Music Channel Guide May-August 2008

News and upcoming titles being released May through August 2008 for the music channel.

NEWS

NARM celebrates 50 years
In an industry that glorifies youth, turning the big 5-0 often signals the end of the road. But the National Assn. of Recording Merchandisers, founded in 1958 when songs such as “Johnny B. Goode” and “Who’s Sorry Now?” topped the charts, has no plans to fade away. Full story

Singing the Blus
Blu-ray has won the hard-fought high-definition format war, but another struggle lies ahead: winning the hearts and minds of consumers. Full story

UPCOMING TITLES

Acorn
The 2007 Newport Music Festival Connoisseur’s Collection offers chamber music from the opulent Gilded Age mansions of Newport, R.I. Street July 1, prebook June 3; 10-disc set $124.99

Disney
Miley Cyrus performs as herself and her pop star alter ego Hannah Montana in this sold-out concert event that was captured live and in 3D in Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds 3-D Concert. Street Aug. 19, prebook July 8; two-disc set $34.99, BD $35.99

Eagle Rock
In Johnny Hallyday: Live at Montreux 1988, France’s answer to Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis and Roy Orbison is all rolled into one. Street June 3, prebook April 30; DVD $14.98

First Run
Documentary Homemade Hillbilly Jam traces three Ozark Mountain families of modern-day hillbillies back to the roots of their music-making heritage. Street June 24, prebook May 20; DVD $24.95

Fox
The Brazilian bombshell with the tutti-frutti hat comes to DVD in The Carmen Miranda Collection, containing Doll Face, Greenwich Village, If I’m Lucky, Something for the Boys and The Gang’s All Here. Street June 17, prebook May 21; five-disc set $49.98

Image
A nearly three-hour concert recorded in Los Angeles in 2004 teamed two legendary bands for Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire: Live at the Greek Theatre; music’s rocking sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson arrive on Blu-ray in Heart: Alive in Seattle. Both street June 10, prebook May 13; BD $24.98 each

Recorded live in 2005, Moody Blues: Lovely to See You Live is the band’s first live concert without an orchestra since their debut release in 1969; Roy Orbison: A Black & White Night gathers some of the biggest names in music to honor the man who inspired them. Both street July 8, prebook June 10; BD $24.98 each

Lionsgate
Hopeville features three of the biggest names in gospel: Kirk Franklin, Yolanda Adams and Donnie McClurkin. Street July 29, prebook July 2; DVD $19.98

Microcinema
Artists, engineers and scientists collaborate on a series of dance, music and theater performances in Variations VII: 9 Evenings. Street May 27, prebook April 29; DVD $25

MVD
In Super Drumming: Vol. 3 (DVD $19.95), some of the world’s best drummers and percussionists perform solo or as a rhythm section; in Heads Up 2007 (DVD $29.95), the world’s top drummers perform at the 2007 Drummers for Jesus event; Terry Bozzio: Live With the Tosca Strings (DVD $29.95) was filmed in Austin, Texas, at the One World Theatre. All street June 10, prebook May 6

Shout/Vivendi
I Got the Feelin’: James Brown in the ’60s contains The Night James Brown Saved Boston, James Brown Live at the Boston Garden April 1968 and Man-to-Man: James Brown Live at the Apollo Theater 1968. Street Aug. 5, prebook July 8; three-disc set $39.98

Strand
Director Tsai Ming Liang weaves colorful musical numbers into a tale of sexual voyeurism in The Wayward Cloud. Street June 10, prebook May 15; DVD $24.99

Weinstein/Genius
The documentary Joy Division, directed by music video veteran Grant Gee, chronicles the band’s progression as well as the social conditions that influenced them. Street June 17, prebook May 6; DVD $22.95

—Compiled by Cheryl Biggs

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