From: Midnight Special
Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2026 6:28 PM
Subject: Playlist: WFMT's The Midnight Special - May 9, 2026

The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer - May 9, 2026
Theme:  Mother's Day! Saluting Joy Harjo on her 75th birthday. And remembering Tom Dundee, born on May 9, 1946.
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Next week: Rivalries! The Cubs face the White Sox in the ballfield.


Hour 1


 
1.  Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME (excerpt 2) | Midnight Special | RCA Victor LPV-505
 
2.  Holly Near & Ronnie Gilbert: Music in my Mother's House | This Train Still Runs | Abbe Alice AAH0696CD
 
3.  Paul Simon: Mother and Child Reunion | Paul Simon: The Studio Recordings - 1 of 9 | Warner Bros R2 78899
 
4.  Jamie O'Reilly: I Wish Someone Would Take Me Dancing (M. Smith) | In Old Chicago | Jamie O'Reilly JOCD2019
 
5.  Claudia Russell: Dance (All She Wanted to Do) | Song Food | Radio Rhythm RRR10004
 
6.  Old School Freight Train (Jesse Harper): Dance | Run | Acoustic Disc ACD 61
 
7.  Stuart Kabak: Dad Is Taking Mama to the Prom | single | Stuart Kabak [2022]
 
8.  *** Ari & Mia: Look Up | Learning Your Name | ariandmiamusic.com
5.10.2026
 
9.  Carrie Newcomer: A Tissue or Two | A Great Wild Mercy | Available Light Records ALR07
 
10. Bomethius: Leave It Alone | Borrowed Time | Oakley Avenue Records
11.16.2024
 
11. Susan Werner: My Mother's Garden | Live at the Tin Angel | SWerner 002
 
12. Robbie Fulks: Momma's Eyes | Bluegrass Vacation | Compass 7 4811 2
 
13. Rachel Bissex: Dancing With My Mother | Don't Look Down | Alcazar ALC 121
 
14. Michael Jerling: Family Recipe | Family Recipe | Fool's Hill Music FHM2006
 
15. Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer: Orange Cocoa Cake (Berryman)
 
16. Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer | One Meat Ball: The Album, The Cookbooklet | Appleseed/APR CD 1096
 
17. Andrew Beyer: The Midnight Special - organ | Midnight Special Collection | AABeyer/MS 008
Hour 2


 
1.  *** Fox Crossing Stringband: Emiline | Anywhere with You | no additional info
 
2.  Kate McDonnell: Trapeze | TRAPEZE | katemcdonnell.com 9-6-2024
 
3.  Beth Bombara: Curious and Free | It All Goes Up | Black Mesa Records BMR 074
 
4.  Elijah Wald: Duncan and Brady (trad.) | Street Corner Cowboys | Black Rose 1022
 
5.  Dave Van Ronk: Willie the Weeper (PD) | The Folkways Years 1959-61 | Smithsonian Folkways CD SF 40041
 
6.  Bob Dylan: He Was a Friend of Mine (trad.) | Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 [Rare & Unreleased] 1961-91 Disk, 1 | Columbia C3K 65302 1
 
7.  Monica Barbaro: House of the Rising Sun (trad.) | A Complete Unknown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Columbia 19802866141
 
8.  Steve Goodman: Mama Don't Allow It (Davenport) | Jessie's Jig & Other Favorites | Red Pajamas RPJ-010CD
 
9.  Tom Dundee: To Play for You | Fleeting Moment (Live performances 1973 -2006) disk 2 | Flight FR CD4445
 
10. Tom Dundee: Johnny's Old Harmonica | Tom Dundee | Flyte FR302CD
 
11. Tom Dundee: Out in the Yard | Lyfe Tyme a' Rhyme | Flyte CD 4444
 
12. Tom Dundee: Chicago Gold (spoken) | Fleeting Moment (Live performances 1973 -2006) disk 2 | Flight FR CD4445
 
13. Tom Dundee: This Fleeting Moment | Fleeting Moment, Disc 2 | Flight Records FR4445 2 of 2
 
14. Tom Dundee: A Delicate Balance | Lyfe Tyme A'Rhyme | Flyte FR CD4444
 
15. Travis, Merle: Midnight Special Travis picked guitar | Merle Travis In Boston 1959 | Travis Pickin' / CMH 6255
Hour 3


 
1.  Joy Harjo: The Poem I Just Wrote | She Had Some Horses (spoken word) | joyharjo.com [2006]
 
2.  Joy Harjo: Running | I Pray For My Enemies | joyharjo.com
3.5.2021
 
3.  Joy Harjo w/Susan & John L. Williams: She Had Some Horses | Native American Currents | Silver Wave SD915
 
4.  Odetta: Mama Told Me Not to Come (R. Newman) | Odetta Sings | Polydor 24-4048
 
5.  Mike Nichols and Elaine May: Mother and Son | In Retrospect | Mercury 314 532 373-2
 
6.  Peggy Seeger: Mother's Child | Folkstage - Peggy Seeger
11.6.1999 (excerpt) | WFMT
11.6.1999
 
7.  Ron Hynes: Sonny's Dream | Face to the Gale | Artisan 72438 36187 2 9
 
8.  *** Milk Carton Kids: I'll Go Home From Here | Lost Cause Lover Fool | Far Cry Records FCR00009LP
 
9.  Edie Carey: Come Inside (Live) | Folkstage: Edie Carey, 12-08-2012, Disc 2 | WFMT 12-08-2012-2
 
10. *** Annie & Rod Capps: Thread | Never Done | Yellow Room Records YRR027
 
11. Annie Gallup: Blue Dress | Courage My Love | 1-800-PRIME PCD38
 
12. Lucy Kaplansky: Red Thread | Red Thread | Red House Records RHR CD 166
 
13. Nanci Griffith: Turn Around | Other Voices, Other Rooms | Elektra 9 61464-2
 
14. Ben & Ellen Harper: How Could We Not Believe | Childhood Home | Prestige Folklore FLR-35526-02
 
15. Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged) | She Loved Red | Laura Love 88295 68276
 
16. Andrew Beyer: The Midnight Special - cigar box slide | Midnight Special Collection | AABeyer/MS 004
Special thanks to volunteer Karen Rigotti for compiling the list! Cheers and best wishes, MRB

Marilyn Rea Beyer
Host, The Midnight Special and Folkstage
WFMT
98.7FM
5400 N. St. Louis Ave. Chicago, IL 60625 (617) 513-5569
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