1. Lead Belly: The Midnight Special (theme) Last Sessions Smithsonian Folkways SFCD40068/71
2. John McCutcheon: Long, Long Road to Home Untold Appalsongs 2009
3. Catie Curtis w/ Darrell Scott: Passing Through (C.Curtis-Mark Erelli) Hello Stranger Compass 745172
4. The Resophonics: Push On (Sean Staples) Diamonds in the Ground Cdfreedom 86851-9948-2
5. Cheryl Wheeler: One Step at a Time Pointing at the Sun Dias 1001
6. Cliff Eberhardt: The Long Road 500 Miles: The Blue Rock Sessions Red House RHRCD221
7. Tom Rush: East of Eden (Jack Tempchin-John Brannen) What I Know Appleseed APRCD1115
8. Tom Russell: East of Woodstock, West of Viet Nam Blood and Candle Smoke Shout Factory 82663-11471
9. David Mallett: Wild in the Sixties Ambition Flying Fish CDFF674
10. Anne Hills: Romeo and Juliet (Anne Hills / Peter Erskine) Points of View Appleseed APRCD1119
11. Stuart Moffat: Romeo and Juliet (Mark Knopfler) October Island Dambuster DAM007
12. Brad Warren: Romeo Company Might Come Woodworks WM10200
13. Andy Griffith: Romeo & Juliet American Originals Capitol CDP798476-2
14. Elvis Costello and the Brodsky Quartet: Romeo's Seance (M.P.Thomas-MacManus) The Juliet Letters Warner Bros. 945180-2
15. West Side Story (orig.B'way cast): Finale (Bernstein/Sondheim) Columbia SK60724
16. BettySoo: Never the Pretty Girl Heat Sin Water Skin private release
17. Diana Jones: Pretty Girl My Rembrance of You New Song NSR-0501
18. David Ferrard: Once I Knew a Pretty Girl (trad) Across the Troubled Wave Alter Road ARRCD001
19. Tom Rush: More Pretty Girls (trad) Blues, Songs and Ballads Fantasy FCD-24709-2
20. Christine Lavin: Good Thing SHE Can't Read My Mind: A Dude's Eye View Cold Pizza for Breakfast Yellow Tail YT10024
21. Steve Martin: Late for School The Crow Rounder 011661063723
22. Linda Allen: Wake Up Song Where I Stand October Rose OR1015
23. Chris McNamara: I'm Not Goin' to School (C.McNamara) McNamara & Neeley: About Time Folk Era FE1479CD
24. Steve Martin: Banana Banjo The Crow Rounder 011661063723
25. Sam Hinton: It's a Long Way From Amphioxus (PD) Songs of Men All Sorts and All Kinds Smithsonian Folkways F-2400
26. Roy Zimmerman: Rift Valley Drifters (R.Zimmerman-Melanie Harby) (private recording)
27. Graeme Connors: There's a Monkey Sitting in My Family Tree One of the Family Panama Music 7243821202-2
28. Debra Cowan: Ruins by the Shore (Nic Jones) Fond Delight Farewell Falling Mountain FM1054
29. Sam Hinton: Old Gray Mare / Old Abe Lincoln / Swimming the Delaware / Go In the Wilderness / I Want My Freedom (trad) The Wandering Folksong Smithsonian Folkways F-2401
30. Tom Rush w/ Nanci Griffith: Casey Jones (trad,arr.T.Rush) What I Know Appleseed APRCD1115
31. Joan Baez: Engine 143 (trad) Joan Baez Vol. 2 Vanguard 79595-2
32. Jimmie Rodgers: Train Whistle Blues 1929 - On the Way Up Rounder CD1058
33. BettySoo: Lonesome Whistle Heat Sin Water Skin private release
34. Donna Adler: Don't Forget Your Angel (for Tom Dundee) Violets and Blues Grace Street 00261 23021
35. Michael Smith: Tom Dundee Love Letter on a Fish Tales from the Tavern 10
36. Tom Dundee: Hey Don't Give Up on Me Now Fleeting Moment: Live Performances from 1973-2006 Flyte FR4445
37. Tom Russell: Santa Ana Wind Blood and Candle Smoke Shout Factory 82663-11471
38. Marianne Girard: Santa Ana Wind (Folkstage - January 28, 2006) WFMT recording
39. Ronny Cox: Santa Ana Winds (R.Cox-Wayne Carson) Songs. . .with Repercussions Wind River WR4042CD
40. Bill Cosby: Conflict To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With Warner Bros. 2-1734
41. Andy Breckman: If I Only Had a Brain (E.Y. Harburg) Don't Get Killed Gadfly 121089
42. Rebel Voices (Janet Stecher & Susan Lewis): Billions of Brain Cells Ago (Bill Neely) A Piece of the Wall self no#
43. Anne Hills: I'm Nobody Points of View Appleseed APRCD1119
44. Jerry Jeff Walker: Nobody's (Gary White) Bein' Free Atco SD33336
45. Howard Armstrong: You're Nobody Until Somebody Loves You (Morgan-Stock-Cavanaugh) Louie Bluie Blue Suit BS-106D
46. John McCutcheon: Old People in Love Untold Appalsongs 2009
47. Walter Huston: September Song (Kurt Weill / Maxwell Anderson) Broadways Greatest Leading Men Decca 314541634-2
48. Kim & Reggie Harris and Magpie: When I'm Gone (close) (Phil Ochs) Spoken in Love Longtail LT003-2

Performer is composer unless otherwise noted. Song is album title unless otherwise noted. Album titles are in italics, composers in parens ( ).

RICH'S PICKS:

John McCutcheon, Catie Curtis, Tom Russell, Anne Hills, Christine Lavin, David Ferrard

CD of the week: John McCutcheon

Lily Tomlin performs her one-woman show at the Paramount Theater, 23 E. Galena Blvd., Aurora, Friday, October 2 at 8. Ticketmaster or 630-896-6666

Debra Cowan Debra Cowan performs Sunday, September 27 at 8.
Betty Soo performs Sunday, October 4 at 7 at Bill's Blues, 1029 Davis St., Evanston. 847-424-9800

Betty Soo performs at the Two Way Street Coffee House, 1047 Curtiss, Downers Grove, Friday, October 2 at 8:15. 630-969-9720

Anne Hills performs for Hogeye Folk Arts, Ltd. at the Lake Street Church, 607 Lake St., Evanston, Saturday, October 3 at 7:30. 847-475-6165

Donna Adler performs at the Heartland Cafe, 7000 N. Glenwood, Chicago, Saturday, October 3 at 9. 773-465-8005

Tom Rush performs at the Old Town School of Folk Music, 4544 N. Lincoln, Chicago. Sunday, October 11 at 7 PM. 773-728-6000

Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Ramblers perform at the Cadillac Palace Theatre on Randolph in Chicago, Thursday, October 22. Ticketmaster