Smooth Soul Radio

Smooth Soul is dedicated to soul music, bringing expressive voices, melodic songwriting and rhythm-led arrangements together in a full-time station. It launched in September 2024 as a specialist addition to Global's Smooth family. Barry White, Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross were among the artists highlighted when the service was introduced, establishing a clear connection with well-known soul performers.

The station's music history shows several sides of that brief. Chairmen of the Board appear with You've Got Me Dangling on a String, while Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes bring Don't Leave Me This Way. Whitney Houston's Didn't We Almost Have It All adds a large-scale vocal ballad. Together, these selections move between group performances, dance-oriented soul and more intimate, song-led material.

Odyssey's Use It Up and Wear It Out is another example in the playlist, bringing a disco connection to the channel's soul foundation. That rhythmic strand gives the selection a different balance from a service restricted to slow love songs. Both solo singers and groups have a place, with contrasts between the lead voice, backing harmonies and the instrumental pulse of each recording.

Smooth Soul's schedule runs through morning, afternoon, evening and late-night music blocks. It is available through Global Player and digital radio in its coverage areas. Among Smooth's specialist services, this station follows a musical tradition rather than a ten-year boundary or a purely relaxing mood. That approach gives classic soul voices room across the day, from gentle melodic performances to more rhythmically assertive favourites, while keeping a consistent connection with the genre.