Episode 1: Steve Earle
Thursday, January 7 at 8et
This documentary series profiles six dynamic musicians from a variety of genres, backgrounds and disciplines and explores how the creative impulse extends beyond music making and into other realms of artistic pursuit. In the premiere episode, American singer-songwriter Steve Earle candidly addresses many of the subjects related to his passions: songwriting, Townes Van Zandt, the elusive nature of art and love, drug addiction and the death penalty.

 

Episode 2: Levon Helm
Thursday, January 14 at 8et
This episode features legendary singer and drummer from The Band, Levon Helm. Since surviving cancer of the vocal chords, he has been hosting The Midnight Ramble Sessions, an evening of music at a home studio in Woodstock, New York.

  

Episode 3: Mickey Hart
Thursday, January 21 at 8et
This episode features The Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart, who has flourished as a solo artist, painter, bandleader and author. He shares his thoughts about music, art, space, vibrations, percussion, the Big Bang, The Grateful Dead, painting, bonsai, and the impromptu miracle of true collaborative improvisation.

  

Episode 4: Dave Stewart
Thursday, January 28 at 8et
In this episode, former Eurythmics member Dave Stewart showcases his photography exhibit at the Morrison Hotel Gallery in New York's Bowery district. Dave discusses his humble origins in Sunderland, his early love for blues music and Bob Dylan, his creative output with The Eurythmics, his lifelong pursuit to capture art's vanishing "tinkerbell", his photography, and his passion for artistic collaboration.

  

Episode 5: Billy Bragg
Thursday, February 4 at 8et
In this episode, English musician/songwriter Billy Bragg speaks about the role of political music in society, overcoming cynicism, the death of his father, of engaging his audience politically, his profound love for all things Smokey Robinson, and the elusive alchemical art of finding a great song hidden deep, down inside.

  

Episode 6: Sonic Youth
Thursday, February 11 at 8et
Hot on the heels of their brilliant new album The Eternal, "Innovators in Music" caught up with alternative band Sonic Youth for interviews and a live show in mid-tour form in Kansas City, MO.