The music playing in the Power & Light exhibit is a mixture of jazz, folk, blues, and country music from the time of the coal survey and more recent interpretations. They include:
- “Sixteen Tons,” George Davis, 1967
- “Sentimental Journey,” Doris Day featuring Les Brown and his Orchestra, 1945
- “Hoo Doo Blues,” Carl Martin, Ted Bogan and Tommy Armstrong, 1972
- “Ain't that Just Like a Woman,” Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five, 1946
- “One Dime Blues,” Etta Baker, 1991
- “Five Minutes More” Frank Sinatra, 1946
- “Coal Miner's Boogie,” George Davis, 1967
- “The L & N Don't Stop Here Anymore,” Jean Ritchie, 1965
- “Candyman,” Etta Baker, 1999
- “Dark as a Dungeon,” Odetta, 1960
- “Roll on Buddy,” Roscoe Holcomb, 1998
- “Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens,” Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five, 1946
- “When Kentucky Didn't Have Any Union Men,” George Davis, 1967
- “Accent-tu-ate the Positive,” Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters, 1944
- “Noche de Ronda,” Trios Los Panchos, 2023
- “You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive,” Patty Loveless, 2001
- “John Henry,” Etta Baker, 1991
- “Atomic Cocktail,” Slim Gaillard, 1945
- “Pallet on Your Floor,” Brownie McGhee, ca. 1940s
- “Java Jive,” The Ink Spots, 1940
- “Petootie Pie,” Ella Fitzgerald with Louis Jordan, 1946
- “I Don't Want Your Millions Mister,” Almanac Singers, 1955
- “I'm Beginning to See the Light,” Harry James with Kitty Kallen, 1944
- “Harlan County Blues,” Mike Seeger, 1966
- “Coal Miner's Blues,” Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard, 2001