Good morning, musicologists and welcome to midweek in The Mermaid Lounge. We’ve got a great lineup here for you today as we work our way over the hump.

Here’s your midweek musical highlights:

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

Music about the world’s most prolific substance from 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 and more!

4:00 p.m. Bruce Springsteen with The Sessions Band Live at The Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland, November 17-19, 2006

Springsteen and his Sessions Band drop by for a little rock n’ roll Americana this afternoon.

8:00 p.m. Linda Ronstadt: The Ballads

Linda Ronstadt’s ability to reinterpret musical styles and songs is legendary, and her vocal delivery impossible to replicate. Tonight we hear her best ballads as we continue her birthday week celebration!

You know, we await you here in The Lounge. Just do it. I’m on the run, but the Mermaid’s in charge and the button is below.