The Midnight Special, August 30, 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. Cheryl Wheeler: “Summer’s Almost Over”; Cheryl Wheeler; Defying Gravity; Philo Defying Gravity / 11671-1240-2
  3. Christine Lavin: The Best Summer; Christine Lavin; single; christinelavin.com [2021]
  4. Claudia Schmidt: “Every Time We Say Goodbye” (Cole Porter); Claudia Schmidt; Concinnity; Concinnity | claudiaschmidt.com [2018]
  5. Socks in the Frying Pan: Suffer in Silence; Socks in the Frying Pan; Waiting for Inspiration; socksinthefryingpan.com 5-2024
  6. Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian: August Flower (trad.); Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian; From China to Appalachia; Community Music CMCD 217
  7. Sting: August Winds; Sting; The Last Ship; Cherrytree Records 3744812
  8. Eva Cassidy: “Fields of Gold” (Sting); Eva Cassidy; Songbird; Blix Street G2 10045
  9. House of Hamill: Into the Golden; House of Hamill; Wildfire; Smokejumper 8012024
  10. Bonnie Koloc & Don Stille: Sabu Visits the Twin Cities Alone (Prine) edit; Bonnie Koloc & Don Stille; Folkstage: Bonnie Koloc & Don Stille, Disc 2 (2006); WFMT 03-18-06 2
  11. Jason Wilber: You Don’t Know What You’re Getting Into; Jason Wilber; Lazy Afternoon; Wilbertone Records WTR-005
  12. John Prine: Living in the Future; John Prine; John Prine Live; Oh Boy Records OBR 005CD
  13. Anne Harris: Time Has Made a Change (Frye); Anne Harris; I Feel It Once Again; Rugged Road Records RRR AH2024Pre
  14. Joe Jencks: Ripple in the Water; Joe Jencks; What Kind of Brother; Turtle Bear Music TBM 1101002-1
  15. Owen Walsh: The Midnight Special (Trad.); Owen Walsh; The Midnight Special “exclusive”; single 1.31.2024
  16. Joy Harjo: “New Orleans”; Joy Harjo; She Had Some Horses (spoken word); joyharjo.com [2006]
  17. Martin Simpson: “Louisiana, 1927” (R. Newman); Martin Simpson; Prodigal Son; Topic/ Compass 7 4466 2
  18. The Duhks: Mighty Storm (trad.); The Duhks; Fast Paced World; Sugar Hill SUG-CD-4042
  19. Garnet Rogers: Hallelujah/The Great Storm is Over (Franke); Garnet Rogers; Speaking Softly in the Dark; Snowgoose SGS 1115 CD
  20. Gina Forsyth: Talking Hurricane Refugee Blues; Gina Forsyth; Waterbug Anthology, Vol. 8 Born into the Whisper; Waterbug Sampler 008
  21. John & Joe Gorka: Branching Out (John) + Shiver (Joe) – live; John Gorka & Joe Gorka; Folkstage: John Gorka w/Joe Gorka at Acoustic Renaissance (excerpt); WFMT 3.2.2024
  22. Traditional African-American: Spiritual, “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands”; Marian Anderson, c; Franz Rupp, p; He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands; RCA 61960-2
  23. Joan Baez: Oh, Freedom; Joan Baez; The Newport Folk Festival 1963, The Evening Concerts, Vol. 1; Vanguard VSD-79148
  24. Bob Dylan: When the Ship Comes In; Bob Dylan; The Times They Are a-Changin’; Columbia CK8905
  25. Peter, Paul and Mary: “Blowin’ in the Wind” (Bob Dylan); Peter, Paul and Mary; In The Wind; Warner Bros WS 1507
  26. William Herbert Brewster: “How I Got Over”; Mahalia Jackson; Apollo Sessions Vol I; Apollo Sessions Vol I/Pair PCD-2-1332
  27. Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi: I’m On My Way (Henry/Giddens); Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi; There Is No Other; Nonesuch 591336-2
  28. Sean Jenness & Hands Across New Jersey: Unsung Heroes (Briskin); Sean Jenness & Hands Across New Jersey; Hands Across New Jersey single; handsacrossnj.org 9.17.2025
  29. Dennis Stroughmatt & Creole Spirit: Kaskaskia Reel; Dennis Stroughmatt & Creole Spirit; French Creole & Folk Blues From the Mississippi Valley; dennistroughmatt.com Dennis Stroughmatt 001
  30. Colby Maddox: “The Midnight Special – fiddle”; Colby Maddox; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection CMaddox/MS 009
  31. Matti Valentine Huhta AKA T-Bone Slim: The Popular Wobbly (T-Bone Slim); Magpie; When We Stand Together; Long Tail Records LT008
  32. Barbara Dane & the Chambers Brothers: Working Class Woman; Barbara Dane; Barbara Dane: Hot Jazz, Cool Blues & Hard-Hitting Songs; Smithsonian SFW CD 40227
  33. Deidre McCalla: Everyday Heroes & Heroines; Deidre McCalla; Everyday Heroes & Heroines; Olivia Olivia CD 065
  34. David Patrick Kelly / Lynne Thigpen: If I Coulda’ Been (Grant); David Patrick Kelly / Lynne Thigpen; Working: Original Broadway Cast; Fynsworth Alley 302 062 114 2
  35. Loudon Wainwright III: Fun & Free; Loudon Wainwright III; Lifetime Achievement; StorySound Records 161-046
  36. Connie Kaldor: Cowboys Still Live in Saskatchewan; Connie Kaldor; Wide Open Spaces; Coyote Entertainment CEGCD1090
  37. Chris Walz: I’ve Been All Around This World (trad.); Chris Walz; All I Got and Gone; Chris Walz CMW2501
  38. Jane Fallon: Cotton Jenny (Lightfoot); Jane Fallon; Sweet Resilience; janefallon.com 7 55491 34910 6
  39. Molly Tuttle and Ketch Secor: I’ve Always Been a Rambler (trad.); Molly Tuttle and Ketch Secor; Long Journey Home: A Century after the 1925 Mountain City Fiddlers Convention; Appalsongs AS2025
  40. Chris Sherburn & Denny Bartley: Moving On Song, Lafferty’ Favourite, Lads of Laoise (MacColl, Trad.); Chris Sherburn & Denny Bartley; Last Night’s Fun; Sound Out Music SOM 002 CD
  41. Tekla Waterfield: Something My Own; Tekla Waterfield; Mother Mind; Oliver Blue Studios OBS5414
  42. Katie Dahl: Will I Fly; Katie Dahl; Leaky Boats and Paper Birds; KatieDahl.com 2012
  43. Tim Grimm: “Over Hill and Dale”; Tim Grimm; A Stranger in this Time; Vault Records VR013
  44. Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged); Laura Love; She Loved Red; Laura Love 88295 68276
  45. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004