Matti and Niila, growing up in the mid-sixties in the harsh and conservative environment of a Finnish-speaking part of Tornedalen in Swedish Laponia, close to the Finnish border. Their big dream is to become rock stars. In the present the now grown-up Matti feels guilt for the death of his drug-addicted rock star friend Niila.

Blues as a genre shaped the sound of jazz in the early 20th century and directly led to the creation of rock 'n' roll in the '50s. The scales, chords, and progressions of blues as a musical form can be found in styles from jazz to rock to contemporary R&B.

After a casual acquaintance, rookie actor Su Xingyu and assistant Tian Xin separate. Five years later, they meet again as successful individuals. They both share similar feelings in the workforce and in their personal lives. However, Su Xingyu's idol identity means that their relationship must be kept in the shadows, and their love is tested.

New York's hottest club is Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music. This club has everything: countercultural history, off-the-wall interpretations of America's most recognizable tunes, ping pong warfare, giant inflatable penises making love and war to David Bowie's "Heroes," shameless gay melodrama, and of course, MacArthur Fellowship winner Taylor Mac.

A chubby high school student participatee in a sports competition to win a cash prize for sex change surgery.

Elena, a nursery school teacher and mother of two grown children, lends her voice to a character in an animated film. Leaving the studio, she gets stuck in an airlock with Mathieu, the sound engineer…

At a Labor Day picnic a gay teenager struggles to keep his cool as his best friend brags about the size of his muscles and other attributes.

A washed-up '80s pop star gets a chance at a comeback when reigning pop diva Cora Corman invites him to write & record a duet with her, but there's a problem--Alex hasn't written a song in years; he's never written lyrics and he has to come up with a hit in a matter of days.

A man accepts a job on a shrimp fishing boat unaware that he is being set up for slave labor along with the rest of the crew of social outcasts.

This series tells the story of how Soul music was forged from r 'n' b and gospel to become the most successful music in the world...