The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer 08-29-2026
Theme:  The end of summer
*** New or Notable
Next week: Folk songs go to work [Note: on 9/5, the show starts at 10PM

Hour 1

1.          Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME (excerpt 1) | Midnight Special | RCA Victor LPV-505
2.          Tanglefoot: Summer Ghosts | Agnes on the Cow Catcher | Borealis BCD143
3.          *** Hana Zara and the Old-Time Pharmaceuticals: Belvelly Keep (DiSimio) | Crossing Faire | People of Orphalese Hudson Hardin July Aug
4.          Christine Lavin: The Best Summer | single | christinelavin.com [2021]
5.          Lucy Kaplansky: Last Days of Summer | Last Days of Summer | Lucyricky Records lucykaplansky.com
6.          Ben Gage: Tomorrow | Same Song | bengagemusic.com 112522
7.          The Nields: You Don't Have That Kind of Time | XVII | Mercy House 7 0026141870 4
8.          *** Jesse Welles: Siddhartha | Masks Off | jessewellesmusics.bandcamp.com
6.12.2026
9.          *** Ranky Tanky: Be Alright | This Village | Ranky Tanky LLC 7 5095801353 8
10.        *** Barry Gray & Isabel Valls: Carnival Ride | Carnival Ride | Guide Time Records barryandisabel.com
11.        Jeff Black: Carnival Song | Birmingham Road | Dualtone 80302-01135-2
12.        *** Collide: American Circus | American Circus | collideduo.com 1 9526942283 7
13.        *** Mama's Broke: Build It Up | Reunion | Free Dirt CD0131
14.        *** Rhiannon Giddens: Carolina Rain | Hope is the Thing With Feathers | Nonesuch
9.18.2026 rels
15.        Dan Bern: Let Your Worries Be As Few As Mine | Wilderness Song | danbern.com none
16.        Jud Caswell: Blackberry Time | Folkstage 04-28-07, disc 2 | WFMT 04-28-07 - 2
17.        Owen Walsh: The Midnight Special (Trad.) | The Midnight Special - exclusive | single
1.31.2024

Hour 2

18.        *** Wes Weddell: When the Tide is Out | The Work, The Hope, The Promise | Dusty Shadows Music DSM 2001
19.        Ruth Theodore: Brighton Stones | I Am I Am | Righteous Babe Records 259029E
20.        Jimmie Dale Gilmore: Just a Wave (Butch Hancock) | Spinning Around the Sun | Elektra 9 61502-2
21.        McKain Lakey: Cicadas in the Trees | Somewhere | mckainlakey.com 7 55491 19329
22.        Sue Fink: Hymn of the Cicada | Cicada Suite (2-song EP) | suefink.com [2021]
23.        Elise Witt: Como la Cigarra (Like the Cicada) | Valise | EM World Records EMW - 1011
24.        Naomi Ashley: Love Bug | Love Bug | naomiashley.com 7 55491 29642 4
25.        *** Cicone, Epstein, McMillan & Ruggles: My Sweet Honeydew (a cappella) | Hudson Harding Folk Now - Songs for These Times (July Aug 2026) | Head of the Meadow single
26.        The Volo Bogtrotters: Down Where the Watermelon Grows | Old Time String Band w/Vocal Accompaniments | Marimac 9067D
27.        John Prine: Spanish Pipedream | John Prine | Atlantic 19156-2
28.        Guy Clark: Homegrown Tomatoes | Craftsman | Craftsman/Philo PH 1184/85
29.        Billy Walsh: August Song | Widdershins | Billy Walsh 1-2003
30.        The Flatlanders: Down in the Light of the Melon Moon | Now Again | New West NW6040
31.        Erin McKeown: (It's Only A) Paper Moon (Arlen/Harburg/Rose) | Sing You Sinners | Nettwerk 0 6700 30564 2 7
32.        Andrew Beyer: The Midnight Special - organ | Midnight Special Collection |  AABeyer/MS 008
Hour 3

33.        Dolly Parton: Coat of Many Colors | Coat of Many Colors (re-release) | RCA Nashville/Legacy 82876 81242 2
34.        Dolly Parton: Little Sparrow | Little Sparrow | Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3927
35.        Dolly Parton: My Tennessee Mountain Home | My Tennessee Mountain Home | RCA Nashville/Legacy 82876 81529 2
36.        Dolly Parton: Old Black Kettle | My Tennessee Mountain Home |  RCA Nashville Legacy/828276 81529 2
37.        Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris: After the Gold Rush (N. Young) | Trio II | Asylum 62275-2
38.        Dean Milano: Take the Blue Highway | Songs About Stuff | Kira Records Kira 2906
39.        Charlie Berens: Driving in the Midwest | Midwest Goodbye | Spoke AV
9.15.2023
40.        Zoe Speaks: Power Windows | Birds Fly South | Redbird Records RRCD 2002
41.        Eric Taylor: Blue Piano | Scuffletown | Emminent Scuffletown / EM-26001-2
42.        Emma Stone, voice; Orch/Tim Davies: City of Stars (Humming) | La La Land (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Interscope B0025620-02
43.        Emma Stone, voice; Orch/Tim Davies: Audition (The Fools Who Dream) | La La Land (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Interscope B0025620-02
44.        Louise Coombe: Paris | Paris | Zoe Cat
3.2025
45.        Vince Guaraldi: Cast Your Fate to the Wind (Take 3) | Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus (various) | Fantasy 3337
46.        Fairport Convention feat. Sandy Denny: Farewell, Farewell (Richard Thompson) | Liege & Lief | A&M CD 4257
47.        *** Sons of the Never Wrong: Fare Thee Well (Owen's Song) | Feather and the Starry Crown | Sons 3 Records SR 4
48.        Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged) | She Loved Red | Laura Love 88295 68276
49..      Andrew Beyer: The Midnight Special - cigar box slide | Midnight Special Collection | AABeyer/MS 004
Many thanks to volunteer Karen Rigotti who compiles this playlist report! Cheers to all, 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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