True Trans tells the story of Against Me!'s punk rock singer Laura Jane Grace who came out as a transgender woman in 2012, and the experiences of other trans and gender-variant people she met on the road.
The BBC's orchestras are joined by world-renowned singers and musicians at some of the UK's most beautiful concert halls, performing the best in contemporary and classical music.
In an unfiltered, intimate docuseries, pop star mentor Charli XCX finds out what it takes to build -- and break -- a real, badass all-girl punk band.
Oscar and Grammy Award-winning producer and artist Mark Ronson explores the intersection of technology and musical innovation with his heroes and fellow hitmakers – including Paul McCartney, DJ Premier, Charli XCX, Dave Grohl, and Questlove.
Popadoodledandy was a pop music show devised, written and performed by comedians Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer. The show included music-based sketches and interviews with musicians
YOASOBI's first live footage collection "THE FILM" captures three shows: "KEEP OUT THEATER", the duo's first live streaming headlining concert in February 2021 from a construction site where the former Shinjuku Milano-za movie complex used to have stood, "SING YOUR WORLD", another live streaming concert in July 2021 held at UNIQLO CITY TOKYO in the Uniqlo headquarters premises in Ariake, Tokyo as a collaborative project with the "UT" clothing line and attracted 280k viewers connecting at once, and "NICE TO MEET YOU", a two-day concert series at the Budokan in December which was their very first performance with a live audience (the footage is from December 5).
From 1978 to 1985 Alan Lomax traveled the American South and Southwest with a television crew to document regional folklore with deep historical roots. From the resulting 400 hours of footage came the five-program series American Patchwork, which aired on PBS in 1991.
In this new series, Foo Fighters commemorate their 20th anniversary by documenting the eight-city recording odyssey that produced their latest, and eighth, studio album.
Bouke Scholten wants to show as many people as possible what a musical genius Elvis was. That is why he travels to America together with music friend Rob Kemps and delves into Elvis history.
This 12-part series, hosted by Mark Lizotte, aka Diesel, revisits some brilliant Australian rock and pop concerts, exploring the intriguing stories behind them and what specifically made each show so special. By talking to people who were there; band members, tour managers, authors and musicians from other bands, Mark sheds light on the special circumstances that led to each of the concerts featured, becoming such extraordinary, memorable events. Through Mark’s terrific understanding of songwriting, performance and music history, the viewer is transported on a journey of musical discovery. Viewers get to hear recollections from people who were there, including the fascinating behind-the-scenes circumstances that combined to create these exceptional evenings. Each concert is unforgettable and unique due to a distinct set of circumstances, and Mark Lizotte helps us to re-experience these distinctive musical moments with insight and a healthy dose of curiosity, irreverence and wit.
A chronicles of the band KISS and their five decades in the business as founders Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons reflect on their historic career.
Ik Ben Camille
Soul music has conquered the world in the last 50 years - growing from the raw, electric rhythms of the black underclass, it is now a billion dollar industry with R&B and hip hop dominating the world's charts. It's been the soundtrack to some of the most extraordinary social, political and cultural shifts. Together with the civil rights movement, it has challenged white hegemony, helped break down segregation and encouraged the fight for racial equality. This new six-part series, made by the BBC team who produced the critically-acclaimed Lost Highway, Walk On By and Dancing In The Street series, charts the evolution of soul music - with a fascinating combination of rare archive footage and over 100 contemporary interviews. The movers and shakers from the world of soul – such as James Brown, Mary J Blige, Beyoncé and Martha Reeves, - plus some often overlooked talent, track the music that shaped our lives.
Sami Yaffa explores countires where music and melody are central part of culture.
Unknown histories take center stage as the hitmakers themselves - from ABBA to T-Pain - explore dimensions of pop music you never knew existed.
Pop & Passion
Cesta k J. S. Bachovi
A 3-chapter documentary about the stories we tell ourselves around creativity. Using a plethora of studies from anthropology, psychology and neuroscience, the film tries to demystify the way we use our brains to create, to make art and science. The products of our minds are extraordinary, but the process in which they are brought about are in fact, quite ordinary. Shakespeare copied. Mozart copied. Picasso copied too. But we're still obsessed with originality. We're living in the most creative time in humanity's existence, so maybe it's time to rethink our preconceptions about creativity.
A coming-of-age series based on the lives of six young men - the world's first mixed Israeli-Palestinian pop group - that came together to form the next global hit pop group, as1one.
Behind the singing, smiles and double denim was blood, sweat and tears. Heartthrobs from Take That to Westlife and 911 share tales of success, adoration and the flipside of fame.