What an awesome week on XM !!! Highlights include X-Men takeovers, Fred Essentials, and Rock in Rio !!!!…oh and dont forget the 90th running of the Indy 500 !!!
Monday
Slip Stream Special: Bob Dylan Birthday Tribute | X Country - XM 12 | 11AM - Noon ET - X Country’s Slip Stream Special honors the birthday of Bob Dylan with Dylan’s music celebrated by X Country artists.
Front Row Fred | Fred - XM 44 | Noon - 1PM ET - Catch two classic performances and interviews from the XM Performance Theater. First up, Echo & The Bunnymen frontman Ian McCulloch. Then the band Berlin.
XM Cafe Live: Sister Hazel | XM Cafe - XM 45 | 9PM - 10PM ET - Sister Hazel recorded in the XM Performance Theater in April of 2003. Tune into hear favorite songs like Effortlessly, You’re Mistake, and many more.
Network Live’s: Mainstage Jack Johnson | Hear Music - XM 75 | 9PM - Don’t miss Jack Johnson recorded live from the Kokua Festival at the Waikiki Shell in Honolulu, Hawaii. Hear your favorite songs like “Banana Pancakes,” as well as, a special performances with Ben Harper and Willie Nelson.
Tuesday
Poe Man’s Radio | Radio Classics - XM 164 | Noon ET - Celebrate the master of the macabre, Edgar Allen Poe, with Suspense’s The Pit and the Pendulum starring Vincent Price; Escape’s The Fall of the House of Usher; Mystery In the Air presents The Black Cat with Peter Lorre and finally it’s an Edgar Allen Poe biography on The Cavalcade of America. artists.
Jammin’ Jazz | Beyond Jazz - XM 72 | 9PM ET - This week Michelle adds to your salute to Miles Davis’ birthday week with funky versions of Miles classics by other artists.
Wednesday
The Fred Essentials, Version 6 | Fred - XM 44 | Beginning At 6AM ET to Mon. - Days and days of essential music by The Smiths, Cure, New Order, Clash, Echo & The Bunnymen, U2, Jam, Talking Heads, XTC, Television, Pixies, Depeche Mode, English Beat, Elvis Costello, INXS, Husker Du, Siouxsie, Joy Division, REM, PIL and on and on.
Thursday
The X-Men Mutant Channel Takeover on the 80s | The 80s - XM 8 | 9AM ET. - Kelsey Grammer gives us a sneak peak of the new X-Men movie, The Last Stand. He also shows off his DJing skills, picking out some of his favorite tunes from the 80s and beyond.
Friday
Sonic Sound Salutes | The 60s - XM 6 | 4PM - 9PM ET - Terry “The Motormouth” Young transforms the 60’s on 6 into great stations from the 60s every Friday with their original jingles, air personalities, and local happenings. This week we feature WTMA Charleston, SC.
Beach Music on Soul Street | Soul Street - XM 60 | 5PM- 7PM ET - tart your Memorial Day Weekend on the Soul Street Beach, with Bobby Bennett and Scooter McGruder with special guest General Johnson. Yes BB & Scooter will be playing some of the greatest Beach Music of all time, too help you get your weekend off on the good-foot. It’s Beach Music Baby, only on Soul Street.
Saturday
Rock In Rio: The Darkness and Guns N Roses | XM Live - XM 200 | 7PM - 10PM ET - Over 3.7 million people have attend Rock in Rio where 240 performances played over 470 hours of entertainment. The event is broadcast around the globe and brought to you by XM and Network Live’s Mainstage concert series. Tune tonight to hear The Darkness and Gun N Roses from Rock In Rio.
Nick Colionne Live | Watercolors - XM 71 | 9PM ET - This Memorial Day weekend, Watercolors presents Nick Colionne Live from the Performance Theater at XM. Hear his exclusive recipe for smokin’ c-jazz as he performs in front of a live studio audience of fans and friends in this amazing XM event.
The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas: Program: # 187 | Sonic Theater - XM 163 | 9PM - 10PM ET - Of One Blood by Andrew White, starring David Schwimmer, Joey Slotnick, and Arye Gross is a poignant and disturbing play about the infamous murder of three civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964.event.
Sunday
Sunday Soundscape: Really Philly 45’s | The 60s - XM 6 | 9AM - 10AM ET - Terry Young hosts Philly songs from artists like the Delfonics, Chubby Checker, The Orlons, Len Berry and more.
90th Indianapolis 500 | IndyCar Series Racing - XM 145 | 1PM ET - Tune in to hear the 90th Indianapolis 500 beginning at 1PM ET on IndyCar Series Racing XM 145.