Month: October 2024

It’s Monday, Monday with James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt and ‘Music From Laurel Canyon’ on October 21, 2024

Good morning, musicologists! It’s a Laurel Canyon kind of day here in The Mermaid Lounge as we have our long-running EP and two music icons who spent time with their musical counterparts in Laurel Canyon, the proving ground of country-rock..

Here’s your Monday, Monday lineup:

10:00 a.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of James Taylor

We start out with James Taylor, a music icon who has sold more than 100 million records over his long career. He truly belongs In The Spotlight.

1:00 p.m. Music From Laurel Canyon: Various Artists

Many artists passed through the canyon over two decades, where rock was fused with country and became the first real challenge on the charts to the British Invasion music. You’ll hear The Byrds, The Mamas & The Papas, Buffalo Springfield, The Beach Boys, The Doors, The Lovin’ Spoonful, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, The Monkees, CSNY, Manassas, John Mayall, The Eagles, J.D. Souther, Harry Nilsson, Canned Heat, Linda Ronstadt, Carole King, James Taylor, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, J.D. Souther and more!

8:00 p.m. Linda Ronstadt Live at The Troubadour, West Hollywood, CA, March 17, 1976

We have some early Linda to close out the night. No better way to end the day. She will always be primary voice of the songwriters from the canyon.

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We Celebrate Tom Petty’s Birthday Today and Give You Our Big Reggae Playlist in Between, Sunday, October 20, 2024

Good morning, Petty lovers! Today we give you a Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Sandwich with some great reggae in between!

Here’s your Sunday Funday lineup:

10:00 a.m. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Live at The Houston Music Hall, Houston, TX, December 6, 1979 NEW!

We start out by airing a new-to-the-station concert from The Heartbreakers’ Damn The Torpedoes tour. This one was broadcast on the legendary King Biscuit Flower Hour.

2:00 p.m. The Best of Reggae & Ska: Various Artists

This afternoon, we give voice to the Reggae music genre with Bob Marley & The Wailers, Bunny Wailter, Prince Buster, Desmond Dekker & The Aces, Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff, Judy Mowatt, Laurel Aitken, Marsha Griffiths, Rita Marley, Toots & The Maytals, The Jiving Juniors, Derrick Morgan and more!

8:00 p.m. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Under The Covers

The same qualities that make The Heartbreakers a great original rock and roll band make them the world’s best cover band, bar none. Today we give you some of their best covers.

It’s a beautiful day here today and I hope it is where you are as well. Just add a little music and it gets even better. Come celebrate the birthday boy with us. The button is below.

Happy Birthday, Dr. Petty!

We’re Weekenders! We’ve Got ‘Color My World,’ Paul Simon and Queen On Tap! It’s Saturday, October 19, 2024

Woke up this morning to a headline that Salem, Massachusetts has had 666K visitors so far this Halloween, a record number. I hope there are more coming. 666 is not a good number to be floating around on Halloweek. IYKYK. But we’re safe here in The Lounge!

Here’s your Saturday music:

9:00 a.m. Color My World: Various Artists

Songs that include colors in the title, lyrics or both from the above pictured along with The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Donovan, Booker T & The MGs, Donovan, Electric Light Orchestra, Procol Harum, The Who, Amy Winehouse, Sam & Dave, Badfinger, Bob Dylan, Fleetwood Mac, Elvis Costello, Neil Young, Jefferson Airplane, The Hollies, Elvis Presley, Janis Joplin, Cream, Marvin Gaye, Lucinda Williams and more!

4:00 p.m. Paul Simon Live at The Beacon Theater, New York, NY, December 8, 2000 NEW!

We play plenty of Paul Simon, but this is the first live performance we’ve aired. It will be one of as many as we can find (and we have more already in waiting).

8:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Queen

Here’s something we don’t play a lot of: Arena Rock, Glam Rock. Not our favorite genre here in The Lounge, but Queen is a bit different. They’ve made more good than bad, but we like early Queen and the days of Keep Yourself Alive and Killer Queen as opposed to what they later morphed into.

We’ve finally made it to the weekend. Not going to lie, going back to hardware hell after nine glorious days of vacation was more than tough, but it had to be done. We’re here and we’re totally free. And there’s no commercial advertising. The button is below.

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On Friday The B’s Have It: The Beatles, The Band and Bonnie, October 18, 2024

Good morning, music lovers we’re at Friday. We’re on the cusp of the weekend, and The B’s are in The Lounge today taking care of business.

Here’s your Friday lineup:

10:00 a.m. The Beatles: Three-Part Harmonies NEW!

During the course of putting together our newest EP of three-part harmonies, it became clear just how much the Beatles employed it during their time. Hence we have a new Beatles playlist to enjoy! Can you pick your favorite? Someone asked me and I have yet to answer.

4:00 p.m. The Band Live at The Academy of Music, New York, NY, December 28-31, 1971

Surely one of the most incredible bands ever to grace the music world. The Band went from being Dylan’s back-up band to being one of the most influential acts in rock music history. Why were they called simply ‘The Band’? Because that’s what everyone referred to them as when they were backing Dylan. It stuck.

8:00 p.m. Bonnie Raitt Live at The Rainbow Room, Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia, PA, February 22, 1972

We close out the programming portion of our day with early Bonnie Raitt at Sigma Sound in Philly, hanging out and singing in The Rainbow Room.

Yeah, I’m not going to repeat all of the reasons why you should be tuning us in. I’m just going to tell you the button is below. I’ll remind you again tomorrow.

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We’ve Got ‘The Founders’ EP, a Bobbie Gentry ‘Spotlight’ and Live Neil Young On Thursday, October 17, 2024

Good morning, music lovers everywhere! Today we open with ‘The Founders,’ paying tribute to the artists who inspired the bands and singers who inspired us to start this radio station. Got all that?

Here’s your musical history lesson:

9:00 a.m. The Founders: Various Artists

We pay tribute to the pioneers of rock and roll today, celebrating the music of Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Big Mama Thornton, Big Joe Turner, Hank Williams, Bill Haley & His Comets, Ray Charles, The Drifters, Roy Orbison, Robert Johnson, Carl Perkins, Eddie Cochran, Muddy Waters, Johnny Cash and more!

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Bobbie Gentry

This afternoon we give you a Spotlight feature from Bobbie Gentry, one of the most innovative artists of the sixties who was also a recluse at heart. She much preferred to write for others to sing, but then she released Ode To Billie Joe and exploded on the music scene. When she’d had enough, she simply faded away, leaving us a legacy of fantastic music.

8:00 p.m. Neil Young Live at Massey Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, January 19, 1971

A Mermaid Lounge favorite gives us a concert from his homeland to close out the programming for Thursday.

One more time: We’re here 24/7. We’re free. No strings. No surprises. And we do not run commercial advertising. The button is below.

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We’re at Midweek With Songs About Water, Live J. J. Cale, and Stephen Stills ‘In Session’ on Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Good morning, musicologists everywhere and welcome to hump day. We start out with ‘Water, Water Everywhere’ today, followed by J. J. Cale and Stephen Stills.

Here’s your midweek musical lineup:

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

Today we start out with songs about water in all its forms with Paul McCartney, Deep Purple, Joe Cocker, Simon & Garfunkel, The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, Otis 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, Bonnie Raitt, The Grass Roots, Carole King, Tom Rush and more!

4:00 p.m. J. J. Cale Live at Hammersmith Apollo, London, UK, October 6-8, 1994 NEW!

We’ve got some vintage J. J. Cale on a 1994 tour from Hammersmith Apollo in London coming up this afternoon.

8:00 p.m. Stephen Stills in Session at A & R Studios, New York, NY, April 26, 1968

Legend has it that Stills was accompanying Judy Collins to her recording session at A & R, but she finished with time left on the clock. Stephen Stills is rumored to have paid the engineer privately to help him cut this album full of demos, later called Just Roll Tape.

Here we are at midweek and tomorrow we start the downslide to the weekend once again! We’re on here 24/7 and we’re totally free. We’re also free of commercial advertising. Just use the handy button below!

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It’s Tuesday Bluesday With Blues on The Bayou, a New T-Bone Walker ‘Spotlight’ and The Heartbreakers, October 15, 2024

Good morning, bluesologists and welcome to Tuesday Bluesday in The Mermaid Lounge! We open the programming with ‘The Best of Louisiana Blues’ EP, then we have T-Bone Walker and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers singing da blues.

Here’s your Tuesday Bluesday lineup:

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

It’s time for blues on the bayou with Ray Charles, Lillian Glinn, Slim Harpo, Fats Domino, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, Rodney Harris, Roosevelt Sykes, Shirley & Lee, Papa Lightfoot, Guitar Slim, Annie Laurie, Fats Matthews, Big Joe Turner, Little Walter, Big Boy Myles, Mary Butler, Erline Harris, Marcia Ball, Allen Toussaint, Dr. John, Professor Longhair, the Neville Brothers, Irma Thomas and more!

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of T-Bone Walker NEW

We’ve got a brand new Spotlight feature with T-Bone Walker, singer, songwriter, musician, band leader, and pioneer of the ‘jump’ blues and electric guitar genres.

8:00 p.m. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Sing The Blues

It’s no secret that Dr. Petty wanted he and the band to grow old sitting around singing the blues. He never got to see that day, but I’ll tell you what, The Heartbreakers did the blues proud while Petty was on the planet!

We’re busy on Tuesday Bluesday but there’s room for everyone here. In between our great blues programming, we’ve got our big, wide Open Stream of more than 27,000 songs. The button is below.

It’s Tuesday Bluesday!

Monday We’ve Got a Couple of Live Performances From Van Morrison and The Doors Sandwiched Around a Townes Van Zandt Spotlight, October 14, 2024

Good morning, music lovers and welcome back to the work week. We’ve got some great music on tap for today mixed in with the great big wide Open Stream! And by the way, Happy Indigenous People’s Day because Christopher Columbus was a real piece of shit.

Here’s your Monday musical lineup:

10:00 a.m. Van Morrison Live at The Masonic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA, December 18, 1993

I will admit that I find Van Morrison a bit caustic as a human being, but the man is a legend and his shows are a virtual spiritual experience.

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Townes Van Zandt

Townes Van Zandt is the only songwriter that I’ve ever heard anyone come close to putting on a pedastal next to Bob Dylan. Some of the songs he has written, such as Pancho & Lefty, are considered masterpieces of American songwriting, and with good reason.

8:00 p.m. The Doors Live at The Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, June 6, 1970

We close out the programming with the Lizard King and his band.

Don’t know what it’s like there, but it’s pretty rainy and gloomy here in the Boston area today. Good day to hunker down with some good music as my vacation comes to a close and I return to hardware hell tomorrow. By the way, the button is below.

Monday, Monday.

We Celebrate Soul Today With Our Big ‘M Is For Motown’ EP, Then Spotlight Features From The Four Tops and Ann Peebles, On Sunday, October 13, 2024

Good morning, soul and R&B lovers and welcome to another day in The Lounge. Today, we get into the music that made America dance!

Here’s your soul music madness:

9:00 a.m. M Is For Motown: Various Artists

We celebrate the sound of soul with Barrett Strong, Eddie Kendricks, Eddie Holland, Edwin Starr, Gladys Knight & The Pips, The Jackson Five, Kim Weston, Jr. Walker & The All Stars, Marvin Gaye, Martha & The Vandellas, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Four Tops, The Isley Brothers, The Temptations, The Contours, Rare Earth, Mary Wells, Tammy Terrell, Diana Ross & The Supremes and more!

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of The Four Tops NEW!

Another long-suffering project off the list with this one, and it’s about time. The Four Tops was was of the most commercially-successful quartets of the sixties and helped to establish Motown’s position in the music world.

8:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Ann Peebles

You know who got me onto Ann Peebles? Believe it or not, Tom Petty. I first heard her music listening to his Buried Treasure show on Sirius XM. She is best remembered for her string of albums and hits from the seventies. Who knew? Not me. But I sure do now.

It’s Sunday, and that’s a day of rest. No matter what the raging capitalist world wants you to believe. You do not have to go out and spend money on Sunday. You can take a day off and spend it with us (not your money; your time). The button is below.

Stay home. Listen to music. Save money.

It’s the ‘Are You Ready For The Country’ EP, and ‘Live’ Jackson Browne and Gov’t Mule on Saturday, October 12, 2024

Welcome, weekenders! Here we sit on a very early Saturday morning giving you the lowdown on today’s musical feast which includes our big country EP to start it off!

Here’s your musical lineup:

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

No. We do not play Jason Aldean. But we do play real country and the artists who fused country with rock, like The Eagles, Asleep at The Wheel, Hank Williams, The Byrds, Patsy Cline, Neil Young, Emmylou Harris, Guy Clark, Steve Earle, Dolly Parton, Poco, Linda Ronstadt, Alison Krauss & Union Station, The Marshall Tucker Band, The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Jerry Jeff Walker, New Riders of The Purple Sage, Carlene Carter, Rosanne Cash, The Desert Rose Band, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Townes Van Zandt, Kris Kristofferson, The Highwaymen, Gram Parsons, Tom Rush, The Flying Burrito Brothers, John Prine and more!

4:00 p.m. Jackson Browne Live at The Main Point, Bryn Mawr, PA, August 15, 1973

October 9 wasn’t just John Lennon’s birthday. It was Jackson Browne’s 76th birthday as well. Today, we celebrate a singer-songwriter legend.

8:00 p.m. Gov’t Mule Live at Leverkeusener Jazztage, The Forum, Leverkusen, Germany, November 7, 2017

We close it out with Gov’t Mule in a live performance filmed for Germany’s Rockpalast television show.

Another weekend is upon us, and next week my vacation will be over and I’ll be back in hardware hell. But we remain a constant. The Music Mermaid will take over and deliver music free on a 24/7 basis with no commercial advertising. The button is below.

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