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Join host Dana Marshall, every Sunday morning to share a cup of coffee and enjoy some great music.

Brunch by the River is a specialty show made just for Boston and the River listeners. The show combines Blues, Soul, World, Americana and Indie Rock to celebrate traditional music styles as well as contemporary music that lives in concert with traditional music. Local music from the Boston area and exclusive River Music Hall performances are also part of the unique weekly mix. Want to look through older playlists? Scroll down below.

This past week’s Brunch by The River playlist:

9:00 AM

  • Hot Tuna – “Water Song”
  • Lyle Lovett – “Smile”
  • Joni Mitchell – “Chelsea Morning”
  • Robert Palmer – “Every Kinda People”
  • Spyro Gyro – “Shaker Song”
  • Neville Brothers – “Yellow Moon”
  • Neil Young – “Tell Me Why”
  • Carole Kings – “Tapestry”
  • Jimmie Vaughan with Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy – “6 Strings Down” (live)
  • Soul Brothers Six – “Some Kind of Wonderful”
  • Otis Redding – “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay”
  • Johnny Cash – “Daddy Sang Bass”
  • Billy Joel – “Vienna”
  • Harry Belafonte – “Jump in the Line”
  • Mavis Staples – “Wish I Had Answered”
  • Tom Petty – “Yer So Bad”

10 AM

  • Sting – “Brand New Day (live)”
  • John Hiatt – “Real Fine Love”
  • Aretha Franklin – “Baby I Love You”
  • Hall & Oates – “Rich Girl”
  • The Rolling Stones – “Spider and the Fly (live)”
  • Van Morrison – “Cleaning Windows”
  • Indigo Girls – “Watershed”
  • Lisa Loeb – “Do You Sleep?”
  • Cannonball Adderly Quintet – “A Little Taste”
  • The Brothers Johnson – “Stomp!”
  • George Benson – “On Broadway”
  • Jamie Cullum – “Just One of Those Things”
  • Ray Charles – “Oh, What a Beautiful Morning”
  • Keb’ Mo’ – “Get Together”
  • Stevie Wonder – “Too High”
  • James Brown – “It’s Too Funky in Here”

11 AM

  • Miriam Makeba – “Pata Pata 2000”
  • The String Cheese Incident – “Valley of the Jig”
  • Leftover Salmon – “Mama Boulet”
  • Santana – “Everything’s Coming Our Way”
  • Frank Sinatra – “My Way”
  • Gladys Knight & The Pips – “Midnight Train to Georgia”
  • Al Green – “Take Me to the River”
  • Herbie Hancock with John Mayer – “Stitched Up”
  • Michael Franti & Spearhead – “Once a Day”
  • Steely Dan – “The Fez”
  • Crosby Stills & Nash – “Southern Cross”
  • Bill Withers – “Lean on Me”
  • Sly and the Family Stone – “Sing a Simple Song”
  • Prince – “Musicology”
  • James Gang – “Funk #49”
  • CHIC – “Good Times”
  • Simon & Garfunkel – “Bye Bye Love (live)”

Thanks for listening on Sunday morning – Hope you enjoyed Brunch by the River.

Have a great day! – Dana