The Midnight Special, September 20, 2025

By Marilyn Rea Beyer |

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Playlist

  1. Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME (excerpt 1); Lead Belly; Midnight Special; RCA Victor LPV-505
  2. Joe Jencks: Late September Moon; Joe Jencks; Links in a Chain; Turtle Bear TBM 060109-1
  3. Joe Crookston: Turning Gold; Joe Crookston; Nine Becomes One, Chapter 7; joecrookston.com 7-2004
  4. Sawyer Fredericks: The Golden Tree; Sawyer Fredericks ft. The Accidentals; The Golden Tree – EP; Windrake Recordings WREP2023
  5. Randall Kromm: Goodbye Summer; Randall Kromm; single; Randall Kromm single
  6. Arielle Silver: Bramble Vine; Arielle Silver; Watershed; Secret Thunder ST002
  7. Edge Hill Rounders: The Grape; Edge Hill Rounders; The Grape; Timothy Patrick Cheney pre-release
  8. Becki Davis: Persephone (Davis); Becki Davis; Lost & Found; BeckiDavisMusing.com 9.2025
  9. Cosy Sheridan: “Demeter’s Lost Daughter”; Cosy Sheridan; The Pomegranate Seed; CMS Records CMS1211
  10. Eilen Jewell: Warning Signs; Eilen Jewell; Queen of the Minor Key; Signature Sounds SIG 2039
  11. Annalee Koehn: Between Love and War (C.Cox); Annalee Koehn; Tools of an Unseen Hand; annaleekoehn.com 11.8.2024
  12. Old Blind Dogs: The Terror Time (MacColl); Old Blind Dogs; Four on the Floor; Compass 744612
  13. Billy Jonas: To the Light; Billy Jonas; Bridging Divides; Bang-a-Bucket BAB 1010-2
  14. Anne Heaton: “To the Light”; Anne Heaton; To the Light; To the Light | anneheaton.com anneheaton.com
  15. Christina Eltrevoog: Bushels; Christina Eltrevoog; Bushels (single); Christina Eltrevoog 4.1.2025
  16. Jason Adasiewicz: Walking in the Moonlight (Mitchell); Jason Adasiewicz; Roscoe Village: The Music of Roscoe Mitchell; Corbett vs. Dempsey CVSD 103CD
  17. Jonas Friddle: “The Midnight Special – fretless banjo”; Jonas Friddle; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection JFriddle | MS008
  18. Scott Joplin: “The Entertainer”; Joe Brent, man; Lara Downes, p; Reflections: Scott Joplin Reconsidered; Rising Sun Music RS-016
  19. Burt Bacharach/Hal David: Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head (Bacharach/David); B.J. Thomas; Top Movie Hits of the 1960s; Rhino Records R2 72423
  20. Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings: “Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” (Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings); Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings; One Hell of a Ride; Sony 2008 WN1
  21. The Dangling Participles: Brave Enough; The Dangling Participles; One More Drop; thedanglingparticiples.com 12.2.2022
  22. Dana & Karen Kletter: Raisins and Almonds (Trad./Goldfaden); Dana & Karen Kletter; dear enemy; Hannibal HNCD 1420
  23. Shawn Colvin: Raisins and Almonds (Trad.); Shawn Colvin; The Starlighter; Amazon Music SLC001
  24. Diane Taraz: Raisin Pie; Diane Taraz; Shoes that Fit Like Sand; Shoes that Fit Like Sand/Beacon 10127-2
  25. The Raisin Pickers: Pickin’ Raisins; Raisin Pickers; Michigan Wind; Flying Raven HCCD-002
  26. BettySoo: Things Are Gonna Get Worse; BettySoo; Folkstage: BettySoo (2009); WFMT Folkstage 10-03-09
  27. Greg Greenway: Mussolini’s Head; Greg Greenway; Mussolini’s Head; Eastern Front Records EFR CD 115
  28. Robbie Fulks: Your Tormentors; Robbie Fulks; Now Then; Compass Records 7 4852 2
  29. Jonas Friddle & The Majority: Use Your Voice; Jonas Friddle & The Majority; Use Your Voice; jonasfriddle.com 8 84501 92481 8
  30. The Dangling Participles: Where It Gets Exciting; The Dangling Participles; One More Drop; thedanglingparticiples.com 12.2.2022
  31. The Whitely Brothers: Reap What You Sow (Whitely); The Whitely Brothers; Borealis Sampler Number 2; Borealis Sampler Number 2
  32. Mames Babegenush: Olympia; Mames Babegenush; Mames Babegenush with Strings; Galileo Music Comms. GMCLP03
  33. Nancy Hlad: Raisin-nut Polka; Nancy Hlad; Deeper Polka; Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40140
  34. Dave & Kristi: Outlaw Polka; Dave & Kristi; The Chickadee; Dave & Kristi pre-release
  35. Suzie Vinnick: Save Me For Later; Suzie Vinnick; Me ‘n Mabel; Suzie Vinnick SV004
  36. Susan Werner: Big Car; Susan Werner; New Non-Fiction; Susan Werner S. W. 6566134372
  37. Connie Kaldor: This Car; Connie Kaldor; Wide Open Spaces; Coyote Entertainment CEGCD1090
  38. Lisa P. Medina: Monito del Monte; Lisa P. Medina; Wishes; Lisa Medina
  39. Lisa Aschmann: Don’t Forget to Dream; Lisa Aschmann; The Pear; Lisa Aschmann LA006
  40. Tracy Schwarz: Bees Are in the Goldenrod; Tracy Schwarz & Ginny Hawker w/Deborah Clifford; Folkstage: Tracy Schwarz & Ginny Hawker w/Deborah Clifford Disk 1; WFMT Folkstage 09-25-04
  41. Gathering Time: Red Apples and Gold; Gathering Time; Red Apples and Gold; Gathering Time GT2012
  42. Sam Robbins: Over the Rainbow (Harburg/Arlen); Sam Robbins; Live From a Living Room; Nine Athens 7 55491 29356 0
  43. Jim Malcolm: Road to New York; Jim Malcolm; Home; Beltane BELCD102
  44. Erica Wheeler: “Autumn”; Erica Wheeler; The Harvest; Signature Sound SSRC 1237
  45. Eva Cassidy: Autumn Leaves (Mercer/Kosma/Prevert); Eva Cassidy; Songbird; Songbird Blix Street/G2 10045
  46. Leon Russell: “Song For You”; Leon Russell; Leon Russell; Leon Russell The Right Stuff/7243-8-34028-2-3
  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