Sirius Canada, in collaboration with The Consulate General of Canada, New York, will host an exclusive music showcase event featuring up-and-coming Canadian artists to celebrate Canada Day.

The showcase event will be held at Joe's Pub in New York City on Sunday, July 1st, will feature some of Canada’s best up-and-coming musical talent including Serena Ryder, Peter Elkas and Wil. The performance will immediately follow the Canadian Consulate’s fourth annual all-star tribute to Canadian songwriting (itself part of the Consulate’s ongoing Upper North Side Canadian Music Series at Joe’s Pub) at 7pm.

“Thanks in part to our series with Joe’s Pub, the venue has become an important partner in presenting emerging Canadian musical talent to a New York audience,” says the Consulate’s Cultural Affairs Officer, Jeff Breithaupt.  “We’re thrilled that Sirius Canada is building on that momentum with what we hope will be another important Canada Day tradition in New York.”

Sirius subscribers throughout North America can listen to the concert live on Sirius' Iceberg 95 (ch 95) starting at 9:30pm ET.

XM and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra have teamed up to broadcast eight performances from the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s 2007-2008 season on XM Classics (ch 110), starting in September.

The concert series will debut with a live broadcast on September 27th, the inaugural concert for Music Director Marin Alsop (pictured above - Photo Credit: Tracey Brown), who that evening will become the first female music director of a major American orchestra. Hosted by XM Classics Program Director Martin Goldsmith, the BSO series will feature insightful interviews with Marin Alsop, world-renowned soloists, BSO musicians, and many of today’s most distinguished composers.

The initial eight concerts, starting with the live inaugural concert at the Music Center at Strathmore in N. Bethesda, Md. - and followed the 2007-2008 season led by conductor Marin Alsop from the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore - will reflect the exciting and innovative programs characteristic of Alsop’s first full season with the BSO.

View the full schedule after the jump...

XM Satellite Radio is kicking off more than 30 hours of live coverage from the Bonnaroo 2007 festival, starting this Thursday.

Tune in to X Country (ch 12), June 14th - June 14th, from 2pm till 1am ET for a live multi-stage music experience.

Bonnaroo, held on a 700 acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee, is one of the nation's largest music festivals. The 'Roo first began in 2002 with a focus on jam bands, and has grown to include a wide range of music styles. Read more about the Bonnaroo music festival here.

Scheduled to appear are:

• Apollo Sunshine
• Charlie Louvin
• Clutch
• David Bromberg
• Dr. Dog
• Old Crow Medicine Show
• Richard Thompson
• Sam Roberts Band
• STS9
• Widespread Panic
• Xavier Rudd
• Ziggy Marley

[Bonnaroo on XM]