Category: Extended Play

It’s Sunday Funday With The Beatles, The All-Girl Revue, and ‘Three-Part Harmonies,’ On August 10, 2025

Good morning, music lovers! It’s a great day today with a great opening set, followed by two more great sets. So, read on for all the details!

Here’s your Sunday Funday lineup:

10:00 a.m. The Beatles: Songs With Character(s)

Yep. That’s what it’s all about. Songs with characters like Bungalow Bill, Prudence Farrow (a real person; Mia’s sister), a deceased woman named Eleanor, the man in the mack, a barber, a woman they called Lady Madonna, a psychopath who wielded a silver hammer, and plenty more. This is a great playlist.

2:00 p.m. The All-Girl Revue, Volume Three: Various Artists

We’re back with the ladies, albeit a shorter list. We’ve got Norah Jones, Joni Mitchell, Melanie, Aretha Franklin, Shawn Colvin, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Emmylou Harris, Judy Collins, Bonnie Raitt, Phoebe Snow, Linda Ronstadt, Wendy Waldman, Valerie Carter, and more!

6:00 p.m. Three-Part Harmonies: Various Artists

We love this EP and we’re going to take you into the late hours tonight with The Beatles, The Marshall Tucker Band, The Mamas & Papas, The Who, T. Rex, The Rolling Stones, Talking Heads, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Buffalo Springfield, The Zombies, The Doobie Brothers, The Band, The Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Allman Brothers Band, Yes, Queen, Boston, Jefferson Airplane, Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac, Foreigner, Paul McCartney & Wings, The Pretenders, Chicago, and more!

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Sunday Funday!

We’ve Got ‘Travelin’ Fever,’ New Live Bob Marley & The Wailers, and Nanci Griffith ‘In the Spotlight’ on Saturday, August 9, 2025

Good morning, musicologists, and welcome to my last day of work today. Once again, The Music Mermaid will be in full control of our programming and she’s on it.

Here’s your Saturday musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. Travelin’ Fever: Various Artists

We’re starting the programming with songs about hitting the road from Canned Heat, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Steve Miller Band, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Dan Fogelberg, Linda Ronstadt, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, The Eagles, Paul McCartney & Wings, Little Feat, The Band, Willie Nelson, Edwin Starr, Janis Joplin, Guy Clark, The Byrds, Asleep at The Wheel, Mudcrutch, The Traveling Wilburys, Tom Rush, Buffalo Springfield, The Guess Who, and more!

4:00 p.m. Bob Marley & The Wailers Live at The Rainbow Theatre, London, UK, June 2, 1977 NEW!

We’ve acquired some new live Wailers music. This will be the first of a few new shows we’ll be airing as we move into the fall/winter months. Enjoy.

8:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Nanci Griffith

Nanci Griffith is a great singer-songwriter who just passed from this earth in 2021. Throughout her long and productive career she managed to keep one foot in country music, and the other in folk.

We’re back for another day, and we’ve got another great array of programs. Before, in between, and after, we give you our big, wide Open Stream of 27,000 songs. We’re about to add some more this weekend! See for yourselves. The button is below.

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On Thusday It’s the Motown Sound, a Ray Charles ‘Spotlight,’ and Traffic Live at The Capitol Theater, August 7, 2025

Good morning, musicologists. Today we kick things off with the Motown sound, five hours of uninterrupted music that made America dance. Then it’s on to Ray Charles and Traffic!

Here’s today’s musical lineup:

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

You’ll hear all the bands that helped establish the Motown dynasty, including Barrett Strong, The Temptations, Edwin Starr, Gladys Knight & The Pips, The Jackson Five, Kim Weston, Jr Walker & The All Stars, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Four Tops, The Isley Brothers, The Contours, Rare Earth, Mary Wells, Tammi Terrell, Diana Ross & The Supremes, and more!

4:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Ray Charles

This genius singer, songwriter and pianist is the stuff of legends, and is one of the most influential artists in all of music. Today, he’s ‘In the Spotlight.’

8:00 p.m. Traffic Live at The Capitol Theater, Port Chester, NY, June 26, 1970

Speaking of legends, we close it out with Steve Winwood and Traffic live in New York.

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The Motown Sound!

We’re at Midweek With Our Big Country EP, Live Music From Neil Young, and a Nitty Gritty Dirt Band ‘Spotlight,’ August 6, 2025

Good morning, music lovers and welcome to the midweek show! We start out the day with five hours of real country and a ton of country-rock. Then it’s on to Neil Young & The International Harvesters live on Austin City Limits, and great music from the Dirt Band.

Here’s your midweek musical lineup:

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

We kick it off with a great lineup with no pretenders on the playlist. You’ll hear Johnny Cash, 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 (who belongs in the Country Music Hall of Fame, BTW), Alison Krauss & Union Station, The Marshall Tucker Band, The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings, Jerry Jeff Walker, John Prine, Willie Nelson, Rosanne Cash, Townes Van Zandt, The Highwaymen, and more!

4:00 p.m. Neil Young & The International Harvesters Live at The Moody Theater, Austin, TX, September 25, 1984

This afternoon it’s Neil Young & The International Harvesters recorded live at The Moody Theater for Austin City Limits.

8:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

We close out the midweek programming with one of the finest bands ever to grace the country-rock genre formed in Long Beach, CA, all the way back in 1966 that gave us over half a century of great music.

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Are You Ready for The Country?

It’s Tuesday Bluesday With Windy City Blues, Live Lightnin’ Hopkins, and TPATH Sings the Blues, On August 5, 2025

It’s another Tuesday Bluesday and we start out with ‘The Best of Chicago Blues,’ then it’s on to some live Lightnin’ Hopkins, a real treat, and The Heartbreakers getting their blues on later to close out the programming.

Here’s your Tuesday Bluesday lineup:

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

Nothing like those windy city blues with Otis Rush, Willie Dixon, Albert King, Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Bo Diddley, Koko Taylor, Lowell Fulson, Howlin’ Wolf, Buddy Guy, Magic Slim, Sonny Boy Williamson, Son Seals, James Cotton, Paul Butterfield, Elmore James, Jimmy Reed, Otis Spann, and more.

4:00 p.m. Lightnin’ Hopkins Live at The Swarthmore College Folk Festival, Swarthmore, PA, April 6, 1964 NEW!

We’re in the Wayback Machine for this one, heading all the way back to 1964 for some great live music from Lightnin’ Hopkins.

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

We’ve got one of the best bands on the planet, and the other half of our two-headed House Bands up tonight singing the blues. They not only cover the classics, but toss in their own brand as well. This was just updated to include a fantastic version of Mona, performed with Bo Diddly at The Heartbreakers’ 1999 residency at The Fillmore in San Francisco. You won’t want to miss that one.

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Tuesday Bluesday is Back!

On Monday, ‘We Dissent,’ We Have Emmylou & Friends Live for a Good Cause, and Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ‘In the Spotlight’ Later, August 4, 2025

Good morning, musicologists, and welcome to another work week. We kick it off in style with a fantastic programming lineup. Read on for details!

Here’s your Monday, Monday lineup:

9:00 a.m. We Dissent: Various Artists New Songs Added!

Protest music is powerful, and we’ve got a great collection here. In the era of Trump’s regime, we will be amping up our protest music roots. We’ve added a couple of great songs to the end of this list. We nearly forgot the great Beach Boys tune, Student Demonstration Time. It was something nobody expected from the boys of summer. We’ve also added a song a lot of people do not know exists called, Old Man Trump, which was written by Woody Guthrie about The Orange Scourge’s racist slumlord father. Back in the day Woody lived in one of his dumps. Woody never got to record the song himself, but it was evetually released by folk singer Ryan Harvey with help from Ani DiFranco and Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine. We’ve added that song today.

Other artists you’ll hear are The Beatles, Pete Seeger, Barry McGuire, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Peter Gabriel, Jimmy Cliff, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Tracy Chapman, and more!

4:00 p.m. Emmylou Harris & Friends, Concerts for a Landmine-Free World, December 1999 into 2000 NEW!

We have a fantastic recording here of great acoustic music from Emmylou Harris, Nanci Griffith, John Prine, Patty Griffin, Steve Earle, and Bruce Cockburn. We know this was the first show, so we believe it was held at Stanford University in December 1999. They were held around the world into 2000, including Washington, D.C., Glasgow, London, Stockholm, and Oslo. We’re trying to get a better handle on the specifics, but there’s no need to hold up airing this for the details.

8:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

We close it out with a band that was instrumental in establishing the Motown brand back in the day.

We’re ready for a new work week, and we’re playing the best music on the planet totally free of charge and free of commercial interruption. See for yourselves. The button is below.

WE DISSENT!

On Sunday It’s CSNY Live at Wembley Stadium, Our House EP, and a Brandi Carlile ‘Spotlight’ Feature, August 3, 2025

It’s Sunday Funday and it starts my weekend! We’ve got a great lineup with live CSNY, our House EP, and 10-time Grammy winner Brandi Carlile ‘In the Spotlight.’

Here’s your Sunday Funday musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Live at Wembley Stadium, Wembley, UK, November 14, 1974

The second best supergroup on the planet is in the house this morning, playing live from Wembley Stadium.

1:00 p.m. The #BecomeUngovernable House Playlist: Various Artist

The music that inspired the channel with The Beatles, Barry McGuire, The Temptations, Peter Tosh, 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, Sam Cooke, The Rolling Stones, Joni Mitchell, Three Dog NIght, Jimmy Cliff, Richie Havens, Marvin Gaye, The Association, Phil Ochs, Tom Rush, The Band, and more!

8:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: Brandi Carlile

We close with 10-time Grammy winner Brandi Carlile ‘In the Spotlight.’

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The #BU House EP!

We’re on ‘The Psychedelic Express,’ Then It’s Live Jefferson Airplane, and a Donovan ‘Spotlight’ on Saturday, August 2, 2025

Welcome, weekenders! We’re keeping it in a sixties groove today for sure as we get back on ‘The Psychedelic Express’ to start the morning.

Here’s how we keep it trippy today:

9:00 a.m. The Psychedelic Express: Various Artists

We don’t need no tickets to hear The Beatles, Vanilla Fudge, The Chambers Brothers, The Electric Prunes, Jefferson Airplane, The Animals, Blues Image, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Doors, Pink Floyd, Donovan, The Byrds, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Traffic, Cream, Dr. John, Procol Harum, The Who, Canned Heat, Tommy James & The Shondells, Blind Faith, Grateful Dead, Velvet Underground, Big Brother & The Holding Company, and more!

4:00 p.m. Jefferson Airplane Live at Falconer Salen, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 28, 1968

We’ve got one of the most influential bands of the psychedelic music genre live from Copenhagen this afternoon.

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

We close it out with some trippy stuff from Donovan, one of our favorites here in The Mermaid Lounge.

Again, we’re here with the best music on the planet, and we kick off the weekend with one of our favorite genres from back in the day. It may well be gone, but it is not forgotten.

Psychedelia!

We End the Month With ‘Great Beginnings,’ Live Dr. John, and Great Instrumental Songs, On Friday, July 31, 2025

We kick things off today with songs that have great openings, sometimes subtle, sometimes not. Then it’s on to Dr. John live in NY, and a lost genre in great instrumental songs!

Here’s your finally Friday lineup:

9:00 a.m. Great Beginnings: Various Artists

Today we begin with great beginnings! Songs that have great opening riffs and some more subtle great openings. You’ll hear The Beatles, Elton John, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, the J. Geils Band, Aretha Franklin, Yes, Chicago, The Who, Johnny Rivers, The Kinks, Electric Light Orchestra, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Rolling Stones, The Allman Brothers Band, The Temptations, CSNY, Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, ZZ Top, Badfinger, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Steely Dan, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Paul Simon, The Chambers Brothers and more!

4:00 p.m. Dr. John Live at Ultrasonic Studios, Hempstead, NY, November 6, 1973

We spend some time this afternoon with the Nitetripper live at Ultrasonic. This guy never disappoints.

8:00 p.m. Instrumentally Speaking: Various Artists

It’s been a long time since we aired this one. It’s overdue. You’ll hear instrumentals from The Beatles, Mason Williams, The Edgar Winter Group, The Allman Brothers Band, Electric Light Orchestra, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Paul McCartney, King Crimson, Steely Dan, Traffic, Little Feat, the J. Geils Band, and more!

Let’s get it going. We start bright and early. Just hit the button below and you’ll see how easy it is to tune in to the greatest music on the planet!

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At Midweek, the Ladies are Large and in Charge, The Stone Poneys are ‘In the Spotlight,’ and Steve Winwood is Live at Estival, on Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Good morning, music lovers! We’ve got a great lineup today with five uninterrupted hours of women’s music, then its on to The Stone Poneys and Steve Winwood!

Here’s your midweek musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. Ladies Day Out: Various Artists

The ladies take over The Mermaid Lounge this morning with music from Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Carly Simon, Emmylou Harris, Petula Clark, Laura 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, Susan Tedeschi, Sheryl Crow, Valerie Carter, Dolly Parton, Dusty Springfield, Ann Peebles and more!

4:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of The Stone Poneys

This afternoon we delve into very early Linda Ronstadt who left Tucson to join friends Bobby Kimmel and Kenny Edwards to seek musical fame and fortune in L.A. Thus, this great folk-rock band was born. It’s an excellent playlist.

8:00 p.m. Steve Winwood Live at The Estival Jazz Festival, Piazza della Riforma, Lugano, Switzerland, July 4, 2013

We close it out with a great performance from Steve Winwood, a legend, at the Estival Jazz Festival.

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