The Midnight Special, September 5, 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. Lotte Lenya: September Song (Weill/Anderson); Lotte Lenya; Lotte Lenya Sings American Theatre Songs; Sony Classical MHK 60647
  3. Anais Mitchell: Come September; Anais Mitchell; XOA; Wilderland Records WILDER003
  4. Grant Peeples: September Song (Peeples); Grant Peeples; September Single;
  5. Shanna in a Dress: Shelli; Shanna in a Dress; Sweet Spot; Dress it Up Hudson Hardin July Aug
  6. Leonard Cohen: Sisters of Mercy; Leonard Cohen; Songs of Leonard Cohen; Columbia/BMG 88697 04742 2
  7. James Kahn: Workin’ that ER; James Kahn; The Meaning of Life; thatjameskahn.com 88295 84267
  8. Jean Ritchie: Blue Diamond Mines; Jean Ritchie; Mountain Hearth & Home; Rhino Handmade RHM2 7867
  9. Carla Gover and Friends: Moonshiner’s Daughter (Kahn) ft. Carla Gover; Carla Gover and Friends; Williams Branch is Hard to Find; Si Kahn Living Legacy 9.1.2026
  10. Christopher Mark Jones: Steelworker’s Daughter; Christopher Mark Jones; Now I Know; Small Batch Music 8.1.2026
  11. Lucy Kaplansky: “My Name Joe”; Lucy Kaplansky; The Tide; The Tide Red House/RHR CD 190
  12. Verlon Thompson & Suzi Ragsdale: Troublemaker; Verlon Thompson & Suzi Ragsdale; Out of Our Hands; VNS Records 1002 CD
  13. Phil Henry & George Nostrand: Make Good Trouble Again; Phil Henry & George Nostrand; Hudson Harding Folk Now – Songs for These Times (July Aug 2026); Board By Board single
  14. Steve Key: Welcome to My Real Job; Steve Key; Record Time; Local Folkel 6688
  15. Mean Mary: Nine Pound Banjo; Mean Mary; Alone; Alone | Woodrock Records WDRK 43021
  16. Jonas Friddle: Bootstraps; Jonas Friddle; Jug Band Happy Hour; jonasfriddle.com 1162023
  17. Jonas Friddle: “The Midnight Special – fretless banjo”; Jonas Friddle; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection JFriddle | MS008
  18. Steve Goodman: Unemployed; Steve Goodman; Words We Can Dance To; Elektra 7 E – 1061
  19. Bryan Bowers: Who Knows; Bryan Bowers; Sunset Scribblins; Bryan Bowers [2020]
  20. Don White: “One Little Drop”; Don White; Live at the Guthrie Center; Live at the Guthrie Center | donwhite.net 8 14118 01060 4
  21. Alison Krauss: 9 to 5 (Parton); Alison Krauss; Just Because I’m a Woman: Songs of Dolly Parton; Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3980
  22. Grace Pettis: Nine to Five Girl; Grace Pettis; Grace Pettis; Blue Rock Artists BRA – CD1020
  23. Belle Plaine: Notes from a Waitress; Belle Plaine; Notes from a Waitress; 13th Ave Records 13th – 12 – 0008
  24. Chris Henry: Robot Dreams; Chris Henry; Making My Way to You; Arrandem Records AR-250
  25. Annie Gallup: Robots; Annie Gallup; Nightclothes; Gallway Bay Music GBM26
  26. Art Thieme: The Rolling Mills of Gary; Art Thieme; On The Wilderness Road; Folk Legacy FSI-105/CD-105
  27. Carla Gover and Friends: Cold Grey Morning (Kahn) ft. Jeri Katherine Howell; Carla Gover and Friends; Williams Branch is Hard to Find; Si Kahn Living Legacy 9.1.2026
  28. Joe Jencks: Who Will Speak for Me (Kahn); Joe Jencks; The Forgotten – Recovered Treasures from the Pen of Si Kahn; Turtle Bear Records 020118-01
  29. Robin Greenstein: Cotton Mill Girls; Robin Greenstein; Images of Women, Vol. 1; Windy RPG-218-2
  30. Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Jacques et Gilles; Kate & Anna McGarrigle; Matapedia; Hannibal HNCD 1394
  31. Kray Van Kirk: Tollbooth Ladies; Kray Van Kirk; Live at the Acorn; Midnight Commander 5.20.2023
  32. The Mac and Cheese Band: Shine; The Mac and Cheese Band; Big Fun – Traditional and Contemporary Folk; New Folk Records 7 67502 93233 8
  33. Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged); Laura Love; She Loved Red; Laura Love 88295 68276
  34. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004