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

Skid X

Jordan 199 wrote: »

You better hope their legal eagles aren't reading that

I turned off my location just in case :pac:

Welsh Megaman

Did we ever find out what a ‘Kyrie’ actually is?

MikeyTaylor

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Did we ever find out what a ‘Kyrie’ actually is?

Kyrie eleison means "lord have mercy".

Go Harvey Go

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

Kyrie eleison means "lord have mercy".

I associate it with Lord of the Flies more than anything else...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38d95F3UIg4

Welsh Megaman

Classic from Big Audio Dynamite, with a young Don Letts!

Welsh Megaman

Bit of a dig at Queen there, by John Peel: ‘The Sun City Boys’

Skid X

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Bit of a dig at Queen there, by John Peel: ‘The Sun City Boys’

Hall (without Oates)'s crowning moment

Joe_ Public

Skid X wrote: »

Hall (without Oates)'s crowning moment

Fair play. As an aside i read somewhere that Hall & Oates are the biggest selling duo of all time. I’m staggered that this could possibly be true but supposedly it is.

Skid X

Nice.


https://twitter.com/Channel4News/status/1035547822748315649

Welsh Megaman

I remember back in t’day, Reading/Leeds would clearly have the days marked out - metal day, indie day, Daphne and Celeste day.

Good times

Welsh Megaman

You know you’re getting old when the Reading crowd appear to be too young to remember ‘She Wants To Move’ by N*E*R*D

Featuring the William Blake-esque lyric ‘her ass is a spaceship I want to ride’

Skid X

Hello, no more Proms after this weekend which will come as a relief to most people. Maybe there'll be something new on the BBC next weekend. Sky aren't going overboard on new stuff either although they have a rare concert from Paul Carrack. Which German viewers saw last weekend ...




Thursday
7.30 Top Of The Pops 1986 - April 3rd (BBC4)
Janice Long and John Peel present an edition first aired on 3 April, featuring performances by Big Audio Dynamite, George Michael, A-Ha, the Real Thing, Cliff Richard and the Young Ones, the Style Council, and Falco

11pm Johnny Casy - Behind Prison Walls (Sky Arts)
Recording of the country star's concert at the Tennessee State Prison, Nashville, in 1977

Midnight When Patsy Cline was Crazy (Sky Arts)
Rosanne Cash narrates a documentary about the life, career and legacy of the American country music singer, with contributions by LeAnn Rimes, Kacey Musgraves and Reba McEntire

12.05am Live From Abbey Road Classics (Channel 4) New!
New series. Looking back at live performances recorded for the music show, featuring a duet by PJ Harvey and John Parish, and songs by the Kills



Friday
7am Pavarotti: Birth of a Pop Star (Sky Arts)
The story of Luciano Pavarotti's journey from concert performer to international superstar as he helped expand the popularity of opera worldwide

12.45pm Amhrain is Ansa Liom (TG4)
Sarah Ghriallais, a sean-nos singer from Muiceanach idir Dha Shaile in Connemara, talks to Antaine about her favourite songs, including Eleanor a Run

7.30pm BBC Proms - Tango (BBC4)
From London's Royal Albert Hall, a celebration of the tango from Latin America to Finland. I was not aware of the Finnish Tango tradition.

8pm Discovering Music - George Michael (Sky Arts)

8.30pm Video Killed The Radio Star - Spice Girls (Sky Arts)

9pm Soundtracks: Sounds That Defined History (Sky Arts)
Out, Loud and Proud A look at the growth of the gay rights movement and how music has played a vital role in preaching tolerance of the LGBT community. Last in the Series.

9.30pm TOTP2 80s Special (BBC4)
A look back at some of the most memorable Top of the Pops performances from the 1980s, a time of outlandish hairstyles and dubious fashions. Featuring music by Adam Ant, Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan, Bucks Fizz, Yazz, Duran Duran, Wham! and Culture Club.I hope The Plastic Population did ok after they split from Yazz. They were never heard of again.

10pm Elton John - Million Dollar Piano (Sky Arts)
The musician plays a selection of his greatest hits, recorded during his residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas. Featuring performances of Rocket Man, Crocodile Rock, Tiny Dancer, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, I'm Still Standing and Circle of Life. Elton John can also be seen in advert breaks flogging Snickers at the moment.

11pm BBC Proms - Yossou N'Dour (BBC4)
Singer, composer, occasional actor, entrepreneur and political activist Youssou N'Dour has been thrilling audiences for over 40 years, and apparently has done other stuff other than Seven Seconds Away with Neneh Cherry. He gets his own Prom tonight.

11.05pm Rated Awards 2018 (Channel 4)
From London, Mo Gilligan and Julie Adenuga host an evening of trophies, guests and live performances from some of the biggest, brightest names in music. Previous winners include Giggs, Big Shaq, Lethal Bizzle, Stefflon Don and Stormzy. Fair play.

Midnight Sinatra: Guth Na Meala (TG4)
Documentary reflecting on singer and actor Frank Sinatra's heyday in the 1950s and 1960s, exploring the dark side of both the man and America during that time

12.15am CMA Fest 2018 (Sky Arts)
Thomas Rhett and Kelsea Ballerini host the country music event in Nashville, featuring appearances by Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban among many others

12.20am Guitar Heroes at the BBC (BBC4)
Archive performances by celebrated musicians Jimi Hendrix, Pete Townshend, Peter Green and Johnny Winter. Other artists featured include Manitas de Plata, Ry Cooder, Thin Lizzy and AC/DC, while Fleetwood Mac's Albatross and In the City by the Jam are among the classic songs seen again in clips from the BBC's 1970s music shows

1.20am Music Moguls: Masters of Pop (BBC4)
Ep 1/3 The secret history of pop and rock from the men and women who pull the strings behind the scenes. The first of three programmes tells 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. Contributors include Andrew Loog Oldham, Jon Landau, Bill Curbishley, Paul McGuinness and Jonathan Dickins

2.15am Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws and Angels (Sky Arts)
Artists including Bob Dylan, Carole King, Al Green, Keith Richards, Jerry Lee Lewis, Toby Keith, Ben Harper and Kid Rock celebrate the country music star's career

2.20am Singer Songwriters at the BBC (BBC4)
A compilation of performances highlighting the growth of the singer-songwriter genre in the 1970s. Featuring songs by Bobbie Gentry, Kris Kristofferson, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Janice Ian, Gordon Lightfoot, John Martyn, Randy Newman, Joni Mitchell, Don McLean, Ralph McTell, Don Williams, Paul Brady and Loudon Wainwright III



Saturday
9.45am The South Bank Show Originals - Nick Cave (Sky Arts)
Melvyn Bragg revisits an edition from 2003 featuring Nick Cave, where the Australian singer-songwriter revealed his deep interest in dark love songs

10.15am Discovering Music - George Michael (Sky Arts)

2.15am Hollywood in Vienna: Thrilling Moments and Lalo Schifrin (Sky Arts)
The Radio Symphony Orchestra of Vienna performs music from thrillers including The Third Man, Sunset Boulevard, Psycho and The Godfather, as well as paying tribute to Lalo Schifrin

4.10pm CMA Fest 2018 (Sky Arts)
Thomas Rhett and Kelsea Ballerini host the country music event in Nashville, featuring appearances by Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban among many others

6.10pm Soundtracks: Songs That Defined History (Sky Arts)

7pm TOTP2: School Days (Yesterday)

7.15pm Last Night Of The Proms (BBC2, continues on BBC1 9pm)

7.05pm David Gilmour Live in Gdansk (Sky Arts)

8pm Meat Loaf - In and Out of Hell (Yesterday)
A profile of the rock star's life and career, reflecting on the music that propelled him to fame and his early life. Probably skips over the time he played in Moate https://nialler9.com/heard-one-meatloafs-gig-moate/

9pm Roger Waters - The Wall (Sky Arts)

9pm TOTP2 - Pop Stars (Yesterday)

10pm Tom Jones at the BBC (Yesterday)

10.45pm Elton John at the BBC (BBC4)

11.30pm Pink Floyd: A Delicate Sound of Thunder (Sky Arts)
An extravagant concert film from the musicians' A Momentary Lapse of Reason tour, recorded at New York's Nassau Coliseum in August 1988 using 27 cameras. The performance sees David Gilmour, Rick Wright and Nick Mason deliver seminal tracks including Shine on You Crazy Diamond, Time, Comfortably Numb and Wish You Were Here

11.40pm Glam Rock at the BBC (BBC4)

12.40am Top Of The Pops 1986 - April 3rd (BBC4)
As Thursday

1.30am Ladies and Gentlemen - The Rolling Stones (Sky Arts)
1972 Concert Film



Sunday
9.55am Queen - Hungarian Rhapsody: Live in Budapest (1986) (Sky Arts)

1.25pm Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park (BBC Red Button, repeated later on loop)
Featuring Kylie Minogue, Manic Street Preachers, Boyzone, Rita Ora, Lenny Kravitz, All Saints and The Band of Love

7pm Soundtracks: Songs That Defined History (Sky Arts)

7.30pm Pat Shortt's Music From D'Telly (RTE1)

10.30pm Kylie Minogue Live in Hyde Park (BBC1)
From the Radio 2 Concert held earlier on Sunday

8pm Phil Collins: Going Back (Sky Arts)
Concert of Motown Hits, featuring some of The Funk Brothers

10pm Paul Carrack: The Long Detour (Sky Arts) New!
The only detailed listing I can find for this is from Germany's ARD which showed this last Sunday, so here's Google Translate
"Paul Carrack in concert at the Birmingham Symphony Hall 2018.
His first concert film includes many of his hits: How Long / Over My Shoulder / Love Will Keep Us Alive / Eyes of blue.
An impressive concert film with his own band."

https://programm.ard.de/TV/Programm/Sender/?sendung=28113827025673.
You might be able to stream it here https://www.ardmediathek.de/tv/kulturmatin%C3%A9e/The-long-detour-Paul-Carrack-and-Band/SWR-Fernsehen/Video?bcastId=19396202&documentId=55358616


10pm Matt Cunningham - Ri and Seit (TG4)
Documentary in which troubadour Matt Cunningham invites cameras to accompany him to his family home in Headford, Co Galway, for a greater insight into his life off-stage



Next Tuesday see The Irish Post Music Awards on TG4 which is a CountryFest featuring Derek Ryan, Susan McCann, Olivia Douglas and Philomena Begley. Co-hosted by Malachi Cush who came fifth in Series One of Fame Academy on BBC1 in 2002. I suspect Malachi himself might have forgotten about that by now, in fairness.


A rare chance to see The film My Bloody Valentine, which has the same name as the band My Bloody Valentine, but the band don't appear to be fans of the fllm on The Horror Channel on Friday night 2.30am

http://coolbeans.com/cb7/mbv.htm "Dave, our singer from 84-87 suggested it and a couple of years later we discovered it was a really really crap terrible Canadian film" says Kevin Shields

Go Harvey Go

Skid X wrote: »

Saturday
7.15pm Last Night Of The Proms (BBC2, continues on BBC1 9pm)

Also, with the greatest of respect, no-one does the Sailor's Hornpipe better than Mike Oldfield. (He's done a pretty good rendition of the William Tell Overture, too.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NJGuT9U2NY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tahINCwwfks

Skid X

Go Harvey Go wrote: »

Also, with the greatest of respect, no-one does the Sailor's Hornpipe better than Mike Oldfield. (He's done a pretty good rendition of the William Tell Overture, too.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NJGuT9U2NY

Mikey's Sailor's Hornpipe Blue Peter theme got a ten year run before they replaced it with a dreadful dirge. Still, good royalties while it lasted

Go Harvey Go

Skid X wrote: »

Mikey's Sailor's Hornpipe Blue Peter theme got a ten year run before they replaced it with a dreadful dirge. Still, good royalties while it lasted

Dear God, the Yes/No People version... fairly remarkable that it lasted five years. :eek:

David Arnold's version was not only a vast improvement - but it also coincided with what many regard as a golden period for the show. It's certainly hard to disagree that Konnie, Matt, Simon and Liz were a superb team - if they hadn't been, Matt probably wouldn't be presenting The One Show and Countryfile, and Konnie probably wouldn't be Mrs Charlie Brooker.

Of course, BP is 60 this year - and also celebrated its 5,000th episode a few months ago, for which they used this mash-up...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBsz6Wc7CDo

Welsh Megaman

Clem Burke gives a shout-out to Ireland!


https://mobile.twitter.com/clem_burke/status/1039142503642025985?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet


Just seen an ad in this month’s issue of ‘Shindig’ magazine for his upcoming UK tour with ‘Bootleg Blondie’ (using a picture of Debbie Harry)! :O

Things are going very UB40-shaped!

Mike Litoris

I'm going to post this here as it's in good company. Saw T'Pau on an 80's Totp rerun last week. Started watching masterchef tonight and Carol Decker is on it so I had a look at a few vids on youtube.


I agree with the sentiment that chart pop music in general started to go downhill around 86 but, dammit, there were some crackers like the below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s047ZgjysX8

Watched some recent live vids too and she's still got it. Impressive given she's hitting 60! Band are great too.

Skid X

Hi there, I think it's a decent looking line up this weekend which is nice - Sky Arts has their new series on Drumming which dovetails nicely with their film on Clem Burke of Blondie.

There's an interesting looking show on TG4 about when Alan Lomax toured Ireland to capture our disappearing folk music, while BBC4 stays with the repeats, some of which are decent ...





Thursday
7am Kylie Minogue Live at Hyde Park (BBC Red Button, repeated on Loop all day)

4pm Soundbreaking (Sky Arts)
The start of a repeat run of the very good series about the technical evolution of sound recording
"Featuring more than 160 original interviews with some of the most celebrated recording artists, producers, and music industry pioneers of all time, Soundbreaking charts a century’s worth of innovation and experimentation, and offers a behind-the-scenes look at the birth of brand new sounds. From the Beatles’ groundbreaking use of multi-track technology to the synthesized stylings of Stevie Wonder, from disco-era drum machines to the modern art of sampling, the series highlights the dynamic tension between the artificial and the natural––between the man-made and the god-given––and explores the way in which that tension has continuously redefined not only what we listen to and how we listen to it, but our very sense of what music is and can be. In the end, Soundbreaking makes us hear the songs we love in a whole new way, and illuminates the sonic alchemy by which the music we listen to becomes a fundamental part of who we are."
http://soundbreaking.com/about-the-series/
Ep 1/8 The Recording Artist Documentary tracing the history of music recording, beginning with a look at the production work of George Martin, Phil Spector, Rick Rubin, Joni Mitchell and Prince

11pm Roger Waters - The Wall (Sky Arts)
The musician performs the Pink Floyd album in full in an elaborately staged theatrical production

12.05am Live From Abbey Road Classics (Channel 4)
featuring performances by US singer-songwriter John Mayer and country folk star Shawn Colvin

1am Arena: American Epic - The Sessions (BBC4)
Elton John, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Alabama Shakes, Jack White, Nas, Ana Gabriel, Beck, Los Lobos and Steve Martin are among the modern artists who test their skills against the demands of the recording machine that literally made American music. There are no edits, no overdubs, and no retakes, and the disc only allows for three minutes of recording time. Despite these limitations, today's recordings for American Epic have one advantage - the freshly recorded sound is crystal clear and of an astonishing depth, transporting listeners vividly into the past - and the future. Narrated by Robert Redford



Friday
6am Lenny Kravitz and All Saints Live from Hyde Park (BBC Red Button, repeated on Loop for rest of the day)

6.20am The Three Tenors: Birth Of A Legend (Sky Arts)
The concert from July 1990 in which Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti joined forces at the ancient baths of Caracalla in Rome

12pm Soundbreaking (Sky Arts)
Ep 1 As Thursday

5pm Soundbreaking (Sky Arts)
Ep 2 Painting with Sound Developments in recording studio technology, from the advent of magnetic tape and multi-tracking to the digital innovations that fuel the work of artists today

7.30pm & 11.55pm Top Of The Pops 1986 - April 17th (BBC4)
Gary Davies presents an edition first aired on 17 April, featuring performances by Big Country, Falco, A-ha, Janet Jackson, It's Immaterial, George Michael and Whitney Houston

8pm & 1.25am Queens of Soul (BBC4)
A compilation of archive footage to celebrate the critically-acclaimed female singers whose voices have come to define the soul genre, including Aretha Franklin, Roberta Flack, Gladys Knight, Randy Crawford, Angie Stone, Mary J Blige and Beyonce. Seeing as Beyonce is in it, lets have a look at the time Weeshie Fogarty of Radio Kerry first heard about her.

8pm Discovering Music - Blondie (Sky Arts)

8.30pm Video Killed The Radio Star - Blondie (Sky Arts)

9pm & 12.45am The Art of Drumming (Sky Arts) New!
New series. Ep 1/4 Leading drummers discuss their passion for music and the fellow musicians who inspire them, demonstrating how famous beats and solos are created. Features 30 of the best drummers in the world including Chad Smith, Steve White, Ginger Baker, Clem Burke and many more

9pm & 2.25am Classic Albums: Amy Winehouse - Back To Black (BBC4)
The making of Back to Black, the second and final studio album by singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse, which was released in October 2006 to wide critical and commercial acclaim. Featuring singles Rehab, You Know I'm No Good, Back to Black, Tears Dry on Their Own and Love Is a Losing Game, the record has sold almost four million copies and is currently 13th in the list of best-selling albums in the UK

10pm BBC Sessions - Amy Winehouse (BBC4)
A chance to see a showcase of tracks from the singer's Mercury-nominated albums Back to Black and Frank in the intimate surroundings of the Porchester Hall in Bayswater, London. With a full band and backing vocalists, she swings through her greatest hits, including Rehab and You Know I'm No Good

10.15pm-12.45am Classic Artists - Cream (Sky Arts)
The story of the 1960s rock supergroup, featuring concert footage and interviews with members Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce

10.50pm Arena: Amy Winehouse - The Day She Came To Dingle (BBC4)
The story of the singer-songwriter's acoustic performance on Irish TV show Other Voices, filmed at St James's Church in the remote south-western town of Dingle in 2006. Featuring interviews with some of the people she met on that day, including taxi driver Paddy Kennedy, her bass player Dale Davis and the Rev Mairt Hanley of the Other Voices church

12.25am Music Moguls Master of Pop (BBC4)
Ep 2/3 Melody Makers A look at the producers who created the signature sounds that have defined key periods in rock and pop history. Contributors include Trevor Horn, who reflects on `inventing' the sound of the 1980s, Lamont Dozier, who recalls the impact of Motown, and Tony Visconti recollecting David Bowie's song Heroes. Narrated by musician, producer and guitarist Nile Rodgers

2am Phil Collins: Going Back to Detroit (Sky Arts)
The singer explores the roots and legacy of Detroit's unique music scene in the 1960s and 70s, as he joins the Funk Brothers to record an album of his favourite Motown hits



Saturday
10am Pink Floyd - A Delicate Sound Of Thunder (Sky Arts)
An extravagant concert film from the musicians' A Momentary Lapse of Reason tour, recorded at New York's Nassau Coliseum in August 1988 using 27 cameras. The performance sees David Gilmour, Rick Wright and Nick Mason deliver seminal tracks including Shine on You Crazy Diamond, Time, Comfortably Numb and Wish You Were Here

3pm A Tribute To James Horner: Hollywood in Vienna (Sky Arts)
A 2013 concert honouring the Oscar-winning composer, with David Newman conducting an orchestra and choir in music from Titanic, Avatar, A Beautiful Mind and Braveheart

6pm Phil Collins: Going Back To Detroit (Sky Arts)
As Friday

7pm Boogie Fever: A TOTP2 Special (Yesterday)

7pm Discovering Music - Blondie (Sky Arts)

7.30pm Video Killed The Radio Star - Blondie (Sky Arts)

9pm TOTP2 - Genesis (Yesterday)

9pm & 1.45am My View - Clem Burke (Sky Arts) New!
The Blondie drummer reflects on his career, from his first-ever drum lesson through to touring the world. Featuring contributions by Debbie Harry and Annie Lennox

10pm The Art of Drumming (Sky Arts)
As Friday

10pm Motown at the BBC (Yesterday)

10.40pm Mari Ni (S4C)
A portrait of Mary Hopkin, the singer from Pontardawe who became world famous through her friendship with Paul McCartney. First broadcast in 2000. She sang 'Those Were The Days', and came second to Dana in the Eurovision, a competition nobody from Wales has never won.

11.15pm Kings of Rock n Roll (Sky Arts)
Highlights from the 1972 London Rock and Roll Show, the first concert ever held at Wembley Stadium. Including performances of High School Confidential and a medley of Elvis numbers by Jerry Lee Lewis, Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley and His Comets, and Tutti Frutti, Lucille and Good Golly Miss Molly by Little Richard, before headliner Chuck Berry plays School Days, Sweet Sixteen, Little Queenie, Memphis Tennessee, Wee Wee Hours and Oh Carol! Jerry Lee Lewis is the only one of them who also appeared on RTE1's Music Gameshow 'The Lyrics Board'

12.15am Rock and Roll - Death (Sky Arts)
Ep 1/10 Documentary drawing on concert films, fly-on-the-wall tour chronicles and archive interviews to chart the history of rock 'n' roll, beginning with the subject of death

12.30am Top Of The Pops 1986 - April 17th (BBC4)
As Friday

2.45am Beat Beat Beat - Eric Burdon and the New Animals (Sky Arts)
The West Germans were better at preserving their 1960s archives than the BBC were

Sunday
10am Sting Live In Berlin 2010 (Sky Arts)

5.35pm Proms in the Park from Belfast (BBC1 NI)
Highlights from Titanic Slipways in Belfast, with the line-up including Midge Ure, Kim Criswell, Xuefei Yang, Avi Avatel and Itamar Daori, Karl McGuckin and the Ulster Youth Choir

7pm Last Night of The Proms from around the UK (BBC4)
Sean Fletcher and Yolanda Brown present highlights of events from across the country, including performances from Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Elizabeth Watts at Glasgow Green, Katherine Jenkins, Lee Mead and Lauren Zhang at Eirias Park in Colwyn Bay, Avi Avital and Midge Ure at Titanic Slipways, Belfast, and Gladys Knight and Jess Gillam in London's Hyde Park

8pm The Making of Marc Bolan (Sky Arts)
Documentary telling the story of how East End boy Mark Feld became a glam rock superstar as the frontman of T. Rex. Featuring contributions from friends, family and well-known fans

9pm The Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre (Sky Arts)
The veteran English rock band perform their 1971 album Sticky Fingers in its entirety at the Hollywood venue in 2015
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/rolling-stones-sticky-fingers-live-review/

9.30pm Lomax In Éirinn (TG4) New!
Pol Brennan of Clannad presents a programme that uncovers the story behind the first LP of Irish music, which brought the genre to the world. This is Alan Lomax, who was featured in a BBC4 Doc a few years ago about his expeditions to archive American Blues and Folk Music. In 1951 traversed Ireland, to do the same for our musical heritage
"The documentary uncovers the story behind that trip and shows how it resulted in the first LP of Irish music.
Lomax in Éirinn features performances from contemporary artists Steve Earle, Clannad, Slow Moving Clouds, The Tulla Ceilí Band and Nell Ní Chronáin, who all perform music that Lomax preserved."
http://www.thejournal.ie/alan-lomax-in-ireland-documentary-4113426-Jul2018/

10.30pm Ceol on Chlann - The Bachelors (TG4)
Dublin brothers Conleth and Declan Cluskey remember forming Irish singing group the Bachelors and the four years of success they enjoyed with songs including I Believe, Charmaine, The Stars Will Remember, Ramona and Diane

10.45pm My View - Clem Burke (Sky Arts) New!
The Blondie drummer reflects on his career, from his first-ever drum lesson through to touring the world. Featuring contributions by Debbie Harry and Annie Lennox

12.45 Rock and Roll - Pain (Sky Arts)
Ep 2/10 A look at how heartache has had a pervasive presence in rock n' roll, from the lonesome world of Hank Williams to the soulful virtuosity of Donny Hathaway

2.15am Tony Visconti's Unsigned Heroes (Sky Arts)
Ep 1/6 The American record producer and musician hunts for the UK and Ireland's greatest undiscovered musical talent that culminates in a special summer concert

3.15am Beat Beat Beat: Dave Dee, Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich (Sky Arts)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym7i2wlSmuc




Lots going on there, hopefully there's something you might like.


News today that Sky Arts are making a documentary about Suede, which is good to see

https://twitter.com/matosman/status/1039847863583494144

https://twitter.com/suedeHQ/status/1039831076812869632



Still a bit to go on that, Sky are kicking BBC4's arses at the moment for original shows I think.


Finally, the Best Theme Tune this Weekend for a film shown to remember Burt Reynolds has to be East Bound and Down from Smokey and The Bandit (ITV4, Saturday 1.10pm)

Ol' Donie

Wow, I never knew Alan Lomax did that in Ireland. That's a watch for definite.

Nice one, Skid.

BandMember

Skid, as always, thank you for your weekly listings - I wish the programme controllers at Sky Arts and the Beeb etc. would put as much effort in as you do! Legend!

Welsh Megaman

Big Country...even bigger shoulder pads :O

Welsh Megaman

Anybody spot the skateboard right next to the feet of the A-Ha keyboard player?

He’ll be hunting high and low for an accident claim.



Sorry.

Welsh Megaman

Hands down, my favourite song about driving from Liverpool to Manchester using the M62.

Jordan 199

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Hands down, my favourite song about driving from Liverpool to Manchester using the M62.

And driving without a care in the world

Hotblack Desiato

Without due care and attention

How many points is that?

dasdog

Skid X wrote: »

9pm & 12.45am The Art of Drumming (Sky Arts) New!
New series. Ep 1/4 Leading drummers discuss their passion for music and the fellow musicians who inspire them, demonstrating how famous beats and solos are created. Features 30 of the best drummers in the world including Chad Smith, Steve White, Ginger Baker, Clem Burke and many more

This is really good, thanks Skid.

Skid X

dasdog wrote: »

This is really good, thanks Skid.

Nice one, I have it taping.

Welsh Megaman

Little Richard tearing it up right now on Sky Arts!




Wooooooooo!

Welsh Megaman

I predict big things for these Rolling Stones chaps on Sky Arts.

Skid X

I thought that Alan Lomax documentary was very interesting (it is repeated on TG4 Wednesday at 10.30pm, also on the TG4 catch up service)

Séamus Ennis, the legendary Uileann piper, had already been doing great work touring the country for the Folklore Commission making wax recordings. Lomax was introduced to him and they travelled the roads using Lomax's superior recording devices and Ennis's knowledge of where the musicians were to be found.

A poster on thejournal.ie gave a link to this archive where you can play copies of the recordings Lomax made in Ireland (and elsewhere) http://research.culturalequity.org/get-audio-ix.do?ix=recording&id=IE&idType=countryCode&sortBy=abc

http://www.thejournal.ie/alan-lomax-in-ireland-documentary-4113426-Jul2018/