Amazon prime video music documentaries

So Prime Day is done and dusted for another year, but for those who signed up for Amazon 's free trial, there's still a month to make the most of the service's vast catalogue of free-to-stream movies, including an increasingly eclectic array of excellent music documentaries.

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Unfortunately, while Amazon is very good at doing certain things, such as furnishing you with a water flosser in under 24 hours, its Prime Video search engine and recommendations algorithm leave a lot to be desired. When you've got a hankering for a decent music documentary, combing through the service's library may return plenty of results, but the real gems tend to remain hidden away while at least 20 benign bio-pics are instead thrust in your general direction.

If that all seems too taxing of an evening, don't worry, we've come up with a list of ten exceptional music documentaries, all of which are currently included in the standard Prime subscription in the UK. And if that's not enough, we've added a further ten suggestions of our favourite must-see music films on Amazon to rent or buy, which should provide something for everyone to enjoy.

Often documentaries about musicians can falter in trying to deliver an impossibly definitive biographical overview, swamping the viewer with facts and leaving little sense of the artist as a person.

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In Ethan Hawke's directorial debut, Seymour: An Introduction , he presumes that the audience has no prior knowledge of concert pianist, composer and New York native Seymour Bernstein but instead takes a genial, laid-back approach, showing Bernstein teaching, chatting and philosophising over 80 minutes and crafting a cosy impression of warm familiarity.

Threaded throughout are intimate conversations as well as musings on artistry and the value of practice and perseverance, not just concerning music, but that will surely be relatable to anyone who ever tried to learn or gave up an instrument — a quintessentially New York documentary about a fascinating and inspiring classical musician.

Watch Seymour: an introduction on Amazon. The latest hi-fi, home cinema and tech news, reviews, buying advice and deals, direct to your inbox. When the pandemic began in , Ayrshire rock trio Biffy Clyro found themselves back home in Scotland and stationary for the first time in their adult lives. How did they cope? By heading to a dairy farm and making an album every bit as slick, heavy and anthemic as rest of their oeuvre.

This thoughtful documentary follows the band as they overcome the restrictions of COVID and limitations of location to record their ninth studio album, The Myth of the Happily Ever After, their first recorded entirely on home soil. Through interviews, archive and self-recorded footage, it charts the band's year history and dedicated fandom, culminating with a spectacular live show in Glasgow.