Iført sorte habitter og solbriller ligner brødrene Jake og Elwood Blues ikke Guds bedste børn. Men faktisk er brødrene ude i en hellig mission: at skaffe penge til det børnehjem, de er vokset op på. Til det formål går de i gang med at samle deres gamle soulband. Undervejs lægger de sig ud med både country- & western-folk og lokale nazister i en fræsende jagt, der lægger næsten det ganske Chicago i ruiner. Fuld fart på til gyngende soul-musik fra bl.a. James Brown, Ray Charles og Aretha Franklin.
Den unge journalist Sondra bliver hevet op på scenen af tryllekunstneren Splendini. Under nummeret bliver hun meget overraskende kontaktet af afdøde Joe Strombel, der netop var ved at afsløre Tarotkortmorderen, inden han kom af dage. Strombel overtaler Sondra til at fortsætte efterforskningen, og Sondra overtaler den noget modvillige Spendini til at hjælpe. Men efterforskningen viser sig hurtigt ikke at være helt ufarlig.
A vacuum repairman moonlights as a street musician and hopes for his big break. One day a Czech immigrant, who earns a living selling flowers, approaches him with the news that she is also an aspiring singer-songwriter. The pair decide to collaborate, and the songs that they compose reflect the story of their blossoming love.
Dewey Cox er den fiktive musiklegende som satser sit liv på drømmen om sex, drugs and rock ´n roll. Han er fast besluttet på at forandre verden med sin musik, så han går i seng med 411 kvinder, gifter sig 3 gange, får 36 børn, bliver ven med både Elvis og The Beatles og en chimpanse, bliver afhængig af og dropper alle de stoffer som findes - men alligevel bliver han et nationalikon og bliver elsket af en god kvinde. Kun en hård mand kan leve hårdt.
An orchestra assembles for a rehearsal in an ancient chapel under the inquisitive eyes of a TV documentary crew, but an uprising breaks out.
19-year old Belle practices playing the violin diligently, but is unable to impart her music with a sensitive undertone. Her life changes when she discovers that sexual desire stimulates passion in her music.
Best known as the inventor of the Moog synthesizer, Robert Moog was an American pioneer of electronic music, and shaped musical culture with some of the most inspiring electronic instruments ever created. This "compelling documentary portrait of a provocative, thoughtful and deeply sympathetic figure" (New York Times) peeks into the inventor's mind and the worldwide phenomenon he fomented.
An aging concert pianist in a nursing home, suffering from Alzheimers, revisits his past. When he comes back to his home, now occupied by an artist, a touching bond develops for a few moments between them. Two strangers, one asking for forgiveness about his past, the other with the ability to forgive in her own life. A touching short, with very few words but deeply portrayed feelings.
A young security man must prove himself worthy by defending the one object wanted by all the masters of the Martial Arts world - the Magic Lyre!
A craftsman builds a glass harmonica that enlightens him. He travels to a town where the people are obsessed with money. A bureaucrat smashes the glass harmonica which leads to chaos and eventually to social reform.
In this Pete Smith Specialty short, we take a music quiz, plus survey various unusual musical instruments.
An independent documentary film about the phenomenal resurgence of the modular synthesizer — exploring the passions, obsessions and dreams of people who have dedicated part of their lives to this esoteric electronic music machine. Inventors, musicians, and enthusiasts are interviewed about their relationship with the modular synthesizer — for many, it's an all-consuming passion.
Multi-platinum recording artists release their first-ever live DVD. Recorded in April 2005, the shows were filmed in the band's hometown of Atlanta during two special sold-out performances featuring the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra. The 20-song collection spans ninety minutes and encompasses hits from Collective Soul's seven studio albums, including their latest release, "Youth".
Two men in adjoining duplexes, good friends, are enchanted by the song of a bird. One buys a small harmonica and learns to play it; he keeps his neighbor awake. The neighbor buys a larger harmonica, and an arms race ensues; the instruments get larger, until it's a piano vs. a pipe organ, and then they start bringing in larger groups of friends until an entire orchestra is playing the 1812 Overture. The houses collapse from all this, atop the dueling orchestras, and on their way up to heaven, the man puts his small harmonica up for sale.
The story of the musical friendship between veteran musician/filmmaker André Luiz Oliveira and Lorenzo Barreto, a boy with autism, over 15 years.
The story of a music student who secretly practices piano at a junior's house to get an opportunity to study abroad, but runs into catastrophe when he encounters an unexpected guest.
Thomas Lang presents the unique and innovative system that he has used to develop his awesome speed, control, finesse and coordination-a step-by-step system that will allow you to hone your drumming chops so that you can play more effectively, in any style of music.
National folk dances performed by "Tanec" folk dancers) from Skopje.
An old, broken morin khurr (horse head fiddle) compels renowned Mongolian singer Urna Chahar Tugchi to take a road journey to Ulan Bator and the steppes of Mongolia.
Professor Bean's Removal is a 1913 movie starring Ford Sterling and Mabel Normand.