- Lead Belly:
The Midnight Special (theme) Last Sessions
Smithsonian Folkways SFCD-40068/71
- The Bills:
Hello (Marc Atkinson) Let Em Run
Red House RHRCD 186
- Tim Grimm:
Sam's Song The Back Fields
Wind River WR4053CD
- Tim O'Brien:
First Snow Fiddler's Green
Sugar Hill SUGCD-4006
- The Duhks:
Love Is the Seventh Wave (Sting) / The Arch of Abundant Love (Tania Elizabeth) The Duhks
Sugar Hill SUGCD-3997
- Sons Of the Never Wrong:
Little Brown Puppy (Bruce Roper) Nuthatch Suite
Gadfly 291
- Kat Eggleston:
Snow The Only Word
Redwing RWMCD5415
- Tracy Grammer:
Winter When He Goes (Dave Carter) Flower of Avalon
Signature Sounds SIG 1292
- Danny Schmidt:
Dark-Eyed Prince Parables & Primes Live Once LO 9449-2
- Pete Morton:
Harvest Flying an Unknown Flag
Harbourtown HARCD 040
- Sylvia Herold & Euphonia:
Tide Full In (Francis Fahy/Paul Mulligan) Lovely Nancy Tuxedo TUXCD927
- Dan McKinnon:
The Same Pillow Fields of Dreams and Glory GRZ1405
- Tim O'Brien:
Fair Flowers of the Valley (trad-arr.O'Brien) Fiddler's Green
Sugar Hill SUGCD-4006
- *Debra Cowan:
Burly Burly Banks of Barbry-O (trad) Dad's Dinner Pail and other songs from the Helen Harness Flanders Collection
Falling Mountain FM-1044
- *The Gift of the Magi (orig.cast-O'Reilly, Smith, et.al.):
Nineteen and Five (Michael Smith) private recording
- Pete Morton:
Great Gold Sun Flying an Unknown Flag
Harbourtown HARCD 040
- Sylvia Herold & Euphonia:
The Bohemian Dreams (Marla Fibish/Robt.Service) Lovely Nancy Tuxedo TUXCD927
- The Duhks:
Dance Hall Girls (Allan Fraser) Bozemon Boogie (Leo.Podolak) The Duhks
Sugar Hill SUGCD-3997
- *Bonnie Koloc:
Slow Dancin' Here to Sing Mr. Biscuit 02
- *Ronny Cox:
When I Go (Dave Carter) Live Cox 41444 94482
- Tracy Grammer:
Mother, I Climbed (Dave Carter) Flower of Avalon
Signature Sounds SIG 1292
- Dan McKinnon:
Fields of Dreams and Glory Fields of Dreams and Glory GRZ1405
- *Beth Wood:
Ordinary Birds Marigolds Mehaffey MP2266
- Sons Of the Never Wrong:
Stylish Sue (Sue Demel) Nuthatch Suite
Gadfly 291
- Kat Eggleston:
Mercy The Only Word
Redwing RWMCD5414
- Sons Of the Never Wrong:
Stylish Bruce (Bruce Roper) Nuthatch Suite
Gadfly 291
- Pete Morton:
In Another Life Flying an Unknown Flag
Harbourtown HARCD 040
- The Bills:
Bamfield's John Vanden (Chris Frye) Let Em Run
Red House RHRCD 186
- Tim O'Brien:
Foreign Lander (trad-arr.O'Brien) Fiddler's Green
Sugar Hill SUGCD-4006
- Sylvia Herold & Euphonia:
Fennario (trad) Lovely Nancy Tuxedo TUXCD927
- Tim Grimm:
My Turn The Back Fields
Wind River WR4035CD
- Danny Schmidt:
Stained Glass Parables & Primes Live Once LO 9449-2
- The Duhks:
Everybody Knows (L.Cohen/S.Robinson) The Duhks
Sugar Hill SUGCD-3997
- Sons Of the Never Wrong:
Standin' in the Dust (Roper/Demel) Nuthatch Suite
Gadfly 291
- Danny Schmidt:
This Too Shall Pass Parables & Primes Live Once LO 9449-2
- Tracy Grammer:
Any Way I Do (Dave Carter) Flower of Avalon
Signature Sounds SIG 1292
- Dan McKinnon:
Lovers of Our Time Fields of Dreams and Glory GRZ1405
- Kat Eggleston:
The Only Word (Eggleston) / Clumsy Lover (Neil Dickey) The Only Word
Redwing RWMCD5414
- Kim & Reggie Harris and Magpie:
When I'm Gone (close) (Phil Ochs) Spoken in Love Longtail LT003-2
*not one of the Favorites of 2005
Performer is composer unless otherwise noted. Song is album title
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These concerts were mentioned on the program:
Ronny Cox, along with Small Potatoes, performs at the
Old Town School of Folk Music,
4544 N. Lincoln, Sunday, December 4 at 7. 773-728-6000
Beth Wood performs at the Uncommon Ground,
3800 N. Clark, Chicago, Sunday, December 4 at 8. 773-929-3680
The Gift of the Magi, music by Michael Smith, featuring Michael Smith, Jamie O'Reilly,
Paul Amandes, and others will be performed at the
World Folk Music Company,
1808 W. 103rd St., Chicago, Saturday, December 10 at 8. 773-779-7059
