Category: Pop

Labor Day Brings a Desmond Dekker Spotlight, a New ‘Working Songs’ Playlist, and The All-Girl Revue Three, Monday, September 4, 2023

We celebrate the contributions of the American worker today, and we’ve got a brand new playlist about working at the mid-afternoon time slot. Read on for more!

Here’s the musical layout:

11:00 a.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Desmond Dekker

We start off with a bit of Reggae this morning from Desmond Dekker, with and without his Aces, as we jump-start the day.

3:00 p.m. Working Songs: Various Artists NEW!

I expect this one to evolve over time as have many of our other playlists. This go-around, you’ll hear Van Morrison, The Staple Singers, Canned Heat, Janis Joplin, Tom Petty, Maria Muldaur, Bob Dylan, Jim Croce, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Little Feat, Elvis Costello, Arlo Guthrie and more.

7:00 p.m. The All-Girl Revue, Volume Three: Various Artists

We have several volumes of this playlist and that is how our ‘Ladies Day Out’ EP evolved over time. We go to Volume Three, where you’ll hear Aretha Franklin, Dolly Parton, Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Linda Ronstadt, Carly Simon, Judy Collins, Bonnie Raitt, Susan Tedeschi, Melissa Etheridge, The Shirelles, Melanie, Emmylou Harris and more!

Nothing like a Monday holiday. And there’s nothing like a good radio station to spend the day with. Just throw us on in the background. All you need is a new tab. It’s really that simple.

Happy Labor Day!

Living is Easy on Sunday With Our New AOW From Jimmy Buffett and the ‘What’s In a Name’ Multi-Artist EP, September 3, 2023

Good morning, music lovers! It’s Sunday in The Mermaid Lounge and the living is easy with our brand new AOW from Jimmy Buffett (yes, this was on the list before his sad passing) and our ‘What’s In a Name’ multi-artist EP starting mid-afternoon.

Here’s your musical lineup:

11:00 a.m. Album of The Week: Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes by Jimmy Buffett NEW!

Affectionately known as the Mayor of Margaritaville, Jimmy Buffett passed away on September 1. There was a lot of mystery surrounding his health prior to this, but it is now known that he passed form Merkel cell carcinoma, a rare form of skin cancer. Jimmy Buffett was a hell of a ride. If you’ve ever seen him ‘live’ you know his shows were a blast. He was a guy who took music seriously, but had a good time doing it and his ‘Parrotheads’ did as well.

I saw him at Fenway Park in Boston in the early 2000’s, the first time I’d ever seen a musical act at Fenway. It was unbelievable. I took a Buffett shamer with me to the show. Even he had a blast and confessed he went out and bought this very album after. This is as good an album as anyone has released. There isn’t a song we don’t like, and it was on our list from the beginning. I moved it up. Circumstances called for that.

3:00 p.m. What’s In a Name: Various Artists

A fun EP here with songs including names in the title, lyrics or both. Some people are real. Some people are not. You’ll hear Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, Them, Janis Joplin, Simon & Garfunkel, The Beach Boys, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Donovan, Steve Winwood, Bonnie Raitt, Shawn Colvin, Carly Simon, Warren Zevon, Laura Nyro, Bobbie Gentry, The Kinks, Three Dog Night, The Association, Joni Mitchell, Badfinger, Linda Ronstadt, Steely Dan, Chi Coltrane, Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart, James Taylor, Tony Joe White and more!

Kick back, relax and chill. It’s a day of rest. If there’s a big guy up there, he even took the day off. We’re on 24/7 (not just during programming), we are totally free of charge, and ask for nothing…no personal info or credit card. Nada. Zero. Zip. Zilch. What’s not to love?

All Hail Jimmy Buffett!

We Begin a New Month on Open Stream Day with Trifectas, and the Final Airing of Brian Wilson as Our Featured Singer-Songwriter, September 1, 2023

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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Open Stream Day!

We’re in the Wayback Machine With Volume Two of ‘The Sixties Rotation’ EP, ‘Live’ Janis, and the Jefferson Airplane In The Spotlight Tonight, on Monday, August 28, 2023

We’ve got all sixties programming going on today with volume two of our ‘Sixties Rotation’ EP to start things off, followed by some ‘live’ Janis Joplin and the Jefferson Airpane.

Here’s Monday’s lineup:

9:00 a.m. The Sixties Rotation, Volume Two: Various Artists

From the mid-to-latter part of the musical decade with The Mamas & The Papas, Simon & Garfunkel, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Buffalo Springfield, Sly & The Family Stone, The Temptations, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Roy Orbison, The Yardbirds, The Animals, Linda Ronstadt, The Byrds, Chuck Berry,James Brown, Blind Faith, Spencer Davis Group, Marvin Gaye, B. B. King, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Wilson Pickett, The Band, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, The Ronettes, The Kinks, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jimmy Cliff, Velvet Underground and more!

4:00 p.m. Janis Joplin Live at Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, April 12, 1968

Janis played two consecutive nights here, and this recording is from the first show.

7:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of The Jefferson Airplane

We close out today’s sixties programming with one of the bands that helped to define the San Francisco psychedelic music sound as we put Grace Slick and The Jefferson Airplane In the Spotlight!

It’s all sixties today, and that’s a good thing. It’s the music that helped to inspire us to start this radio station. We’re on 24/7 and you’d be hard pressed to hear a repeat during any given day. We’re also totally free of charge and free of commercial advertising. What could be better?

All Sixties Today!

We’re at Midweek With ‘The Original Sixties Rotation’ EP, Ray Davies as Singer-Songwriter & the Marshall Tucker Band In the Spotlight, Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Good morning, music lovers everywhere! We’ve got a great lineup today starting with the sixties for hours, then we move on to Ray Davies and The Marshall Tucker Band.

Here’s your midweek lineup:

9:00 a.m. The Original Sixties Rotation: Various Artists

We’re back with the early through mid-sixties (although we can’t guarantee there won’t be some late sixties stuff mixed in). You’ll hear Del Shannon, Little Eva, The Drifters, The Beatles, Gerry & The Pacemakers, The Hollies, The Walker Brothers, Mary Wells, Dusty Springfield, The Searchers, The Monkees, Sonny & Cher, Petula Clark, Glen Campbell, Johnny Rivers, the Dave Clark Five, The Supremes, Harry Nilsson, The Band, The Yardbirds, the Kinks, Simon & Garfunkel, Blind Faith, Janis Joplin, Chuck Berry, The Temptations, Elvis Presley, Marvin Gaye, The Who, Bob Dylan, Tony Joe White, Barry McGuire, Procol Harum, Fats Domino and more!

4:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series; The Music of Ray Davies

The heart and soul of The Kinks takes his second turn as our featured singer-songwriter!

8:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of The Marshall Tucker Band NEW!

I remember loving these guys in the seventies, and even saw them live a couple of times. They’re still out there, but the band has changed members a ton of times over the past fifty years. One thing remains constant: They put together a string of great songs in the seventies that deserves our attention.

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Original Sixties Rotation

Today It’s Our ‘Folk Music From A-To-Z’ EP, the Final Airing of The Kinks’ AOW and We Introduce Ray Davies as Our Featured Singer-Songwriter, August 19, 2023

Good morning, folk music lovers! We are back with our big, bad EP that delivers all things folk, from the early pioneers of the genre to those who pay it homage as part of their musical repertoire.

Here’s Saturday’s musical lineup:

10:00 a.m. Folk Music From A-To-Z: Various Artists

Today we take you back to Woody Guthrie and bring you through the great folk renaissance of the sixties and seventies. You’ll hear John Prine, Dave Van Ronk, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Peter, Paul & Mary, Odetta, Cat Stevens, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Beatles, Arlo Guthrie, Bonnie Raitt, Joan Baez, The Band, Eric Andersen, Tom Rush, Judy Collins, Nanci Griffith, Jesse Winchester, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Lead Belly, Tim Hardin, The Kingston Trio, Simon & Garfunkel, Richie Havens, Jackson Browne, Guy Clark, James Taylor, Phil Ochs, Harry Chapin, Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt, The Carter Family and more!

5:00 p.m. Album of The Week: Give The People What They Want by The Kinks FINAL AIRING!

Today we bid a fond farewell to The Kinks’ Album of The Week…on a day when we introduce the guiding force of the Kinks as our featured singer-songwriter! Tomorrow, we’ll have a brand new album in place.

8:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series: The Music of Ray Davies NEW!

Tonight we introduce The Kinks’ guiding force as our new singer-songwriter. Ray Davies was the lead singer, rhythm guitarist and primary songwriter for this great British Invasion band. It’s only fitting that he’s featured this week.

Before, in between and after we’ve got our great wide Open Stream to kick off your weekend. But in the meantime, don’t forget our ode to folk music to kick things off this morning!

Folk Music From A-to-Z!

Saturday in The Lounge Brings The Final Airing of Our AOW, Volume Two of ‘The Sixties Rotation’ EP, and Buddy Holly as Our New Singer-Songwriter for The Week, July 29, 2023

Good morning, weekenders! It’s Saturday here in The Mermaid Lounge and we’ve got a full slate coming up, including volume two of our Sixties Rotation covering mid-to-end-of-decade sixties tunes.

Here’s your Saturday musical landscape:

9:00 a.m. Album of The Week: Lonely Goes Both Ways by Alison Krauss & Union Station FINAL AIRING!

We bid a fond farewell to this album this morning. Tomorrow there’ll be a brand new selection coming your way!

11:00 a.m. The Sixties Rotation, Volume Two: Various Artists

This will be five hours of mid-to-end of the sixties greatest music with The Mamas & The Papas, Simon & Garfunkel, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Buffalo Springfield, Sly & The Family Stone, The Temptations, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, Roy Orbison, The Animals, The Yardbirds, Linda Ronstadt, The Byrds, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Blind Faith, Spencer Davis Group, Elvis Presley, The Box Tops, The Doors, Marvin Gaye, B. B. King, Led Zeppelin, Wicked Wilson Pickett, The Beatles, The Band, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, The Ronettes, The Kinks, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jimmy Cliff, Velvet Underground, Jimi Hendrix Experience and more!

8:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series: The Music of Buddy Holly NEW!

Buddy Holly was an American singer-songwriter who was a game-changer and pioneer in the development of rock and roll during his short stay on this planet. The Beatles claim him as a major influence and, in fact, revealed later in their career that they named themselves The Beatles because Buddy Holly’s band was named ‘The Crickets.’

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Welcome Worldwide Weekenders!

Saturday Bring ‘The Original Sixties Rotation’ EP, The Final Airing of “Groovin'” and J.D. Souther as Our Featured Singer-Songwriter on July 22, 2023

Good morning, weekenders! We finally made it to the weekend and we’ve got a great lineup today, starting with our ‘Original Sixties Rotation’ EP!

Here’s today’s musical lineup:

10:00 a.m. The Original Sixties Rotation: Various Artists

This particular volume generally covers the early-to-mid sixties, although we can’t guarantee that some later tunes didn’t sneak in. You’ll hear Del Shannon, Little Eva, The Drifters, The Beatles, Gerry & The Pacemakers, The Hollies, The Walker Brothers, Mary Wells, Dusty Springfield, The Searchers, The Monkees, Sonny & Cher, Petula Clark, Glen Campbell, Johnny Rivers, The Dave Clark Five, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Harry Nilsson, The Band, The Yardbirds, The Kinks, Simon & Garfunkel, Blind Faith, Janis Joplin, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Marvin Gaye, The Who, Bob Dylan, Tony Joe White, Barry McGuire, Procol Harum, The Temptations, Fats Domino and more!

5:00 p.m. Album of The Week: Groovin’ by The Young Rascals FINAL AIRING!

We bid this great selection a fond farewell today. Tomorrow morning there’ll be a brand new album of the week for you!

8:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series: The Music of John David Souther NEW!

This guy had our album of the week a couple of weeks ago and we promised he’d be back, so here he is. Generally know as a songwriter, J.D. Souther is very underrated as a singer. His songs have been sung by many, including Linda Ronstadt and Bonnie Raitt. He has also been part of the Souther-Hillman-Furay Band. Tonight we introduce him as our featured singer-songwriter.

Before, in between and long after our programming is over, we give you that great wide Open Stream courtesy of The Music Mermaid. As you know by now, she has impeccable taste in music. We’re totally free 24/7 with no commercial interruptions.

Original Sixties Rotation!

On Sunday We Deliver J. D. Souther’s AOW, Our ‘Ode To Morning’ Multi-Artist EP, and Stephen Stills as Our Singer-Songwriter, July 9, 2023

Good morning, music lovers! Yes, we are deviating from the norm a bit here because we celebrated Ringo’s 83rd birthday yesterday, but we’re back on track with some great programming today!

Here’s Sunday’s lineup:

9:00 a.m. Album of The Week: Black Rose by John David (J.D.) Souther NEW!

Throughout his career, J.D. Souther has been primarily known as a songwriter who has been recorded by many artists, including The Eagles, Linda Ronstadt and Bonnie Raitt. Today he owns our Album of The Week because we believe he’s more than that. He’s a singer-songwriter (and his turn will be coming up soon) of extraordinary talent, and Black Rose is one of the best albums ever recorded.

11:00 a.m. Ode To Morning: Various Artists

For the first time, we had our ‘Here Comes The Night’ and ‘Ode To Morning’ EP’s fall back-to-back. Today we pay homage to the sunrise with Cat Stevens, Hoyt Axton, The Beatles, Neil Young, The Rascals, Waylon Jennings, Joan Baez, James Taylor, Gram Parsons, Simon & Garfunkel, Chris Hillman, Taj Mahal, Dan Fogelberg, Linda Ronstadt, Harry Chapin, Three Dog Night, Ry Cooder, Tim Buckley, Muddy Waters, Jonathan Edwards, Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt, Pure Prairie League, Badfinger and more!

8:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series: The Music of Stephen Stills NEW!

Tonight we introduce the one-and-only Stephen Stills as our featured singer-songwriter for the week. The guy’s talent cannot be denied, in spite of some of the personal mud slinging that has gone on between members of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. We also trace his career as a solo artist, as well as with Crosby, Stills & Nash (pre-Young) his band, Manassas.

We hope you’ll tune us in on this fine programming day. We’re on 24/7, not just when we have programming, and we’re totally free of charge. No surprises. No subscriptions. No credit cards. No personal information required. It’s all about the music.

Sunday Funday!

It’s Saturday and We’ve Got Our AOW, ‘Here Comes The Night’ EP and a Birthday Bash for Ringo’s 83rd! July 8, 2023

Good morning, musicologists! We are celebrating the birthday today of Ringo Starr, one of the best drummers on the planet and one of the most-loved musicians ever…and for good reason. He’s just a good guy.

Here’s today’s musical lineup!

9:00 a.m. Album of The Week: Louisiana Love Call by Maria Muldaur FINAL AIRING!

Today is the final airing of Maria Muldaur’s fine album honoring Crescent City soul. Tomorrow we’ll have a brand new selection. Not telling you what it is today. Against the rules.

11:00 a.m. Here Comes The Night: Various Artists

For some folks, the night time is the right time, and it’s also a popular subject for musicians of all genres. You’ll hear Warren Zevon, the J. Geils Band, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Them, The Beatles, Van Morrison, Patti Smith, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bruce Springsteen, The Kinks, the Electric Prunes, Phoebe Snow, Joe Walsh, The Eagles, The Ronettes, John Cougar Mellencamp, The Doors, Emmylou Harris, Poco, Neil Diamond, The Animals, The Band, The Rolling Stones, Don McLean, Steve Winwood, Cat Stevens, The Traveling Wilburys, Sam Cooke, Jimmy Cliff, Bonnie Raitt and more!

8:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Ringo Starr

Today we wish a Happy Birthday (yesterday) to one of the best drummers on the planet who has his own style and his own sound. We may be a day late, but we’re never a dollar short as we play the best of Ringo from his Beatle years and with his All Starr Band. At 83, the Energizer Bunny of drummers is still on the road selling out venues wherever he goes.

Hey, it’s the beginning of the weekend and what better way to kick it off than with great music in the style of the old radio stations…except without the commercial advertising. We have none of that crap. We’re on 24/7, we do not require a “subscription” and we’ll never ask for your personal information. We’re all about the music.

Happy Birthday, Ringo!