WFMT's The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer - Saturday, June 26, 2026

Theme: Summer Solstice and Fun with Dad. Also, a moment to honor Juneteenth.
Next week: Hello & Goodbye Songs, plus Pride Parade
*** New or notable
Hour 1

1.          Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME (excerpt 1) | Midnight Special | RCA Victor LPV-505
2.          David Mallett: Summer of My Dreams | Parallel Lives | Flying Fish FF CD 670
3.         Hungrytown: Late New England (Afternoon in June) | Big Stir Records BSR-0105
4.         Rupert Wates: When Summer Comes Again | Full Circle | Bite Music BR12114
5.         Peter Joly: God In Love In June | Peter Joly | peterjoly.bandcamp.com
6.         Jim Infantino: Stress | World of Particulars | Gadfly CD 209
7.         Lou & Peter Berryman: We Strolled on the Beach | Double Yodel | Cornfed CR10
8.         Leanne Morgan: Miracle Suit | So Yummy | Dry Bar Comedy/Comedy Dynamics
10.22.2021
9.99
9.         Jenny Bienemann: The Beach | Heading Slowly Toward the Beginning | jennybienemann.com 00261 36316
10.        The Lovin' Spoonful: Rain on the Roof | Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful | Kama Sutra/Buddha BMG  74465 99732 2 74465 99732 2
11.       Jenny Reynolds: Listening to the Rain | Willow & Stone | jennyreynolds 1 95269 41253 1
12.       Wendy & DB: Sunny Side Up | Get Your Sunny Side Up |  Tigerlily Records 195269 36061 0
13.       *** Pharis & Jason Romero: These Are the Days | These Are the Days That Turn Into Years | Lula Records LULA 2607
14.       Cris Williamson & Teresa Trull: Shady Glen (Trull) | Country Blessed | Second Wave Records CD 22013
15.        Barbara Higbie: Open Eyes | Signs of Life | Windham Hill Records WD-1090-CD
16.        *** Annie & Rod Capps: Pardon My Dust | Never Done | Yellow Room Records YRR027
17.        Richard Shindell: Summer Wind, Cotton Dress | Blue Divide | Shanachie/8014
18.        Owen Walsh: The Midnight Special (Trad.) | The Midnight Special exclusive | single
1.31.2024

Hour 2

19.        Taproot: Me and My Dad (Deborah Silverstein) | If You Build It | Taproot/TR001
20.        Oscar Brown, Jr.: Dat Dere (Timmons/Brown) | Sin & Soul | Columbia CS8377
21.        Kyle Hazard: What It Takes to Make It Home | Exclusive to MS / unreleased | Kyle Hazard
6.15.2026
22.        Dana Short Order Cooke: My Father's Bald | Wildman | Spike CD-000001A
23.        Uncle Bonsai: I Am My Dad (Andrew Ratshin) | But I'm Happy Now | Yellow Tail YT-10004
24.        Guy Clark: The Randall Knife | Songs and Stories | Dualtone [2011]
25.        Meklit & The Kronos Quartet: The President Sang Amazing Grace | Long Time Passing | Smithsonian Folkways SFW-40240
26.        Big Bill Broonzy: This Train | Big Bill Broonzy Sings Folk Songs | Smithsonian Folkways FA 2328/CD SF 40023
27.        Small Potatoes: I Brought My Father With Me (M. Smith) | Time Flies | Folk Era FE1427CD
28.        Steve Goodman: My Old Man | Say It In Private | Red Pajamas RPJ-012CD
29.        James Curley: Goodman's Shoes | There Used to Be a Train | Sidewalking Crab 00261 39321
30.        Jeremy Facknitz: Longest Shortest | From Those Sweet Ashes | jeremyfacknitz.com
31.        Richard Berman: How Old Is Your Boy? | Storied Lives | ARIES CD 0004
32.        Andrew Beyer: The Midnight Special Solo (Long): Instrumental | Midnight Special Collection | AABeyer/MS 007
Hour 3

33.        Cubanisms: Summertime/Blue Skies | Acento Cubano |  191924330219
34.        Meg Davis: Upon a Summer's Sky | Music of Wonderland | Meg Music Meg01
35.        Kathy Mattea: Innocent Years (Mattea/Vezner/Barris) | Innocent Years | Mercury 088 170 130 2
36.        *** Milk Carton Kids: Blue Water | Lost Cause Lover Fool | Far Cry Records FCR00009LP
37.        Jonas Friddle, ft. Anna Jacobson: June Bug | single | jonasfriddle.com
6.6.2025
38.        Dana Robinson: Lazy June | Midnight Salvage | Alcazar Alc 131 CD
39.        Hugh Blumenfeld: Waiting for the Good Humor Man | Mozart's Money | Prime CD PCD 021
40.        Sons of the Never Wrong: Teva (Roper) | One if By Hand | Gadfly Gadfly 268
41.        Coco & Lafe: Ocean Beach | Cafe Loco | Skyhunter / SKY 2008
42.        Sam Robbins: Piles of Sand | So Much I Still Don't See | Nine Athens Music 1 95269 34658 4
43.        *** Rachael Sage: Canopy | Canopy | MPress Records MP2772-1
44.        *** Annie Gallup: Nightclothes | Nightclothes | Gallway Bay Music GBM26
45.        *** Peter Mulvey & Jenna Nichols w/Ross Bellenoit: Good Night | Floyd Mercantile | Righteous Babe Records RBR 130-D
46.        Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged) | She Loved Red | Laura Love 88295 68276
47.        Andrew Beyer: The Midnight Special - cigar box slide | Midnight Special Collection | AABeyer/MS 004
Big thanks to volunteer Karen Rigotti for compiling the playlist.

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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