The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer  08-08-2026
Theme: The Perseids. Cubs vs. White Sox.
*** New or notable
Next Week: Woodstock Anniversary (8.15.1969)

Hour 1
1.          Lead Belly: The Midnight Special (Trad.) | Midnight Special | RCA Victor LPV-505
2.          John McCutcheon: Meteors / The Perseid | Supper's on the Table | Rounder Heritage 1166-11612-2
3.          Suzanne Buirgy: Shooting Stars | Small World | Attune Records 20903-2
4.          Kevin So: Shooting Star | Individual | Kevin So KS-6997 CD
5.          Susan Werner: Lake of Stars | Halfway to Houston | susanwerner.com 2092024
6.          Kate Rusby: Underneath the Stars | Underneath the Stars | Pure Records/Compass 7 4370 2
7.          Mary Gauthier: Our Lady of the Shooting Stars | Drag Queens in Limousines | In the Black Records 41962
8.          Harry Chapin: Shooting Star | Verities & Balderdash | Elektra 1012-2
9.          Guy Davis: Shooting Star | Skunkmello | Red House Records RHR CD 192
10.        Zoe Mulford: Our Lady of the Highway | Purple Piano - EP | Azalea City Recordings ACCD-2304
11.        Jimmy LaFave: The Great Night | Road Novel | Bohemia Beat BB0007
12.        House of Hamill: Shine | Wildfire | Smokejumper Records 8012024
13.        Joy Clark: Shine | Folkstage: WFF Preview (2025) | WFMT FS 07192025
14.        *** Jack Nolan w/Justin Weaver: Saving It Up For A Sunnier Day | Tell It to the Birds - EP | Sugar Lodge
11.7.2026
15.        Steve Q Quinn: The Midnight Special - Harmonica Greasy (Traditional) | Midnight Special Collection | Midnight Special Collection SQuinn/MS013
Hour 2

16.        Steven Goodman: Take Me Out to the Ballgame | No Big Surprise: The Steve Goodman Anthology | Red Pajamas RPJ008CD ½
17.        Terry Cashman: Talkin' Baseball (Cubs Version) | Midnight Special Singles | Lifesong LS-45104CC A
18.        Jean Shepard: Balls (full version) | Jean Shepherd and Other Foibles | WFMT Collectors' Choice Music CCM-343-2
19.        Heidi Muller: I Like Baseball | Giving Back | Cascadia CM103
20.        Chuck Brodsky: Disco Demolition Night (live) | Baseball Ballads 2 | Chuck Brodsky Records CB 025
21.        Matt Watroba w/The Yellow Room Gang: They Used to Play Baseball Here [Tiger Stadium] | Happy New Day | Yellow Room Gang YRR009
22.        *** Tim Griffin: Poisoned Apples (Don Neill) |The Pegasus Nominees, Vol. 1 | Prometheus Music PM-1009
23.        Pres. Harry S. Truman: The First Atomic Bomb Attack on Japan |Great Speeches of the 20th Century, Box 2 | Rhino RWB 70567 2
24.        Tom Lehrer: We Will All Go Together | The Remains of Tom Lehrer, Disc 3 | Rhino 79831 3
25.        Jeff Black: Until I Learn How to Fly | A Walk In the Sun | Lotos Nile 8 58732 96639 5
26.        Ellis Paul & Vance Gilbert: What Do I Want? What Do I Need? (Black) | Side of the Road | Philo Records 1167-1239-2
27.        Jeff Black: Same Old River | B Sides and Confessions, Vol. 1 | Dualtone 80302-01135-2
28.        Jeff Black: Sing Together (In Memory of Pete Seeger) | Folklore | Lotos Nile Records LNCD 0010
29.        Jonas Friddle: The Midnight Special - fretless banjo | Midnight Special Collection JFriddle | MS008
Hour 3

30.        Milk Carton Kids: Star Shine | I Only See The Moon | Far Cry Records FCR00005CD
31,        *** Maya de Vitry: Confidence of the Sun | All My Faith | Mad Maker Studio mms006
32.        Sons of the Never Wrong: Comet | One if By Hand | Gadfly Records Gadfly 268
33.        Claudia Schmidt: The Moon Winked at Hale-Bopp | Wings of Wonder | Red House Records RHR CD 144
34.        Loreena McKennitt: Moon Cradle | Parallel Dreams | Quinlan Road quinlan CD 103
35.        The Flatlanders: Down in the Light of the Melon Moon | Now Again | New West NW6040
36.        Kelly Hunt: Fingernail Moon | Even the Sparrow | Rare Bird RBR001
37.        *** Kate Waters: Next Right Thing, ft. David Burchfield | Some Comfort | katewaters.com
8.22.2026
38.        *** Kate MacLeod & Mind the Gap, ft. Paul Hammerton: I Will Sing My Heart Out | Home Brewed | Courier Music
8.11.2026
39.        *** Big Benny Bailey: Bottom of a Grave - single | Business Spice | Thirty Tigers
9.18.2026
40.        Geoff Bartley: Let Falling Stars | One Kind Word | Waterbug WBG CD 0046
41.        *** Lance Cowan: Closer to Truth (Mallett) | The Air That You Breathe Patio Records 7 85104 73148 6
42.        David Mallett: Hope for One and All | ...in the falling dark | Vanguard 79480-2
43.        Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged) | She Loved Red | Laura Love 88295 68276
44.        Andrew Beyer: The Midnight Special - cigar box slide | Midnight Special Collection | AABeyer/MS 004
Special thanks to volunteer Karen Rigotti who compiles our weekly playlist report. Cheers and best wishes to all - enjoy festival season! MRB

Marilyn Rea Beyer
Host, The Midnight Special and Folkstage
WFMT
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