Popular Voices at the BBC
Total Seasons :1Total Episodes : 3
Companion programme to Gregory Porter's Popular Voices (2017) in which Gregory Porter introduces a selection of live performances culled from the BBC archives.
Episodes(3)
1. Showstoppers at the BBC
A celebration of bravura singers who bring the house down with their vocal delivery and performance. From the gospel delivery of Mahalia Jackson, big ballads of Tom Jones and vocal range of Jeff Buckley.
Air Date : 2017-11-17
2. Crooners at the BBC
The BBC raids it's rather depleted archive and presents surviving clips of some of the cream of 20st century performers, way back when they appeared on a BBC Show.
Air Date : 2017-11-24
3. Truth Tellers at the BBC
Featuring outspoken, thought-provoking and lyrically gifted songsters including Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Patti Smith, Gil Scott-Heron, KRS-One, Jarvis Cocker, Nick Cave and more.
Air Date : 2017-12-01
Cast
Leonard Cohen
(Self (archive footage))
Joni Mitchell
(Self (archive footage))
Bob Dylan
(Self (archive footage))
Randy Newman
(Self (archive footage))
Lotte Lenya
(Self (archive footage))
Gil Scott-Heron
(Self (archive footage))
Patti Smith
(Self (archive footage))
Linton Kwesi Johnson
(Self (archive footage))
Robert Wyatt
(Self (archive footage))
Billy Bragg
(Self (archive footage))
Tracy Chapman
(Self (archive footage))
Amy Winehouse
(Self (archive footage))
Lou Reed
(Self (archive footage))
Jarvis Cocker
(Self (archive footage))
Nick Cave
(Self (archive footage))