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On Thursday It’s ‘M is For Motown,’ JT & Carole King at The Troubadour, and Marvin Gaye’s Number Ones, October 9, 2025

Good morning, music lovers. We’re over the hump and things get better from here! We’ve got a great lineup opening with five hours of uninterrupted Motown sounds!

Here’s your musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. M is For Motown: Various Artists

Yeah, the music that made America dance with Barrett Strong, Edwin Starr, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Diana Ross & The Supremes, The Temptations, Kim Weston, The Jackson Five, Jr Walker & The All-Stars, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Four Tops, Rare Earth, Mary Wells, The Contours, Tammi Terrell, and so many more!

4:00 p.m. James Taylor & Carole King Live at The Troubadour, W. Hollywood, CA, November 28-30, 2007

This dynamic duo came back and reprised their appearance at The Troubadour from 36 years earlier, and was part of a 50-year celebration for the venue itself. A great show it was!

8:00 p.m. Marvin Gaye: The Number Ones

The man known as the ‘Prince of Soul’ had a hell of a lot of number ones during his career. We’ve got them for you this evening.

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At Midweek It’s ‘M is For Motown,’ a Leon Russell ‘Spotlight,’ and The Rolling Stones Live in L.A., Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Good morning, music lovers. We’re on the run this morning, so the words will be shorter than usual. It’s truck day in Hardware Hell. Nevertheless, we’ve got a great lineup.

Here’s your midweek musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. M is For Motown: Various Artists

We start the day off with music from the Motor City with Barrett Strong, Eddie Kendricks, Eddie Holland, Edwin Starr, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Diana Ross & The Supremes, The Jackson Five, Kim Weston, Jr. Walker & The All Stars, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Four Tops, The Isley Brothers, The Temptations, The Contours, Rare Earth, Mary Wells, Tammi Terrell, and more!

4:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Leon Russell

The legendary Leon Russell, whose vast career spanned six decades, is up at 4:00 p.m. ‘In The Spotlight.’

8:00 p.m. The Rolling Stones Live at The Fonda Theatre, Hollywood, CA, May 29, 2015

We close out the midweek programming with The Stones live at The Fonda Theatre.

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On Thusday It’s the Motown Sound, a Ray Charles ‘Spotlight,’ and Traffic Live at The Capitol Theater, August 7, 2025

Good morning, musicologists. Today we kick things off with the Motown sound, five hours of uninterrupted music that made America dance. Then it’s on to Ray Charles and Traffic!

Here’s today’s musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. M is For Motown: Various Artists

You’ll hear all the bands that helped establish the Motown dynasty, including Barrett Strong, The Temptations, Edwin Starr, Gladys Knight & The Pips, The Jackson Five, Kim Weston, Jr Walker & The All Stars, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Four Tops, The Isley Brothers, The Contours, Rare Earth, Mary Wells, Tammi Terrell, Diana Ross & The Supremes, and more!

4:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Ray Charles

This genius singer, songwriter and pianist is the stuff of legends, and is one of the most influential artists in all of music. Today, he’s ‘In the Spotlight.’

8:00 p.m. Traffic Live at The Capitol Theater, Port Chester, NY, June 26, 1970

Speaking of legends, we close it out with Steve Winwood and Traffic live in New York.

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Sunday It’s Live Van Morrison to Start, Our ‘M is For Motown’ EP, Then Closing With Dusty Springfield, On July 6, 2025

Good morning, musicologists! Welcome to Sunday Funday in The Mermaid Lounge where we begin with some live Van Morrison, carry on with an afternoon of Motown sounds, and close out the programming with a Dusty Springfield ‘Spotlight’ feature!

Here’s your Sunday Funday lineup:

9:00 a.m. Van Morrison Live at The Capitol Center, Passaic, NJ, October 6, 1979

We kick it off today with the great Van Morrison live at The Capitol Center. He started out with the British blues band, Them, back in the sixties and he’s still going.

1:00 p.m. M is For Motown: Various Artists

We move on to the Mowtown greats to get us through the afternoon, including Barrett Strong, 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!

8:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Dusty Springfield

We close it out with the Queen of Blue-Eyed Soul, Dusty Springfield, one of the true pioneers in women’s music.

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We’re at Midweek With Music From Motor City, Tom Rush ‘In the Spotlight’, and Laura Nyro Live in Japan, March 12, 2025

Good morning, musicologists, and welcome to midweek. We’ve got another fantastic lineup here to get you over the hump and put you on the downslide to the weekend.

Here’s your midweek lineup:

9:00 a.m. M is for Motown: Various Artists

We start with all the artists that helped put Motown on the map, including Barrett Strong, Eddie Kendricks, Barrett Strong, 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, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Tammi Terrell and more!

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Tom Rush

A native New Englander drops by this afternoon to spin some tunes. His importance to music cannot be understated: He is known as the man who started the singer-songwriter genre more than six decades ago. He’s still going strong like the Energizer Bunny.

8:00 p.m. Laura Nyro Live in Japan, February 18-22, 1994

This was the tour when the late, great Laura Nyro conquered Japan. She was recorded live at Kintetsu Hall in Osaka on February 22, and also at On Air West on February 18 and 22.

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Friday Brings Both True Love and Nothing But Heartbreak, With The Allman Brothers in Between, February 14, 2025

Good morning, modern lovers! It’s Valentines Day today and we have a playlist about TLA and one about nothing but heartbreak. In between, we’ve got some live Allman Brothers.

Here’s your Valentines Day lineup:

10:00 a.m. True Love Always: Various Artists

One of our earliest playlists is the beautiful side of love with The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Carly Simon, Stevie Wonder, Buffalo Springfield, Boz Scaggs, Valerie Carter, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Tom Rush, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt, The Hollies, Guy Clark, Neil Young, Aretha Franklin and more!

4:00 p.m. The Allman Brothers Band Live at Warner Theatre, Erie, PA, July 19, 2005 NEW!

In between all this love stuff, we’ve got a new concert from The Brothers, this one coming at us from Erie, PA.

8:00 p.m. Nothing But Heartbreak: Various Artists

Yeah. Then there’s the flip side of all that love stuff…the ugly part where your heart gets trampled and left for dead. Some of the folks singing here were singing earlier about the wonders of love; some not. You’ll hear the J. Geils Band, Carole King, Elvis Presley, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Warren Zevon, The Pretenders, Lucinda Williams, Linda Ronstadt, Cat Stevens, John Prine, Gladys Knight & The Pips and more!

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Sunday Brings ‘M is For Motown’, An Aretha Franklin ‘Spotlight’ and Marvin Gaye’s Number Ones On February 9, 2025

We’re celebrating Black History Month in February and that includes music (although every month is Black Musical History Month as far as we’re concerned). Today we bring you our big Motown EP and performances by two of the greatest!

Here’s the lineup of music that moved the world:

9:00 a.m. M is For Motown: Various Artists

We start with a trip to Motown to hear from Barrett Strong, Eddie Kendricks, Eddie Holland, Edwin Starr, Gladys Knight & The Pips, The Jackson Five, Kim Weston, Marvin Gaye, Jr. Walker & The All Stars, Martha & The Vandellas, Stevie Wonder, The Four Tops, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Isley Brothers, The Temptations, The Contours, Mary Wells, Rare Earth, Tammi Terrell, Diana Ross & The Supremes and more!

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Aretha Franklin

Nope. We know she wasn’t Motown. She was Atlantic. Doesn’t matter. There were a number of labels signing soul and R & B artists. We celebrate them all. There was, and still isn’t, anybody quite like the undisputed Queen of Soul.

8:00 p.m. Marvin Gaye: The Number Ones

We close out the celebration with Marvin Gaye and all of his number one hits. There were plenty.

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We Bring On the Soul With Otis Redding, Our ‘M is For Motown’ EP, and Nina Simone on Sunday, January 12, 2025

Good morning, Weekenders! We’re making it a soulful Sunday today with a great programming that features a new live performance by Nina Simone, vintage 1963!

Here’s your Sunday funday lineup:

10:00 a.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Otis Redding

Known as The Big O, Otis Redding would not live to see how popular and influential he would become to the music world. He died in a plane crash in 1967 just after writing and recording Sittin’ On The Dock of The Bay. The song was released in January 1968 and would become the first posthumous number-one record on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the R&B charts. You can read all about Otis Redding here.

1:00 p.m. M is For Motown: Various Artists

We break into the Motown vault with Barrett Strong, Eddie Kendricks, Eddie Holland, 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!

8:00 p.m. Nina Simone Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, April 12, 1963 NEW!

Singer, songwriter, pianist and activist, Nina Simone is a gem. We love her here in The Mermaid Lounge. Tonight we have a great live performance from Carnegie Hall that we’ve never aired before. Enjoy!

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Today It’s an Al Green ‘Spotlight’, Live Rolling Stones and Our ‘A Little Bit O’ Soul’ EP on Saturday, December 28, 2024

Good morning, soulful revelers! We’ve got a great lineup today that includes our ‘A Little Bit O’ Soul’ EP that combines the best of Motown, Stax, Atlantic and others to deliver the best of soul and R & B during the sixties and seventies.

Here’s your Saturday musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Al Green

One of the absolute best here, the Reverend Al. Here’s a little treat to whet your whistle, as they say. Al Green joins with Chicago on a TV special from back in 1978 for Tired of Being Alone. A gem.

1:00 p.m. The Rolling Stones Live at The Hoffheinz Pavillion, Ft. Worth, TX, June 24-25, 1972 NEW!

This performance is new to our station. We’ve never aired it before. I saw the Stones live in Boston around this time back in the day. One of the best I’ve seen.

4:00 p.m. A Little Bit O’ Soul: Various Artists

We’ve got our big, bad soul and R & B EP to take us into the evening tonight with Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Diana Ross & The Supremes, The Jackson Five, Marvin Gaye, Martha & The Vandellas, Sam & Dave, The Four Tops. The Ronettes, The Temptations, Carla Thomas, James Brown, The Shirelles, Etta James, Curtis Mayfield, Sam Cooke, Edwin Starr, Fontella Bass, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Ray Charles, Irma Thomas, The Box Tops, Ann Peebles, Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Otis Redding, The Drifters and more!

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On Sunday It’s The Staple Singers, Live Leon Russell and Our ‘M is For Motown’ EP. It’s December 15, 2024.

Good morning, musicologists and welcome to Sunday in The Lounge. We’ve got a Staple Singers ‘Spotlight’, some live Leon Russell and our ‘M is For Motown’ EP to bring us through late afternoon and into the evening hours.

Here’s your Sunday Funday lineup:

9:00 a.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of The Staple Singers

The Staple Singers were an American gospel, soul, and R&B group with a civil rights emphasis founded by Roebuck “Pops” Staples and his children Cleotha, Pervis, and Mavis. They left us a great library of music.

1:00 p.m. Leon Russell Live at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA, August 7, 1972

To put it bluntly, Leon Russell was a musical legend. Over a sixty-year career he had multiple hits covering many genres, including rock and roll, country, bluegrass, rhythm & blues, southern rock, blues rock, folk, surf and the Tulsa sound. He won two Grammys, was named the top concert attraction of 1973 by Billboard, and in 2011 he was inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

4:00 p.m. M is For Motown: Various Artists

We close out the day with our great multi-artist Motown EP featuring Barrett Strong, Eddie Kendricks, Eddie Holland, 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 damned cold here today, and it’s a great day to be inside enjoying the world from a window with some great music coming from my speakers. Join me. The button is below.

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