At Midweek It’s ‘The British Are Coming,’ a Staple Singers ‘Spotlight,’ and Ry Cooder Live at Montreux, Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Good morning, musicologists and welcome to the midweek once again. We’ve got a pretty great lineup today, including some new live music from Ry Cooder with David Lindley.

Here’s your musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. The British Are Coming: Various Artists

Music from across the pond with The Beatles, The Who, Dave Mason, Electric Light Orchestra, Petula Clark, The Zombies, The Hollies, Dusty Springfield, Small Faces, Led Zeppelin, Queen, The Kinks, The Bee Gees, The Dave Clark Five, The Moody Blues, Rod Stewart, Them, Herman’s Hermits, The Rolling Stones, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Badfinger, The Yardbirds, and more!

4:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of The Staple Singers

This afternoon, we groove with one of the finest soul, R & B, and gospel bands ever to grace the airwaves.8:00 p.m. Ry Cooder with David Lindley, Live at The Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland, July 9, 1990 NEW!

A brand new-to-the-show live performance with friends Ry Cooder and David Lindley from the 1990 Montreux Jazz Festival held on the shores of beautiful Lake Geneva will close out the midweek programming.

Of course, before, in between, and after our scheduled programming, it’s our big, wide Open Stream to entertain you 24/7 at no charge, and with NO commercial interruption. The button is below.