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On Friday It’s ‘Free As a Bird,’ a Nicolette Larson ‘Spotlight,’ and Volume One of The Beatles Live at The BBC, May 30, 2025

Good morning, music lovers and welcome to the cusp of the weekend once again! Today we open with songs about being free, followed by Niclette Larson ‘In the Spotlight’ and our boys live at The BBC!

Here’s your Friday musical lineup:

10:00 a.m. Free As a Bird: Various Artists

We start off with songs about freedom from Edgar Winger, The Beatles, CSNY, The Byrds, Richie Havens, Van Morrison, Three Dog Night, Tracy Chapman, Emmylou Harris, Allen Toussaint, Pete Seeger, Joni Mitchell, Loggins & Messina, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Curtis Mayfield, The Kinks, and more!

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Nicolette Larson

Nicolette Larson burst onto the music scene with her recording of Neil Young’s Lotta Love, and became one of the great girl singers of her generation. By 1985, she had turned to country music, charting one Top 40 country hit before her tragic death at the age of 45. Today we put her ‘In the Spotlight’ where she belongs.

8:00 p.m. The Beatles Live at The BBC Studios, Recorded June-September 1963

The Fab Four did a lot of live ‘in studio’ performances during their early years to help get their songs out to the world. This series was called Pop Go The Beatles, and it’s a great collection of music. Enjoy.

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It’s Midweek With ‘Here Comes The Night,’ a New Fleetwood Mac ‘Spotlight’, and Live Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, May 21, 2025

Good morning, musicologists! We’re at midweek and we’ve got some great stuff lined up that includes a brand new ‘Spotlight’ featuring Fleetwood Mac from blues band to one of music’s most potent pop/rock hitmakers.

Here’s your midweek musical lineup:

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

No time to wax poetic because it’s Truck Day, but the long and short is that you’ll hear Warren Zevon, the J. Geils Band, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Van Morrison, The Beatles, Patti Smith, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bruce Springsteen, The Kinks, Electric Prunes, Phoebe Snow and so many more!

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

From a Britsh blues band under the leadership of the late, great Peter Green to the hitmakers of the seventies with the addition of Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, we give it all to you.

8:00 p.m. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Live at Coleman Coliseum, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, October 5, 1995

One of the absolute greatest road bands, if not the greatest, live on the campus of the University of Alabama in a great performance.

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Fleetwood Mac!

We’re at Midweek With Songs About Water, Live Ry Cooder, and Larkin Poe ‘In The Spotlight’, On Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Good morning, music lovers! We’re at the midweek point, and that means tomorrow we’ll be on the downslide to the weekend once again! We’ve got a fine lineup today starting with our ‘Water, Water Everywhere’ EP. It’s Open Stream with a theme!

Here’s your midweek lineup:

9:00 a.m. Water, Water Everywhere: Various Artists

We’ve got a bunch of artists today talking about the earth’s most plentiful element, including 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, Van Morrison, The Beach Boys, Al Green, Loggins & Messina, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, Linda Ronstadt, Spirit, Bonnie Raitt, The Grass Roots, Carole King, Tom Rush, Donovan, America, Johnny Rivers and more!

4:00 p.m. Ry Cooder Live at The Record Plant, Sausalito, CA, July 7, 1974

This afternoon it’s the legendary Ry Cooder, Linda Ronstadt’s favorite guitarist and an amazing songwriter, singing and playing for us from The Record Plant.

8:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Larkin Poe

We close out the midweek programming with a great roots rock sister act which started out in Georgia but is now based in Nashville. If you haven’t been paying attention, now is your chance!

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Midweek Madness!

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.

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We Keep It Simple Today With CCR Live at Royal Albert Hall, and Our ‘Here Comes The Night’ EP, On Sunday, April 20, 2025

Here we are again, celebrating the bunny! We’ve got a great day today with minimal programming and plenty of our big, wide Open Stream!

Here’s your Sunday Funday lineup:

10:00 a.m. Creedence Clearwater Revival Live at Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, April 14, 1970

We start out with one of the finest rock and roll bands in music, led by the great John Fogerty. They crashed into fame by releasing three albums in 1969 alone. Today we’ve got them live at Royal Albert Hall.

4:00 p.m. Here Comes the Night: Various Artists

We go from afternoon to evening with our ‘Here Comes the Night’ multi-artist EP featuring the music of Warren Zevon, The J. Geils Band, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Them, The Beatles, Van Morrison, Patti Smith, Creedence Clear Water 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!

Before, in between and after we’ve got our big, wide Open Stream which has grown even larger and more diverse over the past few weeks. We will keep it growing over the next few weeks as we bolster our collection of protest music. In the meantime, have a lovely 4/20. The button is below.

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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!

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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On Sunday The Ladies Are In Charge, Then It’s Live John Prine and a Van Morrison ‘Spotlight’ Feature, February 23, 2025

Good morning, Weekenders! We start off the day with the ladies of music fully in charge, then we move on to John Prine and Van Morrison!

Here’s your Sunday Funday lineup:

9:00 a.m. Ladies Day Out: Various Artists

The ladies are in charge for fully five hours. You’ll hear Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Carly Simon, Emmylou Harris, Petula Clark, Laura Nyro, Cilla Black, Aretha Franklin, Irma Thomas, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, Etta James, Janis Joplin, Carole King, Maria Muldaur, Lucinda Williams, Rosanne Cash, Eva Cassidy, Wendy Waldman, Shawn Colvin, The Ronettes, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Norah Jones, Phoebe Snow, Nicolette Larson, Sheryl Crow, Valerie Carter, Dolly Parton, Dusty Springfield, Ann Peebles and more!

4:00 p.m. John Prine Live at The Other End, Greenwich Village, NY, December 1975

This is another of those shows where the actual date escapes everyone on the worldwide web. However, we know it happened because we’ve got the recording!

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

Yeah. We know Morrison can be an utter shit when he wants to be. Kinda full of himself and all. Yet he is a brilliant musician whose career began way back in the sixties with the British R & B group, Them. His sometimes unpleasant and arrogant nature doesn’t come through on vinyl.

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Ladies Day Out!

We Start Monday With ‘Here Comes The Night’, Then It’s Live Linda Ronstadt and Steely Dan, February 17, 2025

Good morning, musicologists.We’ve got a great lineup as we start the day with songs about the night. Then it’s some live Linda Ronstadt and a Steely Dan ‘Spotlight,’ two of the absolute best of the seventies.

Here’s your Monday musical lineup:

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

Yes, once again, we’re starting the morning with songs about the night from Warren Zevon, the J. Geils Band, Them, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Beatles, Van Morrison, Patti Smith, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bruce Springsteen, The Kinks, Electric Prunes, Phoebe Snow, Joe Walsh, The Eagles, The Doors, Poco, Emmylou Harris, Neil Diamond, John Cougar Mellencamp, The Animals, The Rolling Stones, Don McLean, Steve Winwood, The Traveling Wilburys, Sam Cooke, Jimmy Cliff, Bonnie Raitt and more!

4:00 p.m. Linda Ronstadt Live at The Record Plant, Sausalito, CA, November 18, 1973

This afternoon it’s the undisputed Queen of Rock live at the Record Plant after her Don’t Cry Now album release and just about a year before her incredible Heart Like A Wheel release that would put her on the map.

8:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Steely Dan

We close out the programming tonight with a ‘Spotlight’ featuring Steely Dan, surely one of the best bands of the seventies and beyond.

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Wednesday It’s Songs About Water, Emmylou & Linda Live in Boston, and Toots & The Maytals, February 12, 2025

We’re at midweek and we’ve got our ‘Water, Water Everywhere’ EP, Emmylou & Linda on their “Western Wall” tour, and Toots & The Maytals ‘In The Spotlight.’

Here’s your midweek lineup:

9:00 a.m. Water, Water Everywhere: Various Artists

The element that makes up 71% of our earth is the subject of our first musical offering today with Paul McCartney, 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, Bonnie Raitt, The Grass Roots, Carole King, Tom Rush, Donovan, Johnny Rivers, America, Van Morrison, The Beach Boys and more!

4:00 p.m. Linda Ronstadt & Emmyou Harris Live at The Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA, October 1, 1999

Truly one of the most amazing shows I’ve seen, and I’ve seen plenty in my younger days. They passed through Boston in support of their fantastic Western Wall album.

8:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: Toots & The Maytals

We close out the day with a great ‘Spotlight’ featuring one of the bands that was instrumental in turning the world on to the Reggae sound.

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