The Midnight Special, March 1, 2025

By Marilyn Rea Beyer |

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Playlist

  1. Lead Belly: Midnight Special (Trad.); Leadbelly; Midnight Special; RCA Victor LPV-505
  2. Dawn Landes: One Hundred Years (Gage); Dawn Landes; The Liberated Woman’s Songbook; Fun Machine Music 3.29.2024
  3. Indigo Girls: Galileo; Indigo Girls; Rites of Passage; Epic EK 48865
  4. Watchhouse: All Around You; Watchhouse; Rituals; Thirty Tigers advance single
  5. Maya de Vitry: Odds of Getting Even; Maya de Vitry; The Only Moment; Mad Maker Studios MMS005
  6. Eilen Jewell: How Long?; Eilen Jewell; Letters from Sinners & Strangers; Signature Sounds Recordings SIG 2006
  7. Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt: One Step; Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt; Crooked Fiddle; Nathans & Ronstadt NRCD001
  8. Allison Russell: Eve Was Black; Allison Russell, ft. SistaStrings; The Returner; Fantasy Records 8 88072 52409 5
  9. Annie Capps: My Eden; Annie Capps; How Can I Say This?; Yellow Room Records YRR024
  10. Cosy Sheridan: “Dorothy & Eve”; Cosy Sheridan; AntHymn; Wind River WR4019
  11. Guy Forsyth: Patina Verdigris; Guy Forsyth; Single; Guy Forsyth single
  12. McCandless, James: “Lily Langtry”; James McCandless; Sea of Freedom; Sea of Freedom St. Christopher/CD 4001
  13. Joan Baez: “Lily of the West”; Joan Baez; Vol. 2; Vol. 2 Vanguard/79595-2
  14. Ali Wong: Signs of Success – comedy; Ali Wong; Baby Cobra; Comedy Dynamics CD548
  15. Susan Werner and Tish Hinojosa: Sisters; Susan Werner and Tish Hinojosa; Halfway to Houston; susanwerner.com 02092024
  16. Owen Walsh: The Midnight Special (Trad.); Owen Walsh; The Midnight Special “exclusive”; single 1.31.2024
  17. Colleen Kattau: Boys on the Radio; Colleen Kattau; Inhabited Woman; WindLight 7 00261 21547 1
  18. Charlie Mosbrook: Listen to a Woman; Charlie Mosbrook; Something to Believe; Open Mic Records OMR 003
  19. Marcella Simien: Stars; Marcella Simien; To Bend to the Will of a Dream That’s Being Fulfilled; marcellasimien.com 7 55491 32221 5
  20. Marcella Simien: Lelia; Marcella Simien; To Bend to the Will of a Dream That’s Being Fulfilled; marcellasimien.com 7 55491 32221 5
  21. Pierce Pettis: Grandmother’s Song; Pierce Pettis; Tinseltown; High Street 72902 10311-2
  22. Gina Forsyth: “What I Did on Mardi Gras Day”; Gina Forsyth; Promised Land; Waterbug WBG0101
  23. Bobcat Opossum: Quail is a Pretty Bird/Gentle on My Mind (Hartford); Bobcat Opossum; Look What the Bobcat Dragged In; bobcatopossum.com 1 95269 31262 6
  24. Lois Morton: Don’t Be a Mole in a Hole; Lois Morton; 20th Century Girl; LoisMorton.com 2013
  25. Suzie Vinnick: Lift You Up (Vinnick/Morand); Suzie Vinnick; Fall Back Home; suzievinnick.com SV007
  26. Arnie Brown: “Shche ne vmerla Ukrayina” (Ukrainian National Anthem); Arnie Brown; digital single; Private recording 472022
  27. Ira Antelis & Friends: “We Sing for Ukraine”; Cheryl Wilson, Olha Tsvyntarna, Pavel Roytman, Lynn Jordan, Jeff Morrow, Joanie Pollato, et al.; We Sing for Ukraine – single; wesingforukraine.com single
  28. John McCutcheon: Ukrainian Now (McCutcheon/Paxton); John McCutcheon; digital single; Appalseed 3-29-22
  29. Rhiannon Giddens, Crys Matthews & the Resistance Revival Chorus: How I Long for Peace (Seeger); Rhiannon Giddens, Crys Matthews & the Resistance Revival Chorus; How I Long for Peace (single); Nonesuch 9.2024
  30. Stephen Schuch: Midnight Special (Piano Only); Stephen Schuch; single; Stephen Schuch [2022]
  31. Barbara Dane & the Chambers Brothers: Working Class Woman; Barbara Dane; Barbara Dane: Hot Jazz, Cool Blues & Hard-Hitting Songs; Smithsonian SFW CD 40227
  32. Lu Mitchell: The Kugelsburg Bank; Lu Mitchell; Alarums and Excursions; Pasquinade Music Co. CD 111
  33. Joni Mitchell: “Raised on Robbery”; Joni Mitchell; Court & Spark; Reprise 8122797178-6
  34. Sam Robbins: Piles of Sand; Sam Robbins; So Much I Still Don’t See; Nine Athens Music 1 95269 34658 4
  35. Sons of the Never Wrong: “Saints and The Martyrs” (Demel/Roper); Sons of the Never Wrong; Undertaker’s Songbook; Songs 3 Records SR3
  36. Naomi Ashley: Seeds of Doubt; Naomi Ashley; Love Bug; naomiashley.bandcamp.com 2024
  37. Helene Cronin: Not the Year; Helene Cronin; Maybe New Mexico; helenecronin.com 3.7.2025
  38. Katrina Davis: Lost Gemini; Katrina Davis; Figuring It Out; Comedy Dynamics 8-2022
  39. Jimmy LaFave: “The Moon’s A Harsh Mistress” (Jimmy Webb); Jimmy LaFave; Texoma; BohemiaBeat 65223-0010-2
  40. Antje Duvekot: Diana’s Song; Antje Duvekot; Little Peppermints; Pantjebare ADP58099
  41. Patty & Craig: Look to the Moon; Patty & Craig; Look to the Moon; pattycraig.com 1 95269 35104 5
  42. Ellen Bukstel & Nick Annis: By My Silence; Ellen Bukstel & Nick Annis; Daddy’s Little Girl; Ellen Bukstel EB-2008-1
  43. Peter Mulvey: I Want a Voice; Peter Mulvey; This is Boston…Not Austin, Vol. 2, Disc 2; This is Boston…Not Austin, Vol. 2/Eastern Front EFR 503
  44. Heather Pierson & Leah Boyd: Peaceful Means; Heather Pierson & Leah Boyd; Peaceful Means; peacefulmeans.net 1 95269 28463 3
  45. Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged); Laura Love; She Loved Red; Laura Love 88295 68276
  46. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004