- Lead Belly:
The Midnight Special (theme) Last Sessions
Smithsonian Folkways SFCD-40068/71
- Eric Hansen: Telephone For Tulip
A Lover's Lullaby Half Moon Full Star 005HMFS
- The Juggernauts: Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens
(Joan Whitney/Alex Kramer) As We Like It self 59696 06392
- South Pacific (orig. B'way cast - Juanita Hall): Happy Talk (Rodgers/Hammerstein) Columbia Legacy SK 60722
- Fred Neil: Everybody's Talkin' Capitol ST-294
- Steve Goodman: Talk Backwards
Affordable Art Red Pajamas RPJ-002CD
- The Smothers Brothers: I Talk To the Trees
(Loewe/Lerner/Smothers) Curb Your Tongue, Knave! Mercury MG 20862
- The Bobs: Shut Up and Sing (Greene/Finetti)
Rounder CD 9039
- George Jones: Worried Man Blues (trad/arr.Carter Family)
The Unbroken Circle: The Musical Heritage of the Carter Family (a compilation of artists)
Dualtone 80302 01162-2
- Guy Davis: Things About Coming My Way (trad)
Legacy Red House RHRCD 175
- South Pacific (orig. B'way cast - Mary Martin): A Cockeyed Optimistic (Rodgers/Hammerstein) Columbia Legacy SK 60722
- Nashville Bluegrass Band: Sitting On Top Of the World
(Lonnie Carter/Walter Jacobs) Twenty Year Blues Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3959
- Lee Murdock: Red Iron Ore (trad)
Lake Rhymes - Folk Songs of the Great Lakes Region Depot book
- William Pint & Felicia Dale: Cheerily Man / The Seven Stars (trad)
Seven Seas Waterbug WBG 0055
- Lee Murdock: The Great Lakes Song (Pat Dailey/Shel Silverstein)
Lake Rhymes Depot book
- Barrie Davis: Welcome Home (Eric Bogle)
Rain On the Tin self
- Coyote Run: Coyote Polka (David Doersch)
Don't Hold Back Run Wild RWR-03
- The Mad Show (orig. cast): Hate Song (Mary Rodgers/Steven Vinaver) Columbia OS 2930
- Guy Davis: We All Need More Kindness In This World
Legacy Red House RHRCD 175
- Andrew Calhoun: Inside Out
Shadow of a Wing Waterbug WBG0057
- Chris Smither: Outside In Train Home
Hightone HCD 8158
- Christine Kane: Whole Other World
Right Outta Nowhere Firepink 98826 00000
- Eric Hansen: This Too Shall Pass
A Lover's Lullabye Half Moon Full Star 005HMFS
- Susan McKeown: Johnny Scott
(trad/arr.McKeown) Sweet Liberty World Village 468029
- Man of La Mancha (new cast-Brian Stokes Mitchell-Ernie Sabella): Man of La Mancha
(Mitch Leigh / Joe Darion) RCA Victor 09026-64007-2
- Jerree Small: Figaro Mobius self 783707-8727-2
- John Forster: Figaro Todd
Helium Philo CD 1214
- Sweeney Todd (orig. cast): The Ballad of Sweeny Todd - Attend the tale of Sweeny Todd
(Stephen Sondheim) RCA 3379-2-RC
- Tom Dundee: Wilmette Cowboy (Midnight Special - Old Town School, NYE, 12/31/2003) WFMT recording
- Marty Robinson: WFMT Fine Arts Traffic 'Copter Fifty Classic Years From the Archives WFMT CD
- Capitol Steps: Like a Suburban Drone
(Dylan/Newport-Strauss) First Lady and the Tramp CapSteps CSCD-1019
- Uncredited male performer on Holly Tannen CD:
Suburban Shaman (Holly Tannen) Rime of the Ancient Matriarch self
- Burrito Deluxe: Rex Bob Lowenstein
(Germino) The Whole Enchilada Luna Chica LCR001
- Kieran Kane & Kevin Welch:
Everybody's Working For the Man Again (K.Welch) You Can't Save Everybody
Compass 7 4385-2
- Granary Girls: Coal Tattoo
(Billy Edd Wheeler) Wild Roses Good Grains 2830
- John Prine: Paradise
John Prine Atlantic 19156-2
- Andrew Calhoun: I Love Your Letters
Shadow of a Wing Waterbug WBG 0057
- Dar Williams: If I Wrote You
Out There Live Razor and Tie 7930182871-2
- Jodi Martin: Dead Letter Office
Water and Wood self
- Pierce Pettis: Alabama 1959
Great Big World Compass 7 4388 2
- Kate Campbell: New South
(K.Campbell/W.Aldridge) Monuments Large River LR-4102
- Lead Belly: Alabama Bound
(trad/arr.H.Ledbetter) Bourgeois Blues Smithsonian Folkways SFCD 40045
- Cindy Kalmenson: Alabama Bliss
Let Me Out Here Big Gack BGCK0410
- Harvey Reid & Joyce Andersen:
More Precious Than Gold (J.Andersen) Kindling the Fire Woodpecker WP-118CD
- Full Frontal Folk: Babylon
Sweet Mystery of Life self 83707 88742
- Andrew Calhoun: Meditation Song
Shadow of a Wing Waterbug WBG0057
- Pierce Pettis: Song Of Songs
Great Big World Compass 7 4388 2
- Kim & Reggie Harris and Magpie:
When I'm Gone (close) (Phil Ochs) Spoken in Love Longtail LT003-2
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RICH'S PICKS:
Eric Hansen, Guy Davis, Nashville Bluegrass Band, Lee Murdock, Pint & Dale, Andrew Calhoun, Christine Kane,
Coyote Run, Susan McKeown, Jerree Small, Kieran Kane & Kevin Welch, Granary Girls, Pierce Pettis,
Harvey Reid & Joyce Andersen
*CD of the Week: Andrew Calhoun
These concerts were mentioned on the program:
Lee Murdock at the Elmhurst Historical Museum, 120 E. Park Ave.,
Elmhurst, Thursday, August 19 at 1 (630-833-1457)
and
at the Byron Forest Preserve Outdoor Prairie Stage in Byron,
Sunday, August 22 at 7. (815-234-8535)
Tom Dundee at the Off Square Music series at the
Unitarian Church, 221 Dean St., Woodstock, Saturday, August 21 at 8. 815-338-5164
John Prine at Ravinia in Highland Park, Wednesday, August 18.
847-266-5100