Midweek Brings ‘The Female Species’, Peter, Paul & Mary, and Live Allman Brothers Band, Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Good morning, musicologists and welcome to the midweek hump! We’ll help you cross over to the downslide to the weekend in style with some fine music!

Here’s your midweek lineup:

9:00 a.m. The Female Species: Various Artists

Not songs by women, but about women from Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Talking Heads, Jackson Browne, The Boogaloo Swamis, John Mayall, Hot Tuna, The Eagles, Elvis Presley, Electric Light Orchestra, Fleetwood Mac, Percy Sledge, The Beatles, Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac, America, Roy Orbison, Billy Joel, Jimi Hendrix, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, The Beach Boys, The Temptations, Linda Ronstadt and more!

Today we finally get around to a playlist for undoubtedly the most iconic band from the great sixties folk revival, formed in New York City back in 1961.

8:00 p.m. The Allman Brothers Band Live at A & R Studios, New York, New York, August 26, 1971

We close out the programming with a great live in-studio performance by The Brothers. Always a treat.

We’re not just playing great music when we have programming. We are on 24/7 with our big, wide Open Stream! And we’re free of charge and free from commercial interruptions!

‘Ladies Sing The Blues’, EC & Friends, and James Cotton Deliver The Goods on Tuesday Bluesday, September 3, 2024

Good morning, bluesologists and welcome to another Tuesday Bluesday in The Mermaid Lounge. We begin the festivities and the blues month with the ladies large and in charge!

Here’s your Tuesday Bluesday Lineup:

9:00 a.m. Ladies Sing The Blues: Various Artists

The ladies dominate The Mermaid Lounge this morning, including Billie Holliday, Big Mama Thornton, Ruth Brown, Nina Simone, Janis Joplin, Koko Taylor, Bonnie Raitt, Christine McVie, Marcia Ball, Ellen McIlwaine, Susan Tedeschi, Irma Thomas, Tracy Nelson, Etta James, Linda Ronstadt, Sippie Wallace, Bessie Smith, Shawn Murphy, Angela Strehli, Aretha Franklin, The Blues Broads and more!

4:00 p.m. Eric Clapton & Friends Live at The Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA, December 2, 1983

EC’s friends include Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Joe Cocker, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman, Ray Cooper, Andy Fairweather Lowe and others in a benefit concert (The ARMS Concert) for friend Ronnie Lane, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1979.

8:00 p.m. The James Cotton Band Live at The Shaboo Inn, Willamantic, CT, December 6, 1974

We close out the Tuesday Bluesday programming with some great live James Cotton from what may seem an unlikely place called The Shaboo Inn in Willamantic, Connecticut.

Before, after and in between we give you our big, wide Open Stream. It’s a 24/7 commitment here in The Mermaid Lounge. Best of all, there’s no charge and no commercial advertising. We’re anti-capitalist.

We Celebrate The Labor Movement With ‘Working Songs’ Then It’s The Beatles Top 100 Songs, Monday, September 2, 2024

Good morning, work-a-day people. It’s our day here and we’re celebrating in style with our expanded ‘Working Songs’ playlist. It’s not quite an EP. Yet. Then it’s on to The Beatles Top 100 songs at mid-afternoon!

Here’s your Labor Day lineup:

Today we celebrate the American worker and the labor movement that gave us the weekend, worker protections and collective bargaining with Van Morrison, The Staple Singers, The Beatles, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Elvis Costello, Jim Croce, Little Feat, Woody Guthrie, Mudcrutch, Dolly Parton, Bachman Turner Overdrive, the J. Geils Band, Slim Harpo, Marvin Gaye, Lee Dorsey, Todd Rundgren, Sam Cooke, Neil Young, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band.

3:00 p.m. The Beatles Top 100 Songs

From the slums of Liverpool to laboring in clubs throughout Europe to becoming the greatest rock band on the planet. There’s no better story in music. It’s a great way to celebrate Labor Day.

Before, in between and through the night we give you our big, wide Open Stream. We’re on 24/7 and the Music Mermaid is on duty all day long. There’s no commercial interruption and no endless DJ chatter. The button is below.

Today It’s Bob Dylan, Our House EP, and Some Hidden Gems From Emmylou Harris on Sunday, September 1, 2024

Good morning, music lovers! We break into a new month and season with some great stuff from Bob Dylan and Emmylou Harris, along with our House EP!

Here is your Sunday Funday lineup:

10:00 a.m. Bob Dylan: The Love Songs

Bob Dylan didn’t just write about social justice issues. He wrote some of the most amazing love songs on the planet, and we start the day there.

2:00 p.m. The #BecomeUngovernable House Playlist: Various Artists

This afternoon for five hours we’ve got the music that inspired the station from Barry McGuire, Edwin Starr, The Temptations, Peter Tosh, The Beatles, 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, Plastic Ono Band, Sam Cooke, The Rolling Stones, Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, Three Dog Night, Jimmy Cliff, Richie Havens, Marvin Gaye, The Association, Phil Ochs and more!

9:00 p.m. Emmylou Harris: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems

This is a short, but oh so sweet playlist of some of the things you may not know Emmylou Harris recorded, and some that have fallen through the cracks.

We’re on 24/7 uninterrupted by commercials or endless DJ chatter. We’re all about the music. See for yourself. The button is below!

The Ladies Are in Charge on the Final Day of the Month, Then It’s ELO and Ian & Sylvia on Saturday, August 31, 2024

Good morning, weekenders! It’s the long Labor Day Weekend and we’ve got a great start in store as we open it up with our ‘Ladies Day Out’ multi-artist EP!

Here’s your weekend kickoff lineup:

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

The women of music are large and in charge today 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, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Nicolette Larson, Sheryl Crow, Susan Tedeschi, Valerie Carter, Dusty Springfield, Dolly Parton and more!

4:00 p.m. Jeff Lynne’s ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) Live at Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, February 3, 1976

You’ll hear one great band led by one musical genius this afternoon in a performance in the iconic Winterland Ballroom.

8:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: Ian & Sylvia

A great folk music duo that sometimes falls through the cracks, but shouldn’t. Ian and Sylvia also became pioneers in country-rock after they moved to Nashville.

We begin the weekend in style today and we’re in holiday mood right through Monday! We’re on 24/7 for your listening pleasure at no cost to you and with no commercial interruption to break the flow. See for yourself. The button’s below.

Welcome to Finally Friday! We’ve Got ‘Great Beginnings’ and Then Two Great Live Shows From Linda Ronstadt and Van Morrison on August 30, 2025

Good morning, music lovers! Once again we are on the cusp of the weekend here in The Mermaid Lounge, and it’s a long weekend to boot! We start off with a great multi-artist playlist. It gets better from there.

Here’s your long-weekend lineup!

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

It’s not an EP, but it’s oh, so close. We start off with songs that have great opening riffs from The Beatles, Elton John, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Electric Light Orchestra, Edgar Winter, The Doobie Brothers, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Guess Who, Cream, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Emmylou Harris, Van Morrison, Linda Ronstadt, George Harrison and more!

3:00 p.m. Linda Ronstadt Live at Rai Halle, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 21, 1976

We give you the undisputed Queen of Rock live from Rai Halle in Amsterdam early in her illustrious career.

7:00 p.m. Van Morrison Live at The Grand Opera House, Belfast, Ireland, March 11-12, 1983

We close it out with Van “The Man” Morrison live from Belfast.

It’s a great day today here in The Lounge, partly because I have a day off from retail hell, a rare event for a Friday. And I get to listen to all this great music as I hang out here getting ready for the musical week. You should tune in too. It won’t cost you a penny, and there’s no commercial advertising…just music 24/7. No lie.

On Thursday It’s ‘Folk Music From A-To-Z’, a Visit From The Soul Men and The Stones Live in Saitama, Japan, August 29, 2024

Good morning, music lovers and welcome to another day in The Mermaid Lounge as we get closer to the weekend! We’ve got a great lineup for you today.

FILE – In this Dec. 1975 file photo, musicians Roger McGuinn, Joni Mitchell, Richie Havens, Joan Baez and Bob Dylan perform the finale of the The Rolling Thunder Revue, a tour headed by Dylan. (AP Photo, File)

Here’s your musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. Folk Music From A-To-Z: Various Artists

We kick the day off with a bit of Americana with the pioneers and revivalists of the craft like Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Lead Belly, The Kingston Trio, John Prine, Dave Van Ronk, Arlo Guthrie, Bonnie Raitt, Odetta, Peter, Paul & Mary, The Beatles, Cat Stevens, Tom Rush, The Band, Eric Andersen, Judy Collins, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Nanci Griffith, Jesse Winchester, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Lead Belly, Tim Hardin, Simon & Garfunkel, Richie Havens, James Taylor, Phil Ochs, Harry Chapin, Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt, The Carter Family, Neil Young and more!

4:00 p.m. The Soul Men: Various Artists

We get a visit from some the Soul Men this afternoon, including Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Al Green, The Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Fats Domino, Jackie Wilson and more!

8:00 p.m. The Rolling Stones Live at The Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan, April 2, 2006

We close the programming with The Stones live in Saitama, Japan.

We’re here 24/7 at no charge to you because we’re all about the music; not about the money. And we’re not kidding. See for yourself. No strings. No bait-and-switch. Nada. The button’s below.

It’s The Sixties at Midweek Along With The Boss and a Very Consequential Joni Mitchell Concert, Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Good morning, musicologists! We’ve got a great lineup today and once again it’s all begins with the sixties. We’ve also got Springsteen and the concert that launched Greenpeace.

Here’s your midweek musical lineup:

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

We’ve got volume two of our big sixties rotation today with The Mamas & The Papas, Simon & Garfunkel, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Buffalo Springfield, Sly & The Family Stone, The Temptations, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Roy Orbison, The Yardbirds, The Animals, Wilson Pickett, The Band, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, The Kinks, The Ronettes, Velvet Underground, Jimmy Cliff, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Byrds, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Blind Faith, The Four Tops, CSNY, Marvin Gaye, The Doors, The Box Tops, The Beatles and more!

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Bruce Springsteen

This afternoon we put The Boss squarely In the Spotlight, the man who pioneered working-class heartland rock.

8:00 p.m. Joni Mitchell with James Taylor and Phil Ochs, Live at The Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, October 10, 1970

This is the concert that launched Greenpeace. The concert featured Joni Mitchell with her boyfriend at the time, James Taylor, and folk legend Phil Ochs in a performance that funded the organization’s protests of the 1971 nuclear weapons tests conducted by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission at Amchitka Island, Alaska.

It’s a good day to be here, people. We have what we hope to be one final summer gasp today as the temps have finally begun to moderate back into the seventies. Inside, however, we bring the heat from a musical perspective. The button’s below.

We’ve Got Our Big, Bad Blues EP, a Jimmy Reed Spotlight, and Janis Joplin Live in Amsterdam on Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Good morning, Tuesday Bluesday lovers! We’re back once again for another day of blues programming sprinkled in our big, wide Open Stream!

Here’s your bluesy musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blues: Various Artists

Our biggest, baddest blues EP is here with Robert Johnson, 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, The Robert Cray Band, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, Marcia Ball, Koko Taylor, James Cotton, Susan Tedeschi, Roomful of Blues, Howlin’ Wolf and more!

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Jimmy Reed

Born to a sharecropper family back in 1925, Jimmy Reed’s unique electric blues style made him a favorite of both black and white musical audiences.

8:00 p.m. Janis Joplin & The Kozmic Blues Band Live at The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 11, 1969

We head into the Wayback Machine for this gem back in 1969 from one of the most consequential female artists in rock and blues music history.

Tune us in and see what Tuesday Bluesday is all about. Before, in between and after our scheduled shows, we give you our big, wide Open Stream on a 24-hour basis at no charge. No kidding. See for yourself! The button’s below.

Spend Monday With Marvin Gaye, Harry Nilsson and Neil Young & The International Harvesters, August 26, 2024

The work week is back and it brings a pretty eclectic programming schedule with Harry Nilsson sandwiched between two great live shows!

Here’s your musical Monday lineup:

In 1980, the Prince of Soul included a stop at the Montreux Jazz Festival as part of his European tour. We’ve got it live for you this morning.

3:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Harry Nilsson

Surely one of the greatest singer-songwriters of his generation who had his greatest success as an artist during the seventies.

8:00 p.m. Neil Young & The International Harvesters Live at The Moody Theater, Austin, Texas, September 25, 1984

We close out the day’s programming with Neil Young live at Austin City Limits with his mid-80’s touring band, The International Harvesters.