1. Lead Belly: The Midnight Special (theme) Last Sessions Smithsonian Folkways SFCD40068/71
2. Laurie Lewis: Burley Coulter's Song for Kate Helen Branch (Laurie Lewis / Wendell Berry) Blossoms Spruce & Maple 2005
3. Tom May: Fiddle and the Rose River & the Road Folk Era FE1420CD
4. Ginny Hawker & Tracy Schwarz: The Fiddler (Charlie Moore) (Folkstage - September 25, 2004) WFMT Recording
5. Colum Sands: Sweeney the Fiddler The Note That Lingers On Spring SCD 1051
6. Ed Miller w/ Brian McNeill: Gie the Fiddler a Dram (Ed Miller/Brian MacNeill) Many's the Fine Tale Wellfield CD024
7. Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet: One-Step a Choupique Cajunization Rhino R2 75633
8. Priscilla Herdman: Ideas Are Like Stars (Mary Chapin Carpenter) Into the Stars Stardreamer SDM2001
9. James Gordon: My Stars Your Eyes Borealis BCD200
10. Sally Spring: Made of Stars Sniffinpup CD-SNP-0002
11. Patty Larkin w/ Willy Porter: You & Me 25 Signature Sounds SIG2028
12. Chuck Cheesman: You and Me Campfire self CDCA02
13. Greg Brown: 'cept You & Me Babe Covenant Red House RHRCD 148
14. Ronny Cox: Can I Come Back Home (J.Fred Knoblock-Darden Smith) Songs . . .with Repercussions Wind River WR4042CD
15. Gibson & Camp: Billy Come Home Now (Bob Gibson) Homemade Music Bob Gibson Legacy BGL1003
16. Mark Erelli: Coming Home (M.Erelli-Jim Chastain) Little Vigils Hillbilly Pilgrim 07541 20019
17. Patty Larkin w/ Birdsong at Morning: Home 25 Signature Sounds SIG2028
18. Archie Fisher: Witch of the West-mer-lands The Man With a Rhyme Folk-Legacy CD-61
19. Frank Sinatra: Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (Rodgers/Hart) Sinatra in Hollywood Reprise-Rhino R2 78285
20. Wicked (orig.cast - Elphaba - Idina Menzel): No Good Deed (Stephen Schwartz) Decca B0001682-02
21. Carrie Newcomer: A Crash of Rhinoceros Before and After Rounder 11661-3276-2
22. Del McCoury: Man Gave Names to All the Animals (Bob Dylan) Little Mo'McCoury McCoury MCM0007
23. David Mitchell & Robert Webb: Balloon Animal Sanctuary That Mitchell & Webb Sound, Series Four BBC Audio
24. Nancy Tucker: The Animal Song Treasures from the Attic self CFR050
25. Sally Spring: Lake Pontchartrain Made of Stars Sniffinpup CD-SNP-0002
26. Johnny Cash: Dorraine of Ponchartrain Ride This Train Columbia Legacy CK86332
27. Andy M. Stewart w/ Gerry O'Beirne: The Lakes of Pantchartrain (trad,arr.A.Stewart-G.O'Beirne) Man in the Moon Green Linnet GLCD1140
28. Eliza Gilkyson: Clever Disguise Beautiful World Red House RHRCD212
29. Annie Gallup: The Truth About Disguise Backbone 1-800-PRIMECD PCD020D
30. Nichols & May w/Marty Rubenstein: Mysterioso Improvisations to Music Mercury 314 558 455-2
31. Aubrey Atwater: She Sits at Her Loom (trad,arr.Atwater-Donnelly) The Blackest Crow Rabbit Island RIM1008-2
32. Carla Sciaky: Sweet Becky at the Loom (trad) Spin the Weaver's Song Green Linnet GLCD2106
33. Randall Williams: Ghost in the Machine Praying for Land Musafir MUS06
34. Solas: Ghost of Tom Joad (Bruce Springsteen) The Turning Tide Compass 745302
35. Carrie Newcomer: Ghost Train Before and After Rounder 11661-3276-2
36. The Four Bitchin' Babes (Nancy Moran): Elastic Waistbands (Moran- Susan Anders) Diva Nation Hem & Haw 002
37. The Rutles: The Knicker Elastic King (Neil Innes) Archeology Virgin 2438-42200-2
38. Blue Murder: Rubber Band (Mike Waterson) No One Stands Alone Topic TSCD537
39. Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three: Daffodil Blues (Pokey LaFarge-Chris Baricevic) Riverboat Soul Free Dirt 0060
40. Jonathan Edwards: Seven Daffodils (Lee Hays-Fred Moseley) Rollin' Along Strictly Country Records SCR-68
41. Jim & Jean: Crucifixion (Phil Ochs) Changes Collectors' Choice CCM-477-2
42. 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:

Laurie Lewis, James Gordon, Sally Spring, Patty Larkin, Carrie Newcomer, Solas, Mark Erelli, Four Bitchin' Babes

CD of the week: Sally Spring

Aubrey Atwater performs at the Two Way Street Coffee House, 1047 Curtiss, Downers Grove, Friday, April 9 at 8:15.
Chris Farrell is there April 16. 630-969-9720

Randall Williams performs at the Stained Glass Coffeehouse in the Congregational Church, 225 Wilmot Rd., Deerfield, Saturday, April 10 at 7:30. 847-945-0176

Priscilla Herdman performs for Hogeye Folk Arts, Ltd., at the Lake Street Church, Lake & Chicago, Evanston, Saturday, April 10 at 7:30.
Archie Fisher is there April 17. 847-475-6165

Ronny Cox, with Jack Williams give a *free* concert for the Oak Park Public Library at Unity Temple, 875 Lake St., Oak Park, Sunday, April 11 at 7.

Patty Larkin, and Cheryl Wheeler are at the Old Town School of Folk Music, 4544 N. Lincoln Ave., Sunday, April 11 at 4:00 & 7:30 PM.
Carrie Newcomer and Eliza Gilkyson will be there on April 18 at 7.
Red Molly will be there Sunday, May 23 at 7. 773-728-6000

Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet at the Performing Arts Center of Dominican University, 7900 W. Divison, River Forest, April 24 at 7:30. 708-488-5000

The Four Bitchin' Babes are at Fermilab, Kirk & Pine, Batavia, Saturday, April 17 at 8. 630-840-ARTS