WFMT's The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer, 07-18-2026
Theme: Have you heard about the heat?
*** New or Notable
Next week: Steve Goodman's birthday, Bob Dylan at Newport, The Face on Mars
Hour 1
1.           Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME (excerpt 1) | Midnight Special | RCA Victor LPV-505
2.           The Lovin' Spoonful: "Summer in the City" (John Sebastian, Mark Sebastian, Steve Boone) | Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful | Buddha BMG 74465 99732 2
3.           Kelly Campos w/South Suburban Music: For What It's Worth (Stills) | exclusive artist download | Kelly Campos 
4,           Kat Eggleston: Go to the Water | Outside Eden | Waterbug WBG 0028 CD
5.           Joni Mitchell: Carey | Blue | Reprise 8122797178-4
6.           Mollie O'Brien: Alaska | Tell It True | Sugar Hill Tell It True / SH-CD 3846
7.           Roland Roberts: Alaska Time | So it Goes | no further info
8.           Ruth Theodore: Loop Hole | Cactacus | Aveline Records AVREC001 (UK)
9.           *** West Texas Exiles: Dark Desire | 8000 Days | Floating Mesa Records FMR001CD
10.        Ray Bonneville: Night Cab | On the Blind Side | Stonefly Records SF1010
11.        Ernie Hendrickson: Over the Ocean | One for the Dreamers | Ernie Hendrickson 789577713321
12.        Carrie Newcomer: Air and Smoke | Everything Is Everywhere | Available Light 112282-0001-2
13.        *** Lance Cowan: The Air That You Breathe | The Air That You Breathe | Patio Records 7 85104 73148 6
14.        Terry Klein: I Used to Be Cool | Hill Country Folk Music | terrykleinmusic.com 1 99800674730
15.        Hot Club of Cowtown: It's My Lazy Day (Burnette) | Dev'lish Mary | Hightone Records HCD 8124
16.        Geoff Muldaur & Amos Garrett: Lazy Bones (Carmichael) | Sweet Potatoes | Reprise MS 2075
17.        Steve Q Quinn: The Midnight Special - Harmonica Greasy (Traditional) | Midnight Special Collection |  SQuinn/MS013
Hour 2

18.         Rhiannon Giddens: You Louisiana Man | You're The One | Nonesuch pre-release 8-18-2023
19.        Michael Doucet avec Beausoleil & Annick Colbert: Madame Sosthene | Bayou Deluxe | Rhino R2 71169
20.        Walela (Cherokee for hummingbird): Smoke in the Wind | Unbearable Love | Triloka R-8063-2
21.        ***  Jason Benefield: This Town | Apothecary | jasonbenefield.com
9.24.2024
22.        Alison Brown w/ Tim O'Brien: Everybody's Talkin' (Fred Neil) | Fair Weather | Compass 742922
23.        Bill Larkin: I Wear a Hat Now | Folkstage Comedy Hour (2024) | WFMT Folkstage
9.12.2024
24.        Magpie: Something in the Rain (Hinojosa) | When We Stand Together | Longtail Records LT008
25.        Malvina Reynolds: What Have They Done to the Rain? | Ear to the Ground | Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD40124
26.        Ruth Theodore: Watercolour | I Am I Am | Righteous Babe Records 259029E
27.        Jim Photoglo: Heatwave in the Delta | Sparks in the Radio | Grifftone GR001
28.        *** Nathans & Ronstadt: Midnight Sun | Esperanza | Crooked Cyclone
7.3.2026
29.        Ryan Burns & The Vocal Ghosts: Earthly Paradise | The Institute | rburnsmusic.com
5.31.2019
30.        *** Fox Crossing String Band: Somewhere | Anywhere With You | foxcrossingstringband.com |
5.16.2026
31.        Andrew Beyer: The Midnight Special Solo (Long): Instrumental | Midnight Special Collection |  AABeyer/MS 007
Hour 3
32          Lou & Peter Berryman: Heard About the Heat? | Some Kinda Funny | Cornbelt CR11
33.        Big Smith: 12-inch, 3-speed, Oscillating Fan (Scott Young) | Big Rock | Big Smith Records/CD Baby 7127
34.        Peter Case: Icewater | Thank You, St. Jude | Travellin' Light TL-02
35.        The Geyer Street Sheiks: Dance Around in Your Bones (Kahn, Gus and Donaldson, Walter) | Great Dream | B-Jam BJR 101
36.        John Margolis: Christine's Refrigerator | Christine's Refrigerator | Big 6 Records 40136 11712
37.        Eilen Jewell: Too Hot to Sleep | Letter from Sinners & Strangers | Signature Sounds Recordings SIG 2006
38.        Lyal Strickland: Cool Side of the Pillow | Preservation | Shedding Dog Music 00261 44237
39.        Dan+Claudia Zanes: Long Hot Summer Nights | Let Love Be Your Guide | Smithsonian Folkways SFW45086
40.        Daniel Rodriguez: Sojourn of a Burning Sun | Sojourn of a Burning Sun | Renew Records 538627492
41.        Ryan Hamilton: Hot Air Balloon | Just for Laughs Premium, Vol. 1 | Just for Laughs Jfl2012
42.        Martin & Jessica Simpson: Icarus (Anne Lister) | Red Roses | Thunderbird 001
43.        Kelly Hunt: Sunshine Long Overdue | Even the Sparrow | Rare Bird RBR001
44.        Greg Brown feat. Bob Thompson (sax): One Cool Remove | One Big Town | Red House RHR CD 28
45.        Sloan Wainwright w/Stephen Murphy: Cool Morning | Folkstage: Sloan Wainwright & Stephen Murphy (2017) disc 2 | WFMT Folkstage
6.10.2017
46.        Maria Muldaur: Midnight at the Oasis (Nichtern) | 30 Years of Maria Muldaur/I'm A Woman | Shout DK 30219/OPCD-7614
47.        Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged) | She Loved Red | Laura Love 88295 68276
48.        Andrew Beyer: The Midnight Special - cigar box slide | Midnight Special Collection | AABeyer/MS 004 Big thanks to volunteer Karen Rigotti who compiles the playlist report. 😊
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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