Late Night Program Highlights - January 2009
(Broadcast program schedule dates and times are subject to change).

Sit back and relax or set your DVR for the best late night programming that television has to offer as UNC-TV presents overnight episodes of your favorite series. Whether you’re in the mood for the sweet sounds of Austin City Limits or P.O.V.'s provocative images, UNC-TV Late Night has something for you!

Austin City Limits
Lucinda Williams/Old Crow Medicine Show
Late Night Saturday, January 3, at Midnight 
AUSTIN CITY LIMITS favorite Lucinda Williams returns to the stage with a new album and her patented roots-rock spunk. Williams, named one of “America’s Best Songwriter” by Time magazine, has become a queen in the alternative country-rock community by making music the way she sees fit.

Soundstage
Lifehouse
Late Night Saturday, January 3, at 1 AM
Chart topping is an understatement for pop-rock band Lifehouse. Since their first album, Lifehouse has appeared on Billboard and Top 40 Charts numerous times. Best known for their top single “Hanging by a Moment,” and ballad “You and Me,” which spent a record 60 weeks on Billboard’s Hot 100 Chart, Lifehouse has gone back to the basics with Who We Are. Jason Wade’s lyrics address a diverse range of topics audiences can relate with and melodies they can rock to. Lifehouse’s performance on Soundstage includes the aforementioned hits and Who We Are’s twangy lead single “First Time.”

Austin City Limits
Paolo Nutini/Grupo Fantasma
Late Night Saturday, January 10, at Midnight 
Paolo Nutini has captured international audiences with his universal lyrics and soulful sound. Born and raised in Scotland, Nutini began his career with relatively little musical experience at age 16 as a roadie. By 18, he had signed a record deal and by 19 he had released his debut album These Streets.

Soundstage
Counting Crows: Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings
Late Night Saturday, January 10, at 1 AM
The Counting Crows know how to have fun. Lead Singer Adam Duritz rocks his way through an evening in which poetry seems to explode from the band's repertoire of blues/rock/country hits. Fresh off the release of their greatest hits album Films About Ghosts (taken from a line in the song "Mrs. Potter's Lullaby"), the band reflects on its 10-year history in a Soundstage episode that highlights the iconic "Mr. Jones," along with other up-tempo tunes including "Hangin' Around," "Rain King" and "Mrs. Potter's Lullaby." Duritz slows down in the mournful rendition of "A Long December" but reinvigorates the mood with the rootsy "American Girls." Other hits featured include "Recovering the Satellites," and "She Don't Want Nobody Near."

Austin City Limits
Foo Fighters
Late Night Saturday, January 17, at Midnight 
The past year has been a banner one for Foo Fighters. After spending the last decade-plus establishing themselves as one of the biggest bands in the world by crafting their unique brand of rock that manages to transcend fads while leaving room for evolution and experimentation, the band is now as diverse musically as it's ever been, paving the way for their current success.

Austin City Limits
Manu Chao
Late Night Saturday, January 24, at Midnight 
French/Spanish singer/songwriter and international star Manu Chao showcases politically-charged, danceable rock & roll from his album La Radiolina. With multiple Latin Grammy and Billboard award nominations and dozens of hits throughout the globe, Manu Chao is an international star. A truly multicultural artist, Chao's work combines punk rock, salsa, reggae, ska, French chanson and Algerian rai, among other styles. He's as likely to sing in Portuguese, Arabic and Wolof as in Spanish, French or English but "Chao's music is so sonically vivid, so gloriously evocative, translation seems almost superfluous" (Entertainment Weekly).

Austin City Limits
Nick Lowe/The Swell Season: Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova
Late Night Saturday, January 31, at Midnight 
British songwriting legend Nick Lowe surveys his 30-plus year catalog with classics and new tunes. Oscar-winning duo Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova, AKA the Swell Season, performs cuts from the soundtrack of their movie Once. For more than forty years, Nick Lowe has been writing songs, influencing musicians and gaining fans worldwide. From his production work with Elvis Costello to writing hit songs like "What's So Funny (About Peace, Love and Understanding)" and "Cruel to Be Kind" to his iconic albums like Jesus of Cool, Lowe has had a wide ranging career.

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