We have a couple of channels on cable in the US that show some live music. Nothing like a variety show that they used to have. More like a highlight of a single artist. CMT (country music television) does the "Crossroads" show that pairs a country artist with a pop/rock artist to sing each others songs. Daryl Hall from Hall & Oates has a show called Live at Daryl's house where he brings different artists over to eat and sing together. Palladia channel plays a lot of recorded concerts and stuff like that. It would be great to have a show like Top Pop or Jools Holland to highlight new artists across the globe.
Yes , that' s something I miss too.. when we visited the states I loved watching the music channels
Sadly, MTV is mostly about pregnant teens these days and VH1 mostly shows movies. The only reason I know about Jools Holland is because I watched him on Paladia or Axis once. The Live at Daryl's House show is actually very interesting and I never realized how talented he is beyond the typical Hall & Oates hits