The Midnight Special, February 7, 2026

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. Katie Dahl: A Song for Minnesota; Katie Dahl; A Song for Minnesota (single); katiedahl.bandcamp.com 2.2.2026
  3. Audra McDonald: Some Days; Audra McDonald; Go Back Home; Nonesuch 517766-2
  4. Bethlehem and Sad Patrick w/Melissa Borrero: Mother of Exiles; Bethlehem and Sad Patrick w/Melissa Borrero; Mother of Exiles (single); besadmusic.com 1.27.2026
  5. Still on the Hill: To Make the People Happy (V. Hugo/Mulhollan); Still on the Hill; Mouthpeace; Termite Tracks 84501 08410
  6. Peter Mayer: Heroes; Peter Mayer; Heroes (single); petermayer2.bandcamp.com 2.2.2026
  7. Jean Shepherd: The Human Comedy; Jean Shepherd; Jean Shepherd and other Foibles; Collector’s Choice CCM-343-2
  8. Ellis Paul: The Innocence and the Afterlife; Ellis Paul; Storyteller’s Suitcase; Rosella Records 88295 89766
  9. David Mitchell & Robert Webb: Jude the Obscure & Sad Face, Charles Dickens – excerpts; David Mitchell & Robert Webb; That Mitchell & Webb Sound: Series Five, Disc 1; BBC 11102023
  10. Original Broadway Cast: Oliver (Bart); Original Broadway Cast; Oliver;
  11. Tommy Emmanuel & John Knowles: Where Is Love – Instrument (Bart); Tommy Emmanuel & John Knowles; Heart Songs; CGP Sounds CGP007
  12. David Mitchell & Robert Webb: Charles Dickens – excerpts; David Mitchell & Robert Webb; That Mitchell & Webb Sound: Series Five, Disc 1; BBC 11102023
  13. Artie Traum: In Paris; Artie Traum; South of Lafayette; Roaring Stream RS202
  14. Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum: Millionaire (Olney); Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum; The Oak and the Laurel; Rounder CD 0340
  15. Ernie Hendrickson: To Find the Bogeyman; Ernie Hendrickson; Live at Cafe Carpe; erniehendrickson.com 12.22.23
  16. Adela S: Enough is Enough; Adela S; Cello Again; Adela’s 11/2/2025
  17. Owen Walsh: The Midnight Special (Trad.); Owen Walsh; The Midnight Special “exclusive”; single 1.31.2024
  18. Steppin’ in It: Last Winter in the Copper Country; Steppin’ in It; Last Winter in the Copper Country; Hippo Coop HCR-058
  19. Peter Mulvey & SistaStrings: February Too; Peter Mulvey & SistaStrings; Love is the Only Thing; Righteous Babe RBR107
  20. Dar Williams: “February”; Dar Williams; Mortal City; Mortal City | Razor n’ Tie RT 2821-2
  21. Chris Walz: The Coo Coo (trad.); Chris Walz; All I Got and Gone; Chris Walz CMW2501
  22. Tracy Grammer: “Shadows of Evangeline”; Tracy Grammer; Flower of Avalon; Flower of Avalon | Signature Sounds SIG 1292
  23. Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys: Evangeline Waltz (Two-Step); Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys; Bon Reve; Rounder Records 116 616 084-2
  24. Lou & Peter Berryman: “The February March”; Lou & Peter Berryman; What Again?; What Again? | Cornbelt CR900
  25. Sons of the Never Wrong: Pablo Neruda (Roper); Sons of the Never Wrong; On a Good Day… I am; Waterbug WBG 0088
  26. Patty Larkin w/Suzanne Vega: Pablo Neruda; Patty Larkin w/Suzanne Vega; 25; Signature Sounds SIG 2028
  27. Naomi Ashley: Keep My Secrets; Naomi Ashley and Jon Williams; Love Bug; naomiashley.bandcamp.com 2024
  28. Lissa Schneckenberger: Benjamin Deane; Lissa Schneckenberger; Falling Forward; Lissa Schneckenberger 3.23.2023
  29. Jontavious Willis: Ghost Woman; Jontavious Willis; West Georgia Blues; Strolling Bones Records SB40 CD
  30. Sophie Coyote: Coyote Queen; Sophie Coyote; Coyote Queen; sophiecoyote.com 2023
  31. Steve “Q” Quinn: “The Midnight Special – Harmonica Greasy” (Traditional); Steve “Q” Quinn; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection | Midnight Special Collection SQuinn/MS013
  32. Bob Newhart: An Infinite Number of Monkeys; Bob Newhart; Buttoned-down Mind Strikes Back; Warner 1393-2
  33. Mark Graham & Orville Johnson: Monkey With a Typewriter; Mark Graham & Orville Johnson; Kings of Mongrel Folk; Kings of Mongrel Folk mongrelfolk.com
  34. Lisa P. Medina: Monito del Monte; Lisa P. Medina; Wishes; Lisa Medina
  35. Jan Krist: Frankenstein; Jan Krist; Robin Hood; Robin Hood JanKrist.com/2020
  36. David Mitchell & Robert Webb: “Friends of Dr. Jekyll”; David Mitchell & Robert Webb; That Mitchell & Webb Sound, Series Two, disc 2; BBC Audio ISBN 13:978 1846 070716
  37. Lara Herscovitch: Mr. Hyde; Lara Herscovitch; Misfit; La Rama Records LRR1606
  38. Al Rose: Smile of Sorrow; Al Rose; Again The Beginnner; Monkey Holding Peach MHP1053
  39. Dan Navarro: Horizon Line; Dan Navarro; Horizon Line; Red Hen EGG19
  40. Jennifer Hudson, Cynthia Erivo: The Color Purple (Reprise); Jennifer Hudson, Cynthia Erivo; The Color Purple: 2017 Broadway Cast Recording; Broadway Records BR-CD03916
  41. SNCC Freedom Singers led by Cordell Reagon: Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ’round (trad); SNCC Freedom Singers led by Cordell Reagon; Voices of the Civil Rights Movement, disc 2; Smithsonian Folkways SF 40084
  42. Rhiannon Giddens w/Bhi Bhiman: Freedom Highway (Staples); Rhiannon Giddens w/Bhi Bhiman; Freedom Highway; Nonesuch 558805-2
  43. Chris Rawlins: After Dark; Chris Rawlins; Flyover; chris-rawlins.com
  44. Siobhan Quinn & Michael Bowers: Escape at Bedtime (Stevenson/Quinn); Siobhan Quinn & Michael Bowers; One Day; Siobhan Quinn & Michael Bowers 7 0261 44423 9
  45. Ted Jacobs: To Any Reader (Stevenson/Jacobs); Ted Jacobs; A Child’s Garden of Songs: The Poems of Robert Louis Stevenson; Music for Little People R2 75683
  46. Cliff Eberhardt: Goodnight; Cliff Eberhardt; Folkstage w/Cliff Eberhardt and Louise Mosrie (2016); WFMT 4.16.2016
  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