It’s ‘The Best of Reggae & Ska’ Today With Gregg Allman and Our New ‘Wheels’ Playlist, Friday, August 11, 2023

Good morning, workers! We are at the final day of the work week (for most) and we’ve got a great musical lineup of reggae/ska/rocksteady music, Gregg Allman’s final spin as the featured singer-songwriter and a brand new ‘Wheels’ playlist.

Here’s your musical lineup for Friday:

10:00 a.m. The Best of Reggae, Ska & Rocksteady: Various Artists

Take a trip with us to the islands where you’ll hear Prince Buster, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Judy Mowatt, Jimmy Cliff, Basil Gabbidon, The Rhythm Aces, Derrick Morgan, Laurel Aitkin, Count Lasher, The Jiving Juniors, Marcia Griffiths, Rita Marley, Desmond Dekker (& The Aces), The I-Threes, Bunny Wailer, Peter Tosh, Toots & The Maytals and more!

4:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series: The Music of Gregg Allman FINAL AIRING!

Today is the final airing of Gregg Allman as our featured singer-songwriter. We’ve got a brand new artist waiting in the wings for tomorrow!

Cars are big topic in the music world, and we are finally putting a playlist together on the subject. You’ll hear Paul McCartney (singing about his tour bus), Lucinda Williams, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (worrying about getting pulled over), Donovan, The Kinks, Joni Mitchell, The Eagles, The Who, T-Rex, Asleep at The Wheel, Chuck Berry, John Prine, Mudcrutch, Bob Dylan, The Byrds, War, Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen, Janis Joplin, Tracy Chapman, Steppewolf, Wilson Pickett (about girl who just wants to ride around) and more!

Midweek Brings The ‘Hear Comes The Night’ EP, Singer-Songwriter Gregg Allman, and Our ‘Instrumentally Speaking’ Playlist, On Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Welcome to our midweek mania here in The Mermaid Lounge. Today we’ve got our extended EP dedicated to songs about the night, some Gregg Allman, and some instrumental tunes for you later!

Here’s your midweek lineup:

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

The night time is the right time according to Warren Zevon, 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, Emmylou Harris, Poco, Neil Diamond, The Animals, The Band, The Rolling Stones, Don McLean, Steve Winwood, Cat Stevens, the Traveling Wilburys, Sam Cooke, Jimmy Cliff, Bonnie Raitt and more!

4:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series: The Music of Gregg Allman

Gregg Allman takes his second spin as our featured singer-songwriter. Although reclusive, he was the heart and soul of The Allman Brothers Band.

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

A playlist dedicated to the instrumental music genre with Fleetwood Mac, Electric Light Orchestra, the Edgar Winter Group, Mason Williams, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Jeff Beck, The Beatles, Traffic, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Steely Dan, Booker T & The MG’s, Paul McCartney, King Crimson, Dick Dale & His Deltones, and more.

We’re out there playing tunes 24/7 without commercial interruption and at no cost to our listeners. I know that sounds absolutely ridiculous, but that is the way it is. If it sounds too fantastical, I apologize. See for yourself by hitting the button below.

Saturday Brings the Final Airing of Our AOW, the ‘Color My World’ EP, and Gregg Allman as Our Featured Singer-Songwriter, August 5, 2023

Good morning, musicologists! It’s Saturday in The Lounge, my final day at work, and The Music Mermaid is all psyched up to run the show for you today!

Here’s Saturday’s lineup:

9:00 a.m. Album of The Week: Go Cat Go by Carl Perkins & Friends FINAL AIRING!

We say goodbye today to a great album by Carl Perkins and his many friends, like George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Tom Petty, Paul Simon and more! Get it while you can!

11:00 a.m. Color My World: Various Artists

Five hours of open stream with a theme here with colors of all kinds being the topic. You’ll hear The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Elton John, Donovan, Booker T. & The MGs, Electric Light Orchestra, Procol Harum, Joni Mitchell, The Who, Any Winehouse, Sam & Dave, Badfinger, Bob Dylan, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Elvis Costello, Neil Young, Jefferson Airplane, The Hollies, Elvis Presley, Janis Joplin, Cream, Marvin Gaye, Lucinda Williams, John Hiatt, J.D. Souther, Linda Ronstadt and more!

The legendary singer, songwriter, keyboardist (sometimes guitarist) and co-founder of The Allman Brothers Band is our featured singer-songwriter this coming week. He was a musical pioneer who combined traditional blues with rock, jazz and country to help give the Allman Brothers Band their amazing and unique sound. Gregg Allman became the heart and soul of the band after his brother died, and he did himself and Duane proud.

We Keep It Simple With Our Carl Perkins & Friends AOW, and Our ‘Water, Water Everywhere’ Multi-Artist EP, Sunday, July 30, 2023

Good morning, weekenders! It’s officially a day of rest and the living is easy. We keep it simple here in The Mermaid Lounge too. Some streaming with a theme, our AOW and the rest our big, wide Open Stream with The Music Mermaid.

Here’s your musical landscape:

Perkins has made a few of these, but on this particular version (our favorite) his friends are outstanding with George Harrison, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Ringo Starr, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, John Fogerty, Paul McCartney and Paul Simon. This one is fun.

3:00 p.m. Water, Water Everywhere: Various Artists

We’ve given you the drill before: The earth is composed of 71% water. You’d think people would be concerned with taking care of that natural resource, but you’d be pretty wrong about that at this stage in our environmental history. You’ll hear from Paul McCartney, Deep Purple, Joe Cocker, Simon & Garfunkel, The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, Otis Redding, The Doobie Brothers, Valerie Carter, Bob Dylan, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Al Green, Loggins & Messina, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, Linda Ronstadt, Spirit, The Grass Roots, The Beach Boys, Lindisfarne, Van Morrison, Bonnie Raitt, Carole King, Steely Dan, Tom Rush, Donovan, America, Johnny Rivers and more!

We’ve Got The ‘Travelin’ Fever’ EP, Our AOW, and Bob Marley & The Wailers Live in Santa Barbara, Thursday, July 27, 2023

Good morning, shufflers. Hope all is well. We’re starting off the programming with our ‘Travelin’ Fever’ EP and ending with ‘live’ Bob Marley & The Wailers.

Here’s Thursday’s itinerary:

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

Get on your traveling shoes. We’re taking a musical journey with Canned Heat, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Creedence Clearwater Revival, the Steve Miller Band, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Dan Fogelberg, Bruce Springsteen, Linda Ronstadt, Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney & Wings, The Doors, The Eagles, Little Feat, The Band, Willie Nelson, Edwin Starr, Janis Joplin, Guy Clark, The Byrds, Joan Baez, Asleep at The Wheel, The Traveling Wilburys, Mudcrutch, Loggins & Messina, Buffalo Springfield, Tom Rush, The Guess Who, Ray Charles, The Marshall Tucker Band, The Beatles, Emmylou Harris, Bob Dylan, Del Shannon and more.

4:00 p.m. Album of The Week: Lonely Runs Both Ways by Alison Krauss & Union Station

We’re winding down on this one and it’s a beauty. The final airing will be sometime on Saturday.

7:00 p.m. Bob Marley & The Wailers Live at The Santa Barbara County Bowl, November 25, 1979

We close out the night wih one we haven’t streamed since 2021. This is a good one.

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It’s Midweek With Our Big House EP, J.D. Souther’s Second Turn as Our Singer-Songwriter, and The Band ‘Live’ in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, July 26, 2023

We’re at midweek with our #BecomeUngovernable House Playlist, J.D. Souther as our singer-songwriter, and ‘live’ music from another Mermaid Lounge favorite, The Band.

Here’s your midweek lineup:

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

The music that inspired the station with Barry McGuire, The Temptations, Edwin Starr, Peter Tosh, The Beatles, Genesis, 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, The Plastic Ono Band, George Harrison, Sam Cooke, The Rolling Stones, Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, Three Dog Night, Jimmy Cliff, Richie Havens, Marvin Gaye, The Association, Phil Ochs, Tom Rush, Pete Seeger, The Band, Nina Simone, Janis Joplin and more!

4:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Series: The Music of J.D. Souther

J.D. Souther takes his second turn as this week’s featured singer-songwriter.

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

A Mermaid Lounge favorite and a band that went from Bob Dylan’s backup band to one of the most influential bands of the sixties and seventies. Tonight they’re live from Tokyo.

It’s midweek and we’ve got some great music lined up for you today. We’re on 24/7 free of charge with no commercial interruption. Just hit the button below and see for yourself!

It’s Tuesday Bluesday With Our Big, Bad Blues EP, Our AOW, and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Sing the Blues, July 25, 2023

Good morning, bluesologists and welcome to another Tuesday Bluesday. Today we kick it off with our biggest, widest and baddest blues EP and close it out with TPATH singing the blues later. In between, it’s Alison Krauss & Union Station with our AOW.

Here’s your Tuesday Bluesday lineup:

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

We’ve got our biggest, baddest blues EP today with 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, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Marcia Ball, Duane Allman, Susan Tedeschi, Roomful of Blues, Howlin’ Wolf, Tracy Nelson, Linda Ronstadt and more.

4:00 p.m. Album of The Week: Lonely Runs Both Ways by Alison Krauss & Union Station

Today is the second spin of this great three-time Grammy winning album.

7:00 p.m. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Sing The Blues

Tom Petty once said he envisioned his band as a bunch of old men sitting around in chairs playing the blues. He never made it that far, but he and his band mates certainly paid credible homage to the genre over the years. Tonight we give you one of our favorite playlists.

Tuesday Bluesday is always a live one in The Mermaid Lounge with a worldwide audience for most of the day. Be one of them. We’re on 24/7 and we’re totally free…and we’re also free of commercial advertising.

Our ‘In Your Dreams’ Multi-Artist EP is Back and The Rolling Stones are In The Spotlight Tonight, Monday, July 24, 2023

Good morning, workers! It’s another Monday, but we’ve got you covered with some great music, including the return from hiatus of our ‘In Your Dreams’ multi-artist EP1

Our ‘In Your Dreams’ EP is back starting at 11:00 a.m.

Here’s your Monday musical landscape:

11:00 a.m. In Your Dreams: Various Artists

Fresh off a hiatus, our multi-artist EP about dreams is back with music from The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Aerosmith, Crowded House, The Moody Blues, Van Morrison, The Eurythmics, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Nanci Griffith, The Electric Prunes, Fleetwood Mac, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Mamas & The Papas, Jimmy Buffett, the Allman Brothers Band, Supertramp, Randy Newman, Aretha Franklin, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, Bob Dylan, Widespread Panic, The Youngbloods, Jimmy Ruffin, Jackson Browne, Patsy Cline, Mudcrutch, Joe Walsh, Bruce Springsteen, k.d. lang, Dusty Springfield and more!

7:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of The Rolling Stones

We haven’t heard this one for a while, so we thought it would be a good time to put these guys back In the Spotlight!

Monday is always a tough day because it’s a back-to-work day (Tuesday is my Monday), but we’ve got some great music to get you through. We’re on 24/7 at no charge, and we are uninterrupted by commercial advertising. What could be better?

Sundays are Simple Here in The Lounge With Our New Album of The Week and The ‘Friends of Mine’ Multi-Artist EP, on July 23, 2023

Good morning, music lovers. It’s the weekend and it’s a Sunday, so we keep it simple here on this official day of rest with Alison Krauss & Union Station’s Album of The Week and our newest multi-artist EP called ‘Friends of Mine.’

Here’s your Sunday Funday lineup:

11:00 a.m. Album of The Week: Lonely Runs Both Ways by Alison Krauss & Union Station NEW!

This great mostly bluegrass band dominated in the early 2000’s behind the amazing voice of Alison Krauss. This was their twelfth album release (November 23, 2004) and won the band three Grammys in 2006. The song A Living Prayer was also honored with the award for Bluegrass Recorded Song of the Year from the Gospel Music Association. Krauss has established herself as one of the most influential artists in bluegrass music and is also one hell of a fiddler.

3:00 p.m. Friends of Mine: Various Artists

This is the newest EP and it’s all about friends, good and bad. We’ve all had experience there, right? You’ll hear The Guess Who, Willie Nelson, The Beach Boys, War, Gladys Knight & The Pips, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Todd Rundgren, Linda Ronstadt, Queen. R.E.M., Simon & Garfunkel, John Prine, Carole King, Grateful Dead, Lou Reed, Robert Johnson, Hank Williams, The Kinks, Joan Baez, The Beatles, Carly Simon, Tracy Nelson, The Byrds, Desmond Dekker, Jackson Browne, Steppenwolf, Elton John, Maria Muldaur, Argent, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Otis Redding and more! As you can see, it’s a very musically eclectic playlist.

The Music Mermaid will guide you through the day before, in between and after our programs. We’re on 24/7 at no charge to you and with absolutely no commercial interruptions. We’re all about the music.

Welcome to Thursday in The Lounge With ‘The Psychedelic Express’ EP, The Young Rascals With Our AOW, and Creedence Clearwater Revival In the Spotlight Later, July 20, 2023

Good morning, psychedelic music lovers! We’re going to kick off the programming with just about five hours of that great genre this morning, followed by The Young Rascals with our AOW, and CCR In the Spotlight later.

Here’s your musical lineup:

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

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

4:00 p.m. Album of The Week: Groovin’ by The Young Rascals

We’re winding down on this one. The final airing will be sometime on Saturday.

7:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Creedence Clearwater Revival

Closing out our programming for today is a musical band of brothers born in Berkeley who sound just like they walked out of the Louisiana bayou. One of the best damned bands of the late sixties and seventies.

Tune us in, people. We’re on 24/7. We’re totally free. And our music isn’t interrupted by commercial advertising. What are you waiting for?