Tony Palmer explores the link between African music and modern American pop.
Ragtime holds an unexpectedly profound place in the history of music, and it can be said to have laid the cornerstone of American popular music.
The Electronic Revolution. The bands that brought the synthesizer out of the avant-garde and into the pop stratosphere.
Virtuoso Frontmen. Two of the most feverishly creative frontmen in modern music history stop by the Night Flight studios.
Rock On The Road. Guitar tips from a master of the art and tour footage with a powerhouse vocalist and her conflicted partner.
With footage of Miles Davis and Charlie Parker, Tony Palmer's epic series reveals New Orleans may have pinched the limelight when it comes to the origins of jazz.
Tony Palmer takes us through the riots, the power, the inspiration, and the chaos of The Rolling Stones era music and the infamous San Francisco concert at the Fillmore.
The late Portland, Oregon composer Ernest Hood is known for his landmark 1975 album Neighborhoods, which combines field recordings with Hood’s synthesizer and zither playing.
Remastered from the original 1984 interview. Billy Idol talks to interviewer Lisa Robinson about the evolution of his sound, why he doesn't consider himself a rock star, and the punk scene.
An investigator goes after the people who are corrupting the nation's youth by spreading the weed of Satan - MARIJUANA!!!
Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead) stars as Carl, a man who launches a full-scale heist to steal mob money from the prison that just released him. With the help of an old friend (Jeremy Roberts, The Pe...Read More
The is the independent critical guide to the music of The Who, in the crucial years when the legendary Keith Moon was in the band. This study chronicles the British band at its peak as Keith M...Read More
Fame! “Success doesn’t change you, Fame does.” Rare footage of lost 1960s icons and a candid interview with a legendary pop deity.
Art Pop and Rock Muses. A seductive take on pop music and the cosmopolitan lovers that inspired it.
Tony Palmer's series studies Tin Pan Alley, the publishers and songwriters who turned music into big business by making records to order.
Unquestionably American, pop music has a profound debt to blues. This episode explores the tumultuous history of blues from its New Orleans origins to its current state.
No musical group has had as profound an impact on pop music as The Beatles. Tony Palmer's groundbreaking documentary gives us an intimate look at one of the most influential groups in musical history.
Tiziano Popoli is an Italian composer known for his “unusual musical meshing of minimalism and instrumental pop.” Burn the Night / Bruciare la Notte: Original Recordings, 1983–1989 collects sc...Read More
Christopher Munch’s boldly original debut, THE HOURS AND TIMES (1992), is a fictional account of what might have happened in April 1963, when John Lennon and Beatles manager Brian Epstein trave...Read More
"Aimed at the hardcore rap fan...it delivers." - The Source In this final episode of Slammin' Rap Video Magazine: From local hustler to "New Jack Hustler," Ice T unravels a life story steeped i...Read More