On air
Midnight Special
Oct 22, 2018 2:00 AM – 4:00 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
| 2:52 AM |
| Eric Taylor Hemingway's Shotgun Eric Taylor Texas Music Group 1995 |
| 2:50 AM |
| Guy Clark Hemmingway's whiskey Somedays the song writes you Dualtone 2009 World |
| 2:43 AM |
| Mary Chapin Carpenter Mrs. Hemingway Songs From The Movie New Rounder 2014 |
| 2:41 AM |
| Woody Allen The Lost Generation (Live) Some Goodies from Woody (Live) [The Dave Cash Collection] The Dave Cash Collection - OMP 2013 |
| 2:30 AM |
| Renée Fleming This Was A Real Nice Clambake Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel (2018 Broadway Cast Recording) Craft Recordings |
| 2:26 AM |
| Spider John Koerner Acres of Clams What's Left of Spider John Ace Records 2013 |
| 2:19 AM |
| Connor Garvey Bright Morning Meteors and Beating Hearts Mishara Music Rock |
| 2:15 AM |
| Gordon Lightfoot Minstrel Of The Dawn If You Could Read My Mind 143/Warner Bros. 1975 |
| 2:11 AM |
| Jaeger & Reid Oh What a Morning From Way up Here Jaeger & Reid 2017 |
| 2:04 AM |
| Eric Andersen Violets Of Dawn Violets Of Dawn EMI 2006 |
| 2:03 AM |
| Lead Belly Midnight Special Bob Dylan's Jukebox |
Coming up
| 4:00 AM | Tent Show Radio (Music) |
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Recent
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| 10:00 PM | Discrete Music (Music) |
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