Our next transmission is the first episode of a beautiful four-part series, Arena: American Epic, airing on BBC Four over the next three Sundays, with extra content for you to explore on BBC Music online. With a trilogy of documentaries and one feature length performance film you can immerse yourself in the music of country singers in the Appalachians, Blues guitarists in the Mississippi Delta, Gospel preachers across the south, Cajun fiddlers in Louisiana, Tejano groups from the Texas Mexico bo

469K views · 11K reactions |  Strike a pose... Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade? While Jane Austen wrote about "throwing a shade" in her 1814 novel Mansfield Park, it was the landmark 1990 documentary Paris is Burning that helped to popularise it as a slang term. Paris is Burning is one of an extraordinary range of films from the Arena archive streaming now on BBC iPlayer. | BBC Arts | Facebook

5.4K views · 50 reactions | Kate Bush in the studio with Trio Bulgarka discussing musical collaboration across culture and language barriers. From: Rhythms of the World - The Music of Bulgaria (1989). | BBC Arena | Facebook

391K views · 10K reactions | Jimmy Page - "Kashmir" acoustic / BBC Arena 1989  #jimmypage #ledzeppelin #acoustic #acousticguitar #acousticguitarist #acousticplayer #guitar #guitarist #guitarplayer #guitarriff #guitarchords #guitarsolo #guitarhero #guitarlegend #archives #guitargod #guitararchives #guitaristsarchives #music | guitaristes.officiel | Facebook

3.3M views · 9.5K reactions | Manchester Arena attack: James Corden opens his US chat show with a moving tribute to the people and the city of Manchester.. | BBC Manchester | Facebook