Music in High Places

Goo Goo Dolls - Live in Alaska (Music in High Places Series)

Music in High Places, the ultimate international music and travel adventure series, takes top recording artists to the four corners of the globe and features exciting acoustic performances set against the backdrop of earth's most intriguing natural locations. Take an intimate journey with the Goo Goo Dolls as they discover the culture, history and spirituality of Alaska. Songs:, Black Balloon, Acoustic #3, Broadway, Here Is Gone, Big Machine, What a Scene, Slide, Sympathy, Do You Know.

Music in High Places - Collective Soul (Live from Morocco)

In this easy-going video, members of Collective Soul explain that they'd never played an acoustic set until they made this four-day journey to Morocco for the series Music in High Places, but you'd never know it from the quality of their playing. While the Roland brothers (vocalist Ed and rhythm guitarist Dean) join lead guitarist Ross Childress with their unplugged six-strings, percussionist-bassist Will Turpin and drummer-percussionist Shane Evans play indigenous instruments to form a tight, acoustic rhythm section. The simple premise of the series (sending first-rate musicians on expeditions to ancient landmarks around the world) is surprisingly effective, and the production values are impeccable, without losing focus on the music (like the hit single "December") that Collective Soul is famous for.

Of the dozen songs performed, two are new, five are from Blender, three from Collective Soul, and two from Hints, Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid. While this may disappoint devotees of Dosage, these songs have a cohesive quality that blends well with the band's musical stops in the Sahara desert, a 700-year-old casbah, the market of Marrakech (an outdoor highlight), and elsewhere. Ed Roland's belief that rock & roll should be fun is expressed in the band's overall demeanor: they're talented but not too serious (except, perhaps, when Roland objects to having a monkey on his shoulder). Even on rainy days, the Moroccan landscape is breathtaking, and while the group's spoken observations are mostly innocuous, it's clear that this was a special experience for all involved, and that feeling comes through clearly in this recommended video. --Jeff Shannon

Music in High Places, the ultimate international music and travel adventure series, takes top recording artists to the most ancient sites on earth. Each expedition takes music's biggest artists to the four corners of the globe and features exciting acoustic performances set against the backdrop of earth's most intriguing natural locations. Take an intimate journey with Collective Soul as they discover the culture, history and spirituality of Morocco.

Songs:
Heavy, Why Pt. 2, Vent, The World I Know, Gel, December, Heaven's Already Here, Over Tokyo, She Said, Perfect Day, Shine, After All.

Music in High Places - Brian McKnight (Live from Brazil)

As Brian McKnight points out, the "Music in High Places" series presents artists performing "without a net." There are no "smoke and mirrors" that can disguise a lack of ability nor can anything be "corrected" in post-production. This installment takes place in the scenic, rural community of Sao Luis, Brazil, rather than in a big city like Sao Paulo. It isn't a collection of videos, but rather a combination of acoustic performances and commentary from McKnight about his music and travels. Although he doesn't perform any Brazilian songs, he incorporates a samba-like beat into several of his own mid-tempo R&B-flavored numbers about love and spirituality. For McKnight fans, this is essential viewing--an opportunity to get to know the man as though you were there. The feeling is spontaneous and unrehearsed, even if McKnight and his crew had to work long and hard to create that impression. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

Music in High Places, the ultimate international music and travel adventure series that takes top recording artists to the most ancient sites on earth. Each expedition takes music's biggest artists to the four corners of the globe and features exciting acoustic performances set against the backdrop of earth's most intriguing natural locations. Take an intimate journey with Brian McKnight as he discovers the culture, history and spirituality of Sao Luis, Brazil. Collect the entire series for musical experiences that are anything but ordinary.
Songs: When the Chariot Comes; Can You Read My Mind; One Last Cry; You Should Be Mine (Don't Waste Your Time); 6, 8, 12; Quiet Place; Home; You Could Be the One; Cherish; Anytime; Back at One.

Music in High Places - Ryan Adams (Live in Jamaica)

Music in High Places, the ultimate international music and travel adventure series, takes top recording artists to the most ancient sites on Earth. Take an intimate journey with Ryan Adams as he discovers the culture, history and spirituality of Jamaica for a musical adventure that's anything but ordinary! Songs: Firecracker, You Will Always Be the Same, The Rescue Blues, Touch, Feel & Lose, New York, New York, Hard Time Situation, Answering Bell, To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High).

Music in High Places - Deftones (Live in Hawaii)

Part of MTV's Music in High Places series of location performances, Deftones: Live in Hawaii features the Sacramento nu-metal grungemeisters in largely acoustic mode on Hawaii's Big Island. The idea of the series is to combine travelogue with "unplugged" performance, although this episode is interspersed with full electric treatments of Deftones songs.

The travelogue element of the show is very fine, considering the relatively low-tech cinematography. We see whales leaping from the evening ocean, volcanic steam tumbling at speed over vertiginous clifftops, turtles paddling through crystal clear water, molten lava slithering across quasi-lunar landscapes. Unfortunately, the members of Deftones come over a bit Beavis & Butt-head in the face of all of this natural beauty ("A whole lot of lava, man, it was really cool"). The very presence of these plump, goateed, combat-trousered nu metallurgists feels like a sort of desecration of the spirituality of Hawaii. That said, their acoustic performances of songs like "Knife Party" and "Digital Bath" feel much stronger and soulful than the disappointingly generic electric versions. So maybe some Hawaiian atmosphere did rub off after all. --David Stubbs

Music in High Places, the ultimate international music and travel adventure series, takes top recording artists to the most ancient sites on earth. Each expedition takes music's biggest artists to the four corners of the globe and features exciting acoustic performances set against the backdrop of earth's most intriguing natural locations. Take an intimate journey with the Deftones as they discover the culture, history and spirituality of Hawaii while performing some of their greatest hits! Songs: Headup, Knife Party, Digital Bath, One Weak, Boy's Republic, Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away), Around the Fur, Feiticeira, Change (In the House of Flies).

Music in High Places - Craig David (Live in Costa Rica)

Music in High Places is the ultimate international adventure series that takes top recording artists to the most ancient sites on Earth. Each expedition whisks music's biggest artists to the four corners of the globe and features exciting acoustic performances set against the backdrop of Earth's most intriguing natural locations. Seeing pictures of ethereal and mysterious rain forests convinced Craig David that Costa Rica was the place for his Music in High Places episode. His interest was in not just the diverse environment but also, after a grueling international tour, a place to unwind with a bit of adventure.

Track Listing:
Intro
Rendezvous
Fill Me In
Can't Be Messing Around
Walking Away
Follow Me
Booty Man
Seven Days
Making Of
Locations
End Credits

Music in High Places - India Arie (Live in Brazil)

Music in High Places, the ultimate international music and travel adventure series, takes top recording artists to the most ancient sites on earth. Each expedition takes music's biggest artists to the four corners of the globe and features exciting acoustic performances set against the backdrop of earth's most intriguing natural locations. Take an intimate journey with India.Arie as she discovers the culture, history and spirituality of Bahia, Brazil! Songs: Always In My Head, I See Good in You, Promises, Beautiful, India#s Song, Video, Strength, Courage & Wisdom.

Music in High Places - Boyz II Men (Live from Seoul)

In this part of the Music in High Places series, Boyz II Men go to wintry South Korea where their modern R&B sensibility meets traditional Korean culture, resulting in a surprisingly simpatico series of acoustic performances. Boyz II Men perform some of their most popular songs, including "End of the Road," "Step On Up," and "On Bended Knee." The latter two are performed in the Chin Sul Fencing Stadium during which children and young adults display the grace and power of tae kwon do. While in a conference room in the Demilitarized Zone, the group sings "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" into microphones that are broadcast into North Korea. In addition to the beautiful locales and well-done photography, the charm lies not only in how much the group enjoys experiencing another culture, but how much the military personnel and locals enjoy hosting them. --Dana Van Nest

Music in High Places - Wynonna Live in Venice

Music in High Places, the ultimate international music and travel adventure series, takes top recording artists to the most ancient sites on earth. Each expedition takes music's biggest artists to the four corners of the globe and features exciting acoustic performances set against the backdrop of earth's most intriguing natural locations. Take an intimate journey with Wynonna as she discovers the culture, history and spirituality of Venice, Italy. Collect the entire series for musical experiences that are anything but ordinary. Songs: New Day Dawning, Change the World, Somebody to Love You, Va Pensiero, No One Else on Earth, My Angel Is Here, Only Love, How Great Thou Art, When I Reach the Place I'm Goin', Testify to Love, Going Nowhere.

Music in High Places - Alanis Morissette Live in the Navajo Nation

Her eccentricities mark her as an acquired taste, but Alanis Morissette has always ignored what others see as the fashionable or commercial thing to do. Live in the Navajo Nation, an hour-long distillation of her musical and cultural discoveries while visiting the Navajo Nation in America's great Southwest, is a case in point. Morissette observes and absorbs what she sees, Navajo history, spirituality, and culture providing the impetus for her own creativity. Amid these grand vistas, Morissette's own music takes on a more personal bent: accompanied only by acoustic guitar, percussion, and her own flute or harmonica, several songs from her second album, Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, take on new life, including standouts "U R" and "I Was Hoping." Even the wrong-headedly literal "Ironic" takes on amusingly earnest implications in this setting. Also included is a five-minute behind-the-scenes featurette. --Kevin Filipski

Music in High Places, the ultimate international music and travel adventure series, takes top recording artists to the most ancient sites on earth. Each expedition takes music's biggest artists to the four corners of the globe and features exciting acoustic performances set against the backdrop of earth's most intriguing natural locations. Join Alanis Morissette as she discovers the culture, history and spirituality of the Navajo Nation. Collect the entire series for musical experiences that are anything but ordinary! Songs: Baba, That I Would Be Good, No Pressure Over Cappuccino, U R, Heart of the House, Your House, I Was Hoping, Uninvited, Ironic.