NEW YORK, Feb. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM
announced today a new collaboration with groundbreaking rock
guitarist and acoustic troubadour, Tom
Morello, including all-original content that spans three new
streaming music channels and a new additional weekly show beginning
March 2, and an original podcast,
beginning March 3.
The content hand-crafted by Morello includes streaming music
channels that are part of SiriusXM's Xtra Channels offering,
which has expanded even more since its debut of 100 curated music
channels in early 2019. Morello's music channels will amplify the
intersection where music and activism collide, a wide-range of
heavy metal music, and will explore his personal influences and
musical collection. See channel info below.
"When SiriusXM approached me about doing a new slate of shows, I
only had one condition: I say what I wanna say and I play what I
wanna play," said Morello. "When the right combination of rhythm
and rhyme washes over a huge throng or transmits through an ear bud
it can provide a spark for action or a life raft for survival.
Music MATTERS. And I'm very much looking forward to inflicting on
listeners the music that matters to me."
"We are more than excited for Tom to bring his unique and
respected voice in both music and activism across multiple
platforms to our listeners," said Scott
Greenstein, President and Chief Content Officer, SiriusXM.
"SiriusXM offers artists, such as Tom, the flexibility to express
their creativity through live radio, streaming, and podcasts,
across our distinct, but coordinated services including SiriusXM,
Pandora and Stitcher."
Tom Morello's Battle Hymns
Radio (ch. 1124) will thread the needle between music and
activism throughout history and genres. The channel will
provide an audio assault of rebel anthems featuring the Freedom
songs of the 1960s, the hip hop music that has been standing up for
Black lives for decades, and the mosh pit-inciting,
radically-raging rock.
Tom Morello's Heavy Metal
Happy Hour Radio (ch. 1122) will feature a hand-selected array
of heavy metal music, ranging from hidden gems to classic cuts for
a happy hour that never ends.
Tom Morello's Riffs, Rhymes,
& Rebellion Radio (ch. 1123) will dive deep
into Morello's personal record collection to showcase the diverse
sonic landscape of riffs, beats, and ballads that shaped his music
and career.
Tom Morello's three Xtra channels
are the latest additions to SiriusXM's stable of music channels
created with iconic artists including The Beatles, U2, Bruce Springsteen, Tom
Petty, Pearl Jam, Eminem, LL COOL J, Phish, Garth Brooks, Kenny
Chesney, Kirk Franklin,
Diplo, Bob Marley, B.B. King,
Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and more.
SiriusXM's E Street Radio will debut Tom Morello's Radio Comandante, a weekly
show dedicated to a new musical theme, featuring a collection of
wildly diverse songs that have influenced him as an artist. Each
week his show will air on a SiriusXM channel that suits the current
show's theme. The premiere show of Tom
Morello's Radio Comandante will focus on the theme of
American class consciousness and examine the 80-year history behind
Bruce Springsteen's song "The Ghost
of Tom Joad." The show will
air Tuesday, March 2 at 10 a.m. ET and 4 p.m.
ET on channel 20, with replays throughout the week.
This is Morello's second weekly show on SiriusXM, following the
incredible success of Tom
Morello's One Man Revolution on SiriusXM's Lithium
channel, where Morello shares stories spanning his 30-year career
as a groundbreaking artist, while taking listeners on a fearless
exploration through 90s alternative & grunge music that ignited
a revolution. Tom Morello's One
Man Revolution airs every Monday at 4
p.m. ET on channel 34.
Adding to the latest array and launch of SiriusXM's original,
exclusive and popular podcasts is Tom
Morello's Maximum Firepower, which will be available on
the SiriusXM app, Pandora, Stitcher, and wherever listeners access
their podcasts, beginning Wednesday March
3 and air weekly on SiriusXM's Volume, channel 106 every
Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. ET, also
beginning on March 3. This SiriusXM original, weekly podcast
will focus on the music, the moments, and the movements that have
shaped Tom's worldview and left an indelible mark on him as an
artist and activist.
For all information on Tom
Morello's Xtra channels, shows and podcast visit:
http://siriusxm.com/tom-morello.
Subscribers are able to listen online, on-the-go with the
SiriusXM mobile app, and at home on a wide variety of
connected devices including smart TVs, devices with Amazon Alexa or
the Google Assistant, Apple TV, PlayStation, Roku, Sonos speakers
and more. Go to www.siriusxm.com/ways-to-listen to learn
more. SiriusXM subscribers with streaming access can enjoy a
unique mix of exclusive, original, and popular podcasts via the
SiriusXM mobile app or online
at www.siriusxm.com/podcast2020.
About Tom Morello
Incendiary rock guitarist and acoustic troubadour Tom Morello, known for his innovative guitar
solos and thunderous chords, is a groundbreaking artist whether in
his solo career or as an original member of the rock bands Rage
Against the Machine and Audioslave, two acts responsible for
multiple Grammy Awards and a combined 30 million albums sold
worldwide. He's released four solo albums as The Nightwatchman,
created the genre obliterating Atlas Underground project, and
formed the band Street Sweeper Social Club with Boots Riley of The
Coup. Morello has also been recognized by Rolling Stone magazine as
one of the "100 Greatest Guitar Players of All-Time (#26)." Morello
has produced or collaborated with artists of diverse genres
including Wu Tang Clan, Johnny Cash, Tool, John
Fogerty, Anti-Flag, Public Enemy, Joe Strummer, Crystal Method, Calle 13,
Dave Matthews Band, Johnny Cash, Killer Mike. Travis Barker, and Pete
Seeger. In addition, he joined Bruce
Springsteen and the E-Street Band for six years on tour and
is featured lead guitarist on Springsteen's Wrecking Ball and High
Hopes albums. In 2016, Morello joined forces with fellow Rage
Against The Machine bandmates Tim
Commerford and Brad Wilk, as
well as Cypress Hill's B-Real and Public Enemy's Chuck D and DJ
Lord to form the band Prophets of Rage. In 2020 Rage Against The
Machine announced its reformation and an extensive world tour.
Morello is also known for his lifelong valiant activism.
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