Good morning, musicologists. We’re busy today updating our entire playlist, but the music marches along uninterrupted all day long with three-in-a-row at the top of each hour starting at 9:00 a.m. and ending at 6:00 p.m.
We’ll be back tomorrow, Friday, October 24, with our regularly scheduled music programs, but today gives you an opportunity to hear what we’ve got rotating all day long! All you’ve got to do is hit the button below!
Good morning, music lovers! Today is a big, wide Open Stream day where The Music Mermaid is in random control mode. Who knows what she’s going to do? Stick around and find out!
We are on our big, wide, uninterrupted Open Stream until tomorow morning at 10:00 a.m. All you need to do is hit the button below!
Good morning, musicologists. Welcome to the next New England heat wave and a return to the work week. Yeah, but things are cool here in The Mermaid Lounge.
Here’s your Monday musical lineup:
This was the very first concert of its kind, where musicians gathered to raise money and help others, and it was a major undertaking. Held in New York’s Madison Square Garden on August 1, 1971, George Harrison and his friends held two shows. Besides George, Ringo Starr, Ravi Shankar, Leon Russell, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Jim Keltner, Billy Preston, and many others took part in the event.
A great blues-rock band born out of the ashes of Jefferson Airplane, led by Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen. One of the absolute best.
We close out Monday in fine style with a great ‘Spotlight’ featuring the amazing Yusuf/Cat Stevens.
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Good morning, weekenders! We’re on our big, wide Open Stream for the daylight hours today and we’re closing with our ‘Color My World’ EP in the evening!
Here’s where we’re at today:
We are on our big, wide Open Stream today right up until the 8 o’clock evening hour playing you the best, most eclectic music on the planet from our 27,000 files!
We move into our ‘Color My World’ multi-artist EP this evening with The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, James Taylor, Donovan, Booker T & The MGs, 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!
If you’re really interested in what we’re all about, there’s no better way to figure it out than by listening to our big, wide Open Stream followed by one of our most popular EP’s (it’s Open Stream with a Theme). The button is below.
Good morning, musicologists! We are opening the morning today with our ‘Best of Reggae & Ska’ playlist, then we move on to some blues-rock from Hot Tuna, and the battling Davies brothers and The Kinks.
Here’s your Friday lineup:
We’re heading for an EP with this one, but we’re not there yet. You’ll hear Bob Marley & The Wailers, Peter Tosh, Prince Buster, Jimmy Cliff, Laurel Aitken, Desmond Dekker & The Aces (and some without the Aces), Judy Mowatt, Rita Marley, Marcia Griffiths, The Rhythm Aces, Derrick Morgan, and more!
Rising up out of the ashes of Jefferson Airplane came the great blues-rock band Hot Tuna, led by Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady. Today we have them live from The Fillmore.
One of the best bands of The British Invasion that has stood the test of time, despite the battling Davies brothers. This is a great playlist, and a great way to close the programming.
This is a pretty eclectic chunk of programming today, but that is what we are all about. If you’re listening during the day, you know our stream is all in the eclectic zone. See for yourselves. The button is below!
Good morning, bluesologists! We open a brand new month on a Tuesday Bluesday with our all-encompassing blues EP, then it’s on to Taj Mahal and Peter Green’s Splinter Group!
Here’s your Tuesday Bluesday lineup:
This is our biggest blues EP of all with Delbert McClinton, Robert Johnson, 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, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bobby “Blue” Bland, The Allman Brothers Band, Elmore James, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Robert Cray Band, J. J. Cale, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, James Cotton, Koko Taylor, Marcia Ball, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Susan Tedeschi, Roomful of Blues, Howlin’ Wolf and more!
This afternoon we hear from a guy who has pushed the boundaries of da blues, incorporating world music to expand the scope of the blues over the years. Taj Mahal is a real innovator on all levels.
We close out Tuesday Bluesday with a great live performance from Peter Green’s Splinter Group from the legendary Ronny Scott’s.
The Blues starts off the month. Remember that before, in between, and after we give you our big, versatile wide Open Stream. The button is below!
Good morning, musicologists and welcome to Friday. We’re on the cusp of the weekend, and we’ve got some great music here today, including a new ‘Spotlight’ from a reggae legend!
Here’s your week’s end musical lineup:
This is one of our favorite EP’s with music from the folk legends as well as the artists who keep the genre alive, including John Prine, Dave Van Ronk, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Peter, Paul & Mary, Odetta, Yusuf/Cat Stevens, Bruce Springsteen, The Beatles, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, 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, Bob Dylan, Harry Chapin, Townes Van Zandt, The Carter Family and more!
Today we introduce a brand new ‘Spotlight’ featuring a six-decade legend in Reggae music. Marcia Griffiths has been on the scene not only as a solo artist for decades, but also as a fierce collaborator with other reggae artists. She was a member of the I-Threes (who also have a ‘Spotlight’ here) along with Rita Marley and Judy Mowatt. Together, they were Bob Marley’s back-up singers and one of the most influential Reggae acts in the genre. Today she’s in our ‘Spotlight.’
Speaking of music legends, here’s another. Her compositions put many, many artists on the map and on the charts, but there is nothing like hearing her sing them herself. Tonight you can!
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Good morning, musicologists! Festival Week is here and we’re opening up with the sounds of the Monterey International Pop Festival from 1967, the Summer of Love no matter how many people tell you it was 1969. It was not. It was ’67, and there are no alternative facts on that.
Here’s your Monday musical lineup:
The sounds of the Summer of Love abound here. This was the precursor to the big festival to beat all, Woodstock. The diversity of music and artists that flooded Monterey was astounding as you will see. We’ve got five hours of uninterrupted Monterey Pop music. This repeats beginning at 11:00 p.m. tonight!
Otis Redding was introduced to the world at Monterey Pop. He hadn’t even released his first song yet. Sadly, he would never get to enjoy the legendary place in music history that he would eventually achieve. His chartered plane, which also carried his back-up band, The Bar-Kays, crashed into Lake Monona while on his way to another performance in December of that year killing all on board. All of Redding’s hits were posthumous, but his gritty voice and his songwriting made him one of the legends of soul and R & B.
Janis Joplin established herself solidified her position as one of the stars of the sixties at Monterey in 1967. Tonight we close out the programming with a great Fillmore performance. Sadly, Janis too would be gone by 1970, a member of musical folklore’s 27 Club.
We’re just getting started. All week long we’ll be featuring the sounds of some of the greatest music festivals and the artists who made them great. Don’t miss a minute. We’ll also be replaying the festival music in the late night hours for our international friends. The button is below!
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!
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Good morning, musicologists! Technically speaking, Mardi Gras season started on January 6 (twelfth night) and the party goes all the way to March 4, which is Mardi Gras Day! So, today we start the musical celebration with an EP we haven’t aired for a while!
Here’s your musical lineup!
We’ve got a great playlist here that features not only authentic New Orleans musical genres (a little jazz, cajun/zydeco, etc) but also features artists born and sometimes raised there, including BeauSoleil, Clifton Chenier, Allen Toussaint, Dr. John, Buckwheat Zydeco, Tony Joe White, Lucinda Williams, Fats Domino, Professor Longhair, Irma Thomas (the Soul Queen of New Orleans), The Boogaloo Swamis, The Neville Brothers, The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Queen Ida & The Bon Temps Zydeco Band, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Daywalkers and more!
Toussaint was a musician, songwriter, arranger and producer who was one of the most influential figures in New Orleans R & B from the 1950’s to the end of the century. Today, he’s in our spotlight.
This is a real treat: An all-woman band from southwest Louisiana that plays many styles of Cajun French music. It’s essentially five women, unrelated by birth, who simply share the love of Cajun music. The band was founded by Ann Savoy (who also made an album with Linda Ronstadt; they called themselves The ZoZo Sisters) and Jane Vidrine back in 1995.
Today is a wondrous day here in The Mermaid Lounge and we do hope you’ll join us for this great New Orleans experience! Remember, before, in between and after we give you our big, wide Open Stream. The button is below!
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