Music on TV this week: Paul Simon; Lizzo; Emily King; Phosphorescent; Buddy Guy
by Luke Taylor
January 28, 2019
Artists heard on The Current are frequently featured on TV programs, and we've gathered the listings in one convenient place for you. We'll also post videos of performances as the week progresses.
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This week's schedule
This week, watch for Lizzo to perform on The Ellen DeGeneres Show this Tuesday. Meanwhile, Paul Simon will be an interviewee and musical guest on Monday's The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and Phosphorescent will perform on Wednesday's The Late Late Show with James Corden. Run the Jewels rapper Killer Mike continues in support of his Netflix docuseries Trigger Warning, appearing on Late Night with Seth Meyers on Wednesday.
Saturday brings an accomplished lineup to Austin City Limits, with a bill shared by blues legend Buddy Guy and by supergroup August Greene, which comprises Common, jazz keyboardist/ producer Robert Glasper and drummer/producer Karriem Riggins.
Notable reruns this week happen on Last Call with Carson Daly, featuring such artists as Jain and Lilly Allen. A performance by Elle King from Nov. 13, 2018, re-airs this Thursday on The Late Late Show with James Corden.
Here's the complete rundown. Check your local listings for broadcast times.*
Monday, Jan. 28
Backstreet Boys, Live with Kelly and Ryan (network varies; check your local listings) | Backstreet Boys on fatherhood, addiction and new (Grammy-nominated) music (MPR News)
Paul Simon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS) | Rock and Roll Book Club: Robert Hilburn's Paul Simon: The Life, May 30, 2018
21 Savage, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
Jain, Last Call with Carson Daly; note: rerun from Dec. 3 (NBC) | studio session at The Current, Oct. 20, 2018
Tuesday, Jan. 29
Lizzo, The Ellen DeGeneres Show (network varies; check your local listings) | Lizzo's career: A timeline from the Chalice to 'Juice', Jan. 28; upcoming show at the Palace Theatre in St. Paul, Minn., May 5
Cypress Hill, Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
Lily Allen, Last Call with Carson Daly; note: rerun from Nov. 15 (NBC) | Lily Allen's My Thoughts Exactly in Rock and Roll Book Club, Oct. 23, 2018
Wednesday, Jan. 30
Boy George & Culture Club, The Ellen DeGeneres Show (network varies; check your local listings
Emily King, Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
Killer Mike (interview), Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC) | Theft of the Dial: Run the Jewels, March 2017
Phosphorescent, The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS) | studio session at The Current, Dec. 1, 2018
Odetta Hartman, Last Call with Carson Daly; note: rerun from Nov. 1 (NBC)
Thursday, Jan. 31
Summer Walker, Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
Elle King, The Late Late Show with James Corden; note: rerun from Nov. 13 (CBS) | Album review: Elle King, Shake the Spirit, by Brian Oake, Nov. 30, 2018
Family of the Year, Last Call with Carson Daly; note: rerun from Oct. 9 (NBC)
Friday, Feb. 1
The Wombats, Last Call with Carson Daly; note: rerun from Nov. 13 (NBC)
Saturday, Feb. 2
Steve Gunn, CBS This Morning: Saturday Sessions (CBS)
Mumford & Sons; note: rerun from Dec. 8, 2018, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Buddy Guy; August Greene - a supergroup featuring Common, Robert Glasper and Karriem Riggins, Austin City Limits (PBS)
*Schedule subject to change.
Watch again: See last week's highlights.
External Links
Today - NBC
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - NBC
Late Night with Seth Meyers - NBC
Last Call with Carson Daly - NBC
Saturday Night Live - NBC
Saturday Night Live - NBC
Jimmy Kimmel Live! - ABC
The View - ABC
Good Morning America - ABC
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - CBS
The Late Late Show with James Corden - CBS
The Talk - CBS
CBS This Morning - CBS
Independent Lens - PBS
Austin City Limits - PBS
Watch What Happens Live - Bravo
Conan - TBS
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah - Comedy Central
The Ellen DeGeneres Show - network varies; check local listings
The Real - network varies; check your local listings
Live with Kelly and Ryan - network varies; check your local listings
The Wendy Williams Show - network varies; check your local listings
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