The Midnight Special, March 14, 2026

By Marilyn Rea Beyer |

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Playlist

  1. Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME (excerpt 2); Lead Belly; Midnight Special; RCA Victor LPV-505
  2. Special Consensus: Santa Fe Train (Linde); Special Consensus; Roads & Rails; Shy Town Records STR CD 1001
  3. Special Consensus ft. Robbie Fulks, Josh Williams, Ashby Frank: I’ve Been All Around This World (trad., arr. Brown); Special Consensus ft. Robbie Fulks, Josh Williams, Ashby Frank; Been All Around This World; Compass Records 7 4850 2
  4. Owen Walsh: Money Doesn’t Talk ft. Frances Eliza; Owen Walsh; Money Doesn’t Talk (single); owenwalsh.com 3.1.2026
  5. Carolina Chocolate Drops: City of Refuge; Carolina Chocolate Drops; Genuine Negro Jig (15th Anniversary Edition); Nonesuch 075597896053
  6. John McCutcheon: Barefoot Boy With Boots On (Trad.); John McCutcheon; Barefoot Boy with Boots; Rounder Records Rounder 0419
  7. Tom Paxton: Ramblin’ Boy; Tom Paxton; I Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound: The Best of Tom Paxton; Elektra Traditions 8122-73515-2
  8. Tom Paxton and John McCutcheon: Pathfinder; Tom Paxton and John McCutcheon; Together Again; Appalsongs Appalsongs 2026
  9. Cordelia’s Dad: Granite Mills; Cordelia’s Dad; Spine; Appleseed Appleseed 1023
  10. Alison Krauss & Union Station: Richmond on the James (Trad., GT Burgess); Alison Krauss & Union Station; Arcadia; Down the Dirt Road Records DTR0018
  11. Carolina Chocolate Drops: Memphis Shakedown; Carolina Chocolate Drops; Genuine Negro Jig (15th Anniversary Edition); Nonesuch 075597896053
  12. Special Consensus: Lake Shore Drive (Haynes); Special Consensus; Chicago Barn Dance; Compass 7 4756 2
  13. Special Consensus ft. Robbie Fulks: King of the Road (Miller); Special Consensus ft. Robbie Fulks; Been All Around This World; Compass Records 7 4850 2
  14. Pat Humphries: Keep on Moving Forward/Never Turning Back; Pat Humphries; Same Rain; Moving Forward Music MFM 360
  15. Holly Near w/Emma’s Revolution: 1000 Grandmothers (Near); Holly Near w/Emma’s Revolution; Songs for Democracy Volume 1; songsfordemocracy.bandcamp.com 10.25.2024
  16. No Fuss and Feathers: How Much Time (Miles/Mafale); No Fuss and Feathers; Folkstage: No Fuss and Feathers; WFMT FS 031916 Disc 2
  17. Miles & Mafale: Third Girl; Miles & Mafale; Folkstage: Miles & Mafale (2025); WFMT FS 06282025 Pre
  18. Hana Zara: The Ballad of Husker Scruggs; Hana Zara; The Ballad of Husker Scruggs – single; Hana Zara 25-12-20
  19. Paul Simon: The Werewolf; Paul Simon; Stranger to Stranger; Concord Records CRE-39780-02
  20. Carolina Chocolate Drops: Tom Dula (Trad., via Frank Proffitt); Carolina Chocolate Drops (Rhiannon Giddens, Dom Flemons, Justin Robinson); Dona Got a Ramblin’ Mind; Dona Got A Ramblin’ Mind | Music Maker MMCD78
  21. Carolina Chocolate Drops: Kissin’ and Cussin’ (Robinson); Carolina Chocolate Drops; Genuine Negro Jig (15th Anniversary Edition); Nonesuch 075597896053
  22. The Don Stiernberg Quartet: The Best Things in Life are Free (Henderson); The Don Stiernberg Quartet; The Swingin’ est; donstiernberg.bandcamp.com
  23. Carolina Chocolate Drops: Avalon; Carolina Chocolate Drops; Genuine Negro Jig (15th Anniversary Edition); Nonesuch 075597896053
  24. Special Consensus ft. Greg Blake, Ashby Frank: The Singer (N. Allen); Special Consensus ft. Greg Blake, Ashby Frank; Been All Around This World; Compass Records 7 4850 2
  25. Sons of the Never Wrong: One Simple Question (Bruce Roper); Sons of the Never Wrong; One if By Hand; One if By Hand | Gadfly Records 268
  26. Sons of the Never Wrong: Stand Up, Shout Out; Sons of the Never Wrong; Feather and the Starry Crown; Sons 3 Records SR 4
  27. Birds of Chicago: Barley; Birds of Chicago; Real Midnight; Five Head Entertainment FHE009
  28. Allison Russell: Springtime; Allison Russell; The Returner; Fantasy Records 8 88072 52409 5
  29. Claudia Schmidt: New Beltane Boogie (Jump Over It); Claudia Schmidt; Essential Tension; Red House Records RHR CD 38
  30. Claudia Schmidt: Come to Me; Claudia Schmidt; Come to Me (single); claudiaschmidt.com 1.7.2026
  31. Tish Hinojosa: In the Real West; Tish Hinojosa; Culture Swing; Culture Swing/Rounder CD 3122
  32. Susan Werner and Tish Hinojosa: Sisters; Susan Werner and Tish Hinojosa; Halfway to Houston; susanwerner.com 02092024
  33. Carolina Chocolate Drops: Jack O’ Diamonds; Carolina Chocolate Drops; Genuine Negro Jig (15th Anniversary Edition); Nonesuch 075597896053
  34. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – organ”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 008