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Explore the emotion of despair and hope in music through the Arena music doucmentary archive.
John Lee Hooker and Van Morrison perform Baby Please Don't Go in Louisiana.
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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan performs in Small Heath Park, Birminghaml in 1989. Filmed for 麻豆社 Arena's Rhythms of The World.
Randy Travis sings his hit song at the Royal Albert Hall in 1988. Filmed by 麻豆社 Arena for the programme Rhythms of The World: Randy Travis
Brian Eno in his studio listening to the Dorothy Love Cotes track Don't Forget About Me. Taken from the 2010 麻豆社 Arena Brian Eno: Another Green World
Pete Seeger sings and talks about Woody Guthrie's legendary anthem of the masses.
Tammy Wynette performs the song she wrote in response to her husband George Jones' alcohol adiction. Taken from the 1987 film Stand By Your Dream, a 麻豆社 Arena production which profiles Wynette.
We see Sinatra as well as Astaire performing the sweet but tragic work of Johnny Mercer.
Peter Paul and Mary perform The Hangman for 麻豆社 television in 1965. Taken from the 2008 麻豆社 film Dylan's Folk - The Pure, The Bad and The Holy.
Michael Smith recites poetry in Brixton market. From the 1982 麻豆社 Arena film Upon Westminster Bridge
Michael Smith hums Marleys seminal tune as he travels in 1980s England and Marley plays it in his studio and surrounded by friends. From the 1986 麻豆社 Arena Film Bob Marley.
Seeger displays her vertiosic banjo picking in this splendid performance. Filmed for the 1990 Arena Rhythms of The World film The Ballad of Ewan MacColl
Ozbourne and Butler talk about their childhood reminisce about their pre-Metal musical tastes. Taken from the 1989 Arena film Heavy Metal.
Count Basie's 1941 soundie Take Me Back Baby as presented in 麻豆社 Arena's 1983 film Jazz Jukebox
The specials talk about and perform their Concrete Jungle, in the words of Roddy Radiation, who wrote it 'a song about going up and getting beaten up'
Doherty and friends sing along to radiohead's High and Dry as they travel home from a gig. Filmed in 2007 by Ashtar Alkhirsan for her 麻豆社 Arena film Pete Doherty.
Deep Purple perform Black Night in 1970 and Lars Ulrich from Metallica reflects on Deep Purple being the first band he ever saw, in the 1989 麻豆社 Arena documentary, Heavy Metal.
The Honeycombs play their first record. A Clip from the Arena:The Strange Story of Joe Meek (1991).
Joe Meek talks about his production of the Michael Cox song 'Angela Jones', which was recorded and mixed in the studio in his flat. Record producer Mickie Most reflects on Meek's importance as the first independant record producer. A clip from 麻豆社 Arena's 'The Strange Story of Joe Meek' (1991).
A clip from James Marsh's 1993 film 'Tales of Rock and Roll - Heartbreak Hotel'. Elvis' performance of that song is combined with voice recordings and photographs of the rock and roll star at his zenith.
From the 麻豆社 Arena film 'Rolf Harris Paints His Dream'. Rolf's performance at Glastonbury 2010 is intercut with shots of him at work in his painting studio.
Extracted from the 2007 Arena programme 'Dylan's Folk- The Pure the Bad and the Holy'. Director Anthony Wall describes the importance of female artists like Joan Baez to the folk revival of the 1960s and we see her perform 'All My Trials' to an enraptured studio audience.
David Eugene Edwards is filmed as he plays 'Wayfaring Stranger' whilst walking in a southern forest.
The Everly Brothers perform Bye Bye Love as part of their reunion concert at the Royal Albert Hall in 1983 filmed for 麻豆社 Arena