Month: August 2023

Monday Brings Us ‘More Cowbell, Please’, Stephen Stills & Manassas Live in Amsterdam and ‘The Soul Men’, August 21, 2023

Good morning, musicologists! Hope you’re holding up under the threat of Monday! But we’ll make it better with this great music we’ve got waiting for you. Read on for details!

Here’s your Monday, Monday lineup:

10:00 a.m. More Cowbell, Please: Various Artists

Who knew there were so many great songs with cowbell? This is nearly an EP it’s so good. You’ll hear The Beatles, Argent, The Alan Parsons Project, Blind Faith, Bob Dylan, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Dolly Parton, Edgar Winter, The Eagles, Grateful Dead, Harry Nilsson, The James Gang, Journey, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Linda Ronstadt, The Move, The Pretenders, Steely Dan, Sam & Dave, The Turtles, Warren Zevon, Little Feat and more!

3:00 p.m. Stephen Stills & Manassas Live at The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, March 22, 1972

Stephen Stills is truly a musical genius and his lengthy career has shown it. We’ve heard all of his detractors. Yes, he’s a bit of a control freak. Today we give you Stills with his band Manassas.

9:00 a.m. The Soul Men, Volume 1: Various Artists

The soul men are in to close out the evening tonight with Ray Charles, Ben E. King, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Bill Withers, Fats Domino, Slim Harpo, The Temptations, Al Green, Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and more!

What better way to start a Monday than with great music? There isn’t one. Join your friends from Portugal, Greece, Spain, Japan, Russian Federation, The Netherlands, Finland, the UK, France, Italy, Switzerland, Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio, California and points beyond.

Monday, Monday

It’s Simply Sunday With Our New AOW From the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and ‘The Psychedelic Express’ EP, August 20, 2023

We keep it pretty simple here in The Mermaid Lounge on Sundays. A couple of great programs with a lot of big, wide Open Stream. This Sunday is no different.

Get on board with today’s programming:

11:00 a.m. Album of The Week: North South by The Paul Butterfield Blues Band NEW!

Paul Butterfield Blues Band is widely regarded as one of the greatest electric blues bands ever, whose contributions to the genre during the 60s and 70s cannot be denied, but it’s safe to say a lot of Butterfield’s fans were not enthralled with this release. That’s what happens when people get pidgeon-holed into doing the same thing over and over. Do I think it’s one of their best? Nope. I don’t. But I don’t regret owning it, or playing it as our AOW.

3:00 p.m. The Psychedelic Express: Various Artists

Hell, if the AOW disappoints, drop a tab and tune in to The Psychedelic Express where you’ll hear Vanilla Fudge, The Chambers Brothers, The Beatles, Electric Prunes, The Animals, Jefferson Airplane, Blues Image, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Doors, Pink Floyd, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Donovan, Strawberry Alarm Clock, The Byrds, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Traffic, Cream, Dr. John, Procol Harum, Fleetwood Mac, The Who, Canned Heat, Yes, Electric Light Orchestra, Tommy James & The Shondells, Mudcrutch Blind Faith, Grateful Dead, Velvet Underground, Big Brother & The Holding Company and more!

The Music Mermaid is in charge of delivering the goods today, and she will not disappoint. We’ve got great tunes around every corner, and she has impeccable taste in music, as you well know. We’re on 24/7 and we won’t cost you a thing. We also don’t interrupt the flow with commercial advertising.

Get On Board!

Today It’s Our ‘Folk Music From A-To-Z’ EP, the Final Airing of The Kinks’ AOW and We Introduce Ray Davies as Our Featured Singer-Songwriter, August 19, 2023

Good morning, folk music lovers! We are back with our big, bad EP that delivers all things folk, from the early pioneers of the genre to those who pay it homage as part of their musical repertoire.

Here’s Saturday’s musical lineup:

10:00 a.m. Folk Music From A-To-Z: Various Artists

Today we take you back to Woody Guthrie and bring you through the great folk renaissance of the sixties and seventies. You’ll hear John Prine, Dave Van Ronk, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Peter, Paul & Mary, Odetta, Cat Stevens, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Beatles, Arlo Guthrie, Bonnie Raitt, Joan Baez, The Band, Eric Andersen, Tom Rush, Judy Collins, Nanci Griffith, Jesse Winchester, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Lead Belly, Tim Hardin, The Kingston Trio, Simon & Garfunkel, Richie Havens, Jackson Browne, Guy Clark, James Taylor, Phil Ochs, Harry Chapin, Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt, The Carter Family and more!

5:00 p.m. Album of The Week: Give The People What They Want by The Kinks FINAL AIRING!

Today we bid a fond farewell to The Kinks’ Album of The Week…on a day when we introduce the guiding force of the Kinks as our featured singer-songwriter! Tomorrow, we’ll have a brand new album in place.

8:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series: The Music of Ray Davies NEW!

Tonight we introduce The Kinks’ guiding force as our new singer-songwriter. Ray Davies was the lead singer, rhythm guitarist and primary songwriter for this great British Invasion band. It’s only fitting that he’s featured this week.

Before, in between and after we’ve got our great wide Open Stream to kick off your weekend. But in the meantime, don’t forget our ode to folk music to kick things off this morning!

Folk Music From A-to-Z!

Friday We’ve Got ’27 and Gone’ Along With Roger McGuinn’s Final Spin, and ‘Live’ Heartbreakers From The Fillmore, August 18, 2023

Good morning, weekenders! We are at the end of the work week and we are cooking with charcoal here in The Mermaid Lounge today. We’ve got a great lineup.

Here’s your musical lineup for Friday:

11:00 a.m. 27 and Gone: Various Artists

The infamous members of the 27 Club (musicians who died at the age of 27) come back with some haunting melodies today. You’ll hear Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Robert Johnson, Amy Wnehouse, Ron “Pigpen” McKernan (The Gratefu Dead), Brian Jones (The Stones), Pete Ham (Badfinger) and more!

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

Roger McGuinn takes his final spin this afternoon as our featured singer-songwriter. Tomorrow, we’ll introduce a brand new musical genius!

8:00 p.m. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Live at The Fillmore, San Francisco, March 15, 1999

This is not the band’s infamous 1997 20-night residency, but their trip through the Fillmore on the 1999 High Grass Dogs tour in support of Wildflowers. Not to be missed!

We’re at the cusp of the weekend here, folks. For some of us, there’s one more day. But for many this is the beginning! Kick off your shoes and socks and turn on the tunes. We’re on 24/7 and we’re totally free. We’re also free of commercial advertising!

27 and Gone!

‘Are You Ready for The Country’ Today? We’ve Also Got The Kinks’ AOW, and ‘Live’ Emmylou Harris with The Nash Ramblers From The Ryman Later. on Thursday, August 17, 2023

Good morning, global musicologists! We’ve got some great programming lined up starting with our ‘Are You Ready for The Country’ multi-artist EP!

Are you ready? We are!

9:00 a.m. Are You Ready for The Country: Various Artists

The best in ‘real’ country music along with the pioneers of country rock. You won’t hear Jason Aldean here, but you will hear Guy Clark, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Neil Young, The Byrds, Gram Parsons, Pure Prairie League, Asleep at The Wheel, The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Bob Dylan, The Eagles, Townes Van Zandt, Steve Earle, the Marshall Tucker Band, Jerry Jeff Walker, Mudcrutch, The Band, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Glen Campbell, Rosanne Cash, Dan Fogelberg, New Riders of The Purple Sage, John Prine, The Desert Rose Band, Hank Williams, Patsy Cline and more!

4:00 p.m. Album of The Week: Give The People What They Want by The Kinks

We’re winding down on this week’s selection. The final airing will be sometime on Saturday, so get in on this while you can!

8:00 p.m. Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers Live at The Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN, Recorded April 30-May 2, 1991

This is the concert that began the Ryman’s renaissance as Emmylou Harris and her band inspired the revitalization of this great, historical country music venue.

Thanks for tuning us in. We appreciate you every day. We’re on 24/7 at no cost without commercial interruption. We also avoid chatty DJ’s who talk through a song. Sounds good to me!

Are You Ready for The Country?

Midweek Puts Us ‘Under The Influence’ With Both Roger McGuinn and Linda Ronstadt, Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Good morning, oversleepers! That’s me, and I’m on the run, so this blog entry will be quick today!

Here’s your musical menagerie:

9:00 a.m. Under The Influence: Various Artists

You know, like Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Byrds, Arlo Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Jefferson Airplane, Donovan, Jonathan Edwards, John Lee Hooker, Neil Young, Velvet Underground, The Beatles, The Traveling Wiburys, The Rolling Stones, John Prine and many more!

4:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series: The Music of Roger McGuinn

Round two for our singer-songwriting hero.

8:00 p.m. Linda Ronstadt Live at The Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA, May 14, 1995

I had the pleasure of being at this particular show and what I remember most is that Valerie Carter opened the show and helped out Linda Ronstadt on stage. It was a great performance by Ronstadt made memorable by the vocals of Valerie Carter.

That’s it. I’m off to the work-a-day world. Later.

Under The Influence

It’s Tuesday Bluesday Here With Our ‘Best Of Louisiana Blues’ EP and B. B. King In the Spotlight Later, August 15, 2023

Good mornng, bluesologists, and welcome to Tuesday Bluesday. Today we take a trip to the Bayou and beyond and get us some B. B. King later. In between, it’s our Album of The Week by The Kinks.

Here’s your bluesical lineup:

9:00 a.m. The Best of Louisiana Blues: Various Artists

Take a trip with me to New Orleans and hear Ray Charles, Lillian Glinn, Slim Harpo, Fats Domino, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, Rodney Harris, Roosevelt Sykes, Shirley & Lee, Ray Brown, Papa Lightfoot, Guitar Slim, Annie Laurie, Fats Matthews, Big Joe Turner, Big Boy Myles, Little Walter, Mary Butler, Erline Harris, Marcia Ball, Allen Toussaint, Dr. John, Professor Longhair, The Neville Brothers, Irma Thomas, Dave Bartholomew and more!

4:00 p.m. Album of The Week: Give The People What They Want by The Kinks

It’s the second airing of our Kinks Album of The Week. Although considered “unremarkable” by the critics (who listens to them anyway?) it spawned three single releases.

7:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of B. B. King

One of the giants of The Blues is back, along with his sidekick Lucille, for your listening pleasure. Been a while since we aired this one.

Before, in between and after our programming we run 24/7 on our big, wide Open Stream. While I’m working today, The Music Mermaid will be in charge. She’s go timpeccable taste in music, as you well know by now.

Tuesday Bluesday!

Monday is Made for Mudcrutch. And We’ve Got Janis Joplin To Kick It Off! Start Your Week Here, Monday, August 14, 2023.

Good morning to all as we start another work week. We’ve got a Mudcrutch Monday here later, but we start things off with Janis today.

Here’s your Monday musical landscape:

11:00 a.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Janis Joplin

We start the day off with Janis Joplin’s Spotlight feature. We haven’t heard this for a long time and this seems like the perfect day to dust it off and play it.

7:00 p.m. The Best of Mudcrutch Live: The 2016 Tour

You all know by now that one of my biggest musical regrets is not seeing Mudcrutch at The House of Blues here in Boston. This playlist seals it for me: I was dumb as a bucket of rocks to miss this concert.

We’ve got a lot of wide Open Stream today, and that’s always a good thing because you never know what The Music Mermaid is going to pull out of her top hat. As you well know, she has exceptional taste in music.

Mudcrutch Monday!

Sundays are Simple Here. We’ve Got Our New AOW by The Kinks. Around Mid-Afternoon, the Ladies Take Over The Mermaid Lounge. August 13, 2023

Good morning, weekenders! We’ve got another ‘keep-it-simple’ Sunday on tap here with our new AOW and the ‘Ladies Day Out’ EP starting mid-afternoon!

Here’s your Sunday Funday lineup:

11:00 a.m. Album of The Week: Give The People What They Want by The Kinks NEW!

This was the nineteenth studio album by The Kinks, released in the U.S. in 1981 (but in 1982 in Europe). Although it’s what some might call an ‘unremarkable’ album, it did spawn three single releases, and it’s always a treat when Crissie Hynde shows up for your album (she had a thing going with Ray Davies a the time).

3:00 p.m. Ladies Day Out: Various Artists

At 3:00 p.m. sharp, the ladies of music take over in The Lounge. They’re partying with The Music Mermaid throughout the afternoon and into the evening. You’ll hear Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Carly Simon, Emmylou Harris, Petula Clark, Laua Nyro, Cilla Black, Irma Thomas, Aretha Franklin, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, Etta James, Janis Joplin, Carole King, Maria Muldaur, Lucinda Williams, Rosanne Cash, Eva Cassidy, Wendy Waldman, Shawn Colvin, The Ronettes, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Norah Jones, Phoebe Snow, Nicolette Larson, Sheryl Crow, Susan Tedeschi, Valerie Carter, Dusty Springfield, Dolly Parton and more!

Before, in between and after we give you our big, wide Open Stream. We’re never off air unless there is some kind of uncontrollable world calamity. We’re on 24/7 at no charge and with absolutely no commercial interruption. No lie.

Keep-It-Simple Sunday!

Saturday Brings Our Multi-Artist ‘A Little Bit O’ Soul’ EP, the Final Airing of This Week’s AOW, and Introduces Roger McGuinn as Our New Singer-Songwriter, August 12, 2023

Good morning, music lovers! We’ve got a busy Saturday here in The Lounge as we start it withour ‘Little Bit O’ Soul’ EP, then move on to The Lovin’ Spoonful and Roger McGuinn.

Here’s today’s musical landscape:

10:00 a.m. A Little Bit O’ Soul: Various Artists

This is the big EP, not just our Motown mix, but all of the great soul singers of the sixties and seventies with Aretha Franklin, The Temptations, The Four Tops, The Ronettes, Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles, Otis Redding, Jimmy Ruffin, The Drifters, Chuck Berry, Stevie Wonder, Carla Thomas, James Brown, The Shirelles, Etta James, Curtis Mayfield, Sam & Dave, The Staple Singers, Nina Simone, LaVern Baker, Edwin Starr, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Sam Cooke, Fontella Bass, Irma Thomas, The Box Tops, Jr. Walker & The All Stars, Eddie Floyd, The Ad Libs, Joe Tex, Wanda Jackson, Percy Sledge, Ann Peebles, Al Green and more!

5:00 p.m. Album of The Week: Hums of The Lovin’ Spoonful by The Lovin’ Spoonful FINAL AIRING!

Today is the final airing of The Lovin’ Spoonful’s ambitious third studio album. Tomorrow we’ll have a brand new selection.

8:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series: The Music of Roger McGuinn NEW!

This evening we introduce Roger McGuinn as our featured singer-songwriter for the upcoming week, mainly focusing on his work with The Byrds. As with all of our artists in this series, they don’t just write the music. They sing it as well. And some of these songs are not written by them. But that’s why they call them singer-songwriters.

We’re officially in weekender territory now. We’re out there playing music 24/7 at absolutely no cost to the public, and with no commercial interruption ever. Check it out for yourself.

Welcome Weekenders!