The Midnight Special, April 12, 2025

By Marilyn Rea Beyer |

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Playlist

  1. Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME; Lead Belly; Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection disc 2; RCA Victor VLP-505
  2. Lou & Peter Berryman: “Your State’s Name Here”; Lou & Peter Berryman; What Again?; Cornbelt CR900
  3. Steve Forbert: Moving Through America; Steve Forbert; Moving Through America; Blue Rose 50020 19637 1
  4. Debutants: Wish I Had An Airplane; Debutants; River on the Moon; Debutants DEB-001
  5. Louise Coombe: Maybe California; Louise Coombe; Paris; Zoe Cat 3.2025
  6. Ernie Hendrickson: My Friend, Roll On; Ernie Hendrickson; Roll On; Lo-Hi Records 8 77319 00811 5
  7. Eric Andersen: Champion at Keeping Them Rolling (MaColl); Eric Andersen; ‘bout Changes and Things; Vanguard VMD 79206
  8. Ewan MacColl: “Moving on Song”; Ewan MacColl; Black and White; Black and White | Green Linnet GLCD 3058
  9. Steppin’ in It: Long Haul (Davis); Steppin’ in It; Simple Tunes for Troubled Times; Earth-Works EW00308
  10. Billy Strings and Terry Barber: Long Journey Home (Trad.); Billy Strings and Terry Barber; Me / and / Dad; Rounder 116101798
  11. Jason Isbell: Crimson & Clay; Jason Isbell; Foxes in the Snow; Southeast Records SER9998
  12. Kim Moberg: The Seventh Fire: The Crossroad; Kim Moberg; The Seven Fires Prophecy: Suite for Humanity; KimMobergMusic.com 1 95269 22787 6
  13. Sultans of String: The Power of the Land; Sultans of String feat. Dr. Duke Redbird & Twin Flames; Refuge; Canada Council for the Arts MCK2230
  14. Les Barker: “Travel Iron”; Les Barker; Up the Creek Without a Poodle; Mrs. Ackroyd Records Up the Creek Without a Poodle / DOG012
  15. Jonas Friddle Band: You May Leave But This Will Bring You Back (Memphis Jug Band); Jonas Friddle Band ft. Anna Jacobson, Andrew Wilkins; Folkstage – Jonas Friddle 3.11.2023 (excerpted); WFMT 3.11.2023
  16. Jonas Friddle: “The Midnight Special – fretless banjo”; Jonas Friddle; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection JFriddle | MS008
  17. Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe: You Did It – excerpt (Lerner & Loew); Rex Harrison, Wilfred Hyde-White; My Fair Lady – Film Soundtrack; Columbia Masterworks KOL 8000
  18. Chris Smither: “Thanks to You” (Winchester); Chris Smither; Small Revelations; Hightone HCD 8077
  19. Maxwell Street Klezmer Band: Selections from Passover Special; Maxwell St Klezmer Band; Folkstage: Maxwell Street Klezmer Band 4.20.2024; WFMT Folkstage 4.20.2024
  20. Pete Seeger: Dayenu; Pete Seeger; Folk Songs for Young People; Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 45024
  21. Twangtown Paramours: Stars Without A Heaven; Twangtown Paramours; The Wind Will Change Again; Inside Edge Records IER006
  22. Laurie Lewis: “Manzanar” (Tom Russell); Laurie Lewis; Seeing Things; Rounder CD 0428
  23. Joan Baez: Fishing (Shindell); Joan Baez; Gone From Danger; Guardian 7243 8 59357 2 5
  24. Sweet Honey in the Rock: Ballad of the Broken Word (T.Reagon/Maillard); Sweet Honey in the Rock; Still on the Journey: The 20th Anniversary Album; EarthBeat! 9 42536-2
  25. Tim Grimm: Broken Truth; Tim Grimm; single; Vault Records 4.5.24
  26. Malcolm Holcombe: Hard Luck City; Malcolm Holcombe; Bits and Pieces; Need to Know [2023]
  27. Phoebe Hunt: I Am Not a Traveler (Hunt/S.J. Kelley); Phoebe Hunt; Nothing Else Matters; Popped Corn Records PCR985CD
  28. Maxwell Street Klezmer Band: Midnight Special Theme; Maxwell Street Klezmer Band; WFMT’s Folkstage; WFMT Folkstage 12.04.21
  29. Eliza Gilkyson: “The Road Not Taken”; Eliza Gilkyson; Redemption Road; Musical Transformations MTI CD397
  30. Robert Frost: “The Road Not Taken”; Robert Frost; Poetry on Record: 98 Poets Read Their Work 1888-2006 Disc 1; Shout Factory D4K10029 Disk 1 of 4
  31. Joy Clark: One Step in the Right Direction; Joy Clark; Tell It To The Wind; Righteous Babe RBR121D
  32. Nanci Griffith: Southbound Train (Gold); Nanci Griffith; Flyer; Elektra 61681-2
  33. Tommy Prine: This Far South; Tommy Prine; This Far South; Thirty Tigers NK72189CD
  34. Henhouse Prowlers: Three Seasons; Henhouse Prowlers; Unravel; Dark Shadow Recording DSR202501
  35. Sam Bergquist: Earth on Fire; Sam Bergquist; Racing Down the Valley; bergquistmusic.com 1 9899 59782 0
  36. Kim Beggs: House for Slaughter; Kim Beggs; Beneath Your Skin; kimbeggs.com KBCD007
  37. Steve Forbert: Times Like These; Steve Forbert; Moving Through America; Blue Rose 50020 19637 1
  38. Jez Lowe: Greek Lightning; Jez Lowe; Live at the Davy Lamp; Tantobie Records TTRCD 100
  39. Kate MacLeod: Come Fare Away With Me (Ritchie); Kate MacLeod; The Jean Ritchie Experience; katemacleod.com single
  40. Ellis Paul: 55; Ellis Paul; 55; Rosella 195269216900
  41. Lynn Miles: Highway 105; Lynn Miles; Tumbleweedy World; True North Records TND802
  42. Efrat: Keep On The Sunny Side (Blenkhorn, Entwisle); Efrat; The Silver Lining; Efrat 88295 30522
  43. Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged); Laura Love; She Loved Red; Laura Love 88295 68276
  44. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004