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20 Streaming TV Shows For Music Lovers On Lockdown

With Beastie Boys Story now streaming and Damien Chazelle's The Eddy on the way, here are 20 television series or specials to pass the time at home — or inspire your next playlist.
Beastie Boys' Michael Diamond, Adam Yauch and Adam Horovitz in 1993. Diamond and Horovitz lead a live history session on the group in Spike Jonze's new Apple TV+ documentary, <em>Beastie Boys Story</em>.

Depending on where you live in the United States, turning the calendar from April to May means entering the second or third month of an indefinite period of social distancing. With little other choice in the way of entertainment, people have naturally turned to streaming TV to fill the time and to escape from the increasingly bleak news. Deciding among the available options can be overwhelming, however, and even a trending phenomenon like Tiger King can fall off the radar in an instant.

More than a way to burn through the hours cooped up at home, though, television can be a vital vehicle for music discovery. With the recent arrival of a Spike Jonze-directed Beastie Boys documentary on Apple TV, the ongoing Bachelor musical spin-off Listen to Your Heart and the upcoming release of Damien Chazelle's modern Parisian jazz tale The Eddy, now is as good a time as ever to stream TV with an ear towards the soundtrack.

From the stories of real-life musicians to scripted series with great music supervision, here are a few categories of music television to brighten your lockdown — and maybe inspire your next playlist.

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