The Midnight Special, September 13, 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. Kate Wolf: Medicine Wheel (Wolf); Kate Wolf; Give Yourself to Love, disc 2; Kaleidescope K-3000
  3. Elexa Dawson: Sparrow Healing Song; Elexa Dawson; Music is Medicine; elexadawson.com 1292020
  4. The Stray Birds: “Best Medicine”; The Stray Birds; Best Medicine; Yep Roc Best Medicine / YEP-2408
  5. James Keelaghan: “Sing My Heart Home”; James Keelaghan; Home; Home/Appleseed APR CD 1059
  6. Val Leventhal: Everything Sings; Val Leventhal; Sibling Revelry; valleventhal.bandcamp.com 6.5.2024
  7. Seth Glier: Rise; Seth Glier; Everything; sethglier.com 1.26.24
  8. Maria Dunn: Reach Out; Maria Dunn; Hardscrabble Hope; Maria Dunn MARCD08 11.6.2025
  9. Andrew Bird: The New Saint Jude; Andrew Bird; Are You Serious?; Loma Vista LVR-38997-02
  10. Allison Russell: Love is the Golden Lion ft. Devon Gilfillian; Allison Russell; In The Hour of Chaos; Fantasy FAN03153
  11. Devon Gilfillian: Some Days; Devon Gilfillian; Time Will Tell; Fantasy FAN03151
  12. Paul Simon & Edie Brickell: Under African Skies (live); Paul Simon & Edie Brickell; The Quiet Celebration Concert; SONY/Owl Records and Legacy Recordings USQX92602454
  13. Josh Ritter: The Throne; Josh Ritter; I Believe in You, My Honeydew; Pytheas Recordings LP-PYTH-030
  14. Jim Kweskin w/Samoa Wilson: Remember Me (Wiseman); Jim Kweskin w/Samoa Wilson; Never Too Late: Duets with My Friends; StorySound Records 161-057
  15. Caroline Aiken: “Ground Zero”; Caroline Aiken; Butler Field; Silverwolf SWCD 1007
  16. Jack Hardy: Ground Zero; Jack Hardy; Vigil (N.Y. Songs Since 9/11); Conscious Records Conscious 001
  17. George Winston: “Remembrance”; George Winston; Remembrance; Windham Hill 01934-11624-2
  18. Jack Hardy: “On a Clear Day”; Jack Hardy; Vigil: N.Y. Songs Since 9/11; Conscious Records 001
  19. David Baerwald: “If Wishes Were Horses”; David Baerwald; 13 Ways to Live; Red House Records RHR CD 181
  20. Wendy Beckerman: “You Never Know”; Wendy Beckerman; Vigil: N.Y. Songs Since 9/11; Conscious Records 001
  21. Alastair Moock w/Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer: Paradise (Prine); Alastair Moock w/Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer; The Life I Never Had; Alastair Moock/MoockMusic www.moockmusic.com
  22. John Prine: Sabu Visits the Twin Cities Alone; John Prine; John Prine Live; Oh Boy! Records OBR 005CD
  23. Tommy Prine: By The Way; Tommy Prine; This Far South; Thirty Tigers NK72189CD
  24. Donna Herula: Cypress Grove (Skip James); Donna Herula; Cold Feet; Donna Herula DH004
  25. Linda Tillery & The Cultural Heritage Choir: Don’t You Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down (Bibb/Hoglund); Linda Tillery & The Cultural Heritage Choir; Say Yo’ Business; Earth Beat! R2 76762
  26. Kitty Donohoe: “There Are No Words”; Kitty Donohoe; Northern Border; Roheen Records RR007
  27. Frank Tedesso: When Mohammed Came to the Mountain; Frank Tedesso; Vigil (N.Y. Songs Since 9/11); Conscious Records Conscious 001
  28. Nanci Griffith w/Emmylou Harris: “Goodnight New York” (Julie Gold); Nanci Griffith w/Emmylou Harris; Winter Marquee; Rounder 1161-3220-2
  29. Stephen Schuch: Midnight Special [Excerpt]; Stephen Schuch; single; Stephen Schuch [2022]
  30. Ken Nordine: “What Time is It?”; Ken Nordine; You’re Getting Better: The Word Jazz Dot Masters Disk 1; You’re Getting Better: The Word Jazz Dot Masters Disk 1 | Hip-O Select B005171-02 Disk 1 of 2
  31. D.C. Anderson: What a Time to Be Alive in America; D.C. Anderson; For Woody; LML Hudson Hardin July Aug
  32. Sean Kiely: I Ain’t Got No Home (Guthrie); Sean Kiely; Hudson Harding Folk Now – Songs for These Times (July Aug 2026); single
  33. Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ (TajMo): Room on the Porch; Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ (TajMo) ft. Ruby Amanfu; Room on the Porch; Concord TBD 5.23.2025
  34. Margaret Nelson: Ain’t Gonna Hate My Neighbor; Margaret Nelson; Ain’t Gonna Hate My Neighbor; Margaret Nelson 7 00261 34586 4
  35. David Roth: We Are the Stuff of Stars; David Roth; So Far, So Good; Wind River WR4053CD
  36. Indigo Girls: Galileo; Indigo Girls; Rites of Passage; Epic EK 48865
  37. Betty Soo: Still Small Voice; Betty Soo; Heat Sin Water Skin; Betty Soo 001
  38. Joe Crookston: I Sing; Joe Crookston; Darkling & the Bluebird Jubilee; Milagrito rae62011
  39. Altan: Faoiseamh a Gheobhadhsa (I Will Find Solace); Altan; Donegal; Compass Records 7 4828 2
  40. Small Potatoes: I Will Pass This Way Again (Presiozo); Small Potatoes; Time Flies; Folk Era FE1427CD
  41. Maura O’Connell w/Declan O’Rourke and Dani Larkin: From A Distance (Gold); Maura O’Connell w/Declan O’Rourke and Dani Larkin; From a Distance (benefit single); Doctors Without Borders single
  42. Joel Mabus: How Can I Keep From Singing? The Old Hymn Reimagined (R. W. Lowry); Joel Mabus; No Worries Now…; No Worries Now… | Fossil Records 2009 87140 00202
  43. Company: If We Only Have Love (Brel); Original Broadway Cast; Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris; Sony Classical/Columbia/Legacy SK 89998
  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