Enid Coleslaw et Rebecca Doppelmeyer, sa meilleure amie, n'ont jamais vraiment eu d'affinités avec les autres lycéens, qu'elles trouvent bêtes et immatures. La fin de l'année approche et c'est avec un grand soulagement qu'elles vont laisser derrière elles tous ces losers. Elles décident d'habiter ensemble et de vivre sans règles, ni contraintes.Cependant, Enid échoue à ses examens terminaux et doit suivre des cours d'été pour obtenir son diplôme. Elle va alors se lier d'amitié avec Seymour, un adulte qu'elle trouve original et séduisant.
Les tensions s'exacerbent et les esprits s'échauffent au cours d'une séance d'enregistrement, dans le Chicago des années 20, tandis que plusieurs musiciens attendent la légendaire Ma Rainey, artiste avant-gardiste surnommée "la mère du blues". Arrivant en retard, l'intrépide et volcanique Ma Rainey se lance dans un bras de fer avec son manager et son producteur blancs, bien décidés à lui imposer leurs choix artistiques. Tandis que les musiciens patientent dans la salle de répétition, l'ambitieux trompettiste Levee, attiré par la copine de Ma, est déterminé à faire sa place dans le milieu de la musique. Poussant ses camarades à se confier, il provoque un déferlement d'anecdotes, de vérités et de mensonges qui bouleverseront à jamais le cours de leur vie…
Artiste légendaire et militante passionnée des droits civiques, Nina Simone a marqué son époque autant que son époque l'a marquée. Comment une enfant prodige du piano est-elle devenue une icône controversée du Black Power ? En mêlant archives rares, témoignages de proches ? dont la propre fille de Nina ? et bandes audio exclusives, What Happened, Miss Simone? retrace le parcours hors-norme d'une des artistes les plus appréciées et les moins comprises du XXe siècle. Principalement raconté à la première personne, un récit de vie épique et personnel signé par la réalisatrice nommée aux Oscars Liz Garbus.
In a tiny Alabama town with the curious name of Muscle Shoals, something miraculous sprang from the mud of the Tennessee River. A group of unassuming, yet incredibly talented, locals came together and spawned some of the greatest music of all time: “Mustang Sally,” “I Never Loved a Man,” “Wild Horses,” and many more. During the most incendiary periods of racial hostility, white folks and black folks came together to create music that would last for generations and gave birth to the incomparable “Muscle Shoals sound.”
Eric Clapton est pour des millions de gens une légende vivante du Blues et du Rock. Véritable icône, il a traversé les décennies connaissant gloire et successions d'épreuves. Malgré sa pudeur, il nous livre pour la première fois l'ensemble de sa vie y compris ses drames les plus intimes. Mêlant archives personnelles, performances rares et témoignages inédits ( BB KING, George Harrison, Pattie Boyd, Bob Dylan, Steve Winwood … ), ce documentaire retrace la destinée emblématique de celui que l'on appelle "GOD"…
Un portrait de Keith Richards qui nous emmène à la découverte de la genèse de son son en tant qu'auteur-compositeur, guitariste et interprète.
Un film sur la vie de Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter (1888-1949), un génie musical, mais aussi un meurtrier, qui a passé une bonne partie de sa vie aux travaux forcés. Autodidacte, il est devenu un maître de la guitare à 12 cordes en plus d'être un excellent chanteur. Il a laissé aussi un paquet de compositions qui ont influencé le Blues, le Folk et même la musique Pop.
Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday. Her late childhood, stint as a prostitute, early tours, marriages and drug addiction are featured.
A film about the first benefit rock concert when major musicians performed to raise relief funds for the poor of Bangladesh. The Concert for Bangladesh was a pair of benefit concerts organised by former Beatles guitarist George Harrison and Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar. The shows were held at 2:30 and 8:00 pm on Sunday, 1 August 1971, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, to raise international awareness of, and fund relief for refugees from East Pakistan, following the Bangladesh Liberation War-related genocide.
The star-studded special celebrates the trailblazing music series' 40th anniversary. With guest hosts Jeff Bridges, Matthew McConaughey and Sheryl Crow, the two-hour broadcast features memorable moments from the show's remarkable run, anchored by some of the brightest stars in the show's history returning to the AUSTIN CITY LIMITS stage for incredible performances. Highlights include legends Willie Nelson, Bonnie Raitt, Foo Fighters, Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristofferson, Gary Clark Jr., Lyle Lovett, Alabama Shakes, Buddy Guy and more performing in celebration of AUSTIN CITY LIMITS' legacy as an American music institution over the last four decades.
Brian Hartley has finally found the girl of his dreams in Linda. Unfortunately, he can't convince her or himself that it's really true. When she catches him with another woman, she finally decides she's had enough and vows to never see him again. Frenzied from the loss, Brian breaks into her house to try to talk her into seeing him again, but Linda and her roommates Kim and Sharon instead bind him to the bed.
From America's deep South, to Detroit and New York this captivating and enlightening documentary special traces the evolution of blues through pivotal moments in American history. Brewer discovers that there was no music called 'the blues' when its creators just stepped into a new feel of musical expressionism… just a means of releasing a lifetime of pain and oppression, from which music, momentarily, set them free.
Freddy et sa femme Hattie vivent dans le ghetto de Harlem. Freddy ne travaille pas et se laisse entretenir par Hattie ou par sa mére Mamma. Hattie rencontre Jay-Jay, un chanteur de blues. Elle s'eprend de lui et quitte son mari pour suivre le chanteur à la Nouvelle-Orleans. Mais au matin, Jay-Jay l'abandonne. Hattie rentre chez elle.
Une véritable légende du rock, membre des légendaires Yardbirds dans les années 60. En 2007, Jeff Beck a donné plusieurs concerts au célèbre Ronnie Scott's club à Londres. Voilà une compilation des meilleures performances de ces concerts. Les invités incluent Joss Stone, Imogen Heap et Eric Clapton.
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.
This warm 90 minutes documentary shows us unknown blues musicians from Mississippi. They play everywhere : on the streets, in dirty little bars, in a barber shop, in big clubs. The film really captures the true faces of blues and shows us that this music had nothing to do with nostalgia or record company hypes. Documentary on the Delta blues.
A nightclub performer, jealous about the talents of an aspiring singer, tries to sabotage her chances at a professional career.
Live, intimate, and raw, Sessions For Robert J is the essential audio/video companion to Eric Clapton's 2004 gold, Top 10 Me And Mr. Johnson, tribute to blues legend Robert Johnson. Filmed during tour rehearsals in London and Dallas plus a Los Angeles hotel room and the Dallas warehouse where Johnson made some of his final recordings, Sessions for Robert J finds Clapton performing all Robert Johnson songs with his touring band, acoustically with Doyle Bramhall II and solo-as well as discussing Johnson and his influence. A performance/documentary DVD with 14 tracks (from which the 11 CD selections are taken), Sessions for Robert J is blues heaven.
BJ is a relatively unknown blues singer who scraps some bars in Yokohama. He does not earn much with it and to make ends meet he also acts as a private detective.
Blues Story presents an impressionistic history of one of the most lasting art forms America has ever produced - as told for the first time through the eyes of the artists who lived it. Combining exclusive interview and performance footage with vintage clips and the music of many Blues legends long gone, the history of this richly felt music is illuminated - from its African roots to its American urban expression - along with its profound place in our cultural heritage. The result is a rare, first-hand glimpse into the lives of these vanishing artists, and a moving, insightful and informative look into a music that continues to be loved by millions throughout the world.