Tag: The Beatles

We’ve Got a Great Monday With Our New ‘Flower Power’ Playlist, Live Todd Rundgren, and a Talking Heads ‘Spotlight’ Feature, On August 18, 2025

Happy Monday! We’re kicking off the week with some great playlists on tap, including our new ‘Flower Power’ offering. Then it’s live Todd Rundgren, and a Talking Heads ‘Spotlight.’

Here’s your Monday, Monday lineup:

10:00 a.m. Flower Power: Various Artists NEW!

I was reminiscing with a friend about spending the summers outside, laying around with our transistor radios and listening to WMEX. At that time AM radio was king and those stations played the absolute best music. Then we started on about the songs we remember, and a playlist was born. It features Donovan, Peter, Paul & Mary, The Beatles, The Five Man Electrical Band, Three Dog Night, The Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin, The Band, Bob Dylan, Brewer & Shipley, The Mamas & Papas, Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt, Don McLean, Oliver, and more!

4:00 p.m. Todd Rundgren Live at The Electric Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI, October 23, 1978

Ah, yes, Todd Rundgren. I damned near wore out the grooves of Something, Anything back in the day. Love this guy, and we’re working on a ‘Spotlight’ feature for him now.

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

We close out the programming with Talking Heads ‘In the Spotlight.’ We focus mostly on bands from the sixties and seventies here, but this is one of those bands who fit nicely into our “exceptions” rule. One of the best.

We’re back on Monday, and that means the return of the work week. But hey, it doesn’t have to be all that bad when you’ve got the best music on the planet right in front of you. We’re on 24/7 and we’re totally free. See for yourselves. The Button is below!

Flower Power!

On Sunday It’s ‘Here Comes The Night,’ The Stones Live in Hyde Park, & a Tom Waits ‘Spotlight’ Feature, On August 17, 2025

Good morning, weekenders and welcome to Sunday Funday. Today’s great lineup includes a new live performance from The Stones in Hyde Park, London, as part of their 2013 50 and Counting tour.

Here’s your Sunday Funday lineup:

9:00 a.m. Here Comes The Night: Various Artists

We start the morning with songs about the evening with music 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, Electric Prunes, Phoebe Snow, Joe Walsh, The Eagles, The Doors, John Cougar Mellencamp, Poco, Emmylou Harris, Neil Diamond, The Animals, The Rolling Stones, Don McLean, Steve Winwood, The Traveling Wilburys, Sam Cooke, Jimmy Cliff, Bonnie Raitt, and more!

4:00 p.m. The Rolling Stones Live at Hyde Park, London, UK, July 6 & 13, 2013 NEW!

Back in 1969, the Stones took part in a free festival in Hyde Park shortly after the tragic death of guitarist Brian Jones. In 2013, they returned to the scene for another performance as part of their 50 and Counting tour. We’ve got that for you today.

8:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Tom Waits

We close out the programming tonight with the gravelly-voiced Tom Waits whose songs relate narrative themes of hardship and Americana.

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Sunday Funday!

At Midweek It’s ‘The British Are Coming,’ a Staple Singers ‘Spotlight,’ and Ry Cooder Live at Montreux, Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Good morning, musicologists and welcome to the midweek once again. We’ve got a pretty great lineup today, including some new live music from Ry Cooder with David Lindley.

Here’s your musical lineup:

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

Music from across the pond with 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 Bee Gees, The Dave Clark Five, The Moody Blues, Rod Stewart, Them, Herman’s Hermits, The Rolling Stones, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Badfinger, The Yardbirds, and more!

4:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of The Staple Singers

This afternoon, we groove with one of the finest soul, R & B, and gospel bands ever to grace the airwaves.8:00 p.m. Ry Cooder with David Lindley, Live at The Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland, July 9, 1990 NEW!

8:00 p.m. Ry Cooder With David Lindley Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland, July 9, 1990 NEW!

A brand new-to-the-show live performance with friends Ry Cooder and David Lindley from the 1990 Montreux Jazz Festival held on the shores of beautiful Lake Geneva will close out the midweek programming.

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It’s Sunday Funday With The Beatles, The All-Girl Revue, and ‘Three-Part Harmonies,’ On August 10, 2025

Good morning, music lovers! It’s a great day today with a great opening set, followed by two more great sets. So, read on for all the details!

Here’s your Sunday Funday lineup:

10:00 a.m. The Beatles: Songs With Character(s)

Yep. That’s what it’s all about. Songs with characters like Bungalow Bill, Prudence Farrow (a real person; Mia’s sister), a deceased woman named Eleanor, the man in the mack, a barber, a woman they called Lady Madonna, a psychopath who wielded a silver hammer, and plenty more. This is a great playlist.

2:00 p.m. The All-Girl Revue, Volume Three: Various Artists

We’re back with the ladies, albeit a shorter list. We’ve got Norah Jones, Joni Mitchell, Melanie, Aretha Franklin, Shawn Colvin, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Emmylou Harris, Judy Collins, Bonnie Raitt, Phoebe Snow, Linda Ronstadt, Wendy Waldman, Valerie Carter, and more!

6:00 p.m. Three-Part Harmonies: Various Artists

We love this EP and we’re going to take you into the late hours tonight with The Beatles, The Marshall Tucker Band, The Mamas & Papas, The Who, T. Rex, The Rolling Stones, Talking Heads, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Buffalo Springfield, The Zombies, The Doobie Brothers, The Band, The Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Allman Brothers Band, Yes, Queen, Boston, Jefferson Airplane, Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac, Foreigner, Paul McCartney & Wings, The Pretenders, Chicago, and more!

We’re here 24/7 and before, in between and after our programming we’ve got our big, wide Open Stream. We don’t need to tell you the rest, like we’re totally free with no commercial interruption. Nope. You can see for yourselves. The button is below.

Sunday Funday!

We’ve Got ‘Travelin’ Fever,’ New Live Bob Marley & The Wailers, and Nanci Griffith ‘In the Spotlight’ on Saturday, August 9, 2025

Good morning, musicologists, and welcome to my last day of work today. Once again, The Music Mermaid will be in full control of our programming and she’s on it.

Here’s your Saturday musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. Travelin’ Fever: Various Artists

We’re starting the programming with songs about hitting the road from Canned Heat, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Steve Miller Band, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Dan Fogelberg, Linda Ronstadt, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, The Eagles, Paul McCartney & Wings, Little Feat, The Band, Willie Nelson, Edwin Starr, Janis Joplin, Guy Clark, The Byrds, Asleep at The Wheel, Mudcrutch, The Traveling Wilburys, Tom Rush, Buffalo Springfield, The Guess Who, and more!

4:00 p.m. Bob Marley & The Wailers Live at The Rainbow Theatre, London, UK, June 2, 1977 NEW!

We’ve acquired some new live Wailers music. This will be the first of a few new shows we’ll be airing as we move into the fall/winter months. Enjoy.

8:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Nanci Griffith

Nanci Griffith is a great singer-songwriter who just passed from this earth in 2021. Throughout her long and productive career she managed to keep one foot in country music, and the other in folk.

We’re back for another day, and we’ve got another great array of programs. Before, in between, and after, we give you our big, wide Open Stream of 27,000 songs. We’re about to add some more this weekend! See for yourselves. The button is below.

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On Friday, It’s a New Wings ‘Spotlight’ Feature, the ‘Paint It Black’ Playlist, and George Harrison & Eric Clapton Live in Nagoya, Japan, August 8, 2025

Good morning, musicologists and welcome to a great Friday of music programming starting off with something that should have been done long ago, a Wings ‘Spotlight’ feature!

Here’s your finally Friday lineup:

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

Also just simply known as, Wings. Formed in London in 1971 by Sir Paul, who acknowledges that they were not The Beatles (nobody could ever be, frankly). However, they were a hell of a great rock band. Although members did come and go, Paul, Linda, and Denny Laine, formerly of the Moody Blues, were the constants until their breakup in 1981. They charted six number one hits on the Billboard Hot 100.

4:00 p.m. Paint It Black: Various Artists

Songs about the color black. Call it Open Stream with a Theme from 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!

8:00 p.m. George Harrison & Eric Clapton Live at The Nagoya International Exhibit Hall, Nagoya, Japan, December 5, 1991

We close the Friday programming with a great concert featuring George Harrison and Eric Clapton live in Japan.

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It’s Finally Friday!

On Monday, ‘We Dissent,’ We Have Emmylou & Friends Live for a Good Cause, and Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ‘In the Spotlight’ Later, August 4, 2025

Good morning, musicologists, and welcome to another work week. We kick it off in style with a fantastic programming lineup. Read on for details!

Here’s your Monday, Monday lineup:

9:00 a.m. We Dissent: Various Artists New Songs Added!

Protest music is powerful, and we’ve got a great collection here. In the era of Trump’s regime, we will be amping up our protest music roots. We’ve added a couple of great songs to the end of this list. We nearly forgot the great Beach Boys tune, Student Demonstration Time. It was something nobody expected from the boys of summer. We’ve also added a song a lot of people do not know exists called, Old Man Trump, which was written by Woody Guthrie about The Orange Scourge’s racist slumlord father. Back in the day Woody lived in one of his dumps. Woody never got to record the song himself, but it was evetually released by folk singer Ryan Harvey with help from Ani DiFranco and Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine. We’ve added that song today.

Other artists you’ll hear are The Beatles, Pete Seeger, Barry McGuire, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Peter Gabriel, Jimmy Cliff, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Tracy Chapman, and more!

4:00 p.m. Emmylou Harris & Friends, Concerts for a Landmine-Free World, December 1999 into 2000 NEW!

We have a fantastic recording here of great acoustic music from Emmylou Harris, Nanci Griffith, John Prine, Patty Griffin, Steve Earle, and Bruce Cockburn. We know this was the first show, so we believe it was held at Stanford University in December 1999. They were held around the world into 2000, including Washington, D.C., Glasgow, London, Stockholm, and Oslo. We’re trying to get a better handle on the specifics, but there’s no need to hold up airing this for the details.

8:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

We close it out with a band that was instrumental in establishing the Motown brand back in the day.

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WE DISSENT!

On Sunday It’s CSNY Live at Wembley Stadium, Our House EP, and a Brandi Carlile ‘Spotlight’ Feature, August 3, 2025

It’s Sunday Funday and it starts my weekend! We’ve got a great lineup with live CSNY, our House EP, and 10-time Grammy winner Brandi Carlile ‘In the Spotlight.’

Here’s your Sunday Funday musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Live at Wembley Stadium, Wembley, UK, November 14, 1974

The second best supergroup on the planet is in the house this morning, playing live from Wembley Stadium.

1:00 p.m. The #BecomeUngovernable House Playlist: Various Artist

The music that inspired the channel with The Beatles, Barry McGuire, The Temptations, Peter Tosh, 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, Sam Cooke, The Rolling Stones, Joni Mitchell, Three Dog NIght, Jimmy Cliff, Richie Havens, Marvin Gaye, The Association, Phil Ochs, Tom Rush, The Band, and more!

8:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: Brandi Carlile

We close with 10-time Grammy winner Brandi Carlile ‘In the Spotlight.’

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We’re on ‘The Psychedelic Express,’ Then It’s Live Jefferson Airplane, and a Donovan ‘Spotlight’ on Saturday, August 2, 2025

Welcome, weekenders! We’re keeping it in a sixties groove today for sure as we get back on ‘The Psychedelic Express’ to start the morning.

Here’s how we keep it trippy today:

9:00 a.m. The Psychedelic Express: Various Artists

We don’t need no tickets to hear The Beatles, Vanilla Fudge, The Chambers Brothers, The Electric Prunes, Jefferson Airplane, The Animals, Blues Image, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Doors, Pink Floyd, Donovan, The Byrds, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Traffic, Cream, Dr. John, Procol Harum, The Who, Canned Heat, Tommy James & The Shondells, Blind Faith, Grateful Dead, Velvet Underground, Big Brother & The Holding Company, and more!

4:00 p.m. Jefferson Airplane Live at Falconer Salen, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 28, 1968

We’ve got one of the most influential bands of the psychedelic music genre live from Copenhagen this afternoon.

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

We close it out with some trippy stuff from Donovan, one of our favorites here in The Mermaid Lounge.

Again, we’re here with the best music on the planet, and we kick off the weekend with one of our favorite genres from back in the day. It may well be gone, but it is not forgotten.

Psychedelia!

We End the Month With ‘Great Beginnings,’ Live Dr. John, and Great Instrumental Songs, On Friday, July 31, 2025

We kick things off today with songs that have great openings, sometimes subtle, sometimes not. Then it’s on to Dr. John live in NY, and a lost genre in great instrumental songs!

Here’s your finally Friday lineup:

9:00 a.m. Great Beginnings: Various Artists

Today we begin with great beginnings! Songs that have great opening riffs and some more subtle great openings. You’ll hear The Beatles, Elton John, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, the J. Geils Band, Aretha Franklin, Yes, Chicago, The Who, Johnny Rivers, The Kinks, Electric Light Orchestra, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Rolling Stones, The Allman Brothers Band, The Temptations, CSNY, Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, ZZ Top, Badfinger, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Steely Dan, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Paul Simon, The Chambers Brothers and more!

4:00 p.m. Dr. John Live at Ultrasonic Studios, Hempstead, NY, November 6, 1973

We spend some time this afternoon with the Nitetripper live at Ultrasonic. This guy never disappoints.

8:00 p.m. Instrumentally Speaking: Various Artists

It’s been a long time since we aired this one. It’s overdue. You’ll hear instrumentals from The Beatles, Mason Williams, The Edgar Winter Group, The Allman Brothers Band, Electric Light Orchestra, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Paul McCartney, King Crimson, Steely Dan, Traffic, Little Feat, the J. Geils Band, and more!

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