Outlaw Country | |
Area: | United States Canada |
Frequency: | Sirius XM Radio 60 DISH Network 6060 |
Format: | Outlaw country |
Owner: | Sirius XM Radio |
Class: | Satellite Radio Station |
Website: | SiriusXM: Outlaw Country |
Outlaw Country is a Sirius XM Radio channel devoted to outlaw country music, along with various related genres including classic honky tonk, alternative country and roots rock. It is carried on Sirius XM Radio channel 62 and DISH Network channel 6060.
Launched in May 2004 by Steven Van Zandt, Sirius XM Outlaw Country is "a sanctuary for the freaks, misfits, outcasts, rebels and renegades of country music."[1] In 2010, Outlaw Country became the only country music channel to carry the XL label for explicit language. On June 14, 2024, Jeremy Tepper, who served as Sirius XM Outlaw Country's program manager since its inception, died.[2]
Current show hosts include:
Former hosts include:
The Outlaw Country Cruise is an annual seven-day cruise aboard the Norwegian Pearl from Miami, Florida to Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas and Cozumel, Mexico. The cruise is attended by various artists and hosts heard on Outlaw Country. The cruise's 2023 lineup included The Mavericks, John Anderson, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Old 97's, Kathleen Edwards, Carlene Carter, Elizabeth Cook, The Waco Brothers, Mike and the Moonpies, Jesse Dayton, The Supersuckers, Vandoliers, Bill Kirchen, Redd Volkaert, Dallas Wayne, Tommy McLain, C.C. Adcock, Linda Gail Lewis, Joe Carrasco, Augie Meyers, Rosie Flores, Slim Jim Phantom, Warner E. Hodges, Sarah Borges, The Mastersons, Roger Alan Wade, Mary Lee's Corvette, Andrew Leahey, and Mojo Nixon.[3]