January 31, 2008

They Might Be Giants coming to Sirius Kids Stuff

Thursday, January 31, 2008 at 3:01 PM

Here Come The 123sThey Might Be Giants will be swinging by Sirius Satellite Radio to preview songs from their upcoming children’s album Here Come The 123s.

A sequel to the ridiculously successful Here Come The ABCs album back in 2005, the band will also spend some time playing kid-friendly favorites from their previous albums.

While produced and released under Walt Disney Records, They Might Be Giants was reportedly given complete creative control for Here Come The ABCs. As a result, the album went Gold (over 500,000 in sales) and became the 2nd-highest selling They Might Be Giants album of all time. The follow-up release aims to see a similar level of success.

If you have a young'un in the household, you've probably had several They Might Be Giants songs (like "Here in Higglytown" and the "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Theme") rattling around in your head all day.

Now here's your chance for you and the kids to hear the band on Sirius. Tune in on Monday, February 4th at 8am ET with encores all week long on Sirius Kids Stuff (ch 116).

January 30, 2008

Jack Johnson interview/performance on Sirius

Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 10:42 AM

Jack JohnsonPlatinum selling singer-songwriter Jack Johnson will sit down for an intimate interview on Sirius Satellite Radio to discuss his upcoming album Sleep Through The Static.

Johnson will share with listeners his inspiration for the album, and discusses other topics like his life as a parent and his new “green” studio where the album was recorded.

Sleep Through The Static is his 5th studio album and is due for release on February 5, 2008. It was being recorded at L.A.'s Solar Powered Plastic Plant - he has recorded all of his previous albums in Hawaii.

Jack Johnson also will treat fans to an acoustic performance of the album’s title track, "Sleep Through The Static."

You'll have plenty of opportunities to hear this interview/performance. Sirius will air it on Friday, February 1st at 5pm ET; on Saturday, February 2nd at noon ET; and February 3rd at 3pm and midnight ET - all on The Spectrum (ch 18).

View a video about the making of Sleep Through The Static after the jump...

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January 25, 2008

Ringo Starr live on Sirius Satellite Radio

Friday, January 25, 2008 at 6:11 AM

Ringo Starr

Sirius Satellite Radio today will broadcast an interview and performance live with legendary singer, songwriter and drummer of the Beatles, Ringo Starr.

During the interview, Starr discusses with Sirius host Meg Griffin his early musical influences, favorite drummers and the making of his latest album Liverpool 8.

Immediately following the interview, Sirius will broadcast live from the Liverpool 8 album release party at LA’s House of Blues. The event will included a performance by Ringo Starr and Dave Stewart, the albums co-producer and half of the British music duo, Eurythmics.

Listen in today, January 25th, on Sirius Disorder (ch 70) and The Spectrum (ch 18). The interview starts at 3:15pm ET and the album release party and performance starts at 4pm ET.

January 23, 2008

Sheryl Crow takes over at Sirius

Wednesday, January 23, 2008 at 6:51 AM

Sheryl CrowSheryl Crow will take over Sirius' The Spectrum channel for five days starting in two weeks.

The special will feature Sheryl playing her favorite music including a track-by-track preview and in- depth discussion of her new album Detours which arrives in stores on February 5th.

Among the many tracks on the album, Sheryl discusses how "Lullaby for Wyatt," a song about her son (who she adopted back in April and named after her father) " ... really informed this album."

"There's an urgent feeling about what's going on in the world," added Crow. "This song is really about, as a parent, you just want to protect your children from the pain that they're going to ultimately experience in their lives."

During the take-over Sheryl also will perform songs from Detours and some of her classic hits at Sirius' studios. This isn't Sheryl's first time guest DJ'ing at Sirius - she helped out her former beau Lance Armstrong by broadcasting live from Spain back in March 2005.

"Sheryl Crow's Spectrum" will kick-off on February 4th at 7am ET and run through February 8th on The Spectrum (ch 18).

January 17, 2008

Sirius' Grateful Dead channel debuts new show

Thursday, January 17, 2008 at 12:24 PM

Grateful Dead Channel

Sirius will debut a monthly live roundtable show hosted by Grateful Dead experts David Gans and Gary Lambert on the Grateful Dead Channel (ch 32).

The two-hour monthly show, entitled "Tales from the Golden Road," will premiere this Sunday, January 20th at 4pm ET. An encore broadcast will air January 21st at 10am ET.

In the premiere episode, Gans and Lambert will be joined by Grateful Dead and Ratdog guitarist Bob Weir, longtime Grateful Dead publicist and historian Dennis McNally, and the producer of The Trips Festival film, Eric Christensen.

The roundtable discussion will focus on the early era of the Grateful Dead and the Trips Festival, a three-day event in 1966 that involved some of the earliest Dead performances chronicled in Christensen’s film.

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