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1) Maria Rita
Publisher
Warner Music Latina Inc
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Portuguese
Description
Maria Rita is the top new sensation in today's Brazillian music. This DVD is a historical documentary, an essential source for those who wish to understand the 'magic' behind her enchanting singing talent.
4) Heima
Publisher
XL Recordings Ltd
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
"In 2006, having toured the world over, Sigur Rós return home to play a series of free, unannounced concerts in Iceland. Heima is a unique record of that tour, filmed in 16 locations across the island, taking in the biggest and smallest shows of the band's career"--slipcover.
6) Afghan star
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
In Afghanistan you risk your life to sing. After thirty years of war and five devastating years of Taliban rule, pop culture is beginning to return to the country. Since 2005, millions have been tuning in to Tolo TV's wildly popular American idol-style series, Afghan star. Like its Western predecessors, people compete for a cash prize and record deal. More surprisingly, the contest is open to everyone across the country despite gender, ethnicity,...
Publisher
Decca
Pub. Date
p2008.
Language
English
Description
For Celtic Thunder, Sharon Browne has teamed up with Grammy-nominated Irish songwriting and composing veteran Phil Coulter to produce a show that includes an eclectic mix of songs ranging from the traditional "Mountains of Mourne" and "Come By the Hills" to international hits such as "Brothers in Arms" and "Desperado," as well as original compositions by Coulter, who has written hits for Elvis Presley ("My Boy") and the Bay City Rollers, and performed...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
Alex Fletcher is a washed-up 80s pop star who has been reduced to working the nostalgia circuit of county fairs and amusement parks. The charismatic and talented musician gets a chance at a comeback when reigning pop diva Cora Corman invites him to write and record a duet with her. The only problem is that Alex has not written a song in years, he has never written lyrics, and what's worse, he has to come up with a hit in a matter of days. Sophie Fisher...
Publisher
Facets Video
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
The Leningrad Cowboys are an American influenced Finnish show-band that likes to parody the clichés of rock stardom, while the Red Army Ensemble was formed to preserve Russian folk music. This event drew 70,000 people, and involved two nations that were at war a half a century ago and then endured a "peaceful coexistence" during the Cold War. What seems an impossible combination of musical styles and tastes becomes a sublime experience, especially...
11) Zonk!
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Following up on the success of African Jim, but with higher production values, Zonk! shows the extraordinary cultural range available to township Africans, from the many ethnic strains of music from South Africa itself to contemporary American jazz and popular music, eagerly copied and Africanized. Zonk! confirms that despite the poverty and degradation of township life, the human spirit could triumph through music, producing groups and individual...
12) Dreamgirls
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Three young women, Deena Jones, Effie White and Lorrell Robinson desire to become pop stars. They get their wish when they are picked to be backup singers for the legendary James "Thunder" Early. When they are set free for leads, Curtis Taylor and Effie's brother C.C. decide that Deena should be the lead singer, which upsets Effie. The girls discover exactly what it takes to be in the music business and what they must give up to realize their dreams....
Publisher
Palm Pictures
Pub. Date
c2001.
Language
English
Description
When first unto this country: traces the emergence of roots music in America from its European and African origins through its maturation into American music genres including spirituals, blues, country and gospel.
This land was made for you and me: explores a period in which different strands of roots music become visible and commercialized through movies, television, radio and records.
The times they are a-changin': traces the continuing emergence...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The story of Noni, the music world's latest superstar. But not all is what it seems, and the pressures of fame have Noni on the edge - until she meets Kaz Nicol, a young cop and aspiring politician who's been assigned to her detail. Drawn to each other, Noni and Kaz fall fast and hard, despite the protests of those around them who urge them to put their career ambitions ahead of their romance.
Series
Publisher
Shanachie Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Tex-Mex music is an exuberant style with a Mexican soul and a rock'n'roll heart. It combines styles of corrida, norteno and others, is full of joy and energy, but carries significance through its lyrics about social problems. Flaco Jimenez, Lydia Mendoza, Frank Rodarte, Little Joe Hernandez and many others are shown in performance and conversation.
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Documentary celebrating the explosion of popular music that came out of LA's Laurel Canyon in the mid-'60s as folk went electric and the Byrds, the Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield, and the Mamas and the Papas gave birth to the California Sound. Featuring Jakob Dylan, the film includes conversations and performances with Brian Wilson (the Beach Boys), Michelle Phillips (the Mamas & the Papas), Stephen Stills (Buffalo Springfield), David Crosby, Roger...
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