Documentary Coverage

Recording engineer Brad Leigh touched nearly every song Billy recorded as part of his work restoring and remixing music for the HBO Max documentary “Billy Joel: And So It Goes.” We’re rounding out our coverage of the doc with our thoughts on Part Two, our conversation with Brad, and more details from archivist John Jackson and production […]

It took nearly five years to find and restore all the archival footage and audio in the five hour HBO documentary “Billy Joel: And So It Goes.” John Jackson, the director of Billy Joel’s archive, talks about tracking down footage, solving mysteries,  restoring damaged film reels, and his part in compiling the 10-hour “And So

 Steve Cohen brought 50 years of experience working with Billy Joel to his role as an executive producer on the HBO documentary “Billy Joel: And So It Goes.”   Steve talks about getting the often-private Billy to let filmmakers Susan Lacy and Jessica Levin tell the full story of his life and music.  

To celebrate the release of the HBO documentary “Billy Joel: And So It Goes,” we’re going behind the scenes with directors Susan Lacy and Jessica Levin.  We’re also getting behind the keyboards with Billy Joel fans who reacted in real time to Part One of the film starting when it officially dropped at 8pm EST

It’s been a busy month in the Billy Joel world – and Michael and Jack were there for it.  June kicked off with the premier of the “Billy Joel: And So It Goes” documentary at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. As the first event for this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, the red carpet