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Maria Muldaur

Person · female · United States · New York City · born 1943 · recording since 1968

American folk-blues singer

rhythm and blues

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Also known as 瑪麗亞·馬爾道

Debut: 1968
Recording span: 57 years
Release groups: 47
Awards: 1
Timeline events: 36
Wiki language versions: 19

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Timeline

36 events▣ Album 33◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1✦ Award 1

1940s
1. 12 September 1943 · Birth
  Born 1943-09-12
  source: wikidata
1960s
1. 1968 · Debut release
  Debut release: Pottery Pie
  First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1968 · Album
  Album: Pottery Pie
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1970s
1. 1972 · Album
  Album: Sweet Potatoes
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1973 · Album
  Album: Maria Muldaur
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1974 · Album
  Album: Waitress in the Donut Shop
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1976 · Album
  Album: Sweet Harmony
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1978 · Album
  Album: Southern Winds
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 1979 · Album
  Album: Open Your Eyes
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1980s
1. 1982 · Album
  Album: There Is a Love
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1986 · Album
  Album: Transblucency
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1990s
1. 1990 · Album
  Album: On the Sunny Side
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1992 · Album
  Album: Louisiana Love Call
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1993 · Album
  Album: Sweet and Slow
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1994 · Album
  Album: Jazzabelle
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1994 · Album
  Album: Meet Me at Midnite
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 1998 · Album
  Album: Acoustic Swing & Jug
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 1998 · Album
  Album: Swingin’ in the Rain
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
8. 27 January 1998 · Album
  Album: Southland of the Heart
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
9. May 1999 · Album
  Album: Meet Me Where They Play the Blues
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2000s
1. 2001 · Album
  Album: Richland Woman Blues
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 18 June 2002 · Album
  Album: Animal Crackers in My Soup: Songs Made Popular by Shirley Temple
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 2003 · Album
  Album: A Woman Alone With the Blues: ...Remembering Peggy Lee
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 2 August 2005 · Album
  Album: Sweet Lovin' Ol' Soul: Old Highway 61 Revisited
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 2006 · Album
  Album: Love Wants to Dance
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 15 August 2006 · Album
  Album: Heart of Mine: Love Songs of Bob Dylan
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 24 April 2007 · Album
  Album: Naughty, Bawdy & Blue
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
8. 22 July 2008 · Album
  Album: Yes We Can!
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
9. 2009 · Album
  Album: Maria Muldaur & Her Garden of Joy
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2010s
1. 2010 · Album
  Album: Barnyard Dance - Jug Band Music For Kids
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 27 September 2011 · Album
  Album: Steady Love
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 2012 · Album
  Album: First Came Memphis Minnie
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 28 September 2018 · Album
  Album: Don’t You Feel My Leg: The Naughty Bawdy Blues of Blue Lu Barker
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 2019 · Award
  Won: Americana Trailblazer Award
  source: wikidata
2020s
1. 7 May 2021 · Album
  Album: Let's Get Happy Together
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 11 July 2025 · Album
  Album: One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey
  Album
  source: musicbrainz

Biography

English biography1,119 words · 8 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1378558373

Biography

Maria Muldaur (born Maria Grazia Rosa Domenica D'Amato; September 12, 1942) is an American folk and blues singer who was part of the American folk music revival in the early 1960s. She recorded the 1973 hit song "Midnight at the OasisMidnight at the Oasis1974 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksAMidnight at the Oasis3:36BAny Old Time3:40" and has recorded albums in the folk, blues, early jazz, gospel, country, and R&B traditions.
She was the wife of musician Geoff Muldaur and is the mother of singer-songwriter Jenni Muldaur.

Career

Muldaur was born on September 12, 1942, in Greenwich Village in Manhattan, New York and attended Hunter College High School on the Upper East Side.
Muldaur cites Kitty Wells, Hank Williams, Hank Snow, Hank Thompson, Ernest Tubb, and Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys; early rhythm and blues artists including Chuck Willis, Little Richard, Ruth Brown, Fats Domino, and Muddy Waters; Alan Freed "rock 'n' roll" shows; and doo-wop groups like The Platters and The Five Satins as being her early musical influences.
Muldaur began her career in the early 1960s as Maria D'Amato, performing with John Sebastian, David Grisman, and Stefan Grossman as a member of the Even Dozen Jug Band. She then joined Jim Kweskin & the Jug Band as a featured vocalist and occasional fiddle player. During this time, she was part of the Greenwich Village scene that included Bob Dylan, and some of her recollections of the period, particularly with respect to Dylan, appear in Martin Scorsese's 2005 documentary film No Direction Home.
She married fellow Jug Band member Geoff Muldaur, and after the Kweskin group broke up, the couple produced two albums. She began her solo career when their marriage ended in 1972 but retained her married name.
Her first solo album, Maria Muldaur, released in 1973, contains her hit single "Midnight at the OasisMidnight at the Oasis1974 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksAMidnight at the Oasis3:36BAny Old Time3:40", which reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1974. It peaked at No. 21 on the UK Singles Chart. Later in 1974, she released her second album, Waitress in a Donut Shop which includes a re-recording of "I'm a Woman", the Leiber and Stoller number first associated with Peggy Lee and a standout feature from her Jug Band days. Her version of the song reached No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was her last Hot 100 hit in the U.S. to date. The title of this album is taken from a line in another song on the album, "Sweetheart", by Ken Burgan.

Around that time, Muldaur established a relationship with the Grateful Dead. Opening for some Grateful Dead shows in the summer of 1974, with John Kahn, bassist of the Jerry Garcia Band, eventually earned her a seat in the group as a backing vocalist in the late 1970s. Around the same time Muldaur met and eventually collaborated with bluegrass icon Peter Rowan. The two became close, and she was chosen to be the godmother of his daughter Amanda Rowan. She appeared on Super Jam (1989).

People ask me—why do you do these sexist songs? That's bull_. That's a valid emotion that's a part of us all.
Around 1980, Muldaur became a Christian and released a live album, Gospel NightsGospel Nights1980 · Album · LiveSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracksA1My Sisters and Brothers6:41A2My Jesus Is All3:46A3Trials, Troubles, Tribulations4:47A4Bright Morning Star3:24A5Daniel Prayed2:34A6Nobody's Fault but Mine1:39B1As an Eagle Stireth Her Nest4:43B2Did You Remember to Pray3:19B3Traveling Shoes4:14B4People Get Ready3:49B5Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehova1:58, and a studio album, There Is A LoveThere Is a Love1982 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 8 tracksA1Keep My Eyes on You4:01A2I Was Made to Love You3:41A3There Is a Love4:10A4Sondown5:30B1I Do4:06B2Infinite Mercy4:47B3In the Holy Name of Jesus3:12B4Is My Living in Vain5:01. In 1983 she returned to secular music with Sweet and Slow, a set informed by vintage jazz and blues. Muldaur continued to perform, tour, and record after her success in the mid 1970s, including a turn at the Teatro ZinZanni in 2001.
Her 2005 release Sweet Lovin' Ol' Soul was nominated for both a Blues Music Award (formerly the W. C. Handy Awards) and a Grammy Award in the Traditional Blues category at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards. In 2013, she was nominated for a Blues Music Award in the Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female) category.
In 2003, Muldaur performed at Carnegie Hall in a Peggy Lee tribute concert produced by Richard Barone. In 2018 she performed in Barone's Central Park concert Music & Revolution along with John Sebastian and others from her Greenwich Village days. In 2019, she received the Trailblazer award at the Americana Music Honors & Awards.
In 2021, Muldaur recorded and released the album Let's Get Happy TogetherLet's Get Happy Together7 May 2021 · Studio albumSpotify YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1I Like You Best of All3:512Let's Get Happy Together3:463Be Your Natural Self2:314Delta Bound3:325Swing You Sinners2:356He Ain't Got Rhythm3:367Got the South in My Soul3:218I Go for That3:149Patience and Fortitude2:5410Some Sweet Day3:1211Big City Blues3:4812Road of Stone3:35, a 40-minute, 12-track album in collaboration with Tuba Skinny.

Even Dozen Jug Band

The Even Dozen Jug Band (1964, credited as Maria D'Amato) (Elektra Records, EKS-7246)

Jim Kweskin & the Jug Band

Jug Band Music (1965, credited as Maria D'Amato) (Vanguard Records, VDS-79163)
See Reverse Side for Title (1966, credited as Maria D'Amato) (Vanguard, VDS-79234)
Garden of Joy (1967) (Reprise Records, RS-6266)
The Best of Jim Kweskin & the Jug Band (1968, compilation, credited as Maria D'Amato) (Vanguard, VDS-79270)

Geoff & Maria Muldaur

Pottery Pie (1969) (Reprise, RS-6350)
Sweet Potatoes (1972) (Reprise, MS-2073)

Jerry Garcia Band

Cats Under the Stars (1978, Arista Records)
Pure Jerry: Warner Theatre, March 18, 1978 (2005, Jerry Made)
Pure Jerry: Bay Area 1978 (2009, Jerry Made)
Garcia Live Volume Four (2014, ATO Records)

Paul Butterfield's Better Days

Better Days (1973, Bearsville Records) – on tracks 5, 7, and 8
It All Comes Back (1973, Bearsville) – credited as "vocals", but no specific tracks given

Other contributions

Festival:The Newport Folk Festival 1965 (1967, Vanguard Records VRS-9225/VSD-79225) – (as Maria D'Amato), "Tricks Ain't Walkin' No More"; backing vocals on Eric von Schmidt's, "My Love Comes Rolling Down".
Steelyard Blues movie soundtrack (1972, Warner Bros. Records; reissued on CD in 2015 by Real Gone Music) – Lead vocals on three songs ("Georgia Blues", "Do I Care" and "Lonesome Star Blues") which also feature Mike Bloomfield and Paul Butterfield.
Wendy Waldman, Love Has Got Me (1973, Warner Bros.) – Background vocals on "Lee's Traveling Song".
Mike Seeger The Second Annual Farewell Reunion (1973, Mercury Records) – Vocals and guitar on “Take Me Back to the Sweet Sunny South” (with Mike on the other vocals and the other guitar).
Linda Ronstadt, Heart Like a Wheel (1974, Capitol Records) – Harmony vocals on "Heart Like a Wheel".
Wendy Waldman, Gypsy Symphony (1974, Warner Bros.) – Background vocals on "Come On Down".
Linda Ronstadt, Prisoner In Disguise (1975, Elektra Records) – Harmony/background vocals on "You Tell Me That I'm Falling Down".
The Doobie Brothers, Stampede (1975, Warner Bros.) – Vocals on "I Cheat the Hangman".
Elvin Bishop, Hog Heaven (1978, Capricorn Records) – on two songs
Mike Seeger, Third Annual Farewell Reunion (1994, Rounder Records) – Lead vocals on "The Memory Of Your Smile" (with David Grisman on baritone vocals and guitar and Mike on low tenor vocals and re-tuned mandolin).
Terry Robb, Stop This World (1996, Burnside Records BCD-0025)
Johnny's Blues: A Tribute to Johnny Cash (2003, NorthernBlues Music) – Muldaur contributes "Walking the Blues"; the Johnny Cash version is on the album The Legend (Sun Records, 1970), and on The Essential Johnny Cash 1955–1983 (Legacy Recordings, 1992).
Bill Kirchen, Word to the Wise (2010, Proper Records) – Vocals on "Ain't Got Time For the Blues".

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.

Normalised profile metrics with percentile rank
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	19	79.7th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	47	93.9th
Studio albums	33	98.4th
Awards recorded	1	89th
Timeline events	36	97.7th
Recording span (years)	57	96.1th
Genres	5	88.3th

Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.

Discography (47 release groups · 33 studio albums)

Albums · 33

Pottery Pie
1968 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 41:40
A1Catch It3:17
A2I'll Be Your Baby Tonight3:56
A3New Orleans Hopscop Blues2:45
A4Trials, Troubles, Tribulations4:44
A5Prairie Lullabye4:48
A6Guide Me, O Great Jehovah1:36
B1Me and My Chauffeur Blues6:21
B2Brazil4:17
B3Georgia on My Mind3:44
B4Death Letter Blues6:12
Sweet Potatoes
1972 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 40:52
A1Blue Railroad Train3:01
A2Havana Moon4:52
A3Lazy Bones4:49
A4Cordelia3:57
A5Dardanella4:31
B1I'm Rich5:09
B2Sweet Potatoes2:07
B3Kneein' Me3:22
B4Lover Man4:07
B5Hard Time Killer Floor4:57
Maria Muldaur
1973 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 36:35
A1Any Old Time3:46
A2Midnight at the Oasis3:50
A3My Tennessee Mountain Home3:32
A4I Never Did Sing You a Love Song2:50
A5The Work Song4:04
B1Don’t You Make Me High (Don’t You Feel My Leg)2:48
B2Walkin’ One & Only2:48
B3Long Hard Climb3:04
B4Three Dollar Bill3:58
B6Vaudeville Man2:41
B6Mad Mad Me3:14
Waitress in the Donut Shop
1974 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 36:02
1Squeeze Me3:25
2Gringo en Mexico3:20
3Cool River2:53
4I’m a Woman4:09
5Sweetheart3:07
6Honey Babe Blues3:05
7If You Haven’t Any Hay2:46
8Oh Papa3:20
9It Ain’t the Meat It’s the Motion3:02
10Brickyard Blues4:32
11Travelin’ Shoes (traditional)2:23
Sweet Harmony
1976 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 41:03
1Sweet Harmony4:48
2Sad Eyes4:34
3Lying Song4:11
4Rockin' Chair3:46
5I Can't Stand It3:39
6We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye3:40
7Back by Fall4:02
8Jon the Generator3:24
9Wild Bird4:48
10As an Eagle Stirreth in Her Nest4:11
Southern Winds
1978 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 37:19
A1Make Love to the Music4:07
A2Say You Will3:20
A3I'll Keep My Light in My Window4:34
A4I Got a Man3:24
A5Cajun Moon2:50
B1I Can't Say No3:30
B2Here Is Where Your Love Belongs4:17
B3That's the Way Love Is4:01
B4Joyful Noise3:03
B5My Sister and Brothers4:13
Open Your Eyes
1979 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 40:22
1Fall in Love Again3:38
2Finally Made Love to a Man3:49
3Birds Fly South (When Winter Comes)4:17
4Heart of Fire3:41
5Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be)4:58
6Open Your Eyes3:26
7(No More) Dancin' in the Street4:03
8Elona4:00
9Clean Up Woman4:06
10Love Is Everything4:24
There Is a Love
1982 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 34:28
A1Keep My Eyes on You4:01
A2I Was Made to Love You3:41
A3There Is a Love4:10
A4Sondown5:30
B1I Do4:06
B2Infinite Mercy4:47
B3In the Holy Name of Jesus3:12
B4Is My Living in Vain5:01
Transblucency
1986 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks
1Massachusetts
2Rio de Janeiro Blue
3You’ve Changed
4Blizzard of Lies
5Lazy Afternoon
6Wheelers and Dealers
7How Can You Face Me
8Transblucency
9Looking Back
10Where
On the Sunny Side
1990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 42:39
1Would You Like to Swing on a Star?2:52
2The Story Book Ball3:28
3Cooking Breakfast for the Ones I Love3:04
4On the Sunny Side of the Street2:20
5Never Swat a Fly2:31
6Melancholy Baby4:36
7Put On a Happy Face2:39
8The Circus Song3:27
9Side by Side2:36
10Mocking Bird Hill3:27
11Coat of Many Colors3:32
12Prairie Lullaby4:41
13Dream a Little Dream3:26
Louisiana Love Call
1992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 52:09
1Second Line4:17
2Best of Me4:34
3Louisiana Love Call5:52
4Cajun Moon5:02
5Creole Eyes4:16
6Blues Wave3:27
7Dem Dat Know4:47
8So Many Rivers to Cross3:51
9Don't You Feel My Leg4:06
10Layin' Right Here in Heaven3:21
11Without a Friend Like You3:43
12Southern Music4:53
Sweet and Slow
1993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 40:45
1Cooking Breakfast for the One I Love2:49
2Adam and Eve Had the Blues3:12
3Blues for Hoagy (Laid Back Blues)3:13
4There's Going to Be the Devil to Pay3:12
5Sweet and Slow6:27
6Brother, Seek and Ye Shall Find1:36
7Oh Papa5:01
8Loverman (Oh Where Can You Be)4:55
9Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You4:16
10Prelude to a Kiss6:04
Jazzabelle
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 53:07
1Your Molecular Structure2:59
2Weeping Willow Blues4:34
3Everybody Cryin’ Mercy4:51
4Rio de Janeiro Blue3:46
5You’re My Thrill3:24
6Long as You’re Living3:00
7Elona5:48
8Do Your Duty3:36
9Don’t You Feel My Leg (Don’t You Get Me High)4:21
10September Rain6:33
11Southern Music5:00
12Where5:15
Meet Me at Midnite
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 50:29
1Trouble With My Lover3:28
2Meet Me at Midnight4:03
3Send the Man Back Home5:09
4Sweet Simple Love3:30
5Power in Music4:24
6Ease the Pain4:47
7Trouble With Love4:37
8Recovered Soul4:06
9Down So Low4:25
10Serve Somebody2:44
11Woman's Lament3:24
12Mississippi Muddy Water5:52
Acoustic Swing & Jug
1998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:00:07
1Jug Band Music3:01
2Beedle Um Bum2:33
3Somebody Stole My Gal3:17
4That's When I'll Come Back to You2:55
5I'm a Woman3:55
6Never Swat a Fly3:30
7Rag Mama2:12
8Richland Mama4:24
9My Gal2:53
10Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me2:01
11Chevrolet3:56
12Ukelele Lady3:53
13Memphis3:06
14Blues in the Bottle3:32
15Morning Blues3:03
16Crazy Words, Crazy Tune2:02
17Borneo2:10
18Downtown Blues2:13
19Wild About My Loving3:35
20I'm Satisfied With My Gal1:56
Swingin’ in the Rain
1998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 39:19
1Choo ’n Gum2:38
2Aba Daba Honeymoon2:44
3… I’d’ve Baked a Cake2:47
4Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah2:54
5Singin’ in the Rain4:38
6Three Little Fishies3:11
7Peanut2:34
8Mairzy Doats3:16
9Animal Fair2:36
10A Bushel and a Peck3:43
11Jeepers Creepers3:22
12A-You’re Adorable2:26
13Heck I’d Go!2:30
Southland of the Heart
1998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 51:54
1Ring Me Up3:20
2Get Up, Get Ready4:18
3Southland of the Heart5:11
4Latersville4:55
5Think About You5:30
6There's a Devil on the Loose4:00
7Fool's Paradise5:40
8One Short Life5:12
9If I Were You4:05
10Someday When We're Both Alone5:10
11Blues Gives a Lesson4:33
Meet Me Where They Play the Blues
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 56:10
1Soothe Me4:27
2I Wanna Be Loved4:19
3Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You4:28
4It Ain't the Meat, It's the Motion2:59
5We Can Let It Happen Tonight4:09
6Meet Me Where They Play the Blues3:53
7It Feels Like Rain6:55
8Blues So Bad3:38
9Misery and the Blues4:26
10He Don't Have the Blues Anymore5:42
11All to Myself Alone5:51
12The Promised Land5:23
Richland Woman Blues
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 46:31
1Richland Woman Blues4:33
2Grasshoppers in My Pillow3:24
3It's a Blessing3:48
4Me and My Chauffeur Blues3:15
5Put It Right Here3:19
6I'm Goin' Back Home2:58
7My Man Blues4:06
8In My Girlish Days2:19
9Far Away Blues2:57
10I Got to Move4:52
11Lonesome Desert Blues3:05
12Soul of a Man2:52
13I Belong to the Band4:18
14It's a Blessing (reprise)0:45
Animal Crackers in My Soup: Songs Made Popular by Shirley Temple
2002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 44:11
1Animal Crackers in My Soup3:58
2At the Codfish Ball3:36
3You've Gotta Eat Your Spinach, Baby3:46
4Hey What Did the Blue Jay Say?2:34
5We Should Be Together3:29
6On the Good Ship Lollipop3:36
7I Love to Walk in the Rain3:21
8This Is a Happy Little Ditty2:16
9Early Bird3:02
10When I Grow Up6:27
11An Old Straw Hat3:30
12Goodnight, My Love3:50
13Lullaby to a Doll0:46
A Woman Alone With the Blues: ...Remembering Peggy Lee
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 51:44
1Fever5:53
2I Don't Know Enough About You3:53
3Moments Like This4:05
4Winter Weather3:07
5Some Cats Know8:32
6Everything Is Moving Too Fast3:11
7Waitin' for the Train to Come In3:29
8The Freedom Train3:35
9Black Coffee6:32
10A Woman Alone With the Blues3:18
11For Every Man There's a Woman3:47
12I'm Gonna Go Fishin'2:22
Sweet Lovin' Ol' Soul: Old Highway 61 Revisited
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 45:37
1I Am Sailin'3:43
2Long as I Can See You Smile2:46
3Sweet Lovin' Ol' Soul4:19
4Ain't What You Used to Have6:00
5Lookin' the World Over2:47
6Empty Bed Blues6:22
7Tricks Ain't Walkin'4:33
8Crazy Cryin' Blues3:05
9She Put Me Outdoors3:03
10Decent Woman Blues3:59
11I'm Goin' Back2:25
12Take a Stand2:35
Love Wants to Dance
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 51:23
1The Lies of Handsome Men5:32
2If Dreams Come True3:29
3Love Dance7:17
4Isn't That the Thing to Do?4:37
5Moonlight4:23
6Lonely Moon5:11
7Baby You're My Destiny3:45
8I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues5:23
9The Strong Stand Alone5:55
10Every Day Is a New Day5:51
Heart of Mine: Love Songs of Bob Dylan
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 49:19
1Buckets of Rain4:13
2Lay Baby Lay (Lay Lady Lay)3:39
3To Be Alone With You4:15
4Heart of Mine3:13
5Make You Feel My Love3:30
6Moonlight4:16
7You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go4:53
8Golden Loom5:22
9On a Night Like This3:31
10I'll Be Your Baby Tonight4:08
11Wedding Song4:37
12You Ain't Goin' Nowhere3:42
Naughty, Bawdy & Blue
2007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 44:20
1Down Home Blues2:23
2Up the Country Blues3:17
3Separation Blues4:43
4A Good Man Is Hard to Find3:55
5Handy Man3:59
6New Orleans Hop Scop Blues3:32
7Smile3:36
8TB Blues3:10
9One Hour Mama3:06
10Empty Bed Blues6:22
11Early Every Morn3:33
12Yonder Come the Blues2:44
Yes We Can!
2008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:07:10
1Make a Better World4:47
2Inner City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Holler)5:57
3Yes We Can, Can5:11
4John Brown5:56
5This Old World3:18
6War5:25
7We Shall Be Free4:50
8License to Kill3:57
9Masters of War6:01
10Why Can't We Live Together?5:58
11Pray for the USA4:30
12Down by the Riverside6:51
13Everyone in the World4:29
Maria Muldaur & Her Garden of Joy
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 46:52
1The Diplomat3:50
2Shake Hands and Tell Me Goodbye3:07
3Shout You Cats3:02
4The Ghost of the St Louis Blues3:51
5Let It Simmer4:36
6Sweet Lovin’ Ol Soul4:18
7Medley5:13
8Garden of Joy2:23
9He Calls That Religion4:08
10I Ain’t Gonna Marry2:57
11Bank Failure Blues5:24
12The Panic Is On4:03
Barnyard Dance - Jug Band Music For Kids
2010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks
1Mama Don't Allow No Jugband Music 'Round Here
2I Love to Ride My Camel
3The Barnyard Dance
4Don't Let It Bother You
5Threw It Out The Window
6Singing In The Bathtub
7All By Myself
8Under The Chicken Tree
9Everybody Eats When They Come To My House
10Circus Song
11Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor?
12Relax Your Mind
Steady Love
2011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 56:39
1I’ll Be Glad4:44
2Why Are People Like That?3:14
3Soulful Dress3:08
4Blues Go Walking3:14
5I’ve Done Made It Up in My Mind4:10
6Walk by Faith4:19
7As an Eagle Stirreth in Her Nest4:28
8Rain Down Tears4:34
9Get You Next to Me4:38
10Steady Love4:22
11Don’t Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down4:11
12Please Send Me Someone to Love6:28
13I Am Not Alone5:09
First Came Memphis Minnie
2012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 46:25
1Me and My Chauffeur Blues3:13
2Ain’t Nothin’ in Ramblin’3:43
3I’m Goin’ Back Home2:57
4I’m Sailin’3:44
5When You Love Me3:20
6Long as I Can See You Smile2:48
7Lookin’ the World Over2:48
8In My Girlish Days4:48
9She Put Me Outdoors3:04
10Keep Your Big Mouth Closed3:14
11Tricks Ain’t Walkin’4:33
12Crazy Cryin’ Blues3:05
13Black Rat Swing5:08
Don’t You Feel My Leg: The Naughty Bawdy Blues of Blue Lu Barker
2018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 49:14
1Georgia Grind4:50
2Leave My Man Alone3:43
3Loan Me Your Husband4:12
4Scat Skunk3:48
5Now You’re Down in the Alley3:39
6Here’s a Little Girl From Jacksonville4:24
7Nix on Those Lush Heads3:42
8Bow Legged Daddy2:55
9Trombone Man Blues3:28
10A Little Bird Told Me2:20
11Handy Andy4:27
12Don’t You Feel My Leg3:59
13Never Brag About Your Man3:47
Let's Get Happy Together
2021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 39:55
1I Like You Best of All3:51
2Let's Get Happy Together3:46
3Be Your Natural Self2:31
4Delta Bound3:32
5Swing You Sinners2:35
6He Ain't Got Rhythm3:36
7Got the South in My Soul3:21
8I Go for That3:14
9Patience and Fortitude2:54
10Some Sweet Day3:12
11Big City Blues3:48
12Road of Stone3:35
One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey
2025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 40:09
1My Handy Man3:59
2What Makes You Act Like That?3:23
3Don't Love No Married Man3:52
4Dreaming of You2:45
5Organ Grinder Blues4:03
6No, Papa, No!3:15
7One Hour Mama3:06
8Funny Feathers3:19
9Gotta Have What It Takes3:09
10Any-Kind-a-Man2:46
11Down Hill Pull3:22
12T-B Blues3:10

Single · 2

Single release groups, by first release date
Cover	Year	Title	Notes	First release
	1969	Open Up Your Soul / Sittin’ Alone in the MoonlightSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 6:54 1Open Up Your Soul3:22 2Sittin’ Alone in the Moonlight3:32		1969
	1974	Midnight at the OasisSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 7:16 AMidnight at the Oasis3:36 BAny Old Time3:40		1974

Album · 12

Album release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	Notes	First release
1980	Gospel NightsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 11 tracks · 40:54 A1My Sisters and Brothers6:41 A2My Jesus Is All3:46 A3Trials, Troubles, Tribulations4:47 A4Bright Morning Star3:24 A5Daniel Prayed2:34 A6Nobody's Fault but Mine1:39 B1As an Eagle Stireth Her Nest4:43 B2Did You Remember to Pray3:19 B3Traveling Shoes4:14 B4People Get Ready3:49 B5Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehova1:58	Live	1980
1985	Live in LondonSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 8 tracks 1Talk to Me 2There Must Be a Better World Somewhere 3It’s in the Book 4Sweet and Slow 5Rio de Janeiro Blues 6Ain’t No Man Righteous 7Never Make a Movie Too Soon 8What About the Price?	Live	1985
1987	Takoma—Plus OneSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 26 tracks · 1:10:19 1My Sisters and Brothers6:42 2My Jesus Is All3:47 3Trials, Troubles, Tribulations4:47 4Bright Morning Star3:24 5Daniel Prayed2:34 6Nobody’s Fault but Mine1:40 7As an Eagle Stireth Her Nest4:44 8Did You Remember to Pray3:19 9Traveling Shoes4:15 10People Get Ready3:50 11Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah1:58 12Yes! Jesus Loves Me1:45 13Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus1:14 14Lord of All Hopefullness1:39 15All Through the Night2:03 16Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel2:39 17Two American Folk Hymns2:25 18St. Patrick’s1:53 19Holy, Holy, Holy2:01 20St. Clement’s1:49 21For All the Saints1:33 22At the Name of Jesus1:24 23Medley: Come Thou Almighty King, Wild Western Hero1:44 24Praise to the Lord1:45 25Lord, I Want to Be a Christian in My Heart1:55 26Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence3:30	Compilation	1987
1996	Fanning the FlamesSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 56:37 1Home of the Blues4:21 2Fanning the Flames5:30 3Trust in My Love4:11 4Somebody Was Watching Over Me5:07 5Heaven on Earth5:15 6Stand by Me4:35 7Talk Real Slow4:21 8Stop Runnin' From Your Own Shadow4:31 9Can't Pin Yo' Spin on Me4:05 10Brotherly Love6:20 11Well, Well, Well4:55 12Strange and Foreign Land3:26	Live	1996
2000	Music for LoversSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 11 tracks · 54:57 1Fanning the Flames5:32 2Think About You5:29 3Latersville4:54 4It Feels Like Rain6:55 5Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You4:27 6We Can Let It Happen Tonight4:10 7Soothe Me4:26 8Talk Real Slow4:22 9I Wanna Be Loved4:19 10Someday When We're Both Alone5:14 11Southland of the Heart5:09	Compilation	26 September 2000
2003	Classic Live!Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 13 tracks · 53:06 1If You Haven't Any Hay3:00 2Three Dollar Bill4:10 3Richland Woman Blues4:21 4Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be)4:45 5My Tennessee Mountain Home4:11 6Work Song4:31 7Don't You Feel My Leg3:02 8Walking One and Only2:46 9Sweetheart (Waitress in a Donut Shop)4:45 10Midnight at the Oasis4:02 11Searchin'5:36 12An Eagle Stirreth in Her Nest4:53 13Travelin' Shoes3:04	Live	29 June 2003
2004	30 Years of Maria Muldaur: I'm a WomanSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:19:41 1I'm a Woman4:09 2Midnight at the Oasis3:50 3My Tennessee Mountain Home3:31 4The Work Song4:02 5Rockin' Chair3:44 6It Ain't the Meat (It's the Motion)2:55 7Don't You Make Me High (Don't You Feel My Leg)2:46 8Three Dollar Bill3:57 9Cajun Moon5:02 10Louisiana Love Call5:51 11Best of Me4:32 12It Feels Like Rain6:52 13Me & My Chauffeur Blues3:14 14Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You4:25 15Get Up, Get Ready4:14 16Somebody Was Watching Over Me5:05 17Well, Well, Well4:52 18Soul of a Man2:52 19It's a Blessing3:48	Compilation	4 May 2004
2006	Songs For The Young At HeartSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 18 tracks · 56:48 1Swing on a Star2:51 2Choo'n Gum2:37 3Aba Daba Honeymoon2:44 4Cooking Breakfast3:03 5Singin' in the Rain4:37 6Animal Fair2:36 7The Story Book Ball3:26 8The Circus Song3:25 9Codfish Ball3:45 10On the Sunny Side2:20 11You've Got to Eat3:58 12Heck I'd Go2:29 13Side by Side2:36 14Three Little Fishes3:10 15Never Swat a Fly2:31 16Peanut2:34 17Mocking Bird Hill3:25 18Prairie Lullaby4:41	Compilation	2006
2008	Live in ConcertSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:19:13 1Buckets of Love4:50 2Lay Lady Lay4:36 3To Be Alone With You4:59 4Heart of Mine4:06 5Make You Feel My Love4:38 6Meet Me in the Moonlite4:55 7Your Gonna Make Me Lonesome5:52 8Cajun Moon7:23 9Golden Loom5:57 10On a Night Like This4:11 11I'll Be Your Baby Tonight5:10 12Shoe Don't Fit5:11 13Midnite at the Oasis5:29 14Wedding Song7:42 15Ride Me High4:14	Live	2008
2010	Christmas At The Oasis (Live at the Rrazz Room)Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 13 tracks 1Sleigh Ride 2Boogie Woogie Santa 3Christmas Blues 4Yule That's Cool 5Santa Baby 6What Will Santa Claus Say 7At The Christmas Ball 8Christmas Night In Harlem 9Merry Christmas Baby 10Zat You Santa Claus? 11Winter Wonderland 12Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You 13Christmas At The Oasis	Live	2010
2025	1974-12-22: King Biscuit Flower Hour, Troubadour, Los Angeles, CASearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 22 tracks 1Talk 1 2Squeeze Me 3Talk 2 4Any Old Time 5Talk 3 6Ain't I Good to You 7Talk 4 8Sweetheart 9Talk 5 10Doozy (instrumental) 11It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) 12Talk 6 13Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be) 14Talk 7 15Walking One and Only 16Talk 8 17Don't You Get Me High (Don't You Feel My Leg) 18Talk 9 19I'm a Woman 20Talk 10 21It Ain't the Meat (It's the Motion) 22Midnight at the Oasis (Live) [01/30/74 Ebbet's Field, Denver, CO]	Live	15 September 2025
—	Recovered SoulSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:15:28 1Somebody Was Watching Over Me5:04 2Recovered Soul4:02 3Stop Runnin From Your Own Shadow4:29 4Without a Friend Like You3:40 5Don’t Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down3:25 6Make a Better World4:46 7Yes We Can2:34 8We Shall Be Free4:49 9I Am a Woman4:06 10Sweet Simple Love3:26 11Bessie’s Advice7:14 12Long as You Are Living2:58 13Smile3:37 14Midnight at the Oasis3:48 15Don’t You Feel My Leg4:05 16It’s a Blessing3:47 17Everyone in the World4:30 18Southland of the Heart5:08	Compilation	—

Stats & PK

Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Maria Muldaur head-to-head →

Maria Muldaur metrics with percentile rank among published artists
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	19	79.7th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	47	93.9th
Studio albums	33	98.4th
Awards recorded	1	89th
Timeline events	36	97.7th
Recording span (years)	57	96.1th
Genres	5	88.3th

Awards & honours

Awards and honours, by year
Year	Award	Category	Result
2019	Americana Trailblazer Award		won

Line-up

Band line-up and band memberships with dates
Name	From	To	Role
Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band(band)	—	present	original

Where this record comes from

portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maria_Muldaur_1969_%28cropped%29.jpg
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3aeb9e89-4fc3-46f4-a5a8-cf6c1b7e66a0
discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3aeb9e89-4fc3-46f4-a5a8-cf6c1b7e66a0
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q465629
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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q465629
seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Muldaur
biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Muldaur

Why this artist is in the database

List of folk musicians

United States · Group

rhythm and blues

1 shared genre tag · debut 1965, 3 years apart · from United States

17 wikis

Timeline

1940s

Born 1943-09-12

1960s

Debut release: Pottery Pie

Album: Pottery Pie

1970s

Album: Sweet Potatoes

Album: Maria Muldaur

Album: Waitress in the Donut Shop

Album: Sweet Harmony

Album: Southern Winds

Album: Open Your Eyes

1980s

Album: There Is a Love

Album: Transblucency

1990s

Album: On the Sunny Side

Album: Louisiana Love Call

Album: Sweet and Slow

Album: Jazzabelle

Album: Meet Me at Midnite

Album: Acoustic Swing & Jug

Album: Swingin’ in the Rain

Album: Southland of the Heart

Album: Meet Me Where They Play the Blues

2000s

Album: Richland Woman Blues

Album: Animal Crackers in My Soup: Songs Made Popular by Shirley Temple

Album: A Woman Alone With the Blues: ...Remembering Peggy Lee

Album: Sweet Lovin' Ol' Soul: Old Highway 61 Revisited

Album: Love Wants to Dance

Album: Heart of Mine: Love Songs of Bob Dylan

Album: Naughty, Bawdy & Blue

Album: Yes We Can!

Album: Maria Muldaur & Her Garden of Joy

2010s

Album: Barnyard Dance - Jug Band Music For Kids

Album: Steady Love

Album: First Came Memphis Minnie

Album: Don’t You Feel My Leg: The Naughty Bawdy Blues of Blue Lu Barker

Won: Americana Trailblazer Award

2020s

Album: Let's Get Happy Together

Album: One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey

Biography

Biography

Career

Even Dozen Jug Band

Jim Kweskin & the Jug Band

Geoff & Maria Muldaur

Jerry Garcia Band

Paul Butterfield's Better Days

Other contributions

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Discography (47 release groups · 33 studio albums)

Albums · 33

Single · 2

Album · 12

Stats & PK

Awards & honours

Line-up

Where this record comes from

Why this artist is in the database

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