The Midnight Special, March 20, 2021

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  1. Elena Moon Park: “Flower Dance”; Elena Moon Park; Unhurried Journey | elenamoonpark.com [2020]
  2. Rupert Wates: “In Time of Breaking”; Rupert Wates; Lamentations | Bite Music 9-23-20
  3. Michael Veitch: “Above The Rain”; Michael Veitch; Best of Many Days | michaelveitch.com [2020]
  4. Jaspar Lepak: “Chasing Ground”; Jaspar Lepak; Desert Ghost | jasparlepak.com [2021]
  5. Ellis Paul: “Breaking Through the Radio”; Ellis Paul; Speed of Trees | Philo 11671-1242-2
  6. Bob Bradshaw: “Sideways”; Bob Bradshaw; Ghost Light | bobbradshaw.com [2021]
  7. Steve Goodman: “The One That Got Away”; Steve Goodman; Santa Ana Winds | Omnivore Recordings OVCD-344
  8. Crys Matthews: “For the Women with Steel in Their Bones”; Crys Matthews; Changemakers | crysmatthews.com [2021]
  9. Amythyst Kiah w/Allison Russell: “Polly Ann’s Hammer”; Amythyst Kiah w/Allison Russell; Songs of Our Native Daughters Smithsonian Folkways/SFW CD 40232
  10. Dirk Powell: “I Ain’t Playing Pretty Polly”; Dirk Powell; When I Wait For You Compass / 7 4766 2
  11. The Rough & Tumble: “Belly Up”; The Rough & Tumble (Mallory Graham and Scott Tyler); We’re Only Family if You Say So | theroughandtumble.com [2020]
  12. R. Carlos Nakai: “Daybreak Vision”; R. Carlos Nakai; Canyon Trilogy | Canyon Records CR610
  13. The Waifs: “Cracks of Dawn”; The Waifs; Beautiful You | Compass 7 4653 2
  14. Greg Brown: “Smell of Coffee”; Greg Brown; Milk of the Moon | Red House RHR CD 168
  15. 1995 Broadway Cast: “Coffee Break” (Frank Loesser); 1995 Broadway Cast; How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | RCA 09026 68197 2
  16. Andy Beyer: “The Midnight Special – Melodica”; Andy Beyer; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004
  17. Michael McNevin: “John’s Cocoons”; Michael McNevin; Sketch | Michael McNevin MN1002
  18. Lisa Markley: “Skylark”; Lisa Markley; One Word Soona Songs/SS013
  19. Ruthie Foster: “Joy Comes Back” (Sean Staples); Ruthie Foster; Joy Comes Back | Blue Corn Music BCM 1701
  20. Ani DiFranco: “Crocus”; Ani DiFranco; Revolutionary Love | Righteous Babe RBR099-D
  21. Les Barker: “Mid-life Crocus”; Les Barker; Cat Nav – Songs and Poems of Les Parker | Osmosys OSMO CD 050/051 2 of 2
  22. Brother Brothers: “The Calla Lily Song”; Brother Brothers; Calla Lily | Compass 7 4757 2
  23. Cosy Sheridan: “The Daffodils Will be Waiting”; Cosy Sheridan w/Charlie Koch; The Longest Night of the Year, Vol 2, Disc 1 (Various) | Hudson Harding 8 88295 94961 3
  24. Willy Porter: “Breathe”; Willy Porter; High Wire Live | Six Degrees 657036 1094-2
  25. Michael Johnson: “Poor Little Robin” (Rick Cunha); Michael Johnson; The Early Albums, disc 2 | MJP Records 99001
  26. Banjo Nikaru & His Western Scooches: “Red Red Robin” (Harry Woods); Banjo Nikaru & His Western Scooches; Very Next Thing EP | On The Bol Records OTBR 0003
  27. Lou & Peter Berryman: “The Dupsha Dove”; Lou & Peter Berryman; House Concert | Cornbelt CR 12
  28. Harry Belafonte Singers: “Didn’t It Rain?” (Rosetta Tharpe); Ned Wright & the Harry Belafonte Singers; Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall | RCA Victor 09026-62690-2
  29. Janis Ian: “This Train”; Janis Ian; Shout, Sister, Shout! A Tribute to Rosetta Tharpe | M. C. Records MC-0500
  30. Sister Rosetta Tharpe: “Strange Things Happening Every Day”; Sister Rosetta Tharpe; Sister Rosetta Tharpe – The Gospel Of The Blues | MCA Records / Decca B0000533-02
  31. Merle Travis: “Midnight Special”; Merle Travis; Travis Pickin’ | CMH 6255
  32. Lance Brown: “Broke Down Poet”; Lance Brown; Too Busy to Work | self DEP-024
  33. Ben Crofut & Chris Brubeck: “San Francisco Bay Blues”; Ben Crofut & Chris Brubeck; Red, White & Blues | Troy 085 CD
  34. Precious Bryant: “Broke and I Ain’t Got a Dime” (Blind Willie McTell); Precious Bryant; Fool Me Good | Terminus CD 0201-2
  35. Liza Minelli: “All I Need (Is One Good Break)” (Kander & Ebb); Liza Minelli; Flora the Red Menace (Orig. Broadway Cast) | RCA 09026-60821-2
  36. John Gorka: “Where the Bottles Break”; John Gorka; Jack’s Crows | High Street 72902 10309-2
  37. Kate McDonnell: “Car Broke Down on Memory Lane”; Kate McDonnell; Broken Bones | Waterbug WBG0020
  38. Blind Willie McTell: “Broke Down Engine”; Blind Willie McTell; Between the Rails: America’s Train Songs | GNP/Crescendo 2249
  39. Anne Heaton: “Your Heart is for Breaking”; Anne Heaton; Black Notebook | Spill Records 53688 10022
  40. Mark Seibert: “I Will Crumble” (Hewitt Huntwork); Mark Seibert & Roberta Valentini; Live In Concert | Sound Of Music SOMCD 068
  41. Arrogant Worms: “In the Lab of Broken Hearts”; Arrogant Worms; C’est Cheese | Arrogant Worms AW 777 2
  42. Andrew Bird & Jimbo Mathus: “Dig Up the Hatchet”; Andrew Bird & Jimbo Mathus; These 13 | Thirty Tigers 55684CD
  43. The Burnt Pines: “On the Burning Bridge”; The Burnt Pines; The Burnt Pines | Adraela Records AR-1004
  44. Loreena McKennitt: “The Seasons”; Loreena McKennitt; To Drive the Cold Winter Away | Quinlan Road CD 102
  45. Laura Love: “I Still Believe (Unplugged)”; Laura Love; She Loved Red | Laura Love 88295 68276
  46. Andy Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andy Beyer; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004

The Midnight Special, March 13, 2021

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  1. Elena Moon Park: “Brilliant New Idea”; Elena Moon Park; Unhurried Journey | www.unhurriedjourneymusic.com bandcamp
  2. Cliff Eberhardt: “The Next Big Thing”; Cliff Eberhardt; High Above and the Down Below | Red House RHR CD 199
  3. Alison Krauss & Union Station: “New Favorite” (Gillian Welch & David Rawlings); Alison Krauss & Union Station; New Favorite | Rounder 11661-0495-2
  4. Andrew Bird & Jimbo Mathus: “Red Velvet Rope”; Andrew Bird & Jimbo Mathus; These 13 | Thirty Tigers 55684CD
  5. Nanci Griffith: “Once in a Very Blue Moon” (Pat Alger); Nanci Griffith; Once in a Very Blue Moon | Philo PH-1096
  6. Bob Bradshaw: “Blue”; Bob Bradshaw; Ghost Light | bobbradshaw.net [2021]
  7. Gene Parsons: “Dark Moon”; Gene Parsons; I Hope They Let Us In | String Bender SBR 002
  8. Kathy Kallick: “Dark Moon” (Ned Miller); Kathy Kallick; Walkin’ in My Shoes | Live Oak 510
  9. The Brother Brothers: “Waiting for a Star to Fall”; The Brother Brothers; Calla Lily | Compass 7 4757 2
  10. Jaspar Lepak: “Why Should the Devil”; Jaspar Lepak; Desert Ghost | jasparlepak.com 98576 08749
  11. Sister Rosetta Tharpe: “Up Above My Head”; Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight; Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues Warming by the Devil’s Fire | Columbia/Legacy CK 90490
  12. Liz Simmons: “Night in the City” (Joni Mitchell); Liz Simmons, Hanna Sanders, Natalie Haas (cello); Poets | lizsimmons.net 95999 13529
  13. Jonathan Byrd: “New Moon Rise”; Jonathan Byrd; Cackalack | Waterbug WBG92
  14. Zoe Fitzgerald Carter: “Owl in Kensington”; Zoe Fitzgerald Carter; Waterlines | ZoeCarterMusic.com [2021]
  15. Emmylou Harris: “Immigrant Eyes” (Guy Clark); Emmylou Harris; Songbird | Rhino Records (2) – 8122 79969 0 1
  16. Kate Magdalena: “The Waking”; Kate Magdalena; The Water is Wide | katemagdalena.com [2020]
  17. Merle Travis: “Midnight Special”; Merle Travis; Travis Pickin’ | CMH 6255
  18. Sean Nua: “O Ro, Song of the Sea”; Sean Nua; The Open Door | Shanachie 79082 CD
  19. Maria Dunn: “The Sailor Song”; Maria Dunn; Maria Dunn | Maria Dunn MARCD04
  20. Danu: “Bridget Donaghue” (Burke Patterson); Danu; All Things Considered | Shanachie SH 78049
  21. Cathy Jordan & Seamie O’Dowd: “I Am of Ireland” (W.B. Yeats and Raymond Driver); Cathy Jordan & Seamie O’Dowd; I Am of Ireland: Yeats in Song | www.yeatsinsong.com 062321
  22. Dervish: “Peata Beag”; Dervish; Live in Palma, disc 2 | Compass 7 4340 2-2 of 2
  23. Pat Donohue: “Irish Blues”; Pat Donohue; Nobody’s Fault | Bluesky Records BSR 930
  24. Will O’Brien: “Patrick’s Day” (coll. MacEdward Leach); Will O’Brien; Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland | mun.ca/folklore/leach/songs/NFLD.htm [1951]
  25. Norah Rendell: “St. Patrick’s Day”; Norah Rendell; Spinning Yarns | Two Tap Music TTM016
  26. Chris Sherburn & Denny Bartley: “Kilkelly” (Peter Jones); Chris Sherburn & Denny Bartley; Last Night’s Fun | Sound Out Music SOM 002 CD
  27. The Burns Sisters: “Irish Heartbeat” (Van Morrison); The Burns Sisters; Close to Home | Philo PH 1178 CD
  28. Greg Trooper: “Innisheer”; Greg Trooper and Maura O’Connell; Floating | Sugar Hill SUG-CD-1075
  29. Diana Lawrence: “I’m Going to the West”; Artemisia; Artemisia (2018)
  30. 1960 Broadway Revival Cast: “How Are Things in Glocca Mora?” (Lane/Harburg); 1960 Broadway Revival Cast feat. Jeannie Carson w/Bobby Howes; Finian’s Rainbow | RCA Victor RCA 1057 2 RG
  31. Leon Bibb: “Danny Boy” (Frederic Weatherly); Leon Bibb; Praising Peace: A Tribute to Paul Robeson | Stony Plain Records SPCD 1318
  32. Traditional: “Crowley’s Reel; Brian Boru’s March; Belfast Hornpipe”; James Galway & Friends; RCA 60917-2
  33. Ciaran MacGowan: “Raglan Road” (Trad., Patrick Kavanagh); Ciaran MacGowan; digital single | ciaranmacgowan.com [2021]
  34. Jim Gaffigan: “Irish Billy Joelle”; Jim Gaffigan; Quality Time | Comedy Dynamics COM 700
  35. Da Vinci’s Notebook: “Face Like Billy Joel”; Da Vinci’s Notebook; Brontosaurus | Da Vinci’s Notebook DVN 003
  36. Mary Chapin-Carpenter: “Where The Beauty Is”; Mary -Chapin Carpenter; The Dirt and The Stars | Lambent Light Records LLR003
  37. Wishing Chair & Kara Barnard: “Wide Sky”; Wishing Chair & Kara Barnard; Dishpan Brigade | Terrakin Records TER0006
  38. (Vance Gilbert): “Icarus by Night”; Vance Gilbert; Philo CD PH 1213
  39. Andrew Bird & Jimbo Mathus: “Sweet Oblivion”; Andrew Bird & Jimbo Mathus; These 13 | Thirty Tigers 55684CD
  40. Tim Grimm: “Dreaming of King Lear”; Tim Grimm; Gone | Vault Records VR017
  41. Anita Aysola: “Heartbeat”; Anita Aysola; Songs for Social Change Volume 5 | Renaissance Artists and Writers Association [2021]
  42. Kim Moberg: “The Raven”; Kim Moberg; Up Around the Bend | KIMMOBERGMUSIC.COM [2020]
  43. Dave Carter: “I Go Like the Raven”; Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer; Drum Hat Buddha | Signature Sounds SIG 1266
  44. Sloan Wainwright: “In Times Like These”; Sloan Wainwright; Red Maple Tree | self [2020]
  45. Eliot Bronson: “Even This is Going to Pass”; Eliot Bronson w/Lori McKenna; Single | New Pain Records [2020]
  46. Michael Ball: “Seasons of Love” (from Rent); Michael Ball; Centre Stage | Hip-O Records Hip-O #440 016 071-2
  47. Carrie Newcomer: “Impossible Until It’s Not”; Carrie Newcomer; The Point of Arrival | Available Light [2019]
  48. Laura Love: “I Still Believe (Unplugged)”; Laura Love; She Loved Red | Laura Love 88295 68276
  49. Andy Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andy Beyer; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004

The Midnight Special, March 6, 2021

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  1. Steve Meinrath & Helen Nusbaum: “Vaccination Blues”; Steve Meinrath & Helen Nusbaum; digital single | Meinrath/Nusbaum 001
  2. Liz Simmons: “Who Knows Where the Time Goes” (Sandy Denny); Liz Simmons; Poets | self lizsimmons.net
  3. Kelly Bosworth: “Wings (These Silly Old Things)”; Kelly Bosworth; Kelly Bosworth | kellybosworth.com 00261 4132
  4. Jeff Talmadge: “Photograph”; Jeff Talmadge; Grace, Gravity and the Moon | Bozart 1004
  5. Chris Smither: “Lonely Time”; Chris Smither; More From the Levee | Signature Sounds SIG CD 2123
  6. Sweet Honey in the Rock: “Time”; Sweet Honey in the Rock; Still the Same Me | Rounder Kids 11661 8100 2
  7. Shelley Berman: “Little Game”; Shelley Berman; Inside Shelley Berman | Verve MG V 15003
  8. Richard Berman: “Monopoly”; Richard Berman; Love, Work and Play | Aries Aries Records 002
  9. Pierce Pettis: “Nod Over Coffee” (Mark Heard); Pierce Pettis w/Geoff Bartley, Hugh Blumenfeld and Nancy Moran; Big Times in a Small Town | Philo PH 1155
  10. The New Students: “The Thief of Time”; The New Students; Endless Sea | thenewstudents.com
  11. Totte Bergstrom: “Just Another Time Thief”; Totte Bergstrom; Totte Bergstrom | Folk Era FE1433CD
  12. (Laura Cortese): “Daylight”; Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards; Bitter Better | Compass 7 4752 2
  13. Rachelle Garniez: “100 Days, 100 Nights”; Rachelle Garniez; Gone to Glory Storysound/1616-033
  14. Anais Mitchell: “Wait for Me”; Orpheus: Damon Daunno/Hermes: Chris Sullivan; Hadestown: NY Theatre Workshop | Warner/Ghostlight 0190295768072
  15. First Aid Kit: “Suzanne” (Leonard Cohen); First Aid Kit; Who By Fire: songs of Leonard Cohen | Columbia pre-release
  16. Merle Travis: “Midnight Special”; Merle Travis; Travis Pickin’ | CMH 6255
  17. Gerri Gribi: “Equinoxial & Phoebe”; Gerri Gribi; Womansong | Lilyfern LR4004
  18. Be Good Tanyas: “Ootischenia”; Be Good Tanyas; Hello Love | Nettwerk 0 6700 30416 2 1
  19. Magpie: “Letter to Eve” (Pete Seeger); Magpie; Living Planet | Collector 1948CD
  20. Ordinary Elephant: “Better Than This”; Ordinary Elephant; Dusty Words & Cardboard | Ordinary Elephant OE2013
  21. Carter Family: “March Winds Gonna Blow My Blues All Away”; Carter Family; Longing for Old Virginia | Rounder CD 1071
  22. Don White: “One Little Drop”; Don White; Live at the Guthrie Center | donwhite.net 8 14118 01060 4
  23. Don White: “Accordion Door Story”; Don White; Live in Michigan | donwhite.net 001
  24. Don White: “Great Day”; Don White; Live in Michigan | donwhite.net 001
  25. Dan Pelletier: “The 8:05”; Dan Pelletier w/John Sebastian (harmonica); Mr. Sunshine/Hudson Valley HVR4000-2
  26. Eric Andersen: “Time, Run Like a Freight Train”; Eric Andersen; Stages: The Lost Album | Columbia/Legacy CK 47120
  27. Steve Gillette: “Two Ten Train”; Steve Gillette; Texas and Tennessee | Redwing RWMCD 5404
  28. Lou & Peter Berryman: “An Hour Away”; Lou & Peter Berryman; House Concert | Cornbelt CR 12
  29. Bill Passalacqua: “Clock and the Speedometer”; Bill Passalacqua; Long Way Home | Reckless Pedestrian Records #004
  30. Bessie Smith: “I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle”; Bessie Smith; Bessie Smith 1925-1933 | Nimbus Records Limited HRM 6003
  31. Colby Maddox: “The Midnight Special – fiddle”; Colby Maddox; Midnight Special Collection Maddox 2020
  32. : “Time”; Various: Rosanne Cash; Come On Up to the House/Dualtone 803020200319
  33. Tim Grimm: “Gone”; Tim Grimm; Gone The Single Vault Records/VR016
  34. Maria Gillard Trio: “When Will the Clock Stop Ticking”; Maria Gillard Trio; Always Love | Gizzy Music GIL 005
  35. Paul Simon: “The Clock”; Paul Simon; Stranger to Stranger | Concord Records CRE-39780-02
  36. Ken Nordine: “What Time is It?”; Ken Nordine; You’re Getting Better: The Word Jazz Dot Masters Disk 1 | Hip-O Select B005171-02 Disk 1 of 2
  37. Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon: “Noon to Noon”; Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon; NOON ATO Records/8.28.20
  38. Mollie O’Brien: “Lark in the Morning” (Kate MacLeod); Mollie O’Brien; Tell it True | Sugar Hill SH-CD 3846
  39. Kate MacLeod & The Pancakes: “Time Passes Slowly” (Bob Dylan); Kate MacLeod w/Mark Hazel; Breakfast | Waterbug Records WBG0063
  40. Jimmy LaFave: “One Too Many Mornings” (Bob Dylan); Jimmy LaFave; Trail, disc 2 | Bohemia Beat 0009
  41. Bob Dylan: “I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight”; Bob Dylan; Best of the Original Mono Recordings | Columbia/Legacy 88697791672
  42. The Hot Club of Cowtown: “Time Changes Everything”; The Hot Club of Cowtown; What Makes Bob Holler | Proper PRPACD014
  43. Richard Dyer-Bennett: “Lonesome Valley” (Guthrie); Richard Dyer-Bennet; Richard Dyer-Bennet, Vol. 1 | Smithsonian Folkways SF CD 40078
  44. Anita Silvert: “All Roads Converge”; Anita Silvert; Midwestern Girl | Balancing Act BAM 003
  45. Kim & Reggie Harris and Magpie: “When I’m Gone” (Phil Ochs); Kim & Reggie Harris and Magpie; Spoken in Love | Long Tail LT003-2 CD
  46. Laura Love: “I Still Believe (Unplugged)”; Laura Love; She Loved Red | Laura Love 88295 68276
  47. Andy Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andy Beyer; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004

The Midnight Special, February 27, 2021

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  1. Sam Bush: “Howlin’ at the Moon”; Sam Bush; Howlin’ at the Moon | Sugar Hill Records SHCD-3876
  2. Indigo Girls: “Howl at the Moon”; Indigo Girls; Look Long Rounder/1166100867
  3. Jack Williams: “Coyote”; Jack Williams; Across The Winterline Wind River/WR14004 D
  4. Michael Hurley: “Werewolf Song”; Michael Hurley; Wolfways | Koch Records KOC 3-7910-2
  5. Lawrence Ferlinghetti: “Underwear”; Lawrence Ferlinghetti; Poetry on Record, Disc 2 | Shout Factory D4K10029
  6. Cosy Sheridan: “Underwear”; Cosy Sheridan; Botox Tango | Cosyng Music 001
  7. Orig. Broadway Cast: “I’m Not Wearing Underwear Today”; John Tartaglia w/Stephanie D’Abruzzo; Avenue Q, the Musical | Victor 82876-55923-2
  8. Pat Maloney: “Perfect Oblivious Moon”; Pat Maloney; Perfect Oblivious Moon | Ratrick 7487 CD
  9. Jaime Michaels: “Writing Songs on the Moon”; Jaime Michaels; Fool | Frumdahart 1007
  10. Vance Gilbert: “Unfamiliar Moon”; Vance Gilbert; Unfamiliar Moon | Disismye Music 004
  11. Mike Ward: “How Sweet Your Dreams”; Mike Ward; The Darkness and the Light | Psychosongs [2020]
  12. Van Morrison: “Moondance”; Van Morrison; Moondance | Warner WS 1835
  13. Xani Kolac: “Grey”; Xani Kolac; From the Bottom of the Well | Xani Kolac [2020]
  14. Paul Simon: “Under African Skies”; Paul Simon w/Linda Ronstadt; Graceland | Warner Bros. R2 78904
  15. Sweet Honey in the Rock: “Improv Time – African Oasis”; Sweet Honey in the Rock; Still the Same Me | Rounder Kids 11661 8100 2
  16. Andy Beyer: “The Midnight Special – organ”; Andy Beyer; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004
  17. Circle of Women: “Full Moonlight Dance”; Circle of Women; Circle of Women | EarthBeat! R2 72879
  18. Diana Jones: “Hang Out With the Moon”; Diana Jones; One That Got Away | New Shoes NS0002
  19. The Last Word Quintet: “Lightning and Thunder” (Bob Long); The Last Word Quintet; After the Rain… | self 1 95269 06843 1
  20. Tracy Grammer: “Shadows of Evangeline”; Tracy Grammer; Flower of Avalon | Signature Sounds SIG 1292
  21. Johnny Cash: “Hiawatha’s Vision”; Johnny Cash; Sings the Ballads of the True West | Columbia/Legacy CK 86789
  22. Malcolm Daglish & the Oolites: “Psalm of Life”; Malcolm Daglish & the Oolites; Pleasure | Oolitic Music OM 1112
  23. Della Mae: “First Song Dancer”; Della Mae; Headlight | Rounder 1166100770
  24. 1960 Broadway Revival Cast: “Old Devil Moon” (Lane/Harburg); 1960 Broadway Revival Cast feat. Biff McGuire and Jeannie Carson; Finian’s Rainbow | RCA Victor RCA 1057 2 RG
  25. Becky Buller: “Tell the Truth (Shame the Devil)”; Becky Buller w/The Fairfield Four; Distance & Time | Dark Shadow Recording DSR202002
  26. Studs Terkel & Marian Anderson: “Gwendolyn Brooks Poem: Gertrude” (Studs Terkel); Studs Terkel & Marian Anderson; Studs Terkel Archives (2.20.1960) | WFMT [1960]
  27. African-American Trad: Spiritual, “Deep River”; Marian Anderson, a; Lawrence Brown, p;
  28. Studs Terkel & Marian Anderson: “Childhood 2” (Studs Terkel); Studs Terkel & Marian Anderson; Studs Terkel Archives (2.20.1960) | WFMT [1960]
  29. Traditional: Spiritual, “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands”; Marian Anderson, c, Franz Rupp, p; RCA 61960-2
  30. Corky Siegel & Chamber Blues: “Twisted”; Corky Siegel & Chamber Blues; EXTRAVAGANZA (pre-release) | corkymusic.com [2021]
  31. Scott Cook: “All My Moonlit Rambles”; Scott Cook; Moonlit Rambles | Groove Revival GRP005
  32. Loudon Wainwright III, et al: “The Man in the Moon”; Loudon Wainwright III, et al feat. Maggie Roche; High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project | 2nd Story Sound Records 161003
  33. Colby Maddox: “The Midnight Special – fiddle”; Colby Maddox; Midnight Special Collection Maddox 2020
  34. The Fenians: “Whiskey in the Jar”; The Fenians; Have Fun or Get Out! | Mizen Head Music MH494CD
  35. Debra & Dave Cowan: “Moonshiner/Copper Kettle”; Debra & Dave Cowan; A Dram for the Singer | Deb CCD 81556
  36. Cliff Eberhardt: “White Lightning”; Cliff Eberhardt; Long Road | Windham Hill WD-1092 CD
  37. Gillian Welch: “Tear My Stillhouse Down”; Gillian Welch; Revival | ALM SD 80006
  38. Billie Holiday: “What A Little Moonlight Can Do”; Billie Holiday; Best of Lady Day | Columbia/Legacy C2K85979
  39. Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in c minor, Op. 18; Martin Jones, p; Nimbus NI-5232
  40. Diane Taraz: “Full Moon Tonight”; Diane Taraz; Gathered Safely In | Beacon Records BCN 10143-2
  41. Paul Kelly & Paul Grabowski: “Please Leave Your Light On”; Paul Kelly & Paul Grabowski; Please Leave Your Light On | Cooking Vinyl GAWD031CD
  42. Joan Osborne & The Holmes Bros: “Nobody’s Fault But Mine”; Joan Osborne & The Holmes Bros; Shout, Sister, Shout | M. C. Records MC-0500
  43. Peggy Watson: “Moon is Full Tonight”; Peggy Watson; In the Company of Birds | Over the Edge Records PW108
  44. Dare to Breathe: “Under the Full Moonlight”; Dare to Breathe; Bright Morning Stars | DTB 00003
  45. Helen Bonchek Schneyer: “I Know Moonlight”; Helen Bonchek Schneyer; On the Hallelujah Line | Folk-Legacy Records, Inc. CD-85
  46. Laura Love: “I Still Believe (Unplugged)”; Laura Love; She Loved Red | Laura Love 88295 68276
  47. Andy Beyer: “The Midnight Special – organ”; Andy Beyer; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004

The Midnight Special, February 20, 2021

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  1. Liv Taylor: “Songs that Should Never be Played on the Banjo”; Liv Taylor; Unsolicited Material | Whistling Dog 0000
  2. Cache Valley Drifters: “White Room” (Cream: Jack Bruce/Pete Brown); Cache Valley Drifters; White Room | CMH Records CD-8011
  3. Barnstar!: “Handle With Care” (Traveling Wilburys); Barnstar!: Jake Armerding, Taylor Armerding, Mark Erelli, Zach Hickman, Charlie Rose; C’Mon | Not On Label (Barndance) MV15785
  4. Kaia Kater: “Maggie May”; Kaia Kater; Banjo Babes (Various) | Wepecket Island WI-020
  5. Various: “Banjo Jokes”; Aubrey Atwater, Dale Robin Goodman, Hilary Hawke, Kaia Kater, Evie Ladin, Lauren Sheehan; Banjo Babes (Various) | Wepecket Island WI-020
  6. Steve Goodman: “Eleanor Rigby” (Lennon/McCartney); Steve Goodman; Live ’69 | Omnivore OVCD-369
  7. The Nudes: “Norwegian Wood”; The Nudes; Velvet Sofa | Acoustic America Records AACD2
  8. The Bobs: “Come Together” (Lennon/McCartney); The Bobs; Sing The Songs Of… | Kaleidescope K-48
  9. The King’s Singers: “Octopus’s Garden” (Ringo Starr); Cincinnati Pops, Erich Kunzel, conductor; Cincinnati Pops Perform Music of the Beatles | Telarc Surround SACD-60540
  10. Bob Dylan: “Some Enchanted Evening” (Rodgers & Hammerstein); Bob Dylan; Shadows in the Night | Columbia 88875051242
  11. Ellis Paul: “It Was a Very Good Year”; Ellis Paul; Traveling Medicine Show Vol. 1 | Rosella [2021]
  12. Laura Love: “Come As You Are” (Kurt Cobain); Laura Love; Octoroon | Mercury 314-634-649-2
  13. Rod Abernethy: “Oxford Town” (Bob Dylan); Rod Abernethy; Normal Isn’t Normal Anymore | Songs from Downstairs SFDS 1102
  14. Reggie Harris: “It’s Who We Are”; Reggie Harris; Single release | self released [2021]
  15. Crys Matthews: “Call Them In”; Crys Matthews; Single Honoring John Lewis | self released [2021]
  16. Merle Travis: “Midnight Special”; Merle Travis; Travis Pickin’ | CMH 6255
  17. Susan Werner: “Maybe if I Sang Cole Porter”; Susan Werner; Live at the Tin Angel | SWerner 002
  18. Claudia Schmidt: “Every Time We Say Goodbye” (Cole Porter); Claudia Schmidt; Concinnity | claudiaschmidt.com [2018]
  19. Allan Sherman: “Night & Day (With Punctuation Marks)” (Cole Porter); Allan Sherman; My Son the Nut, Disc 3 | Rhino Handmade RHM2 7891 3 of 6
  20. Marilyn Horne, Jerry Hadley, Thomas Hampson: “Friendship” (Cole Porter); Marilyn Horne, Jerry Hadley, Thomas Hampson; The Men in My Life | RCA Victor 09026-62647-2
  21. Dolly Parton: “I Get a Kick Out of You” (Cole Porter); Dolly Parton; Little Sparrow | Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3927
  22. Curtis Salgado: “The Fix is In”; Curtis Salgado; Damage Control | Alligator Records ALCD 5002
  23. Peter Mulvey: “Everybody Knows” (Leonard Cohen); Peter Mulvey; The Good Stuff | Signature Sounds SIG 2045
  24. Rev. Robert B. Jones: “If I Had My Way” (Traditional); Rev. Robert B. Jones; A Portrait in Blues | RoJo Records [2000]
  25. Studs Terkel w/Buffy Sainte-Marie: “Buffalo” Interview; Studs Terkel w/Buffy Sainte-Marie; Studs Terkel Archives | WFMT
  26. Buffy Sainte-Marie: “Now That the Buffalo’s Gone”; Buffy Sainte-Marie; It’s My Way | Vanguard VMD 79142
  27. Studs Terkel w/Buffy Sainte-Marie: “Protest Songs” Interview; Studs Terkel w/Buffy Sainte-Marie; Studs Terkel Archives | WFMT
  28. Bill Jones: “Blood for Gold & Universal Soldier” (Trad./Buffy Sainte-Marie); Bill Jones; Turn to Me | Compass 7 4338 2
  29. Studs Terkel w/Buffy Sainte-Marie: “Miriam Makeba” Interview; Studs Terkel w/Buffy Sainte-Marie; Studs Terkel Archives | WFMT
  30. Miriam Makeba: “Click Song #2”; Miriam Makeba; In Concert! | Reprise RS-6253
  31. Dinty Child: “The Morning” (Erelli, Mark; Child, Dinty); Dinty Child; Lucky Ones | Nine Athens 1-94171-09373-9
  32. Anne Hills: “In the Gloaming”; Anne Hills; Accidental August | Heart & Hand Music HHM20201
  33. Mike Ward: “Our Time to Shine”; Mike Ward; The Darkness and the Light | Psychosongs [2020]
  34. Colby Maddox: “The Midnight Special – fiddle”; Colby Maddox; Midnight Special Collection Maddox 2020
  35. Aireene Espiritu: “This Song”; Aireene Espiritu; Put Back Charlie | self-released B00NZBLDHK
  36. Wayfaring Strangers: “This Train” (Traditional); Wayfaring Strangers feat. Tracy Bonham; This Train | Rounder 116 610 528-2
  37. Guy Forsyth & Jeska Bailey: “Amazing Grace/House of the Rising Sun” (John Newton, Trad./Dave Van Ronk); Guy Forsyth & Jeska Bailey; Conspirators | Small & Nimble Records SAN 99311
  38. Po’ Girl: “Gone in Pawn/Shake Sugaree” (Elizabeth Cotton); Po’ Girl; Po’ Girl | Hightone HCD 8161
  39. The Geyer Street Sheiks: “Sixteen Tons”; Geyer Street Sheiks; Great Dream BJam/CD 101
  40. Madeleine Peyroux: “(Lookin’ for) The Heart of Saturday Night” (Tom Waits); Madeleine Peyroux; Half the Perfect World | Rounder 11661-3252-2
  41. Love Canon: “Video Killed the Radio Star” (Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes and Bruce Woolley); Love Canon; Love Canon, Vol. 2 | self-released [2012]
  42. Erin McKeown: “Get Happy” (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler); Erin McKeown; Sing You Sinners | Nettwerk 0 6700 30564 2 7
  43. Richie Havens: “On The Turning Away” (Moore/Gilmour); Richie Havens; Wishing Well | Stormy Forest SF 2021
  44. DeDannan: “Hibernian Rhapsody” (Freddie Mercury); DeDannan; Hibernian Rhapsody | Shanachie 78005
  45. Ani Di Franco: “Simultaneously”; Ani Di Franco; Revolutionary Love | Righteous Babe RBR0099-D
  46. Rupert Wates: “Farewell and Adieu”; Rupert Wates; Lamentations | self released [2020]
  47. Laura Love: “I Still Believe (Unplugged)”; Laura Love; She Loved Red | Laura Love 88295 68276
  48. Andy Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andy Beyer; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004

The Midnight Special, February 13, 2021

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  1. Aoife Clancy w/Bobby Clancy: “Kisses Sweeter than Wine” (Trad., Leadbelly, The Weavers); Aoife Clancy w/Bobby Clancy; Silvery Moon | Appleseed APR CD 1065
  2. (Michael Smith): The Dutchman; Steve Goodman; Buddha 7446599626 2
  3. Mark Erelli: “Jackpot”; Mark Erelli; Jackpot | pre-release single [2021]
  4. Jim Gaffigan: “I Would Do Anything for Love”; Jim Gaffigan; Noble Ape | Comedy Dynamics COM626
  5. Second Opinion: “Put Another Log on the Fire” (Shel Silverstein); Second Opinion – Betsy Clinton, Pat Madden-Roth, Sally Potter; Just a Little Bit Closer | SecOp SecOp 001
  6. Tom Rush: “Nothing But a Man”; Tom Rush; Rockport Sundays | tomrush.com [2021]
  7. Catie Curtis: “Radical”; Catie Curtis; Truth from Lies/Hear Music HEAR9402
  8. Buffy Sainte-Marie: “Eyes of Amber”; Buffy Sainte-Marie; It’s My Way | Vanguard VMD 79142
  9. Christine Lavin: “The Kind of Love You Never Recover From”; Christine Lavin; Attainable Love | Philo CD PH 1132
  10. Dee Carstensen: “Compass” (Christine Lavin); Dee Carstensen; Big League Babe, Vol. 2 | PrimeCD 39
  11. Bill Camplin: “Northern Light”; Bill Camplin w/ Bob Mueller, Jamie Sheldon, Robert Knetzger, and Jason Klagstad; Reunion at Ebbott’s Barn | Bill Camplin 8-14-16
  12. David Massengill: “Another Time & Place” (Dave Van Ronk); David Massengill; Dave on Dave – Tribute to Dave Van Ronk by David Massengill | Gadfly 295
  13. Joan Baez: “There But for Fortune”; Joan Baez; Joan Baez 5 | Vanguard 79700-2
  14. Laurie Lewis: “The Lonely One”; Laurie Lewis; Laurie Lewis and | Spruce & Maple SMM1014
  15. Merle Travis: “Midnight Special”; Merle Travis; Travis Pickin’ | CMH 6255
  16. Rod Abernethy: “Another Year”; Rod Abernethy; Normal Isn’t Normal Anymore | rodabernethy.com 85218 00669
  17. Tracy Chapman: “Fast Car”; Tracy Chapman; Tracy Chapman | Elektra 9 60774-2
  18. Anne Hills & Jay Ansill: “Winter Roses”; Anne Hills & Jay Ansill; Fragile Gifts | Hand & Heart HHM-2016
  19. Andrew Ratshin: “Roses from the Wrong Man” (Christine Lavin); Andrew Ratshin; Big League Babe, Vol. 2 | PrimeCD 39
  20. Christine Kane: “She Don’t Like Roses”; Christine Kane; Rain and Mud and Wild and Green | Big Fat Music [2002]
  21. Susan Werner: “La Vie en Rose”; Susan Werner; Live at the Tin Angel | Werner SWerner 002
  22. Tom Russell: “Chocolate Cigarettes”; Tom Russell; Hurricane Season | Philo PH CD 1141
  23. Edith Piaf: “Non, je ne regrette rien”; Edith Piaf; The Voice of the Sparrow | Capitol CDP-7-96632-2
  24. Billie Holiday: “No Regrets”; Billie Holiday w/Artie Shaw; Lady Day: The Master Takes | Columbia / Legacy 88967 13178 2-D1 1 of 4
  25. Eric Andersen: “Is it Really Love at All?”; Eric Andersen; Blue River | Columbia Legacy CK 65696
  26. Bob Dylan: “Thirsty Boots” (Eric Andersen); Bob Dylan; Another Self Portrait-Bootleg (disc 2) | Columbia 88883-73487-2
  27. Eric Andersen: “Salt on Your Skin”; Eric Andersen; Beat Avenue, Disc 2 | Appleseed Recordings APR CD 1068 (1 of 2)
  28. Eddie Reader: “Bell, Book & Candle” (Boo Hewerdine); Eddie Reader; Angels & Electricity | Compass Records COM 7 4265 2 cd
  29. Tim Buckley: “Sing a Song For You”; Tim Buckley; Once I Was | BBC 302 061 056 2
  30. Pat Donohue: “La Vie en Rose” (Edith Piaf); Pat Donohue – guitar; Bluesky Records BSR 915
  31. Smothers Brothers: “Black is the Color”; Smothers Brothers; (Think Ethnic!) | Mercury MG200777
  32. Tony Cuffe: “Kelvin’s Purling Stream” (Traditional); Tony Cuffe; Sae Will We Yet | Greentrax CDTRAX243
  33. Ciaran MacGowan: “Wild Mountain Thyme”; Ciaran MacGowan; digital single | [2021]
  34. Rhiannon Giddens: “Black is the Color” (Traditional); Rhiannon Giddens w/Jon Batiste (Melodica), Colin Linden (Guitar) et al.; Tomorrow is My Turn | Nonesuch 541708-2
  35. Pete Nelson: “The Bitter End” (Christine Lavin); Pete Nelson; Big League Babe, Vol. 2 | PrimeCD 39
  36. Kacey Jones: “Chocolate Stuff”; Kacey Jones; Donald Trump’s Hair | IGO Records IGO41247
  37. Judy Collins: “Bottle of Wine” (Tom Paxton); Judy Collins; Judy Collins 3 & 4/…in Concert | Wildflower WFL 1301-2 (Disk 2)
  38. The Mitchell Trio: “If I Gave You”; The Mitchell Trio; The Slightly Irreverent Mitchell Trio | Collector’s Choice CCM-373-2
  39. Tom Lehrer: “The Masochism Tango (live)”; Tom Lehrer; The Remains of Tom Lehrer Disc 2 | Rhino R2 79831 2
  40. Return to Forever: “Do You Ever” (Gayle Moran); Return to Forever – Chick Corea, Gayle Moran, Stanley Clarke, et al.; Musicmagic | Columbia Columbia – PC 34682
  41. The Gilberts: “Missing Pieces”; The Gilberts; Tell Me | www.thegilbertsband.com [2021]
  42. Linda Thompson: “Dimming of the Day”; Linda Thompson; Dreams Fly Away | Hannibal HCD 1379
  43. Steve Goodman: “Old Fashioned”; Steve Goodman; Words We Can Dance To | Elektra 7E-1061
  44. Willie Nelson: “In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning” (David Mann & Bob Hilliard); Willie Nelson; That’s Life | Columbia/Legacy 19439839452
  45. (Laura Love): “I Still Believe (Unplugged)”; Laura Love; She Loved Red/Laura Love 88295 68276
  46. Andy Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andy Beyer; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004

The Midnight Special, February 6, 2021

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  1. David Francey: “February Morning Drive”; David Francey; Far End of Summer | Laker Music LKR 1002
  2. Dar Williams: “February”; Dar Williams; Mortal City | Razor n’ Tie RT 2821-2
  3. Jessy Dixon: “Hold On”; Jessy Dixon; In The Right Hands | The Sirens Records SR-5010
  4. The Mamas and The Papas: “California Dreamin’”; The Mamas and The Papas; Time-Life’s Treasure of Folk/Folk Rock | EMI R121-24
  5. Kate & Anna McGarrigle and friends: “Talk to me of Mendocino”; Kate & Anna McGarrigle and friends; The McGarrigle Hour | Hannibal HNCD 1417
  6. Laura Love: “Santa Rosa”; Laura Love; Welcome to Pagan Place | Koch KOC-CD-8478
  7. Flor de Cana: “Clear Water/Agua Clara”; Flor de Cana; Dancing on the Wall/Bailando en la muralla | Flying Fish 577
  8. Steve Goodman: “Banana Republics”; Steve Goodman; Words We Can Dance To | Elektra 7E-1061
  9. Jimmy Buffett: “Island Fever”; Jimmy Buffett; Don’t Stop the Carnival | Margaritaville M314-524 485-2
  10. Del Suggs: “Caribbean Money”; Del Suggs; Tallahassee Selects (various) | Cascades Recording Co. CRC 0601
  11. Cyril Ritchard & The Pirates: “Hook’s Tango”; Cyril Ritchard & The Pirates; Peter Pan | RCA Victor LOC 1019
  12. Cyril Ritchard & The Pirates: “Captain Hook’s Waltz”; Cyril Ritchard & The Pirates; Peter Pan | RCA Victor LOC 1019
  13. Emma’s Revolution: “Let’s Go Swimming”; Emma’s Revolution; Revolutions Per Minutes | Moving Forward Music MFM 1234
  14. Amy Speace: “The Sea & The Shore”; Amy Speace w/Robby Hecht; How to Sleep in a Stormy Boat | Wind Bone 59709 60466
  15. Taj Mahal: “Cakewalk”; Taj Mahal; Blues with a Feeling | Private Music BMG 82876 55610 2
  16. Magical Strings: “Bahamian Time”; Magical Strings; Islands Calling | EarthBeat 93528-2
  17. Studs Terkel & Hal Holbrook: Hal Holbrook; Studs Terkel & Hal Holbrook; Studs Terkel Archives: 1959 | WFMT studsterkel.wfmt.com
  18. Hal Holbrook: “Sunrise on the Mississippi” (Mark Twain); Hal Holbrook; Best of Hal Holbrook in Mark Twain Tonight! | Columbia/Legacy SK 86228
  19. Bill Staines: “River”; Bill Staines; Going to the West | Red House RHR CD 56
  20. Nanci Griffith: “Roseville Fair” (Bill Staines); Nanci Griffith; Once in a Very Blue Moon | Philo PH-1096
  21. Leslie Odom, Jr.: “The Room Where it Happens”; Leslie Odom, Jr.; Hamilton! Soundtrack | Atlantic 556345-2 2 of 2
  22. Stan Freberg: “Yankee Doodle Go Home (Spirit of ’76)”; Stan Freberg; Stan Freberg Presents The United States of America, Vols. 1 & 2, Disc 1 The Early Years | Rhino R2 72476
  23. Lou and Peter Berryman: “The February March”; Lou and Peter Berryman; What Again? | Cornbelt CR900
  24. Bob Marley: “One Love/People Get Ready” (Marley/Mayfield); Bob Marley; Legend: Best of Bob Marley & The Wailers | Island 314 586 714-2
  25. Rhiannon Giddens: “Slave Driver”; Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla, Allison Russell; Songs of Our Native Daughters Smithsonian Folkways/SF CD 40232
  26. Laura Smith: “My Bonnie”; Laura Smith; Between the Earth and My Soul | Atlantica D2 77657 50235 21
  27. Darwin Song Project: “Trust in the Rolling Ocean”; Karine Polwart, Stu Hanna, Jez Lowe, Rachael McShane; Shrewsbury 2009 | Shrewsbury Folk Festival SFFCD01
  28. Foxfire: “Seafood Shop Shanty Man Song” (Greg Trafidlo); Foxfire; Foxfire | KiraCD 4916
  29. Lord Invader: “Chicago, Chicago” (Lord Invader); Rupert Westmore Grant; Calypso in New York (1946-61) | Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40454
  30. Benjamin Luxon: “Over the Rolling Sea”; Benjamin Luxon; Beautiful Dreamer | Omega CD 3005
  31. Andy Beyer: “The Midnight Special – Melodica”; Andy Beyer; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004
  32. Irene Kelley: “O Mexico”; Irene Kelley; Simple Path | Irk Records 1002CD
  33. Chuck Pyle: “I Can’t Go to Mexico”; Chuck Pyle; Keepin’ Time by the River | Bee’n’Flower 001
  34. The Mavericks: Suspiro Azul (Blue Sigh); The Mavericks; The Mavericks en Español Mono Mundo Recordings/MMR007-CD
  35. Terry Tufts: “Revelstoke”; Terry Tufts; Two Nights Solo | Borealis Records BCD144
  36. James McCandless: “Sea of Freedom”; James McCandless; Sea of Freedom | Not On Label STCD-4001
  37. Mark Erelli: “Handmade”; Mark Erelli; Jackpot | pre-release single [2021]
  38. Jaime Michaels: “Somewhere Like Italy”; Jaime Michaels; Fool | Frumdahart 1007
  39. Grace Pettis: “Italy”; Grace Pettis; Grace Pettis | Blue Rock Artists BRA – CD1020
  40. Patty Larkin: “Italian Shoes”; Patty Larkin; Red = Luck | Vanguard 79727-2
  41. Remember Rome: “Let’s Speak Italian”; Remember Rome; La Bocca della Verita | Ars Nova AN 38
  42. Bob Fox: “Greek Lightning”; Bob Fox; Woodworm Dreams Never Leave You / WRCD035
  43. Tim O’Brien: “Out on the Rolling Sea”; Tim O’Brien; When No One’s Around | Sugar Hill SHCD-3866
  44. David Broza: “Burleria”; David Broza; en Casa Limon/Broza Records 538610512
  45. Peter & Mary Alice Amidon: “A Parting Glass”; Peter & Mary Alice Amidon; Hymns & Ballads | ammus ammus 09 02
  46. (Laura Love): “I Still Believe (Unplugged)”; Laura Love; She Loved Red/Laura Love 88295 68276
  47. Merle Travis: “Midnight Special”; Merle Travis; Travis Pickin’ CMH/6255

The Midnight Special, January 30, 2021

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  1. Sam Bush: “Every Day I Write The Book” (Elvis Costello); Sam Bush; The Other Side of the Mountain | Compass 7 4347 2
  2. Patty Larkin: “The Book I’m Not Reading”; Patty Larkin; Perishable Fruit |High Street Records 72902-10354-2
  3. Woody Guthrie: “Tom Joad, Part 1”; Woody Guthrie; Dust Bowl Ballads | RCA Victor/Buddha 74465 99724 2
  4. Old Town School of Folk Music cast: “When We Get to California” (Michael Smith); Old Town School of Folk Music cast; The Grapes of Wrath | WFMT Folkstage 02/28/03 Disc 1 of 2
  5. Woody Guthrie: “Tom Joad, Part 2”; Woody Guthrie; Dust Bowl Ballads | RCA Victor/Buddha 74465 99724 2
  6. Solas: “The Ghost of Tom Joad” (Bruce Springsteen); Solas, feat. Mairead Phelan; The Turning Tide | Compass Records 7 4530 2
  7. (Shawn Mullins): “Twin Rocks, Oregon”; Shawn Mullins; Sony Legacy B00000AG6W
  8. Dala: “Virginia Woolf” (Walther/Carabine/Wolf); Dala: Amanda Walther, Sheila Carabine; Best Day | Campus Music 7 66397 45822
  9. Joni Mitchell: “Judgement of the Moon & Stars”; Joni Mitchell; For the Roses | Reprise 8122797178-5
  10. Phil Ochs: “The Highwayman” (Alfred Noyes); Phil Ochs; There But For Fortune | Elektra 9 60832-2
  11. Orig. Broadway Cast: “Brush Up Your Shakespeare” (Cole Porter); Orig. Broadway Cast feat. Jack Diamond & Harry Clark; Kiss Me Kate | Angel ZDM 0777 7 64760 2 5
  12. Cliff Eberhardt: “Romeo & Juliet” (Mark Knopfler); Cliff Eberhardt; Mona Lisa Café | Shanachie 8017
  13. Andy Griffith: “Romeo & Juliet”; Andy Griffith; American Original | Capitol CDP 0777 7 98476 2 4
  14. Andy Beyer: “The Midnight Special Solo (Short)” Instrumental; Andy Beyer; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004
  15. Tom Paxton: “Even a Gray Day”; Tom Paxton w/Anne Hills & Peggy Compton; Even a Gray Day | Flying Fish FF 70280
  16. Rose Polenzani: “Snow Days” (Real Estate); Rose Polenzani; Hark: Wintery Songs in Eleventy Part Harmony | Epoisse
  17. Christine Lavin: “Snow, Snow, Snow/Onward Through the Snow Medley” (Kisslinger/Hayden); Christine Lavin & The Mistletones; Runaway Christmas Tree Appleseed Recordings/APRCD 1075
  18. Robert Frost: “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening”; Robert Frost; Poets Read Their Works | Shout! Factory D4K 10029
  19. Susan McKeown: “The Snows They Melt The Soonest”; Susan McKeown; Lowlands | Green Linnet GLCD 1205
  20. Les Barker: “The Author’s Story”; Les Barker; A Cardi and a Bloke | Mrs. Ackroyd Records DOG 011
  21. Dick Gaughan: “Now Westlin Winds” (Robert Burns, 1783); Dick Gaughan; Handful of Earth | Green Linnet GLCD 3062
  22. Rise: “Green Grow the Rashes-o” (Robert Burns, 1783); Rise; Posing as Human | Orissor Productions OP 2010
  23. Brina: “The Slave’s Lament” (Robert Burns, 1792); Brina; Jamaica Sings Burns | Label Record ID
  24. Tony Trischka: “F.D.R. at Gettysburg, 1938 (postlude)”; John Lithgow; Shall We Hope | Shefa Records HORN-3009
  25. Jesse Winchester: “Tell Me Why You Like Roosevelt”; Jesse Winchester; Best of Jesse Winchester/Rhino R2 70085
  26. Michael Smith: “Spoon River”; Michael Smith; Love Stories | New Rounder FFCD 70404
  27. Ernie Banks: “Intro. Mr. Cub”; Ernie Banks; Baseball’s Greatest Hits: Let’s Play II | Rhino R2 70959
  28. Original Broadway Cast feat. Russ Brown: “Heart”; Original Broadway Cast feat. Russ Brown; Damn Yankees! | RCA Victor 3948 2 RG
  29. David Mitchell & Robert Webb: “Pact with the Devil”; David Mitchell & Robert Webb; That Mitchell & Webb Sound, Series Two, Disc 3 | BBC Audio ISBN 13:978 1846 070716
  30. Trilogy feat. Eileen McGann: “Snow Shanty”; Trilogy feat. Eileen McGann; Two Thousand Years of Christmas | Dragonwing DRGN-114
  31. Andy Beyer: “The Midnight Special – Melodica”; Andy Beyer; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004
  32. Barbara Saint John: “Emily”; Barbara Saint John; Emily | Mystic Pilgrim 002
  33. Pete Morton: “I’m In Love With Emily Dickinson”; Pete Morton; Flying an Unknown Flag | Harbourtown HARCD 048
  34. Steve Goodman: “Moby Book”; Steve Goodman; Jessie’s Jig & Other Favorites/Red Pajamas RPJ-010CD
  35. Peter Paul & Mary: “If I Had My Way” (Rev. Gary Davis); Peter Paul & Mary; Peter, Paul & Mary | Warner Bros. 1449-2
  36. Curtis & Loretta: “Finnegan’s Wake” (Trad. Irish); Curtis & Loretta; Sit Down Beside Me | Haymarket Music HM-106
  37. Joan Baez: “From Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” (James Joyce); Joan Baez (spoken), Peter Schickele a.k.a. PDQ Bach (orchestration); Baptism | Vanguard 79721-2
  38. Chris Thile, Sean Watkins: “Eveline”; Nickel Creek; Why Should the Fire Die? | Sugar Hill Records SUG-CD-3990
  39. John Flynn: “Annabell Lee spoken intro”; John Flynn; To the Point | JF006
  40. John Flynn: “Annabell Lee”; John Flynn; To the Point | JF006
  41. Original Cast: “Edgar Allan Poe”; Mark Hadfield, Nicky Croydon, Robert Locke, Susie Blake & Zoe Bright; Snoopy | Polydor 820 247-1 Y-1
  42. Peter Mulvey: “The Trouble With Poets” (Mulvey & Goodrich); Peter Mulvey; Notes from Elsewhere | Signature Sounds Sig 2008
  43. Lawrence Ferlinghetti: “See It Was Like This”; Lawrence Ferlinghetti; Poets Read Their Works | Shout! Factory D4K 10029
  44. Aztec Two-Step: “The Persecution and Restoration of Dean Moriarty”; Aztec Two-Step; Aztec Two-Step (1971-1972) | self-released CD reissue
  45. Eric Taylor: “Dean Moriarty”; Eric Taylor; Eric Taylor | Watermelon CD 1040
  46. Carrie Newcomer: “Writing a Better Story”; Carrie Newcomer; The Point of Arrival | Available Light Records ALR05
  47. (Laura Love): “I Still Believe (Unplugged)”; Laura Love; She Loved Red/Laura Love 88295 68276
  48. Merle Travis: “Midnight Special”; Merle Travis; Travis Pickin’ CMH/6255

The Midnight Special, January 23, 2021

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  1. The 5th Dimension: “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” (Rado/Ragni/MacDermott); The 5th Dimension; single 45RPM | Liberty LBF 15193
  2. (Josiah Kelley Alwood): “The Uncloudy Day”; The Jolly Bankers: Laura Cortese, Kristin Andreassen, Pierce Woodward; Jolly Bankers CD001
  3. Ferron: “Ain’t Life a Brook”; Ferron; Still Riot | Warner WBCD 9 46292-2
  4. Bobby McFerrin: “Glory”; Bobby McFerrin; Spirityouall | Masterworks 8765 45686
  5. Les Barker: Mono; Les Barker; Arovertherapy | Mrs. Ackroyd Records DOG 015
  6. Steve Goodman: “Would You Like to Learn to Dance”; Steve Goodman; Steve Goodman | Buddha 7446599625 2
  7. Jesse Winchester: “Brand New Tennessee Waltz”; Jesse Winchester; Best of Jesse Winchester | Rhino R2 70085
  8. Claire Lynch w/Jesse Winchester: “That’s What Makes You Strong” (Jesse Winchester); Claire Lynch w/Jesse Winchester; Whatcha Gonna Do | Rounder 11661-0606-2
  9. Denice Franke: “Dance to the Moon”; duet: Denice Franke & Eric Taylor; Comfort | Certain Records DF003
  10. David Olney w/Anana Kaye & Irakli Gabriel: “My Favorite Goodbye” (advance single); David Olney, Anana Kaye and Irakli Gabriel; Whispers and Sighs | School Kids 03-21-21
  11. Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt: “High Sierra” (Harley Allen); Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt; Trio II | Asylum 62275-2
  12. Robin & Linda Williams: “High Atmosphere”; Robin & Linda Williams; Sugar for Sugar | Sugar Hill SH CD 1052
  13. Andy Beyer: “The Midnight Special – Melodica”; Andy Beyer; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004
  14. Michael Hurley: “Mr. Man in the Moon”; Michael Hurley; Weatherhole | Field Recordings FLD 151
  15. Pete Seeger: “Martian Love Song”; Pete Seeger; Smithsonian Folkways Gazette, Vol. 1
  16. Peter Mulvey: “Vlad the Astrophysicist”; Peter Mulvey; Letters from a Flying Machine | Signature Sounds SIG 2024
  17. Danny Meehan: “Let’s Evolve” (Harnick/Baker); Danny Meehan; Sheldon Harnick: Hidden Treasures | Harbinger Records HCD3002
  18. Dave Van Ronk: “The Amoeba Hop” (Christine Lavin); Dave Van Ronk; Big League Babe: Songs of Christine Lavin | CD Baby 1800 PrimeCD 037
  19. Jim Gaffigan: “The Case Against Cinnabons”; Jim Gaffigan; Beyond The Pale Comedy Central
  20. Rick Moranis: “My Mother’s Brisket”; Rick Moranis; My Mother’s Brisket | Warner Music Nashville 535492-2
  21. Christine Lavin: “Cold Pizza for Breakfast”; Christine Lavin; The Bellevue Years | Philo 11671 1220 2
  22. Vance Gilbert: “Pie & Whiskey”; Vance Gilbert; Good Good Man | Disismye Music 01/24
  23. Babbie Green: “Inside the Wine”; Babbie Green; LML Music LML CD-123 1 of 2 Soldiers of the Heart
  24. John McCutcheon: “Featherbed”; John McCutcheon; John McCutcheon & Si Kahn: Signs of the Times | ROUNDER CD 4017
  25. Sons of the Never Wrong: “Count Your Blessings” (Irving Berlin); Sons of the Never Wrong; We Three Sons | Faintly Spoken Music
  26. Bill Camplin: “Freedom and Democracy”; Bill Camplin; Flying Home | Baby Music Boom 3002-2
  27. Richie Havens: “Here Comes the Sun”; Richie Havens w/Bill Keith and Joe Price; Alarm Clock | Stormy Forest SFS 6005
  28. June Tabor: “Apples and Potatoes”; June Tabor; Against the Streams | Green Linnet Records 3096
  29. Cheryl Wheeler: “Potato”; Cheryl Wheeler; Sylvia Hotel | Philo 11671-1212-2
  30. 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
  31. Colby Maddox: “The Midnight Special – fiddle”; Colby Maddox; Midnight Special Collection Maddox 2020
  32. Trapezoid: “Things are Coming My Way” (Bessie Jones); Trapezoid feat. Freyda Epstein; Long Time Down This Road | Azure CD 53003-2
  33. Ralph McTell: “Hands of Joseph”; Ralph McTell; From Clare to Here | Red House RHR CD86
  34. (Joseph Spence): “Great Dream from Heaven”; Geyer Street Sheiks; BJAM CD 101
  35. Bok, Muir & Trickett: “Song for the Wellerman”; Bok, Muir & Trickett; And So Will We Yet | Folk-Legacy Records CD-116
  36. Braden Gates: “Song for the Line Cook”; Braden Gates; Kitchen Days/Borealis BCD267
  37. Ian F. Benzie: “I’se The B’y”; Ian F. Benzie; I’se the B’y | Lochshore CDLDL1307
  38. Kate Campbell: “Bud’s Sea-Mint Boat”; Kate Campbell w/Guy Clark; Moonpie Dreams | Compass 7 4238 2
  39. Roy Zimmerman: “End of the Ship”; Roy Zimmerman; Real American | Metaphor Records 923
  40. Karyn Oliver: “Stand Up”; Karyn Oliver w/Carolann Solebello, Katherine Etzel, Elisa Peimer, Catherine Miles, Meg Braun, Allison Tartalia; Stomping on Egghells chickswithdip.bandcamp.com
  41. David Coffin: “Hard Times Come Again No More”; David Coffin; Last Trip Home | Good Dog Records oh oh 4
  42. Garnet Rogers: “Great Storm is Over”; Garnet Rogers; Speaking Softly in the Dark | Snow Goose SGS 1115 CD
  43. Laurie Lewis: “How Can I Keep From Singing?” (R. W. Lowry); Laurie Lewis; Blossoms | Spruce and Maple Music SMM 2005
  44. Stan Rogers: “Mary Ellen Carter”; Stan Rogers; Home in Halifax | Fogarty’s Cove FCM 010D
  45. Tony Cuffe: “Sae Will We Yet” (Walter Watson/1808; Cuffe/2000); Tony Cuffe; Sae Will We Yet | Greentrax CDTRAX243
  46. (Laura Love): “I Still Believe (Unplugged)”; Laura Love; She Loved Red/Laura Love 88295 68276
  47. Merle Travis: “Midnight Special”; Merle Travis; Travis Pickin’ CMH/6255

The Midnight Special, January 16, 2021

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  1. (Traditional): “Midnight Special”; Leadbelly; RCA Victor LPV-505
  2. Crowes Pasture: “Quarantine”; Crowes Pasture; folk radio singles – January 2021 | Hudson Harding 1-95269-06016-9
  3. Chris Chandler & Anne Feeney: “Never Been the Same / The Times They are A’Changin’” (Chandler/Phil Rockstroh/Bob Dylan); Chris Chandler & Anne Feeney; Flying Poetry Circus | Shole Productions CD 002
  4. Ruthie Foster Big Band: “Brand New Day”; Ruthie Foster Big Band; Live at the Paramount | Blue Corn Music BCM2001
  5. Marc Cohn: “Walking in Memphis”; Marc Cohn; The Very Best of Marc Cohen | Rhino R2 77627
  6. The Stray Birds: “Best Medicine”; The Stray Birds; Yep Roc Best Medicine / YEP-2408
  7. (The Mammals): “If You Could Hear Me Now”; The Mammals; Humble Abode Music HAM 018
  8. Leela & Ellie Grace (Pat Humphries): “Swimming to the Other Side” (Pat Humphries); Leela & Ellie Grace; Folkstage: 10-4-2003 | WFMT 10-04-2003 Disk 1 of 2
  9. Bill Staines: “Bridges”; Bill Staines; First Million Miles | Rounder CD11560
  10. Emma’s Revolution: “Our House is on Fire”; Emma’s Revolution; folk radio singles – January 2021 | Hudson Harding 1-95269-06016-9
  11. Sultans of String: “The Power of the Land”; Sultans of String feat. Dr. Duke Redbird & Twin Flames; Refuge | Canada Council for the Arts MCK2230
  12. Phil Ochs: “Power and the Glory”; Phil Ochs; All The News That Fit to Sing | Hannibal HNCD 4427
  13. Orig. Broadway cast feat. Angela Lansbury: “Dear World” (Jerry Herman); Orig. Broadway cast feat. Angela Lansbury; Dear World | Sony SK 48220
  14. Greg Greenway: “Standing on the side of Love”; Greg Greenway; Standing on the Side of Love | Face Publications SOH 005
  15. Merle Travis: “Midnight Special”; Merle Travis; Travis Pickin’ CMH/6255
  16. Don Henry w/Kim Richey: “Beautiful Fool”; Don Henry w/Kim Richey; Freedom Sings | 1st Amendment Center FS 101 CD
  17. Montgomery Delaney: “Walking in the Light”; Montgomery Delaney; Walking in the Light | self ASIN : B01G4CBDLW
  18. Tony Trischka: “I Know Moon-Rise”; Tony Trischka feat. Catherine Russell; Shall We Hope | Shefa Records HORN-3009
  19. David Roth: “Special Penny”; David Roth; Practice Make Progress | Wind River WR40382CD
  20. Vance Gilbert & Ellis Paul: “Gentle Arms of Eden” (Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer); Vance Gilbert & Ellis Paul; Side of the Road |Philo 1167-1239-2
  21. John Gorka: “O Abraham”; John Gorka; Company You Keep | Red House RHR CD 151
  22. David Mitchell & Robert Webb: “Who’s the Winner”; David Mitchell & Robert Webb; That Mitchell & Webb Sound, Series 4-2 | BBC Audio ISBN 978 1408 410141
  23. Ray Charles w/Margi Hendrix: “Hit the Road, Jack” (Percy Mayfield); Ray Charles w/Margi Hendrix; Singular Genius | Concord Records PRO-CJ-0479
  24. Ilene Weiss: “Get Out Now”; Ilene Weiss; Obliviously | Gadfly 216 CD
  25. John Flynn: “The Darker the Night (The Brighter the Stars)”; John Flynn; WFMT Folkstage 7.18.09
  26. Red Molly: “Can’t Let Go” (Randy Weeks); Red Molly; James | Red Molly 84501 27407
  27. Cosy Sheridan: “How We Come Apart”; Cosy Sheridan; folk radio singles – January 2021 | Hudson Harding 1-95269-06016-9
  28. Audra Kubat: “Good Old Days”; Audra Kubat; The Sliver & the Salve | audrakubat.com audrakubat.com
  29. John McCutcheon: “One Hundred Years”; John McCutcheon; Cabin Fever | folkmusic.com Appalsongs B08C24B3Q6
  30. Keb’ Mo’: “Wake Up Everybody”; Keb’ Mo’; World Peace | Putumayo PUT 377-2
  31. Andy Beyer: “The Midnight Special – organ”; Andy Beyer; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004
  32. Old Crow Medicine Show: “We’re All in this Together” (Ketch Secor/Willie Watson); Old Crow Medicine Show; Old Crow Medicine Show | Nettwerk 0 6700 30349 2 0
  33. Sultans of String: “I’m Free”; Sultans of String feat. Waleed Abdulhamic w/Meg Contini, Matias Recharte, Rebecca Campbell; Refuge | Canada Council for the Arts MCK2230
  34. Gamble Rogers: “Nine Pound Hammer”; Gamble Rogers; Oklawaha County Laissez-Faire | Oklawaha 1004
  35. Taj Mahal: “Take This Hammer”; Taj Mahal w/Toumani Diabate & Ramatou Diakite; Kulanjan Hannibal/HNCD 1444
  36. Pharis and Jason Romero: “Bet on Love”; Pharis and Jason Romero; Bet on Love | LULA CD 2006
  37. Nanci Griffith: “There’s A Light Beyond These Woods” (Mary Margaret); Nanci Griffith; There’s a Light Beyond These Woods | Philo PH-1097
  38. Katie Dahl: “I Already Knew”; Katie Dahl; folk radio singles – January 2021 | Hudson Harding 1-95269-06016-9
  39. Guy Clark: “Like a Coat From the Cold”; Guy Clark; Old No. 1 | Sugar Hill SH-CD-1030
  40. Tom Lehrer: “Silent E”; Tom Lehrer; Tom Lehrer Revisited | Reprise 9 26203-2
  41. Loudon Wainwright III w/Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks: “So the Bluebirds and the Blackbirds Got Together”; Loudon Wainwright III; I’d Rather Lead A Band Search Party/66691CD
  42. Original Broadway Cast feat. C. David Colson: “The World Is Coming to a Start”; Original Broadway Cast feat. C. David Colson; Purlie |RCA Victor 60229-2-RG
  43. Tret Fure: “Always, Forever and Now”; Tret Fure; Stone by Stone | Tomboy Girl Records 83109
  44. Simon & Garfunkel: “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (Paul Simon); Simon & Garfunkel; Bridge Over Troubled Water | Columbia / Legacy 88697 82724 2
  45. (Laura Love): “I Still Believe (Unplugged)”; Laura Love; She Loved Red/Laura Love 88295 68276
  46. Colby Maddox: “The Midnight Special – fiddle”; Colby Maddox; Midnight Special Collection Maddox 2020