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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.’

We are a wealth of useless, but fun, information here in The Mermaid Lounge. And we just happen to play some of the best music on the planet. We’re on 24/7 and we’re totally free of charge to all. Give us a spin.

Welcome Worldwide Weekenders!

It’s Midweek With Our Big House EP, J.D. Souther’s Second Turn as Our Singer-Songwriter, and The Band ‘Live’ in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, July 26, 2023

We’re at midweek with our #BecomeUngovernable House Playlist, J.D. Souther as our singer-songwriter, and ‘live’ music from another Mermaid Lounge favorite, The Band.

Here’s your midweek lineup:

9:00 a.m. The #BecomeUngovernable House Playlist: Various Artists

The music that inspired the station with Barry McGuire, The Temptations, Edwin Starr, 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!

4:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series: The Music of J.D. Souther

J.D. Souther takes his second turn as this week’s featured singer-songwriter.

8:00 p.m. The Band Live at Kosei Nenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan, September 2, 1983

A Mermaid Lounge favorite and a band that went from Bob Dylan’s backup band to one of the most influential bands of the sixties and seventies. Tonight they’re live from Tokyo.

It’s midweek and we’ve got some great music lined up for you today. We’re on 24/7 free of charge with no commercial interruption. Just hit the button below and see for yourself!

Midweek Madness

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!

It’s Friday in The Lounge With Our Rock, Blues & Ballads Playlist, Smokey Robinson’s Final Spin as Our Singer-Songwriter, and ‘Live’ Buffalo Springfield Later, on July 21, 2023

Good morning, music lovers. We kick things off with a multi-artist playlist later this morning, then give Smokey Robinson his final spin as our featured singer-songwriter. Buffalo Springfield closes out the festivities.

Here’s your musical lineup:

11:00 a.m. Rock, Blues & Ballads: Various Artists

This is a couple of hours of eclectic multi-artist music we threw together back at the inception of the station with J.J. Cale, Warren Zevon, Bob Dylan, Jackson Browne, Paul Simon, Long John Baldry, Steve Winwood, George Harrison, Ry Cooder, Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, Linda Ronstadt, Aretha Franklin, Wings, Neil Young, Gregg Allman and more!

4:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series: The Music of Smokey Robinson

Smokey Robinson takes his final spin as our featured singer-songwriter for this week. Tomorrow, we’ll introduce a brand new artist.

8:00 p.m. Buffalo Springfield Live at The Teen and Twenty Club, Huntington, Beach, CA, August 11, 1967 NEW!

Tonight we take a trip in the wayback machine for some live Buffalo Sprngfield, this time without Neil Young in the mix.

Before, in between and after our programming we’ve got that wide Open Stream with The Music Mermaid. Join your friends from Greece, Iceland, France, Germany, the UK, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Ohio, Maine, Russian Federation, Ireland and beyond. Music is a universal language.

It’s Finally Friday!

Our ‘Folk Music From A-To-Z’ EP, Smokey Robinson, and Al Green are in The Lounge on Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Good morning, music lovers! We are at midweek and we’ve got both the parents of folk and the members of the great folk revival in The Lounge today, along with Smokey Robinson and Al Green.

Here’s your midweek lineup:

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

Folk is the original protest genre, and it made a huge revival in the sixties, particulary in the Greenwich Village music scene. Today we’ve got pretty much all the players who’ve contributed, including 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, The Carter Family, Harry Chapin, Linda Ronstadt (& The Stone Poneys), Phil Ochs, Townes Van Zandt, Bob Dylan and more!

4:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series: The Music of Smokey Robinson

Smokey Robinson drops by The Lounge for his second spin as our featured singer-songwriter today. Give a listen.

8:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Al Green

The reverend Al drops by to give us a little soul and R & B to close out the formal programming for the day.

After today, it’s all downhill as we make our way to the weekend! We’ll help you get through the midweek morass with this great music today. And, as always, it’s 100% free of charge to all with absolutely no commercial interruption.

Midweek In the Mermaid Lounge!

Keeping It Simple Today With Our ‘Are You Ready for the Country’ Multi-Artist EP and The (Young) Rascals’ AOW Later, July 16, 2023

Good morning, music lovers! We are on a ‘keep it simple’ Sunday routine today with some great country and country-rock (no bad pop bands with fiddles, we promise) and our Album of The Week from The Young Rascals.

Here’s your Sunday Funday lineup:

11:00 a.m. Are You Ready for The Country: Various Artists

From real country music to the creators of the country-rock sound. You’ll hear Guy Clark, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Neil Young, The Byrds, Gram Parsons, Pure Prairie League, Asleep at The Wheel, The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Bob Dylan, The Eagles, Townes Van Zandt, Steve Earle, the Marshall Tucker Band, Jerry Jeff Walker, Mudcrutch, The Band, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Glen Campbell, Rosanne Cash, Dan Fogelberg, New Riders of the Purple Sage, John Prine, The Desert Rose Band, Patsy Cline, Hank Williams and more!

7:00 p.m. Album of The Week: Groovin’ by The Young Rascals NEW!

No doubt, The Rascals are one of our favorite bands; a great rock band that could really make real R&B music. They just kept churning out the hits between 1964 and 1969. You couldn’t keep them off the charts, and they fully deserved to be there. Groovin’ was their third studio album, released on July 31, 1967. It went to #5 on the Billboard Top LP chart, #7 on the R&B chart, and #2 in Canada. Eight of the songs were released as singles, with the title track reaching #1 in the U.S. This would be the final album where they would use the ‘Young’ moniker. Moving on, they would explore psychedelia as did so many bands of this generation. They will be back here again with another AOW.

Kick off your shoes. Take your socks off. Pour yourself your favorite beverage. And get into the music. We’re on 24/7 and we’re totally free of charge every day, not just when we have a “subscription” drive. We don’t require a subscription or a credit card. So there.

Keep It Simple!

We’re In The Lounge and ‘Under The Influence’ for Several Hours, J.D. Souther’s AOW is Ending, and We Introduce Smokey Robinson as Our New Singer-Songwriter, July 15, 2023

Good morning, stoners and others! We kick off the programming with our ‘Under the Influence’ EP this morning, bid farewell to Black Rose, and intro Smokey Robinson as our featured singer-songwriter tihs evening.

Here’s your mindbending musical menagerie:

10:00 a.m. Under the Influence: Various Artists

Don’t say you’ve never been here. Come on. You can be ‘under the influence’ with both legal and illegal substances. Just ask Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Arlo Guthrie, The Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Bob Dylan, Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen, Donovan, Glen Frey, John Lee Hooker, Jonathan Edwards, Linda Ronstadt, Little Feat, The Traveling Wilburys, The Temptations, Small Faces, Steely Dan, Talking Heads, The Beatles, Neil Young, New Riders of The Purple Sage, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Velvet Underground, The Rolling Stones, Dave Van Ronk, Emmylou Harris, John Prine, Jackson Browne, Steve Winwood, Led Zeppelin, Harry Chapin, The Band, The Fraternity of Man and more!

4:00 p.m. Album of The Week: Black Rose by J.D. Souther FINAL AIRING!

This is the final spin on this amazing J.D. Souther release, so get in on it while you can. Tomorrow, we’ll have a brand new selection for you!

8:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series: The Music of Smokey Robinson NEW!

It is reported that Wiliam “Smokey” Robinson has written or co-written about 4,000 songs in his illustrious career, some for his own band, The Miracles, and his solo career, but many for others like The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, Mary Wells and others. Tonight we introduce him as this week’s featured singer-songwriter.

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Saturday in The Lounge!

It’s Finally Friday With Our ‘Paint It Black’ Playlist, a Stephen Stills Send-Off, and The Beatles With Some Friends Later Tonight, July 14, 2023

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.

Finally Friday!

Midweek Brings the ‘Color My World’ EP, Jeff Lynne as This Week’s Featured Singer-Songwriter, and Diana Ross & The Supremes In the Spotlight on Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Good morning, music lovers! We’re at midweek and we’ve got a great lineup for you today, including The Supremes to close out our programming later.

Here’s the midweek lineup:

9:00 a.m. Color My World: Various Artists

We kick the day off with songs about all colors of the spectrum in the title, lyrics or both. You’ll hear from The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Elton John, Donovan, Booker T. & The MG’s, Electric Light Orchestra, Procol Harum, Joni Mitchell, The Who, Amy Winehouse, Sam & Dave, Badfinger, Bob Dylan, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, 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!

4:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series: The Music of Jeff Lynne

One of the best returns for his second spin as our featured singer-songwriter as the leader of ELO and as a key member of The Traveling Wilburys.

8:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Diana Ross & The Supremes

They were originally founded as The Primettes back in the early 60’s, but eventually became one of Motown’s premier bands and put girl groups on the map.

We’re on 24/7, rain or shine, with or without programming. Best of all, we don’t require a membership or a credit card. And we don’t collect any personal information either. We’re all about the music.

We’re at Midweek!

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.