Documentaries : Music

The Authorized biography of Les Paul, " The Wizard of Waukesha". The name Les Paul is synonymous with the electric guitar. As a player, inventor, and recording artist(Paul had two #1 hits with his wife Mary Ford), Paul has been and innovator from the early years of his life. In 1928, thirt...

Behind the Music Blind Melon: VH1 Documentary (Behind The Music) of the Rock Band: Blind Melon....

All of the measures by the federal government to stem the tide in the financial meltdown that began with the subprime mortgage crisis have added hundreds of billions of dollars to our national debt. FRONTLINE reports on how this debt will constrain and challenge the new Obama administration, and o...

For much of the 20th Century, vaccines were hailed as a medical miracle for their ability to ward off such devastating diseases as mumps and polio; at the onset of the 21st Century,.....

Why do some rhythms get our toes tapping, while others make us feel mellow? How does a love song bring tears to our eyes? What links African drumming to J S Bach? In this new four-part series composer Howard Goodall strips music down to its essential parts to find out how music works. We all respon...

A man awakens inside a white cube, covered in a four-by-four grid. He has no memory of how he got there and there seems no way out. But as time passes, panels open temporarily to admit an intruder or onlooker. They pop back through their panels but bar the man from going through, pointing out "this ...

103 Music Videos (1960s): This is a collection of 103 music videos from the 1960s...

1991: The Year Punk Broke is a 1992 documentary directed by Dave Markey. It showcases a number of punk and alternative rock bands on tour in Europe in late 1991. The documentary focuses primarily on Sonic Youth and Nirvana, but also gives attention to Dinosaur Jr, Babes in Toyland, Gumball and The R...

In these uncertain times, you can be absolutely sure of only one thing. And that thing is Andy Samberg, the host of the 2009 MTV Movie Awards. The Saturday Night Live skit-master and Incredibad co-inventor (along with Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone) has been populating this lonely island we call "...

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