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Five Extraordinary Charlie Parker 10” Records Packaged Together As New Vinyl Box Set

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Five Extraordinary Charlie Parker 10” Records Packaged Together As New Vinyl Box Set

Charlie “Bird” Parker, an architect of modern music nearly universally regarded as the greatest alto saxophonist who ever lived, released five 10-inch LPs via Mercury Records and producer Norman Granz’s pre-Verve label Clef Records in the early 1950s. For the first time, these building-blocks of bebop — 1950’s Charlie Parker With Strings, 1952’s Bird and Diz and Charlie Parker Plays South of the Border, 1953’s Charlie Parker With Strings (Vol. 2) and 1954’s Charlie Parker, have been packaged together in honor of Bird’s centenary dubbed Bird 100. Parker’s complete recordings from this important cornerstone of his career will be released on Verve as The Mercury & Clef 10-Inch LP Collection on December 18, available exclusively via uDiscover and the official Charlie Parker webstore. All five records have been newly remastered, pressed to 10” black vinyl, and housed in faithful reproductions of the original packaging.

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The boxed set, which features David Stone Martin’s strikingly illustrated original sleeve art, doubles as a tip of the hat to the 10-inch, a format popular in the late 1940s between the 78 and the 12-inch. It also contains an elegant booklet with rare photos, detailed session information, and essays by pianist-journalist Ethan Iverson and author David Ritz. All of the records included except Bird and Diz have been out of print on vinyl since their original releases more than 60 years ago (although the recent iteration of the album was not the original 10-inch). These attributes make The Mercury & Clef 10-Inch Collection the most detailed, collectible presentation yet of Bird’s fruitful 1940s-to-mid-’50s streak before his untimely passing in 1955 at age 34.

Some jazz-with-strings albums are hit-or-miss; Bird’s is a grand slam. He seized on the format; his Strings volumes are two of his recorded pinnacles. Vol. 1 begins with his immortal version of Sam Lewis and John Klenner’s “Just Friends,” which contains one of the most stirring and technically brilliant improvised saxophone solos ever recorded. Thomas Adair and Matt Dennis’s can’t-catch-a-break lament “Everything Happens to Me” receives a heavenly lift when Bird “sings” it on his horn. His take on Rodgers and Hart’s “I Didn’t Know What Time It Was” shows how Parker could channel a romantic ballad naturally as if breathing. Vol. 2 is just as inspired, conjuring a nocturnal feel via George and Ira Gershwin’s “They Can’t Take That Away From Me,” Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz’s “Dancing in the Dark,” and Cole Porter’s “Easy to Love.”

Bird’s most famous foil was the brilliant trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, and Bird and Diz is what its title suggests: a portrait of the pair at full tilt. But it has historical and artistic import beyond that: Bird and Diz documents the only joint session with Bird, Diz, and the revolutionary pianist Thelonious Monk, who made intellectual, hard-charging music. “Bloomdido,” a Parker original that went on to be a standard, is toe-tapping and relentlessly melodic. The percolating melody to “An Oscar for Treadwell” is traced through the changes to “I Got Rhythm” in C. “Leap Frog,” a co-write between Parker and trumpeter Benny Harris is head-spinning in its velocity and quicksilver innovation.

Parker and Gillespie dabbled in Afro-Cuban forms, most notably with the pioneering Latin vocalist and percussionist Machito. South of the Border is a testament to Bird’s transcultural connection. In Iverson’s essay, the saxophonist Henry Threadgill notes “the rassling match when the modern jazz guys came in and tried to play with the Latin cats in the Forties.” Bird, however, did this effortlessly: “Charlie Parker could bring the music together, but as soon as Bird stopped, the rassling match would begin again.” Parker is in his element here, especially on Óscar Gómez and Albert Hammond’s zestful “Un Poquito De Tu Amor,” Zequinha de Abreu’s effervescent “Tico Tico,” and Manuel Ponce’s yearning “Estrellita.”

Bird recorded his self-titled album in 1952 and 1953 with two quartets featuring drummer Max Roach: one side with bassist Percy Heath and pianist Al Haig, and the other with bassist Teddy Kotick and pianist Hank Jones. The title is essential because of the strength of its performances, the clean recording quality relative to Bird’s earlier works, and its singularity as his only studio LP in a quartet setting. Although the end of his life was approaching, Bird more than proves his might on compositions now revered as calling-cards, like “Now’s the Time,” “Laird Baird,” and “Confirmation.”

The Mercury & Clef 10-Inch LP Collection caps off a banner year for Bird and acts as a bellwether for another to come. Ahead of the centennial, Verve/UMe released The Magnificent Charlie Parker on vinyl and Jazz at Midnite for Record Store Day. Next year, Verve Records/UMe will offer an illuminating new perspective on a previously underexamined chapter of Parker’s life with a new collection titled Bird In LA, featuring unreleased songs recorded during Bird’s storied visits to Los Angeles in the mid ‘40s through the early ‘50s.

In conjunction with The Mercury & Clef 10-Inch LP Collection, uDiscover is also offering David Stone Martin’s iconic cover art as framed, archival-quality canvas prints. The high-end wall art is available in various sizes and includes the albums Big Band, Machito Jazz With Flip & Bird, The Magnificent Charlie Parker, Charlie Parker With Strings and Charlie Parker With Strings (Vol. 2).

The Mercury & Clef 10-Inch LP Collection

LP1 – Charlie Parker With Strings (1950)

Side A:

  1. April In Paris
  2. Summertime
  3. If I Should Lose You

Side B:

  1. I Didn’t Know What Time It Was
  2. Everything Happens to Me
  3. Just Friends

LP2 – Charlie Parker With Strings (Vol. 2) (1953)

Side A:

  1. Laura
  2. They Can’t Take That Away from Me
  3. You Came Along from Out of Nowhere
  4. East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)

Side B:

  1. Dancing in the Dark
  2. Easy to Love
  3. I’m In the Mood for Love
  4. I’ll Remember April

LP3 – Bird & Diz (1952)

Side A:

  1. Bloomdido
  2. My Melancholy Baby
  3. Relaxing with Lee
  4. Passport

Side B:

  1. Lead Frog
  2. An Oscar for Treadwell
  3. Mohawk
  4. Visa

LP4 – Charlie Parker Plays South of the Border (1952)

Side A:

  1. Tico Tico
  2. Un Poquito De Tu Amor
  3. My Little Suede Shoes
  4. Estrellita

Side B:

  1. Begin the Beguine
  2. La Paloma
  3. La Cucaracha
  4. Mama Inez

LP5 – Charlie Parker (1954)

Side A:

  1. Now’s the Time
  2. I Remember You
  3. Confirmation
  4. Chi Chi

Side B:

  1. I Hear Music (a.k.a. The Song is You)
  2. Laird Baird
  3. Kim
  4. Cosmic Rays

 

“This Beat Goes On/Switchin’ to Glide” by The Kings Inducted Into Canadian Songwriters Hall Of Fame

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“This Beat Goes On/Switchin’ to Glide” by The Kings Inducted Into Canadian Songwriters Hall Of Fame

Two songs, one classic hit. Song writing partners and members of The Kings, David Diamond and Mister Zero knew they had two pretty good tunes, but it wasn’t until the band put the songs together as a segue in rehearsal that the magic started to happen. The 1980 release of This Beat Goes On/Switchin’ to Glide, became The Kings’ breakout rock hit that stayed on Billboard’s Hot 100 for 23 weeks, and today has more than 2 million+ streams on Spotify while the video has 4 million+ views on YouTube.

On the 40th anniversary of This Beat Goes On/Switchin’ to Glide, the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame (CSHF) is pleased to celebrate the song induction that will be presented to Diamond and Zero on Monday, November 2 during a virtual induction airing on Breakfast Television Canada. The presentation will also include a live-streamed performance by The Kings on stage inside the newly renovated El Mocambo in Toronto.

“We’re thrilled to recognize the writing duo of Diamond and Zero, whose song will now join a rich legacy of fellow Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame Inductees who have also created hybrid hits including The Guess Who’s No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature, and Galt MacDermot’s Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In by The Fifth Dimension,” said Vanessa Thomas, CSHF Executive Director.

Zero first started writing songs when he met keyboardist Sonny Keyes in Vancouver, BC in the ‘70s, and together determined that they needed to form a band to bring their compositions to life. Zero reached out to bassist/singer David Diamond and drummer Max Styles that he knew from high school back in Oakville, Ontario and the band they named Whistleking was born. Soon Diamond was contributing songs and cowriting as well, and with his incredible lead vocals, the four young men knew that this was something special. So, they wrote, rehearsed and gigged for a couple of years and after winning the first homegrown radio talent contest in Toronto, they realized a catchier name was needed and they became The Kings.

When The Kings went into Toronto’s Nimbus 9 recording studio to make an indie album, they had no idea that they would meet celebrated producer Bob Ezrin, who had just recorded Pink Floyd’s No. 1 album “The Wall.” Ezrin realized that while the talent was there, the band needed his studio expertise. With Ezrin’s input, Diamond had changed the chord structure for This Beat Goes On and then Zero spent a couple of weeks re-writing the lyrics. Elektra released Switchin’ to Glide as a single, but it didn’t get much notice until the label released the two song segue and that is when the phones started ringing at major market radio stations across North America.

This Beat Goes On/Switchin’ to Glide stayed on the Billboard Hot 100 for 23 weeks, and peaked at No. 43 on December 13, 1980. It reached the Top 10 on Toronto’s CHUM FM and WMET in Chicago, but it was massive airplay at U.S. stations like mid-West powerhouse WLS-AM, WRIF in Detroit, KROQ in L.A., and WNEW in New York City that gave Elektra reason to really promote the single. On the West coast leg of a long tour, they debuted in L.A. at the Whisky a-Go-Go, and gave an electrifying performance on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand for ABC TV.

In Canada, the song reached No. 59 on RPM’s Top 100 chart, and No. 8 on the Canadian content chart. It was also named “One of the Top 100 Radio Programmers Picks of the Decade” by Album Network Magazine U.S., and labelled the “Almost Official Song of Toronto” in 2018 by the Toronto Star.

The album “The Kings are Here,” reached Billboard’s Top 100 album chart and went Gold in Canada, earning a JUNO Award nomination for Most Promising Group of the Year, and The Kings were named Most Promising New Band by Cashbox Magazine USA. After the CD version came out, the album passed platinum status and was declared a SOCAN Classic in 2016 for more than 100,000 plays on Canadian radio.

Four decades since its release, The Kings have performed more than 2,000 shows across North America sharing stages with international stars including Eric Clapton, The Beach Boys, Bob Seger, Jeff Beck and many others, as well as Canadian artists Loverboy, April Wine, Jeff Healey, Teenage Head, and more.

Since there never was a video for the segue, The Kings produced one themselves, using live footage from more than 20 years of shows, which was also repurposed for their documentary, Anatomy of a One-Hit Wonder, that tells the band’s success story with their trademark humour. Alongside YouTube and music streaming, The Kings continue to amass fans from around the world with a recently released concert movie, The Kings: Live at Heatwave, using re-mastered footage from their closing performance at 1980’s Heatwave Rock Festival in Bowmanville, Ontario that also headlined Elvis Costello, The B-52’s and The Pretenders among others.

Following the virtual song induction, the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame will add This Beat Goes On/Switchin’ to Glide to its permanent and interactive exhibition at the National Music Centre in Calgary, that features a celebrated catalogue of inducted songs that fans can listen to, as well as displays, exclusive artifacts, and one-of-a-kind memorabilia celebrating Canada’s greatest songwriters and Inductees.

Alanis Morissette: Keynote Conversation with Ann Powers

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Alanis Morissette: Keynote Conversation with Ann Powers

NPR Music and The Museum of Pop Culture present the opening keynote session for the 2020 Pop Conference “Forever Young: Popular Music and Youth Across the Ages”

Folk duo THE SMALL GLORIES release new video for “Sing”

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Folk duo THE SMALL GLORIES release new video for “Sing”

Canadian folk duo The Small Glories touched a nerve with audiences with their  U.S.  debut, ASSINIBOINE & THE RED, an album that celebrates the Canadian Prairies. The Juno award-nominated release was embraced at folk radio and garnered them the 2019 “Artist of the Year” award at the 2019 International Folk Alliance convention. The Small Glories, aka Cara Luft, an original member of the Wailin’ Jennys, and multi-instrumentalist JD Edwards, are sharing a new video with Folk Alley for their modern protest song, “Sing.” The song has long been an audience favorite. Luft describes it as a protest song for our time. “It’s a song to roust us out of our complacency and our indifference, a song to challenge our era of divisiveness and polarization to remind us what ‘it’ is all about, and what it’s not,” she says.

“We’ve been digging deep, to our roots, to honour the folksinger and troubadour’s role in society, to harken back to our family’s heritage of peace, protest and labour movement songs, to tap back into our spiritual upbringing that taught us that all humans are valued, loved and important,” Luft tells Folk Alley. “We want, and need, to sing about the things that matter, to speak out through song, to offer what we can to our world. Now is the time.”

Luft and Edwards’ onstage chemistry and humor complements their energetic live performances and buoyant, Americana-inflected folk songs; their exuberant harmonies bring to mind such duos as The Civil Wars and Shovels & Rope, but with a Northern spin. NPR wrote, “Luft is a Wailin’ Jennys alum whose work on the clawhammer banjo is to die for, while Edwards’ guitar and vocal harmonies deepen and enrich the duo’s sound.”

“We’re folk singers, we try to write stuff that people can relate to,” says Edwards, whose looming stage presence and penetrating eyes find him the yin to Luft’s petite, snort-laughing yang.

The album’s songs do play out like travelogue of sorts. ASSINIBOINE & THE RED is rich with a sense of place and geography and is bookended by two songs that pay tribute to locales. The opener, “Alberta,” is a love song to Luft’s home province and is “dedicated to anyone who is new to a place and surprises themselves by having their heart stolen by the land.” The raucous closing track, “Winnipeg,” is a spirited celebration of their hometown, “a city full of heart and guts and soul,” Luft says. “It’s a city of many languages and cultures where a big beautiful sun, the great equalizer, shines down on everyone all year long.”

Electronic Duo Divine Astronaut Release Their Latest Single Ransom

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Electronic Duo Divine Astronaut Release Their Latest Single Ransom

Ransom pays tribute to DA’s “unique style, blending their love for 90’s electronic acts with industrial rock elements” (Earmilk) fusing cinematic ambient soundscapes, driving electronic drums and heavy guitar tones. Vocalist Livvy Holland explains that Ransom is a song of contrasts – forgiveness and reckoning, ambient and industrial. These images are meant to inspire a sense of stillness in the listener amid the chaos our minds try to create.

Divine Astronaut are currently working on their debut album ‘Made Not In Berlin’ which is due for release in 2021. Their first single ‘Undone’ was released October 2019. A music video for Undone was released in November 2019. Singles ‘Whither’ and ‘Undone’ were released in Summer 2020 with videos garnering press worldwide including exclusive premieres on Earmilk, V13 and Tinnitist and features on Dark Beauty Mag, Earmilk, Tinnitist, Loudhacker, Soundsphere and many more. Not to be overlooked, the album is being preceded by their debut EP 4 which is coming on November 20th exclusively in Europe via M&O Music, an indie French label.

Divine Astronaut are an electronic group featuring singer Livvy Holland and Producer/multi-instrumentalist Moonhead. The duo describe their sound as night-time music that is downtempo alternative electronica with industrial and rock elements. They have been touring and playing shows in Europe since their inception in 2019.

J.B. and The Playboys Together Again, Virtually, on Remastered Digital Album

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J.B. and The Playboys Together Again, Virtually, on Remastered Digital Album

J.B. and The Playboys’ original record album from 1965 has been remastered.  Their original ‘singles’ will be available digitally beginning November 6, 2020.

Montreal-based label Justin Time Records is distributing the eponymously titled album for music lovers of the era as well as collectors and newcomers alike.

“We are elated to be able to bring these songs to light again,” said Jim West, Justin Time President. “Not only for older fans but anyone who’s interested in the original sounds coming out of Montreal during the 60’s British Invasion.”

Debuting in 1964, J.B. and The Playboys was comprised of Bill Hill on lead guitar, Allan Nicholls on vocals, Andy Kaye on guitar, Lorne Douglas West on drums, and Louis Atkins on bass. The group began playing shows at clubs throughout the summer in the Laurentians and the Eastern Townships. They went on to perfect their concert style performances at high schools, community centers, and YMCA dances in and around Montreal and rural Quebec.

Concert promoters took notice of the dynamic band and eventually invited them to be the opening act for The Beach Boys and The Rolling Stones concert tours. The Playboys recorded and released one 45 rpm single record every week for three weeks, and their songs turned into hits on radio stations across Quebec and beyond.  On the strength of their chart-topping hit singles, the group performed on national television shows, headlined sold-out concerts to French and English audiences, and amassed great reviews in both national and international press. The touring continued throughout Canada and the USA expanding their audience base who demanded more.

The band’s unique and original sound was finally captured in their first and only self-titled studio album at the legendary Mutual Street recording studio in Toronto.

Fifty-five years later, Justin Time Records decided to revisit this wonderful time in Canada’s musical history. The newly remastered and digitally released music are a tribute to, and a celebration of, the original JB and The Playboys sound and energy.

Digital releases commence on November 6, 2020 with the first singles “Tears of Woe” and “Chances.” On December 11, “Poor Anne” and “My Love” will launch. Expect “Love, Happiness & Sweet You” and “Summer Love” on January 15, 2021. The entire album will be released on February 19, 2021.

“JB and The Playboys were my life for most of the ‘60’s. In the late ‘60’s we all moved on to other bands in other genres of music. I will always cherish the memory of the original Playboys with their unique sound and energetic performances as the best part of my music career.   Here we are today 50 plus years later with the opportunity to revisit the material, remaster and release it digitally, and to get the band back together. Thanks to Jim and Justin Time Records we have a music life again.” Allan Nicholls

“JB and the Playboys was a magical band at a magical time in the music business. Since the disbanding of the group I’ve had a full and rich career in music, but the Playboys, aside from being the launching pad, always held a special place in my heart. I am extremely proud of the records we made and am thrilled that Justin Time Records have remastered these classics and are making them available to a whole new generation.  I hope people enjoy listening to them as much as we enjoyed making them” Bill Hill

For further information on streaming, downloads and to check out some great photos and content on JB and The Playboys you can follow them on Facebook – visit their web site or go to justin-time.com.

My Next Read: “Noise Damage: My Life as a Rock’n’Roll Underdog” by James Kennedy

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My Next Read: “Noise Damage: My Life as a Rock’n’Roll Underdog” by James Kennedy

“Noise Damage: My Life as a Rock’n’Roll Underdog” by James Kennedy is the tale that follows is not another clichéd collection of rock’n’roll debaucheries (sorry) nor is it another tired fable of triumph over adversity (you’re welcome).

It’s the story of a half-deaf kid from a tiny, remote village in South Wales who was hailed as a genius by the UK’s biggest radio station and headhunted by major record labels, only for the music industry to collapse. It crashed hard, taking with it an entire generation of talented artists who would never now get their shot. CNN called it ‘music’s lost decade’.

Along the way, there are goodies, baddies, gun-toting label execs, life-saving surgeons, therapy, true love, loyalty, hope, breakdowns, suicidal managers, betrayal, drummers and way too many hangovers. James Kennedy shows that the best lessons are to be learned from good losers. It really is all about the journey.

Part memoir, part exposé of the music world’s murky underbelly, Noise Damage is emotional, painfully honest, funny, informative and ridiculous. It’s also a celebration of the life-changing magic of music.

Giant Tiger Kicks-Off Fundraiser for Op Santa with Star-Studded Holiday Concerts

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Giant Tiger Kicks-Off Fundraiser for Op Santa with Star-Studded Holiday Concerts

Giant Tiger is kicking-off its annual fundraising effort for Operation Santa Claus (Op Santa) with a livestream holiday concert on Sunday, November 1 at 7 p.m. ET on the retailer’s official Facebook page.

Hosted by Canadian rock legend Gowan, the show will feature a dozen performances from award-winning musicians from coast-to-coast. The show is being produced to raise awareness about how, from November 1st-11th, Giant Tiger stores across Canada will be collecting $2 in-store donations at check-out to purchase items for Op Santa gift boxes that are sent to deployed members of the Canadian military during the holidays.

The full star-studded line-up is below:

Gowan

Scott Helman

Fred Penner

HUMAN KEBAB

Maestro Fresh Wes

Gord Bamford

The Trews

Kalsey Kulyk

Sam Roberts Band

Eric Ethridge

Donovan Woods

Stuck On Planet Earth

“We’re thrilled that many of Canada’s top musicians are lending their talents to such a wonderful cause,” said Cindy-Lynn Steele, Senior Vice President Marketing and Strategy, Giant Tiger Stores Limited. “As a proud Canadian retailer, working with Op Santa to help provide care packages to deployed members of the Canadian military during the holiday season is something we’re delighted to support. Thank you in advance to all our customers who join us in our efforts, we greatly appreciate your generosity.”

A French language livestream concert to promote the fundraiser, also hosted by Gowan, featuring musicians Marie-Clo, Yves Lambert, Marco Calliari, and Jérôme Charlebois will take place at 8 p.m. ET on the Tigre Géant Facebook page.

“Despite the uncertainties surrounding COVID-19, Giant Tiger has been a steadfast supporter of our military community,” said Commodore (Retired) Sean Cantelon, CEO, CFMWS. “Giant Tiger continues to champion the well-being of our women and men in uniform, and their families, in a myriad of ways by supporting initiatives across Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare Services (CFMWS). It is in great thanks to this partnership that we can continue to deliver necessary support for our troops”

Op Santa is a program administered by the Canadian Forces Morale & Welfare Services – through the generous support from corporate Canadian partners, the packages are filled with items containing a piece of home for every deployed Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) member over the holiday season. The packages are an integral part in helping lift spirits, improving mental health and letting CAF members know their sacrifices have not gone unnoticed. Packages contain products ranging from food, entertainment, merchandise, hygiene items, and cards with messages from home.

Since 2014, Giant Tiger has played an integral role in the success of Op Santa, contributing over $500,000 in product to help fill the packages to 17,135 CAF members at over 30 locations worldwide.

Music fans are encouraged to ‘like’ Giant Tiger’s Facebook page to access the livestream.

To learn more about Operation Santa Claus, please visit: https://www.supportourtroops.ca/Operation-Santa-Claus

Christmas Sweaters From Your Favourite Musicians

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With it beginning to feel a lot like Christmas! 

Christmasjumperclub.com has slowly been building its name curating the best Christmas jumpers. They even have curated jumpers for your favorite musicians. There were a few that stood out for us!

Abbey Road Beatles / Elf Christmas Sweater. This is modeled on the iconic cover of the fab four’s Abbey Road album. Instead, it adds a Christmas vibe with Santa’s four elves.

Another cool Beatles Christmas sweater to check out is this one below. It is influenced by the artwork of Help album blended with a snowy white Christmas vibe.

Away from the Beatles, but sticking to British bands from the 60s and 70s. We love this Rolling Stones Christmas sweater. It has the classic tongue and lips Stones logo with a knitted Fairisle effect. It will keep you warm throughout the cold winter months. And make you feel like the 5th member of the Rolling Stones!

These are a small sample of holiday sweaters on Christmas jumper club’s website. CJC has been scouring the web since 2017, looking for the best jumpers for you. Click here to find similar jumpers.

SiriusXM and Pandora Present Halloween at Home with Music, Talk, Comedy and Entertainment Treats For All

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SiriusXM and Pandora Present Halloween at Home with Music, Talk, Comedy and Entertainment Treats For All

SiriusXM and Pandora announced today they will feature a wide variety of exclusive Halloween-themed programming on both platforms. With traditional Halloween activities affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, SiriusXM and Pandora plan to help families and listeners find creative and safe ways to keep the spirit alive with endless hours of music and entertainment for the whole family.

Beginning on October 15, SiriusXM will air extensive programming including everything from scary stories, to haunted house-inspired sounds, to Halloween-themed playlists across SiriusXM’s music, talk, comedy and entertainment channels.

Pandora offers a lineup of Halloween stations and playlists for the whole family, including the newly updated Halloween Party station with Modes, and a hosted playlist by Halloween-obsessed music trio LVCRFT. All programming from SiriusXM and Pandora is available to stream online on the SiriusXM and Pandora mobile apps, and at home on a wide variety of connected devices.

SiriusXM’s Scream Radio channel is an annual tradition for Halloween enthusiasts, providing the ultimate bone-chilling soundtrack of creepy sound effects, traditional Halloween favorite tunes, ghost stories, spooky music from classic horror films, and more. The limited run channel will also feature a top 50 Halloween song countdown, “The Freaky 50” and will play scary score music, sound effects, spoken word stories 24 hours a day, and will set the tone for a spooktacular haunted house vibe. Scream Radio will run from Thursday, October 15 through Saturday, October 31 on SiriusXM channel 105 on both streaming and satellite. Click here to catch a sneak preview of the channel.

In addition, Jenny McCarthy will host a virtual Halloween special “Jenny McCarthy’s Halloween Hollywood Séance with Psychic Medium Matt Fraser” airing on Friday, October 30 at 10:00 am ET on SiriusXM Stars channel 109. The special will feature Jenny McCarthy and her BFF’s with special guest psychic medium Matt Fraser in front of a live virtual audience. It’s a spin of the spirit world wheel to see what dearly departed Hollywood stars, friends and family want to connect with Jenny McCarthy and her BFF’s.

Radio Andy’s Jeff Lewis will host a special show “A Virtual Spooky Drink or Five with Jeff Lewis Live” airing on channel 102 on Friday, October 30 at 5:00 pm ET. The special will feature Jeff Lewis as well as Jeff Lewis Live regulars Megan Weaver, Doug Budin, Krista Llamas, and Jamison Scala dressed up in their Halloween best.

SiriusXM’s Kids Place Live will launch a “Virtual Trick or Treating” Halloween special for kids and their families. The channel will spin non-stop kid-friendly Halloween music and will play messages from children sharing what they plan to dress up as this Halloween, their favorite candy, or something special they’re doing to celebrate whether they’re at home or not. Kids are encouraged to call in to the channel all month long by dialing 866-328-2345 and selecting option 5 to leave messages, and they might hear themselves on the radio this Halloween! “Virtual Trick or Treating” will begin on Saturday, October 31 at 5:00 am ET and run through Sunday, November 1 on SiriusXM Kids Place Live, channel 78.

Kids Place Live also offers the ultimate “Halloween House Party” playlist featuring an hour mix of family-friendly Halloween songs: everything from “The Nightmare Before Christmas” music, to the “The Monster Mash,” to independent kids’ artists, to MC Hammer’s Addams Family cover! The eclectic, kid-appropriate seasonal mix will be available On Demand at any time on the SiriusXM app and streaming platform.

Beginning on October 23, the SiriusXM app will be hauntingly designed to attract Halloween enthusiasts. One of the features unique to the app are the classic guest DJ Halloween shows pulled from our archives starring artists such as Alice Cooper, Rob Zombie, Gene Simmons, and Fred Schneider. The app will also showcase individual horror tales from Radio Classics (ch. 148), including Dracula, Frankenstein, and more.

SiriusXM’s Raw Dog Comedy will air “The Raw Dog Comedy Halloween Special” on Friday, October 30 at 5:00 pm ET and run through Monday, November 2 at 10:00 am ET on SiriusXM channel 99. The spooky special will be moderated by comedian and horror movie enthusiast Jim Norton. The SiriusXM host will lead a panel discussion breaking down what makes a good horror film, the greatest horror film directors, iconic scenes, what makes the horror genre so great, and what films stand out as the Greatest Horror Movies of All-Time. Expected panelists include “Scream Queen” Danielle Harris, lead actress in “Halloween” 4 and 5, Phil “CM Punk” Brooks, mixed martial artist who starred in “Girl on the Third Floor,” Kane Hodder, stuntman, who has portrayed Jason in five of the “Friday the 13th” film series, Bill Moseley from “House of 1,000 Corpses” and “The Devil’s Rejects,” Henry Zebrowski, comedian and host of the podcast “The Last Podcast on the Left.” The Raw Dog Comedy Halloween Special will be followed by an hour block of Halloween-themed comedy bits including Conan O’Brien’s “And They Call Me Mad,” a spoken word of Mary Shelley’s classic, “Frankenstein.”

Pandora is offering listeners a musical treat this season with a lineup of Halloween stations including “Family Halloween,” “Ghostly Grooves,” “Halloween Metal,” “Hipster Halloween,” “Spooky Symphonies,” and “Witch House.” To celebrate the holiday, Pandora is also launching new Modes on its Halloween Party station, where listeners can customize their experience to find their favorite types of Halloween music—featuring Hip-Hop Horrorween Mode, Creepy Country Mode, Disney Halloween Party Mode, Rock from the Crypt Mode, and Haunted House Mode.

Additionally, Pandora will also be launching a “slaylist” playlist on Thursday, October 15 hosted by the horror-obsessed, award-winning hitmakers of music trio LVCRFT – who have worked with Madonna, Beyoncé, Rihanna, and countless other pop greats. LVCRFT will be guiding listeners through songs from their new Halloween-inspired album, “The Sequel,” with extra-eerie cameos from horror icons like Bruce Campbell (“Evil Dead”), John Kassir (“Tales from the Crypt”) and more.

Additional Halloween programing will include:

1st Wave (SiriusXM channel 33):
Billy Idol’s Halloween Transmission
“Billy Idol’s Live Transmission” punks up your Halloween with an hour of classic alternative and punk from Sex Pistols, The Smiths and more on Tuesday, October 27 at 8:00 pm ET with replays on Thursday, October 29 at 11:00 pm ET and on Halloween at 7:00 pm ET.

Diplo’s Revolution (SiriusXM channel 52):
Major Lazer’s “Music Is The Weapon” Halloween Special!
Global Dance Trio Major Lazer celebrates the release of their album “Music Is The Weapon” with an all-day special! Hear a performance captured from their drive-in show in California and hear them discuss tracks along with song collaborators. Airs all day on Halloween at 12:00 pm ET until Sunday, November 1 at 12:00 am ET.

Shade 45 (SiriusXM channel 45):
Bad Meets Evil – Shady Halloween
Shade 45 circles back to 2011 when Eminem and Royce da 5’9″ AKA Bad Meets Evil ran down some of their favorite Halloween cuts on the heels of their release, Hell: The Sequel (EP).  Hear tracks from Big L, D12, Dana Dane, Three 6 Mafia, Dr. Dre & Ice Cube, and more on Friday, October 30 at 6:00 pm ET. It will rebroadcast on Sunday, November 1 at 12:00 am and 8:00 pm ET.

Devil’s Night on Shade 45
DJ Wonder will mix up tons of Horror-Core treats for two hours while artists provide scary tales to keep listeners spooked this Halloween! It airs Saturday, October 31 at 6:00 pm ET and rebroadcasts at 10:00 pm ET.

Hip-Hop Nation (SiriusXM channel 44):
‘Omari’s Spell’ Playlist
Omari Hardwick, you may remember as Ghost on hit Starz series, “Power”, will host his favorite 15 Hip Hop Halloween cuts on the weekend of his new Horror movie release, Spell. Hear music from Kanye West, Eminem, Travis Scott, Kid Cudi, 21 Savage, and more airing on Saturday, October 31 at 1:00 pm ET with replays at 6:00 pm and 9:00 pm ET.

U2 X-Radio (SiriusXM channel 32):
Halloween Special 
He’s an artist, lifelong U2 friend and collaborator – and every month, he takes control of the channel to share commentary and a new hand-selected playlist. This month, explore a killer list of spooky vibes with Gavin Friday on this Halloween episode of “Gavin Friday Presents.” Airing Friday, October 30 at 11:00 pm ET.

Hits 1 (SiriusXM channel 2):
Hits 1 HalloWeekend Countdown edition with Spyder Harrison
Enter Spyder Harrison’s Haunted House, where he and his pal Mickey The Wonder Pup count down the biggest songs in North America. Expect some spooky surprises and Halloween hits airing on Halloween at 7:00 am ET with replays throughout the day, on Sunday, November 1 and Monday, November 2.

Alt Nation (SiriusXM channel 36):
The Return of Emo-Halloween-O
This Halloween Weekend, Alt Nation is bringing back Emo-Halloween-O featuring the best emo/screamo and pop-punk tracks the 2000s had to offer. Starting Halloween Eve and continuing all weekend long, listen for blocks comprised of throwback tracks from Dashboard Confessional, Fall Out Boy, Death Cab for Cutie, My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, Jimmy Eat World and more! Airs Friday, October 30 and rebroadcasts each hour through Sunday, November 1.

Volume (SiriusXM channel 106):
Motörhead: 40 Years of ‘Ace of Spades’ Special 
In celebration of the release of the deluxe collectors box set and special anniversary editions of Motörhead’s fourth studio album “Ace of Spades,” SiriusXM Volume presents a one-hour special featuring a full deck of A-list rockers paying tribute to this iconic album and its fearless leader, Lemmy Kilmister. The special will air on Friday, October 30 at 10:00 am and 7:00 pm ET and replays on Halloween at 12:00 pm and 11:00 pm ET.

Feedback’s Virtual Halloween Costume Trick or Treat Fright Fest 
Feedback hosts Nik Carter and Lori Majewski refuse to let Halloween be cancelled, so they are throwing a Virtual Halloween Party and inviting SiriusXM subscribers to join the show in costume via Zoom. Fans in attendance will be asked to come dressed as their favorite musicians, and Nik and Lori and the Feedback staff will vote and give the top three costumes special prizes. The episode will also include guest judges and other spooky surprises. Premieres Friday, October 30 at 9:00 am ET.

Ozzy’s Boneyard (SiriusXM channel 38):
40 years of Motörhead’s ‘Ace of Spades’ Weekend 
Ozzy’s Boneyard spotlights the 40th anniversary of Motörhead’s iconic adrenaline surging album “Ace of Spades!” Hear songs and insights from the band every hour throughout Halloween weekend beginning on Friday, October 30 through Sunday, November 1.

Octane (SiriusXM channel 37):
Octane’s Halloween Costume Covers Contest
Octane highlights the best bands that “dressed up as other bands” for a Halloween Costume Covers Contest and will let the fans vote on their favorite Hard Rock cover songs, playing them back on Halloween weekend. Hear the Top 20 Hard Rock cover songs hosted by horror fanatic and Motionless In White front man Chris Motionless alongside Octane’s Jose Mangin as they share their love of Halloween, covers, and horror! The three-day one-hour special show begins on Friday, October 30 at 9:00 am ET and will rebroadcast throughout the weekend.

SiriusXMU (SiriusXM channel 35):
Halloween Cover-All Costume Party
Even the songs will be wearing masks this Halloween! Listen in for indie artists covering all kinds of songs, and other artists covering indie songs beginning on Saturday, October 31 at 7:00 am through Sunday, November 1 at 1:00 am ET.

Business Radio (SiriusXM channel 132): 
The Business of Halloween During a Pandemic
Halloween has become a multi-billion-dollar industry, but with limited group gatherings and social distancing measures in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the holiday is bound to look gravely different in 2020. This will inevitably distort the sales of Halloween costumes, decorations, haunted attractions, candy and more. Host Dan Loney of “Wharton Business Daily” will talk with executives who are finding innovative ways to keep their business alive in the grip of a global pandemic. Airs Friday, October 30 at 11:00 am ET.

For more information and a full schedule of SiriusXM’s Halloween programming, please visit https://www.siriusxm.com/halloween.

SiriusXM subscribers can listen to SiriusXM’s Halloween programming beginning on Thursday, October 15 via SiriusXM radios, and those with streaming access can 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. SiriusXM has special offers for new subscribers including three months of a SiriusXM Essential Streaming subscription for Free. To see Offer Details and to subscribe, visit www.SiriusXM.com/free3.

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Eric Alper is a 6-time nominee for Publicist of the Year during Canadian Music Week and has overseen the publicity campaigns for over 183 JUNO Award-nominated albums (and 16 in 2025), 45 Grammy-nominated albums, including 47 JUNO Award, 58 Canadian Folk Music Award, 126 Maple Blues Award-winning albums and is also truly honoured to work with some of the biggest and most important artists of our time.

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