The Midnight Special, April 24, 2021

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  1. Cody Chestnutt: “Parting Ways” (Cody Chestnutt); Cody Chestnutt; Soul (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Disney B08PXD1LZP
  2. Emily Blunt and Jamie Dornan: “Wild Mountain Thyme”; Emily Blunt and Jamie Dornan; Wild Mountain Thyme (film soundtrack) | Lakeshore LKS35827
  3. Gregory Alan Isakov: “The Stable Song”; Gregory Alan Isakov; The Sea, The Gambler | Suitcase Town Music Isakov 001
  4. Joan Baez: “La Llorona (The Weeping Woman)” (Traditional); Joan Baez; The Complete A&M Recordings, Disc 2 | A & M Chronicles B0000828-02 2 of 4
  5. Simon & Garfunkel: “El Condor Pasa” (Robles/Simon); Simon & Garfunkel w/Los Incas; The Simon & Garfunkel Collection | CBS Sony 35DP 13
  6. Lucinda Williams: “Something About What Happens When We Talk”; Lucinda Williams; Lucinda Williams | Koch CD 8005
  7. Oscar Isaac and Marcus Mumford: “Fare Thee Well (Dink’s Song)”; Oscar Isaac and Marcus Mumford; Inside Llewyn Davis | Nonesuch PRO 400209
  8. Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake, Stark Sands: “Five Hundred Miles”; Justin Timberlake, Carey Mulligan, Stark Sands; Inside Llewyn Davis | Nonesuch PRO 400209
  9. Dave Van Ronk: “Green, Green, Rocky Road”; Dave Van Ronk; Inside Llewyn Davis | Nonesuch PRO 400209
  10. The Birmingham Sunlights: “Roll , Jordan, Roll”; The Birmingham Sunlights; For Old Time’s Sake | Flying Fish FF70599
  11. The Folksmen: “Old Joe’s Place” (Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer); Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer; A Mighty Wind | DMZ/Columbia/Sony CK 89222
  12. Truckstop Honeymoon: “Movie Matinee”; Truckstop Honeymoon: Katie Euliss & Mike West; Great Big Family | Squirrel 1054 CD
  13. Original NY Cast: “In The Movies” (Stephen Sondheim); David Campbell, Lauren Ward, Natascia Diaz, Christopher Fitzgerald, Andréa Burns, Clarke Thorell; Saturday Night | Nonesuch 79609-2
  14. Allison Moorer: “Moonshiner” (Traditional); Allison Moorer; Songcatcher (Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture) | Vanguard Records 79586-2
  15. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings: “Wind and Rain” (Traditional); Gillian Welch & David Rawlings; Songcatcher (Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture) | Vanguard Records 79586-2
  16. Jonas Friddle: “The Midnight Special – fretless banjo”; Jonas Friddle; Midnight Special Collection JFriddle | MS008
  17. Bonnie Koloc: “Sunday Morning Movies”; Bonnie Koloc; Bonnie Koloc-Rediscovered | self 7 00261 35795 9
  18. Dan Tyminski & the Soggy Bottom Boys: “I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow” (Traditional); Dan Tyminski & the Soggy Bottom Boys; O Brother Where Art Thou? | Mercury 088 170-069-2
  19. Ralph Stanley: “O Death”; Ralph Stanley; O Brother Where Art Thou? | Mercury 088 170-069-2
  20. The Kossoy Sisters: “I’ll Fly Away”; The Kossoy Sisters w/Erik Darling; Bowling Green | Tradition TCD 1065
  21. Dwight Yoakam: “Cattle Call”; Dwight Yoakam; MCA The Horse Whisperer / MCAD 70025
  22. Raul Malo (of The Mavericks): “Dream River”; Raul Malo (of The Mavericks); MCA The Horse Whisperer / MCAD 70025
  23. James Horner: “The Fencing Lesson”; Felipe de Algeciras, Salvador Andrades, Gema de la Cruz, Tito Heredia, Carmelo Romero, Paqui de Ronda; The Mask of Zorro – music from the motion picture | Sony Classical SK 60627
  24. Clannad: “I Will Find You”; Clannad; Magical Gathering, disc 2 | Rhino R2 78255/DRC 12973
  25. The Kennedys: “Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall”; The Kennedys; Songs of the Open Road | Appleseed Recordings APR CD 1097
  26. Lou & Peter Berryman: “April May”; Lou & Peter Berryman; What, Again? | Cornbelt CR900
  27. Peter Mulvey: “The Trouble With Poets” (Mulvey & Goodrich); Peter Mulvey; Notes from Elsewhere | Signature Sounds Sig 2008
  28. Greg Brown: “The Poet Game”; Greg Brown; The Poet Game | Red House RHR CD 68
  29. Lucy Kaplansky: “Small Dark Movie” (Greg Brown); Lucy Kaplansky; Going Driftless: The Songs of Greg Brown | Red House RHR CD 145
  30. Bill Giardini: “The Midnight Special – Accordion” (Traditional); Bill Giardini; Midnight Special Collection | Midnight Special Collection BillGiardini/MS011
  31. Susan Werner: “Movie of My Life” (bonus track); Susan Werner; Bottom Line BLine 63440-47305-2
  32. Michael Doucet avec Beausoleil: “Madame Sosthene”; Michael Doucet avec Beausoleil; Bayou Deluxe | Rhino R2 71169
  33. Bill Jones: “Mist Covered Mountains”; Bill Jones; Turn to Me | Compass 7 4338 2
  34. Scott Joplin: “The Entertainer”; Alexander Peskanov, p; Naxos 8.559114
  35. Paul Giovanni and Magnet: “Corn Rigs”; Paul Giovanni and Magnet; The Wicker Man Original Movie Soundtrack | Silva Screen FILMCD 330
  36. Leonard Cohen: “The Stranger Song”; Leonard Cohen; Songs of Leonard Cohen | Columbia/Legacy BMG 88697 04742 2
  37. M*A*S*H chorus: “Suicide is Painless”; M*A*S*H chorus; Movie Music, the definitive performances, disc 1 | Columbia J2K 65813 disc 1
  38. The Byrds: “Ballad of Easy Rider”; The Byrds; Movie Music, the definitive performances, disc 1 | Columbia J2K 65813 disc 1
  39. Simon & Garfunkel: “Mrs. Robinson”; Simon & Garfunkel; The Simon & Garfunkel Collection | CBS Sony 35DP 13
  40. Tia Blake: “Plastic Jesus”; Tia Blake; Folk Songs and Ballads: Tia Blake and Her Folk-group | SFP SFP 52.009
  41. Harlem Spiritual Ensemble: “Amen”; Jester Hairston; Harlem Spiritual Ensemble in Concert! | Arcadia ARC 1991-2 CD 1991-2 CD
  42. Jim Henry: “Drive-in Movie Picture Show”; Jim Henry; Wayback | Signature SIG 1254
  43. The Young Tradition: “Heave Away, Me Johnny”; The Young Tradition: Peter Bellamy, Royston Wood and Heather Wood; Oberlin 1968 | A Wing & A Prayer, Inc. FLED3094
  44. Ewan MacColl, A. L. Lloyd, Peggy Seeger: “Blood Red Roses”; Ewan MacColl, A. L. Lloyd, Peggy Seeger; Classic Maritime Music | Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40053
  45. Billy Faier: “The Rakes of Mallow”; Billy Faier; Folk Song America/A 20th Century Revival | Smithsonian Collection RD 046-2
  46. The Delmore Brothers: “Red River Valley”; The Delmore Brothers; Inducted Into the Country Music Hall of Fame | King Records KSCD-3831
  47. Laura Love: “I Still Believe (Unplugged)”; Laura Love; She Loved Red | Laura Love 88295 68276
  48. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004

The Midnight Special, April 17, 2021

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  1. Magpie: “Living Planet” (Jay Mankita); Magpie; Living Planet | Collector 1948CD
  2. Jesse Winchester: “Defying Gravity”; Jesse Winchester; The Best of Jesse Winchester | Rhino R2 70085
  3. Kim Richey: “Gravity”; Kim Richey; Glimmer Mercury B001O074IG
  4. Herdman, Hills & Mangsen: “Redwing Blackbird”; Herdman, Hills & Mangsen; Voices | Flying Fish FF 70546 CD
  5. James Keelaghan: “Red-winged Blackbird” (David Francey); James Keelaghan; Home | Appleseed Records APR CD 1059
  6. Josh Ritter: “Snow is Gone”; Josh Ritter; Hello Starling | Signature Sounds SIG 1280
  7. Stan Freberg: “Beat Poet”; Stan Freberg; Tip of the Freeberg, disc 4 | Rhino R2 75645
  8. Robin Bienemann: “Hey Haikuer” (Robin Bienemann); Robin Bienemann; Animal Communicator | self [2021]
  9. Jack Kerouac w/Al Cohn & Zoot Simms: “American Haikus (excerpt)” (Marilyn Rea Beyer); Jack Kerouac w/Al Cohn & Zoot Simms; Poetry on Record: 98 Poets Read Their Work 1888-2006 Disc 2 | Shout Factory D4K10029
  10. Loretta Hagen: “Not Now”; Loretta Hagen; single | lorettahagen.com [2020]
  11. Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer: “Gentle Arms of Eden”; Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer; Drum Hat Buddha | Signature Sounds SIG 1266
  12. Cheryl Wheeler: “Quarter Moon”; Cheryl Wheeler; Different Stripe | Philo EMI 116711 217-2
  13. Dave Mallet: “Garden Song”; Dave Mallet; Inches & Miles | Flying Fish FF70110CD
  14. (Joyce McDill): “Angel Whispers”; Shoormal; Greentrax CDTRAX 247
  15. Peggy Seeger: “Tree of Love”; Peggy Seeger; First Farewell | Red Grape RGPSCD4
  16. Joel Mabus: “How Can I Keep From Singing? The Old Hymn Reimagined” (R. W. Lowry); Joel Mabus; No Worries Now… | Fossil Records 2009 87140 00202
  17. Vance Gilbert: “Witness to Joy”; Vance Gilbert; Edgewise | Philo CD PH 1156
  18. Andy Beyer: “The Midnight Special – organ”; Andy Beyer; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004
  19. Ed Holstein: “How Ray Ruined My Life”; Ed Holstein; WFMT’s Folkstage Ray Nordstrand Memorial (10.29.05), Disc 1 | WFMT 10.29.05
  20. Tom Dundee: “Wilmette Cowboy”; Tom Dundee; Fleeting Moment, Disc 2 | Flight Records FR4445 2 of 2
  21. Jens Kruger: “Appalachian Concerto”; Kruger Brothers; string quartet; Double Time Music DTM-022
  22. Chris & Meredith Thompson: “Clearwater”; Chris & Meredith Thompson; Clearwater | cmthompson.com 001
  23. Pete Seeger: “Sailing Down My Golden River”; Pete Seeger; Bread & Roses Festival | Fantasy Records FCD 79009-2
  24. Reggie Harris: “High Over the Hudson” (Reggie Harris and K. Harris); Reggie Harris; On Solid Ground | self released RHM 002
  25. Elena Moon Park: “Brilliant New Idea”; Elena Moon Park; Unhurried Journey | www.unhurriedjourneymusic.com moonpark music 001
  26. Joni Mitchell: “Big Yellow Taxi”; Joni Mitchell; Ladies of the Canyon | Reprise 8122797178-3
  27. (Michael Smith): “Coffeehouse Days”; Michael Smith; MPS 1 CD
  28. Rolf Marbot: “Mein kleiner grüner Kaktus”; Artemisia; Artemisia (2018)
  29. John Prine: “Paradise”; John Prine; John Prine | Atlantic 19156-2
  30. Merle Travis: “Midnight Special”; Merle Travis; Travis Pickin’ | CMH 6255
  31. Alastair Moock: “Pastures of Plenty” (Woody Guthrie); Alastair Moock; A Life I Never Had | Bad Moock Rising Records BadMoockRisingRecords001
  32. Jan Krist & Jim Bizer: “Charcoal Sky”; Jan Krist & Jim Bizer; Influence | Yellow Room Records YRR 011
  33. Anne Hills & Cindy Mangsen: “Wolves a Howlin”; Anne Hills & Cindy Mangsen with John Hartford; Never Grow Old | Flying Fish FFCD 70638
  34. Florent Vollant: “Miam Maikan (White Wolf)”; Florent Vollant; Native American | Putumayo 341-2
  35. Walkin’ Jim Stoltz: “Listen to the Earth”; Walkin’ Jim Stoltz; Listen to the Earth | Wild Wind 004
  36. Brooks Williams: “Mother Earth”; Brooks Williams; 7 Sisters | Green Linnet GLCD 2125
  37. Betsy Rose: “Mother Earth”; Betsy Rose; Sacred Ground | Kaleidescope K-43
  38. Ben Winship & David Thompson: “Church of the Wandering Stream”; Mollie O’Brien w/Ben Winship & David Thompson; Fishing Music II | Snake River Records SRR-123
  39. Kat Eggleston: “Go to the Water”; Kat Eggleston; Outside Eden | Waterbug WBG 0028 CD
  40. (Pete Morton): “We Are All Trees By the Side of the Road”; Pete Morton; A Golden Thread/Further 003
  41. Eileen McGann: “Requiem for the Giants”; Eileen McGann; Turn it Around | Dragonwing DRGN 112 CD
  42. Jonathan Byrd: “I Was an Oak Tree”; Jonathan Byrd; Cackalack | Waterbug WBG92
  43. Tom Dundee: “This Fleeting Moment”; Tom Dundee; Fleeting Moment, Disc 2 | Flight Records FR4445 2 of 2
  44. Laura Love: “I Still Believe (Unplugged)”; Laura Love; She Loved Red | Laura Love 88295 68276
  45. Andy Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andy Beyer; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004

The Midnight Special, April 10, 2021

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  1. Steve Goodman: “City of New Orleans”; Steve Goodman; Steve Goodman | Buddha 7446599625 2
  2. Elena Moon Park: “Unhurried Journey”; Elena Moon Park with Elizabeth Mitchell, vocals; Unhurried Journey | moonpark music 001
  3. Nanci Griffith: “Southbound Train”; Nanci Griffith; Flyer | Elektra 61681-2
  4. Pete Seeger: “Midnight Special”; Pete Seeger; American Favorite Ballads, vol 2 | Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40151
  5. Lonnie Donegan: “Rock Island Line”; Lonnie Donegan; single | Felsted 45-8630-V
  6. Kim Wallach: “House Between the Tracks”; Kim Wallach; House Between the Tracks | Black Socks BSP 8654-16
  7. Elena Moon Park: “Brilliant New Idea”; Elena Moon Park; Unhurried Journey | www.unhurriedjourneymusic.com moonpark music 001
  8. Johnny Mercer: “Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe” (Johnny Mercer & Harry Warren); Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers w/the Paul Weston Orchestra; The Envelope Please…Academy Award Winning Songs Vol. 2 (1946-1957) | Rhino Records R2 72277
  9. Big Bill Broonzy: “This Train”; Big Bill Broonzy; Big Bill Broonzy Sings Folk Songs | Smithsonian Folkways FA 2328/CD SF 40023
  10. Reggie Harris: “Standing in Freedom’s Name”; Reggie Harris; On Solid Ground | ReggieHarrisMusic.com RHM002
  11. Utah Phillips & Mark Ross: “Loafer’s Glory/Nothin’ To Do But Go”; Utah Phillips & Mark Ross; Loafer’s Glory | Red House RHR CD 103
  12. Elena Moon Park: “Let It Come, Let it Go”; Elena Moon Park w/Dan Zanes & Friends; Unhurried Journey | moonpark music 001
  13. Rory Block: “Terraplane Blues”; Rory Block; Gone Woman Blues | Rounder CD 11575
  14. Fred Eaglesmith: “I Like Trains”; Fred Eaglesmith; Drive-In Movie | Vertical VER 4218-2
  15. Johnny Cash: “Orange Blossom Special”; Johnny Cash; Essential Johnny Cash, Disc 1 | Columbia / Legacy C2K 86290 1
  16. Windborne: “Rollin’ in My Sweet Baby’s Arms”; Windborne; Recollections/Revolutions | WindborneSingers.com WFR101
  17. Doc Watson: “Wabash Cannonball”; Doc Watson; The Vanguard Years, disc 3 | Vanguard 155/58-2
  18. Reggie Harris: “Let’s Meet Up Early”; Reggie Harris; On Solid Ground | ReggieHarrisMusic.com RHM002
  19. Music Man: New Broadway Cast: “Rock Island” (Meredith Willson); Music Man: New Broadway Cast; Music Man | Atlantic 92915-2
  20. Susan Werner: “Time Between Trains”; Susan Werner; Time Between Trains | Bottom Line BLine 63440-47305-2
  21. Elena Moon Park: “Flower Dance”; Elena Moon Park; Unhurried Journey | moonpark music moonpark music 001
  22. The Cottars: “Pat Works on the Railway”; The Cottars; Forerunner | Rounder 11661-7064-2
  23. Trad American: “Let Your Hammer Ring”; Artemisia; Artemisia (2018)
  24. John Hartford: “Gentle on My Mind”; John Hartford; John Hartford: RCA Country Legends | RCA 74465 99837 2
  25. Laura Love: “I Still Believe (Unplugged)”; Laura Love; She Loved Red | Laura Love 88295 68276
  26. Andy Beyer: “The Midnight Special Solo (Short)” Instrumental; Andy Beyer; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004

The Midnight Special, April 3, 2021

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  1. Tekla Waterfield & Jeff Fielder: “Trouble in Time”; Tekla Waterfield & Jeff Fielder; Trouble in Time | teklawaterfield.com [2021]
  2. Laura Nyro: “Save the Country” (radio single); Laura Nyro; New York Tendaberry | Columbia CK 85764
  3. (Wendy Wall): “Healing Hands”; Wendy Wall; Wildbird CD001
  4. Crys Matthews: “Selfless”; Crys Matthews; Changemakers | crysmatthews.com 3.23.21
  5. Robert Bidney: “Thank Goodness for the Giving People”; Robert Bidney; Thank Goodness for the Giving People | robertbidney.bandcamp.com 12.2.20
  6. David Coile: “The Volunteer”; David Coile; Songs for Social Change Volume 5 | RAWA.net davidcoile.com
  7. Carsie Blanton: “Be Good”; Carsie Blanton; Love & Rage | carsieblanton.com 4.30.21
  8. George Burns: “In the Beginning/With a Little Help from My Friends”; George Burns; Golden Throats 4: Celebrities Butcher the Songs of the Beatles | Rhino R2 72593
  9. The Beatles: “Fool on the Hill” (Lennon/McCartney); The Beatles; Magical Mystery Tour | Apple 0946 3 82465 2 7
  10. Ted Hawkins: “Dollar Tree”; Ted Hawkins; Kershaw Sessions | BBC/Fuel 2000 BBC 302 061 058 2
  11. Greg Brown: “Who Do You Think You’re Fooling”; Greg Brown; In The Dark With You | Red House RHR 08
  12. Leyla McCalla: “Mèsi Bondye”; Leyla McCalla; Vari-Colored Songs: A Tribute to Langston Hughes Smithsonian Folkways/SFW40241
  13. Original Cast: E. Clayton Cornelious, Janet Decal,Legs: “Advice from a Caterpillar” (Wildhorn/Murphy); Original Cast: E. Clayton Cornelious, Janet Decal,Legs; Wonderland: The Musical | Masterworks 88697 88669 2
  14. Zoe Mulford: “Elegy (Crystal Glass)”; Zoe Mulford; Roadside Saints | Azalea City Records ACCD-0604
  15. Merle Travis: “Midnight Special”; Merle Travis; Travis Pickin’ | CMH 6255
  16. Pharaoh’s Daughter: “Askinu” (sabbath song) (R. Isaac Luria, Basya Schechter); Pharaoh’s Daughter; Haran | Oy!hoo Records OY 1
  17. Six13: “The Red Sea Shanty” (Trad., Six13, Sherwood Schwartz, George Wyle); Six13; seasonal single | Six13.com [2021]
  18. Scarlett, Washington, Whitely: “O Mary Don’t You Weep”; Scarlett, Washington, Whitely; Sitting on a Rainbow | Borealis BCD153
  19. Bob Franke: “Walkin’ in the Wilderness”; Bob Franke w/Buffy Groves and Julie Dougherty; Desert Questions | Telephone Pole 786851117929
  20. Kelly Joe Phelps: “Roll Away the Stone”; Kelly Joe Phelps; Roll Away the Stone | Rykodisc rcd-10393
  21. Sara Grey: “Resurrection Day” (J. Newberry); Sara Grey w/Kieron Means & Ben Paley; Sandy Boys | Fellside Records FECD225
  22. Gillian Welch: “By the Mark”; Gillian Welch; Revival | Almo Sounds ALM SD 80006
  23. Eric Bibb: “Lonesome Valley” (Trad.); Eric Bibb; An Evening with Eric Bibb | M.C. Records MC-0059
  24. Liz Callaway & Ann Hampton Callaway: “Blowin’ in the Wind”; Liz Callaway & Ann Hampton Callaway; Boom Live at Birdland | PS Classics PS-1199
  25. Paul Robeson: “No More Auction Block for Me Intro”; Paul Robeson; Peace Arch Concerts | Folk Era FE 1442CD
  26. Paul Robeson: “No More Auction Block for Me”; Paul Robeson; Peace Arch Concerts | Folk Era FE 1442CD
  27. Greg Greenway & Reggie Harris: “A Change is Gonna Come” (Cooke); Reggie Harris & Greg Greenway; self DTTS 01
  28. Greg Greenway: Intro to “In The Name of Love”; Greg Greenway; Live | Face Productions SOH003
  29. Greg Greenway: “In the Name of Love/Pride” (Greg Greenway/Bono); Greg Greenway; Live | Face Productions SOH003
  30. Grace Griffith: “Beautiful Fool” (Don Henry); Grace Griffith; Grace | Blix Street G2-10028
  31. (Muriel Anderson): “Two Shores”; Muriel Anderson; Muriel Anderson CDG 2000
  32. Jacques Brel: “Le Dernier Repas (The Last Meal)”; Jacques Brel; Olympia 1961 & 1964 Disc. 2 | DRG Records 8487
  33. Jonathan Pointer: “Ascension Day”; Jonathan Pointer; Scarecrows Burn | songs for cheap 001
  34. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: “Roll the Stone Away”; Nitty Gritty Dirt Band; Will the Circle Be Unbroken, III, disc 2 | Capitol 7087-6-17537-0-71
  35. Neal & Leandra: “Roll Away the Stone” (Neal Hagberg); Neal & Leandra; Stranger to My Kin | Red House RHR CD 125
  36. First Aid Kit: “Sisters of Mercy” (Leonard Cohen); First Aid Kit; Who By Fire: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen | Sony Sweden/Columbia 19439822282
  37. Christopher Shaw & Bridget Ball: “Dark as a Dungeon” (Merle Travis); Christopher Shaw & Bridget Ball; Songs from the Big Front Porch | Twining Tree 9611-2
  38. Loretta Lynn: “Coal Miner’s Daughter – Recitation”; Loretta Lynn; Still Woman Enough | Legacy Records [2021]
  39. Nomos: “I’m Going to Set You Free”; Nomos; Set You Free | Green Linnet GLCD 3120
  40. Trout Fishing in America: “The Cat Came Back”; Trout Fishing in America; Big Trouble | Trout TRT 7CD
  41. Tom PAXTON: “My Favorite Spring”; Tom Paxton w/John Gorka, Robin & Linda Williams; Live for the Record | Sugar Hill SHCD-1053
  42. (Bud Abbott & Lou Costello): “Who’s on First?”; Abbott & Costello; Rhino R2 70710
  43. Mary Chapin Carpenter: “Farther Along and Further In”; Mary -Chapin Carpenter; Lambent Light Records The Dirt and The Stars | LLR003
  44. Paul Brady (Dino Valenti): “Let’s Get Together”; Paul Brady; Astor Place TCD 4012
  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 27, 2021

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  1. Cheryl Wheeler: “Music in My Room”; Cheryl Wheeler; Driving Home | Philo CD PH 1152
  2. The Waymores: “Singing Like a Byrd” (Don Henry); The Waymores; The Waymores |self [2021]
  3. The Byrds: “My Back Pages” (Bob Dylan); The Byrds; Essential Byrds, disc 1 | Columbia/Legacy C2K 89110 1-2
  4. Marie Knight: “I’ll Fly Away”; Marie Knight w/Larry Campbell, guitar; Let Us Get Together: Tribute to Rev. Gary Davis | M. C. Records MC-0084
  5. Mike Ward: “Why Can’t That Be Enough?”; Mike Ward; The Darkness and the Light | Psychosongs [2021]
  6. Richard Thompson: “Dimming of the Day”; Richard Thompson; Acoustic Classics | Beeswing Records BSWCD002
  7. Eric Bibb: “Shingle By Shingle”; Eric Bibb; Good Stuff Earthbeat/R2 75265
  8. Danu: “Peg and Awl” (Traditional); Danu; Road Less Traveled | Shanachie SH 78057
  9. Shawn Colvin: “Get Out of This House”; Shawn Colvin; Polaroids: A greatest hits collection | Columbia Records CK 93452
  10. Brother Brothers: “On The Road Again”; Brother Brothers; Calla Lily | Compass 7 4757 2
  11. Tim Grimm: “Cadillac hearse”; Tim Grimm; Gone | Vault Records VR017
  12. Rod Abernethy: “Just Get in the Car”; Rod Abernethy; Normal Isn’t Normal Anymore | Songs from Downstairs SFDS 1102
  13. Cormac McCarthy: “Gotta Keep Movin’”; Cormac McCarthy; Collateral | Rakish Tilt Records RTCD1005
  14. Anne Harris: “Over” (Markus James); Anne Harris feat. Markus James; single | anneharris.com [2021]
  15. Andy Beyer: “The Midnight Special Solo (Long): Instrumental; Andy Beyer; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004
  16. Jaspar Lepak: “Fever Tree”; Jaspar Lepak; Desert Ghost | jasparlepak.com [2021]
  17. Deidre McCalla: “Some Windows” (Andrew Lawrence); Deidre McCalla; Playing for Keeps | Maiden Rock MRK 3050
  18. Tom Prasada-Rao: “See Myself in You” (Tom Prasada-Rao and Tom Kimmel); Tom Prasada-Rao; Out of the Blue | Ahimsa Acoustics BFD 1005
  19. The Burnt Pines: “Oh Me, Oh My”; The Burnt Pines; The Burnt Pines | Adraela Records AR-1004
  20. The Waymores: “Wilder Girl” (Barris/Hartmann/Gerlach); Sally Barris, Don Henry, Tom Kimmel; Folkstage: March 5, 2011, disc 2 | WFMT 3-5-11
  21. Fred Eaglesmith: “Wilder Than Her”; Fred Eaglesmith; Drive-in Movie/Vertical Records VER 4218-2
  22. Emily Smith: “Go To Town”; Emily Smith; A Different Life | White Fall Records WFRCD01
  23. Woody Pines: “(Without My) Walking Stick” (Irving Berlin); Woody Pines; Woody Pines | Muddy 888295 23757 4
  24. Li’l Rev & Larry Penn: “Walking Stick”; Li’l Rev & Larry Penn; Around the Campfire | Cookie Man Music Co. CM-10
  25. Peter Mulvey with Sista Strings: “Bicycle”; Peter Mulvey with Sista Strings; Live at the Cafe Carpe | Righteous Babe RBR100-D
  26. Kate Wolf: “The Lilac and the Apple”; Kate Wolf; Lines on the Paper | Rhino R2 71480
  27. Jaime Michaels: “In My Home” (Jaime Michaels & Jeff Talmadge); Jaime Michaels; single | frumdahart music [2021]
  28. David Mitchell & Robert Webb: “Charlie’s House”; David Mitchell & Robert Webb w/Olivia Colman; That Mitchell & Webb Sound Series One, disc 1 | BBC Audio ISBN 10:1 4056 76809 / 13:978 1 4056 76809 1 of 3
  29. Eric Lambert: “House on the Moon”; Eric Lambert; Folkstage, Sept. 17, 2016 | WFMT Folkstage 09-17-16 Disc 1
  30. Steve Fisher: “In An Old House”; Steve Fisher; Growin’ Roses 1: No Ordinary Life | Steve Fisher CD 1 1-1-2016
  31. Pete Seeger: “Ode to Joy”; Pete Seeger; Dangerous Songs | Columbia CK 65261
  32. Karen Mason: “Colored Lights”; Karen Mason; And The World Goes ‘Round: Songs of Kander & Ebb | RCA 09026-60904-2
  33. Greg Brown: “Downtown”; Greg Brown w/Prudence Johnson; 44 & 66 | Red House RHR CD 02
  34. David Olney: “Walk Downtown”; David Olney; High, Wide & Lonesome | Philo CD PH 1177
  35. Aireene Espiritu: “Wide Open”; Aireene Espiritu; Put Back Charlie | aireeneespiritu.com [2014]
  36. Elena Moon Park: “Let It Come, Let it Go”; Elena Moon Park w/Dan Zanes & Friends; Unhurried Journey | moonpark music 001
  37. Bob Bradshaw: “Niagra Barrel Ride Blues”; Bob Bradshaw; Ghost Light | bobbradshaw.net [2021]
  38. Kristin Lems: “Chicago Calypso”; Kristin Lems; Oh, Mama Plus | Carolsdatter Productions B0013V17YS
  39. The Hot Nut Riveters: “New Orleans” (Hoagy Carmichael); The Hot Nut Riveters; Moustashe Girl | Small & Nimble Records SAN 99282
  40. Gina Forsyth: “In Dreams I Go Back Home”; Gina Forsyth; Copper Rooster and Other Tunes & Tales | Waterbug WBG125
  41. Joe & Eddie: “House of the Rising Sun” (Traditional); Joe & Eddie; The Best of Joe & Eddie | GNP Crescendo GNPD 2032 CD
  42. Andrew Bird & Jimbo Mathus: “Burn the Honky Tonk”; Andrew Bird & Jimbo Mathus; These 13 | Thirty Tigers 55684CD
  43. Holmes Hooke, Oliver Shroer, Bobby Watts: “Old Kilkeel”; Holmes Hooke, Oliver Shroer, Bobby Watts; Caught by the Tale | Holmespun HMCD001
  44. Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble: “If You Shall Return” (Sandeep Das, Hu Jianbing, Kojiro Umezaki); Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble feat. Bill Frisell; Sing Me Home | Masterworks 88875 18101 2
  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 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