Good morning, music lovers! We begin the fall with a day of Open Stream with Trifectas. That means we start each hour with three-in-a-row from a chosen artist. No hints.
Here’s your musical lineup:
9:00 a.m. Open Stream with Trifectas: Various Artists
Today from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. we’ll be on Open Stream and starting each hour with three-in-a-row from The Beatles, Emmylou Harris, Marcia Ball, Jeff Lynne, Little Feat, Marvin Gaye, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and more!
8:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series: The Music of Brian Wilson FINAL AIRING!
Tonight Brian Wilson takes his final spin as our featured singer-songwriter for this week. Tomorrow, we’ll introduce a brand new artist in this slot.
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Good morning, music lovers. We kick off the weekend with a great lineup of programming today, starting with our House Band, The Beatles.
Here’s Friday’s lineup:
11:00 a.m. The Beatles: The Singles Collection
All the singles releases worldwide, including the “B” sides from the greatest band on the planet. Hands down.
4:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series: The Music of Ray Davies FINAL AIRING!
We bid farewell to Ray Davies today as our featured singer-songwriter. Tomorrow we’ll have a brand new featured artist in this slot.
8:00 p.m. Sounds of The Supergroups, Volume One: Various Artists
We’ll close out the programming with CSNY, the Traveling Wilburys, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Derek & The Dominos, The Highwaymen, Trio and more as we pay homage to rock’s supergroups.
Let’s kick it today as we face the final day of the work week. The weekend is right in front of us now. We’re on 24/7 at no charge to you at all. We do not require ‘subscriptions’. We do not require a credit card. And we do not ask you for any personal information. Try us. You’ll see. The button’s right below.
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!
Good morning, bluesologists and welcome to another Tuesday Bluesday. Today we kick it off with our biggest, widest and baddest blues EP and close it out with TPATH singing the blues later. In between, it’s Alison Krauss & Union Station with our AOW.
We’ve got our biggest, baddest blues EP today with Delbert McClinton, B. B. King, Little Walter, Slim Harpo, Ry Cooder, Canned Heat, John Lee Hooker, The Animals, Albert King, Johnny Winter, Muddy Waters, Little Feat, Bonnie Raitt, The Yardbirds, Janis Joplin, The Rolling Stones, Bobby “Blue” Bland, The Allman Brothers Band, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Elmore James, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Robert Cray Band, J. J. Cale, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, James Cotton, Koko Taylor, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Marcia Ball, Duane Allman, Susan Tedeschi, Roomful of Blues, Howlin’ Wolf, Tracy Nelson, Linda Ronstadt and more.
4:00 p.m. Album of The Week: Lonely Runs Both Ways by Alison Krauss & Union Station
Today is the second spin of this great three-time Grammy winning album.
7:00 p.m. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Sing The Blues
Tom Petty once said he envisioned his band as a bunch of old men sitting around in chairs playing the blues. He never made it that far, but he and his band mates certainly paid credible homage to the genre over the years. Tonight we give you one of our favorite playlists.
Tuesday Bluesday is always a live one in The Mermaid Lounge with a worldwide audience for most of the day. Be one of them. We’re on 24/7 and we’re totally free…and we’re also free of commercial advertising.
Good morning, music lovers! You’ve made it to the end of the work week (I’ve got one more day to go) and we’ve got some great stuff from The Mermaid Lounge coming your way!
Here’s today’s musical menagerie:
11:00 a.m. Paint It Black: Various Artists
Today’s opener is songs about the color black in the title, lyrics or both with The Hollies, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, The Rolling Stones, The Move, Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac, k.d. lang, Tom Rush, Fairport Convention, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Long John Baldry, J.D. Souther, Guy Clark, Nina Simone, The Beatles, Steely Dan, Stephen Stills, Curtis Mayfield, Lucinda Williams, John Lee Hooker and more!
4:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series: The Music of Stephen Stills FINAL AIRING!
Today we bid farewell to Stephen Stills as our featured singer-songwriter. Tomorrow we’ll have a brand new selection here for you.
8:00 p.m. The Beatles: Songs With Character UPDATED!
We’re back with the Man in the Mack, Bungalow Bill, Maxwell and his silver hammer, Eleanor Rigby, a barber who works on Penny Lane, a chick named Polythene Pam, a dog named Martha, Lucy who loves to fly around the sky with diamonds, and more. The Beatles had a lot of characters, and tonight we’re going to meet them.
Great day to tune us in. It’s Friday. What could be better than great music free 24/7 with no commercial interruption. Go ahead. I’m waiting.
Good morning, musicologists! The Women of Music take over the lounge for the morning into the early afternoon today, and we follow that up with more great music.
Here’s your musical lineup:
9:00 a.m. Ladies Day Out: Various Artists
The women of music are large and in charge today for five wonderful hours with 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, Sheryl Crow, Susan Tedeschi, Valerie Carter, Dusty Springfield, Dolly Parton, and more!
4:00 p.m. Album of The Week: Black Rose by J.D. Souther
We’re winding down on this one. The final airing will be sometime on Saturday, and this is a great album. Don’t want to miss this one.
8:00 p.m. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Live at The Fillmore: Part Three, San Francisco, CA, Recorded January 31-February 7, 1997
We’re on the final leg of this incredible musical event. For 20 sold-out nights, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers were the Fillmore House Band and no two sets were the same for that entire residency. Special guests included John Lee Hooker, Roger McGuinn and more.
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Good morning, musicologists! We kicked off Memorial Day weekend with The Beatles Top 100 and today we kick off July 4th weekend with Tom Petty’s Top 100.
Here’s today’s musical lineup:
10:00 a.m. Tom Petty’s Top 100 Songs
I might add, in no particular order. That would be too tall a task. This is Petty as founding member of The Heartbreakers, Mudcrutch and The Traveling Wilburys, as well as a solo artist. We celebrated our ‘other’ House Band at the beginning of summer, and we celebrate (mostly) The Heartbreakers today as we enter the dog days of summer.
8:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series: The Music of Townes Van Zandt FINAL AIRING!
Today is Townes Van Zandt’s final turn as our featured singer-songwriter, but it won’t be the last time you hear from him here. We’ve gotten our hands on some great live performances. Tomorrow we’ll have a brand new singer-songwriter to introduce.
In between our only two pieces of programming today, we’ve got our big, wide Open Stream courtesy of The Music Mermaid. We never really know what she has in store for us. That’s entirely up to her, but we do know that she has impeccable taste in music.
Good morning, musicologists (particularly fans of the psychedelic genre)! We’ve got a great, eclectic lineup for you today that concludes with the Beatles’ psychedelic music.
Here’s today’s lineup:
11:00 a.m. Neil Young & Promise of The Real Live at Farm Aid, Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, Wisconsin, September 21, 2019
Neil Young backed by Lukas Nelson and his band bring it to us from Farm Aid once again. And for those who may not know, yes, Lukas Nelson is Willie’s son.
3:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series: The Music of Guy Clark FINAL AIRING!
We are very sorry to see Guy Clark go here in The Mermaid Lounge. He’s definitely a favorite and a master storyteller. Tomorrow we’ll have a brand new singer-songwriter for you.
8:00 p.m. Trippin’ With The Beatles NEW!
Around the time of the Rubber Soul album, the Beatles began their embrace of psychedelic music, and they proceeded to make some of the most amazing, creative psychedelic songs of their generation. You’ll hear them tonight in our brand new playlist.
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Good morning, musicologists! The final day of the long weekend gives us a great extended playlist plus an amazing performance by our other House Band tonight.
Here’s your Memorial Day lineup:
11:00 a.m. Water, Water Everywhere: Various Artists
Again, we reiterate that water comprises 71% of the planet we live on. And it is a popular topic for the musical world. You’ll hear Paul McCartney, Deep Purple, Joe Cocker, 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, The Grass Roots, The Beach Boys, Lindisfarne, Van Morrison, Bonnie Raitt, Carole King, Steely Dan, Tom Rush, Donovan, America, Johnny Rivers and more!
7:00 p.m. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Recorded Live at WTTW Television Studios for PBS Sound Stage, Chicago, IL, 2003
This is an amazing live performance by The Heartbreakers who bring their A-Game to the show, covering some great blues classics in tribute to the foundations of rock n’ roll, as well as giving us their original work. Not to be missed.
Enjoy the last day of this long weekend and add some great music to the mix. We’re on 24/7 and we’re totally free of charge. No strings. No lie. See for yourself.
Happy Friday, musicologists! You know, our House Bands had their influencers, just as our House Bands have influenced others. Today we put one of the Beatles’ biggest influencers In the Spotlight as we work on some new summer playlists featuring the founding fathers and mothers of rock and roll.
Here’s today’s musical lineup:
11:00 a.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly was an American singer and songwriter who played a central and pioneering role in the development of rock and roll. Born in Lubbock, Texas, Holly learned to sing and play guitar along side his siblings. The Beatles cite Holly and his Crickets as a major influence in their early style. They studied his music and his delivery, and chose the name The Beatles in tribute to his band, The Crickets. Although Lennon wore his patented round wire-rimmed glasses later in his life, his first set of eyeglasses were Buddy Holly style. Today we put him In the Spotlight.
4:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series: The Music of Bob Dylan FINAL AIRING!
Mr. Dylan takes his final spin as this week’s featured singer-songwriter. Bob Dylan is also an artist who has claimed Buddy Holly as a major influence. He saw Holly for the first time when he was just 17-years-old in Duluth, and cited his infuence as he received his 1998 Grammy for his album Time Out Of Mind.
8:00 p.m. The Beatles: A Change In Time NEW!
Speaking of The Fab Four, they too have influenced many, and they changed just about everything musically- and culturally-related in their seven years together. Unhappy with touring (they felt like nobody was actually listening to what they were singing), they decided to give up the road and focus on their art. Once they took this step, their creativity took a leap to a whole other level. Tonight we intro a new playlist of Beatle songs that feature mixes of different time signatures. We think you’ll like it.
We’re at the end of the work week, except for those who continue to toil through the weekend in retail hell. Personally, I think the blue laws should make a comeback. Sunday should be a day off for everyone. The greedy capitalists don’t quite see it that way. But here in The Mermaid Lounge, we’re on 24/7 at absolutely no charge to the public. And we accept no commercial advertising either. It’s all about the music.
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