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Welcome Weekenders! It’s ‘Ode To Morning’, Some Live ELO and a Bob Dylan ‘Spotlight’, Saturday, November 23, 2024

Good morning, weekenders! We’ve got a fine lineup in The Lounge today with our ‘Ode To Morning’ EP, Jeff Lynne’s ELO live in London and a Bob Dylan ‘Spotlight’ feature!

Here’s your Saturday lineup:

9:00 a.m. Ode To Morning: Various Artists

The other day we started with songs about the night. Today we flip the switch to morning with Yusuf/Cat Stevens, Hoyt Axton, The Beatles, Neil Young, The Rascals, Waylon Jennings, Joan Baez, James Taylor, Gram Parsons, Simon & Garfunkel, Taj Mahal, Harry Chapin, Linda Ronstadt, Dan Fogelberg, Three Dog Night, Ry Cooder, Tim Buckley, Muddy Waters, Jonathan Edwards, Bob Dylan, Badfinger, Townes Van Zandt and more!

4:00 p.m. Electric Light Orchestra Live at The Paris Theatre, London, UK, April 19, 1973

Today they’re called Jeff Lynne’s ELO and rightly so. They just went on their farewell tour. If I were still attending big venue events, I’d have seen them in Boston. I’m not. But I’ve seen them twice before and they never disappoint. Today we have them live from the Paris Theatre in London.

8:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Bob Dylan

Singer, songwriter, poet, Nobel Prize Winner and veteran of 60 years in the music business, we put Bob Dylan ‘In the Spotlight’ tonight to close out our programming.

Another bleak, rainy day here but we really need it. Massachusetts has been under a fire watch for weeks now, so there’s no complaining. Besides, we’ve got the best music on the planet. Great day to tune us in. The button is below.

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On Monday It’s Ry Cooder & David Lindley, ‘Music From Laurel Canyon’ and Tracy Chapman, November 18, 2024

Good morning, music lovers and we get the work week off to a great start today with a new Tracy Chapman ‘Spotlight’ feature, among other things.

Here’s your Monday, Monday musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. Ry Cooder & David Lindley Live at The Vienna Opera House, Vienna, Austria, July 6, 1995

We have a couple of masters here performing together and it’s truly a pleasure. Ry Cooder is one of the finest singer-songwriters on the planet and a man Linda Ronstadt considers the best guitarist she’s ever worked with. David Lindley has been one of the most sought-after session musicians.

1:00 p.m. Music From Laurel Canyon: Various Artists

Laurel Canyon was a breeding ground for creativity for two decades of musicians, including The Byrds, The Mamas & The Papas, Buffalo Springfield, The Beach Boys, The Doors, The Lovin’ Spoonful, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt, The Monkees, CSNY, Manassas, John Mayall, The Eagles, J.D. Souther, Harry Nilsson, Canned Heat, Carole King, James Taylor, Joan Baez, Judy Collins and more!

8:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Tracy Chapman NEW!

I will eventually get to everything on my ‘To Do’ list and I’ve knocked off an important one here. Tracy Chapman finally gets her due here in The Mermaid Lounge and it has been a long time coming.

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New Tracy Chapman!

Saturday Brings Our ‘Ode To Morning’ EP, The Pre-Disco Bee Gees, and The Allman Brothers Band, October 26, 2024

Welcome Weekenders! Today we open with our ‘Ode to Morning’ multi-artist EP, followed by the Bee Gees In The Spotlight and The Allman Brothers Band in concert later.

Here’s your Saturday lineup:

9:00 a.m. Ode To Morning: Various Artists

We start the day with the sun coming up and songs about the morning from Hoyt Axton, Yusuf/Cat Stevens, The Beatles, Neil Young, The Rascals, Waylon Jennings, Joan Baez, James Taylor, Graham Parson, Taj Mahal, Simon & Garfunkel, Linda Ronstadt, Harry Chapin, Dan Fogelberg, Three Dog Night, Ry Cooder, Tim Buckley, Muddy Waters, Bob Dylan, Jonathan Edwards, Badfinger, Townes Van Zandt, Chris Hillman and more!

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of The Bee Gees NEW!

There are a lot of before-and-after bands, like The Doobies before Michael McDonald (the old Doobies were better). Before the Bee Gees somehow managed to immerse themselves in disco, there was a really great and innovative rock band in there. That is the band we celebrate with this playlist. You won’t hear Stayin’ Alive here or any other Bee Gees music from that phase. That’s a promise.

8:00 p.m. The Allman Brothers Band Live at The Atlanta International Pop Festival, Middle Georgia Raceway, Byron, GA, July 3-5, 1970

The Brothers bring it to the Atlanta International Pop Festival to close out Saturday’s musical festivities. But the music continues 24/7.

We’ve made it to the weekend, my friends, and that is always a good thing. After today, I get two days off so that I can start lining up next week’s music. We’re on 24/7. We’re totally free. The button is below.

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If It’s Tuesday, It’s Bluesday With Our Big, Bad Blues EP, a Brand New John Lee Hooker Spotlight Feature and The B. B. King Blues Band, September 24, 2024

Good morning, bluesologists and welcome to another Tuesday Bluesday. Today we’ve got a new Spotlight featuring John Lee Hooker!

Here’s your Tuesday Bluesday lineup:

9:00 a.m. Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blues: Various Artists

Our big, bad, all-encompassing blues EP with Robert Johnson, Delbert McClinton, B. B. King, Little Walter, Slim Harpo, Ry Cooder, Canned Heat, John Lee Hooker, The Animals, Albert King, Johnny Winter, Muddy Waters, Little Feat, Bonnie Raitt, The Yardbirds, Janis Joplin, The Rolling Stones, Bobby “Blue” Bland, The Allman Brothers Band, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Elmore James, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Robert Cray Band, J. J. Cale, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, James Cotton, Koko Taylor, Marcia Ball, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Susan Tedeschi, Roomful of Blues, Howlin’ Wolf and more!

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of John Lee Hooker NEW!

This man is a true blues legend. The son of a sharecropper, he became famous for playing an electric-guitar style adaptation of the Delta blues that he developed while in Detroit. You can read more about John Lee Hooker and his blues innovations here.

8:00 p.m. The B. B. King Blues Band Live at The North Sea Jazz Festival, The Hague, Netherlands, October 7, 1987

We close out Tuesday Bluesday with some live B. B. King, always a good way to bring it to a close.

Come on in. It’s Tuesday Bluesday! We’re on 24/7 and we’re totally free. See for yourself. The magic button is below.

It’s Tuesday Bluesday!

We Open With Our ‘Ode to Morning’ EP, Then We Have a New Turtles Spotlight Feature, and Clapton Live at The Baloise Sessions, Monday, September 23, 2024

Good morning, workers! You’re back at it today and so are we! We have a brand new Spotlight featuring The Turtles sandwiched between songs about morning and live Clapton!

Here’s your Monday, Monday lineup:

9:00 a.m. Ode To Morning: Various Artists

We closed with songs about the night, so it’s only fitting that we open with songs about morning today. You’ll hear Yusuf/Cat Stevens, The Beatles, Hoyt Axton, Neil Young, The Rascals, Joan Baez, Waylon Jennings, James Taylor, Gram Parsons, Simon & Garfunkel, Taj Mahal, Harry Chapin, Linda Ronstadt, Dan Fogelberg, Three Dog Night, Ry Cooder, Tim Buckley, Muddy Waters, Jonathan Edwards, Bob Dylan, Badfinger, Townes Van Zandt, Chris Hillman and more!

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of The Turtles NEW!

In the course of a decade, particularly the sixties, not every group is a groundbreaking group. Some bands just make great music and chart hits. That was The Turtles. They formed in L.A. in 1965 and by the end of the decade they were tearing up the charts. Today we put them In the Spotlight!

8:00 p.m. Eric Clapton Live at Event Halle, Basel, Switzerland, November 13 & 14, 2013

We close with Eric Clapton and his band live at The Baloise Sessions music festival in Switzerland.

Mondays do not have to be bad. We’re here to help get you through with great music 24/7 at absolutely no cost to you and with no commercial interruption. The button is below.

Ode To Morning!

Friday Delivers The Drifters, Songs About Food and Our ‘Ode To Morning’ EP at Night. No kidding. August 23, 2024

Good morning, music lovers (and foodies also). We’ve got a great lineup on the cusp of the weekend, including a brand new Spotlight featuring The Drifters!

Here’s your musical lineup:

10:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of The Drifters NEW!

Here’s another one off my musical ‘to do’ list. We (luckily) pipe a sixties station in our store and I hear an awful lot of songs by this band every day. I finally got to the point where this simply had to get done. Originally assembled as the back-up band for Clyde McPhatter, The Drifters turned their fortunes into a career that spanned half a century and generated plenty of number ones. Today, they are In the Spotlight.

2:00 p.m. For Foodies Only: Various Artists

Another great multi-artist list (a shorter one) with songs about food from The Rolling Stones, Little Feat, Sam & Dave, Van Morrison, Led Zeppelin, Judy Collins, The Beatles, Steely Dan, Harry Nilsson, Cream, The Guess Who, Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams, Bob Dylan, The Kinks, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Eagles, The Flying Burrito Brothers and more!

7:00 p.m. Ode To Morning: Various Artists

We head into the nighttime hours with songs about the morning. Yes. But earlier in the week we opened the morning programming with songs about the night. It’s only fitting. You’ll hear Cat Stevens, Hoyt Axton, The Beatles, Neil Young, The Rascals, Waylon Jennings, Joan Baez, James Taylor, Gram Parsons, Simon & Garfunkel, Taj Mahal, Dan Fogelberg, Linda Ronstadt, Harry Chapin, Three Dog Night, Ry Cooder, Tim Buckley, Muddy Waters, Jonathan Edwards, Bob Dylan and more.

Wow. Plenty of name dropping today, but there’s also plenty of good listening. We’re on 24/7 and we’re totally free of charge and free of commercial advertising. We’re all about the music, people. See for yourself.

The Drifters!

We’re at Midweek With ‘A Little Bit O’Soul’, Live Bob Marley and Ry Cooder In the Spotlight, Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Good morning, musicologists. We’re at midweek and we’ve got our ‘A Little Bit O’ Soul’ EP, The Wailers at The Record Plant and a brand new Spotlight featuring Ry Cooder.

UNSPECIFIED – CIRCA 1970: Photo of Ry Cooder Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

Here’s your midweek musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. A Little Bit O’ Soul: Various Artists

This is the big kahuna of soul with Aretha Franklin, The Temptations, The Four Tops, The Ronettes, Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles, Otis Redding, Jimmy Ruffin, The Drifters, Chuck Berry, Stevie Wonder, Carla Thomas, James Brown, The Shirelles, Etta James, Curtis Mayfield, Sam & Dave, The Staple Singers, Nina Simone, LaVern Baker, The Supremes, Sam Cooke, Edwin Starr, Fontella Bass, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Irma Thomas, The Box Tops, Jr Walker & The All Stars, Percy Sledge, Al Green and more.

4:00 p.m. Bob Marley & The Wailers Live at The Record Plant, Sausalito, CA, October 13, 1973

The Legend and his bandmates take over The Record Plant for a great performance.

8:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Ry Cooder NEW!

Truly one of the most incredible artists of our time. To this day, Linda Ronstadt calls Ry Cooder the best guitarist she’s ever worked with. He is a master of the slide guitar, and is one of the most sought-after studio musicians. He is also known for his collaborations with a variety of artists from a variety of musical backgrounds, like Taj Mahal, The Chieftains, and Ali Farka Toure. Ry Cooder has earned his place In The Spotlight.

Once we’re over the hump, we’re on the downslide to the weekend again. Tune us in and make the midweek mayhem easier. We’re totally free 24/7 and we do not run commercial advertising. Ever.

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We’ve Got ‘Ode To Morning,’ a Carole King Spotlight, and a Steve Winwood History Lesson on Thursday, May 23, 2024

Good morning, music lovers and welcome to the downslide to the weekend! We’re moving through this day in fine style with some great music.

Here’s your Thursday lineup:

9:00 a.m. Ode To Morning: Various Artists

Yesterday we started out with songs about the night. Today, we get it right with Cat Stevens, Hoyt Axton, The Beatles, Neil Young, The Rascals, Waylon Jennings, Joan Baez, James Taylor, Gram Parsons, Simon & Garfunkel, Taj Mahal, Dan Fogelberg, Linda Ronstadt, Harry Chapin, Three Dog Night, Ry Cooder, Tim Buckley, Muddy Waters, Jonathan Edwards, Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt and more!

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Carole King

From her days as a songwriter in the famed Brill Building to this very day, Carole King has been a force in the music world. A true legend in her time.

8:00 p.m. Traffic, Blind Faith, Spencer Davis Group Super Jam

Or, Steve Winwood 1.0. We close out the programming with another musical legend.

The weather is beginning to cool a bit, and that’s just fine with me. May is a bit too early for 90 degrees. Nevertheless, we are here in The Mermaid Lounge for your listening pleasure, where the music is hot but the atmosphere is cool.

Ode To Morning!

It’s Ry Cooder, The Grateful Dead and Our ‘Here Comes The Night’ EP Ringing in the Weekend on Saturday, April 20, 2024

Good morning, lovers of 4/20 and music alike! We’ve got some great stuff on tap for you today including a night-time airing of our ‘Here Comes The Night’ EP.

Here’s Saturday’s musical mayhem!

10:00 a.m. Ry Cooder Live at The Record Plant, Sausalito, CA, July 7, 1974

Certainly one of the most respected members of the rock music community, Ry Cooder has made some fantastic music over the years. Linda Ronstadt has always said he’s the best guitarist on the planet. He’s another one of our favorites here in The Lounge because he refuses to be defined by any one genre. Give a listen.

3:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of The Grateful Dead

I’m one of those anomalies in Grateful Dead lore. I prefer their studio work to their live work, although I have great respect for what they do on stage. Today we’ve got their studio work In the Spotlight.

8:00 p.m. Here Comes the Night: Various Artists

We close out the programming with several hours of music about the night in the title, lyrics or both. Open Stream with a Theme is the way we look at it. You’ll hear from Warren Zevon, The J. Geils Band, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Them, The Beatles, Van Morrison, Patti Smith, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bruce Springsteen, The Kinks, the Electric Prunes, Phoebe Snow, Joe Walsh, The Eagles, The Ronettes, John Cougar Mellencamp, The doors, Poco, Emmylou Harris, Don McLean, The Animals, Steve Winwood, The Traveling Wilburys, Sam Cooke, Bonnie Raitt and more!

We’re here 24/7, like even when you wake up in the middle of the night and join the global universe. We’re totally free, no surprises and not just for a test run, but for good. And we do not play commercial advertising. What’s not to love here?

It’s The Weekend!

Sunday We’re In the Lounge With Little Feat, The Stones and Our ‘Ode To Morning’ EP, March 17, 2024

Good morning, music lovers and welcome back to The Mermaid Lounge where we celebrate the 50th anniversary of another great album, among other things.

Here’s your Sunday Funday lineup:

10:00 a.m. Album of The Week: Feats Don’t Fail Me Now by Little Feat NEW!

Another album celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and one of the finest albums ever made indeed. Little Feat has carried on admirably since the death of Lowell George, but there is nothing like Little Feat with Lowell George.

1:00 p.m. Ode To Morning: Various Artists

Yeah. I know. We’re playing this EP in the afternoon, but rules were made to be broken and we break plenty here in The Mermaid Lounge. You’ll hear Yusuf/Cat Stevens, Hoyt Axton, The Beatles, Neil Young, The Rascals, Waylon Jennings, Joan Baez, James Taylor, Gram Parsons, Simon & Garfunkel, Taj Mahal, Dan Fogelberg, Linda Ronstadt, Harry Chapin, Three Dog Night, Ry Cooder, Tim Buckley, Muddy Waters, Jonathan Edwards, Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt, Pure Prairie League, Badfinger, Chris Hillman and more!

8:00 p.m. The Rolling Stones Live at The Fonda Theatre, Hollywood, CA, May 20, 2015

On this date, the Stones played a surprise concert at this intimate venue that holds about 1,300 people. They played a 16-song set, including all 10 songs from Sticky Fingers. We have it for you tonight.

It’s Sunday. Kick your shoes off and sit back. The living is easy and the music is great here in The Mermaid Lounge. Join us.

Sunday Funday!