Diane Patterson: Carry Your Ancestors; Diane Patterson; bandcamp 1032013
Teresa Doyle: Dance To Your Daddy (trad./W.Watson); Teresa Doyle; Bedlam TDCD 005
New Middle Class: Loch Ness Cafe; New Middle Class; 2nd Mortgage 191061476771
Juggernaut Jug Band: Chicken Pie; Juggernaut Jug Band; Juggernaut 6D728 CD
Johnny Neel, et al.: “Pop-a Tuna Can” (Lisa Webb); Johnny Neel, Christy Cornelius, Bob Locknar, Jim Schneider; Lion&Frog 1
Lena Horne & Eddie Anderson: Tete a Tete at Tea Time/Solid Potato Salad (Raye, de Paul, Prince); Lena Horne & Eddie Anderson; Rhino Movie Music R272246
Robert Klein: Substitute Teacher; Robert Klein; Rhino R2 70769
Pete Seeger: What Did You Learn in School Today? (Paxton); Pete Seeger; Columbia C2K 64772
Joe Jencks: “What Did You Learn?” (Si Kahn); Joe Jencks; Turtle Bear 020118-01
Fred & Teddy Koch & the Lil’ Cow Band: Miss Mary Mack; Fred & Teddy Koch & the Lil’ Cow Band; Folkstage 10.30.04
Steve Seskin: “Don’t Laugh at Me”; Steve Seskin; Seskin Records SR 112
Brad Yoder: School Together; Brad Yoder; Folk Alliance FA012
Langston Hughes: The Kids in School With Me (Hughes – poem); Danny Glover; Music for Little People R2 78142
Carla Sciaky: We’re Going to Miss You, Mrs. Sciaky; Carla Sciaky; Alacazam ALA 2006 CD
Linda Allen: Why Don’t You Sing in the Chorus?; Linda Allen; October Rose OR CD #1004
Bill Staines: A Place in the Choir; Bill Staines; Rounder CD-11560
Abigail Lapell: I See Music; Abigail Lapell; Outside Music OUT9175CD
Joe Crookston: I Sing; Joe Crookston; Milagrito rae62011
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band: Midnight Special Theme; Maxwell Street Klezmer Band; WFMT Folkstage 12.04.21
Ray Nordstrand, et al.: The Midnight Special – Chicago Songwriters 11.13.1976 (excerpt); Nordstrand, Jon Calhoun, Terry Callier, Tom Dundee;
Vance Gilbert: Black Rochelle; Vance Gilbert; vancegilbert.com 05-05-23
Lori McKenna: Falter; Lori McKenna; Gyrox GYR003
Carla Ulbrich: Boy Wonder; Carla Ulbrich; A Major Record Label AMRLCD 001
Don White: Junior High School (spoken word); Don White; Lumper Boy 8 14118 01031 4
Spencer LaJoye: “Where the Air is Clearest”; Spencer LaJoye; spencerlajoye.com [2021]
Jim Gary: Musical Chairs; Jim Gary; jimgary.50webs.com 00261 47835
Brooks Williams: Playground Games; Brooks Williams; Red Guitar Blue Music RGBM-2013
Joel Mabus: School for Love; Joel Mabus; Fossil Records Fossil 1301
Cliff Eberhardt: School for Love; Cliff Eberhardt; Red House Records RHR CD 159
Bill Giardini: “The Midnight Special – Accordion” (Traditional); Bill Giardini; Midnight Special Collection | Midnight Special Collection BillGiardini/MS011
Charles Strouse/Lee Adams: English Teacher (Strouse/Adams); Chita Rivera, Orig. Broadway Cast; Columbia OS 2025
Hobo Jim: Educated Man; Hobo Jim; Hobo Jim HJM005CD
Jean Shepherd: The Human Comedy; Jean Shepherd; Collector’s Choice CCM-343-2
The Indigo Girls: Driver Education; The Indigo Girls; Vanguard 79896-2
Shel Silverstein: Homework Machine; Shel Silverstein; Columbia Legacy CK 94722
Tom Lehrer: New Math; Tom Lehrer; Rhino R2 79831 3
The Cactus Blossoms: If I Saw You; The Cactus Blossoms; Walkie Talkie Records WT03
Pierce Pettis: “Little River Canyon”; Pierce Pettis; Compass State of Grace / 7 4315 2
Cheryl Hoenemeyer: Class Notes; Cheryl Hoenemeyer; Sol Records CH 637
Chris While & Julie Matthews, ft. Christine Collister: Class Reunion; Chris While & Julie Matthews, ft. Christine Collister; Fat Cat Records (UK) FATCD 008
Dos Boys: My Old $chool (Becker/Fagen/Dos Boys); Dos Boys; Dos Boys DB0784
Robert Lopez/Jeff Marx: I Wish I Could Go Back to College (Lopez/Marx); Stephanie D’Abruzzo / Rick Lyon / John Tartaglia; Victor 82876-55923-2
Joe Crookston: Looking for Yes; Joe Crookston; Milagrito 1 95269 23950 3
Sultans of String: Will You Marry Me?; Sultans of String; WFMT 7202013
Olivia Coleman & James Bachman w/Mitchell & Webb: Wedding Vows; David Mitchell & Robert Webb w/Olivia Coleman & James Bachman; BBC Audio ISBN 1-405-67680-9
Sons of the Never Wrong: I’d Marry You (Lader); Sons of the Never Wrong; Waterbug WBG 107
Greg Brown: I Never Will Marry (trad.); Greg Brown; Trailer Records TR0035
Joni Mitchell: “My Old Man”; Joni Mitchell; Reprise 81227978-4
Laura Love: “I Still Believe (Unplugged)”; Laura Love; Laura Love 88295 68276
Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004
Dev Singh: Carry It On (G. Turner); Dev Singh; Smithsonian Folkways FS8580
Fred Holstein (Rich Warren intro.): Gotta Travel On (Trad., et al); Fred Holstein (Rich Warren intro.); WFMT History 12.13.2001
Jeff Black: “Always on my Way Back Home”; Jeff Black; Lotos Nile 8 58732 96639 5
Washington Revels: “Tenting on the Old Camp Ground” (Walter Kittredge); Washington Revels feat. Douglas Jimerson, Jacqueline Schwab, Gallery Voices; Washington Revels WRCD2011
Bruce Caton: “On the Eve of Antietam – Mr. Lincoln’s Army”; Marilyn Rea Beyer/Joel Mabus “Shenandoah”; Doubleday ISBN 038541689X
Kelly Hunt: Men of Blue & Grey; Kelly Hunt; Rare Bird RBR001
Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt: “1917”; Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt; Western Wall/The Tucson Sessions/Asylum 62408-2
Mouths of Babes: If I Had Known; Mouths of Babes; Wide Awake WAM0003
Stephen Schuch: Midnight Special (Piano Only); Stephen Schuch; Stephen Schuch [2022]
The Refugees: For What It’s Worth (Stills); The Refugees; therefugeesmusic.com 6 32623 97972 4
Wendy Waldman: You Plant Your Fields (Waldman/Lowery); Wendy Waldman; Longhouse LGH-3715
Sam Bush: Everything is Possible (Bush/Holland); Sam Bush; Sugar Hill SUG00011
Kate Rusby: “The White Cockade” (Trad.); Kate Rusby; Pure Records/Compass 7 4370 2
Molasses Creek: Strangest Dream/Find the Cost of Freedom Medley (McCurdy/Stills); Molasses Creek (Kim France/Gerald Hampton/Gary Mitchell/Fiddler Dave Tweedie); Soundside Records MC008
The Milk Carton Kids: When You’re Gone; The Milk Carton Kids; Far Cry Records FCR00005CD
Niamh Parsons w/Graham Dunne (Laird/Starrett/McRory): John Condon (Laird/Starrett/McRory); Niamh Parsons w/Graham Dunne (Laird/Starrett/McRory); Green Linnet GLCD 1232
The Golden Ring: Richmond/Last Letter Home (trad., Hooker/McDade); The Golden Ring; Folk Legacy CD 121
The Rough & Tumble: God of War; The Rough & Tumble; theroughandtumble.com 1 97545 42169 5
Seeger, Pete: “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?”; Windborne; Wand’ring Feet Publishing WFR101
Original Broadway Cast: The Last Flower; Tom Ewell w/Don Elliott Quartet; Sony 8691 91138-2
Pete Seeger, Odetta, Joan Baez, Theo Bikel, Bernice Johnson: Down By The Riverside (Trad.); Pete Seeger, Odetta, Joan Baez, Theo Bikel, Bernice Johnson; Vanguard VCD 77008
Anne Harris: Lily of the Valley; Anne Harris; Rugged Road Records 8 88295 82053 0
Doc Watson: Peace in the Valley (Dorsey); Doc Watson; United Artists Records 90119
Laura Love: “I Still Believe (Unplugged)”; Laura Love; Laura Love 88295 68276
Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004
Rita Jacob Willens: Rita Jacobs Willens – Intro; Rita Jacob Willens; WFMT 2.25.1978
Rita Jacobs Willens: “In the beginning” (History of WFMT); Rita Jacobs Willens; WFMT
Jacques Brel: “Marieke”; Jacques Brel; Ballades et Mots D’Amour – Disc 1 Barclay Universal/543 151-2
Elisa Carlson and Andrew Mueller: Adrift on an Icefield (Milburn/Vigoda); Elisa Carlson & Andrew Mueller (Chicago premiere cast); WFMT Folkstage 4.29.2023
Chicago Shakespeare Theater Orig. Cast: We Are Out There; Chicago Shakespeare Theater Orig. Cast; kinosianandblair.com Exclusive
Norm Pellegrini and Studs Terkel: Norm Pellegrini comes to WOAK; Norm Pellegrini; WFMT [1977]
Lena Horne: “It Was Just One of Those Things”; Lena Horne; Ain’t it the Truth | Rhino at the Movies R272246
Ray Nordstrand: Opening Announce (Chicago Humor Special); Ray Nordstrand; WFMT
The Grimm Brothers: Wack-Wack-Wacker Drive; The Grimm Brothers; Grimm 1965
The Cash Box Kings: “Joe, You Ain’t from Chicago”; Cashbox Kings: Joe Nosek, Oscar Wilson, Billy Flynn, Beedy Eyes Smith, John W. Lauler; Hail to the Kings/Alligator ALCD 4991
Ray Nordstrand and Studs Terkel: Ray Nordstrand comes to WFMT; Ray Nordstrand; WFMT [1977]
Studs Terkel: Studs Terkel comes to WFMT; Studs Terkel; WFMT [1977]
Woody Guthrie: Riding in My Car; Woody Guthrie; Warner Bros. CD 9 45020-2
Fleming Brown & Studs Terkel: “Fleming Brown discusses the Midnight Special”; Fleming Brown & Studs Terkel; WFMT [1962]
Bob Gibson: Joy, Joy, Joy; Bob Gibson; Riverside RVCD-9909-2
Raye Zaragoza w/MILCK: Joy Revolution; Raye Zaragoza w/MILCK; NA pre-release
Rich Warren: What is The Midnight Special; Rich Warren; WFMT Warren MS70
Steve Goodman: “Let’s Give a Party” (Carl Martin); Steve Goodman; Artistic Hair | Red Pajamas/Omnivore RPJ 001/OVCD 336
Bill Giardini: “The Midnight Special – Accordion (short)” (Traditional); Bill Giardini; Midnight Special Collection | Midnight Special Collection BillGiardini/MS011
Jamie O’Reilly, et al.: In Old Chicago (Live); Jamie and Christopher O’Reilly, Judi Cogan Heikes, Victor Holstein; WFMT 5.11.2023
Bonnie Koloc: Introduction to Ray Nordstrand; Bonnie Koloc; WFMT 5.15.2023
Bonnie Koloc: “Mama Chicago”; Bonnie Koloc; Flying Fish FF70437CD
Bonnie Koloc: Steve Goodman; Bonnie Koloc; WFMT 5.15.2023
Bonnie Koloc w/Steve Goodman: I Can’t Sleep (Goodman); Bonnie Koloc w/Steve Goodman; Bonnie Koloc Bonnie Koloc 001 1 of 2
Spencer LaJoye: Happy Birthday to The Midnight Special; Spencer LaJoye; WFMT 5.17.2023
John Prine: “All the Best”; John Prine; Oh Boy Records OBR-009 CD
Richard Dyer-Bennett: “Lonesome Valley” (Guthrie); Richard Dyer-Bennet; Richard Dyer-Bennet, Vol. 1 | Smithsonian Folkways SF CD 40078
Kim & Reggie Harris and Magpie: “When I’m Gone” (Phil Ochs); Kim & Reggie Harris and Magpie; Spoken in Love | Long Tail LT003-2 CD
Studs Terkel, Pete Seeger, Big Bill Broonzy: The Midnight Special (interview excerpt); Studs Terkel, Pete Seeger, Big Bill Broonzy; The WFMT Studs Terkel Radio Archives 2300883-3-1
Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004
Vance Gilbert w/Lori McKenna: Hand Back the Keys; Vance Gilbert w/Lori McKenna; vancegilbert.com 05-05-23
Willie Nelson: A Beautiful Time (Camp); Willie Nelson; Sony Legacy 19439953562
Willie Nelson: Tower of Song (Cohen); Willie Nelson; Sony Legacy 19439953562
Willie Nelson: Crazy (Nelson); Willie Nelson; Sugar Hill SUG1072
Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings: “Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” (Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings); Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings; Sony 2008 WN1
Willie Nelson: Uncloudy Day (JK Atwood); Willie Nelson; Sony Legacy C2K 86740
Willie Nelson: Blue Skies; Willie Nelson; Sony Legacy C2K 86740
Willie Nelson: Energy Follows Thought (Nelson/Cannon); Willie Nelson; Columbia/Legacy 19439953562
Laura Love: “I Still Believe (Unplugged)”; Laura Love; Laura Love 88295 68276
Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004
Vance Gilbert w/Lori McKenna: Hand Back the Keys; Vance Gilbert w/Lori McKenna; vancegilbert.com 05-05-23
Willie Nelson: A Beautiful Time (Camp); Willie Nelson; Sony Legacy 19439953562
Willie Nelson: Tower of Song (Cohen); Willie Nelson; Sony Legacy 19439953562
Willie Nelson: Crazy (Nelson); Willie Nelson; Sugar Hill SUG1072
Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings: “Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” (Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings); Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings; Sony 2008 WN1
Willie Nelson: Uncloudy Day (JK Atwood); Willie Nelson; Sony Legacy C2K 86740
Willie Nelson: Blue Skies; Willie Nelson; Sony Legacy C2K 86740
Willie Nelson: Energy Follows Thought (Nelson/Cannon); Willie Nelson; Columbia/Legacy 19439953562
Laura Love: “I Still Believe (Unplugged)”; Laura Love; Laura Love 88295 68276
Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004