It’s Tuesday Bluesday With a James Cotton ‘Spotlight,’ ‘The Best of British Blues,’ and Live Muddy Waters, on October 7, 2025

Good morning, bluesologists! Today’s EP starts at 1:00 p.m. as we switch it up by opening with a James Cotton ‘Spotlight’ feature. We close with some live Muddy at The Fillmore.

Here’s your Tuesday Bluesday lineup:

9:00 a.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of James Cotton

A great blues harp player, singer and songwriter who made his start by playing for Howlin’ Wolf. We give you the full spectrum of his musical career in this ‘Spotlight’ feature.

1:00 p.m. The Best of British Blues: Various Artists

We go through the afternoon hours with The Animals, Chicken Shack, Cream, Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green’s Splinter Group, Foghat, The Jeff Beck Group, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, The Rolling Stones, Christine McVie, Long John Baldry, Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin, Savoy Brown, The Spencer Davis Group, Ten Years After, Them, The Yardbirds, Dr. Feelgood, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Martin Harley, Robin Trower, Elles Bailer, The Kris Barras Band, Kyla Brox, Dom Martin, and more!

8:00 p.m. Muddy Waters Live at The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, November 4-6, 1966

We close it out with a live performance by Muddy Waters at the The Fillmore West.

It’s another Tuesday Bluesday and it’s busy, as usual. But there’s room for everyone, including you. So, just hit the button below and see for yourself!

It’s Tuesday Bluesday!

It’s Tuesday Bluesday With a Brand New EP, Long John Baldry Live in Germany, and an SRV ‘Spotlight’ Feature, July 22, 2025

Good morning, bluesologists! Today we introduce our fifth blues EP with ‘The Best of British Blues,’ followed by some live Long John Baldry and Stevie Ray Vaughan ‘In the Spotlight.’

Here’s your Tuesday Bluesday lineup:

9:00 a.m. The Best of British Blues: Various Artists NEW!

We kick off another Tuesday Bluesday with a brand new EP of British blues and blues-rock featuring The Animals, Chicken Shack, Peter Green, Foghat, The Jeff Beck Group, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, The Rolling Stones, Christine McVie, Long John Baldry, Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, Savoy Brown, Them, The Yardbirds, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Robin Trower, Elles Bailey, Alex Korner and more!

4:00 p.m. Long John Baldry Live at The Down Town Blues Club, Hamburg, Germany, September 21, 1999

One of the great British bluesman drops by with a live performance this afternoon!

8:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Stevie Ray Vaughan

We close out our Tuesday Bluesday programming with a guy, who in just seven years, managed to establish himself as one of the most influential blues artists in the world.

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Best of British Blues!

Saturday We’ve Got Songs About Trains, Music From ‘The Queens’, and Marvin Gaye at Montreux, March 8, 2025

Welcome, weekenders! Today we begin celebrating International Women’s Month in earnest. We’re most definitely a DEI radio station. If you don’t celebrate the differences in the human race, like women or believe we’re all in this together, then this is not your venue!

Here’s your Saturday lineup:

10:00 a.m. Train Tracks: Various Artists

Today we start out with songs about trains and train travel, a very popular topic. You’ll hear from Steve Winwood, Guy Clark, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Rosanne Cash, Electric Light Orchestra, J. J. Cale, Chicken Shack, Nanci Griffith, Taj Mahal, Paul Butterfield, The Eagles, Paul Simon, Pete Seeger, Joni Mitchell, Mother Earth, Kim Weston, Little Feat and more!

4:00 p.m. Long Live The Queens: Various Artists

We’ve got Aretha Franklin (The Queen of Soul), Koko Taylor (The Queen of The Blues), Irma Thomas (The Soul Queen of New Orleans) and Linda Ronstadt (The Queen of Rock) this afternoon. We give the ladies plenty of shine all the time, but this is International Women’s Month and we’re giving them some extra.

8:00 p.m. Marvin Gaye Live at The Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux Casino, Montreux, Switzerland, July 17, 1980

We close out the day’s programming with the Prince of Soul this evening, live from the Montreux Jazz Festival.

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Friday Brings The Magnolia Sisters, Jesse Winchester and a Christine McVie Spotlight, December 15, 2023

We’ve got some great music for you today, including The Magnolia Sisters whom you probably won’t hear anywhere else unless you’re in New Orleans. But we have all their music here in The Mermaid Lounge. Today’s other two artists you, of course, should know.

Here’s today’s musical mayhem:

11:00 a.m. The Magnolia Sisters Live at The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, The Fair Grounds Race Course, New Orleans, LA, July 27, 2021 NEW!

I love New Orleans; it’s a hotbed of musical styles and innovation and you can hear all of it right on the streets every day. What we have here is an all-woman Cajun/Zydeco band from Lafayette, Louisiana, populated by Ann Savoy, Jane Vidrine, Anya Burgess, and Lisa Trahan. They play the full gamut of the musical style from dancehall Cajun to primitive Creole to a cappella. The first time I ever heard them, they knocked me out and I was hooked. Maybe you will be too.

3:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series: The Music of Jesse Winchester FINAL AIRING!

We bid farewell to Jesse Winchester’s singer-songwriter focus today, although I promise that all of his music is in our general rotation every day.

8:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Christine McVie

We close our programming tonight with the heart and soul of Fleetwood Mac (sorry, Stevie), the late, great Christine McVie. We include not only her Fleetwood Mac songs, but her early blues work with Chicken Shack and her solo work.

It’s officially Friday, the end of the work week (for some lucky people who don’t work retail). Tomorrow, you’re officially ‘weekenders’ here in The Mermaid Lounge! We’re on 24/7, we’re totally free, and we do not air commercial advertising. What could be better?

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Midweek Delivers Volume Two of ‘The Sixties Rotation’ EP, Fats & Dave and ‘Free As a Bird’ on Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Good morning, musicologists! We’re at the midweek point with some great sixties music, our featured singer-songwriters and our ‘Free As a Bird’ playlist to end the day.

Here’s your midweek lineup:

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

Today we focus on the mid-to-late portion of this great generation of music with The Beatles, The Mamas & The Papas, Simon & Garfunkel, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, Buffalo Springfield, Sly & The Family Stone, The Temptations, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Roy Orbison, The Yardbirds, The Animals, Janis Joplin, Linda Ronstadt, Wilson Pickett, The Band, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, The Ronettes, The Kinks, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jimmy Cliff, Velvet Underground and more!

4:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series: The Music of Fats Domino & Dave Bartholomew

Our featured singer-songwriters are back for their second spin, two of the pioneers of rock and roll.

8:00 p.m. Free As A Bird: Various Artists

We close it out with a much shorter multi-artist playlist featuring 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!

We certainly have some great music on tap for you today. I’m on my third day of early morning shifts, so The Music Mermaid is on duty today and she’ll be on morning duty for one more day tomorrow. We’re taxing her fins this week for sure.

The Sixties Are Back!

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.

Songs About Trains, Dolly Parton Takes Her Final Turn, and Petty & Campbell Close Out the Programming on Cinco de Mayo!

Good morning, music lovers! Today we debut a new playlist about trains, another popular topic of musicians of all genres, Dolly Parton takes her final turn as our featured singer-songwriter, and we feature The Heartbreakers at the end.

*Sunrise over a rail line in rural Alberta, Canada*

Here’s your musical landscape:

11:00 a.m. Train Tracks: Various Artists NEW!

Today we debut a great playlist about trains and, believe me, they come from all genres. Trains are a popular topic for musical artists like Joni Mitchell, Guy Clark. Linda Ronstadt, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Seve Winwood, Rod Stewart, Pete Seeger, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Laura Nyro, Professor Longhair, J.J. Cale, Chicken Shack, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, the Boogaloo Swamis, Wendy Waldman, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Lucinda Williams, The Guess Who, Paul Simon, Rosanne Cash, Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder and more!

4:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series: The Music of Dolly Parton FINAL AIRING!

We hate to see her go, but Dolly Parton’s taking her final stage call as this week’s featured singer-songwriter. But don’t despair! Tomorrow we debut a great new artist as you will see.

8:00 p.m. Tom Petty & Mike Campbell: The Dynamic Duo

Speaking of songwriters, Tom Petty is right at the top of the list (his day will be coming), and he has had help from Mike Camp, his sidekick for many years, on many Heartbreaker songs. We debuted this playlist over three years ago and it never gets old. Tonight we air it to close out our programming.

We’ve made it to the end of the week and it’s Cinco de Mayo. For many it’ll be party time after hours. But for those who choose to party at home, we’re on 24/7 at no charge to you at any time. And better still, we do not accept commercial advertising, so there’s nothing to clog up the airwaves.

Cinco de Mayo!