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On Saturday It’s ‘Music From Laurel Canyon’, a Peter, Paul & Mary ‘Spotlight,’ and Live Linda Ronstadt, May 17, 2025

Welcome, weekenders! We’re at the weekend with some more great music coming your way, including one of the finest Linda Ronstadt concerts I had the pleasure to attend on my own home turf. Read on!

Here’s your Saturday musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. Music From Laurel Canyon: Various Artists

We start out with the Laurel Canyon crowd, two generations of musicians who fed off one another to create a true challenge to the chart ownership of The British Invasion and herald in the sound of country-rock. You’ll hear The Byrds, The Mamas & Papas, Buffalo Springfield, The Beach Boys, The Doors, The Lovin’ Spoonful, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, The Monkees, CSNY, John Mayall, The Eagles, J.D. Souther, Harry Nilsson, Canned Heat, Linda Ronstadt, Carole King, James Taylor, Joan Baez, Judy Collins and more!

4:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Peter, Paul & Mary

Formed in New York City in 1961, Peter, Paul & Mary became the premier band of the great sixties folk revival. We’ll be increasing our folk content this year because I truly believe we’re in the midst of yet another revival.

8:00 p.m. Linda Ronstadt Live at The Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA, May 14, 1995

I had the pleasure of attending this show. The late, great Valerie Carter was the opener and also joined Ronstadt for her time on stage. It was like listening to two angels singing. I’ve seen Linda Ronstadt many, many times during my lifetime and this was undoubtedly one of the finest performances ever.

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Music From Laurel Canyon!

Today It’s CSNY Live at Woodstock, ‘Are You Ready for The Country’, and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott Live at the Isle of Wight Festival, on Saturday, May 10, 2025

We’re winding down on Festival Week, but we are far from being done! Our EP today is sandwiched between Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young live at Woodstock ’69 and a vintage performance from folk legend Ramblin’ Jack Elliott at the Isle of Wight Festival.

Here’s your Saturday lineup:

9:00 a.m. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young live at Woodstock ’69, Max Yasgur’s Farm, Bethel, NY, August 17, 1969

Today we’ve got CSNY’s full performance from Woodstock ’69, a complete acoustic set.

1:00 p.m. Are You Ready for The Country: Various Artists

We return to our EP’s today with our big country and country-rock offering with songs from 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, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Townes Van Zandt, The Highwaymen, Carlene Carter, Rosanne Cash, Kris Kristofferson, The Desert Rose Band, Gram Parsons, John Prine and more!

8:00 p.m. Ramblin’ Jack Elliott Live at The Isle of Wight Festival, Afton Downs, Isle of Wight, UK, May 14, 1957

We’re jumping in the waaaaayback machine for this one, all the way back to 1957 from a performance by the legendary Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, who is still out there on the road at the age of 93.

It’s your time, weekenders, and The Mermaid Lounge welcomes you. We’re on 24/7, we’re free and there’s no commercial interruption. Join us for the end of Festival Week over the net couple of days. The button is below.

Festival Week!

On Sunday It’s a Christine McVie ‘Spotlight’ Feature, ‘The Female Species’ EP & The Band Live in Japan, May 4, 2025

Good morning, weekenders! We’ve got a great lineup today that includes our ‘Female Species’ EP sandwiched in between Christine McVie and The Band.

Here’s your Sunday Funday lineup:

10:00 a.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Christine McVie

From Chickenshack to Fleetwood Mac, we open with a Christine McVie ‘Spotlight’ feature. In my humble opinion, Christine McVie was always the heart and soul of Fleetwood Mac, although Stevie Nicks got more attention.

1:00 p.m. The Female Species: Various Artists

We take you through the afternoon with songs about women, some real and some imagined, 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, America, Roy Orbison, Billy Joel, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, The Beach Boys, The Temptations, Linda Ronstadt and more!

8:00 p.m. The Band Live at Kosei Nenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan, September 2, 1983

We close out the programming today with a great performance by The Band from Kosei Nenkin Hall in Tokyo.

Just a quick reminder that tomorrow begins Festival Week here in The Mermaid Lounge! We’re here 24/7 and we’re totally free of charge every single day. We do not run any commercial advertising because we do not make one penny from what we do. We’re all about the music. See for yourselves. The button is below.

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On Friday It’s Our ‘Wheels’ Playlist, a Bonnie Raitt ‘Spotlight’ Feature and a Tribute to Woody Guthrie, April 18, 2025

Good morning, musicologists! We’ve got a great lineup today, and it includes a tribute to Woody Guthrie on his 100th birthday. Yes, we’re amping up our protest music content, one of our favorite genres. If ever there was a time in our history to do this, it is now.

Here’s your Friday musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. Wheels: Various Artists

We start the day with tunes about driving places with Lucinda Williams, Chuck Berry, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Bo Diddley, The Who, War, John Prine, The Eagles, The Byrds, Paul McCartney & Wings, Mudcrutch, Tracy Chapman, Steppenwolf, The Kinks, the Grateful Dead, Wilson Pickett, The Doors, Emmylou Harris, Golden Earring and more!

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Bonnie Raitt

This afternoon we spend some time with Bonnie Raitt, truly one of the greatest singers and guitarists in music who seems to be ageless.

8:00 p.m. Woody Guthrie at 100, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., June 11, 2013 NEW!

Did any of us think we’d be here back when these great artists celebrated Woody Guthrie’s 100th birthday? We need his music now more than ever. You’ll hear Lucinda Williams, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Ani DeFranco, Sweet Honey In the Rock, Rosanne Cash, Judy Collins, Jackson Browne,Tom Morello and more sing Woody’s songs.

We’ve got plenty of our big, wide Open Stream today with great programmed content sprinkled in. This is just the beginning of our increased protest song focus. More than any other genre, folk music has led the way on this front. The button is below.

A Tribute to Woody Guthrie!

It’s Thursday and We’re Headed to Laurel Canyon, Then It’s Live Dan Fogelberg, and ‘The Soul Men’, On April 17, 2025

Good morning, music lovers! We’re over the hump and headed for the weekend! We start in Laurel Canyon this morning, then move on to some live Dan Fogelberg and close it with ‘The Soul Men.’

Here’s your musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. Music From Laurel Canyon: Various Artists

We visit Laurel Canyon, home to two generations of musical artists who collaborated and cross-pollinated to create the genre known as country-rock. You’ll hear The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, The Mamas & The Papas, The Beach Boys, The Doors, The Lovin’ Spoonful, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, The Monkees, CSNY, Manassas, John Mayall, The Eagles, J.D. Souther, Harry Nilsson, Canned Heat, Linda Ronstadt, Carole King, James Taylor, Joan Baez, Judy Collins and more!

4:00 p.m. Dan Fogelberg Live at The Universal Amphitheater, Universal City, CA, August 15, 1985

This afternoon we hear from yet another great singer-songwriter who belongs in the RRHOF. He is not yet in despite numerous petitions. They’ve been too busy inducting artists like Kiss, Tupac, Paliament Funkadelic and The Bee Gees and ignoring him. Don’t forget it took them until fucking 2014 to induct Linda Ronstadt. That was yet another travesty righted. We’re still watiing…

8:00 p.m. The Soul Men, Volume One: Various Artists

We swear we’re working on volume two. In this one you’ll hear Jimmy Ruffin, Marvin Gaye, Ben E. King, Ray Charles, Otis Redding, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Bill Withers, Al Green, The Temptations, Slim Harpo, Freddie King, Fats Domino, Jackie Wilson and more!

We’re off on another day in retail hell, but you’re in good hands here with The Music Mermaid! She’ll take care of your every musical need and make sure we give you the best of our big, wide Open Stream before, in between, and after our programming. The button is below.

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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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We’re Back With ‘The Female Species’, Live Allman Brothers, and a Linda Ronstadt ‘Spotlight’, Saturday, April 5, 2025

Good morning, musicologists! We’re back today with some excellent programming, starting off with an EP of songs about women, some by women.

Here’s your Saturday musical lineup:

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

Songs about women featuring 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, America, Roy Orbison, Billy Joel, Jimi Hendrix, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Linda Ronstadt, Van Morrison, The Beach Boys, The Temptations and more!

4:00 p.m. The Allman Brothers Band with Eric Clapton Live at The Beacon Theater, New York, NY, March 19, 2009

The Allman Brothers Band playing live at The Beacon is always a treat, but this night they brought along a special guest.

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

There’s never been, and may never be, another vocalist who can master so many genres and cross effortlessly between them. There’s so much music in this playlist because she’s given us so much variety. She is certainly the main female musical muse in The Mermaid Lounge.

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On Wednesday It’s Songs About Night, Wendy Waldman, and The Band Live in Asbury Park, Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Good morning, music lovers! We’re at midweek and we’ve got great tunes to get you over the hump and on the downslide to the weekend.

Here’s your midweek musical lineup:

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

We start out the day with songs about the night from Warren Zevon, the J. Geils Band, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, 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. In the Spotlight: The Music of Wendy Waldman

Wendy Waldman has had a diverse musical career, but she was an amazing vocalist during the seventies, singing with other great female singers and nurturing her own solo career. Later she moved to Nashville to focus on songwriting for other artists across many musical genres. She was also one of the first recognized female record producers. Today we put her ‘In the Spotlight.’

8:00 p.m. The Band Live at The Casino Arena, Asbury Park, N.J., July 20, 1976

Bob Dylan’s backup band, which he simply referred to as ‘the band’, took on that name and began a career that has made them one of the most influential acts in rock music history. We close out the programming with a live performance from Asbury Park tonight.

It’s midweek. We’re headed to the weekend from here, and we’ve got a great week of music planned to get you there. We’re on 24/7 with great programming built in to our big, wide Open Stream. See for yourselves. The button is below.

Midweek Music!

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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We’re at Midweek With Songs About Women, a Jakob Dylan ‘Spotlight’, and The Byrds Live, Wednesday, March 5, 2025

We’re at midweek in the land of fascism. We’re pushing back here and pushing through with some great music. It’ll make this a hell of a lot less painful. We’re on top if it with some excellent music today, starting with songs about women.

Here’s your midweek lineup:

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

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

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Jakob Dylan

The great indie artist son of Bob is no slouch himself. A formidable songwriter and a great singer as a solo artist or with his band, The Wallflowers. He’s ‘In the Spotlight’ today.

8:00 p.m. The Byrds Live at The Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, November 2, 1968 NEW!

We’ve located a new live performance of one of the most influential bands of the sixties to close out the evening’s programming.

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