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BeebRock II - Music Shows on BBC Four, Sky Arts and everywhere else
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Hello, this weeks sees things like the Fleadh, Clannad, Elvis and Johnny Cash on your Television
And the Proms. Lots of Proms ...
Thursday
8pm BBC Proms 2021 - Brahms (BBC4)
12.15am Guy Garvey From The Vaults - 1987 (Sky Arts)
featuring the Smiths, the Mission, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Depeche Mode and the Cure
1.15am Reclaiming Amy (BBC2)
Amy Winehouse thing made by her Parents
1.15am Steven Tyler Live At Melrose Ballroom (Sky Arts)
Friday
7pm The British Invasion - Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien (Sky Arts)
The actual title is 'The British Invasion - Dusty Springfield' but I have used her real name
7pm BBC Proms 2021 - Brahms (BBC4)
8pm Classic Albums: Steely Dan - Aja (Sky Arts)
This is also on Youtube
9pm Being Freddie Mercury - Under Pressure (Channel 5) 🆕
Psychiatrist Dr Bob Johnson and those who knew the Queen frontman best attempt to uncover the disparity between what people think they know about Freddie and who he really was. The show builds a psychological picture of the man who started life as Farrokh Bulsara, but ended it as Freddie Mercury
9pm Alanis Morrissette Live In Concert (Sky Arts)
9pm & 1.55am Top Of The Pops 1991 - July 13 (BBC4)
Jackie Brambles presents the edition first aired on June 13 1991, featuring performances by Sonia, All About Eve, Gloria Estefan, Divinyls, Lenny Kravitz, Massive Attack, Color Me Badd, Amy Grant, the Doors and Skid Row
9.30pm & 2.25am Top Of The Pops 1991 - July 20 (BBC4)
Nicky Campbell presents the edition first aired on June 20 1991, featuring performances by Rebel MC featuring Barrington Levy and Tenor Fly, Latour, Kenny Thomas, Salt-N-Pepa, Extreme, Driza Bone, Jason Donovan, Bette Midler, Color Me Badd and Rod Stewart
9.30pm-Midnight Fleadhfest 2021 (TG4)
Highlights include Máirtín O'Connor, Cathal Hayden and Seamie O'Dowd, West Ocean String Quartet with Iarla Ó Lionáird and Una Monaghan, Sliabh Notes and Joanie Madden
10pm & 2.55am Jazz Legends In Their Own Words (BBC4)
A journey into the BBC archives, unearthing performances and candid interviews from the golden age of jazz. Featuring some of the greatest names in American music, from Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Count Basie to Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald
10.15pm The Pretenders - Austin City Limits (Sky Arts)
10.30pm 1991 - 30 Greatest Hits (Channel 5)
11pm Louis Armstrong In Concert (BBC4)
https://www.quora.com/Is-Neil-Armstrong-the-grandfather-of-Louis-Armstrong
11.30pm The Rolling Stones Rock And Roll Circus (Sky Arts)
The one which was on last week
11.55pm Jazz Horns Gold (BBC4)
A selection of archive performances by jazz artists from shows including Jazz 625, The Late Show, Later - with Jools Holland and Crackerjack. Featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins, Stan Getz, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Wynton Marsalis, Acker Bilk, John Dankworth, Courtney Pine, John Surman and Andy Hamilton
12.55am Singer Songwriters At The BBC (BBC4)
Archive performances from the 1960s and '70s, featuring Billy Joel, Joan Armatrading, Tom Paxton, John Denver, Bruce Johnston, Gordon Lightfoot, Chris de Burgh and Stealers Wheel. The programme also includes an unusual appearance by Ronnie Lane and Slim Chance on The Basil Brush Show in 1973
1am Rolling Stones At Hyde Park 2013 (Sky Arts)
2.15am Jimmy Carter - Rock And Roll President (Sky Arts)
Saturday
3.30pm The Doobie Brothers - Let The Music Play (Sky Arts)
5.30pm The Doobie Brothers Live From The Beacon Theatre (Sky Arts)
6.30pm BBC Proms 2021 - The Golden Age Of Broadway (BBC2)
8pm Classic Albums: Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt (Sky Arts)
8.20pm Opry An Iuir (TG4)
9.30pm Fleadhfest 2021 (TG4)
From Ulster
9.30pm The Proclaimers - This Is The Story (BBC Scotland)
Followed by The Proclaimers live at Stirling Castle
9.30pm The Queens Of Pop - Viva La Diva (BBC2)
Ana Matronic explores the key elements that have shaped the identities and sounds of Beyoncé, Cher, Grace Jones, Madonna and Mariah Carey, investigating the lives and legacies of these five pop superstars
9.35pm The Heart Of Saturday Night (RTE1)
Una Healy and Loah introduce performances by Damien Dempsey, John and Ceoladh Sheahan and Saint Sister, as well a tribute to Ronnie Drew by Phelim Drew, John Sheahan and the Mary Wallopers. Phelim Drew revealed on Liveline recently that he auditioned for the singing canary carbon monoxide ad. The brief was that they were looking for someone who could sing in a "Ronnie Drew Style". He didn't get the part
10pm One Hit Wonders At The BBC (Yesterday)
Followed by two TOTP compilations
10.30pm Queens Of Song At The BBC (BBC2)
A selection of songs by some of the finest female artists, featuring performances by Whitney Houston, Beyonce, Mariah Carey, Grace Jones, Cher, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Diana Ross and Adele
10.30pm BB King Live At The Royal Albert Hall 2011 (Sky Arts)
10.35pm Retrospective - Clannad and the RTE Concert Orchestra (RTE1)🆕
The band perform new arrangements of songs including Harry's Game, In a Lifetime and I Will Find You with the orchestra and conductor David Brophy, and also chat to John Kelly about their remarkable career and the stories behind their classics
11.30pm Grace Jones: Bloodlight And Bami (BBC2)
Documentary profile of the singer, following her in the recording studio, backstage and at home with her extended family in Jamaica, interspersed with concert footage of hits including Pull Up to the Bumper and Slave to the Rhythm. Features her Dublin gig at the Olympia
12.15am Chuck Berry - The King Of Rock And Roll (Sky Arts)
1.45am One Man's Madness (Sky Arts)
It's Lee Thompson, their saxophonist
Sunday
4.55pm Elvis On Tour (TG4)
1972 film - Rock 'n' roll's biggest superstar performing at concerts throughout the USA. Featuring James Burton's guitar-playing skills and an early Presley performance on the Ed Sullivan show. Directed by Pierre Adidge and Robert Abel
6.30pm The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash In Ireland (RTE1)
The story of singer Johnny Cash's tour in 1963 and his relationship with Ireland, featuring archive footage and first-hand accounts of a troubled time in the country star's life, and hearing from Irish people who saw him up close
6.50pm Jack Bruce Tribute Concert (Sky Arts)
A performance from London's Roundhouse in October 2015, celebrating the former Cream bassist's life and career, and featuring the likes of Ginger Baker and Vernon Reid
7pm BBC Proms 2021 - National Youth Orchestra (BBC4)
7.30pm Ireland In Music (RTE1)
Performances from venues around the country. Denise Chaila and Sharon Shannon perform along the Cliffs of Moher, Clannad are in Poison Glen, Gweedore, Lisa Hannigan is at the bandstand at Saint Stephen's Green, and rock band the Stunning play outside Trim Castle. I think this is a repeat.
9pm Miss Saigon 25th Anniversary Performance (Sky Arts)
9.30pm Fleadhfest 2021- Connancht (TG4)
Midnight Isle Of Wight Festival (Sky Arts)
Faithless and Fatboy Slim
1am Alanis Morrissette Live In Concert (Sky Arts)
.... and that's about that, do let us know if you have seen anything else
That Freddie Mercury Doc on Channel 5 must be the 927th programme about Queen or Freddie
Apparently the lockdown hasn't hit them too badly https://www.nme.com/news/music/queen-are-making-100000-a-day-from-bohemian-rhapsody-biopic-2983964
Interesting article here about Cork Band 'Stump' who blazed a trail at Berlin's Hansa Studios well before U2 got there https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-40352558.html
And Paul McDermott has an hour long audio doc about them here https://www.paulmcdermott.ie/lights-camel-action (with lots of other material of note)
Finally, the Best Cover Of Frankie Valli's I Love You Baby Sang By The Lads Before They Head Off To Vietnam Of The Week might be this one as featured in The Deer Hunter (BBC2 Friday 11.05pm). John Cazale's final film, every movie he appeared in was nominated for Best Film at the Oscars
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