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Grab a front-row seat at the first reunion concert of the multi-platinum band.
Foreigner Double Vision: Then and Now airs Sunday, September 1 at 3:30 p.m. on WXXI-TV
Grab a front-row seat at the first-ever reunion concert of both incarnations of the multi-platinum-selling band in a celebration of the 40th anniversary of their Double Vision album. Featuring their greatest hits, including “Cold as Ice,” “Jukebox Hero,“ ”I Want To Know What Love Is,” and a smokin’ hot rendition of “Hot Blooded.”
Rediscover Bob Ross’s serene, nurturing disposition which can serve as therapy for the weary, and reexperience his respect for nature and wildlife which have helped heighten environmental awareness.
The Best of Joy of Painting: Special Edition airs Sunday, September 8 at 1 p.m. on WXXI-TV
This special highlights the soft-spoken Ross as he completes his beautiful “Home in the Valley” painting and offers a look at his wet-on-wet painting technique. It also explores the varied and sometimes unlikely ways that Bob’s image, voice and catchphrases have become a part of the pop culture landscape.
If you enjoy this program consider WXXI’s Bob Ross immersive painting event, where at a pledge of support at the $150 level, you can enjoy a a three-hour online painting class with Nicholas Hankins, Bob Ross Certified Instructor and host of The Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins: Bob Ross’ Unfinished Season (and your own painting kit)!
A once-in-a-lifetime gathering of legends — all original performers singing their greatest jammin’ hits.
70’s Soul Superstars airs Saturday, September 7 at 8 p.m. on WXXI-TV
Soul diva Patti LaBelle hosts the historic reunion of classic recording artists of the decade, including the Commodores, original lead Eugene Record reuniting with the Chi-Lites, the Stylistics, Yvonne Elliman, Heatwave, Earl Young’s Trammps, the Emotions and the Manhattans.
“This special is a dream come true, to gather the original voices and talents that define the 70s soul era,” says executive producer TJ Lubinsky. You may not remember all their names but you know each and every one of their songs as the music that defined the soul of the 70s. Lubinsky spent two years tracking down the whereabouts of the original stars who made the original hit records, finding the retired Yvonne (“If I Can’t Have You”) Elliman in Hawaii and convincing her to perform again in public for the first time in 27 years. From “Flying” George (“Rock Your Baby”) McCrae, in from the Netherlands, to recording the Stylistics (“You Make Me Feel Brand New,” “Betcha By Golly Wow”) on location in Waymouth, England, Lubinksy traveled the world to bring these great songs and beloved artists back to you.
“The Fab Four – The Ultimate Tribute” is undoubtedly the Ultimate Beatles Tribute.
The Fab Four: The Ultimate Beatles Tribute airs Thursday, September 5 at 8 p.m. on WXXI-TV
With uncanny, note-for-note live renditions of the Beatles”s classics the “The Fab Four – The Ultimate Tribute” will make you think you’re back in time rockin” with John, Paul, George and Ringo!
Dive into stories from the era of a segregated America and see how Black art found a way to thrive even in the pits of racial disparity.
Musician’s Green Book: An Enduring Legacy airs Tuesday, September 3 at 8 p.m. on WXXI-TV
Explore the stories and music of Black artists who relied on an underground travel guide to navigate the injustices of racial segregation while on the road. The Negro Travelers’ Green Book was a directory of lodgings, restaurants and entertainment venues where African Americans were welcomed. Features performances and interviews with vocalists, musicians, activists, historians and others.
Join host Warren Zanes for an exploration of Bruce Springsteen’s classic album “Nebraska” with musical performances by Eric Church, Emmylou Harris, Noah Kahan, Lyle Lovett, The Lumineers, and Lucinda Williams
Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska: A Celebration in Words & Music airs Monday, September 2 at 8 p.m. on WXXI-TV
Recorded on a four-track cassette in his New Jersey bedroom, Bruce Springsteen’s 1982 album Nebraska has proved to be one of his most enduring works, a raw, haunted acoustic record populated by lost souls searching not for salvation but simply a reason to believe. On September 19, 2023, at Analog at the Hutton Hotel in Nashville, famed music biographer Warren Zanes — author of Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska — hosted an in-depth exploration of the album and the musician’s process. Springsteen’s songs were performed by multiple legends in their own right, with Zanes’s spoken word storytelling in between. Filmed exclusively for PBS, Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska: A CELEBRATION IN WORDS AND MUSIC is part of special programming premiering on PBS stations.
Explore the concert that despite all odds pulled together to become one of the most important days in rock and roll history.
Revival 69: The Concert that Rocked the World airs Saturday, August 31 at 3 p.m. on WXXI-TV .
Young, scrappy concert promoter John Brower put his life on the line (literally) to turn his failing Toronto Rock ‘n’ Roll Revival into a one-day event, later coined in rock mythology as “the second most important event in rock n’ roll history.”
The festival united rock legends like Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bo Diddley, and Gene Vincent with The Doors, the biggest band in the world. But the 11th-hour arrival of John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band ignited a seminal moment for the 20,000 fans at Toronto’s Varsity Stadium, triggering Lennon’s final decision to leave the Beatles forever.
This compelling documentary shares the untold story of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s unique relationship and the artistic journey that culminated in the iconic album Imagine.
John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky airs Saturday, December 7 at 9:30 p.m. on WXXI-TV.
The film features a new interview with Yoko, as well as new interviews with those closest to the couple, including John Lennon’s son Julian; photographer David Bailey, who famously captured the couple in a 1971 photograph that graced the cover of Vogue; gallerist John Dunbar, who introduced the couple; Dan Richter, a neighbor of Yoko’s who became their personal assistant; pioneering studio designer Eddie Veale, who built Ascot Sound Studios at their home in Tittenhurst Park; and Klaus Voormann, Alan White and Jim Keltner, musicians who played on the Imagine album. These influential figures provide open and unprecedented insight alongside previously unseen footage, photographs, and audio recordings.