Category: REGGAE

It’s Monday Again and We Start Off With New Playlist About Freedom, Followed by ‘Live’ Neil Young and a Jimmy Cliff Spotlight, July 3, 2023

Good morning, workers! Today we start off with a new playlist with the words ‘free’ and ‘freedom’ in the title, lyrics or both. And believe me, I’m not insinuating that we should be celebrating ‘freedom’ giving he current state of the nation.

Here’s your musical landscape:

9:00 a.m. Free As a Bird: Various Artists NEW!

We’ve had this one on the drawing board for a bit, and it has arrived today. You’ll hear Chicago, CSNY, The Byrds, Otis Redding, Steve Winwood, Cream, Jesse Winchester, Dave Mason, Van Morrison, Curtis Mayfield, Bob Dylan, Allen Toussaint, Elton John, Tracy Chapman, Emmylou Harris, Chicken Shack, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Pete Seeger, The Beatles and more!

4:00 p.m. Neil Young Live at The Cellar Door, Washington, D.C., November 30 to December 2, 1970

Some early Neil Young is in order this afternoon, recorded live at a series of concerts at the Cellar Door in D.C.

8:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Jimmy Cliff

Sometimes this guy gets lost in the reggae, ska, rocksteady shuffle, but he shouldn’t be. Tonight we put him In the Spotlight where he belongs.

I’m off to work shortly, working my usual day off because we are closed tomorrow. The Music Mermaid will be in charge until I return this afternoon. You will be in very good hands until then.

Freedom is Relative.

It’s Simply Sunday Here in The Lounge With Maria Muldaur’s AOW and Our ‘M is For Motown’ Multi-Artist EP, July 2, 2023

Good morning, weekenders, and welcome to another simple Sunday here in The Mermaid Lounge where we kick things off with Maria Muldaur’s Louisiana Love Call.

Here’s your Sunday Funday lineup:

10:00 a.m. Album of The Week: Louisiana Love Call by Maria Muldaur NEW!

Maria Muldaur got her start during the great folk revival of the sixties hanging out in Greenwich Village. She has not only made great solo albums, but has sung harmony and background vocals for scores of other artists, including Linda Ronstadt, the Jerry Garcia band and the Jim Kweskin Jug Band. Her repertoire includes folk, blues, jazz, pop and spiritual music. This particular album pays tribute to Crescent City soul and includes many New Orleans artists, including Dr. John. Not to be missed.

2:00 p.m. M is For Motown: Various Artists

We’re back with our homage to the sounds of Motown, the music that made America dance. You’ll hear Barrett Strong, Eddie Kendricks, Edwin Starr, Gladys Knight & The Pips, The Jackson Five, Kim Weston, Jr. Walker & The All Stars, Marvin Gaye, Martha & The Vandellas, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Four Tops, The Isley Brothers, The Temptations, The Contours, Rare Earth, Mary Wells, Tammi Terrell, Diana Ross & The Supremes and more! It’s an extended trip to Hitsville U.S.A.!

It’s Sunday before the festivities of the July 4 holiday, so kick your shoes off, stick your socks in your pockets and enjoy the day with some great music. We’re on 24/7, totally free of charge and commercial advertising, and we’re all about the music.

Welcome to Hitsville, U.S.A.

We Start a New Month With Our ‘What’s in A Name’ EP, Bob Dylan’s Final AOW Spin, and the Multi-Faceted Jeff Lynne as Our Featured Singer-Songwriter, Saturday, July 1, 2023

Good morning, musicologists, and welcome to the dog days of summer here in The Mermaid Lounge! We kick off a new month in fine form today. Read on for details!

Here’s your musical lineup:

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

One of our newer EP’s is airing this morning. We just introduced this one last month, and you’ll hear Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, Them, Janis Joplin, The Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkel, 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!

4:00 p.m. Album of The Week: Nashville Skyline by Bob Dylan FINAL AIRING!

We say farewell to Bob Dylan’s Nashville Skyline today, undoubtedly one of his best albums ever. Tomorrow, we’ll have a brand new selection for you!

8:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series: The Music of Jeff Lynne NEW!

Here’s a guy who doesn’t get the attention he should. Most people know him as the leader of Electric Light Orchestra, but Jeff Lynne is more than that. He’s one of the most prolific singer-songwriters on the planet. Before ELO, there was a sixties band called The Move, which recorded and released the original version of Do Ya. He was a founding member of The Traveling Wilburys. And finally, he’s a record producer who worked with both George Harrison and Tom Petty over his long career. Tonight we introduce him as this week’s featured singer-songwriter.

For most people it’s a long weekend where we’ll celebrate our alleged freedom (although all I see from the GOP are rights being rolled back). All that propaganda aside, it’s absolutely not propaganda that we play the best music on the planet totally free with no commercial interruption on a 24/7 schedule. Give us a shot.

Welcome to July!

We End the Month in Style and Kick Off the July 4 Weekend With Petty’s Top 100 Songs and Townes Van Zandt’s Final Turn as Our Singer-Songwriter on Friday, June 30, 2023

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.

Petty’s Top 100!

We Head To the Weekend With ‘The British Are Coming’ EP, Our AOW, and Some ‘Live’ Kinks Later, Thursday, June 29, 2023

Good morning, all! With the exception of Dylan’s AOW, it’s kind of a British Invasion today with five hours of music from across the pond and some ‘live’ music from the battling Davies brothers later!

Here’s your musical landscape:

9:00 a.m. The British Are Coming: Various Artists

The British Invasion and beyond is the order of the day, and you’ll hear from The Beatles (of course), The Who, Dave Mason, Electric Light Orchestra, Petula Clark, The Zombies, The Hollies, Dusty Springfield, Small Faces, Led Zeppelin, Queen, The Kinks, the Dave Clark Five, The Bee Gees, The Moody Blues, Rod Stewart, George Harrison, Them, Herman’s Hermits, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Badfinger, The Yardbirds, Traffic, Elton John, Lulu, Pink Floyd, Yes, The Animals, Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, the Spencer Davis Group, Cream, Donovan, The Rolling Stones and more!

4:00 p.m. Album of The Week: Nashville Skyline by Bob Dylan

Released in 1969, this was Dylan’s total immersion in country music and it includes a duet with the great Johnny Cash with The Girl From The North Country. We’re winding down on this one. The final airing is sometime Saturday.

7:00 p.m. The Kinks Live at The Palladium, New York, December 31, 1980

What better way to close the day than with some music from the battling Davies brothers. Fist fights in the dressing room were not unheard of back in the day, but they made a hell of a lot of great music together.

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The British Are Coming!

We’re at Midweek With the ‘Water, Water Everywhere’ EP, Townes Van Zandt, and ‘live’ Creedence Later, June 28, 2023

Good morning, music lovers! We’ve got a great lineup for your midweek experience today, starting off with our ‘Water, Water Everywhere’ multi-artist EP!

Here’s the midweek musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. Water, Water Everywhere: Various Artists

I know I’ve give you all this factoid before, but the earth is composed of 71% water and it is a favorite topic of musicians in all of its forms. You’ll hear Paul McCartney, Deep Purple, Joe Cocker, Simon & Garfunkel, 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!

4:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series: The Music of Townes Van Zandt

The second spin for Townes Van Zandt as our featured singer-songwriter, an artist whose musical talents have been compared to those of Bob Dylan.

8:00 p.m. Creedence Clearwater Revival Live at The Fillmore, San Francisco, July 4, 1971

As we approach the July 4th holiday, it’s only fitting that we play this great July 4th concert by CCR live from the iconic Fillmore in San Francisco.

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Water, Water Everywhere

The Blues Women Take Over The Lounge Today, Bob Dylan’s AOW, and Susan Tedeschi In the Spotlight, June 27, 2023

Good morning, bluesologists, and welcome to Tuesday Bluesday. As we prepare to launch another blues EP next week, we have the women of the blues taking over the lounge today!

Here’s your Tuesday Bluesday lineup:

9:00 a.m. Ladies Sing The Blues Trifectas

We’ve got them running from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. today at the top of each hour, in order: Janis Joplin, Koko Taylor, Bonnie Raitt, Marcia Ball and Tracy Nelson. It’s a preview of our new ‘Ladies Sing The Blues’ EP scheduled for launch next week!

4:00 p.m. Album of The Week: Nashville Skyline by Bob Dylan

We take a slight break in the blues programming for Dylan’s second spin of his country Album of The Week.

7:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Susan Tedeschi

We haven’t heard this one in a bit, so we give you one of the best of the blues ladies in Susan Tedeschi. Proud to say that she’s Boston born and raised, and is now a member of one of the finest big blues bands on the planet, Tedeschi Trucks who will play Boston this coming September.

Before, in between and after our blues programming today we’ve got our big, wide Open Stream with The Music Mermaid. As you know, she has impeccable taste in music and you just never know what she’ll tap in to.

Tuesday Bluesday!

Monday’s Back and So Is Volume Two of Our Sixties Rotation, Later We Have The ‘Trio Sessions’, June 26, 2023

Good morning, working class! We’ve got another Monday here in The Mermaid Lounge and some great music to help you get through the day. Read on for details!

Here’s your Monday, Monday lineup:

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

This sixties EP covers mostly the mid-to-late sixties 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, Elvis Presley, The Box Tops, The Doors, Marvin Gaye, B.B. King, Led Zeppelin, 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!

4:00 p.m. The Complete Trio Sessions: Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton & Emmylou Harris

One of the greatest supergroups of all times was also all female, although only handful of music critics refer to Trio as a supergroup. They definitely are. Three powerhouses of country, rock and country rock united for a glorious period of time and produced some amazing music together. Today we have the final verisons, the outtakes and the alternative versions for you.

Undoubtedly a great lineup to start your work week. If you are lucky enough to be able to listen on the job, shut your door, pull up a tab, and tune us in. We’re on 24/7 with no commercial interruption and no credit card or subscription required. We’re all about the music.

The Trio Sessions

Sunday’s are Simple in The Lounge, So Kick Back With Our New AOW and the ‘Travelin’ Fever’ Multi-Artist EP, June 25, 2023

Good morning, weekenders! It’s another relaxed Sunday when you’ll be treated to our wide Open Stream for most of the day! Kick your shoes off and relax.

Here’s your Sunday Funday lineup:

11:00 a.m. Album of The Week: Nashville Skyline by Bob Dylan NEW!

Undoubtedly one of my favorite Dylan albums as he immersed himself fully in the country music genre. The Nashville recording sessions also spawned some a session with the great Johnny Cash, which we’ve aired on this station many times and will again. One of the songs they recorded, The Girl From The North Country, appeared on this album. The country was in upheaval. Richard Nixon had been elected president in 1968. There were riots everywhere, and Bob Dylan arrived in Nashville and changed the conservative country music perspective. Said Kris Kristofferson, “Our generation owes him our artistic lives because he opened all the doors in Nashville when he did Blonde on Blonde and Nashville Skyline. The country scene was so conservative until he arrived. He brought in a whole new audience. He changed the way people thought about it – even the Grand Ole Opry was never the same again.”

3:00 p.m. Travelin’ Fever: Various Artists

Life on the road is always a big topic for musicians, whether it be by foot, boat, plane or train, and this multi-artist EP proves it. You’ll hear from Canned Heat, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Creedence Clearwater Revival, the Steve Miller Band, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Dan Fogelberg, Bruce Springsteen, Linda Ronstadt, Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney & Wings, The Doors, The Eagles, Little Feat, The Band, Willie Nelson, Edwin Starr, Janis Joplin, Guy Clark, The Byrds, Joan Baez, Asleep at The Wheel, The Travelin’ Wilburys, Mudcrutch, Loggins & Messina, Buffalo Springfield, Tom Rush, The Guess Who, Ray Charles, Emmylou Harris, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Del Shannon, the Marshall Tucker Band and more!

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Sunday Funday!

It’s Saturday in The Lounge With Our House Playlist EP, the Final Airing of Joni Mitchell’s AOW, and Townes Van Zandt’s Debut as Our Featured Singer-Songwriter, June 24, 2023

Good morning, weekenders! We have made it to Saturday and we’ve got a great lineup of music as we say Hello-Goodbye (a little Beatles imagery there) to Townes Van Zandt and Joni Mitchell. In between, we’ve got our great House EP.

Here’s your musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. Album of The Week: The Hissing of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell FINAL AIRING!

We say farewell to Mitchell’s great jazz-rock album today with a final airing. Tomorrow, we’ll have a brand new selection for you.

11:00 a.m. The #BecomeUngovernable House Playlist: Various Artists

One of the first playlists we created here includes the music that made us want to start this station with from the very beginning. You’ll hear Barry McGuire, The Temptations, Peter Tosh, The Beatles, Genesis, 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, The Plastic Ono Band, George Harrison, Sam Cooke, The Rolling Stones, Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, Three Dog Night, Jimmy Cliff, Richie Havens, Marvin Gaye, The Association, Phil Ochs, Tom Rush, Pete Seeger, The Band, Nina Simone, Janis Joplin and more!

8:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series: The Music of Townes Van Zandt NEW!

Although not a commercial success like Dylan, Townes Van Zandt is often put on the same pedestal. He was a prolific songwriter whose compositions are considered masterpieces of American songwriting, such as Pancho & Lefty, For The Sake of The Song, Tecumseh Valley and If I Needed You. His songs have been recorded by hundreds of artists, including Emmylou Harris (the absolute best version of Pancho & Lefty ever, IMO), Norah Jones, Guy Clark, Steve Earle, Gillian Welch, Lyle Lovett, Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan himself.

You’ve made it to the weekend, so why not celebrate with the little radio station that could. We’re not in it for the money. We’re in it for the music. I’m sharing my own personal juke box with the world. And best of all, we’re on 24/7 with no commercial advertising! Try us.

Townes Van Zandt