Tag: The Beatles

It’s All Brit Programming With Our Big EP, The Beatles’ Love Songs and The Kinks Live in NY, On Thursday, December 12, 2024

We are starting with our multi-artist ‘British Are Coming’ EP today, so we decided to make it an all-British programming day!

Here’s your musical landscape:

9:00 a.m. The British Are Coming: Various Artists

You’ll hear The Beatles, The Who, Dave Mason, Electric Light Orchestra, Petula Clark, The Zombies, The Hollies, Dusty Springfield, Small Faces. Led Zeppelin, Queen, The Kinks, The Dave Clark Five, The Bee Gees, the Moody Blues, Rod Stewart, Them, Herman’s Hermits, The Rolling Stones, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Badfinger, The Yardbirds, Traffic, Elton John, Lulu, PInk Floyd, Yes, The Animals, Manfred Mann, Spencer Davis Group, Cream, Donovan, The Searchers and more!

4:00 p.m. The Beatles: The Love Songs

From And I Love Her to Something, The Beatles made some of the most amazing love songs on the planet. We play them for you this afternoon.

8:00 p.m. The Kinks Love at The Palladium, New York, NY, December 31, 1980

New Year’s Eve with The Kinks and the feuding Davies brothers in New York. One of the best British invasion bands of all time.

Before, in between and after our scheduled programming we give you our big, wide Open Stream. You won’t hear the same playlist over and over here in The Mermaid Lounge. See for yourselves. The button is below.

The British Are Coming!

We’re ‘Under The Influence’ at Midweek, Then It’s Lukas Nelson & POTR and Live John Hiatt, Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Good morning, music lovers. We’re at midweek here in the Boston area with driving rain and temps in the sixties. Ridiculous. But in The Lounge it’s quite comfortable and there’s great music coming your way!

Here’s your midweek lineup:

9:00 a.m. Under The Influence: Various Artists

Hey, we’ve all been here. No denying it. You’ll hear Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Byrds, Arlo Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Linda Ronstadt, Little Feat, The Rolling Stones, Small Faces, Jimi Hendrix, Steely Dan, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Talking Heads, Neil Young, The Beatles, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Foreigner, Jonathan Edwards, John Lee Hooker, Donovan and more!

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Lukas Nelson & Promise of The Real

The music pedigree runs deep in the Nelson family. Although technically defunct, POTR was a great little country-rock band and did a fine job on the road with Neil Young.

8:00 p.m. John Hiatt Live at The Bottom Line, New York, NY, October 7, 1988

We close it out today with singer-songwriter John Hiatt in a fine performance at New York’s Bottom Line.

Blah. Blah. Blah. We’ll take a break from our usual closing. Suffice it to say that it’s a great day to hunker down and listen to some great music. The button is below.

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Today It’s ‘The Female Species’ EP, Peter Tosh and Volume Two of Those Badass Guitarists, Thursday, December 5, 2024

Good morning, musicologists and welcome to The Mermaid Lounge. Today we start with songs about women, ladies, dames, chicks, girls…you get the picture. Some are fictional. Some not. And some may not be mentioned by name!

Here’s your musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. The Female Species: Various Artists

Songs about women from Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Talking Heads, Jackson Browne, John Mayall, Hot Tuna, The Eagles, Elvis Presley, Electric Light Orchestra, Fleetwood Mac, Percy Sledge, The Beatles, Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac, Roy Orbison, Billy Joel, Jimi Hendrix, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, The Beach Boys, The Temptations, Linda Ronstadt and more!

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Peter Tosh

An original founding member of The Wailers who then went on to launch a successful solo career takes the Spotlight this afternoon. A Lounge favorite.

8:00 p.m. Badass Guitarists, Volume Two: Various Artists

Guitar handiwork from Chuck Berry, George Harrison, Neil Young, Duane Allman, Dickey Betts, Jimi Hendrix, Jerry Garcia, Jimmy Page, Brian May, Bo Diddley, Taj Mahal, Andrew Gold and more!

We’re one step closer to the weekend today. Slowly but surely we’ll get there, and it’ll be a bit easier if you’ve got good music for your journey. The button is below, folks.

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At Midweek It’s Our House EP, Live Paul Simon and Volume One of Those Badass Guitarists, Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Good morning, music lovers and welcome to hump day. After today, we’ll be on the dowslide to the weekend. We’ve got the goods to help you get there.

Here’s your midweek musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. The #BecomeUngovernable House Playlist: Various Artists

The first playlist ever built for this station includes Barry McGuire, The Temptations, Edwin Starr, Peter Tosh, The Beatles, T. Rex, The Who, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bob Dylan, Country Joe & The Fish, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Joan Baez, CSNY, Pink Floyd, The Animals, Ten Years After, Plastic Ono Band, Sam Cooke, The Rolling Stones, Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, Phil Ochs, The Association, Tom Rush, The Band, Marvin Gaye, Jimmy Cliff and more!

4:00 p.m. Paul Simon Live at Heischel HaTarbut, Tel Aviv, Israel, July 5, 1978 NEW!

Paul Simon’s first time playing live to an Israeli audience on a tour that also took him to Jerusalem. We’ve got the Tel Aviv show for you this afternoon.

8:00 p.m. Badass Guitarists, Volume One: Various Artists

They may or may not sing the songs you are hearing, but these guys are there: Bonnie Raitt, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton, Mike Campbell, Jeff Beck, Keith Richares, John “J” Geils, John Fogerty, Walter Becker, Pete Townshend, Dusty Hill and others!

We’re getting closer to the weekend once again. We’re at midstream. We’re on 24/7 for your listening pleasure at no cost to you. And with no advertising. The button is below.

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We Open The New Month in Psychedelic Mode With Our EP, The Doors and Live Jefferson Airplane on December 1, 2024

Good morning, lovers of psychedelia! We’re opening the month in fine style with ‘The Psychedelic Express’ EP, a Doors ‘Spotlight’ feature and live Jefferson Airplane!

Here’s your mind-bending musical lineup:

10:00 a.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of The Doors

The Doors were born in L.A. in 1965 and helped to pioneer the psychedelic and acid rock sound of the sixties.

1:00 p.m. The Psychedelic Express: Various Artists

Of course, there were many artists who helped to bring the genre to the mainstream, none the least of which was The Beatles, who embraced it wholeheartedly. In additon to them, you’ll also hear Vanilla Fudge, the Chambers Brothers, the Electric Prunes, The Animals, Jefferson Airplane, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Blues Image, The Doors, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakersc, Donovan, The Byrds, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Jimi Hendrix, Traffic, Cream, Dr. John, Procol Harum, The Who, Canned Heat, Yes, Electric Light Orchestra, Tommy James & The Shondells, Blind Faith, The Grateful Dead, Big Brother & The Holding Company, Velvet Underground and more!

8:00 p.m. Jefferson Airplane Live at Falconer Salen, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 28, 1968

We close out the day’s programming with another band in the forefront of the psychedelic music genre. The Airplane defined the San Francisco sound and were the first from the Bay area to achieve commercial success.

We’re on a trip today and it’s not going to cost you a cent. We’re on 24/7. We’re totally free. We don’t track you. We don’t sell you stuff. We’re all about the music. The button is below.

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Today We ‘Paint It Black’, Then It’s Harrison & Clapton Live in Japan and Brandi Carlile Later on Friday, November 29, 2024

Yeah, it’s Black Friday. We’re not selling anything. We’re giving you free music, so we start it all out with our ‘Paint It Black’ playlist…not quite an EP, but close!

Here’s your Black Friday anti-capitalist lineup:

10:00 a.m. Paint It Black: Various Artists

We’ve got an EP about colors and we’ve got a slightly smaller playlist for the color black. You’ll hear The Rolling Stones, The Wallflowers, James Brown, Three Dog Night, The Beatles, Warren Zevon, The Band, Nina Simone, Curtis Mayfield, Lucinda Williams, John Lee Hooker, J.D. Souther, Jethro Tull, Guy Clark Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Tom Rush and more!

4:00 p.m. George Harrison & Eric Clapton Live at The Nagoya International Exhibition Hall, Nagoya, Japan, December 5, 1991

This afternoon we have two good friends, who also happen to be two stellar musicians, playing together on the same stage.

8:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Brandi Carlile

Ten-time Grammy award winner Brandi Carlile closes the day’s programming with folk rock, alternative country, Americana and classic rock.

We’re here 24/7 playing the best music on the planet at no cost to the listening public. No strings. No bullshit. No commercial advertising. We’re all about the music. We have nothing to sell you on Black Friday. See for yourself. The button is below.

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Turkey Day Bring’s ‘Alice’s Restaurant’, Volume Two of Our ‘Sixties Rotation’ and Live Doobie Brothers, Thursday, November 28, 2024

Happy Turkey Day! I’m kind of on the run cooking and stuff, so no long words this morning.

Here’s what we’ve got:

9:00 a.m. Alice’s Restaurant by Arlo Guthrie

All 18:37 seconds start out the day.

12:00 p.m. The Sixties Rotation, Volume Two: Various Artists

This one covers the mid-to-late sixties. We’ll skip the artist names today.

8:00 p.m. The Doobie Brothers Live at Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, TN, October 8, 1975 NEW!

We close it out with a new live Doobie Brothers concert from 1975.

Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving today. Enjoy your families and friends and we’ll be back to normal tomorrow! The button is below.

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At Midweek, It’s Our Folk Fiesta, Followed by a Tom Waits ‘Spotlight’ and Some Live Tim Hardin, Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Good morning, folk music lovers! We’re opening today with our ‘Folk Music From A-To-Z’ EP, then it’s Tom Waits and Tim Hardin live at Woodstock ’69 (The only Woodstock).

Here’s your midweek musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. Folk Music From A-To-Z: Various Artists

We’re starting the day off with a music genre that pretty much birthed the protest music movement with John Prine, Dave Van Ronk, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Odetta, Peter, Paul & Mary, Yusuf/Cat Stevens, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Beatles, Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, Bonnie Raitt, The Band, Eric Andersen, Tom Rush, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, Nanci Griffith, Jesse Winchester, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Lead Belly, Tim Hardin, The Kingston Trio, Simon & Garfunkel, Richie Havens, Phil Ochs, Harry Chapin, Townes Van Zandt, The Carter family and more.

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

Not always, but sometimes, folk is Tom Waits. He writes about the underbelly of humanity and delivers his stories in his signature gravelly voice. Today he’s ‘In the Spotlight.’

8:00 p.m. Tim Hardin Live at Woodstock, Max Yasgur’s Farm, Bethel, NY, August 15, 1969

We close out the programming tonight with folk icon Tim Hardin, one of those artist who passed from this planet at far too young an age.

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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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Friday It’s Our ‘Banned From the Airwaves’ Playlist, Live Steely Dan & a Wilson Pickett ‘Spotlight’ on November 22, 2024

We’ve made it to Friday! Today we’re kicking it off with a bunch of songs that have one thing in common: They were all initially banned from the airwaves for one reason or another. Then, it’s live Steely Dan and a Wicked Wilson Pickett spotlight!

Here’s your freaky Friday lineup:

10:00 a.m. Banned From the Airwaves: Various Artists

Songs like Kodachrome (talking about the crap you learn in high school), Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds and You Don’t Know How It Feels (references to drugs), Imagine and God Only Knows (references to God), Arnold Layne and Lola (references to transgender people), Brown Eyed Girl and Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (references to sex) and more were all banned from the airwaves, although not permanently. We’ve got a great playlist here coming up first this morning.

3:00 p.m. Steely Dan Live at The Woodlands, Houston, TX, September 3, 1993

We’ve got a great midafternoon live performance by The Dan today, without doubt a Mermaid Lounge favorite and one of the shining lights of the seventies.

8:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Wilson Pickett NEW!

Here’s another one ticked off my ‘To Do’ list. This one has also been a long time coming. Wicked Wilson Pickett was one of the stalwarts of the soul music movement, charting 50 hits on the R & B charts, many of which crossed over to Billboard’s Hot 100. Today he gets his ‘Spotlight’ feature.

There’s no EP today, so there’s plenty of big, wide Open Stream before, in between and after our programmed hours. We’re totally free 24/7 and we don’t track you or try to sell you crap. We’re not grifters like today’s GOP. We’re anti-capitalist music lovers. The button is below.

Banned From The Airwaves!