2009)

Justin Thomas – Thank You for the Rain (Jumping in the House of God 3 1998

Foy Vance – Guiding Light (The Wild Swan, 2016)

The Veils – Guiding Light (The Runway Found 2003)

Amy Macdonald – What happiness Means to me  (A Curious Thing 2010)