On Sunday, It’s Some ‘Flower Power,’ a J. Geils Band ‘Spotlight’ Feature, and Live Lucinda Williams, September 21, 2025

Good morning, weekenders! It’s another Sunday Funday here in The Mermaid Lounge, and we’ve got the second airing of our ‘Flower Power’ playlist, a musical excursion that could well turn into an EP at some point! That’s where we start, but not where we end!

Here’s your Sunday Funday lineup:

10:00 a.m. Flower Power: Various Artists

Our newest playlist is back for its second airing with The Beatles, Donovan, Peter, Paul & Mary, Five Man Electrical Band, Three Dog Night, The Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin, The Band, Bob Dylan, Brewer & Shipley, The Mamas & Papas, Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt, Don McLean, Oliver, The Moody Blues, CSNY, Yes, Isaac Hayes, Grand Funk Railroad, Marianne Faithful, and more!

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of The J. Geils Band

My choice for Boston’s bad boys over Aerosmith. Sorry, Steven Tyler, but Peter Wolf rules.

8:00 p.m. Lucinda Williams Live at The Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, November 20-22, 2003

We close it out with a true friend of Tom’s, who said she misses his music, but she misses him even more. Lucinda Williams and Tom Petty were a mutual admiration society, and she is one of the best singer-songwriters in all of music. She has stood the test of time.

We’re here all day, hangng out and playing music. We’re totally free with absolutely no commercial interruption. Just hit the button below to see for yourselves!

Flower Power!

As We Prepare for ‘Festival Week’ Starting May 5, We Give You Our Big, Wide Open Stream Today, May 2, 2025

Good morning, musicologists! On Monday, May 5, ‘Festival Week’ begins here in The Mermaid Lounge and runs through Sunday, May 11. During that time we will give you performances from Woodstock ’69, Monterey Pop in 1967, The Isle of Wight ’70, and a few of the Newport Folk Festivals of the sixties.

We hope that you will enjoy the next 24 hours of totally uninterrupted music from our vast and eclectic collection of music files. You never know what The Music Mermaid will do, but I can guarantee you will enjoy yourselves. The button is below.

Open Stream Friday!

Friday Is A Day For Our Big, Wide Open Stream With The Music Mermaid Fully In Charge, On April 4, 2025

We’ve got an Open Stream day today, giving you hours of our extensively eclectic musical collection with absolutely no commercial interruption. The Music Mermaid is fully in charge and who knows what she’ll do. She could actually even chose a playlist, or a trifecta, or she could just choose to let our file of 30,000 songs run free and wild. You won’t know unless you tune us in!

The button is, of course, below.

Big, Wide Open Stream!

It’s Songs About Colors, Volume Two of ‘The Summer of Love’ and Chuck Berry In The Spotlight, Saturday, July 20, 2024

Good morning, music lovers! We are celebrating summer once again with volume two of our ‘Summer of Love’ playlist but not until we have songs about colors. Later, it’s Chuck Berry.

Here’s your Saturday lineup:

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

Songs about colors in the title, lyrics or both. In case you thought Paint It Black was only one of a handful of songs, think again. You’ll hear The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, James Taylor, Donovan, Booker T & The MG’s, Electric Light Orchestra, Procol Harum, Joni Mitchell, The Who, Amy Winehouse, Sam & Dave, Badfinger, Bob Dylan, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Elvis Costello, Neil Young, Jefferson Airplane, The Hollies, Elvis Presley, Janis Joplin, Cream, Marvin Gaye, Lucinda Williams, John Hiatt, J.D. Souther, Linda Ronstadt and more!

4:00 p.m. Summer of Love, Volume Two: Various Artists

Today we continue the songs of 1967 with volume two of our ‘Summer of Love’ playlist. You’ll hear Jefferson Airplane, The Rolling Stones, The Animals, Aretha Franklin, Buffalo Springfield, The Beatles, The Grass Roots, The Byrds, Jimi Hendrix, The Turtles, The Doors, Simon & Garfunkel, Cream, Bobbie Gentry and more!

8:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Chuck Berry

Tonight we close with one of the main architects of rock n’ roll, Mr. Chuck Berry, firmly In The Spotlight.

We’re here 24/7, programming or not. We have our big, wide Open Stream of never-ending songs. Our repeats are so far apart that they are like new when you hear them all over again. Either button will do.

SUMMER OF LOVE!

That’s 1967. Not 1969.

We Head to the Weekend With ‘What’s In A Name’, the J. Geils Band & Linda Ronstadt at The Greek in L.A., Thursday, July 18, 2024

Good morning, music lovers! We are on the downslide to the weekend now and we’ve got some great music for you today, including band new ‘live’ Linda Ronstadt.

Here’s your musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. What’s In a Name: Various Artists

Songs with names in the title, lyrics or both. Some characters are fictional; some not. You’ll hear Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, Them, Janis Joplin, Simon & Garfunkel, The Beach Boys, Tom Petty &The Hearbreakers, Jimi Hendrix, Donovan, Shawn Colvin, Steve Winwood, Bonnie Raitt, Carly Simon, Warren Zevon, The Kinks, Linda Ronstadt, the Association, Chi Coltrane, Bob Dylan, James Taylor, Tony Joe White, Rod Stewart, Badfinger, Steely Dan and more.

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of The J. Geils Band

Peter Wolf and the boys are back in town. These are Boston’s original bad boys.

7:00 p.m. Linda Ronstadt Live at The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, August 24, 1980 NEW!

Another great performance by the reigning Queen of Rock as she was winding down her rock n’ roll career and moving into new musical territory.

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We’re At Midweek With Our ‘House’ EP, the Band Called Love In The Spotlight, and Surf Music! Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Good morning, surfer dudes and dudettes…and everyone in between. We are kicking off summer this week here in The Mermaid Lounge and we’re beginning a Summer of Love celebration tomorrow, so stay tuned!

Here’s your midweek musical lineup:

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

This was one of our very first (and small) playlists that grew into our little musical manifesto. You’ll hear Barry McGuire, The Temptations, Edwin Starr, Peter Tosh, T. Rex, The Beatles, 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, Sam Cooke, The Rolling Stones, Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, Three Dog Night, Jimmy Cliff, The Association, Richie Havens, Marvin Gaye, Phil Ochs, Janis Joplin, Tom Rush, Pete Seeger, Nina Simone and more!

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

Nope. Not music about love. But music from the band named Love, one of the best of the sixties bands that you may not even know. It was Tom Petty who got me started on Love. It was not an intuitive discovery. If you have heard of them, then congratulations! If you haven’t, give a listen.

8:00 p.m. Going To Surf City: Various Artists

Surfer music is a musical genre all its own, and we haven’t spun this one in forever, so it’s time to break it out. You’ll hear The Beach Boys, Dick Dale & His Deltones, The Trashmen, The Challengers, Jan & Dean, The Surfaris, The Chantays, The Blue Stingrays and more! And here we have another connection to Tom Petty. The Blue Stingrays are essentially The Heartbreakers without Tom Petty, playing some of the coolest surfer music on record, and led by one of the best guitarists on the planet, Mike Campbell.

We’re on 24/7 at no cost to the listening public, and with absolutely no commercial interruption. Drop by The Mermaid Lounge. The button’s below.

Celebrate Summer With Us!