The story of The Blues traces the four main traditions of blues music: Form Blues, Blues, Urban Blues and Blues Electric. The blues has evolved and diversified, and filtered into a surprising variety of styles in contemporary music. In the blues the history of music was released. A look at the roots, origins and the subsequent influence of style the film explores the blues significant contribution to the development of jazz, rock and country and western music. Big Bill Broonzy, Robert Johnson, Lonnie Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Alexander Texas, and many more artists are featured through the film.
An unflinching and deeply personal journey into the life and work of guitarist Eric Clapton told thr...
Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday, beginning with her traumatic ...
Tensions rise when the trailblazing Mother of the Blues and her band gather at a Chicago recording s...
The star-studded special celebrates the trailblazing music series' 40th anniversary. With guest host...
A film about the first benefit rock concert when major musicians performed to raise relief funds for...
Over a series of 5 nights in November 2007, Jeff Beck performed, along with special guests, at Ronni...
The film chronicles Nina Simone's journey from child piano prodigy to iconic musician and passionate...
Blurring the line between documentary and fiction, THE BLUES UNDER THE SKIN dramatizes the tumultuou...
Blues legends B.B. King and Rufus Thomas, plus Evelyn Young, Gatemouth Moore, Fred Ford, Honeymoon G...
Robert Johnson was one of the most influential blues guitarists ever. Even before his early death, f...
In a tiny Alabama town with the curious name of Muscle Shoals, something miraculous sprang from the ...
A portrait of Keith Richards that takes us on a journey to discover the genesis of his sound as a so...
Long Island (aka the Big Fish) was home to a blues scene that was one of the most incredible and fan...
Blues legend Eddie Taylor struggles against financial hardship and music industry exploitation to ma...
The search of several young, white men for blues singers who have been missing for decades coincides...
From America's deep South, to Detroit and New York this captivating and enlightening documentary spe...
John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly chronicles the musical evolution of one of the most influential solo ar...
Live, intimate, and raw, Sessions For Robert J is the essential audio/video companion to Eric Clapto...
It's 1959 in a seedy bar in Philadelphia, and Billie Holiday is giving one of her last performances ...