Celebrate Black Music Month with SiriusXM!

SiriusXM celebrates Black Music Month all through June with special programming showcasing Classic Soul, Motown, today’s Hip-Hop, and everything in between! See what we have in store all month long:   Backspin (Ch. 43) STEPHEN HILL SPEAKS…ON HIP-HOP AND R&B OF … Continued

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May 31, 2016

SiriusXM celebrates Black Music Month all through June with special programming showcasing Classic Soul, Motown, today’s Hip-Hop, and everything in between!

See what we have in store all month long:

 

Backspin (Ch. 43)

STEPHEN HILL SPEAKS…ON HIP-HOP AND R&B OF THE 80’S & 90’S.

Airs Wednesday 6/8 at 6 pm ET and Sunday 6/12 at 10 am ET

Salt-N-Pepa Backstory: The Grammy award winning legends talk with special guest host Kwame about what brought them back together after a 10 year hiatus, their craziest tour stories, their new “I Love The 90s Tour” & much more!

Airs Tues 6/14 at 6 pm ET and Friday 6/17 at 10 am ET

Naughty By Nature Live: Naughty By Nature, celebrate their 25th year in hip hop! Backspin takes you to their anniversary tour recorded live earlier this year at the Howard Theatre in D.C.!

Airs Wednesday 6/22 at 5 pm ET and Saturday 6/25 at 8 pm ET

 

Hip-Hop Nation (Ch. 44)

STEPHEN HILL SPEAKS…ON HIP-HOP OF THE 2000’S.

Airs Wednesday 6/22 at 6 pm ET

 

The Heat (Ch. 46)

STEPHEN HILL SPEAKS…ON HIP-HOP OF THE 2000’S.

Airs Wednesday 6/22 at 6 pm PT

SiriusXM FLY (Ch. 47)

Kid-N-Play FLY Times special.

Airs Saturday 6/4

Stephen Hill speaks…on R&B from the 2000’s: We’ve invited the President of Programming of BET to give us the 11 essentials of R&B for the 2000’s!

Airs Wednesday 6/8 at 9 pm ET (replay Saturday 6/11 at 8 pm ET)

Coolio FLY Times special.

Airs Saturday 6/18

Keith Sweat FLY Times special with performance.

Airs Saturday 6/25

 

Heart & Soul (Ch. 48)

Heart & Soul presents Up Close & Personal Live Performances: We’re spotlighting live performances by Keith Sweat, Andra Day, Tyrese and Jennifer Hudson on Heart & Soul each weekend in June. And listen throughout the week for some of our exclusive live performances.

Keith Sweat: Airs Saturday Jun. 4th at 6pm ET and Sunday June 5th at 12pm ET.
Andra Day: Airs Saturday June 11th at 6pm ET and Sunday June 12th at 12pm ET.
Tyrese: Airs Saturday June 18th at 6pm ET and Sunday June 19th at 12pm ET.
Jennifer Hudson: Airs Saturday June 25th at 6pm ET and Sunday June 26th at 12pm ET.

 

STEPHEN HILL SPEAKS…ON ADULT R&B.

Airs Wednesday 6/15 at 6 pm ET

 

Soul Town (Ch. 49)

Stephen Hill of BET takes over the Groove the first day of Black Music Month with his review of 11 essential artists and tracks of the ’80s and ’90s.

Airs Wednesday 6/1 at 6 pm ET

LJ Reynolds, lead singer of the Dramatics, took to the stage on this year’s Soul Train Cruise with a great classic soul performance of Dramatics music…including Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get, Get Up Get Down, and their signature Me & Mrs. Jones. The Talking Soul interview and concert.

Airs Sunday 6/5 at 5 pm ET

Jobe Thomas is the lead singer of Detroit’s Enchantment. You’ll hear Gloria, Sunshine, and their No. 1 song, It’s You That I Need.

Airs Sunday 6/12 at 5 pm ET

The O’Jays present their Talking Soul interview and performs a medley of their biggest songs, including Love Train” and Back Stabbers.

Airs Sunday 6/19 at 5 pm ET

Deniece Williams used her 8 octave range to captivate the Soul Train Cruise audience. She rarely performs but still has a connection to the audience with songs like Free, It’s Gonna Take A Miracle, and Silly.

Airs Sunday 6/26 at Noon ET

 

The Groove (Ch. 50)

Stephen Hill of BET takes over the Groove the first day of Black Music Month with his review of 11 essential artists and tracks of the 80’s and 90’s.

Airs Wednesday 6/1 at 6 pm ET

Billy Ocean and the O’Jays combine for our first concert and interview caught on the Soul Train Cruise. Both deliver a great performance of their key songs including, For The Love Of Money, I Love Music, Caribbean Queen, and Love Zone.

Airs Saturday 6/4 at Noon ET

Stephanie Mills returns to The Groove, with her second Soul Train Cruise concert and interview since starring in the Wiz Live! She sings Never Knew Love Like This Before, Whatcha Gonna Do With My Lovin’ and Home.

Airs Sunday 6/5 at 5 pm ET

Howard Hewett took the stage on the Soul Train Cruise he’s the former lead singer of Shalamar and now 10 years inside of his solo career combines a show from both eras.. He performed a medley of Shalamar songs including A Night To Remember and his solo hits I’m For Real, and Show Me.

Airs Sunday 6/10 at Noon ET

The Whispers have been performing for 52 years. They recently suffered the loss of member Nick Caldwell. Their Interview & Show Soul Train Cruise dedicated time to Nick who wrote several big tracks for the group. Songs include It’s A Love Thing, And The Beat Goes On, and Keep On Loving Me

Airs Sunday 6/11 at 5 pm ET

Atlantic Star has a vast collection of hits including Circles, Silver Shadow, Always and Send For Me. Their performance was great as they seek to become known for their songs and stage presence, they received a warm welcome from the Soul Train Cruise audience.

Airs Sunday 6/18 at 5 pm ET

Deniece Williams used her 8 octave range to captivate the Soul Train Cruise audience. She rarely performs but still has a connection to the audience with songs like Free, It’s Gonna Take A Miracle, and Silly.

Airs Sunday 6/25 at 5 pm ET

 

Kirk Franklin’s Praise (Ch. 64)

STEPHEN HILL SPEAKS…ON GOSPEL.

Airs Wednesday 6/15 at 9 pm ET

Soul at Sea’s ‘first-ever gospel music cruise’ features talented songwriter, bassist and vocalist Fred Hammond (nicknamed the ‘Babyface of gospel’) and Pastor Shirley Caesar (The Queen of Gospel) who with 40 albums and 11 Grammy’s into her remarkable career, just released her newest album: Fill This House. We’re happy to share each and both of these artists in concert.

Airs each weekend in June beginning 6/4

The Joint (Ch. 42)

The California Roots Music and Arts Festival is born of the spirit with which Jimi Hendrix appeared on stage in the ‘60s in the same space at the Monterey Fairgrounds and affected forever the way an entire generation looked at music festivals and life itself. ‘Cali Roots’ as it is popularly known is that type of movement. The Joint was very pleased to be there for our first time to share exclusive performances from exciting acts Slightly Stoopid, on their successful ‘Return of the Red Eye Tour’ – and Jamaica-based reggae veteran, Grammy-nominee Barrington Levy- more fire!

Airs each weekend throughout the month, beginning 6/4

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