Midnight Special
Apr 8, 2024 1:00 AM โ 3:00 AM
Music
"Oh, yeah, that's The Midnight Special."
What do Cheryl Wheeler, Pete Seeger, Christine Lavin, Woody Guthrie, John Gorka, Ani DiFranco, Tom Paxton, Jean Redpath, Bob Newhart, Robin & Linda Williams, Mike Nichols & Elaine May, Odetta, Mitchell & Webb, Carrie Newcomer, Big Bill Broonzy, and Susan Werner have in common?
They and thousands of other traditional and contemporary folk performers, avant-garde singer-songwriters comedians and satirists fill a three hour entertainment that we call The Midnight Special. Original, offbeat, fun, and thought provoking WFMT's The Midnight Special is Chicago's, and through Internet streaming, the world's weekly aberration of folk music and farce, show tunes and satire, madness and escape.
The Midnight Special often airs live performances recorded by WFMT over the past 55 years that are not available commercially, including well-known artists appearing at Chicago area clubs, concert venues, the University of Chicago Folk Festivals and the comedy revues of Chicago's famed Second City.
One of the Frequently Asked Questions is, "If it's the Midnight Special, why doesn't it start at midnight?" That's a good question. It never has.
National (syndicated) Stations
1:01 AM |
| Leadbelly Midnight Special Leadbelly Bob Dylan's Jukebox Goldenlane Records 2008
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1:05 AM |
| Maria Sangiolo White Coral Bells Fairy Moon - Songs Of The Ring Raging River Records 2004
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1:07 AM |
| Heather Styka Long Spring While This Planet Spins Beneath Our Feet Kite Stripe Records
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1:11 AM |
| David Francey Red-Winged Blackbird Torn Screen Door Laker Music 2000 World
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1:14 AM |
| Julie Gold SpringSprang Love is Love is Love Julie Gold Music
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1:16 AM |
| Joe Crookston Looking for Yes Joe P Crookston Nine Becomes One Chapter 9 (Start Brave) Milagrito Records 2023
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1:19 AM |
| Fox Crossing Stringband Good News Bluegrass on My Mind Fox Crossing Stringband 2022 Rock
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1:23 AM |
| The Wiz Everybody Rejoice (LP็) The Wiz Warner Music 2005
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1:26 AM |
| James Keelaghan The Benefits of Surrender James Keelaghan Second Hand Borealis Records 2022
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1:30 AM |
| Raye Zaragoza Garden Raye Zaragoza, Anna Barbara Schulze Hold That Spirit DISTROKID 2023
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1:33 AM |
| Kate Campbell Wild Iris Kate Campbell, Ira Campbell, Johnny Pierce Songs From The Levee MERLIN - Large River Music 2009
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1:37 AM |
| Rachel Bissex Wildflowers Don't Look Down One Take Productions 1995
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1:41 AM |
| Cheryl Wheeler Quartermoon Half a Book North Star Records 2003
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1:46 AM |
| Dean Stevens Old Man In His Garden Eyes Of Wonder VOLCANO 1993
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1:49 AM |
| David Mallett Garden Song Inches & Miles, 1977-1980 UMG - New Rounder 1990
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1:53 AM |
| Tom Rush One More Time Around the Sun Gardens Old, Flowers New Appleseed 2024
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1:56 AM |
| Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion When the Lilacs Are in Bloom Folksong rte 8 Records 2009
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2:09 AM |
| Peter Joly Till They Go Peter Joly Lost in America Music 2016 Rock
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2:12 AM |
| Rachel Drew Life Goes On Rachel Antoinette Drew Old Sky New DISTROKID 2024
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2:16 AM |
| Dean Olsher Hymn Hymn Adhyรขropa Records 2024
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2:19 AM |
| Aoife O'Donovan The Right Time Aoife O'Donovan All My Friends MERLIN - Yep Roc Records 2024
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2:23 AM |
| Jillian Matundan Worth Jillian Joy Purugganan Matundan Singing to the Moon Keezamonkee Music 2024
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2:27 AM |
| Brooks Williams Ring Those Golden Bells Brooks Williams Diamond Days Brooks Williams 2024
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2:31 AM |
| Richie Havens Here Comes The Sun Singers And Songwriters 1970-1971 None 1999
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2:35 AM |
| Mouths of Babes World Brand New Tylan Greenstein World Brand New Wild Awake Music 2023
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2:38 AM |
| Daniel Nahmod Everything New Water Humanity Music Rock
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2:43 AM |
| Stan Rogers The Mary Ellen Carter Home In Halifax Borealis Records 1993
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2:48 AM |
| Mike Craver I Ain't Dead Yet Mould's Undertaking Sapsucker 2020
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2:50 AM |
| The War and Treaty From A Distance Julie Gold More Than A Whisper: Celebrating The Music Of Nanci Griffith Rounder 2023
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2:55 AM |
| Laura Love I Still Believe She Loved Red Laura Love 2018
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