The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer 09-19-2026
Theme: Can it be fall already? Autumn and the race against time. Sophia Loren's 92nd B'day
*** New or notable
Next week: Interesting pairs - on the anniversary of the 1960 Kennedy/Nixon debate

Hour 1

1.          Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME (excerpt 1) | Midnight Special | RCA Victor LPV-505
2.          Ollabelle: Before This Time | Ollabelle | Columbia CK 90572
3.          Twangtown Paramours: The Wind Will Change Again | The Wind Will Change Again | Inside Edge Records IER006
4.          Jonathan Byrd: I Was an Oak Tree | Cackalack | Waterbug WBG92
5.          Eva Cassidy: Autumn Leaves (Mercer/Kosma/Prevert) | Songbird | Blix Street/G2 10045
6.          Pat Kilbride: All the Leaves | Undocumented Dancing | Green Linnet GLCD 1120
7.          Antsy McClain: The Autumn Trees | The Indelible Man | Unhitched unhitched.com 2023
8.          Herdman, Hills & Mangsen: More Wood (Dillon Bustin) | Voices of Winte | Gadfly Gadfly 235
9.          Tracy Chapman: Change | Where You Live | Atlantic/Elektra 83303-2
10.        Winter Wilson: I Wish I Could Turn Back Time (Wilson) | The Live & Unconventional One | Wilson Winter WWCD010
11.        Tret Fure: One More Game | Stone by Stone | Tomboy Girl Records 83109
12.        Michael Smith: One Blessed Hour | Love Stories | Flying Fish FFCD 70404
13.        Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer: September Sea | Little Blue Egg | Red House Records RHR CD 251
14.        Tracy Schwarz & Ginny Hawker w/Deborah Clifford: Bees Are in the Goldenrod | WFMT Folkstage 09-25-04
15.        *** The Volcano Brothers: An Orange Grove in California (Irving Berlin) | Light of the Hilo Moon | volcanobrothers.bandcamp
9.25.2026
16.        Abbie Gardner: Honky Tonk Song | Dobrosinger | Abbie Gardner 1 95269 14469 2
17.        Colby Maddox: The Midnight Special - fiddle | Midnight Special Collection | CMaddox/MS 009
Hour 2

18.        *** Carla Gover & Friends: Williams Branch is Hard to Find (Kahn) | Williams Branch is Hard to Find | Si Kahn Living Legacy
9.1.2026
19.        *** The Kennedys: Puzzlewood | Smoketree | KennedysMusic.com TK1218
20.        Fairport Convention: Nottamun Town (trad.) | What We Did on Our Holidays | Hannibal HNCD 4430
21.        Mary Chapin Carpenter: What if We Went to Italy? | A Place in the World | Columbia CK 67501
22.        Grace Pettis: Italy | Grace Pettis | Blue Rock Artists BRA - CD1020
23.        Remember Rome: Let's Speak Italian | La Bocca della Verita | Ars Nova AN 38
24.        Sophia Loren: Zoo Be Zoo Be Zoo (Shepherd/Tew) | Peter and Sophia | EMI 7243 8 27784 2 4
25.        Gail Finnie (Rundlett): Lie Easy (Dodson) | When October Goes | Philo CD PH 1143
26.        Kathy Mattea: The Maple's Lament (Lewis) | Calling Me Home | Sugar Hill SUG CD 4085
27.        Jacob Furr: Turning | Turning | jacobfurr.com
28.        *** Donna Herula: Float to Heaven | Cold Feet | Donna Herula DH004
29.        *** Scott Cook: There is a River | Troubadourly Yours | scottcook.net
8.18.2026
30.        Cheryl Wheeler: Summer's Almost Over | Defying Gravity | Philo Defying Gravity / 11671-1240-2
31.        Red Molly: Copper Ponies (Gardner) | The Red Album | Red Molly 88295 06511
32.        Owen Walsh: The Midnight Special (Trad.) | The Midnight Special exclusive | single
1.31.2024
Hour 3

33.        Owen Walsh: Change | On My Way | owenwalsh.com 112022
34.        Sammy from Miami: Leaf on the Water | Tie Me Down | Sammy from Miami 1
35.        Half the Sky: Going Forever (Shaun Coburn) | Naked as Moonlight | down to earth dte cd 1002
36.        Joe Jencks: Late September Moon | Links in a Chain | Turtle Bear TBM 060109-1
37.        Joe Crookston: Turning Gold | Nine Becomes One, Chapter 7 | joecrookston.com 7-2004
38.        Shel Silverstein: The Changing of the Seasons | Drain My Brain | Cadet LP 4054
39.        Jim Gaffigan: Seasons (Fall excerpt) | Cinco | Comedy Dynamics/Netflix COM 560
40.        David Roth: Until We Meet Again | Meet You Where You Are | Stockfish SFR 357.4095.2
41.        Reggie Harris: Let's Meet Up Early | On Solid Ground | ReggieHarrisMusic.com RHM002
42.        Louis Ledford: All of My Dreams/Most of the Time | Reverie | Waterbug WBG 60
43.        Frank Christian: Where Were You Last Night? | When October Goes | Philo CD PH 1143
44.        Richard Thompson: Dimming of the Day | Acoustic Classics | Beeswing Records BSWCD002
45.        Tret Fure: Dream Time | My Shoes | Tomboy Girl Records Tomboy 83102
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
Huge thanks to volunteer Karen Rigotti for compiling this 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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