Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – October 15, 2024: Finest Kind's Kind of Songs

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/67256.html

Theme: Finest Kind’s Kind of Songs

Finest Kind is the now mostly-retired trio of Ottawa based singers Ann Downey, Shelley Posen and Ian Robb – a trio best known for its superb vocal harmonies. All the songs on this show were recorded by Finest Kind over the years.

Finest Kind- The Faded Roses of December

Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle Music)

Utah Phillips- The Goodnight Loving Trail

The Telling Takes Me Home (Philo)

Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin- Blue Mountain

Stay Awhile (Rounder)

Blue Murder- The Banks of Sweet Primroses

No One Stands Alone (Topic)

Windborne- Gimme Just a Little More Time

Recollections/Revolutions (Wand’ring Feet)

Finest Kind- The Storms May Roll the Ocean

Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle Music)

Peggy Seeger- Going to the West

The Folkways Years 1955-1992: Songs of Love and Politics (Smithsonian Folkways)

Derek Lamb- The Miner’s Dream of Home

She was Poor but She was Honest: Nice, Naughty and Nourishing Songs of the London Music Hall and Pubs (Folkways)

Sneezy Waters- I Heard the Bluebirds Sing

Sneezy Waters (Sneezy Waters)

Martyn Wyndham-Read- Sussex Drinking Song

A Rose from the Bush (Greenwich Village)

David Parry- In Praise of Alcohol

The Man from Eldorado: Songs and Stories of Robert W. Service (Borealis)

Coope, Boyes & Simpson- John Barleycorn

Coope, Boyes & Simpson (World Music Network)

Finest Kind- John Barleycorn Deconstructed

For Honour & For Gain (Fallen Angle Music)

Bill Staines- Only Remembered

Looking for the Wind (Red House)

John Roberts & Tony Barrand- A Pilgrim’s Way

Twiddlum Twaddlum (Golden Hind Music)

Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop- No More Fish

Red Shoes (Borealis)

Finest Kind- Lowlands Low

For Honour & For Gain (Fallen Angle Music)

The Carter Family- Fond Affection

When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland: Their Complete Victor Recordings 1929-1930 (Rounder)

The Greenbriar Boys- At the End of a Long Lonely Day

Best of the Vanguard Years (Vanguard)

The Brothers & Sisters- The Times They are A-Changin’

Dylan’s Gospel (Columbia)

Ben E. King- Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow

Ben E. King Sings for Soulful Lovers (Rhino)

Finest Kind- Jack the Jolly Tar

Silks & Spices (Fallen Angle Music)

Tom Lewis- Bully in the Alley

Tinker Tailor Soldier Singer (Self Propelled Music)

Finest Kind- Who will Sing for Me

Heart’s Delight (Fallen Angle Music)

Next week: Remembering Nick Gravenites, Kris Kristofferson, JD Souther, and Billy Edd Wheeler.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – October 8, 2024: My Town and Other Towns

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/67165.html

Theme: My Town and Other Towns

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- My Town 

Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Nonesuch)

John Prine & Dolores Keane- In a Town This Size

In Spite of Ourselves (Oh Boy)

Mike Regenstreif & Bill Morrissey (2005)

Bill Morrissey- Small Town on the River

Bill Morrissey (Philo)

Rosalie Sorrels- Girls In Our Town

Then Came the Children (Green Linnet)

Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin- Our Town

Our Town (Rounder)

David Mallett- This Little Town

Open Doors and Windows (Flying Fish)

Bill Hearne- Small Town Saturday Night

Always Trust Your Cape (Howlin’ Dog) 

Paul Siebel- My Town

Woodsmoke and Oranges (Elektra)

Nanci Griffith- This Old Town

Other Voices/Other Rooms (Elektra)

Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer- Ordinary Town

Drum Hat Buddha (Signature Sounds)

David Essig & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

David Essig- Walk Back Into Town

A Stone in My Pocket (Peregrin)

Mary Chapin Carpenter- I am a Town

One Night Lonely (Lambent Light)

Mike Regenstreif & David Clayton-Thomas (2006)

David Clayton-Thomas- This Town

Say Somethin’ (Linus)

Bobby Charles- Small Town Talk

Bobby Charles (Stony Plain)

Cliff Eberhardt- Little Town

500 Miles: The Blue Rock Sessions (Red House)

Blackie & The Rodeo Kings & Pam Tillis- My Town Has Moved Away

Kings and Queens (FU:M)

C. Daniel Boling & Tom Paxton- This Town has No Café

New Old Friends (Berkalin)

Shawna Caspi- My Town

Skyline (Shawna Caspi)

Nick Justice- Stranger in My Town

Stranger in My Town (Nick Justice)

Amelia Curran- In a Town (200 Days)

Spectators (Six Shooter)

Dave Clarke- In My Home Town

Reunion (Crossties)

Judy Mayhan- I Washed My Face in the Morning Dew (Strange Towns)

Moments (Atlantic)

Amy Speace- Something ‘Bout a Town

The American Dream (Windbone)

Next week: Finest Kind’s Kind of Songs.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday October 5, 2024

Saturday Morning is an eclectic roots-oriented program on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Saturday mornings from 7 until 10 am (Eastern time) and available for on-demand streaming anytime. I am one of the four rotating hosts of the Saturday Morning show. 

This episode of Saturday Morning was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/67154.html

Bill Staines- October Winds

The First Million Miles (Rounder)

Ann Savoy- Who Knows Where the Time Goes

Another Heart (Smithsonian Folkways)

Tommy Makem & Liam Clancy- White Swans and Black/Grey October Clouds

Two for the Early Dew (Shanachie)

Laura Smith & Mike Regenstreif (2013)

Laura Smith- My Bonny

As Long As I’m Dreaming (Borealis)

Dave Van Ronk- Urge for Going

…and the tin pan bended, and the story ended… (Smithsonian Folkways)

Susie Burke- Will You Come Home

The Seasons Project: Autumn (Christine Lavin)

David Buskin- When I Need You Most of All

The Seasons Project: Autumn (Christine Lavin)

Christine Lavin- Getting Used to Leavin’

The Seasons Project: Autumn (Christine Lavin)

John Gorka & Mike Regenstreif (2012)

John Gorka- Out of My Mind

The Seasons Project: Autumn (Christine Lavin)

Sussex- Take You Back

Shine (Lucky Bear)

Jesse Winchester- Yankee Lady

Seems Like Only Yesterday – Live in Montreal 1976 (Real Gone Music)

Priscilla Herdman- Talk to Me of Mendocino

Forgotten Dreams (Flying Fish)

Mike Regenstreif & Anne Hills (2001)

Anne Hills- Brown Leaves

Angle of the Light (Flying Fish)

Cindy Mangsen- October Roses

Songs of Experience (Redwing Music)

Jenny Burtis- I Won’t Chase You Down

Woodbird (Ploodepesh)

Ray Bonneville- Oh the Night is Long

On the Blind Side (Stonefly) 

James Gordon- Wrinkles and Scars

Wrinkles and Scars (James Gordon)

Katherine Wheatley- Great Big Guitar

Landed (The Hoot Music Company)

Corin Raymond- There will Always be a Small Time

There will Always be a Small Time (Corin Raymond)

Gathering Sparks- Many Sparks Make a Fire

All That’s Real (Borealis)

Terra Spencer- At Your Service

Old News (Terra Spencer & Ben Caplan)

Sussex- I’ll See You in My Dreams

Shine (Lucky Bear)

Graham Nash- Marrakesh Express (demo)

Over the Years (Rhino)

Pink Martini- Hang On Little Tomato

A Retrospective (Heinz)

Ben Caplan- What Love Can Heartache Allow

Old Stock (Rhyme and Reason)

Mike Regenstreif & Old Man Luedecke (2015)

Old Man Luedecke- Le Ciel est Noir (A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall)

Easy Money (True North)

Carla Sciaky- Standing by a River

Heart of the Swan (Propinquity)

Moira Smiley- Awake Awake

The Rhizome Project (Moira Smiley Music)

Anna McGarrigle, Chaim Tannenbaum, Lily Lanken, Rufus Wainwright & Martha Wainwright- Dink’s Song

Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle (Nonesuch)

Andy Statman- Brown County Breakdown

Bluegrass Tracks (Shefa)

Sonya Cohen Cramer- Oh the Wind and Rain

You’ve Been a Friend to Me (Smithsonian Folkways)

Ren Harvieu- I Used to be So Pretty

Linda Thompson: Proxy Music (StorySound)

Carolyn Shulman- Heart on a Wire

Heart on a Wire (Carolyn Shulman)

Amy Speace- Homecoming Queen

The American Dream (Windbone)

Philadelphia Jerry Ricks- Casey Jones

True Blues (Traditional Line)

Moses Crouch- Falling Down Blues/Good Morning Judge

Earth Music (Riverlark)

Furry Lewis- Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor

Blues Magician (Lucky Seven)

Steve Lundquist- Up in the Cascades

The Great Northwest (Steve Lundquist)

Erin Ash Sullivan- Rest Stop Bird

Signposts and Marks (Erin Ash Sullivan)

Julian Taylor- Love Letters

Pathways (Howling Turtle)

Claire Lynch- I Give You the Morning

Bluegrass Sings Paxton (Mountain Home)

Tom Paxton- Wish I Had a Troubadour

The Compleat Tom Paxton (Even Compleater) (Rhino Handmade)

Mike Regenstreif, Tom Paxton & Joel Mabus (2001) photo: Janice Hanson

  
Joel Mabus- Old Man River

Lonesome Road: Suite for Solo Guitar and Voice – Songs of the Lost Generation 1924-1928 (Fossil)

Tom Russell & The Norwegian Wind Esemble- Mississippi River Running Backwards

Aztec Jazz (Frontera)

Sussex- Bye Bye Blues

Shine (Lucky Bear)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on November 2. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – October 1, 2024: David Eisenstadt/Tim Hardin

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/67066.html

Themes: Part 1 – Conversation and Songs with David Eisenstadt; Part 2 – Songs of Tim Hardin (1941-1980)

Part 1 – Songs and Conversation with David Eisenstadt

David Eisenstadt, is author of the newly published book, Musicians Under the Radar, Volume 3: 42 Notable Canadian Jewish Performers.

Visit this link for more information on David’s books. https://undertheradarbook.com/

The next six songs punctuated my conversation with David Eisenstadt.

The Rankin Family- Rise Again

North Country (EMI)

Lorne Greene- The Search

Portrait of the West (RCA)

The Band- Rags and Bones

Northern Lights – Southern Cross (Capitol)

Robbie Robertson- Somewhere Down the Crazy River

Testimony (Universal)

Beyond the Pale- The Whole Thing

Ruckus (Borealis)

Tio Chirinho- Tempestuoso

Tempestuoso (Lulaworld)

Part 2 – Songs of Tim Hardin (1941-1980)

Tim Hardin- Tribute to Hank Williams

Tim Hardin 1/Tim Hardin 2 (Raven)

Ramblin’ Jack Elliott- If I Were a Carpenter

South Coast (Red House)

Joan Baez- Don’t Make Promises

Ring Them Bells (Guardian)

Eric Andersen- Misty Roses

The Street was Always There (Appleseed)

Rickie Lee Jones- Reason to Believe

The Devil You Know (Concord)

Tim Hardin- The Lady Came from Baltimore

Live in Concert (Polygram)

Bill Staines- Black Sheep Boy

Going to the West (Red House)

Caroline Doctorow- How Can We Hang on to a Dream

Follow You Down (Narrow Lane)

Bobby Darin- Red Balloon

If I Were a Carpenter/Inside Out (Edsel)

Tim Hardin- Speak Like a Child

Tim Hardin 1/Tim Hardin 2 (Raven)

Next week: My Town and Other Towns.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 24, 2024: Leonard Cohen at 90

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/66939.html

Theme: Leonard Cohen at 90.

Leonard Cohen was born in Montreal on September 21, 1934 and died in Los Angeles on November 7, 2016 at age 82. He first gained recognition for his poetry in the 1950s, and for two novels in the 1960s, before emerging as one of our greatest songwriters.

Leonard Cohen- The Stranger Song

Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia/Legacy)

David Clayton-Thomas- Suzanne

Canadiana (Antoinette/ILS)

Leonard Cohen- Les Vieux

Six Montreal Poets (Folkways)

Judy Collins- Story of Isaac

Judy Collins Sings Leonard Cohen: Democracy (Elektra/Rhino)

Dave Van Ronk- Bird on the Wire

Van Ronk (Polydor)

Crowes Pasture- Tonight Will Be Fine

Edge of America (Crowes Pasture)

Leonard Cohen- So Long, Marianne

Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia/Legacy)

Annabelle Chvostek- Dance Me to the End of Love

Dance Me to the End of Love – single (Annabelle Chvostek)

Perla Batalla & David Hidalgo- Ballad of the Absent Mare

Bird on the Wire: The Songs of Leonard Cohen (Mechuda Music)

Jennifer Warnes- Came So Far for Beauty

Famous Blue Raincoat: The Songs of Leonard Cohen – 20th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory)

Leonard Cohen- Night Comes On

Various Positions (Columbia)

SONiA disappear fear- Hallelujah

By My Silence (Disappear)

Rob Corcoran & The Necessary Evils- Tower of Song

Grand Declarations (Rob Corcoran)

Rachelle Garniez- Anthem

Gone to Glory (StorySound)

Daniel Kahn & Jake Shulman-Ment- Di Tsukunft (The Future)

The Building and Other Songs (Oriente Musik)

Anne Hills- Alexandra Leaving

Points of View (Appleseed)

Leonard Cohen- Democracy

Live in London (Columbia)

Leonard Cohen with Cantor Gideon Zelermyer & The Shaar Hashomayim Choir- You Want It Darker

You Want It Darker (Columbia)

Next week: Part 1 – Conversation and Songs with David Eisenstadt; Part 2 – Songs of Tim Hardin.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 17, 2024: Hank Williams 101

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/66859.html

Theme: Hank Williams 101.

The theme on this edition of Stranger Songs is Hank Williams 101 as the air date for this show –  September 17, 2024 – is the 101st anniversary of the birth of Hank Williams. Hank was just 29 years old when he died on January 1, 1953, but his contributions to the history of music are immense. Most of the songs on this show were written by Hank Williams or are from his repertoire – the rest were inspired by him.

Hank Williams- Move It On Over

40 Greatest Hits (Polydor)

Ball & Chain- I Just Don’t Like This Kind of Livin’

Trouble All the Time (Ball & Chain)

Robert Jones & Matt Watroba- Mind Your Own Business

Common Chords (Common Chords)

Hank Williams- Lost Highway

40 Greatest Hits (Polydor)

Kevin Head- Thanks Hank

Live (Kevin Head Music)

Norah Jones- Cold, Cold Heart

Come Away with Me (Blue Note)

Leon Redbone- Long Gone Lonesome Blues

No Regrets (Sugar Hill)

Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik- Your Cheatin’ Heart

Martha Sings & Robert Plays (Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik)

Hank Williams- Moanin’ the Blues

40 Greatest Hits (Polydor)

John Gorka- Hank Senior Moment

The Company You Keep (Red House)

The Lonesome Ace Stringband- The Log Train

The Log Train – single (The Lonesome Ace Stringband)

The Wailin' Jennys- Weary Blues from Waiting

Fifteen (True North)

Jim Byrnes- Honky Tonk Blues

I Hear the Wind in the Wires (Black Hen Music)

Mose Allison- Hey, Good Lookin’

V-8 Ford Blues (Epic/Legacy)

Hank Williams- Settin’ the Woods on Fire

40 Greatest Hits (Polydor)

Tom Russell- Hank and Audrey

Museum of Memories 1972-2002 (Dark Angel)

Sneezy Waters- Lovesick Blues

Sneezy Waters Sings Hank Williams (Borealis)

Steve Young- Ramblin’ Man

Stars in the Southern Sky (Omnivore)

Jim Rooney & Rooney's Irregulars- House of Gold

My Own Ignorant Way (JRP)

Hank Williams- I Saw the Light

40 Greatest Hits (Polydor)

Lou Dominguez- Hank Songs at the Luna Star

Hanging at the Luna Star (Lou Dominguez)

Hans Theessink- I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry

Songs from the Southland (Blue Groove)

Saul Broudy- Alone and Forsaken

Travels with Broudy (Saul Broudy)

Linda Ronstadt- I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still in Love with You)

Heart Like a Wheel (Capitol)

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band & The Del McCoury Band- Jambalaya

American Legacies (McCoury)

Hank Williams- My Bucket’s Got a Hole In It

40 Greatest Hits (Polydor)

Robin & Linda Williams- Rolling and Rambling (The Death of Hank Williams)

Devil of a Dream (Sugar Hill)

Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings- The Night Hank Williams Came to Town

Johnny Cash is Coming to Town (Mercury)

Next week: Leonard Cohen at 90.

--Mike Regenstreif 

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 10, 2024: Conversation and Songs with Reggie Harris

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/66775.html

Theme: Songs and Conversation with Reggie Harris.

Reggie Harris & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2024)

My conversation with Reggie Harris wa s recorded on August 21 via Zoom. Reggie’s book, Searching for Solid Ground: A Memoir, written with Linda Hansell, is available through most online booksellers.

Our conversation was punctuated by these songs.

Reggie Harris- On Solid Ground

On Solid Ground (Reggie Harris Music)

Kim & Reggie Harris- Wade in the Water

Steal Away: Songs of the Underground Railroad (Appleseed)

Kim & Reggie Harris- Oh Freedom

Steal Away: Songs of the Underground Railroad (Appleseed)

Kim & Reggie Harris- Resurrection Day

Resurrection Day (Appleseed)

Reggie Harris- Hickory Hill

Ready to Go (Reggie Harris Music)

Reggie Harris- Been Down Into the South

Ready to Go (Reggie Harris Music)

Reggie Harris- High Over the Hudson

On Solid Ground (Reggie Harris Music)

Reggie Harris- Harlem Renaissance

Ready to Go (Reggie Harris Music)

Visit Reggie’s website for more information about Reggie, his music and his other projects.

Next week: Hank Williams 101.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday September 7, 2024

Saturday Morning is an eclectic roots-oriented program on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Saturday mornings from 7 until 10 am (Eastern time) and available for on-demand streaming anytime. I am one of the four rotating hosts of the Saturday Morning show. 

This episode of Saturday Morning was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/66757.html

Jay Linden- Blue Skies of September

Satchel (Jay Linden)

Steel Rail- That’s How the Summer Slips Away

River Song (Crossties)

Garnet Rogers- Summer’s End

The Best Times After All: Live (Snow Goose Songs)

David Francey- Far End of Summer

Far End of Summer (Laker)

Jim Rooney with Happy Traum, Bill Keith & Tony Brown- Done Laid Around (Gotta Travel On)

Mud Acres: Music Among Friends (Rounder)

Aaron Burdett- The Same River Twice

Bluegrass Sings Paxton (Mountain Home)

Della Mae & Tom Paxton- I Can’t Help but Wonder Where I’m Bound

Bluegrass Sings Paxton (Mountain Home)

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tran- Little Betty Ann/Kitchen Girl/Midu Mountain Song

From China to Appalachia (Community Music)

Carolyn Shulman- Little Sparrow

Heart on a Wire (Carolyn Shulman)

Kate McDonnell- Hard Heart

Trapeze (Dog Eared Discs)

Bill & Colleen Cade- Saturday Morning

Bill & Colleen Cade (Bill & Colleen Cade)

Bill Staines- Lone Star Hotel Café

Old Dogs (Red House)

Bill Hearne- The Cape

Always Trust Your Cape (Howlin’ Dog) 

Guy Clark- Picasso’s Mandolin

Boats to Build (Asylum)

Portage- Mrs. Belle’s Set

Portage (Portage)

Greg Blake- Leaving London

Bluegrass Sings Paxton (Mountain Home)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Mike Regenstreif & Chaim Tannenbaum (1976) photo: Felicity Fanjoy

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Tell My Sister

Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Nonesuch)

Chaim Tannenbaum- London, Longing for Home

Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)

Jack Nissenson/Mountain City Four- Shenendoah

Mountain City Four (Omnivore)

Rufus Wainwright- Darling This Will Never Do

Linda Thompson: Proxy Music (StorySound)

Mike Regenstreif & Priscilla Herdman (1978) photo: Ron Petronko

Priscilla Herdman- No Telling

The Road Home (Redwing Music)

Robin Holcomb- Kind Treatment

One Way or Another, Vol. 2 (Westerlies)

Teni Rane- Goldenrod

Goldenrod (Teni Rane)

Hana Zara- Anabelle

Bloom Where You Fall (People of Orphalese)

Cat Power- Desolation Row

Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert (Domino)

Larry & Joe featuring Mati Mormandi- Adiós Muchacho

Manos Panamericanos (Larry & Joe)

Durham County Poets- Hand Me Down Blues

Hand Me Down Blues (Durham County Poets)

Guy Davis & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Guy Davis- Kokomo Alley

The Legend of Sugarbelly (M.C.)

Duke Robillard- Boogie Woogie Country Girl

Roll With Me (Stony Plain)

Colin James- In My Own Dream

Chasing the Sun (Stony Plain)

Mike Regenstreif & Durham County Poets (2014)

Durham County Poets- I’ve Been Living with the Blues

Hand Me Down Blues (Durham County Poets)

Elvis Presley- That’s All Right

Memphis (RCA/Legacy)

Mountain City Four- Mean Old Frisco

Mountain City Four (Omnivore)

Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup- Greyhound Bus

Mean Ole Frisco (Collectables)

Elvis Presley- My Baby Left Me

Memphis (RCA/Legacy)

Lynne Hanson- Weeds

Just a Poet (Lynne Hanson)

Larry Folk- Madeira Way

Lessen the Blue (Folkscript Music)

Rosanne Cash- Biloxi

Quiet About It: A Tribute to Jesse Winchester (Mailboat)

Bailey Bigger- Mississippi You’re On My Mind

Coyote Red (Madjack)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2009)

Jesse Winchester- Midnight Bus

Third Down, 110 to Go (Stony Plain)

Alice Gerrard- The Things I Notice Now

Bluegrass Sings Paxton (Mountain Home)

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2009)

Tom Paxton- Peace Will Come

Politics Live (Flying Fish)

Alison Brown- Leaving Cottondale

Simple Pleasures (Compass)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on October 5. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 3, 2024: Songs of Work and Jobs, Labour and Labour History, Volume 2

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/66651.html

Theme: Songs of Work and Jobs, Labour and Labour History, Volume 2.

Mike Regenstreif & Si Kahn (1995)

Si Kahn- Back When Times Were Hard

Labor Day: A tribute to hardworking people everywhere (Strictly Country)

John McCutcheon- Go to Work On Monday One More Time

Labor Day: A tribute to hardworking people everywhere (Strictly Country)

Joe Jencks- The Old Labor Hall

Labor Day: A tribute to hardworking people everywhere (Strictly Country)

The Longest Johns- The Workers Song

Smoke + Oakum (Decca)

Herdman, Hills & Mangsen- Silken Dreams

Voices (Flying Fish)

Mike Regenstreif & James Talley (2005)

James Talley- Forty Hours

Journey: The Second Voyage (Cimarron)

Peggy Seeger- Gonna Be an Engineer

The Folkways Years 1955-1992: Songs of Love and Politics (Smithsonian Folkways)

Diana Jones & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2021)

Diana Jones- Song for a Worker

Museum of Appalachia Recordings (Proper)

Mike Regenstreif & Maria Dunn (2017)

Maria Dunn- The Lingan Strike

For a Song (Distant Whisper Music)

Mountain City Four- Dark as a Dungeon

Mountain City Four (Omnivore)

Rosalie Sorrels- Aunt Molly Jackson Defines Folk Songs Once and For All/I Am a Union Woman

The Long Memory (Red House)

Utah Phillips & Mike Regenstreif (2005)

Utah Phillips- The Charge on Mother Jones

The Long Memory (Red House)

Tom Russell- The Most Dangerous Woman in America

Blood and Candle Smoke (Shout! Factory)

Jesse Winchester- Working in the Vineyard

Let the Rough Side Drag (Stony Plain)

Sylvia Tyson- Trucker’s Café

You Were On My Mind (Stony Plain)

Murray McLauchlan- Farmer’s Song

Songs from the Street: The Best of Murray McLauchlan (True North)

Stan Rogers- The Field Behind the Plow

Northwest Passage (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Shelley Posen & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2023)

Shelley Posen- No More Fish, No Fishermen

The Old Songs Home (Well Done Music)

John McCutcheon- There is Power in a Union

Joe Hill’s Last Will (Appalsongs)

Magpie- The Rebel Girl

Endless River (Long Tail)

Country Cooking with The Fiction Brothers- Joe Hill’s Will

Country Cooking with The Fiction Brothers (Flying Fish)

Nat Adderley- Work Song

Work Song (Riverside)

Next week: Conversation and Songs with Reggie Harris.

-Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 27, 2024: Walking Blues

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/66546.html

Theme: “Walking Blues”

Robert Johnson- Walking Blues

The Complete Recordings (Columbia/Legacy)

Kate McGarrigle- Walking Song

Tell My Sister: Dancer with Bruised Knees (Nonesuch)

Mike Regenstreif, Bruce Murdoch & Sneezy Waters (2014)

Bruce Murdoch- I’d Walk a Thousand Miles

Sometimes I Wonder Why the World (Bruce Murdoch)

Ynana Rose- Midlife Walkin’ Blues

Under a Carhedral Sky (Ynana Rose Music)

Sneezy Waters & His Very Fine Band- Walkin’ Round Town

Live (Sneezy Waters)

Ronney Abramson & Mike Regenstreif (2016)

Ronney Abramson- Walking Me Home

Jukebox of Paris (Castor Island Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Arlo Guthrie (1996)

Arlo Guthrie- Walkin’ Down the Line

Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie Together In Concert (Rising Son)

Eddie Pennington- Walking the Strings

Walks the Strings…and Even Sings (Smithsonian Folkways)

Fats Domino- Walking to New Orleans

Fats Rocks (Bear Family)

Mike Regenstreif & Lucy Kaplansky (2012)

Lucy Kaplansky- These Boots are Made for Walking

Last Days of Summer (Lucyricky)

Beth DeSombre- Just Keep Walking

Holding the Threads (Beth DeSombre)

HotCha!- Walkin’ After Midnight

Dust Bowl Roots: Songs for the New Depression (HotCha!)

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee- That’s Why I’m Walking

Back to New Orleans (Fantasy)

Michael Jerome Browne, Mike Regenstreif & Eric Bibb (2005)

Michael Jerome Browne- Walk On

Double (Borealis)

Maria Muldaur- Walkin’ One and Only

Maria Muldaur (Reprise)

Gus Cannon- Walk Right In

Walk Right In (Stax)

Eric Bibb- Out Walkin’

Blues People (Stony Plain)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2018)

Tom Russell- Walking On the Moon

Old Songs Yet to Sing (Frontera)

Mike Regenstreif & Bill Staines (1993)

Bill Staines- Walk Down By the Water

The First Million Miles (Rounder)

Mike Regenstreif & Jimmy LaFave (2017)

Jimmy LaFave & Ruthie Foster- Walk a Mile in My Shoes

Cimarron Manifesto (Red House)

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2022)

Eliza Gilkyson- When You Walk On

Paradise Hotel (Red House)

James Keelaghan- Walk On

Second-Hand (Borealis)

The Marigolds- When I’m Walking with You

That’s the State I’m In (The Marigolds)

Mike Regenstreif & Quartette: Caitlin Hanford, Sylvia Tyson, Cindy Church & Gwen Swick (1997)

Quartette- I Walk These Rails

In the Beauty of the Day (Outside Music)

John McCutcheon- The Man Walking His Dog

22 Days (Appalsongs)

Arnie Naiman & Chris Coole- Walking the Dog

5 Strings Attached with No Backing (Merriweather)

Next week: Songs of Work and Jobs, Labour and Labour History, Volume 2.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 20, 2024: Murder Ballads

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/66460.html

Theme: Murder Ballads.

Bill Morrissey & Greg Brown- Tom Dula

Friend of Mine (Philo)

Ian & Sylvia- The Greenwood Sidie (The Cruel Mother)

Four Strong Winds (Vanguard)

Fourtold- Four Rode By

Fourtold (Appleseed)

Ian Tyson- Claude Dallas

Cowboyography (Stony Plain)

Tom Russell- El Paso

Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs (HighTone)

Dave Van Ronk- Duncan and Brady

Down in Washington Square (Smithsonian Folkways)

Saul Broudy- John Hardy

Travels with Broudy (Saul Broudy)

Rory Block- Louis Collins

Avalon: A Tribute to Mississippi John Hurt (Stony Plain)

Clarksdale Moan- Stack O’Lee

Dewittville Blues (Clarksdale Moan)

Martin Grosswendt- Delia

Pay Day! (Martin Grosswendt)

Guy Davis- Sugarbelly

The Legend of Sugarbelly (M.C.)

Bessie Smith- Send Me to the ‘Lectric Chair

Bessie Smith: The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection (Big3)

Victoria Spivey- Murder in the First Degree

Queen Victoria (Frank Goldy)

Mark Rubin- The Murder of Leo Frank

The Triumph of Assimilation (Rubinchik)

Marc Nerenberg- Little Sadie

Delia’s Gone: Murder Ballads & Other Songs of Love & Death (Marc Nerenberg)

Mountain City Four- Sam Hall

Mountain City Four (Omnivore)

Doc & Merle Watson- The Banks of the Ohio

Doc Watson On Stage (Vanguard)

The Kossoy Sisters- Pretty Polly

Hop On Pretty Girls (Living Folk)

Karan Casey- The Ballad of Hollis Brown

Hieroglyphs That Tell the Tale (Vertical)

Wendy Grossman- Mary Hamilton

The Last Trip Home (Riverlark) 

Next week: Walking Blues.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 13, 2024: Kin Ya See That Sun

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/66394.html

Theme: “Kin Ya See That Sun.”

All of these songs have something or other to do with the sun.

Terre & Maggie Roche- Kin Ya See That Sun

Kin Ya See That Sun (Earth Rock Wreckerds)

Paul Simon- Was a Sunny Day

There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (Warner Bros.)

Ana Egge- Chasing Rabbits in the Sun

Is It the Kiss (StorySound)

Jason Lang- You Are My Sunshine

Handled with Care (Famgroup/Genison Music)

Shout Sister Shout- Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying

Hit That Jive (M.C.)

Bruce Cockburn- O Sun By Day O Moon By Night

O Sun O Moon (True North)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Sun, Son (Shining on the Water)

Love Over and Over (Polygram)

Thelonious Monk- North of the Sunset

Solo Monk (Columbia/Legacy)

Ian & Sylvia- Every Night When the Sun Goes Down

Four Strong Winds (Vanguard)

Jackie Washington- At Sundown

Keeping Out of Mischief (Pyramid)

Misty Blues- Go Down, Sunshine

Tell Me Who You Are: A Live Tribute to Odetta (Guitar One) 

Jay McShann- On the Sunny Side of the Street

Still Jumpin’ the Blues (Stony Plain)

Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley- Morning Sun

Morning Sun (Electro-Fi)

Chris Rawlings- Mr. Sunshine

Pearl Soupe (Cooking Fat Music)

The Magnolia Janes- The Sun in My Backyard

The Light Years (Be a Jane)

Miranda Hardy- Like the Sunrise

The Price of Happiness (Great Divide)

Hoyt Axton- We’ll Sing in the Sunshine

Mr. Greenback Dollar Man (Surrey)

Peter Yarrow- Weave Me the Sunshine

Peter (Warner Bros.)

John Stewart- Lost Her in the Sun

Bombs Away Dream Babies (RSO)

Linda Ronstadt- He Dark the Sun

Silk Purse (Capitol)

Katy Moffatt- Waitin’ for the Sun to Shine

Loose Diamond (HighTone)

Bonnie Koloc- Colors of the Sun

Rediscovered (Mr. Biscuit)

Pat Guadango- Warmth of the Sun

1964 (Campbell Music)

Lynn Miles- Time to Let the Sun

Fall for Beauty (True North)

Gordon Fleming- East of the Sun

According to Gordie: Gordon Fleming Anthology 1948-1990 (Just a Memory)

Next week: Murder Ballads.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday August 10, 2024

Saturday Morning is an eclectic roots-oriented program on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Saturday mornings from 7 until 10 am (Eastern time) and available for on-demand streaming anytime. I am one of the four rotating hosts of the Saturday Morning show. 

This episode of Saturday Morning was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/66371.html

Emily Triggs- Beautiful August

The Great Escape (Emily Triggs)

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tran- August Flower

From China to Appalachia (Community Music)

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tran- High on a Mountain

From China to Appalachia (Community Music)

Laurie Lewis- Trees

Trees (Spruce & Maple Music)

Tiffany Williams & Dalton Mills- Gold Watch and Chain

Wasted Luck (Tiffany Williams & Dalton Mills)

The Haden Triplets- Single Girl, Married Girl

The Haden Triplets (Third Man)

Jesse Winchester- Rosy Shy

Jesse Winchester (Stony Plain)

Bruce Murdoch- (The Plains of) Jericho

Bruce Murdoch (Radio Canada International)

Sean Gagnier- Circle Harbor

Circle Harbor (Sean Gagnier)

Mike Regenstreif & Penny Lang (2005)

Penny Lang- Ain’t Life Sweet

Ain’t Life Sweet (She-Wolf)

Kevin Head- Everyone Needs a Backyard

Hear Them Callin’ (Kevin Head)

Madeleine Peyroux- Showman Dan

Let’s Walk (Thirty Tigers)

David Amram- East and West

Subway Night (RCA)

Ramblin’ Jack Elliott- If I Were a Carpenter

South Coast (Red House)

Tim Hardin- The Lady Came from Baltimore

Live in Concert (Polygram)

Tom Russell- Dance Hall Girls

Song of the West: The Cowboy Collection (HMG)

Tio Chorinho- Frevo Corrido

Tempestuoso (Lulaworld)

Archie Fisher & Garnet Rogers- Riverboat

The Best Times After All: Live (Snow Goose Songs)

Archie Fisher & Garnet Rogers- Mary Ann

The Best Times After All: Live (Snow Goose Songs)

House of Hamill- The Highwayman

Wildfire (House of Hamill)

Janie Rothfield & Allan Carr- Love is Teasing

The Two of Us (Janie Rothfield & Allan Carr)

The Spain Brothers- The Leaving of Liverpool

Bright and Better Morning (The Spain Brothers)

The Proclaimers- Bonnie Lass

Linda Thompson: Proxy Music (StorySound)

Beth DeSombre- My Father’s Piano

Holding the Threads (Beth DeSombre)

John Stewart- Anna on a Memory

Cannons in the Rain (RCA)

Teni Rane- Firefly

Goldenrod (Teni Rane)

Lou Dominguez- Eddie Went to Nashville

Hanging at the Luna Star (Lou Dominguez)

Hana Zara- Our Work Here is Not Yet Done

Bloom Where You Fall (People of Orphalese)

Last Forever- In the Pines

You’ve Been a Friend to Me (Smithsonian Folkways)

Sonya Cohen Cramer- Black Jack Davey

You’ve Been a Friend to Me (Smithsonian Folkways)

Evenchick & Hucul- Child of the Mississippi

This is My Story (Melissa Hucul & Mark Evenchick) 

Gathering Time- Ripple

Old Friends (Triple-G)

Guy Davis & Mile Regenstreif (2006)

Guy Davis- In the Evening Time

The Legend of Sugarbelly (M.C.)

The Dumptrucks- Thinkin’ of Home

Selections (Laughing Cactus)

Me & My Uncle- Next Train Blues

Me & My Uncle (Laughing Cactus)

Michael ‘Earnie’ Taylor- I Just Fiddle All Day (The Busking Song)

Folk ‘n’ Western (Laughing Cactus)

Guy Clark- A Nickel for the Fiddler

Old No. 1 (Sugar Hill)

James Talley- When the Fiddler Packs His Case

Touchstones (Cimarron)

Ruth Moody- Michigan

Wanderer (Blue Muse/True North)

Catherine MacLellan & John Connolly- The Call

If It’s Alright With You: The Songs of Gene MacLellan (True North)

Hank Snow- Cure for the Blues

Cure for the Blues (RCA)

Colin James featuring Lucinda Williams- Protection

Chasing the Sun (Stony Plain)

Tracy Nelson- The Summer of the Silver Comet

Home Made Songs/Come See About Me (Flying Fish)

Chuck E. Weiss & Willie Dixon- Down the Road a Piece

Old Souls & Wolf Tickets (Slow River/Rykodisc)

Misty Blues- Yonder Come the Blues

I’m Too Old for Games: A Live Tribute to Odetta (Guitar One)

Odetta- Look the World Over

Blues Everywhere I Go (M.C.) 

Marc Nerenberg- The Coo-Coo: A Reimagined Traditional Song 

Little Birdie: Birds, Beasts & Banjo Blues (Marc Nerenberg)

Lemon Bucket Orkestra- Cuckoo

Cuckoo (Lemon Bucket Orkestra)

Ivan Strunin- Really the Blues

The First Day of December (Ivan Strunin)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on September 7. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif