The Midnight Special, March 22, 2025

By Marilyn Rea Beyer |

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Playlist

  1. Lead Belly: Midnight Special (Trad.); Leadbelly; Midnight Special; RCA Victor LPV-505
  2. Nick Drake: Cello Song; Nick Drake; Five Leaves Left; Island/Hannibal ILPS 9105/HNBX 5302
  3. Ollella: Optimist; Ollella; Antifragile; ollellamusic.com 199079843080
  4. The Rhythmettes & The Debutantes: Optimistic Voices; The Rhythmettes & The Debutantes; The Wizard of Oz: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack; Rhino R2 71999
  5. Julie Gold: SpringSprang; Julie Gold; Love is Love is Love; Julie Gold 8 84501 50296 2
  6. Jim Bizer: My Best Friend; Jim Bizer; About Time; Yellow Room Records YRR 6-2024
  7. Sam Bergquist: Here and Gone; Sam Bergquist; Racing Down the Valley; bergquistmusic.com 1 9899 59782 0
  8. Charlie Parr: Remember Me if I Forget; Charlie Parr; Stumpjumper; Red House Records RHR CD 283
  9. Janis Ian: “At Seventeen”; Janis Ian; The Essential Janis Ian – disc 1; Rude Girl-Columbia/Legacy 88697 561962
  10. Kiely Connell: Beautiful; Kiely Connell; My Own Company; Calument Queen/Thirty Tigers 74333 CD
  11. Michigan Rattlers: Pure Resistance; Michigan Rattlers; Waving From A Sea; Michigan Rattlers MR231005LP
  12. Mark Erelli: Look Up; Mark Erelli & His String Quartet; Live in Rockport; markerelli.com 4.16.2025
  13. Alice Howe: Twilight; Alice Howe; Alice Howe & Freebo “Live”; KnowHowe KH004
  14. Laura Love: Five Hundred Miles (West); Laura Love, ft. Barbara Lamb; Helvetica Bold; Octoroon Biography OB-004-CD
  15. Jake Blount: Didn’t It Rain (Trad.); Jake Blount; The New Faith; Smithsonian Folkways SFW 40247
  16. Jake Blount: Blackbird Says to the Crow; Jake Blount; Spider Tales; Free Dirt Records DIRT-CD-0097
  17. The Youngbloods: Get Together (Powers); The Youngbloods; Get Together: The Essential Youngbloods; RCA/BMG 7863651172
  18. Jesse Colin Young: Darkness, Darkness (Young); Elliott Murphy & Iain Matthews; La Terre Commune; Eminent EM 25070-2
  19. Kora Feder: In a Young Person’s Body; Kora Feder; Some Kind of Truth; korafeder.com 198999759136
  20. Kris Kristofferson: Jesus Was a Capricorn (Owed to John Prine); Kris Kristofferson; The Essential Kris Kristofferson, Disc 2; Columbia / Legacy Monument C2K 64992 – 2
  21. John Prine: Grandpa Was a Carpenter; John Prine; Souvenirs; Oh Boy Records OBR-021
  22. Steve Goodman: Red Red Robin; Steve Goodman; Artistic Hair; Omnivore OVCD 336
  23. Steve Goodman: Between the Lines; Steve Goodman; Words We Can Dance To; Elektra 7E-1061
  24. Steve Goodman: “Old Fashioned”; Steve Goodman; Words We Can Dance To; Words We Can Dance To | Elektra 7E-1061
  25. Allison Russell: Springtime; Allison Russell; The Returner; Fantasy Records 8 88072 52409 5
  26. Allison Russell & Leyla McCalla: “I Knew I Could Fly”; Allison Russell & Leyla McCalla; Songs of Our Native Daughters; Songs of Our Native Daughters Smithsonian Folkways/SF CD 40232
  27. Bob Dylan: Like a Rolling Stone; Bob Dylan; The Best of Bob Dylan; Columbia 82876 75013 2
  28. Studs Terkel & Joan Baez: Baez 3 “Dylan – 1967”; Joan Baez; WFMT Studs Terkel Archives; WFMT Studs Terkel Archives | WFMT 2015917-3-1
  29. Joan Baez & Bob Dylan: “It Ain’t Me Babe” (Dylan); Joan Baez & Bob Dylan; Live at Newport 1963-65; Live at Newport 1963-65 | Vanguard 77015-2
  30. Loudon Wainwright III: “Talkin’ New Bob Dylan”; Loudon Wainwright III; History; Charisma 0777 7 86416 2 9
  31. Bill Giardini: “The Midnight Special – Accordion” (Traditional); Bill Giardini; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection | Midnight Special Collection BillGiardini/MS011
  32. Jason Isbell: Bury Me; Jason Isbell; Foxes in the Snow; Southeast Records SER9998
  33. Odetta: “Chilly Winds” (Traditional); Odetta; Best of Odetta; Legacy International CD 354
  34. Alisa Amador ft. Madison Cunningham: Heartless Author; Alisa Amador ft. Madison Cunningham; Multitudes; Honest Magic Records AZ001
  35. Mean Mary: Mr. What A Catch I Am; Mean Mary; Woman Creature; Woodrock Records meanmary.com
  36. Bella White: Marilyn; Bella White; Among Other Things; Rounder Records 1166101935
  37. Pierce Crask: Anybody Out There; Pierce Crask; Rising River; Cau Dog Records CAU-LP-005
  38. Deb Talan: Just Another Unicorn; Deb Talan; I Thought I Saw You; ONErpm 1.31.2025
  39. Chris Smither: Digging The Hole; Chris Smither; All About the Bones; Signature Sounds SIG CD 2154
  40. Cliff Eberhardt: “The High Above and the Down Below”; Cliff Eberhardt; High Above and the Down Below; Red House Records RHR CD 199
  41. SONiA: Shake It; SONiA; Me, Too; Disappear Records DR 1007
  42. Bruce Cockburn: On a Roll; Bruce Cockburn; O Sun O Moon; True North Records TND811
  43. Traditional Scottish: The Lass of Killiecrankie (Trad.); Jim & Susie Malcolm; Spring Will Follow On; Beltane BELCD112
  44. (Laura Cortese, Annie Lynch & Kris Delmhorst): “Talk To Me”; Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards; Bitter Better; Compass 7 4752 2
  45. Annie Capps: How Can I Say This; Annie Capps; How Can I Say This?; Yellow Room Records YRR024
  46. Paul Kelly & Charlie Owen: Let It Be (Lennon/McCartney); Paul Kelly & Charlie Owen; Death’s Dateless Night; Cook CD655P
  47. Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged); Laura Love; She Loved Red; Laura Love 88295 68276
  48. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004