Gregory examines how early 20th-century blues growlers like Bessie Smith paved the way for the rhyme and flow of hip hop, how truth became a quest of rock 'n' roll's greatest poets from Woody Guthrie to Gil Scott-Heron, from Lou Reed to Suzanne Vega, and why great popular voices including Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Kurt Cobain don't have to be technically perfect to resonate so deeply and stir our souls. With Dave Grohl, Suzanne Vega and KRS-One.
Source: BBC 4
Series 1: 1. Showstoppers
Gregory Porter explores 100 years of voices on the brink, those that go one note higher, turn it up to eleven and make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end. \n\nStart ...
27-05-2022
BBC 4
Series 1: 3. Truth Tellers
Gregory examines how early 20th-century blues growlers like Bessie Smith paved the way for the rhyme and flow of hip hop, how truth became a quest of rock 'n' roll's greatest po ...
30-07-2021
BBC 4
Series 1: 2. Crooners & Co
Soul and jazz star Gregory Porter explores the soft, intimate art of crooning. Born with the arrival of the microphone in the 1930s, crooning was initially about men seducing wo ...
23-07-2021
BBC 4
Series 1: 1. Showstoppers
Gregory Porter explores 100 years of voices on the brink, those that go one note higher, turn it up to eleven and make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end. \n\nStart ...
27-05-2022
BBC 4
Series 1: 3. Truth Tellers
Gregory examines how early 20th-century blues growlers like Bessie Smith paved the way for the rhyme and flow of hip hop, how truth became a quest of rock 'n' roll's greatest po ...
30-07-2021
BBC 4
Series 1: 2. Crooners & Co
Soul and jazz star Gregory Porter explores the soft, intimate art of crooning. Born with the arrival of the microphone in the 1930s, crooning was initially about men seducing wo ...
23-07-2021
BBC 4