WFMT's The Midnight Special - 00.00.2026
Theme: Poets and Poetry
Legend: Artist: Song title (songwriter) | Album | Label/Catalog #
***: recent adds/recommendations
Next week's theme: Earth Day!

Hour 1


  1.  Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME (excerpt 1) | Midnight Special | RCA Victor LPV-505
  2.  Just a Poet | Just a Poet | lynnehanson.com 198500129779
  3.  Peter Mulvey: The Trouble With Poets (Mulvey & Goodrich) | Notes from Elsewhere | Signature Sounds Sig 2008
  4.  Anne Harris: Wine and Poetry | Wine and Poetry | Rugged Road Records [2005]
  5.  The Dangling Participles: Poetry in a Bottle | One More Drop | thedanglingparticiples.com 12.2.2022
  6.  Jonas Friddle: Two Tin Cans and a Fishing Line | When the Water Was the Sky | jonasfriddle.com 2933919
  7.  Robin Bienemann: Hey Haikuer | Animal Communicator | self [2021]
  8.  Gwendolyn Brooks: We Real Cool | Poetry on Record: 98 Poets Read Their Work 1888-2006 Disk 2 | Shout Factory D4K10029 -2
  9.  Paul Geremia: Evil World Blues | Love, Murder & Mosquitos | Red House Records RHR CD 172
  10. The Jolly Bankers: Ways of the Gangsters (Traditional/Hughes) | Death and Taxes | Jolly Bankers CD001
  11. Andrienne Young & Little Sadie: Blinded By Stars (Randall/Young) | Plow to the End of the Row | Addiebelle Music 8 28092 77777 4
  12. Tim Grimm: Broken Truth | single | Vault Records 4.5.24
  13. Carl Sandburg: The People, Yes (excerpt w/intro) | Poetry on Record: Poets Read Their Works, disc 1 | Shout! Factory D4K 10029
  14. *** David Berkeley: Oh My America | David Berkeley | Self published 10172025
  15. Crys Matthews: Changemakers | Changemakers | crysmatthews.com 700261485904
  16. Stephen Schuch: Midnight Special (Piano Only) | single | Stephen Schuch [2022]

Hour 2


  1.  Sol y Canto: Horizonte Adentro | En Tu Obita | solycanto.com 9.20.2024
  2.  Kristin Chenoweth: I'm A Stranger Here Myself (Nash/Weil) | Let Yourself Go | Sony Classical Sony Sk89384
  3.  Pat Humphries: Swimming to the Other Side | Same Rain | Moving Forward Music MFM 360
  4.  Willy Porter: Breathe | High Wire Live \ Six Degrees 657036 1094-2
  5.  *** Kray Van Kirk: Turtle Joe | Empire | Kray Van Kirk 1 95269 39920 7
  6.  Lance Brown: Broke Down Poet | Too Busy to Work | self DEP-024
  7.  Annie Gallup: The Poet's Advice to His Younger Self (Jensen/Gallup) | Did You Hear the Red-Winged Blackbird? | anniegallup.com none
  8.  Rosalie Sorrels: Hi-Fi Stereo Color TV (Cohen/Ungar) | What Does It Mean to Love | Green Linnet GLCD 2113
  9.  Les Barker: Mono | Arovertherapy | Mrs. Ackroyd Records DOG 015
  10. Natalie Merchant w/The Klezmatics: The Dancing Bear (Paine/Merchant) |Leave Your Sleep | Nonesuch 522301-2
  11. Anne Heaton: Selkie | Dora: Poems by Claire Clube / Music by Anne Heaton | AnneHeaton.com 53688 10072
  12. Christine Lavin: The Voice on the Relaxation Tape | The Song Poets (Various) | Prime CD PCD 46
  13. Lawrence Ferlinghetti: See It Was Like This | Poetry on Record: Poets Read Their Works, disc 2 | Shout! Factory D4K 10029
  14. Aztec Two-Step: The Persecution and Restoration of Dean Moriarty | Aztec Two-Step (1971-1972) | self-released CD reissue
  15. Bill Giardini: The Midnight Special - Accordion (Traditional) | Midnight Special Collection | Midnight Special Collection BillGiardini/MS011

Hour 3


  1.  *** Sons of the Never Wrong: Waterfall | Feather and the Starry Crown | Sons 3 Records SR 4
  2.  Cris Williamson: Waterfall | The Changer and the Changed | Olivia Records ORCD904
  3.  Trillium: Over the Waterfall/Blackberry Blossom (trad.) | Over the Waterfall | Trillium Trillium001
  4.  Billy Kelly: Some People | True Irish Ghost Stories | billykellymusic.com 198500095135
  5.  Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon: How Many People Are You? | NOON | ATO Records/8.28.20
  6.  *** Steve Poltz: Hairlift | Joy Ride | Red House Records CD332
  7.  Michael Hurley: Your Old Gear Box | Weatherhole | Field Recordings FLD 151
  8.  Jake Shimabukuro/Marilyn Rea Beyer: Celtic Tune (Shimabukuro)/Suddenly 70 (Beyer) | The Nashville Sessions/The Midnight Special | JS Records / WFMT 89577 75852 / MRB
  9.  *** Della Mae: Magic Accident | Magic Accident | Compass 7 4864 2
  10. *** Annie & Rod Capps: Splinter | Never Done | Yellow Room Records YRR027
  11. Josh White: Trouble | Chain Gang Songs | Collectables COL-CD-7789
  12. Langston Hughes: Weary Blues | Poetry on Record: 98 Poets Read Their Work 1888-2006 Disk 1 | Shout Factory D4K10029
  13. Queen Esther and Apollo Theatre Cast: A Dream Deferred (Mark/Hughes) | Harlem Song | Columbia Sony CK 86886
  14. Sara Thomsen: We Are Each Other's Light | Here and Gone | sarathomsen.com 1 95269 39908 5
  15. Chuck Brodsky: We Are Each Other's Angels { Two Sets (disc 2) | Waterbug Records WBG - 84
  16. Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged) | She Loved Red | Laura Love 88295 68276
  17. Andrew Beyer: The Midnight Special - cigar box slide | Midnight Special Collection | AABeyer/MS 004

Special thanks to volunteer Karen Rigotti for compiling this report! Gee, folk music is fun and fulfilling, isn't it? XOX MRB

Marilyn Rea Beyer
Host, The Midnight Special and Folkstage
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