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

I saw the first one, I thought it was ok, nothing to get excited about

It might pick up a bit once the regulars become more familiar but it seemed a bit pointless.

Hello, here comes a busy weekend - quite a lot on with a mixed bag, hopefully something for everyone

Enough of the cliches, here's the details ...

Thursday

11pm Never Mind The Buzzcocks (Sky Showcase)

This started last week, a revival of the old BBC2 series now hosted by Greg Davies

It gets repeated all over Sky Showcase and Sky Max

12.15am Depeche Mode - Spirits In The Forest (Sky Arts)

Documentary featuring footage from two concerts by the band at Berlin's Waldbuehne in July 2018, as well as interviews with six of their devoted fans

1.45am Bob Marley - The Making Of A Legend (Sky Arts)

Friday

7pm Nationwide - Sean O'Riada Special (RTE1)

Hour long special to commemorate the life of traditional music composer and arranger Sean O'Riada, marking the 50th anniversary of his death

More of him tomorrow

https://www.rte.ie/culture/2021/0924/1248741-sean-o-riadas-legacy-remembered-by-his-son-peadar/

7pm & 2.15am Sings Bond (BBC4)

including Adele's Skyfall and archive clips of Shirley Bassey's Diamonds Are Forever, Tina Turner's GoldenEye, Tom Jones's Thunderball and Matt Monro's From Russia with Love. Plus, hits by Fun Lovin' Criminals, Sheena Easton, Lulu, Garbage, a-ha and others

7pm Dolly Parton - Song By Song (Sky Arts)

I Will Always Love You, and It's All Wrong, But It's All Right

8pm Classic Albums: The Doors - Morrison Hotel (Sky Arts)

8pm & 1.15am Top Of The Pops 1991 - September 5 (BBC4)

Jackie Brambles presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 5 September 1991 and featuring live performances by Oceanic, Sonia, Zoe, Utah Saints and Kylie Minogue. Plus, the Prodigy, Salt-N-Pepa, Martika, Bryan Adams and Runrig on video

8.30pm & 1.45am Top Of The Pops 1991 - September 12 (BBC4)

Simon Mayo presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 12 September 1991 and featuring live performances by Bizarre Inc, Sabrina Johnston, Cliff Richard and Rozalla. Plus, T-Rex, Roxette, the Stone Roses, Crystal Waters, Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, Bryan Adams and Right Said Fred on video

9pm-11.30pm Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Live From Gatorville (Sky Arts)

9pm CMT Crossroads - Nelly And Friends (MTV)

Hip Hop superstar Nelly and Country stars Kane Brown, Florida Georgia Line, Blanco Brown and Breland merge their musical styles as they perform hit songs 'Country Grammar,' 'Ride Wit Me' and more.

9pm Shirley Bassey At The BBC (BBC4)

9.35pm The Late Late Show - Bob Geldof Tribute (RTE1)

10pm Diamonds Are Forever - The Don Black Songbook (BBC4)

Don Black, the lyricist behind a huge collection of popular hit songs including Diamonds Are Forever, Born Free, Ben and Love Changes Everything, shares an insight into his life's work with Michael Grade. Recorded at the Royal Festival Hall in London, emminent musicians including Brian May, Eliza Doolittle, Frances Ruffelle, Gary Wilmot, Gregory Porter, Katie Melua, Kerry Ellis, Laura Wright, Marc Almond, Maria Friedman, Marti Webb, Michael Ball, Richard Stilgoe and the group Only Men Aloud perform a selection of his songs. From 2014.

11.30pm The Old Grey Whistle Test - Billy Joel In Concert 1978 (BBC4)

11.30pm Radiohead - Austin City Limits (Sky Arts)

11.45pm Se Mo Laoch - Kevin Conneff (TG4)

The life and career of Dublin singer and bodhrán player Kevin Conneff, a member of the Chieftains

12.15am Classic Albums: Carly Simon - No Secrets (BBC4)

12.45am Muscle Shoals (Sky Arts)

A look inside the acclaimed music hub, located alongside the Tennessee River. The studio's output has helped to create some of the most important and resonant songs of all time. Contributors include Greg Allman, Clarence Carter, Mick Jagger, Etta James, Alicia Keys, Keith Richards and Percy Sledge

1.25am Other Voices (RTE2)

Renowned folk musician Rhiannon Giddens and her musical partner, multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi stun with a variety of songs from her extensive catalogue, Cinder Well plays a quietly beautiful set, and singer-songwriter Aoife Nessa Frances performs a selection of songs from her acclaimed debut album, Land No Junction

2.55am Pulp Live From Brixton Academy (Sky Arts)

Saturday

4.35pm Queen Live In Rio (Sky Arts)

5.50pm Eric Clapton - Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019 (Sky Arts)

He is joined by the likes of James Bay, Jeff Back, Sheryl Crow and Peter Frampton for a festival of live music

8pm Music Icons - British R&B (Sky Arts)

8.30pm Music Icons - Chicago Blues (Sky Arts)

Did someone say Chicago Blues? ...

9pm Film: The Blues Brothers (ITV4)

9pm The Spice Girls At The BBC (BBC2)

9pm Rudeboy - The Story Of Trojan Records (Sky Arts)

9pm Film Rocketman (Channel 4)

The 2019 Elton John Biopic. There's an Elton John concert on after this

9pm TRNSMT 2021 (BBC Alba, later on BBC Scotland)

9.35pm Soundtrack To My Life (RTE1)

International opera star Celine Byrne from Kildare joins the RTÉ Concert Orchestra

10pm Later ... With Jools Holland (BBC2) ***** New Series*

Damon Albarn performs a song from his new solo album The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows, and Emeli Sandé chats about her music and how it marks an era of creative freedom for her. Making her debut on the show is Julie Campbell, aka Lonelady, filmed at Brunswick Mill in her hometown of Manchester

10pm-1am Guitar Heroes At The BBC (Yesterday)

10.35pm-12.25am Portraits Of Sean O'Riada (RTE1)

A highlight special from two concerts, presented by The National Concert Hall, The Arts Council and RTÉ to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Seán Ó Riada. Celebrating the diversity and breadth of Ó Riada's influence, the concerts feature the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Ceoltóirí Chualann and guests

10.45pm Last Man Standing - Suge Knight And The Murders Of Biggie And Tupac (Sky Arts)

Suge Knight, the former CEO of music label Death Row Records, was recently sentenced to 28 years imprisonment for manslaughter. In a follow-up to his 2002 documentary Biggie & Tupac, film-maker Nick Broomfield revisits Los Angeles in search of new evidence of Knight's involvement in the deaths of rap superstars Tupac Shakur and the Notorious BIG. I think this was on recently

11pm Inna Da Yard (Sky Arts)

Documentary exploring the history, impact and cultural importance of reggae music and joining a group of pioneering reggae artists as they record an album in Jamaica

11.20pm -1.20am Elton John - The Red Piano (Channel 4)

Las Vegas concert. Scarface is on ITV4 after The Blues Brothers

Sunday

6pm-8.45pm Concert For George (Sky Arts)

The George Harrison Tribute Concert. Well worth a look http://www.concertforgeorge.com/the-event/

7pm Classic Cellists At The BBC (BBC4)

8pm Jacqueline Du Pre - A Gift Beyond Words (BBC4)

Tribute to the cellist who died in 1987

8.30pm Junior Eurovision (TG4)

8.45pm Carole King - Welcome To My Living Room (Sky Arts)

9pm Listening Through The Lens - The Christopher Nupen Films (BBC4)

Documentary about the director who championed classical music on television

9.30pm Se Mo Laoch - Seamus Fay (TG4)

The life and career of Séamus Fay, 'the Cavan Lilter' from Drumconnick, Cavan Town. His remarkable talent was recognised when he was crowned all-Ireland lilting champion in 1959, 1960, 1961 and 1969

10.30pm Geantrai (TG4)

This edition, first broadcast in 2005, comes from The Mills in Baile Bhuirne and is presented by Peadar Ó Riada. Musicians include Peadar Ó Riada, Eileen de Paor, Conal Ó Gráda, Hammy Hamilton, Fiontán Ó Meachair, Máire Ní Chéileachair, Eoiní Maidhcí Ó Súilleabháin, Richard Lucey and Dan O'Callaghan

10.30pm We Want The Light - Jews And German Music (BBC4)

Documentary examining the complex relationship between Jews and German music, from Mendelssohn to Wagner, and the role of music in the German concentration camps

11pm Isle Of Wight Festival 2021 - Nile Rodgers And Kings Of Leon (Sky Arts)

11.05pm BB King Live At Montreux 1993 (TG4)

A performance by the blues legend from the jazz festival, featuring classic hits including Let The Good Times Roll, When It All Comes Down and Chains Of Love

Here is someone's list of 50 of the best music docs, although some of them aren't even available to stream

You can probably find most of them on the Internet somewhere

https://www.nme.com/features/film-features/best-music-documentaries-to-see-before-you-die-3055958

Slight return to when Sky signed up The Shamen and some cheeleaders to big up E's before Arsenal v Man City

https://909originals.com/2019/01/02/the-shamen-havin-it-large-at-highbury-october-1992/

Anyway, the Best Queen Theme Song From A Movie Featuring Brian Blessed Of The Week

might be this one from Flash Gordon (ITV4 Sunday 2.05pm) Gordon's alive, apparently