The Midnight Special, December 6, 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. Jaime Michaels: First Snow; Jaime Michaels; Crooked; Frumdahart 1008
  3. Pauliina Lerche, The Mimmit, ft. Breabach: Flakes of Snow; Pauliina Lerche, The Mimmit, ft. Breabach; The USA Songwriting Competition #7; songwriting.net 7 94465 98082 2
  4. Naomi Ashley: I Hope It Snows; Naomi Ashley; I Hope It Snows (single); naomiashley.bandcamp.com 12-24-2020
  5. Beth Bombara: Must Be Christmas Eve; Beth Bombara; Holiday single; bethbombara.com 12.25.2025
  6. (Irene Kelley & Darrell Scott): “Constant State of Grace”; Irene Kelley; Simple Path; IRK Records 1002CD
  7. Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ (TajMo): Rough Time Blues (Jontavious Willis); Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ (TajMo); Room on the Porch; Concord TBD 5.23.2025
  8. Willie Nelson: If We Make It Through December (Haggard); Willie Nelson; Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle; Legacy 19802960502
  9. Few of A Kind: Alone (Angelou/Ridenour); Few of A Kind; Few of a Kind; Adhyâropa Records 1.23.2026 release
  10. Eliza Gilkyson: “Take Off Your Old Coat” (Trad./Emmett); Eliza Gilkyson; Retrospecto; Retrospecto | Realiza 7 50532 94502 6
  11. Sally Rogers & Claudia Schmidt (P. Kaplan): “I Had an Old Coat”; Sally Rogers & Claudia Schmidt; While We Live; Red House RHR CD 45
  12. Guy Clark: “Like a Coat From the Cold”; Guy Clark; Old No. 1; Old No. 1 | Sugar Hill SH-CD-1030
  13. Deb Talan: “My Favorite Coat”; Deb Talan; Something Burning; Deb Talan Music DT12721
  14. Switchback: The Galway Shawl (trad.); Switchback; Bolinree; Waygood WG031705
  15. Bob & Louise DeCormier: The Foggy Dew (trad.); Bob & Louise DeCormier; Folksongs of the Catskills: Celebration of Camp Woodland; Cob’s Cobble Music 1005
  16. Carol Burnett & Joe Bova: The Swamps of Home (Rodgers & Barer); Original Broadway Cast (1959); Once Upon a Mattress; Once Upon a Mattress/MCA MCA-2079
  17. Jule Styne: “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!”; Imani Winds; Jason Moran, p; James Genus, db; Javier Diaz, per; Nate Smith, dr; This Christmas; Koch KICCD-7748
  18. Sons of the Never Wrong: Merry Little Christmas/Skating (Martin & Blane/Guaraldi); Sons of the Never Wrong; We Three Sons; Faintly Spoken Music
  19. Joni Mitchell: River; Joni Mitchell; Blue; Reprise 8122797178-4
  20. Mark Stepakoff: Leonard Cohen Christmas; Mark Stepakoff; Yule Like This; markstepakoff.com 11-24-2023
  21. Natalie MacMaster: “Get Me Through December” (Sampson/Lavery); Natalie MacMaster feat. Alison Krauss; In My Hands; In My Hands | Rounder 11661 7025-2
  22. Terry White: Coulda Been Brave; Terry White; You Won’t Have A Name; terrywhite.bandcamp.com 9.6.2025
  23. Darryl Purpose: “You Must Go Home for Christmas”; Darryl Purpose; Same River Twice [fmr. Darryl PURPOSE]; Same River Twice | Tangible tangible cardboard
  24. Over The Rhine: Blood Oranges in the Snow; Over The Rhine; Blood Oranges in the Snow; Great Speckled Dog 108
  25. John Lennon: “Watching the Wheels”; John Lennon; Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon; EMI 7243 8 21954 2 9
  26. Sultans of String w/Ruben Blades and Luba Mason: Happy Xmas/War is Over (Lennon/Ono); Sultans of String w/Ruben Blades and Luba Mason; Christmas Caravan; McKhool MCK2075
  27. The Amidons: Wool Song; The Amidons; I’ll Never Forget; Amiracle Records Amidon 1993
  28. The Christmas Sweaters: In Winter This Year (Radus); The Christmas Sweaters; Live in Bethlehem (Pennsylvania); TheChristmasSweaters.com 12.19.2024
  29. The Steel Wheels: Worn Wool, Soft Leather; The Steel Wheels; Leave Some Things Behind; Big Ring Records BRR-004
  30. James Pierpont: “Jingle Bells”; Canadian Brass; The Christmas Album; Philips 426835-2
  31. Steve Goodman: Banana Republics (Goodman/Rothermel/Burgh); Steve Goodman; Words We Can Dance To; Elektra 7E-1061
  32. Lisa P. Medina: Caribbean Christmas; Lisa P. Medina; Single; Lisa P. Medina 11.28.2025
  33. Steve Goodman: Winter Wonderland (Bernard); Steve Goodman; Artistic Hair; Red Pajamas/Omnivore RPJ 001/OVCD 336
  34. Billy Crockett: “Coasting Into Christmas”; Billy Crockett; A Very Blue Rock Christmas, Vol. 1; Blue Rock BRA-CD1210
  35. Graham Chittenden: Holidays with Dogs – Christmas excerpt (Spoken); Graham Chittenden; Defeated; Macaw Studios amazon.com
  36. John Greska: Sweater Aesthetic; John Greska; single; johngreska.com single
  37. Dan Berggren: Old Green Sweater; Dan Berggren; North Country Neighbors; North Country Radio ASIN ‏ : ‎ B002JB59D6
  38. The Early Mays: “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” (Frost/Gozion); The Early Mays; Out Under the Sky; BWR 001
  39. Odetta: “Chilly Winds” (Traditional); Odetta; Best of Odetta; Legacy International CD 354
  40. Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt: One Dollar Gloves; Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt; Hello, World; Crooked Cyclone 1 95269 21928 4
  41. Herdman, Hills & Mangsen: “More Wood” (Dillon Bustin); Herdman, Hills & Mangsen; Voices of Winter; Voices of Winter/Gadfly Gadfly 235
  42. The Manhattan Transfer: Popsicle Toes (M. Franks); The Manhattan Transfer; Coming Out; Atlantic SD 18183
  43. Heather Masse: “Mittens”; Heather Masse; Bird Song; Red House Records RHR CD 226
  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