On Monday It’s ‘Rock, Blues & Ballads,’ Johnny Rivers Live at The Whiskey, and a Santana ‘Spotlight’ Feature, July 21, 2025

Happy Monday, musicologists! Today we serve up this neat little playlist I almost forgot about, along with live Johnny Rivers and some Santana to close out the programming!

Here’s your Monday, Monday playlist:

10:00 a.m. Rock, Blues & Ballads: Various Artists

We’ve got so much stuff that we almost forgot about this great little playlist featuring Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, Aretha Franklin, Tom Petty, Jimmy Buffett, Eric Clapton, Dusty Springfield, Neil Young, Paul McCartney & Wings, Long John Baldry, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Greg Allman, Johnny Cash, and more!

4:00 p.m. Johnny Rivers Live at The Whiskey A Go Go, West Hollywood, CA, January 15, 1964

One of the best hitmakers of the sixties visits us this afternoon for some great live music at the legendary Whiskey.

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

We close out the day’s programming with some Latin Rock (a fusion of rock, jazz and Latin influences) courtesy of Santana.

Remember, before, in between, and after our great programming we give you that big, wide Open Stream! See for yourselves. The button is below.

Monday, Monday

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!

We’re Sliding Toward The Weekend With Bobbie Gentry & Some Friends at BBC Studios, Our ‘Rock, Blues & Ballads’ Playlist, and our AOW, Thursday, June 16, 2022

Good Morning, Musicologists. We’ve got some great new stuff to start off the day today as we’ve discovered a Bobbie Gentry BBC Studios performance with a couple of friends along for support.

***A couple of friends dropped by to help Bobbie Gentry out with her BBC Studios show***

Here’s Thursday’s lineup:

11:00 a.m. Bobbie Gentry Live at The BBC Studios, London, 1968-1969 NEW!

This was a great find, given the fact that Bobbie Gentry was always a bit reclusive and shunned the limelight. She just wanted to write songs for other people. But she did perform live music, and she did so at BBC Studios in 1968 and 1969. Maybe she brought Donovan and James Taylor along for moral support! We’re glad she did!

3:00 p.m. Album of The Week: American Tune by Eva Cassidy

We’re winding down on this week’s album selection as we’ve reached our next-to-last airing here. The final will be sometime on Saturday. Don’t wait too long!

7:00 p.m. Rock, Blues and Ballads, Volume One: Various Artists

I know. It’s about time I got volume two together. And I totally agree, so it’s on my weekend list. But this one’s pretty damned good and we haven’t heard it in a while. You’ll hear Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon, Van Morrison, James Taylor, Aretha Franklin, Tom Petty, Delbert McClinton, Bonnie Raitt, J.J. Cale, Dusty Springfield, Neil Young, Paul McCartney & Wings, Long John Baldry, Randy Newman, Maria Muldaur, Ry Cooder, Gregg Allman, Linda Ronstadt, and more!

We’re sliding steadily toward the weekend here in The Mermaid Lounge, although I’ll grant you it’s not getting here fast enough this week. But good music goes a long way toward making the work week easier, so give us a shot. Because we play some seriously good shit with absolutely no commercial interruption, no chatty disc jockeys who’d rather talk than play music, or cost to you. Not one penny. And we’re open 24/7. What more do you want?

Open 24/7!

We’ve Got ‘Rock, Blues and Ballads’ On Tap Along With Gregg Allman ‘Live’ in NOLA, and Our AOW, Thursday, February 10, 2022

Good Morning, Loungers! Hope the day is beginning well for you. If not, maybe we have some music today that will help you get over the aggravation. Read on for more!

***These are just some of the artists you’ll hear today.***

Here’s your musical landscape:

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

This isn’t one of our EP’s but it’s a good one for sure. You’ll hear Aretha Franklin, Warren Zevon, James Taylor, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Delbert McClinton, George Harrison, Bonnie Raitt, Steve Winwood, J.J. Cale, Donovan, Harry Nilsson, Johnny Cash, Gregg Allman, Linda Ronstadt, and more!

3:00 p.m. Album of The Week: Ode To Billie Joe by Bobbie Gentry

Our next-to-last airing of this great album by the mysterious and talented Bobbie Gentry. I promise you’ll be hearing more of her in the coming weeks and months as she gains more ground in our standard rotation and playlists. Tune it in. Our final airing will be Saturday.

7:00 p.m. Gregg Allman Live at The House of Blues, New Orleans, Louisiana, December 31, 2012

To close out the programming for today (but not the music; we run 24/7) we bring you Gregg Allman’s New Year’s Eve concert live from The House of Blues in New Orleans, a great music venue in its own right. Don’t miss this one.

Let’s do it, people! Join our listeners today from the Republic of Korea, Australia, Germany, the UK, Ireland, Greece, Italy, The Faroe Islands, Texas, California, New York, and points beyond. It’s simple. It’s free. And there’s no advertising allowed.

Rock, Blues, Ballads.