May 17th 2008

According to Sirius Satellite Radio, American rock and roll singer-songwriter Lou Reed is getting his own weekly show, Reuters reports. Dubbed “Lou Reed’s New York Shuffle,” the free-form radio show will premiere on Saturday at 7 p.m. EST on Sirius’ Disorder channel 70.

“I’ve always been a fan of eclectic radio, such as FM radio in the past when you could hear stations play widely divergent music, ranging from rock to country to jazz to opera,” Reed said in a statement, quoted by the same source. “We will try to bring Sirius’ listeners audio from all parts of the world that covers the whole musical spectrum,” he added.

Reed wills co-host the show with music producer Hal Willner, who recently collaborated with Reed on “Berlin,” a theatricalized concert version of the performer’s 1973 album of the same name. The film is due to open in New York and Los Angeles on July 18.

Other artists with Sirius Shows include E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt, folk rocker Steve Earle, David Johansen and Marky Ramone, and B-52s frontman Fred Schneider.

Reed broke new ground for the rock genre in several important dimensions, influencing the rock and roll movement in general, introducing more mature and intellectual themes to what was then considered a music genre for teenagers.

He had a huge success with the live “Rock ‘n Roll Animal” LP, recorded following the release of “Transformer”, which received vast FM airplay in the mid-to late ’70s. Reed teamed up with “The Killers” on a song called Tranquilize for their new compilation album “Sawdust,” which was released on November 13, 2007.

LINK:Lou Reed Gets Satellite Radio Show on Sirius

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Rick

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