New York, NY (Top40 Charts) It was a very special moment being part of this show. We are thrilled that it's part of the Front and Center series this year on the 50th Anniversary of Woodstock.
Front and Center, the critically acclaimed concert series that kicked off its ninth season in July, announced that its next episode on public television (check local listings) features the reunion of the original members of Santana.
Santana IV - Live at the House of Blues in Las
Vegas features the original
Santana band on stage together for the first time since 1973.
Carlos Santana (guitar, vocals), Gregg Rolie (keyboards, lead vocals), Neal Schon (guitar, vocals), Michael Carabello (percussion), and Michael Shrieve (drums) perform in a celebration of life and spirit. Filmed in partnership with the House of Blues in Las Vegas, the trailer for this episode can be viewed here.
Front and Center's Don Maggi stated, "It was a very special moment being part of this show. We are thrilled that it's part of the Front and Center series this year on the 50th Anniversary of Woodstock."
"It was magical coming together again,"
Santana said. "We didn't have to try to force the vibe - it was immense. When you can go back and break new ground with joy and determination - and some incredible energy - it gets you going. I think we achieved something very rare. This music was screaming to come out of us. It wasn't about nostalgia. It was about passion."
Season nine of Front and Center features an all new line-up of Grammy Award winners, industry legends, emerging artists, and chart toppers. The new episodes include intimate performances from Hozier, Carly Pearce, Gary Clark Jr.,
Brett Young, lovelytheband, Robby Krieger and Friends,
Chris Janson and The Head and the Heart.
Full episodes will be streaming online at: https://www.pbs.org/show/front-and-center/.
Front and Center is a production of Front and Center Entertainment, LLC in association with WLIW, LLC for WNET. The series is distributed by American Public Television.
Videos and more information about Front and Center are available at https://www.frontandcenter.com and https://www.youtube.com/frontandcentertv.
About Front and Center Entertainment
Front and Center Entertainment, LLC produces the popular music performance television series Front and Center as well as the groundbreaking talk show Speakeasy and the monthly series MTV Live: Setlist. Since 2012 Front and Center has presented an eclectic mix of Grammy, Country
Music Association, American
Music and Academy of Country
Music Award winners, rock icons and multi-platinum sellers including Keith Urban, Steven Tyler, Cyndi Lauper, Counting Crows, Rob Thomas, and The Avett Brothers. Speakeasy, which began airing in January 2015, features an iconic talent chatting intimately with an interviewer of their choice. Included are conversations with
Roger Waters and Bill Weir,
David Crosby and Wynton Marsalis,
Sting and Shaggy,
Lenny Kravitz and Sean Lennon, and
Robbie Robertson with Warren Zanes. MTV Live: Setlist spotlights rising artists spanning multiple genres including St. Paul & the Broken Bones, Dua Lipa, and Muna.
About WNET
WNET is America's flagship PBS station: parent company of New York's THIRTEEN and WLIW21 and operator of NJTV, the statewide public media network in New Jersey. Through its new ALL ARTS multi-platform initiative, its broadcast channels, three cable services (THIRTEEN PBSKids, Create and World) and online streaming sites, WNET brings quality arts, education and public affairs programming to more than five million viewers each month. WNET produces and presents a wide range of acclaimed PBS series, including Nature, Great Performances, American Masters, PBS NewsHour Weekend, and the nightly interview program Amanpour and Company. In addition, WNET produces numerous documentaries, children's programs, and local news and cultural offerings, as well as multi-platform initiatives addressing poverty and climate. Through THIRTEEN Passport and WLIW Passport, station members can stream new and archival THIRTEEN, WLIW and PBS programming anytime, anywhere.
About APT
American Public Television (APT) is the leading syndicator of high-quality, top-rated programming to the nation's public television stations. Founded in 1961, APT distributes 250 new program titles per year and one-fourth of the top 100 highest-rated public television titles in the U.S. APT's diverse catalog includes prominent documentaries, performance, news and current affairs programs, dramas, how-to programs, children's series and classic movies. America's Test Kitchen From Cook's Illustrated, Cook's Country, AfroPoP, Rick Steves' Europe,
Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Television, Front and Center, Doc Martin, Nightly Business Report, Midsomer Murders, Lidia's Kitchen,
Kevin Belton's New Orleans Kitchen, Simply Ming, The Best of the Joy of Painting with Bob Ross, and P. Allen Smith's Garden Home are a sampling of APT's programs, considered some of the most popular on public television. APT also licenses programs internationally through its APT Worldwide service and distributes Create®TV — featuring the best of public television's lifestyle programming — and WORLD™, public television's premier news, science and documentary channel. To find out more about APT's programs and services, visit APTonline.org.
