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On Thursday It’s ‘Are You Ready For The Country’, an Eagles ‘Spotlight’ and Live Townes Van Zandt On April 10, 2025

Good morning, musicologists and welcome to a country kind of day! We’ve got our big country EP followed by The Eagles and Townes Van Zandt!

Here’s your Thursday lineup:

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

We’ve got our big country and country-rock EP featuring The Eagles, Asleep At The Wheel, Hank Williams, The Byrds, Patsy Cline, Neil Young, Emmylou Harris, Guy Clark, Steve Earle, Dolly Parton, Poco, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Linda Ronstadt, The Marshall Tucker Band, The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Jerry Jeff Walker, New Riders of The Purple Sage, Carlene Carter, Rosanne Cash, Gram Parsons, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, John Prine, Tom Rush, Townes Van Zandt, The Highwaymen and more!

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of The Eagles

Before they shifted to rock, The Eagles hung out at Laurel Canyon synthesizing the marriage of rock to country.

8:00 p.m. Townes Van Zandt Live at The Whole Coffeehouse, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, September 6, 1973

A master singer-songwriter, whose name is often spoken in the same breath as Bob Dylan’s. Tonight we’ve got him live from Minneapolis.

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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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On Saturday It’s ‘Ladies Day Out’, A Booker T & The MGs ‘Spotlight’, and Live Kris Kristofferson at the Moody, March 29, 2025

Good morning, musicologists, and we continue celebrating Women’s Month with our ‘Ladies Day Out’ EP, then it’s a great ‘Spotlight’ featuring Booker T & The MGs, and Kris Kristofferson live at Austin City Limits.

Here’s your Saturday musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. Ladies Day Out: Various Artists

The women of music are large and in charge for five hours. We’re featuring songs from Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Carly Simon, Emmylou Harris, Petula Clark, Laura Nyro, Cilla Black, Irma Thomas, Aretha Franklin, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, Etta James, Janis Joplin, Carole King, Maria Muldaur, Lucinda Williams, Rosanne Cash, Eva Cassidy, Wendy Waldman, Shawn Colvin, The Ronettes, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Norah Jones, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Phoebe Snow, Susan Tedeschi, Nicolette Larson, Sheryl Crown, Valerie Carter, Dolly Parton, Dusty Springfield, Ann Peebles and more!

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Booker T & The MGs

The original Stax house band broke out to become one of the most influential instrumental R & B and funk bands in music. They helped to establish the Souther and Memphis soul genres. Today we put them ‘In The Spotlight’.

8:00 p.m. Kris Kristofferson Live at The Moody Theater, Austin, TX, September 14, 1981

We close out the programming with the late, great Kris Kristofferson recorded live at The Moody Theater for Austin City Limits.

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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 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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Saturday is a Country Day With Our Big EP, Kris Kristofferson, and Live Flying Burrito Brothers, February 8, 2025

Good morning, Weekenders! Saturday has rolled around and we are all about country today. No, this is not Beyonce’s kind of country. Ours comes from the real Nashville country artists, the outlaws who broke the mold, and those who the forged country-rock genre.

Here’s your Saturday lineup:

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

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, The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Willie Nelson, Jerry Jeff Walker, Carlene Carter, Rosanne Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Gram Parsons, John Prine, Tom Rush, Townes Van Zandt, The Highwaymen and more!

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Kris Kristofferson

We lost a great one here. Kristofferson was one of the outlaws, a brilliant singer-songwriter who broke out of the constraints of the traditional Nashville sound, but kept it real country.

8:00 p.m. The Flying Burrito Brothers Live at The Palomino, W. Hollywood, CA, June 8 1969

We get into the Wayback Machine for this one as we explore some of the great country-rock sounds that were born in Laurel Canyon.

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It’s a Country Kind of Day With Our Big EP, Live Flying Burrito Brothers, and Willie Nelson on Saturday, December 14, 2024

Good morning, musicologists and welcome to The Mermaid Lounge where we spend the day with some ‘real’ country musicians and the pioneers of country-rock!

Here’s your Saturday musical lineup:

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

We’re back with our real country EP (none of those bad pop bands with fiddles) of the traditional pioneers and those who pioneered the marriage of country and rock. 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, The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Jerry Jeff Walker, Carlene Carter, Rosanne Cash, The Desert Rose Band, Kris Kristofferson, John Prine, Tom Rush, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Townes Van Zandt, The Highwaymen and more!

4:00 p.m. The Flying Burrito Brothers Live at My Father’s Place, Roslyn, NY, November 28, 1976

Gram Parsons, a country-rock pioneer who passed from this world far too soon, and The Burrito Brothers are live from My Father’s Place this afternoon.

8:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Willie Nelson

We close out the day’s programming with a Willie Nelson ‘Spotlight’ feature.

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We Close The Month With ‘Ladies Day Out’, Steve Winwood, and Live Lucinda Williams, on Thursday, October 31, 2024

Good morning, musicologists! We’re on the way to the weekend once again and we close out the month of October with the ladies of The Lounge in charge! Read on for more details!

Here’s your musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. Ladies Day Out: Various Artists

We have five hours of uninterrupted music from Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Carly Simon, Emmylou Harris, Petula Clark, Laura Nyro, Cilla Black, Irma Thomas, Aretha Franklin, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, Etta James, Janis Joplin, Carole King, Maria Muldaur, Lucinda Williams, Rosanne Cash, Eva Cassidy, Wendy Waldman, Shawn Colvin, The Ronettes, The Supremes, Norah Jones, Phoebe Snow, Valerie Carter, Dolly Parton and more!

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Steve Winwood

The legendary Steve Winwood drops by with music from all of his bands (Traffic, The Spencer Davis Group, Blind Faith) and his solo career.

8:00 p.m. Lucinda Williams Live at The Fillmore West, San Francisco, November 20-22, 2003

We close it out tonight with a dose of Lucinda Williams, a great singer-songwriter and friend of Tom’s.

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On Monday It’s Live Warren Zevon, the ‘Ladies Day Out’ EP and a Jackson Browne Spotlight, September 30, 2024

Good morning, musicologists! We close out another month in fine style, putting the ladies of music in charge for a large part of the day. Around that, we’ve got Warren Zevon and Jackson Browne.

Here’s your Monday, Monday lineup:

10:00 a.m. Warren Zevon Live at The Empire Concert Club, Cleveland, OH, January 5, 1992 NEW!

We’ve got some new live Warren Zevon to spring on you today in a show from the home of the RRHOF! It’s a good one.

1:00 p.m. Ladies Day Out: Various Artists

The ladies are large and in charge for the afternoon hours with Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Carly Simon, Emmylou Harris, Petula Clark, Laura Nyro, Cilla Black, Irma Thomas, Aretha Franklin, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, Etta James, Janis Joplin, Carole King, Maria Muldaur, Lucinda Williams, Rosanne Cash, Eva Cassidy, Wendy Waldman, The Ronettes, Shawn Colvin, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Valerie Carter, Norah Jones, Phoebe Snow, Susan Tedeschi, Sheryl Crow, Dusty Springfield, Dolly Parton and more!

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

We close out the programming with a Jackson Browne Spotlight that hits the spot. The man is a legend.

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Thursday Brings ‘Are You Ready For the Country’, the Burrito Brothers and a Hank Williams Spotlight, September 12, 2024

Thursday is a country kind of day on the programming end as we open with our ‘Are You Ready for The Country’ EP, then it’s the Burrito Brothers at The Avalon and a Spotlight featuring country legend Hank Williams.

Here’s your country comfort for the day:

9:00 a.m. Are You Ready For the Country: Various Artists

From the real country legends through those who helped pioneer country rock, 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, The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, 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 Flying Burrito Brothers Live at The Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, April 6, 1969

An opening performance with Gram Parsons at the helm as the brothers opened for The Grateful Dead on this date.

8:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Hank Williams

We close with a true country legend, one of the most influential singer-songwriters of the 20th century, and one of the founding fathers of rock and roll.

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Heading for The Weekend!