Rhythm 'n' Bayous: A Road Map to Louisiana Music

The Howlin' Wolf Story: The Secret History of Rock & Roll

Arguably second only to Muddy Waters among the Mississippi Delta singers who traveled north and pioneered urban electric blues (their supposed rivalry

2003

All Day and All Night: Memories from Beale Street Musicians

Blues legends B.B. King and Rufus Thomas, plus Evelyn Young, Gatemouth Moore, Fred Ford, Honeymoon Garner, Booker T. Laury, and others play jam sessio

1990

Let the Music Play: The Barry White Story

Barry White gave the world some of its most joyous music, and that voice mesmerised women everywhere, but his death was isolated and painful. Culminat

2007

Zydeco

Shot on location in rural Southwestern Louisiana, Zydeco combines cinema verite style footage, interviews and musical performance to present a colorfu

1984

Louisiana Blues

From the camera of celebrated French documentarians Jean-Pierre Bruneau and Jose Reynes, and in the tradition of The Buena Vista Social Club, comes th

1993

Eric Clapton: Live at Budokan

Eric Clapton: Live at Budokan

2009

Lady Sings the Blues

Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday. Her late childhood, stint as a prostitute, early tours, marriages and drug addi

1972

The Apollo

The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment.

2019

Earth, Wind & Fire

One of the hottest R&B groups of all time, the legendary Earth, Wind & Fire in concert define excitement. Captured live on their remarkable 1994 sell-

2004

Rhythm and Blues 40: A Soul Spectacular

This show brings together legendary artists of the 1960s and 1970s for a once-in-a-lifetime event: Ben E. King and The Drifters, Jerry Butler reunitin

2001

Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires - Crossroads Festival

2013

The American Folk Blues Festival: The British Tours 1963-1966

In 1962, a group of legendary American blues musicians embarked on a series of tours to the United Kingdom. Footage from these classic concerts, which

2007

Me & Stella

Geri Ashur’s Me & Stella traces the life of blues musician, folk singer, and composer Elizabeth Cotten—and her guitar, Stella—who is best known for wr

1976

Belle River

In 2019 Mississippi spring flooding hits record highs. Residents of Pierre-Part, Louisiana, prepare for the worst, as authorities are expected to open

2022

Toot Blues

In the late 1980s, Tim Duffy, a penniless North Carolina musicology student, became deeply involved in Winston-Salem's drinkhouse music scene, an off-

2008

America's Blues

America's Blues takes a new angle on the Blues, focusing on, not only the musical impact it has had on all forms of Popular American Music, but also t

2015

The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove

A documentary on funk and P-funk and the bands and artists that made it all happen: James Brown, Sly Stone, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Maurice Wh

2014

Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years

The star-studded special celebrates the trailblazing music series' 40th anniversary. With guest hosts Jeff Bridges, Matthew McConaughey and Sheryl Cro

2014

Stevie Wonder - Soul Genius

2013

The Rhythm and the Blues

Blues legend Eddie Taylor struggles against financial hardship and music industry exploitation to make a name for himself and provide a better life fo

2024