A documentary presenting Aretha Franklin with choir at the New Bethel Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles in January 1972.
Hands of earth, crystal eyes, ancestral bridge through time, gender and race. Immortal humble wise noble warrior. Queen of bamboo's sounds and silence. Felt around and not just as an echo. Resisting beating African Diaspora. Inspiration to continue each battle. Resonating spirit: Belen.
Once a popular seaside resort, Asbury Park, New Jersey was also home to the Upstage, a now legendary club where musicians such Steven Van Zandt, Southside Johnny Lyon and Bruce Springsteen got their first breaks. It was there that Springsteen met players such as Vini 'Mad Dog' Lopez, David Sancious, Garry Tallent, Danny Federici and Ernest 'Boom' Carter. These musicians brought the sound of Asbury Park to the wider world. Then on Independence Day, 1970, Asbury Park experienced seven days of race riots which crippled the town for the next 45 years and destroyed the famous Westside jazz and blues scene. Closed down and boarded up, the Upstart club remains a perfect time capsule, a memorial to the legendary Jersey sound. This film features a concert given to a sold-out Paramount Theater by Van Zandt, Southside Johnny and Springsteen plus never-before-seen interviews and performances, and an Upstage reunion jam. A mindblowing theatrical event in Asbury Park where it all began.
The story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.
In this extraordinary new project, the founding member of seminal band Portishead trades the contemporary for the classical. Collaborating with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra for this moving powerful performance of Henryk Górecki's Symphony No3, Beth Gibbons lends her haunting, distinctive vocal to this profoundly moving and emotionally intense experience.