Members here at SiriusBackstage know and love all the programming on Sirius.  But yesterday, the braintrust at Sirius HQ decided to share with us their list of favorite music events for the closing year.  Here’s the “official” list, biut we’d love to hear from you what they missed!  What were your favorite music events of 2007, as heard on Sirius?

In no particular order, here are the Top Ten SIRIUS music events of 2007:

    * SIRIUS launched the Grateful Dead Channel, a 24-hour commercial free
      channel dedicated to the music and legacy of the Grateful Dead.  The
      channel features exclusive, rare performances and original shows hosted
      by Grateful Dead members and special archival interviews with the late
      Jerry Garcia.

    * Siriusly Sinatra, produced by SIRIUS and the Sinatra family, launched as
      a one-of-a-kind channel with music spanning the entire spectrum of Frank
      Sinatra’s career.  The channel also features exclusive rare archival
      interviews, performances and the music of other artists from the big
      band, swing and traditional pop genres.

    * SIRIUS’ popular E Street Radio channel re-launched this year in support
      of Magic, Bruce Springsteen’s first album recorded with the E Street
      Band since 2002.  Listeners of E Street Radio can hear rare recordings
      of performances, exclusive interviews, celebrity guest DJs and the music
      of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.

    * SIRIUS announced in 2007 that it had re-signed legendary radio
      personality Bruce Morrow, known to his legion of fans as ‘Cousin
      Brucie,’ to an exclusive multi-year deal.  The deal demonstrated SIRIUS’
      ongoing commitment to playing Oldies music from the 50s and 60s. SIRIUS
      remains the only radio outlet on which listeners can hear ‘Cousin
      Brucie.’

    * In 2007, Little Steven Van Zandt, founder and architect of the
      Underground Garage SIRIUS channel 25, launched The Little Steven
      Sessions.  The show airs three times daily and features Little Steven
      discussing the music, history, philosophy, and life style that is the
      Underground Garage.

    * SIRIUS turned one of its channels over to country music star Garth
      Brooks for two weeks in celebration of the release of his 3-disc
      greatest hits CD set.   Garth Brooks Radio featured music selected and
      presented by Garth Brooks.

    * JAY-Z Nation launched in November to coincide with the release of JAY-
      Z’s album, American Gangster.  The channel dedicated to, and produced by
      JAY-Z, featured exclusive interviews, special programming and live
      concert playback from JAY-Z’s five city tour.

    * SIRIUS, the exclusive home of Jimmy Buffett’s Radio Margaritaville
      channel, broadcast every live performance from Jimmy Buffett’s 2007
      “Bama Breeze” tour.

    * Multi-platinum artist 50 Cent performed live in front of SIRIUS
      subscribers at the company’s studios in New York’s Rockefeller Center.
      The show aired live on G-Unit Radio, a weekly all-day broadcast produced
      by 50 Cent on SIRIUS’ Shade 45 channel.

    * SIRIUS broadcast an exclusive in-depth interview with one of rocks
      living legends, Keith Richards.  The rare interview was conducted by
      Steve Jordon, Keith’s friend and bandmate from X-pensive Winos.

Posted by RoadRunner on Saturday, December 22nd, 2007 at 12:10 pm.
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