Stark...sublime...intense. The phenomenon of Gothic Bellydance or "Raks Gothique" is a multitude of poetic visions born out of the Goth, or Gothic, subculture, music, imagery and fashion, and expressed in the language of Bellydance.
This documentary checks out early blues masters Eddie "Son" House and Booker T. Washington "Bukka" White. It also explores life in the Mississippi Delta and the development of the blues and slide guitar. Hosted by musician Taj Mahal.
Grammy winner Juice Newton treats fans to a retrospective of her 30-year career in this 2001 Los Angeles performance. The intimate concert showcases Newton's unique sound with hits such as "Angel of the Morning" and "Queen of Hearts" and the more recent "Red Blooded American Girl" and "This Old Flame." Extras include an interview in which Newton shares stories about her life on and off the road.
Recorded at Irving Plaza, New York City, on March 13, 1982. This rare 1982 concert video showcases rough-and-tumble rocker (and former New York Doll) Johnny Thunders performing a set of the songs that shot him to punk notoriety, including "In Cold Blood," "Too Much Junkie Business" and "Alone in the Crowd." Thunders and his backing band also treat their New York audience to "Sad Vacation," "Who Needs Girls," "Pipeline," "Born to Lose," "Just Another Girl" and "Baby I Love You, Really I Do."
Esteemed Italian conductor Gianluigi Gelmetti leads the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra in a moving performance of Rossini's one-act opera "L'Occasione Fa Il Ladro." Singers Susan Patterson, Robert Gambill, Natale de Carolis and Monica Bacelli fill the theater with their soaring voices in this 1992 production staged by director Michael Hampe at the elegantly cozy Rococo Theatre, in the quaint town of Schwetzingen, Germany.
Free your mind with this electrifying concert filmed in Birmingham, Ala., in 2002. Infusing a 1990s sound with soulful style, En Vogue performs songs from their chart-topping albums, including the No. 2 single "My Lovin' (Never Gonna Get It)." Tracks include the hits "Whatta Man," "Free Your Mind," "Hold On" and "Don't Let Go," as well as a medley of pop covers such as "Best of My Love," "Respect" and "Lady Marmalade."
A competition erupts between a tormented handsome trust fund baby and his risk taking rival over their feelings for a mysterious and conflicted young beauty throughout a sailing adventure to Catalina Island.
Closing out the 2004 Montreux Jazz Festival, Chic, featuring Nile Rodgers made sure that this festival would end on a high note. Jamming on sme of their most memorable funk/disco hits, Chic also threw in a medley of songs by Rodgers and Bernard Edwards originally performed by Diana Ross and Sister Sledge. In 5.1 surround sound audio.
In addition to producing their own disco hits such as "Le Freak" and "Good Times" (the latter of which jumpstarted a music revolution when it was used as the sample for the first-ever rap single, the Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight"), the Rodgers and Edwards team also wrote anthemic hits for Sister Sledge ("We are Family") and Diana Ross ("I'm Coming Out"). This program finds a reunited Chic (minus Edwards, who died in 1996) performing these songs and more at the 2004 Montreux Jazz Festival.
Come one, come all for Sesame Street's 35th anniversary musical gathering! Is there one song the whole world can sing together? Find out when Super Grover embarks on an outrageous mission. There's musical mayhem when Oscar the Grouch gets a song stuck in Big Bird's head and our yellow-feathered friend begins his own search for someone to help him name that tune.
Music/Musical - African-born pop musician Angelique Kidjo's genre-hopping brew of funk, soul, salsa, jazz, and traditional African music has garnered her worldwide popularity. This video release sees her performing a sampling of her songs with her signature passion, as well as documenting her homecoming to West African nation Benin after a 13-year absence.
Music/Musical - Mentor to Artie Shaw, Duke Ellington, and Thelonious Monk, pianist Willie "The Lion" Smith was truly one of the most vital and influential figures in jazz history. The purveyor of a stomping piano style known as the "Harlem Stride," the complex Smith was also a decorated war hero, a cantor in a Harlem synagogue, and a composer of over 100 classic jazz compositions. This biographical documentary examines the life of the legendary jazz great through interviews, narration, archival material, and rare performance footage.
Music/Musical - A balance of old Irish music favorites and a live show make up this hour long home video featuring interviews and concert footage. Filmed at the group's reunion concert at UIster Hall in Northern Island, the filmed performance highlights the traditional folk act's lively talent and dedication to recreating the spirited, indigenous songs of their Irish homeland.
Axel Kohler, the internationally renowned countertenor has brought Admeto into the modern era in timeless style by the skillful application of imaginative theatrical digressions. Köhler's production at the Halle Opernhaus revisits a work that encompasses comedy, tragedy and almost absurd grotesqueness, couching it in the convincing metaphor of a modern hospital.
Liberace invites us to his Thanksgiving musical celebration, playing both songs that invoke the spirit of the season and classic hits. With help from a string quartet led by his older brother, George, Liberace serenades a live turkey as a farewell commemoration.
In this stunning film by Christopher Nupen, Segovia returns to the Granada of his youth, site of his personal and musical formation. The world-famous Alhambra—empty of tourists, between midnight and 4 AM—plays host to a deeply moving selection of Segovia’s signature pieces, many in his own arrangements, all imbued with the meditative, profoundly soulful qualities that lifted him to the pinnacle of artistry and helped him redefine what was considered possible for guitarists.