Month: August 2023

We End the Month with Our ‘In Your Dreams’ EP, The Beach Boys’ AOW, and ‘Live’ Jackson Browne, Thursday, August 31, 2023

We end the month in fine style as we dream of fall in New England. We’ve got our ‘In Your Dreams’ EP to start things off.

Here’s your musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. In Your Dreams: Various Artists

Dreaming is a popular topic among songwriters as you will see when you pull up a comfy chair and listen to the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Aerosmith, Crowded House, the Moody Blues, Van Morrison, The Eurythmics, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Nanci Griffith, the Electric Prunes, Fleetwod Mac, Roy Orbison, Linda Ronstadt, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Mamas & The Papas, Jimmy Buffett, the Alan Parsons Project, the Allman Brothers Band, Supertramp, Randy Newman, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, Widespread Panic, The Youngbloods, Jimmy Ruffin, Jackson Browne, Mudcrutch, Patsy Cline, Joe Walsh, Bruce Springsteen, k.d. lang, Dusty Springfield and more!

4:00 p.m. Album of The Week: Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

Tune in to this great progressive rock album before it goes away. Saturday will be our final airing, time TBD.

7:00 p.m. Jackson Browne Live at The Main Point, Bryn Mawr, PA, August 15, 1973

A live performance from Jackson Browne early in his career with good friend David Lindley in tow at a great little coffee house that hosted some of the best of this generation.

Before, in between and after we give you our big, wide Open Stream courtesy of the venerable Music Mermaid. She has impeccable taste in music, as you no doubt know.

In Your Dreams!

We’re at Midweek With Our ‘Water, Water Everywhere’ EP, Brian Wilson as Our Singer-Songwriter and Ellen McIlwaine In the Spotlight, Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Good morning, musicologists. Are you aware of the fact that the earth is 71% water? I know I’ve hammered that one home before. Be that as it may, it is only fitting that we have a playlist dedicated to water.

Here’s your midweek music:

9:00 a.m. Water, Water Everywhere: Various Artists

Music about water in all its forms from Paul McCartney, Deep Purple, Joe Cocker, Simon & Garfunkel, The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, Ois Redding, The Doobie Brothers, Valerie Carter, Bob Dylan, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Al Green, Loggins & Messina, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, Linda Ronstadt, Spirit, The Grass Roots, The Beach Boys, Lindisfarne, Van Morrison, Bonnie Raitt, Carole King, Steely Dan, Tom Rush, Donovan, America, Johnny Rivers and more!

4:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series: The Music of Brian Wilson

Brian Wilson gets his second airing as our featured singer-songwriter, primarily for his work as co-founder of The Beach Boys.

8:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Ellen McIlwaine

Ellen McIlwaine had it all but, for some reason, fame eluded her. Yet she left behind a serious body of blues work, including talents that earned her the nickname ‘The Godess of Slide Guitar.” Drop in and give her a listen this evening.

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Welcome to Midweek!

Tuesday Bluesday Brings a Delbert McClinton Spotlight and The Blues Project ‘Live’ in Central Park, August 29, 2023

Good morning, global bluesologists and welcome to another Tuesday Bluesday here. Today we’ve got Delbert McClinton and The Blues Project on tap for opening and closing with our AOW in between.

Here’s today’s musical menagerie:

9:00 a.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Delbert McClinton

Delbert McClinton is a legend in Texas roots music. Primarily known as a blues and electric blues artist, singer, songwriter, harmonica player, piano player, Delbert McClinton knows how to combine country, blues, soul and rock n’ roll seamlessly into his own sound, as if there is no distinction between any of those genres. Listen up and listen in.

3:00 p.m. Album of The Week: Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

This is the second airing of this great mindbending album, certainly one of the most influential albums of its time.

7:00 p.m. The Blues Project Reunion in Central Park, New York, October 24, 1973

Join us tonight as we close out Tuesday Bluesday with some live music from The Blues Project from Central Park.

Tuesday Bluesday is always a busy Lounge day and today is no exception, so jump on in and have yourself a great music day with the rest of us! We’re on 24/7 totally free of charge and free of commercial interruption.

It’s Tuesday Bluesday!

We’re in the Wayback Machine With Volume Two of ‘The Sixties Rotation’ EP, ‘Live’ Janis, and the Jefferson Airplane In The Spotlight Tonight, on Monday, August 28, 2023

We’ve got all sixties programming going on today with volume two of our ‘Sixties Rotation’ EP to start things off, followed by some ‘live’ Janis Joplin and the Jefferson Airpane.

Here’s Monday’s lineup:

9:00 a.m. The Sixties Rotation, Volume Two: Various Artists

From the mid-to-latter part of the musical decade with The Mamas & The Papas, Simon & Garfunkel, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Buffalo Springfield, Sly & The Family Stone, The Temptations, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Roy Orbison, The Yardbirds, The Animals, Linda Ronstadt, The Byrds, Chuck Berry,James Brown, Blind Faith, Spencer Davis Group, Marvin Gaye, B. B. King, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Wilson Pickett, The Band, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, The Ronettes, The Kinks, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jimmy Cliff, Velvet Underground and more!

4:00 p.m. Janis Joplin Live at Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, April 12, 1968

Janis played two consecutive nights here, and this recording is from the first show.

7:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of The Jefferson Airplane

We close out today’s sixties programming with one of the bands that helped to define the San Francisco psychedelic music sound as we put Grace Slick and The Jefferson Airplane In the Spotlight!

It’s all sixties today, and that’s a good thing. It’s the music that helped to inspire us to start this radio station. We’re on 24/7 and you’d be hard pressed to hear a repeat during any given day. We’re also totally free of charge and free of commercial advertising. What could be better?

All Sixties Today!

Let’s Keep It Simple: We’ve Got ‘Pet Sounds’ as Our AOW and We Hit The Road With Our ‘Travelin’ Fever’ EP, Sunday, August 27, 2023

Good morning, serious weekenders! This is our keep-it-simple day today and the living couldn’t be any easier here in The Mermaid Lounge. Read on for details!

Here is your musical road ahead:

11:00 a.m. Album of The Week: Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys NEW!

This is The Beach Boys eleventh studio release, although it was pretty much a Brian Wilson tour-de-force solo project of major proportions. He composed the majority of this by himself, spurred on by a mystical revelation (there was a lot of that going around those days) and by the work of The Beatles. It is certainly considered one of the greatest and most influential albums in popular music history.

3:00 p.m. Travelin’ Fever: Various Artists

We’re back on the move again with our road warriors, including Canned Heat, Tom Petty & The Hearbreakers, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Steve Miller Band, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Dan Fogelberg, Bruce Springsteen, Linda Ronstadt, Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney & Wings, The Doors, The Eagles, Little Feat, The Band, Willie Nelson, Edwin Starr, Guy Clark, The Byrds, Joan Baez, Asleep at The Wheel, The Traveling Wilburys, Mudcrutch, Loggins & Messina, Buffalo Springfield, Tom Rush, The Guess Who, The Beatles, Ray Charles, The Marshall Tucker Band, Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, Del Shannon and more!

Before, in between and after, on a 24/7 rotation, we’ve got our big, wide Open Stream under the command of The Music Mermaid. As you well know, she has impeccable taste in music. If you tune us in today, you can see that for yourselves!

We’ve Got Travelin’ Fever!

Saturday Delivers Our House EP, the Final Airing of Our AOW, and Brian Wilson, the New Singer-Songwriter, August 26, 2023

Good morning, music lovers everywhere! It’s time for the weekenders in The Lounge and we’re ready to kick things off in fine form today with our House EP!

Here’s today’s weekenders’ lineup:

9:00 a.m. The #BecomeUngovernable House Playlist: Various Artists

The first few playlists we ever put together here were a bunch of smaller ones that we eventually wove into this masterpiece of the music that inspired the station. You’ll hear Barry McGuire, The Temptations, Edwin Starr, Peter Tosh, The Beatles, Genesis, T-Rex, The Who, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bob Dylan, Country Joe & The Fish, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Joan Baez, CSNY, Pink Floyd, The Animals, Ten Years After, Plastic Ono Band, George Harrison, Sam Cooke, The Rolling Stones, Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, Three Dog Night, Jimmy Cliff, Richie Havens, Marvin Gaye, The Association, Phil Ochs, Tom Rush, Pete Seeger, Nina Simone, Janis Joplin, The Band and more!

4:00 p.m. Album of The Week: North South by Paul Butterfield Blues Band FINAL AIRING!

This is the farewell airing for this album. Tomorrow when you roll yourselves out of bed, we’ll have a brand new album for you.

8:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series: The Music of Brian Wilson NEW!

Brian Wilson is considered a genius in songwriting circles for many reasons, one of which is his novel approaches to pop music composition. There is absolutely no doubt that he is one of the most innovative and influential songwriters of his generation. He also happens to be the co-founder of The Beach Boys, and that is certainly what he is best known for. Today we pay him respects as both because you wouldn’t have one without the other.

Join us as we kick off the weekend in style in just over an hour! There’s plenty of room in The Lounge. We’re open 24/7 and there’s no cover charge either.

The #BU House EP!

On Friday, It’s The Beatles’ Singles, Ray Davies’ Final Fling as Our Featured Singer-Songwriter and The Sounds of the Supergroups, August 25, 2023

Good morning, music lovers. We kick off the weekend with a great lineup of programming today, starting with our House Band, The Beatles.

Here’s Friday’s lineup:

11:00 a.m. The Beatles: The Singles Collection

All the singles releases worldwide, including the “B” sides from the greatest band on the planet. Hands down.

4:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series: The Music of Ray Davies FINAL AIRING!

We bid farewell to Ray Davies today as our featured singer-songwriter. Tomorrow we’ll have a brand new featured artist in this slot.

8:00 p.m. Sounds of The Supergroups, Volume One: Various Artists

We’ll close out the programming with CSNY, the Traveling Wilburys, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Derek & The Dominos, The Highwaymen, Trio and more as we pay homage to rock’s supergroups.

Let’s kick it today as we face the final day of the work week. The weekend is right in front of us now. We’re on 24/7 at no charge to you at all. We do not require ‘subscriptions’. We do not require a credit card. And we do not ask you for any personal information. Try us. You’ll see. The button’s right below.

The Beatles Singles Collection

We’re On the Downslide to the Weekend With the ‘Friends of Mine’ EP, Paul Butterfield’s AOW and ‘Live’ Steely Dan Later, on Thursday, August 24, 2023

Good morning, musicologists! We’re headed toward the weekend with our newest EP, called ‘Friends of Mine.’ We also have Paul Butterfield’s AOW, and give you some live Steely Dan later.

Here’s Thursday’s musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. Friends of Mine: Various Artists

This morning we begin with our newest EP, an eclectic collection of artists talking about their friends, some real, some not. Some good, some not so good. You’ll hear The Guess Who, Willie Nelson, War, The Beach Boys, Gladys Knight & The Pips, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Todd Rundgren, Linda Ronstadt, Queen, R.E.M., Simon & Garfunkel, John Prine, Carole King, Grateful Dead, Lou Reed, Robert Johnson, Hank Williams, The Kinks, Joan Baez, The Beatles, Carly Simon, Tracy Nelson, The Byrds, Desmond Dekker & The Aces, Jackson Browne, Steppenwolf, Elton John, Maria Muldaur, Argent, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Otis Redding and more!

4:00 p.m. Album of The Week: North South by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band

We’re winding down on this one. The final airing will be sometime on Saturday, so get it while you can!

8:00 p.m. Steely Dan Live at The Woodlands Pavillion, Houston, Texas, September 3, 1993

We close out today’s official programming with a great live performance by Steely Dan in Houston. Be there or be square.

But we won’t stop there. We’re on 24/7 with our without programming withour great, wide Open Stream from The Music Mermaid. We’re totally free of charge and free from commercial advertising.

Friends of Mine.

We’re at Midweek With ‘The Original Sixties Rotation’ EP, Ray Davies as Singer-Songwriter & the Marshall Tucker Band In the Spotlight, Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Good morning, music lovers everywhere! We’ve got a great lineup today starting with the sixties for hours, then we move on to Ray Davies and The Marshall Tucker Band.

Here’s your midweek lineup:

9:00 a.m. The Original Sixties Rotation: Various Artists

We’re back with the early through mid-sixties (although we can’t guarantee there won’t be some late sixties stuff mixed in). You’ll hear Del Shannon, Little Eva, The Drifters, The Beatles, Gerry & The Pacemakers, The Hollies, The Walker Brothers, Mary Wells, Dusty Springfield, The Searchers, The Monkees, Sonny & Cher, Petula Clark, Glen Campbell, Johnny Rivers, the Dave Clark Five, The Supremes, Harry Nilsson, The Band, The Yardbirds, the Kinks, Simon & Garfunkel, Blind Faith, Janis Joplin, Chuck Berry, The Temptations, Elvis Presley, Marvin Gaye, The Who, Bob Dylan, Tony Joe White, Barry McGuire, Procol Harum, Fats Domino and more!

4:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series; The Music of Ray Davies

The heart and soul of The Kinks takes his second turn as our featured singer-songwriter!

8:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of The Marshall Tucker Band NEW!

I remember loving these guys in the seventies, and even saw them live a couple of times. They’re still out there, but the band has changed members a ton of times over the past fifty years. One thing remains constant: They put together a string of great songs in the seventies that deserves our attention.

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Original Sixties Rotation

It’s Full-Blown Tuesday Bluesday With Our Big, Bad Blues EP, ‘Live’ Tedeschi Trucks & Paul Butterfield With the AOW, August 22, 2023

Good morning, bluesologists and welcome back to another Tuesday Bluesday. Today it’s the trifecta of da blues, not an every Tuesday occurrence!

Here’s your Tuesday Bluesday lineup:

9:00 a.m. Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blues: Various Artists

This is our big, bad, all-encompassing blues EP that brings you the finest in blues across the board with Delbert McClinton, B. B. King, Little Walter, Slim Harpo, Ry Cooder, Canned Heat, Koko Taylor, John Lee Hooker, The Animals, Albert King, Johnny Winter, Muddy Waters, Little Feat, Bonnie Raitt, The Yardbirds, Janis Joplin, The Rolling Stones, Bobby “Blue” Bland, The Allman Brothers Band, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Elmore James, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Robert Cray Band, J. J. Cale, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, James Cotton, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Marcia Ball, Susan Tedeschi, Roomful of Blues, Howlin’ Wolf, Tracy Nelson, Linda Ronstadt, Robert Johnson and more!

4:00 p.m. Album of The Week: North South by Paul Butterfield Blues Band

Paul Butterfield and his bandmates take their second turn with our Album of The Week.

7:00 p.m. Tedeschi-Trucks Band Live at The Fox Theatre, Oakland, CA, Recorded Live September 8 & 9, 2016

Undoubtedly the biggest, baddest electric blues band around with the finest lead guitarist in Derek Trucks and the perfect front woman in Boston’s own Susan Tedeschi. They’re coming to Boston in September. If I were still doing big venues (which I’m not), I’d be there for sure. If you’re still into big venues, don’t miss them. Lukas Nelson & Promise of The Real is the opening act and they don’t suck either.

Tuesday Bluesday is always a full house. We have Japan, Spain, the UK, Italy, Greece, The Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Germany, Texas, Maine, and Cali on already. Join us. We’re on 24/7 and we’re totally free of advertising. No joining fees. No credit card required.

It’s Tuesday Bluesday!