Live from Abbey Road here

On More4 Fridays 12 Jan to 30 March 2007 (rpt following Monday on C4). CH4, More4
Filmed at the legendary Abbey Road Studios, this More4 series features performances from the best musical talent, old and new.

Each 60 minute show has three artists. There is no studio audience and no host, but each musician speaks about their work, and there is behind the scenes footage of the musicians working on their music and preparing for their performance.

Shows line up:

Show 1 - Paul Simon, Corinne Bailey Rae and Primal Scream.
12 Jan 11pm

Show 2 – Kasabian, Josh Groban, The Good, The Bad and The Queen.
19 Jan 11.30pm

Show 3 – Jamiroquai, Goo Goo Dolls, Damien Rice.
26 Jan 11.30pm

Show 4 – Dr John, Massive Attack, LeAnn Rimes.
2 Feb 11.30pm

Show 5 – The Feeling, Gnarls Barkley, The Killers.
9 Feb 11.30pm

Show 6 – Snow Patrol, Madeleine Peyroux, The Red Hot Chili Peppers
16 Feb 11.30pm

Show 7 – The Kooks, Wynton Marsalis, Muse.
23 Feb 11.30pm

Show 8 – Amos Lee, Randy Crawford, David Gilmour.
2 March 11.30pm

Show 9 - Ray LaMontagne, The Zutons, Shawn Colvin and Nerina Pallot (performing separately).
9 March 11.30pm

Show 10 – Craig David, James Morrison, Dave Matthews.
16 March 11.30pm

Show 11 – John Mayer, Norah Jones, Richard Ashcroft
23 March 11.30pm

Show 12 – Gipsy Kings, Natasha Bedingfield, Iron Maiden.
30 March 11.30pm

Denis

I saw the programme details from Brain Damage

Another excuse to talk about Floyd is to recommend this Atom Heart Mother performance video

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Denis

No Elgar then. He inaugurated the studios, officially, on the 11th November 1931, with the recording, commercial released of his "Symphonic Study: Falstaff."

... Or perhaps more significantly, "No Eric Coates," who led the first recording there in August of that year. In fact the recording was his once the "world famous" Knightsbridge March... [Once a BBC Theme Tune]...

All the best from Fredrik

Good news for you in the USA from
Brain Damage.

Further to our story about David Gilmour's appearance on Live From Abbey Road, we've just heard that LFAR will be broadcast in the USA starting in June. The show has been picked up by The Sundance Channel and all 12 episodes will air over the summer. David is in show 8... More broadcast partners will be announced over the next few weeks.

Sorry Fredrik, I havn't heard of any other broadcasts from Abbey Road.

Denis

I saw the one with Primal Scream. They played all the tracks i don't like. I prefer screamadelica and xtrmntr compared with some of their other albums.

Alan,

Primal Scream performed ok, but nothing special I thought. Are screamadelica and xtrmntr good places to start?
For me Paul Simon and his band were terrific, especially Steve Gadd and the Guitarist who sang Harmony. Interestingly, Paul said that in all the years he's been a songwriter, he's never had a conversation with another about songwriting. He knows Dylan, McCartney and Neil Young and they have never discussed songwriting, 'Ever'!

Denis