The Midnight Special, March 21, 2026

By Marilyn Rea Beyer |

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  1. Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME (excerpt 1); Lead Belly; Midnight Special; RCA Victor LPV-505
  2. Connie Kaldor: Cowboys Still Live in Saskatchewan; Connie Kaldor; Wide Open Spaces; Coyote Entertainment CEGCD1090
  3. Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy ft. Rhiannon Giddens: Woman of the House; Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy ft. Rhiannon Giddens; CANVAS; Linus 270787
  4. William Prince: Thousand Miles of Chain; William Prince; Further from the Country; Six Shooter SIX185
  5. Linda Ronstadt: “La Charreada”; Linda Ronstadt; Canciones de mi Padre; Asylum RR2 60765 (remastered)
  6. Irene Kelley: “O Mexico”; Irene Kelley; Simple Path; Simple Path | Irk Records 1002CD
  7. Nanci Griffith, et al.: Deportee (Guthrie/Hoffman); Nanci Griffith, et al.; Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful); Elektra 62235-2
  8. Joe Newberry & April Verch: Where the Songs Come From (Newberry/Stafford); Joe Newberry & April Verch; Blessing on the Wing; Slab Town Records STR-DC-01
  9. Terra Spencer: Windmill; Terra Spencer; Other People’s Lives; Terra Spencer 6 13460 96870 6
  10. Dave Gunning: Angels’ Share; Dave Gunning; Field Notes; Wee House of Music WEE2026
  11. Stan Rogers: Northwest Passage; Stan Rogers; Northwest Passage; Borealis BCD217
  12. Garnet Rogers: “Night Drive”; Garnet Rogers; Night Drive; Snowgoose SGS 1125
  13. Owen Walsh: The Midnight Special (Trad.); Owen Walsh; The Midnight Special “exclusive”; single 1.31.2024
  14. Julie Gold: SpringSprang; Julie Gold; Love is Love is Love; Julie Gold 8 84501 50296 2
  15. David Francey: Red-winged Blackbird; David Francey; Torn Screen Door; Laker LKR1001
  16. Buddy Mondlock: The Woman in the Window; Buddy Mondlock; Filament; buddymondlock.com [2023]
  17. Twangtown Paramours: A Room in Bordeaux; Twangtown Paramours; The Wind Will Change Again; Inside Edge Records IER006
  18. New Christy Minstrels: Green, Green; New Christy Minstrels; Definitive New Christy Minstrels, Disc 2; Sony Music Collectors Choice CCM-042-2
  19. Ruthie Foster Big Band: “Brand New Day”; Ruthie Foster Big Band; Live at the Paramount; Live at the Paramount | Blue Corn Music BCM2001
  20. Ye Vagabonds (Brian & Diarmuid Glynn): “Pomegranate”; Ye Vagabonds; Folkstage: 2-8-2020; WFMT’s Folkstage
  21. Cosy Sheridan: “Pomegranate Seed”; Cosy Sheridan; Pomegranate seed, the soundtrack to the one-woman musicalogue; Pomegranate seed, the soundtrack to the one-woman musicalogue CMS Records/CMS1211
  22. Anne Lister: Demeter’s Daughter; Anne Lister; Spreading Rings; Hearthfire HF002CD
  23. Judy Collins: So Early, Early in the Spring; Judy Collins; Fifth Album; Elektra 7300-2
  24. Sam Robbins: Just One Cronkite; Sam Robbins; Bigger Than In Between; samrobbinsmusic.com 8052022
  25. Eric Andersen: Foghorn; Eric Andersen; Memory of the Future; Appleseed Recordings Appleseed 1028
  26. Ginny Hawker & Tracy Schwarz: Fog on the Water; Ginny Hawker & Tracy Schwarz; Good Songs for Hard Times; Copper Creek Records CCCD-0183
  27. Dolores Keane: Make Me Want to Stay (Sands); Dolores Keane; Night Owl; Alula Records ALA-1020
  28. Dervish: Blue is the Eye, ft. Sarah Jarosz (MacGloinn/MacGloinn); Dervish; The Great Irish Songbook, Vol. 2; Rough Trade LPDTRD00171
  29. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special Solo (Short)” Instrumental; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 006
  30. Bill Bourne: Bluebird; Bill Bourne; Farmer, Philanthropist, Musician; Blue Streak BSCD 97002
  31. Gordon Lightfoot: “Canadian Railroad Trilogy”; Gordon Lightfoot; The Way I Feel; The Way I Feel/Bear Family Records BCD 15576 AH
  32. Sones de Mexico Ensemble Chicago: “La Llorona (The Weeping Woman)” (Traditional); Sones de Mexico Ensemble Chicago; Esta Tierrra Es Tuya (This Land Is Your Land); Esta Tierrra Es Tuya (This Land Is Your Land) | self [2007]
  33. AHI: Breaking Ground; AHI; In Our Time; 22nd Sentry 35341CD
  34. Joan Baez: No Nos Moverán/We Shall Not Be Moved (Trad.); Joan Baez; The Complete A&M Chronicles, Disc 2; A&M Chronicle B0000828-02
  35. Sylvia Tyson: Angels in Troubled Times; Sylvia Tyson; At the End of the Day; Stony Plain SPCD 1481
  36. Shawn Colvin & Steve Earle: You Were on My Mind (Fricker); Shawn Colvin & Steve Earle; Colvin & Earle; Fantasy FAN-38974-02
  37. Nanci Griffith & Ian Tyson: Canadia Whiskey (Russell); Nanci Griffith & Ian Tyson; Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful); Elektra 62235-2
  38. Nanci Griffith & Tom Russell: Summer Wages (Tyson); Nanci Griffith & Tom Russell; Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful); Elektra 62235-2
  39. James Keelaghan & Oscar Lopez: Spanish is the Loving Tongue; James Keelaghan & Oscar Lopez; Compadres; Jericho Beach JBM 9701-2 CD
  40. Joni Mitchell: A Case of You; Joni Mitchell; Blue; Reprise 8122797178-4
  41. Leonard Cohen: Closing Time (live); Leonard Cohen; Songs From the Road; Columbia/Legacy 88697 75908 2
  42. Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged); Laura Love; She Loved Red; Laura Love 88295 68276
  43. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004