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Multi-platinum rock artist John Mellencamp will premiere his new album, Freedom’s Road, exclusively on Sirius Satellite Radio the week before it will be available in stores and digitally.
Mellencamp will play and discuss the story behind each of album’s tracks, in order, with Sirius host Meg Griffin, the company has announced. He wrote and produced all of the songs on Freedom’s Road, his first album of original material in more than five years.
The show will be broadcast on Sirius channel 18 on Wednesday, January 17 at 7 p.m. ET. It will be re- broadcast on January 18 at 12 p.m., January 20 at 8 a.m., January 21 at 5 p.m., January 22 at 2 p.m., and January 23 at 9 p.m.
The album will be available from UMe/Universal Republic on January 23.
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