WLIW21 In Focus: March 2010

Music of Ireland — Welcome Home

Premieres Tuesday, March 2 at 9 p.m.
Encores late Saturday March 6 at 12 midnight & Sunday, March 7 at 4 p.m.
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Celtic Thunder: It’s Entertainment

Premieres Wednesday, March 3 at 9 p.m. with Keith and Neil live!
Encore Saturday, March 6 at 6 p.m.
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The Priests in Concert at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral

Sunday, March 7 at 8 p.m.
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When Irish Eyes are Smiling: An Irish Parade of Stars (My Music)

Premieres Monday, March 8 at 8 p.m.
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Riverdance’s Michael Flatley

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Hosted by Clannad’s Grammy Award-winning Moya Brennan, Music of Ireland — Welcome Home tells the definitive story of contemporary Irish music, focusing on the Emerald Isle’s greatest musical exports, their influence on America and the music’s global impact. Beginning in 1960 with the Clancy Brothers, the new documentary features exclusive interviews and performances from The Chieftains’ Paddy Moloney, Riverdance’s Michael Flatley and Bill Whelan, U2’s Bono and Adam Clayton, Sinéad O’Connor, Pete Seeger, Live Aid and Band Aid founder Bob Geldof of The Boomtown Rats, former Celtic Woman Órla Fallon, The Dubliners’ John Sheahan, Black 47’s Larry Kirwan, six-time Academy Award-nominated director Jim Sheridan, the late Liam Clancy in his final U.S. television interview, and other great icons of Irish popular culture. See vintage clips of The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem on The Ed Sullivan Show, Judy Collins playing music from the ‘old country,’ The Pogues and Van Morrison with The Chieftains on RTE’s Late, Late Show, Riverdance’s debut at Eurovision and more. Revealing stories include Seeger’s discovery of Irish music, Bob Dylan educating Bono on the Clancy Brothers and the McPeake family, the inspiration behind Van Morrison’s music and lyrics, Riverdance’s beginnings, and The Chieftains’ early days. A must-see for music fans, Music of Ireland — Welcome Home explores the impact of Irish music in America and the world.

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This March, WLIW21 also presents three new Irish concert specials: Celtic Thunder: It’s Entertainment! (3/3 at 9 p.m.), featuring the Celtic vocal sensation performing nostalgic classics such as “Standing on the Corner” and “Bad Bad Leroy Brown” and contemporary hits such as Michael Bublé’s “Home” and U2’s “Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”; The Priests in Concert at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral (3/7 at 8 p.m.), stars the three clergymen who became a worldwide phenomenon last March, singing their inspirational classics “Amazing Grace,” “Danny Boy,” and “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” as well as The Priests’ personal favorites “The Rose,” “Bring Him Home” and more; and written by writer-actor Malachy McCourt, When Irish Eyes are Smiling: An Irish Parade of Stars (My Music) (3/8 at 8 p.m.), a warm and nostalgic celebration of Irish favorites from the past, including “Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ra (An Irish Lullaby),” “Molly Malone,” “McNamara’s Band,” and “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling,” hosted by Academy Award-winning actress Patty Duke.

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Donate now for exclusive tickets to Celtic Thunder’s October concert at Radio City Music Hall, DVDs, CDs & more!

The T.A.M.I. Show — Rock ‘n’ Roll’s First Concert Film

Premieres Saturday, March 6 at 8 p.m.
Encore Sunday, March 7 at 11:30 p.m.
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The Supremes perform at The T.A.M.I. Show.

 

One of the rarest rock events ever captured on film, the 1964 concert known at The T.A.M.I. Show, short for Teen Age Music International, hasn’t been seen in its entirety since it originally appeared in theaters more than 40 years ago. The first concert movie of the rock era, The T.A.M.I. Show captures many future Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, Motown and British Invasion acts in their early prime. Highlights include performances of “Johnny B. Goode” and “Maybellene” by Chuck Berry; “You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me” by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles; “Pride and Joy” and “Can I Get a Witness” by Marvin Gaye; “Surfin’ USA” and “I Get Around” by The Beach Boys; “Baby Love” and “Where Did Our Love Go” by The Supremes; “Out of Sight” and “Prisoner of Love” by James Brown and the Flames; and “Around and Around,” “Off the Hook,” and “I’m Alright” by The Rolling Stones.

Aside from the five rock groups, all of the performers are backed by a band that’s come to be known as the Wrecking Crew, famed for playing on all the Phil Spector-produced hits and including future stars Glen Campbell and Leon Russell, among others. Fanita James, Jean King and future solo star Darlene Love, billed as the Blossoms, provide backing vocals. The show was filmed live at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in 1964 — a mere seven months after the Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show and introduced the swinging 60s to America.

Over the last 30 years, much of the world has moved on, choosing faster, cleaner, more modern transportation and leaving America — and Detroit — behind. Blueprint America journeys beyond Detroit’s blighted urban landscape to Spain, home to one of the world’s most modern and extensive transit systems; to California, where voters recently said yes to America’s first high-speed rail system; and to Washington, where Congress will soon decide whether to finally push America’s transportation into the 21st century. Demonstrating how the auto industry, which created the transportation system that is now fraught with so many problems, is also the industry that puts Detroit in perhaps the best position to transform itself for the transportation of the future, the film brings a vision of the city’s possible transportation future to life.

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