An engaging style of music with soulful singing, a strong backbeat, and smooth melodies.
A selection of ±«Óãtv programmes featuring Alicia Keys.
Sparks give an exclusive performance for 6 Music Festival 2017 at 02 Academy Glasgow.
Smokey Robinson celebrates 50 years of Motown at London's Roundhouse.
Marvin Gaye's live appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festival in July 1980.
A celebration of the work of songwriter Lamont Dozier, who passed away in 2022.
With Curtis Mayfield, Billy Preston, Bill Withers, Alexander O'Neal and Barry White.
James Brown performs some of his most famous songs, including Papa's Got A Brand New Bag.
Aretha sings with Elton John, Gloria Estefan, Smokey Robinson, PM Dawn and Rod Stewart.
How Motown Records showed the world a successful, sophisticated image of black people.
Documentary showcasing American legend Billie Holiday.
Legendary jazz trumpeter and vocalist Louis Armstrong in performance.
Singer Laura Mvula visits New York to explore the Nina Simone songs that mean most to her.
A classic Ella Fitzgerald performance from 1965.
Bonnie Raitt and her band perform songs including Love Has No Pride and Nick of Time.
DJ Cerys Matthews and photographer Val Wilmer select their favourite blues artists.
We meet the men who love to make and play unique cigar box guitars.
The story of a truly singular talent, unpacking the myth of the man behind the horn.
With Count Basie, Thelonious Monk, Oscar Peterson, Stan Tracey, Duke Ellington and others.
Nat King Cole sings a host of both popular and rare jazz classics in a 1961 TV special.
Meet the musicians who perform in tribute acts at the Limelight Club in Crewe. (2007)
Barry White live in concert at the Royal Albert Hall in 1975.
A 1995 studio concert featuring one of the enduring stars of popular music, Stevie Wonder.
With Cilla Black, Jimmy Helms, Dionne Warwick, The Osmonds, India Arie and James Morrison.
A selection of Lionel Richie's greatest moments from the ±«Óãtv archives.