BeebRock II - Music Shows on BBC Four, Sky Arts and everywhere else

paddylonglegs wrote: »

Good doc on the beatles there

Any documentary recommendations on "The recording of...." songs/albums?

There are some decent full episodes of 'Classic Albums' on Youtube, depending on what you are into

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=classic+albums&sp=EgIYAg%253D%253D

Hello, lets have a look at whats in the schedules this weekend. Well, at the time of writing they look like what is copied and pasted down below. Plenty of Queen and not much much new. Lots of Drumming on Sky, here are the details ...





Thursday
2pm Elvis And The Girl From Vienna (Sky Arts)
3pm Elvis – The Final Hours (Sky Arts)

7pm Simply Red Live At Sydney Opera House (Sky Arts)

8pm Phil Collins: Going Back To Detroit (Sky Arts)
Motown session with the Funk Brothers

9pm Ceol @ Celtic (TG4)

9pm-2am The Art Of Drumming (Sky Arts)
All 4 episodes of The Art of Drumming back to back
https://www.musicradar.com/news/the-art-of-drumming-drumming-is-a-beautiful-art-its-a-passion-its-a-religion-its-fun

11pm Score – Cinema’s Greatest Soundtracks (BBC4)
Hollywood composers including Hans Zimmer, James Cameron, Danny Elfman, John Williams, Quincy Jones and Trent Reznor combine to give a privileged look inside the musical challenges and creative secrecy of the film score

11.15pm Elton John In His Own Words (RTE1)
Hour long interview with Graham Norton about Elton’s career

11.30pm Other Voices – David Gray Special (RTE2)
Concert from Ballina




Friday
7pm Discovering Music – Queen (Sky Arts)
Appears to be Queen night on both Sky Arts and Channel 5, for some reason

7.30pm Top Of The Pops 1989 – June 15 (BBC4)
Mark Goodier and Simon Parkin host the edition first shown on June 15, featuring performances by Fuzzbox, REM, Sinitta, Double Trouble & Rebel MC, Donna Allen, Cyndi Lauper, Jason Donovan and Tom Petty

8pm Classic Albums: Queen – A Night At The Opera (Sky Arts)

8pm Abba At The BBC (BBC4)

8.30pm Fleadh Cheoil (RTE1)
with Séamus Begley and friends and the All Ireland Céile Band Champions, Cnoc na Gaoithe céile band. Although they might show the episode which was bumped last week for the Lockdown announcement

9pm Top Of The Pops 1989 – June 22 (BBC4)
Simon Mayo and Gary Davies host the edition first shown on June 22, featuring performances by Living in a Box, the Beautiful South, Gladys Knight, Clannad & Bono, Placido Domingo & Jennifer Rush, Mob featuring LRS, Soul II Soul and the Bangles

9pm Freddie Mercury – The Great Pretender (Sky Arts)
Profile of the Queen frontman, exploring his time away from the band - including a collaboration with Michael Jackson and the triumphant Barcelona duet with Montserrat Caballe. Featuring archive footage and interviews with bandmates Brian May and Roger Taylor, as well as friends and admirers including Paul Gambaccini, Montserrat Caballe and Matt Lucas

9pm Mumford & Sons: Thunder And Dust Live From South Africa (Pick)

9pm Peat & Diesel – That’s The Way We Do It (BBC Alba)
Followed at 10.30pm by ‘Peat & Diesel – From The Barrow To The Barrowlands. This is also on Saturday and Sunday

9.30pm & 2am Rich Hall’s Countrier Than You (BBC4)
The American comedian, writer and musician explores the early origins of country music in Nashville and Austin. He visits the rustic studios where this much-loved sound was born and discovers how this genre of music has reinvented itself with influences from bluegrass, western swing and Americana

10pm 13 Moments: Freddie Mercury – The Greatest Showman (Channel 5)
A profile of the Queen frontman, one of the most charismatic and flamboyant performers in music history

10.45pm Queen – From Rags To Rhapsody (Sky Arts)
Documentary recalling the rock band's early years, spent struggling gigging at pubs and colleges, and following their progress up to when Bohemian Rhapsody was a hit

11pm Sings The Great American Songbook (BBC4)
A compilation of archive performances of hits composed by American songwriters including Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen. Featuring music by Shirley Bassey, Bryan Ferry, Captain Sensible, Jamie Cullum and Florence and the Machine

11.25pm Queen: A Night At The Odeon (Channel 5)
1975 Christmas Eve gig

Midnight Other Voices – David Gray Special (RTE2)
Same as yesterday

Midnight Sinatra - All Or Nothing At All (BBC4)
Part 2/4 Frank’s 1971 Farewell Concert. Sure he was only getting warmed up

Midnight Queen Live In Milton Keynes 1982 (Sky Arts)

1am The Windmill Lane Sessions (TG4)
With Frances Black and Kieran Goss, McMahon and the Lost Brothers. Kieran Goss there, no relation to Luke and/or Matt Goss

1am The Hollies - Look Through Any Window (Sky Arts)

1am Music Moguls – Masters Of Pop (BBC4)
Ep 1/3 the story of the maverick managers who controlled the careers of major artists, from Colonel Tom Parker (Elvis) up to Scooter Braun (Justin Bieber). Along the way are tales of industry legends such as Led Zeppelin's Peter Grant, and Don Arden, who managed the Small Faces, Black Sabbath and ELO




Saturday
4.15pm Fleadh Cheoil (RTE1)

4pm-9pm The Art Of Drumming (Sky Arts)
Same as Thursday. Looks like Sky are trying to fill air time

7pm Guitar Heroes At The BBC (Yesterday)
Carlos Santana, Mark Knopfler, Peter Green and the Edge, and acoustic material by John Martyn, John Renbourn, Bert Jansch and Paco Pena.

8.30pm Pat Shortt’s Music From D’Telly (RTE1)
Featuring archive performances from Amy Winehouse and Robbie Williams, plus a rarely seen 1982 interview with Rory Gallagher and the story of a government-appointed song collector

9pm Bee Gees One Night Only (Sky Arts)
11.10pm Bee Gees: In Our Own Time (Sky Arts)
Gig followed by Doc

10pm Camgymeriad Gwych (S4C)
A film originally broadcast in 2001, capturing the interactions between Welsh musicians in a recording studio. Featuring the music of and starring Catatonia, James Dean Bradfield, Super Furry Animals, Big Leaves, Fernhill and many more


10pm TOTP2 Country Jukebox (BBC Scotland)

10.55pm Abba: When All Is Said And Done (Channel 5)
Docudrama telling the stories of singers Agnetha Faltskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, told through the words both of those in Abba's close circle and of the women themselves

11.30pm Top Of The Pops 1989 – June 15 (BBC4)
Midnight Top Of The Pops 1989 – June 22 (BBC4)

12.30am Our Musical History – Blues And Beyond (BBC4)
Cerys Matthews and Val Wilmer play videos and talk about Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf, Jimi Hendrix and John Lee Hooker, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Peggy Lee and many more. No I said Val Wilmer, he’s a photographer

12.30am Studio 54 – The Documentary (Sky Arts)
Featuring a Mr N.Rodgers https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5773986/

2.20am Kylie: Showgirl – The Greatest Hits Tour (Sky Arts)




Sunday
9pm Billy Elliott – The Musical (Sky Arts)

9.30pm Transatlantic Sessions – Rogha Agus Togha (TG4)
With Julie Fowlis, Tim O'Brien, Joan Osborne, Dónal Lunny Darrell Scott and Bruce Molsky

10.35pm Flosc (TG4)
Cormac de Barra presents the music show, featuring sessions by the new generation of traditional musicians, including Mike McGoldrick, Dezi Donnelly and Oisín Mac Diarmada

11pm Bee Gees At The BBC And Beyond (BBC4)

11pm Keeping ‘Er Country (BBC Scotland)
Clonmany in Donegal hosts the longest running country music festival in Ireland, and this year it's preparing for its 50th anniversary. With a night of nostalgia focusing on the veteran stars, Philomena Begley and TR Dallas take centre stage in this trip down memory lane






If you enjoyed Aonghus McAnally's Drag Racer / BBC Snooker theme recently he continues his stampede through the intros of BBC2 with Jessica AKA The Top Gear theme

https://twitter.com/AonghusMcAnally/status/1244718463408619521


Other Voices sent out an email today with this link

"Other Voices: An Irish Affair, is a special episode of the show, which first aired in 2014. It features performances from Lisa Hannigan, James Vincent McMorrow, John Smith, The Frames, Little Green Cars, The Coronas, Mick Flannery, Kodaline, Villagers, The Strypes and more. For the first time, we've made it available on Vimeo for you all to watch. This will be available to watch for free for one week. Feel free to pass the link on to anyone you think might enjoy the music. Enjoy the show!
Here's the link you need:"
https://vimeo.com/123428767


Vimeo is a good place to find music shows which might not be available elsewhere, just saying. I wouldn't normally mention Vimeo but Other Voices have legitimately put up their video on Vimeo so it is getting a plug, just this once.


Finally, The best example of Susannah Hoffs from The Bangles performing with Austin Powers doing a song about the BBC might be in this number from Ming Tea as featured in Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery (Sony Movies Classic, Sunday 9pm)

Bill Withers gone too

https://twitter.com/TheTylt/status/1246090811688747010

Hey Mark Goodier, I'm still waiting on that Fuzzbox Cartoon series ...