The Midnight Special, January 9, 2021

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  1. Mahalia Jackson: “I’m On My Way (to Canaan Land)”; Mahalia Jackson; Apollo Sessions Vol II (1946-51)/Pair PCD-2-1346
  2. Bob Dylan: “Highway 61 Revisited Banter”; Bob Dylan; Bob Dylan – No Direction Home: Bootleg Volume 7 | Columbia Radio Sampler 001
  3. Bob Dylan: “Highway 61 Revisited”; Bob Dylan; Highway 61 Revisited | Columbia 2389
  4. Darryl Purpose: “I Can Get There From Here”; Darryl Purpose; A Crooked Line | Tangible 56819
  5. Christine Kane: “Now That You Know”; Christine Kane; Right Outta Nowhere | Firepink Music Kane 001
  6. Harry Belafonte & Millard Thomas: “Shenandoah”; Harry Belafonte w/Millard Thomas, guitar; Greatest Hits (disc 1 of 3) | RCA 07863 67403-2
  7. Studs Terkel & Joan Baez: Baez 1 “Early Influences -1963”; Joan Baez; WFMT Studs Terkel Archives | WFMT 1881910-3-1
  8. Joan Baez: “Little Darlin'” (Maurice Williams); Joan Baez; Folkstage 10-28-1961 | WFMT private
  9. Joan Baez: “Wagoner’s Lad”; Joan Baez; Vol. 2 Vanguard/79595-2
  10. Studs Terkel & Joan Baez: Baez 2 “Plaisir d’Amour – 1989”; Joan Baez; WFMT Studs Terkel Archives | WFMT 2408848-3-1
  11. Joan Baez: “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” (Robbie Robertson); Joan Baez; Blessed Are… | Vanguard 6570/1 – 2
  12. Joan Baez: “You’re Aging Well” (Dar Williams); Joan Baez; Ring Them Bells | Guardian 7243 8 34989 2 5
  13. Susan Cattaneo: “No Heart Here” (rough mix); Susan Cattaneo; All is Quiet-advance | susancattaneo.com pre-release
  14. The Whitely Brothers: “Reap What You Sow”; The Whitely Brothers; Borealis Sampler Number 2 | Borealis
  15. Susie Burke & David Surrette: “Reap What You Sow”; Susie Burke & David Surrette; Sometimes in the Evening | Madrina MM 103
  16. Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer: “Hey Conductor”; Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer; Tanglewood Tree | Signature SIG 1257
  17. Sally Barker: “Another Train” (Pete Morton); Sally Barker; This Rhythm is Mind | Hannibal HNCD 1356
  18. Andy Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andy Beyer; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004
  19. The Malvinas: “Sweet and Sunny South”; The Malvinas; Love, Hope + Transportation | 3-Legged Dog MALV1116
  20. Ray Charles: “Georgia on My Mind”; Ray Charles; Standards | Rhino R2 75210
  21. Original Broadway Cast: “Election Night” (Hwang & Tesori); Francis Jue, et al. Orig B’way Cast; Soft Power | Ghostlight 5.28.2020
  22. The Therapy Sisters: “Hold Their Feet to the Fire”; The Therapy Sisters; Let’s Put a Folksinger in the White House | Therapy Sisters TS 001
  23. (Michael Merenda): “You Can Come to My House”; The Mammals; Humble Abode Music HAM 18
  24. Cliff Eberhardt: “Because We Need You Now”; Cliff Eberhardt w/Louise Mosrie; 1.7.2021
  25. Bill Camplin: “Keep on Looking for Life”; Bill Camplin; Understory | Camplin TR108
  26. (Pete Morton): “Oh, Had I A Golden Thread”; Pete Morton; Further 003
  27. Joan Baez: “Jesse” (Janis Ian); Joan Baez & Janis Ian; Ring Them Bells/Guardian 7243 8 34989 2 5
  28. Joan Baez: “Strange Rivers” (John Stewart); Joan Baez; Play Me Backwards | Virgin V2-8648
  29. Joan Baez: “Mercy Bound” (Mark Addison); Joan Baez; Gone From Danger | Guardian 7243 8 59357 2 5
  30. Studs Terkel & Joan Baez: Baez 3 “Wring my own neck”; Joan Baez; WFMT Studs Terkel Archives | WFMT 2015917-3-1
  31. Joan Baez: “Play Me Backwards”; Joan Baez; Play Me Backwards | Virgin V2-8648
  32. Judy Collins: “I Know Where I’m Going”; Judy Collins; Maids & Golden Apples | Wildflower WFL 1299-2
  33. Eliza Gilkyson: “Take Off Your Old Coat”; Eliza Gilkyson; Retrospecto | Realiza 7 50532 94502 6
  34. Richard Dyer-Bennett: “Lonesome Valley” (Guthrie); Richard Dyer-Bennet; Richard Dyer-Bennet, Vol. 1 | Smithsonian Folkways SF CD 40078
  35. Colby Maddox: “The Midnight Special – fiddle”; Colby Maddox; Midnight Special Collection Maddox 2020
  36. Montgomery Delaney: “Staring at England”; Montgomery Delaney; Walking in the Light | self ASIN : B01G4CBDLW
  37. Fairport Convention: “Farewell, Farewell” (Richard Thompson); Fairport Convention feat. Sandy Denny; Liege & Lief | A&M CD 4257
  38. Bob Gibson: “Farewell Party” (Bob Gibson/Bob Connelly); Bob Gibson; Funky in the Country | Bob Gibson Legacy BGL 1002
  39. Pete Seeger: “Little Boxes” (Malvina Reynolds); Pete Seeger; Headlines & Footnotes | Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40111
  40. Mark Dvorak: “Little Boxes” (2020 version); Mark Dvorak; Mark Dvorak Pre-release Download
  41. Yvonne Elliman, Michael Jason, Chorus: “Could We Start Again, Please?”; Yvonne Elliman, Michael Jason, Chorus; Jesus Christ Superstar Orig. Broadway Cast | Decca DL7-1503
  42. Joan Baez & Bob Dylan: “It Ain’t Me Babe” (Dylan); Joan Baez & Bob Dylan; Live at Newport 1963-65 | Vanguard 77015-2
  43. Studs Terkel & Joan Baez: Baez 3 “Dylan – 1967”; Joan Baez; WFMT Studs Terkel Archives | WFMT 2015917-3-1
  44. Joan Baez: “Simple Twist of Fate” (Bob Dylan); Joan Baez; Complete A&M Recordings/A&M Chronicles B0000828-02 3 of 4
  45. Joan Baez: “Diamonds and Rust”; Joan Baez; Complete A&M Recordings (4) | A & M Chronicles B0000828-02
  46. Lee Mallory: “That’s the Way It’s Gonna Be” (Bob Gibson/Phil Ochs); Lee Mallory; single 45RPM | Valiant V-751
  47. John Lennon: “Starting Over”; John Lennon; The Very Best of John Lennon | EMI 7243 8 21954 2 9
  48. Barry Mitteroff and Silk City: “Wizard of Oz Medley”; w/John Gorka, Larry Cohen, Rachel Kalem, Danny Weiss; Silk City | Flying Fish FF 472
  49. Eric Bibb: “New World Comin’ Through”; Eric Bibb; Good Stuff Earthbeat/R2 75265
  50. (Laura Love): “I Still Believe (Unplugged)”; Laura Love; She Loved Red/Laura Love 88295 68276
  51. Andy Beyer: “The Midnight Special Solo (Long): Instrumental; Andy Beyer; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004

The Midnight Special, January 2, 2021

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  1. Herdman, Hills & Mangsen: “At the Turning of the Year” (Anne Hills); Herdman, Hills & Mangsen; At the Turning of the Year | Hand & Heart
  2. Pat Donohue: “This Is the Beginning”; Pat Donohue; Life Stories | Bluesky Records BSR 915
  3. Jeff Black: “The End”; Jeff Black; A Walk In the Sun | Lotos Nile 8 58732 96639 5
  4. Solas (Ewan MacColl): “Song of Choice”; Solas, feat. Karan Casey & Iris DeMent; Words That Remain | Shanachie 78023
  5. Bohola: “January Man and Down the Doon” (Dave Goulder); Bohola; Folksongs of Illinois #4 | Company of Folk COF10-01
  6. Steve Tilston: “And So It Goes”; Steve Tilston; And So It Goes | Flying Fish FFCD 653
  7. Second Opinion: “And So It Goes” (Billy Joel); Second Opinion: Sally Potter, Pat Madden, Betsy Clinton; Second Opinion | SecOp CD 001
  8. Orig. Broadway Cast of Cabaret: “Cabaret”; Jill Haworth/Original Broadway cast; Sony Classical Cabaret / SK60533
  9. Martin Sexton: “Diner”; Martin Sexton; Black Sheep | Eastern Front EFR CD 111
  10. The Kennedys: “Dharma Café”; The Kennedys; Stand | Koch Records KOC-CD-8675
  11. Greg Brown: “Dream Café”; Greg Brown; Dream Café | Red House RHR CD 47
  12. The Clancy Brothers & Robbie O’Connell: “Those Were the Days”; The Clancy Brothers & Robbie O’Connell; Older But No Wiser | Vanguard 79488-2
  13. Peter Rowan & Tony Rice: “The Sunny Side of the Mountain” (McAuliffe/Gregory); Peter Rowan, Tony Rice, Sharon Gilchrist, Bryn Davies; Quartet | Rounder 11661-0579-2
  14. Colby Maddox: “The Midnight Special – fiddle”; Colby Maddox; Midnight Special Collection Maddox 2020
  15. (Jamie O’Reilly): “I Wish Someone Would Take Me Dancing”; Jamie O’Reilly; Jamie O’Reilly JOCD2019
  16. Rosalie Sorrels: “Waltzing With Bears”; Rosalie Sorrels; What it Means to Love | Green Linnet GLCD 2113
  17. Paul Simon: “Mother and Child Reunion”; Paul Simon; Paul Simon: The Studio Recordings – 1 of 9 | Warner Bros R2 78899
  18. Odetta: “Water Boy”; Odetta; Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall | RCA Victor 09026-62690-2
  19. Odetta w/Harry Belafonte: “Hole in the Bucket”; Odetta w/Harry Belafonte; Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall | RCA Victor 09026-62690-2
  20. Odetta: Deep River; Odetta; Legacy International Ballads and Blues / CD 354
  21. Utah Phillips introduced by Ethel Polk: “Touch Me” w/intro; Ethel Polk guest host; Sweet Folk Chicago | WFMT sfc050215
  22. Corky Siegel: “Midnight Radio”; Corky Siegel; Stuff Stuff / SR81-111
  23. Garnet Rogers w/Doug Long: “Summer Lightning”; Garnet Rogers w/Doug Long; Summer Lightning – Live | Snow Goose SGS 1123Cd
  24. Buddy Mondlock: “Temporary Grace”; Buddy Mondlock; Poetic Justice | Major Bob MBPCD 0002
  25. Ella Jenkins: “No More Auction Block for Me”; Ella Jenkins; African American Rhythms | Smithonian Folkways SFW CD 45003
  26. Bernice Johnson Reagon: “Give Your Hands to Struggle”; Bernice Johnson Reagon; Give Your Hands to Struggle | Smithsonian Folkways SF CD 40049
  27. John McCutcheon: “Hallelujah Mornin'”; John McCutcheon; Cabin Fever | folkmusic.com Appalsongs B08C24B3Q6
  28. Andy Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andy Beyer; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004
  29. Joel Mabus: “The Druggist”; Joel Mabus; Rhyme Schemes | Fossil 1097 CD
  30. Mississippi John Hurt: “First Shot Missed Him”; Mississippi John Hurt; Last Sessions | Vanguard VMD 79327
  31. Lin-Manuel Miranda: “My Shot”; Lin-Manuel Miranda; Hamilton | Atlantic 551093-2
  32. Lauren Bacall: “Welcome to the Theatre” (music: Charles Strouse / lyrics: Lee Adams); Lauren Bacall; Applause | Decca Broadway 012 159 404-2
  33. Four Bitchin’ Babes: “Spear Carrier: A Life in the Theatre” (Suzzy Roche); Four Bitchin’ Babes; Some Assembly Required | Shanachie 8039
  34. Mike Craver: “Railroading on the Great I.C.”; Mike Craver; Bosh & Moonshine | Sapsucker Music 2329
  35. Patty Larkin: “The Letter”; Patty Larkin; Live in the Square | Philo CD PH 1136
  36. The Bobs: “Bus Tours”; The Bobs; Plugged | Rounder CD 9059
  37. Bill Harley: “Mr. Anderson – Bus Driver”; Bill Harley; In the Back of the Bus | Round River Records RRR110
  38. Malcolm Holcomb: “Who Carried You?”; Malcolm Holcomb; RCA Sessions | Gypsy Eyes Music 2015
  39. Maria Gillard Trio: “Don’t Look Back”; Maria Gillard Trio; Always Love | Gizzy Music GIL 005
  40. Strawbs: “Ringing Down the Years”; Strawbs; Acoustic Gold | Witchwood Media wmcd 2052
  41. Steve Goodman: “You Better Get It While You Can”; Steve Goodman; Omnivore Recordings OVCD-344
  42. (Laura Love): “I Still Believe (Unplugged)”; Laura Love; She Loved Red/Laura Love 88295 68276
  43. Merle Travis: “Midnight Special”; Merle Travis; Travis Pickin’ CMH/6255

The Midnight Special, December 12, 2020

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  1. (Melanie DeMore): “Intro to One Foot/Lead With Love”; Melanie DeMore w/Alastair Moock; Moockshake Music 00261 48083
  2. Alastair Moock w/ Crys Matthews: “One Foot/Lead With Love”; Alastair Moock w/Crys Matthews; Be A Pain/Moockshake Music 00261 48083
  3. Tracy Chapman: “If Not Now…”; Tracy Chapman; Tracy Chapman | Elektra 9 60774-2
  4. Anne Heaton: “To the Light”; Anne Heaton; To the Light | anneheaton.com anneheaton.com
  5. Peter Mayer: “Where is the Light?”; Peter Mayer; Midwinter | Blue Boat BB1207
  6. Chicago Blues Posse w/Melva LeBlanc: “This Little Light of Mine”; Chicago Blues Posse w/Melva LeBlanc; Kingafrow | 1 95269 01510 7
  7. Stan Rogers: “Song of the Candle”; Stan Rogers; Turn Around | Borealis Records BCD215
  8. Kathy Cowan: “Star of the County Down”; Kathy Cowan; Red Haired Man’s Wife | Kiltartan KR1008
  9. Greg Trafidlo: “The Starbucks of County Down” (Trafidlo, Phillips, Seay); Greg Trafidlo; The Crawlspace Tapes | Kira 4050
  10. Nickel Creek: “The Lighthouse’s Tale”; Nickel Creek: Chris Thile, Sean & Sara Watkins (Scott Thile, bass); Nickel Creek |CD 3909 Sugar Hill
  11. Redbird: “Lighthouse Light”; Redbird: Kris Delmhorts, Peter Mulvey, Jeffrey Foucault; Redbird | Signature SIG 1291
  12. Maria Gillard Trio: “It Used to Be Darker”; Maria Gillard Trio; Always Love | Gizzy Music GIL 005
  13. Bruce Cockburn: “Whole Night Sky”; Bruce Cockburn; Charity of Night | Rykodisc RCD 10366
  14. John McCutcheon: “Bless this World”; John McCutcheon; Cabin Fever | folkmusic.com Appalsongs B08C24B3Q6
  15. A.J. Shively & Company: “Bright Star” (Martin/Brickell); Original Broadway Cast, feat. A. J. Shively as Billy Cane; Bright Star/Razor & Tie 84501-02
  16. Harvey Reid: “In Dark Winter Rejoiceth”; Harvey Reid; Fruit on the Vine | Woodpecker WP-113CD
  17. Peter, Paul and Mary: “Light One Candle”; Peter, Paul and Mary; Peter, Paul and Mary | Gold Castle 171 001-2 GC
  18. Ian Robb, Ann Downey, Shelley Posen: “On Chanukah” (Nutall/Posen); Ian Robb, Ann Downey, Shelley Posen; Digital download | welldonemusic.shelleypose.com welldonemusic.shelleypose.com
  19. Muriel Anderson: “Paprika” (instrumental); Muriel Anderson w/Zoltan Baranyi, Rory Hoffman; Acoustic Chef | self CGD2020
  20. Rabbi Joe Black w/Maxwell St. Klezmer Band: “Ocho Kandelikas” (Flory Jagoda); Rabbi Joe Black w/Maxwell St. Klezmer Band; Eight Nights of Joy | URJ Books and Music 951304
  21. Sara Thomsen and Paula Pedersen: “Hanerot Halalu”; Sara Thomsen & Paula Pederson; Winter Wanderings | sarathomsen.com sarathomsen.com
  22. Amy Carol Webb: “Ma’oz Trur” (Trad.); Amy Carol Webb; Breaking Light | Zebra Z2010
  23. Rabbi Joe Black w/Maxwell St. Klezmer Band: “Yodel Dreidel” (Joe Black); Rabbi Joe Black w/Maxwell St. Klezmer Band; Eight Nights of Joy | URJ Books and Music 951304
  24. Fred Small: “Not In Our Town”; Fred Small; Only Love | Aquifer AQ 1004
  25. Patty Larkin: “Tango”; Patty Larkin; Tango | High Street HS 72902 10312-2
  26. Chaise Lounge: “Trimming the Tree”; Chaise Lounge; Out Under the Sky | Modern Songbook MSR-015
  27. David Roth: “Little Christmas Song”; David Roth; Think Twice (disc 2) | Wind River WR4029 2 of 2
  28. Tom Lehrer: “I’m Spending Hanukkah in Santa Monica”; Tom Lehrer; The Remains of Tom Lehrer | Rhino R2 79831 3
  29. New Grange: “Shalom Aleichem/Breakin’ Up Christmas”; New Grange: Philip Aaberg, Darol Anger, Alison Brown, Mike Marshall, Tim O’Brien, Todd Phillips; Christmas Heritage | KOCH KOC CD 8030
  30. Blind of Boys of Alabama: “Last Month of the Year”; Blind Boys of Alabama; Go Tell it on the Mountain | Real World Records 72435 90600 2 6
  31. Darryl Purpose: “You Must Go Home for Christmas”; Darryl Purpose; Same River Twice | Tangible tangible cardboard
  32. Connie Kaldor: “Warm in Here”; Connie Kaldor; Prairie Christmas | bandcamp conniekaldor.com
  33. Ed Gerhard: “Carol of the Bells”; Ed Gerhard; Christmas | Virtue Records VRD 1920
  34. Bill Morrissey: “Birches”; Bill Morrissey; Night Train | Philo CD PH 1154
  35. The Gilberts: “Figurines”; The Gilberts; One | The Gilberts thegilbertsband.com/2020
  36. Emmylou Harris: “The Light” (Harris/Kane); Emmylou Harris; Cowgirl’s Prayer | Elektra B000002HE3
  37. Gove Scrivenor: “Shine On”; Gove Scrivenor; Shine On | Compass 7 4254 2
  38. Harvey Reid: “Silver Midnight Moon”; Harvey Reid; Fruit on the Vine | Woodpecker WP-113CD
  39. Cheryl Wheeler: “Arrow”; Cheryl Wheeler; Circles and Arrows | Philo CD 1162
  40. Holy Modal Rounders: “TV Song”; The Holy Modal Rounders; Last Round | Adelphi (CD reissue) GCD 1030
  41. Steve Goodman: “Vegematic”; Steve Goodman; Affordable Art | Omnivore Recordings OVCD-337
  42. Bill Miller: “Ghostdance”; Bill Miller; Ghostdance | Vanguard 79565-2
  43. Wylie & The Wild West: “Lonely Yukon Stars”; Wylie & The Wild West; Paradise/Rounder 82161-3178-2
  44. Earl Scruggs w/Linda Ronstadt: “I Saw The Light” (Hank Williams); Earl Scruggs w/Linda Ronstadt; I Saw the Light with Help from My Friends | Columbia Legacy CK 92793
  45. Trilogy: “Turn it Around”; Eileen McGann, Cathy Miller, David K.; Two Thousand Years of Christmas | Dragonwing DRGN-114
  46. Josh Groban & Co.: “The Great Comet of 1812” (Dave Malloy); Josh Groban & Co.; The Great Comet of 1812 | Reprise 5600-2
  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, December 5, 2020

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  1. Jack Williams: “Across the Winterline”; Jack Williams; Across the Winterline | CD Baby B00000I0G9
  2. Birds of Chicago: “American Flowers”; Birds of Chicago; American Flowers | SIG-CD-2091 SIG-CD-2091
  3. Chandra Wilson & Tonya Pinkins: “Dotty & Caroline” and “Moon Change”; Chandra Wilson & Tonya Pinkins; Caroline, or Change | Hollywood Records 2061-62436-2
  4. Rachel Bissex: “December Moon”; Rachel Bissex; I Used to Be Nice | Alcazar ALC 132
  5. Aztec Two Step: “The Rabbit in the Moon”; Aztec Two-Step (Rex Fowler, Neal Shulman); Living in America | It’s About Music iam-ats-8601
  6. Ewan MacColl: “Moving on Song”; Ewan MacColl; Black and White | Green Linnet GLCD 3058
  7. Braden Gates: “New in Town”; Braden Gates; Kitchen Days | Borealis Records BCD 267
  8. Skip Ewing: “Wyoming”; Skip Ewing; Wyoming | Write! Records WR-2020821
  9. Kevin Welch & the Danes: “The Sun King & the Winter Moon”; Kevin Welch & the Danes; Millionaire | Dead Reckoning 3789-2
  10. Susan McKeown & Lindsey Horner: “The Winter King”; Susan McKeown & Lindsey Horner; Through the Bitter Frost and Snow | Prime CD PCD 36
  11. Four Shillings Short: “Bold Orion on the Rise” (Leo Kretzner); Four Shillings Short; Blow ye North Winds, Blow | Four Shillings Short 88295 22695
  12. Heidi Muller: “Cassiopeia”; Heidi Muller; Cassiopeia | Cascadia CM 103
  13. Phil Ochs: “Changes”; Phil Ochs; There But for Fortune | Elektra 9 60832-2
  14. Merle Travis: “Midnight Special”; Merle Travis; Travis Pickin’ CMH/6255
  15. Merle Haggard: “If We Make it Through December”; Merle Haggard; Moneyland | McCoury Music MCM 0005
  16. Natalie MacMaster: “Get Me Through December” (Sampson/Lavery); Natalie MacMaster; In My Hands | Rounder 11661 7025-2
  17. Rose Polenzani: “It’s Not the Hunting” (Phil Elverum); Rose Polenzani; Hark: Wintery Songs in Eleventy Part Harmony | Epoisse
  18. Rick Fines: “Dark Days”; Rick Fines; Solar Powered, Too | rickfines.ca RAF008
  19. Katie Dahl: “In the Dark”; Katie Dahl; Wildwood | Leaky Boat Records 00261 47688
  20. Maria Gillard Trio: “When Will the Clock Stop Ticking”; Maria Gillard Trio; Always Love | Gizzy Music GIL 005
  21. Dan Zahn & Kate Moretti: “Mask” (Mackie Redd); Dan Zahn & Kate Moretti; Spice of Life | self 7 00261 40341 0
  22. Richard Thompson: “Keep Your Distance”; Richard Thompson; Rumor and Sigh | Capitol Records CDP 7 95713 2
  23. Space Ghost: “Something to Think About: Change”; Space Ghost; Surf & Turf | Rhino R2 75487
  24. Josh White (various): “I Believe I’ll Make a Change”; Josh White (various); Legends of the Blues, Vol. 1 | CBS CK 46215
  25. Carla Ulbrich: “The Guy Who Changes the Lightbulbs”; Carla Ulbrich; Professional Smart Aleck | Official Seal OSRLCD003
  26. Barbaro: “Cold Stack”; Barbaro; Dressed in Roses | barbaroband.com
  27. Suzzy & Lucy Wainwright Roche: “I Think I Am A Soul”; Suzzy & Lucy Wainwright Roche; I Can Still Hear You | Story Sound Records 161-037
  28. Valerie Thompson: “In the Cold, Cold Night” (Jack White); Valerie Thompson; Hark: Wintery Songs in Eleventy Part Harmony | Epoisse
  29. (Jesse Harper): “Run”; Old School Freight Train; Acoustic Disc ACD 61
  30. Andy Beyer: “The Midnight Special – Melodica”; Andy Beyer; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004
  31. Herdman, Hills & Mangsen: “Frozen Logger/Proper Cup of Coffee”; Herdman, Hills & Mangsen; Voices of Winter/Gadfly Gadfly 235
  32. Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum: “Hot Buttered Rum” (Tommy Thompson); Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum; Winter’s Grace | Signature Sounds SIG 1251
  33. Elly Stone & Co.: “Carousel (La Valse A Mille Temps)”; Elly Stone & Co.; Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris | Sony Classical/Columbia/Legacy SK 89998
  34. Darryl Purpose: “Next Time Around” (Darryl Purpose, Kevin Faherty, Donna DeStefano); Darryl Purpose; Next Time Around | Blue Rock Artists BRA-CD1060
  35. Vance Gilbert: “Cousin Shelly’s Station Wagon”; Vance Gilbert; Good Good Man | Disismye Music #0010
  36. Sultans of String: “Hurricane”; Sultans of String; Refuge | Canada Council for the Arts MCK2230
  37. Sara Thomsen & Paula Pederson: “Darkness Cover Me”; Sara Thomsen & Paula Pederson; Winter Wonderings | 7 89577 70022 2 7 89577 70022 2
  38. Michael Veitch: “One Step Beyond”; Michael Veitch; Best of Many Days/Burt Street 1011
  39. Rosanne Cash: “Time” (Tom Waits); Rosanne Cash; Come On Up to the House | Dualtone Music B07WV6DY75
  40. Jennifer Kimball: “Fall Slowly”; Jennifer Kimball; Hark: Wintery Songs in Eleventy Part Harmony | Epoisse
  41. Peter Mulvey with Sista Strings: “Everything is Ending” (P. Mulvey/JT Nero); Peter Mulvey with Sista Strings; Live at the Cafe Carpe | Righteous Babe RBR100-D
  42. Kim & Reggie Harris and Magpie: “How Long?” (Phil Ochs); Kim & Reggie Harris and Magpie; Spoken in Love | Long Tail LT003-2 CD
  43. Judy Collins: “Turn! Turn! Turn!”; Judy Collins; Judy Collins #3 | Wildflower Records WFL 1301-2
  44. (Laura Love): “I Still Believe (Unplugged)”; Laura Love; She Loved Red/Laura Love 88295 68276
  45. Andy Beyer: “The Midnight Special Solo (Short)” Instrumental; Andy Beyer; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004

The Midnight Special, November 28, 2020

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  1. Joel Mabus: “The Naked Truth”; Joel Mabus; The Naked Truth | Fossil 288 CD
  2. Sterling Holloway: “Trust in Me: The Python’s Song” (Sherman Brothers); Sterling Holloway as The Python; The Jungle Book | Disney STER-3948
  3. Diane Taraz: “Lookin’ for Trouble” (Steve Goodman); Diane Taraz; Gathered Safely In | Beacon BCN 10143-2
  4. The Bills: “What Trouble Is”; The Bills (formerly The Bill Hilly Band); Trail of Tales | Borealix BCD239
  5. Joan Baez: “Simple Twist of Fate” (Bob Dylan); Joan Baez; Complete A&M Recordings/A&M Chronicles B0000828-02 3 of 4
  6. (Wendy Wall): “Water Water”; Wendy Wall; Wildbird CD001
  7. Son House: “Grinnin’ in Your Face”; Eddie James “Son” House, Jr.; Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Son House | Columbia Legacy CK 90485
  8. Mike Scott: “Wonderful Disguise”; Mike Scott (of the Waterboys); Bring ’em All In/Chrysalis 7243 8 35200
  9. Bob Bradshaw: “My Double and I”; Bob Bradshaw; American Echoes Fluke
  10. Eliza Gilkyson: “Clever Disguise”; Eliza Gilkyson; Beautiful World | Red House Records RHR CD 212
  11. Carolina Chocolate Drops: “Tom Dula”; Carolina Chocolate Drops (Rhiannon Giddens, Dom Flemons, Justin Robinson); Dona Got A Ramblin’ Mind | Music Maker MMCD78
  12. The Biddies: “Dangerous Boys” (Kitty Donohoe); The Biddies: Kitty Donohoe, Jan Krist, Claudia Schmidt; Folkstage Folkstage 07-28-07 1 of 2
  13. The Red Clay Ramblers: “Diamond Joe”; The Red Clay Ramblers; The Red Clay Ramblers | RCR Records RCR 001
  14. The Strangelings: “Hard Way to Learn” (Rebecca Hall); The Strangelings; Season of the Witch | Strangelings 001
  15. Andy Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andy Beyer; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004
  16. Jim Belushi and Danny Breen: “What are we going to do with you, Mr. Breen?”; Jim Belushi and Danny Breen; Second City 25th Anniversary | Midnight Special Archives WFMT – MS archives
  17. Steve Goodman: “Paul Powell”; Steve Goodman; Live: Mandel Hall, U of C, 1977 | WFMT Midnight Special Archives
  18. Original Broadway Cast: “Democracy” (Hwang & Tesori); feat. Alyse Alan Louis; Soft Power | Ghostlight 5.28.2020
  19. Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy: “The Whistler of Rosslea / Earl of Hyndford’s Reel” (Ed Reavy/Trad.); Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy; One | Linus Linus 270208
  20. Great Big Sea: “Consequence Free”; Great Big Sea; Turn | Wea Wea 2 27734
  21. Jenny Reynolds: “The Trouble I’m In”; Jenny Reynolds; www.jennyreynolds.com Any Kind of Angel / 7 00261 48218 7
  22. Mindy Jostyn: “Calamity Jane”; Mindy Jostyn; Cedar Lane | Palmetto PM2025
  23. Larry Long: “Sugar”; Larry Long w/Debbie Duncan; Well May the World Go | Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40114
  24. Paul Rishell & Annie Raines: “I Had a Good Mother and Father” (Washington Phillips; Paul Rishell & Annie Raines; Goin’ Home/Tone Cool TCL-CD-51570
  25. Gail Finnie Rundlett: “Queen Anne’s Street” (Bob Holmes); Gail Finnie Rundlett; Full Circle | BCN 10137-2
  26. Mike Craver: “From Austin to Abilene”; Mike Craver; Mould’s Undertakin | Sapsucker 2330
  27. Tom Rush: “Duncan & Brady”; Tom Rush; Blues, Songs & Ballads | Fantasy FCD-24709-2
  28. Big Bill Broonzy: “Trouble in Mind”; Big Bill Broonzy; Bill Broonzy Story | Polygram Verve 314 547 555-2 Disc 3 of 3
  29. Dan Pelletier: “8:05”; Dan Pelletier; Mr. Sunshine/Hudson Valley HVR4000-2
  30. Colby Maddox: “The Midnight Special – fiddle”; Colby Maddox; Midnight Special Collection Maddox 2020
  31. Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon: “Pizza Towers to Defeat”; Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon; Clone | RCA Victor Private Music 01934-11662-2
  32. Doc Watson & David Holt: “Otto Wood”; Doc Watson & David Holt; Legacy: Doc Watson & David Holt High Windy/HW1258 3
  33. Rod Picott: “Tiger Tom Dixon’s Blues”; Rod Picott; Tiger Tom Dixon’s Blues/Welding Rod 7 83707 34832 2
  34. Simon & Garfunkel: “The Boxer”; Simon & Garfunkel; Bridge Over Troubled Water | Columbia Legacy 88697 82724 2
  35. Christine Lavin: “Reminiscing With The Elusive Gentle Lonely Boxer Of Love”; Christine Lavin; Happydance Of The Xenophobe | Yellow Tail 10022
  36. Clive Revill as Fagin: “You’ve Got to Pick a Pocket or Two” (Lionel Bart); Original Broadway Cast (1963); Oliver! RCA Victor/BMG CD 41132 RG
  37. Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum: “Millionaire” (David Olney); Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum; The Oak and the Laurel | Rounder CD 0340
  38. Sierra Hull: “Poison”; Sierra Hull; 25 Trips | Rounder 116100579
  39. Denice Franke: “Little Bit of Poison” (David Olney); Denice Franke; Certain Records Comfort / DF003
  40. Anne Hills: “New Companion”; Anne Hills; Bittersweet Street/Redwing MCD 5402
  41. Bill Morrissey: “Harry’s Last Call”; Bill Morrissey; Something I Saw or Thought I Saw | Philo 11671 b227 2
  42. Bob Franke: “Predictions”; Bob Franke; In This Night | Flying FFCD 70563
  43. (Laura Love): “I Still Believe (Unplugged)”; Laura Love; She Loved Red/Laura Love 88295 68276
  44. Andy Beyer: “The Midnight Special Solo (Long)” Instrumental; Andy Beyer; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004

The Midnight Special, November 21, 2020

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  1. Claudia Schmidt: “Long Long Time”; Claudia Schmidt; Slow Steady Heart/claudiaschmidt.com 7 00261 480053
  2. Richard Thompson: “A Love You Can’t Survive”; Richard Thompson; Walking On a Wire 1968-2009 (Disc 4)/Shout Factory 826663-11088 4 of 4
  3. Amythyst Kiah: “Black Myself”; Amythyst Kiah; Songs of Our Native Daughters Smithsonian Folkways/SF CD 40232
  4. John Prine: “It’s A Big Old Goofy World”; John Prine; The Missing Years/Oh Boy OBR-009 CD
  5. John Hartford: “Up On the Hill Where They Do the Boogie”; John Hartford; Aereo-Plane/Rounder CD0366
  6. Lucinda Williams: “Passionate Kisses”; Lucinda Williams; Lucinda Williams/Koch Koch CD 8005
  7. Braden Gates: “Norah Jones at Closing Time”; Braden Gates; Kitchen Days/Borealis BCD267
  8. Norah Jones: “Don’t Know Why” (Jesse Harris); Norah Jones; Come Away With Me/Blue Note 7243 5 32088 2 0
  9. David Bromberg Band: “The Hills of Isle Au Haut”; David Bromberg; Big Road/Red House Records RHR CD 315
  10. Casey Neill Trio: “Mingulay Boat Song”; Casey Neill; Skree/Appleseed APR 1031 CD
  11. William Pint & Felicia Dale: “Sugar in the Hold”; William Pint & Felicia Dale; Round the Corner Waterbug/WBG0036
  12. Raffi: “Peanut Butter Sandwich”; Raffi; Singable Songs for the Very Young/Troubadour TR-002
  13. David Amram & Steve Goodman: About “Moby Book”; Studs Terkel interviews Steve Goodman & David Amram; The WFMT Studs Terkel Radio Archives https://studsterkel.wfmt.com/
  14. Steve Goodman: “Moby Book”; Steve Goodman; Jessie’s Jig & Other Favorites/Red Pajamas RPJ-010CD
  15. Andy Beyer: “The Midnight Special – Melodica”; Andy Beyer; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004
  16. Diane Taraz: “Raisin Pie”; Diane Taraz; Shoes that Fit Like Sand/Beacon 10127-2
  17. Shemekia Copeland: “Smoked Ham and Peaches”; Shemekia Copeland; Alligator ALCD 4984
  18. Hamilton Camp: “Blame It on the Turkeys” (Camp and Brent); Hamilton Camp; WFMT Recording
  19. David Amram & Studs Terkel: Interview: “Chicago Music Scene”; Studs Terkel & David Amram; The WFMT Studs Terkel Radio Archives https://studsterkel.wfmt.com/
  20. David Amram: “Louisiana Crawfish Etoufee”; David Amram; Southern Stories/Chrome Records CR4202
  21. Tom Waits: “Come On Up to the House”; Tom Waits; Mule Variations/Epitaph Records Epitaph 86547 2
  22. Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer: “Ol’ 55″”; Various: Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer; Come On Up to the House/Dualtone 803020200319
  23. Corinne Bailey Rae: “Jersey Girl”; Various: Corinne Bailey Rae; Come On Up to the House/Dualtone 803020200319
  24. Joy Harjo: “Creation Story”; Various: Joy Harjo w/Susan M. Williams, John L. Williams; Native American Currents/Silver Wave SD915
  25. Leonard Bernstein: “The Best of All Possible Worlds” from Candide; London Symphony Orchestra w/Adolph Green, et. al; Bernstein on Broadway/Deutsche Grammophone 480 2620
  26. Grace Griffith: “Make Our Garden Grow” (Bernstein/Wilbur); Grace Griffith; Sands of Time/Blix Street G2 CD 10078
  27. Rise Band: “Time & Tide” (Gerry Geoghegan); Rise Band; Uncertain Wonders/Orrisor OP2000
  28. Peter, Paul and Mary: “The Cruel War”; Peter, Paul and Mary; Peter, Paul and Mary/Warner 1449-2
  29. Merle Travis: “Midnight Special”; Merle Travis; Travis Pickin’ CMH/6255
  30. 10,000 Maniacs: “Let the Mystery Be”; 10,000 Maniacs (Natalie Merchant w/David Byrne); Campfire Songs/Rhino Elektra R2 73900
  31. Tom Paxton: “Along the Verdigris”; Tom Paxton w/Iris Dement; Wearing the Time/Sugar Hill SH CD 1045
  32. Iris DeMent: “Our Town”; Iris DeMent; Infamous Angel/Philo CD PH 1138
  33. Carol Burnett & Joe Bova: “The Swamps of Home” (Rodgers & Barer); Original Broadway Cast (1980); Once Upon a Mattress/MCA MCA-2079
  34. Mary Stribling: “Big Iguana”; Mary Stribling with Combo Amazo; Big Iguana/Mondo Blondo MBCD 102
  35. The Flatlanders: “Pay the Alligator”; The Flatlanders; Now Again/New West NW6040
  36. Nanci Griffith w/Darius Rucker: “Love at the Five and Dime”; Nanci Griffith; Dust Bowl Symphony Elektra 62418-2
  37. Fred Eaglesmith: “Wilder Than Her”; Fred Eaglesmith; Drive-in Movie/Vertical Records VER 4218-2
  38. Bob Dylan: “Tangled Up in Blue”; Bob Dylan; Blood on the Tracks/Columbia CD 92398
  39. Susan McKeown: “Ce leis e?”; Susan McKeown & The Chanting House; Bone/Prime CD PCD 027
  40. Ladysmith Black Mambazo: “Rain, Rain, Beautiful Rain”; Ladysmith Black Mambazo; Shaka Zulu/Warner LP 1987
  41. Doc Watson: “Your Lone Journey” (Doc & Rosa Lee Watson); Doc Watson; My Dear Old Southern Home/Sugar Hill SH CD 3795
  42. Si Kahn: “To Hear Doc Watson Play” (Doc & Rosa Lee Watson); Si Kahn; Best of the Rest: Si Kahn at 75/Strictly Country SCR82
  43. (Laura Love): “I Still Believe (Unplugged)”; Laura Love; She Loved Red/Laura Love 88295 68276
  44. Andy Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andy Beyer; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004

The Midnight Special, November 14, 2020

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  1. Bonnie Raitt: “Home”; Bonnie Raitt; Sweet Forgiveness/Warner Bros. R2 78382
  2. Simon & Garfunkel: “Homeward Bound”; Simon & Garfunkel; Simon & Garfunkel Collection/Sony CBS Sony 35DP 13
  3. Danielle Miraglia: “Bright Shining Stars”; Danielle Miraglia; Bright Shining Stars/VizzTone 280516
  4. Raye Zaragoza: “Ghosts of Houston Street”; Raye Zaragoza; Woman in Color/Rebel River Records www.rayezaragoza.com
  5. Dave Van Ronk: “Sunday Street”; Dave Van Ronk; A Chrestomathy, Disc 2/Gazell GPCD 2007/8
  6. Jerry Orbach & Company: “42nd Street & Lullaby of Broadway”; Jerry Orbach & Company; 42nd Street Orig. Broadway Cast Recording/RCA RCA 1 3891
  7. Tim O’Brien: “A Mountaineer is Always Free”; Tim O’Brien (co-write w/Pierce Pettis); The Crossing/Alula ALU 1014
  8. Pierce Pettis: “Georgia Moon”; Pierce Pettis; State of Grace / Compass 7 4315 2
  9. Gamble Rogers: “Cape Canaveral Talking Blues”; Gamble Rogers; Oklawaha County Laissez-Faire/Oklawaha 1004
  10. Jesse Winchester: “Biloxi”; Jesse Winchester; Best of Jesse Winchester/Rhino R2 70085
  11. Guy Clark: “Baton Rouge”; Guy Clark; Boats to Build/Asylum 61442-2
  12. Janis Joplin: “Me and Bobby McGee”; Janis Joplin; Pearl (Legacy Edition)/Columbia C2K 90282 1 of 2
  13. Lula Wiles: “Hometown”; Lula Wiles; What We Will Do/Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD40233
  14. Prof. Louie & the Crowmatix: “Family Reunion”; Professor Louie & The Crowmatix; Music from Hurley Mountain/Woodstock Records WR56
  15. Eric Bibb feat. Andre de Lange: “Home”; Eric Bibb; Blues People/Stony Plain SPCD 1379
  16. Andy Beyer: “The Midnight Special – organ”; Andy Beyer; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004
  17. (Chris Lavancher): “Going Back Home”; Chris Lavancher; Chris Lavancher 191924569459
  18. Della Mae: “To Ohio”; Della Mae; Della Mae/Rounder 11661-36378-02
  19. Bob Gibson: “To Morrow”; Bob Gibson; Stops Along the Way/B*G Records B*G 1004 CD
  20. Sarah Jarosz: “Hometown”; Sarah Jarosz; World on the Ground/Rounder 1166100913
  21. Gina Forsyth: “Promised Land”; Gina Forsyth; Promised Land/Waterbug WBG0101
  22. John Gorka: “I’m From New Jersey”; John Gorka; Jack’s Crows/High Street 72902 10309-2
  23. Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl: “Jersey Shore”; Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl; Early Years/Daring Records CD 3006
  24. Anne Hills: “Follow That Road”; Anne Hills; Angle of the Light/Flying Fish FFCD 70648
  25. Kitty Donohoe: “Mackinac Bridge/St. Anne’s Reel”; Kitty Donohoe; LakesBunyan & Banjoes – Songs of Michigan & the Great Roheen Records RR002
  26. Sally Rogers & Claudia Schmidt: “Lovely Agnes”; Sally Rogers & Claudia Schmidt; Closing the Distance/Flying Fish FFCD 70425
  27. Aliotta Haynes & Jeremiah: “Lake Shore Drive”; Aliotta, Haynes and Jeremiah; Lake Shore Drive/QSCD-1019 QSCD-1019
  28. Michael Miles: “Illinois”; Michael Miles; Magic Banjo/Right Turn on Red Music Red 1
  29. CTA: “Intro: Chicago El Train – stop”; CTA announcer; Folksongs of Illinois #4 /Company of Folk COF10-01
  30. The Cash Box Kings: “Joe, You Ain’t from Chicago”; Joe Nosek, Oscar Wilson, Billy Flynn, Beedy Eyes Smith, John W. Lauler; Hail to the Kings/Alligator ALCD 4991
  31. CTA: “Closing: Chicago El Train”; CTA announcer; Folksongs of Illinois #4 /Company of Folk COF10-01
  32. Robert Johnson: “Sweet Home Chicago”; Robert Johnson; Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Robert Johnson/Columbia Legacy CK90494
  33. Colby Maddox: “The Midnight Special – fiddle”; Colby Maddox; Midnight Special Collection Maddox 2020
  34. Kate & Anna McGarrigle: “Goin’ Back to Harlan”; Kate & Anna McGarrigle; Matapedia/Hannibal HNCD 1394
  35. Michael Reno Harrell: “Going Back to Tennessee”; Michael Reno Harrell; Then There’s Me/Dancing Bear 00261 36148
  36. Dar Williams: “Iowa (Traveling III)”; Dar Williams w/Cliff Eberhardt; Mortal City/Razor and Tie RT 2821-2
  37. Joyce Woodson: “Old Screen Door”; Joyce Woodson; Radish Landscapes / Radish 931
  38. Greg Brown: “Canned Goods”; Greg Brown; One More Goodnight Kiss Radish 931
  39. Michael Martin Murphy, et al.: “Home on the Range”; Michael Martin Murphy & Looney Tunes characters; The Looney West/Warner Bros. 2052002
  40. Tish Hinojosa: “In the Real West”; Tish Hinojosa; Culture Swing/Rounder CD 3122
  41. Ted Ramirez and Michael Ronstadt: “My Beloved Tuscon”; Michael Ronstadt, Ted Ramirez & the Santa Cruz River Band; Ronstadt, Ramirez & The Santa Cruz River Band, Vol. 2 RRSCRB102705
  42. Darrell Scott: “Colorado”; Darrell Scott; Jaroso/Full Light 539568
  43. Woody Guthrie: “Oregon Trail”; Woody Guthrie; Hard Travelin’ (Asch Recordings Vol. 3)/Smithsonian Folkways SF CD 40102
  44. Mollie O’Brien: “Alaska”; Mollie O’Brien; Sugar Hill Tell It True / SH-CD 3846
  45. Peter Mulvey: “On a Wing and a Prayer”; Peter Mulvey / Tim Fagin; Signature Letters from a Flying Machine /SIG 2024
  46. Peter Mayer: “Blue Boat Home”; Peter Mayer; Earth Town Square/Blue Boat BB1206
  47. (Laura Love): “I Still Believe (Unplugged)”; Laura Love; She Loved Red/Laura Love 88295 68276
  48. Andy Beyer: “The Midnight Special Solo (Long)” Instrumental; Andy Beyer; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004

The Midnight Special, November 7, 2020

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  1. Herdman, Hills & Mangsen: “More Wood”; Herdman, Hills & Mangsen; Voices of Winter/Gadfly Gadfly 235
  2. Pete Seeger & Lorre Wyatt: “Keep the Flame Alive”; Pete Seeger & Lorre Wyatt; A More Perfect Union/Appleseed APR CD 1130
  3. Simone (Lisa Simone): “Keeper of the Flame”; Simone; Simone on Simone/Koch KOC-CD-4494
  4. Gordon Lightfoot: “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”; Gordon Lightfoot; Gordon Lightfoot Songbook/Rhino R2 75802 3 of 4
  5. Michael Smith: “Dead Egyptian Blues”; Michael Smith; Love Stories/Flying Fish FFCD 70404
  6. Steve Martin: King Tut; Steve Martin; Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection/Rhino R2 70743 2 of 2
  7. The Ink Spots: “When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano”; The Ink Spots; Anthology/MCA MCAD2-11728
  8. Chic Gamine: “Golondrina”; Chic Gamine; Chic Gamine/self CG0428
  9. Peter Rowan and Tony Rice: “Midnight Moonlight”; Peter Rowan and Tony Rice; Quartet/Rounder 11661-0579-2
  10. Courtland & Jeffries: “Oh, It’s a Lovely War”; Courtland & Jeffries; Oh What A Lovely War/Original Singers (1914-18)
  11. Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt: “1971”; Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt; Western Wall/The Tuscon Sessions/Asylum 62408-2
  12. Robin & Linda Williams: “Keep the Home Fires Burning”; Robin & Linda Williams; Visions of Love/Sugar Hill SUG-CD-1068
  13. Tom Russell: “Veteran’s Day”; Tom Russell; Long Way Round/Hightone HCD 8081
  14. Colby Maddox: “The Midnight Special – fiddle”; Colby Maddox; Midnight Special Collection Maddox 2020
  15. Joni Mitchell: “You Turn Me On, I’m a Radio”; Joni Mitchell; The Studio Albums 1968-1979, Disc 5/Rhino UPC: 081227971786
  16. Joni Mitchell: “Conversation”; Joni Mitchell; The Studio Albums 1968-1979, Disc 3/Rhino UPC: 081227971786
  17. Jody Denberg w/Joni Mitchell: “A Conversation about Woodstock”; Jody Denberg w/Joni Mitchell; A Conversation with Joni Mitchell/Reprise PRO CD 9564
  18. Joni Mitchell: “Woodstock”; Joni Mitchell; Hits/Reprise 9 46326-2
  19. Gordon Lightfoot: “Canadian Railroad Trilogy”; Gordon Lightfoot; The Way I Feel/Bear Family Records BCD 15576 AH
  20. New Lost City Ramblers: “Franklin Roosevelt’s Back Again”; New Lost City Ramblers; Songs from the Depression/Folkways FH 5264
  21. Willie Eason: “Why I Like Roosevelt”; Willie Eason; Blues With a Message/Arhoolie CD 510
  22. Eric Taylor: “Tractor Song”; Eric Taylor; Eric Taylor/Watermelon CD 1040
  23. Phil Ochs: “Here’s to the State of Richard Nixon”; Phil Ochs; WFMT 45/A&M 1509-S 1974
  24. Ilene Weiss: “Make You Disappear”; Ilene Weiss; Obliviously/Gadfly Gadfly 216 CD
  25. Darrell Scott: “Invisible Man”; Darrell Scott; Invisible Man/Full Light FLR-0601
  26. David Broza: “I’ll Never Ride a Horse Again”; David Broza; en Casa Limon/Broza Records 538610512
  27. Kate MacLeod: “Butch Cassidy Was Here”; Kate MacLeod; At Ken Sanders Rare Books/Waterbug WBG 115
  28. Rupert Wates: “Sundance and Etta”; Rupert Wates; Colorado 12-07-19 1 of 2
  29. Merle Travis: “Midnight Special”; Merle Travis; Travis Pickin’ CMH/6255
  30. Si Kahn: “Abe Lincoln Walks Tonight”; Si Kahn; Courage/Strictly Country Records /scr-69
  31. Lord Buckley: “Gettysburg Address”; Richard Myrle “Lord” Buckley; His Royal Hipness, Lord Buckley/Discovery 71001
  32. John Gorka: “Oh Abraham”; John Gorka; Company You Keep/Red House Records RHR CD
  33. Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche: “Talkin Like You (Two Tall Mountains)”; Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche; I Can Still Hear You/Story Sound Records 161-037
  34. Kelly Campos: “For What It’s Worth”; Kelly Campos w/South Suburban Music; Kelly Campos www.kellycampos.com
  35. Tracy Chapman: “Say Hallelujah”; Tracy Chapman; Let It Rain/Elektra 62803-2
  36. Peter Mulvey: I Want a Voice; Peter Mulvey; This is Boston…Not Austin, Vol. 2/Eastern Front EFR 503
  37. Sweet Honey in the Rock: “Crying for Freedom in South Africa”; Sweet Honey in the Rock; Selections 1976-1988/Flying Fish FFCD 667/668
  38. Bill Shipper: “Why Does Dark Matter?”; Bill Shipper; Dirty Data/Shipper 84502 37830
  39. Sandy Cash: “More Than Meets the Eye”; Sandy Cash; More Than Meets the Eye EP/bandcamp sandycash.com
  40. Chris Rosser: “The Great Mystery”; Chris Rosser; Holy Fool/Independent Songwriters Group ISG CD 2020
  41. The Burns Sisters: “Surrender”; The Burns Sisters; Songs of the Heart/Burns Sisters 001
  42. Lara Herscovitch: “Shine Sister Shine”; Lara Herscovitch; Highway Philosophers laraherscovitch.com
  43. Ruthie Foster: “Light Up the World”; Ruthie Foster; Crossover/M.O.D. RF9912
  44. (Laura Love): “I Still Believe (Unplugged)”; Laura Love; Laura Love 88295 68276
  45. Andy Beyer: “The Midnight Special – Melodica”; Andy Beyer; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004

The Midnight Special, October 31, 2020

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  1. Peter Mayer: “The Dark”; Peter Mayer; Million Year Mind/Blue Boat BB1204
  2. Maria Muldaur: “The Ghost of the St. Louis Blues”; Maria Muldaur; & Her Garden of Joy/Stony Plain SPCD 1332
  3. Pete & Marua Kennedy: “Nuah”; The Strangelings; Season of the Witch/Strangelings 001
  4. Janis Ian: “Welcome to Acousticville”; Janis Ian; Windham Hill Welcome to Acousticville / 01934-11274-2
  5. Robin & Linda Williams: “Walking Like a Man”; Robin & Linda Williams; devil of a dream/Sugar Hill SH CD 1059
  6. Harry Manx, et al.: “Long Black Veil”; MHarry Manx w/Emily Braden, Sara Marreiros, Tony Backhouse; Johnny’s Blues/Northern Blues NBM 0017
  7. Kevin Kling: “Church” (excerpt); Kevin Kling; Home and Away East Side Digital/81582
  8. Amythyst Kiah w/Allison Russell: “Blood and Bones”; Amythyst Kiah w/Allison Russell; Songs of Our Native Daughters Smithsonian Folkways/SF CD 40232
  9. PigPen Theatre Co.: “We Stand Alone”; PigPen Theatre; Bremen/PigPen Theatre 8 84501 71873
  10. Katy Hobgood Ray & Dave Ray: “Oh Devil”; Katy Hobgood Ray & Dave Ray; I Dream of Water/Out of the Past OOTO 012
  11. Kirk Mann: “The Hammer”; Kirk Mann; Say Their Names Hudson Harding/MANN2020
  12. Joe Crookston: “Darkling and the Bluebird (Fear & Transcend)”; Joe Crookston; Darkling & The BlueBird Jubilee/milagrito rae62011
  13. Alisa Amador: “Nudo de Raices (Root Knots)”; Alisa Amador; U.S.P.S. – United Songwriters for the People’s Sovereignty Bandcamp
  14. Colby Maddox: “The Midnight Special – fiddle”; Colby Maddox; Midnight Special Collection Maddox 2020
  15. John Fogerty: “Wicked Old Witch”; John Fogerty; Deja vu All Over Again/Geffen B0003257-02
  16. Wicked The Musical: Stephen Schwartz: “March of the Witch Hunters”; Wicked: Original Broadway Cast; Wicked/Decca 800001682 02
  17. Anais Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer: “Tam Lin”; Anais Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer; Child Ballads/Wilderland Wilder 002
  18. Space Ghost: “Zorak’s Horrorscopes – Scorpio”; C. Martin Croker as Zorak; Space Ghost’s Surf & Turf/Rhino R2 75487
  19. Heidi Muller & Bob Webb: “Ghost Stories”; Heidi Muller & Bob Webb; Seeing Things Muller/53701 20052
  20. Robbie Ellis: “Pumpkins”; Robbie Ellis; Pumpkins/RobbieEllis.net RE 001
  21. Hope Foye & The Weavers: “Skip To The Polls”; Hope Foye & The Weavers; Songs for Political Action – Disc 9 Campaign Songs 1944 – 1949 Bear Family Records BCD 15720-9 JL
  22. Alastair Moock: “Make it Great”; Alastair Moock; Alastair Moock/MoockMusic 7 00261 45458 0
  23. Charles Coe (Langston Hughes): “Mother to Son”; Poet Charles Coe; Can You Read This Boston/Big Girl Records BGR 001
  24. Pat Humphries: “Never Turning Back”; Pat Humphries; Same Rain/Moving Forward Music MFM 360
  25. Small Potatoes: “Vampire”; Small Potatoes; Raw SPUD 2003
  26. Rev. Gary Davis: “Bad Company”; Rev. Gary Davis; Pure Religion & Bad Company/Smithsonian SFW40035/FL 125
  27. Mark Graham & Orville Johnson: “Neighbor of the Beast”; Mark Graham & Orville Johnson; Kings of Mongrel Folk mongrelfolk.com
  28. Robin Bienemann: “Vampires are not Zombies”; Robin Bienemann; Songs About Lessons Learnt 7 00261 43737 8
  29. Heather Styka: “Tightrope Walker”; Heather Styka; Lifeboats for Atlantis/Kite Stripe KSR02
  30. 4 Hits & A Miss: “Ghost Voters in the Sky”; 4 Hits & A Miss; Midnight Special Concert Archives WFMT
  31. Johnny Cash: “Ghost Riders in the Sky”; Johnny Cash; Silver/Columbia Legacy CK 86791
  32. Taproot: “Away Ye Merry Lasses”; Taproot; Grand Design TR002
  33. Andy Beyer: “The Midnight Special – organ”; Andy Beyer; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004
  34. Simon & Garfunkel: “America”; Simon & Garfunkel; Simon & Garfunkel Collection/Sony CBS Sony 35DP 13
  35. Dick Gaughan: “Song of Choice”; Dick Gaughan; Different Kind of Love Song/Appleseed 1018
  36. Mahalia Jackson: “I Will Move On Up a Little Higher”; Mahalia Jackson; Apollo Sessions Vol I/Pair PCD-2-1332
  37. Mary McCaslin: “Ghost Train”; Mary McCaslin; Broken Promises/Philo CD PH 1160
  38. Bill Morrissey: “You’ll Never Get to Heaven”; Bill Morrissey; You’ll Never Get to Heaven/Philo CD PH 1194
  39. Mary Gauthier: “Wheel Inside the Wheel”; Mary Gauthier; Mercy Now Lost Highway B0003570-02
  40. Freyda Epstein: “Potter’s Wheel”; Freyda & Accoustic AttaTude; Midnight at Cabell Hall/Red House Records RHR CD 55
  41. Mark Erelli: “Hollow Man”; Mark Erelli (Various); Can You Read This Boston/Big Girl Records BGR 001
  42. Mike Craver: “Alas I’m a Poor Little Woodpecker”; Mike Craver; Mould’s Undertaking/Sapsucker 2330
  43. Loreena McKennitt: “Night Ride Across the Caucasus”; Loreena McKennitt; Live in Paris & Toronto/Quinlan Road VE 15045
  44. Natalie Merchant: “Motherland”; Natalie Merchant; Motherland/Elektra 62721-2
  45. Wood & Wire: “Pigs”; Wood & Wire; No Matter Where It Goes From Here Blue Corn Music/BCM2003
  46. Della Mae: “Change”; Della Mae feat. The McCrary Sisters; Headlight/Rounder 1166100770
  47. (Traditional): “Step-By-Step”; Sweet Honey in the Rock; Flying Fish FF366
  48. Patti LuPone: “Cock-Eyed Optimist”; Patti LuPone; Matters of the Heart/LayZLay Records VSD 6058
  49. Andy Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andy Beyer; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004

The Midnight Special, October 17, 2020

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  1. (Tim Grimm): “Thirteen Years”; Tim Grimm; Vault Records VR013
  2. Hobart Smith w/Stephen Wade: “On Music/Cumberland Gap”; Stephen Wade et al.; A Storyteller’s Story/Patuxent CD-333
  3. Rhiannon Giddens: “Music and Joy”; Rhiannon Giddens; Songs of Our Native Daughters Smithsonian Folkways/SF CD 40232
  4. Shemekia Copeland: “Uncivil War”; Shemekia Copeland; Uncivil War/Alligator 5001
  5. Ruthie Foster: “Up Above My Head (I Hear Music in the Air)”; Ruthie Foster; Runaway Soul / Blue Corn BCM0202
  6. Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile, Aoife O’Donovan: “Every Note A Pearl”; Stuart Duncan, Chris Thile, Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Aoife O’Donovan; Not Our First Goat Rodeo/Sony Classical 19439738551
  7. Hugh Blumenfeld: “Mozart’s Money”; Hugh Blumenfeld; Mozart’s Money/Prime CD PCD 021
  8. Phil Ochs: “The Bells”; Phil Ochs; All The News That’s Fit to Sing/Hannibal HNCD 4427
  9. Martyn Joseph: “Days of Decision”; Martyn Joseph; Pipe Records PRC DO29
  10. Corky Siegel: “Midnight Radio”; Corky Siegel; Stuff Stuff / SR81-111
  11. Shemekia Copeland: “Under My Thumb”; Shemekia Copeland; Uncivil War/Alligator 5001
  12. The Capitol Steps: “Rolling Kidney Stones”; The Capitol Steps; Whole Newt World/Capsteps CSCD 1015
  13. Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile, Aoife O’Donovan: “The Trappings”; Stuart Duncan, Chris Thile, Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Aoife O’Donovan; Not Our First Goat Rodeo/Sony Classical 19439738551
  14. Tim Grimm: “These Rolling Hills”; Tim Grimm; Vault Records VR013
  15. Allison Russell: “You’re Not Alone”; Rhiannon Giddens & Allison Russell; Songs of Our Native Daughters Smithsonian Folkways/SF CD 40232
  16. Paul Simon: “American Tune”; Paul Simon; There Goes Rhymin’ Simon Warner/R2 78900
  17. Benjamin Luxon & Bill Crofut: “Waly Waly” (Water is Wide); Benjamin Luxon & Bill Crofut; Two Gentlemen Folk/Telarc CD-84401
  18. Tom Prasada-Rao: “Is There Anybody Here?”; Tom Prasada-Rao; Out of the Blue/Ahimsa BFD 1005
  19. Martyn Joseph: “There But For Fortune”; Martyn Joseph; Pipe Records PRC DO29
  20. Odetta w/The Holmes Brothers: “Two Little Fishes and Five Loaves of Bread”; Odetta w/The Holmes Brothers; Shout, Sister, Shout/M.C. Records MC-0500
  21. Lara Herscovitch: “Shine Sister Shine”; Lara Herscovitch; Highway Philosophers laraherscovitch.com
  22. Jack Van Geem & Nancy Zeltsman: “Simple Gifts”; Jack Van Geem & Nancy Zeltsman; Bridge American Gifts / Bridge 9534
  23. Kenita R. Miller (Mama), Phillip Boykin (Tonton) & company: “We Dance”; New Broadway Cast; Once on This Island/Broadway Records BR-CD09318
  24. Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile, Aoife O’Donovan: “We Were Animals”; Stuart Duncan, Chris Thile, Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Aoife O’Donovan; Not Our First Goat Rodeo/Sony Classical 19439738551
  25. Tim Grimm: “Over Hill and Dale”; Tim Grimm; Vault Records VR013
  26. Raye Zaragoza: “They Say”; Raye Zaragoza; Woman in Color/Rebel River Records www.RayeZaragoza.com
  27. Steve Goodman: “Mama Don’t Allow It”; Steve Goodman; Jessie’s Jig & Other Favorites/Red Pajamas RPJ-010CD
  28. Shemekia Copeland: “Give God the Blues”; Shemekia Copeland; Uncivil War/Alligator 5001
  29. Martyn Joseph: “I’m Gonna Say it Now”; Martyn Joseph; Pipe Records PRC DO29
  30. Leela & Ellie Grace: “Song That Bird Sings”; Leela & Ellie Grace; Leela & Ellie Grace/Grace Family Music 001
  31. Loudon Wainwright III w/Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks: “I’d Rather Lead A Band”; Loudon Wainwright III; I’d Rather Lead A Band Search Party/66691CD
  32. Anne Hills: “Two of a Kind”; Anne Hills; Don’t Panic/Flying Fish FFCD 70608
  33. Vienna Teng: “Radio”; Vienna Teng; Inland Territory Zoe 01143-1125-2