Erykah Badu and Impulse! Records Radio with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Headline New Fall Programming on Sonos Radio
28 September 2021 - 11:00PM
Business Wire
From jazz with Kareem to retro soul with
Erykah, Sonos Radio announces 20 new stations and shows spanning
original programming, sleep stations, seasonal sing-alongs and
more
Today Sonos (Nasdaq: SONO) revealed their fall line-up of
original programming coming to Sonos Radio and Sonos Radio HD,
including a new artist-curated station from the queen of neo-soul
Erykah Badu and a collaboration station from Impulse! Records and
avid jazz fan and historian Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The platform also
announced plans to roll out additional sleep and holiday stations,
alongside new premieres and seasons of its popular podcast-style
shows on Sonos Sound System. The new programming gives fans even
more ways to discover the music and content they love on Sonos
Radio, with hand-selected tracks to soundtrack every moment of
their day.
“Sonos Radio has seen explosive growth in the last year, with
listening hours nearly doubling as consumers embrace the golden age
of audio and spend more time streaming their favorite music,
audiobooks and podcasts at home,” explained Joe Dawson, Director
Content and Brand Platforms at Sonos. “In a year where artists and
consumers have been stripped of in-person concerts and festivals,
Sonos Radio has become an important platform for creators to
develop unique audio experiences and reach their fans directly
where they are - at home.”
Available to all customers globally in the app, Sonos Radio will
launch a new slate of programming this Fall to help inspire and
feed fans’ love of music, while bringing unexpected moments of joy
into the home.
- Erykah Badu’s BADUBOTRON Radio blasts off as Badu takes
you outta this world and into her sonic orbit. A space where music
genres are stars and the galaxy is filled with psychedelic funk,
retro soul, classic rock, spiritual jazz and experimental hip hop.
A trip to Badu’s curated station will take your mind exactly where
it needs to go.
- Impulse! Records Radio hosted by Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar commemorates the 60th anniversary of the legendary
Jazz label that’s home to all-time greats including John and Alice
Coltrane, Ray Charles, Quincy Jones and more. As host of the
station, basketball hall of famer, activist and jazz historian
Abdul-Jabbar will revisit the role of jazz music in his upbringing
and its deep roots in African American history and culture.
- Expanded sleep stations composed and mastered by Mikael
Jorgensen of the Grammy Award-winning band Wilco will include
Slow Motion Freeway, Waterfall at Dusk, Warm Glow and Midnight
Beach (all HD only).
- New seasonal stations to soundtrack your holiday
festivities including Fright Night (HD only), Horror Punk,
Monster Bash and Infinite Darkness to haunt your Halloween and
Thankful, Tanz, Joyous Kwanzaa and Country Christmas to bring the
yuletide cheer home for the holidays.
- A growing lineup of internationally-relevant programming
will uncover the sights and sounds of underground music scenes
across the world, including Garage Skank in the UK, Schlager Charts
in Germany and Nederhop in The Netherlands.
- New show premieres on Sonos Sound System including
Imaginary Soundtracks, Famous Last Words, Dada Strain Radio, and
Music is Everything. All shows can be streamed on-demand in the
in-app archive and on Mixcloud.
- Running back the fan favorites on Sonos Sound System
with season two of Sheroes Mixtape Memoir and Call & Response
and season five of Radio Hour guests, including Junglepussy, CAN,
Angelique Kidjo, George Clinton, Seinabo Sey, Anika, Kero Kero
Bonito and more. All shows can be streamed on-demand in the in-app
archive and on Mixcloud.
Sonos Radio is available free for all Sonos customers globally,
pre-loaded in the Sonos app. Sonos Radio HD offers an expanded
catalogue of original content streaming ad-free in high-definition,
CD-quality audio with skips and repeats, currently available in the
US, UK, Germany, The Netherlands, Canada, Austria and France for
$7.99/€7.99 per month after a free 30-day trial. Listeners
everywhere can tune-in to select Sonos Radio shows through
Mixcloud, and stay up-to-date with the latest Sonos Radio updates
by following @sonosradio on Instagram.
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About Sonos
Sonos (Nasdaq: SONO) is one of the world’s leading sound
experience brands. As the inventor of multi-room wireless home
audio, Sonos innovation helps the world listen better by giving
people access to the content they love and allowing them to control
it however and wherever they choose. Known for delivering an
unparalleled sound experience, thoughtful design aesthetic,
simplicity of use, and an open platform, Sonos makes the breadth of
audio content available to anyone. Sonos is headquartered in Santa
Barbara, California. Learn more at www.sonos.com.
About Sonos Radio
Sonos Radio is the premiere radio experience, only on Sonos.
Built for and inspired by Sonos customers, Sonos Radio represents
the broadest selection of radio available around the world,
bringing together more than 60,000 broadcast radio stations from
long-time partners along with dozens of exclusive original stations
from Sonos. Available free to all customers globally, Sonos Radio
is an ad-supported streaming radio service that comes pre-loaded in
the Sonos App, bringing all streaming radio into one place from the
moment customers set-up. Sonos original content is available in the
United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy,
Sweden, Ireland, Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium,
Austria, Switzerland, Norway, and Denmark.
Available in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, The
Netherlands, Canada, Austria and France, Sonos Radio HD offers an
upgraded, ad-free Sonos Radio experience that delivers an expanded
catalogue of exclusive original content in high-definition,
lossless CD-quality audio (16-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC). Customers who
upgrade to Sonos Radio HD will enjoy all original stations across
both tiers in high-definition audio with skips, repeats, and with
no ads, excluding global broadcast stations.
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