Gregory Porter's Popular Voices
Grammy award winning soul and jazz star Gregory Porter presents a 100-year celebration of the mystery, pain and joy that lies behind some of the greatest singing voices in modern popular music.
- 2017-2017
- 1 season
- Documentary, Music
Grammy award winning soul and jazz star Gregory Porter presents a 100-year celebration of the mystery, pain and joy that lies behind some of the greatest singing voices in modern popular music.
Season 1 Episode Guide
3 Episodes 2017
Episode 1
Showstoppers
59 mins
Gregory begins his exploration of the singing voice by looking at how opera, gospel, falsetto and the modern melisma have produced showstopping performances that have shaped modern music.
Episode 2
Crooners & Co
59 mins
Gregory explores the soft, intimate art of crooning. Charting how the style that was born with the arrival of the microphone in the 1930s has developed into a haunting and abiding strand of contemporary music.
Episode 3