Tag: Paul McCartney

On Monday It’s Songs About Water, Van Morrison Live in Belfast, and The Lost Tapes of Valerie Carter, October 20, 2025

Good morning, music lovers and welcome to the start of another work week! We’ve got a great start to your week today indeed!

Here’s your Monday, Monday lineup:

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

Songs about water in all its forms 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, Bonnie Raitt, The Grass Roots, Carole King, Tom Rush, Donovan, Johnny Rivers and more!

4:00 p.m. Van Morrison Live at The Grand Opera House, Belfast, N. Ireland, March 11-12, 1983

We spend some time this afternoon with Van the Man who never disappoints in a live setting, even if he is a horse’s ass as a human being.

8:00 p.m. Valerie Carter: The Lost Tapes, Volumes One & Two

We close with a great collection of songs from the late, great Valerie Carter, released after her death. Some are collaborations with artists like Prince and Linda Ronstadt. The songs were pulled together by her sister, Jan Carter, and longtime friend Kathy Kurasch.

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It’s Finally Friday With Live Neil Young, Our ‘More Cowbell, Please’ Playlist, and The Best Cover Band Ever, October 3, 2025

Good morning, music lovers and welcome to the cusp of the weekend! We’ve got an excellent lineup for you today, including the absolute best cover band on the planet.

Here’s your Finally Friday lineup:

10:00 a.m. Neil Young & Crazy Horse Live at The Cow Palace, Daly City, CA, November 21, 1986 NEW!

Neil Young and his favorite backup band, Crazy Horse, returned to The Cow Palace their ‘Live in a Rusted Out Garage’ tour back in ’86. We’ve got it for you today.

4:00 p.m. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Petty Theft

Coming up at 4:00 p.m. we’ve got a great Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers ‘cover’ playlist. Many of these songs are one that have been performed live at their road shows. The same qualities that make them one of the best bands in rock music history also make them the world’s best cover band.

8:00 p.m. More Cowbell Please: Various Artists

We close it out with a great playlist that is perilously close to becoming an EP. We’re working on it. It’s in the pile. You’ll hear Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Blind Faith, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Paul McCartney, The Edgar Winter Group, Electric Light Orchestra, Harry Nilsson, Fleetwood Mac, Jethro Tull, Linda Ronstadt, The Move, The Pretenders, Queen, The James Gang, Talking Heads, the J. Geils Band, Led Zeppelin and more!

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Friday Brings McCartney Live in Austin, Our Big Folk Music EP, and a Later-Night Airing of ‘Live Dead,’ On August 22, 2025

Good morning and welcome to Finally Friday! We return to our programming with an excellent lineup today starting out with McCartney recorded live for Austin City Limits.

Here’s your Finally Friday lineup:

10:00 a.m. Paul McCartney Live at The Moody Theater, Austin, TX, May 10, 2018 NEW!

We open up the festivities with McCartney recorded live at The Austin City Limits Festival USA in a fantastic performance. The man never disappoints.

3:00 p.m. Folk Music From A-To-Z: Various Artists

We spend our afternoon and early evening with the legends of folk and to those who keep the genre alive, including John Prine, Dave Van Ronk, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Peter, Paul & Mary, Odetta, Yusuf/Cat Stevens, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Bruce Springsteen, 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, Phil Ochs, Harry Chapin, Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt, The Carter Family, and more!

10:00 p.m. LIVE DEAD: The Grateful Dead Live at The Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, July 2, 1971

We close out the programming with an airing of ‘LIve Dead,’ this time with a performance from The Fillmore West.

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Finally Friday!

We Start a New Month With a McCartney ‘Spotlight’ Feature, Soulsville U.S.A., and Live Heartbreakers, On August 1, 2025

Good morning, music lovers! We kick off the month of August with a Macca ‘Spotlight’ (sans Beatles), a trip down Stax memory lane, and The Heartbreakers live in NOLA.

Here’s your Friday musical lineup:

10:00 a.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Paul McCartney

Macca without The Beatles, only as a solo artist and as the leader of Wings.

4:00 p.m. Soulsville, U.S.A.: The Stax Records Legacy

This one’s due for an update soon, but for today you’ll hear Albert King, Booker T & The MGs, Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, The Staple Singers, Eddie Floyd, Isaac Hayes, and The Delfonics!

8:00 p.m. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Live at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Racecourse Fair Grounds, New Orleans, LA, April 28, 2012

One of our House Bands live this evening at a great New Orleans event that would become a staple for them.

We are kicking off a new month in style today with a great eclectic group of programs interspersed inside our big, wide Open Stream. We’re on 24/7 and we’re totally free. There’s no advertising and no strings. See for yourselves. The button is below!

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At Midweek It’s a Trip to Laurel Canyon, Sir Paul’s 83rd Birthday Bash, and “The Cat” Live, Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Good morning, musicologists, and welcome to midweek. We open things up with a tripto Laurel Canyon where the marriage of country and rock came to fruition.

Here’s your midweek musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. Music From Laurel Canyon: Various Artists

We take a trip to a musical playground where the greats from two generations lived and worked together, including The Byrds, The Mamas & Papas, Buffalo Springfield, The Beach Boys, The Doors, The Lovin’ Spoonful, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, The Monkees, CSNY, John Mayall, The Eagles, J.D. Souther, Harry Nilsson, Canned Heat, Linda Ronstadt, Carole King, James Taylor, Joan Baez, Judy Collins and more!

4:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Paul McCartney

This afternoon, we celebrate Sir Paul’s 83rd birthday with a collection of his music as co-founder of The Beatles, the leader of Wings, and as a solo artist.

8:00 p.m. Yusuf/Cat Stevens Live at William & Mary Hall, Williamsburg, VA, February 22, 1976

We close out the day’s programming with a live performance by ‘The Cat,’ as we used to call him when we were kids. It’s always a delight to listen to his brilliance.

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Happy B-Day, Sir Paul!

We Celebrate Memorial Day With ‘Those Shoes,’ an Eva Cassidy ‘Spotlight,’ and Macca Live in Tokyo, Monday, May 26, 2025

Good morning, music lovers! No EP today which means plenty of big, wide Open Stream! However, we do have some pretty great programming, including our expanded and updated ‘Those Shoes’ playlist to start things off!

Here’s your Memorial Day lineup:

10:00 a.m. Those Shoes: Various Artists UPDATED!

Expanded and updated playlist of songs about shoes, believe it or not. Open Stream with a Theme from Elvis Presley, Elvis Costello, Paul Simon, Little Feat, The Eagles, Laura Nyro, The Band, Leon Russell, Elmore James, John Lee Hooker, The Everly Brothers, Supertramp, Jesse Winchester, Betty Everett, Ruth Brown, Richie Havens, Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, Norah Jones, and more!

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Eva Cassidy

A fine singer with an amazing voice who left us far too soon at the age of 36. She still managed to leave behind a great catalogue for us all to enjoy. Today we have her ‘In The Spotlight.’

8:00 p.m. Paul McCartney Live at The Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan, November 14 & 15, 1993

We close out the holiday programming with Paul McCartney and his band live from The Tokyo Dome in Japan!

We’re here on a Monday holiday and we’ll hope you’ll tune us in today. We’re 100% free with no strings, no surprises. We’re also free of commercial advertising and overly talkative DJs. We’re all about the music. See for yourselves. The button is below.

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We’re at Midweek With Songs About Water, Live Ry Cooder, and Larkin Poe ‘In The Spotlight’, On Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Good morning, music lovers! We’re at the midweek point, and that means tomorrow we’ll be on the downslide to the weekend once again! We’ve got a fine lineup today starting with our ‘Water, Water Everywhere’ EP. It’s Open Stream with a theme!

Here’s your midweek lineup:

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

We’ve got a bunch of artists today talking about the earth’s most plentiful element, including 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, Van Morrison, The Beach Boys, Al Green, Loggins & Messina, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, Linda Ronstadt, Spirit, Bonnie Raitt, The Grass Roots, Carole King, Tom Rush, Donovan, America, Johnny Rivers and more!

4:00 p.m. Ry Cooder Live at The Record Plant, Sausalito, CA, July 7, 1974

This afternoon it’s the legendary Ry Cooder, Linda Ronstadt’s favorite guitarist and an amazing songwriter, singing and playing for us from The Record Plant.

8:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Larkin Poe

We close out the midweek programming with a great roots rock sister act which started out in Georgia but is now based in Nashville. If you haven’t been paying attention, now is your chance!

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Midweek Madness!

On Monday It’s ‘By The Numbers’, Live BeauSoleil, and the Paul & Elvis Catalogue, April 7, 2025

Happy Monday, working class! It has been rainy for days here in the Boston area, but it’s just fine here in The Mermaid Lounge as we bring you some great programming today, including a brand new playlist of Paul (McCartney) & Elvis (Costello) music!

Here’s your Monday, Monday lineup:

10:00 a.m. By The Numbers: Various Artists

We open up the day with a playlist of songs with numbers in the title, lyrics or both with Three Dog Night, Chicago, Mudcrutch, J.J. Cale, James Taylor, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Alice Cooper, Rosanne Cash, Shawn Colvin, Wilson Pickett, Johnny Rivers, Emmylou Harris, The Grass Roots, Jefferson Airplane, The Byrds, John Lennon, Prince and more.

4:00 p.m. BeauSoleil Live at The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA, March 24, 2007

BeauSoleil happens to be one of the premier, if not the premier, Cajun/Zydeco Band in the world. Today we’ve got them live from Williamstown, Massachusetts.

8:00 p.m. Paul & Elvis: The Collaboration NEW!

That’s McCartney and Costello, who formed a musical alliance in 1987 and produced a series of fantastic songs later used on each other’s albums. Today we have the results of that alliance, along with one memorable live performance of The Beatles’ One After 909, recorded at St. James Palace in London on March 23, 1995. (Costello is a noted Beatles fan.)

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Paul & Elvis.

Sunday Brings Our Big Country EP, The Concert for George, and Emmylou Harris ‘In The Spotlight’ on March 9, 2025

Good morning, music lovers! Today we’ve got our big country and country-rock EP, The Concert for George this afternoon, and an Emmylou Harris ‘Spotlight’ at the end as we continue to celebrate International Women’s Month!

Here’s your Sunday Funday lineup:

9:00 a.m. Are You Ready for The Country: Various Artists

Only the best for this one. The real country artists plus the pioneers of the country-rock genre birthed in Laurel Canyon. You’ll hear The Eagles, Asleep at The Wheel, Hank Williams, The Byrds, Patsy Cline, Neil Young, Emmylou Harris, Guy Clark, Steve Earle, Dolly Parton, Poco, Linda Ronstadt, Alison Krauss & Union Station, The Marshall Tucker Band, Jerry Jeff Walker, Carlene Carter, Rosanne Cash, The Desert Rose Band, Kris Kristofferson, Gram Parsons, John Prine, Tom Rush, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Townes Van Zandt, The Highwaymen and more!

4:00 p.m. The Concert for George: Various Artists

Held at Royal Albert Hall in London, George Harrisons’ friends gathered on November 12, 2002 (the first anniversary of his death) to celebrate both his life and his music. Join us as Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Dhani Harrison, Anoushka Shankar, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Jeff Lynne and more join in.

8:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Emmylou Harris

We play more women’s music than any other radio station, bar none, but we do so in March in celebration of International Women’s Month. Tonight we close out the programming with an Emmylou Harris ‘Spotlight’ feature.

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Saturday Brings Songs From ‘Down In New Orleans’, a Lennon-McCartney ‘Spotlight’, and Live Traffic on March 1, 2025

Good morning, Weekenders, and welcome to The Mermaid Lounge where we are celebrating Mardi Gras in style, then it’s Lennon-McCartney and Traffic later!

Here’s your Saturday musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. Down In New Orleans: Various Artists

Mardi Gras officially falls on the fourth, but our big celebration is today with our great multi-artist EP featuring authentic Louisiana music along with artists who have been born and bred in Louisiana. You’ll hear BeauSoleil, Clifton Chenier, Allen Toussaint, Dr. John, Buckwheat Zydeco, Tony Joe White, Lucinda Williams, Fats Domino, Professor Longhair, Irma Thomas, 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!

4:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Lennon-McCartney

This afternoon we spin some of the best songs from the greatest songwriting duo in music history.

8:00 p.m. Traffic Live at The Paris Theatre, London, UK, April 30, 1970

We close out the programming (but not the music) with Traffic live from London’s Paris Theatre.

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