Friday, September 5, 2025

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 9, 2025: Part 1 – Songs and Conversation with author David Eisenstadt; Part 2 – Riding in My Car


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/595/71924.html

Part 1 – Songs and Conversation with author David Eisenstadt


The next three songs punctuated my conversation with David Eisenstadt, author of Jazz Musicians Under the Radar: 18 Notable Canadian Jewish Performers. Visit https://undertheradarbook.com/ for more information on David’s four Under the Radar books.

The Moe Koffman Quartette- The Swingin’ Shepherd Blues
The Swingin’ Shepherd Blues/Hambourg Bound (Quality)

Sophie Milman- No More Blues (Chega de Saudade)
In the Moonlight (Eone)

Nikki Yanofsky- West Coast Blues
Nikki By Starlight (MNRK Music Group)

Part 2 – Riding in My Car – featuring songs that have something or other to do with cars.


Woody Guthrie- Riding in My Car
Woody’s 20 Grow Big Songs (Rising Son)
Connie Kaldor- This Car
Wide Open Spaces (Coyote Entertainment)

David Mallett- Daddy’s Oldsmobile
Parallel Lives (Flying Fish)
Judy Mayhan- Morning and an Oldsmobile
Judy Mayhan (Decca)
Bruce Springsteen- Used Cars
Nebraska (Columbia)
Vance Gilbert- Cousin Shelly’s Station Wagon
Good Good Man (Disismye Music)

Joni Mitchell- Ray’s Dad’s Cadillac
Night Drive Home (Geffen)
Rosanne Cash- Black Cadillac
Black Cadillac (Capitol)
Eric Bibb- Pink Dream Cadillac
Blues People (Stony Plain)
The Blasters- Long White Cadillac
Mandatory: The Best of The Blasters (Liberation Hall)
Dropkick Murphys- Cadillac, Cadillac
This Machine Still Kills Fascists: Lyrics of Woody Guthrie (Dummy Luck Music)

The Beach Boys- Little Deuce Coupe
Fifty Big Ones: Greatest Hits (Capitol)
Asleep at the Wheel- Hot Rod Lincoln
Western Standard Time (Epic)
Chuck Berry- Jaguar and Thunderbird
Best of the Chess Years (Not Now Music)
Ray Harris- Big Old American Cars
Kinda Sets the Tone (Ray Harris)
Sass Jordan- Chevrolet
Bitches Blues (Stony Plain)

Victor Mecyssne- Ragtop Automobile
Personal Mercury (Villa Vee Music)
Hans Theessink- Mercury Blues
Songs from the Southland (Blue Groove)

Rod Abernathy- Just Get in the Car
Normal Isn’t Normal Anymore (Songs from Downstairs)

Next week: Songs of Townes Van Zandt.

--Mike Regenstreif

Thursday, September 4, 2025

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 6, 2025


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/128/71897.html

Mike Regenstreif & Connie Kaldor (2015)

Connie Kaldor- Wide Open Spaces
Wide Open Spaces (Coyote Entertainment)

Mike Regenstreif, Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop (2014)

Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop- That’s How the Summer Slips Away
Red Shoes (Borealis)
Rags Rosenberg- Flower Time
Song of the Bricoleur (Coyote Gulch)
The Weavers- Gotta Travel On
Greatest Hits (Vanguard)
Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

David Francey- Far End of Summer
Maps (Laker Music)

The songs in the next set are played in memory of Chris Gage, who died on August 24 at age 71; Flaco Jimenez, who died on July 31 at age 86; Rick Scott, who died on August 1 at age 77; Tom Lehrer, who died on July 26 at age 97; Joe Hickerson, who died on August 17 at age 89; and Harvey Glatt, who died on August 20 at age 91.

Albert & Gage- Burnin’ Moonlight
Burnin’ Moonlight (MoonHouse)
Flaco Jimenez- El Perdido
San Antonio Soul (Rounder)
David Essig & Rick Scott- Tears and Laughter
Double Vision (Woodshed)
Tom Lehrer- The Folk Song Army
That Was the Year That Was (Reprise)
Joe Hickerson- I’m On My Way
Joe Hickerson with a Gathering of Friends (Folk-Legacy)
Night Sun- Harvey & Louise
One Moment of Grace (Borealis)

Shelley Posen & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2023)

Shelley Posen- A Mazeldikek Yor
Mazel (Well Done Music)
Shelley Posen- I’ll See You Rosh Hashana
Mazel (Well Done Music)
Rufus Wainwright & Amsterdam Sinfonietta- Who By Fire
Rufus Wainwright & Amsterdam Sinfonietta Live (BMG/Modern)

The Onlies- Roll On Buddy
You Climb the Mountain (The Onlies)

Kyle Carey- The Last Bough
The Last Bough (Americelta)
Graham Lindsey- Tune Machine
Tune Machine (Graham Lindsey)
Maggie’s Wake- Maggie’s Wake
Maggie’s Wake (Maggie’s Wake)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2009)

Jesse Winchester- Nothing but a Breeze
Nothing but a Breeze (Stony Plain)
Emmylou Harris- My Songbird
Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town (Warner Bros./Rhino)
Jennifer Warnes- You Remember Me 
Shot Through the Heart (Arista)
Susie Burke- Rhumba Woman
Lucky Stars (Madrina Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2009)

Tom Paxton- No Kings Here
No Kings Here – single (Pax)
Mike Regenstreif & Mark Rubin on Zoom (2025)

Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma- (Don’t Be a) Good German
Don’t Be a Good German – single (Rubinchik)
Kemp Harris- Tulsa
The America Chronicles (Righteous Mischief)
Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Eliza Gilkyson- Man in the Moon
Dark Ages (Realiza)
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band- Chimes of Freedom
Land of Hope and Dreams (Columbia)

Rory Block- Down the Dirt Road Blues
Heavy on the Blues (M.C.)
Maria Muldaur- No, Papa, No!
One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey (NOLA Blues)

Dee Robinson- Monday Morning Blues
Dee from Decatur (Riverlark Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Brendan Nolan (2023)

Brendan Nolan- The Bodhran Song
Where Do I Go from Here (Ould Segosha Music)
Debi Smith- The Bodhran Lesson Song
Deep Tracks (Degan Music)
Christine Lavin- Drum School Dropout
Drum School Dropout (Christine Lavin)

Martha Wainwright- Far Away
Martha Wainwright: 20th Anniversary Edition (Report Card Music)
Eli West- Hearts and Bones
The Shape of a Sway (Tender & Mild)
Mary Chapin Carpenter- The Night We Never Met
Personal History (Lambent Light/Thirty Tigers)
Peter Campbell- A Little Grace
Burden of Hope (Peter Campbell)

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

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Kiss and Say Goodbye
Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Nonesuch)
Steel Rail- Kate’s Song
Coming Home (Crossties)
NEeMA- Escape
Watching You Think (Neemaste/Sony)
Perla Batalla- A Singer Must Die
A Letter to Leonard Cohen: Tribute to a Friend (Mechuda Music)
Leonard Cohen- So Long, Marianne
Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia/Legacy)

Nana Mouskouri- Adieu Angelina
Every Grain of Sand: Nana Mouskouri Sings Bob Dylan (Mercury)

Schmaltz & Pepper- Manischewitz Mazurka
Schmaltz & Pepper (Schmaltz & Pepper)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on October 4. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 2, 2025: "Crazy Blues" and Other Crazy 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/595/71788.html

Theme: “Crazy Blues” and other Crazy Songs.


Mamie Smith- Crazy Blues
The Rough Guide to Blues Women (World Music Network)

Patsy Cline- Crazy
The Unforgettable Patsy Cline (Polygram)
Steven Fromholz- I’d Have to Be Crazy
A Rumor in My Own Time (Capitol)
Rosalie Sorrels- We Were Kinda Crazy Then 
Travelin’ Lady Rides Again (Green Linnet)
Lennie Gallant- She’s Gonna Drive You Crazy
Shelter from the Storms (Lennie Gallant)
J.J. Cale- Crazy Mama
Naturally (Mercury)
Ball & Chain & The Wreckers- Crazy Arms
Live at the Bayou (Ball & Chain)

Durham County Poets- Good Kind of Crazy
Out of the Woods (Durham County Poets)

Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band- Crazy Words, Crazy Tune
Greatest Hits (Vanguard)
Leon Redbone- I’m Crazy ‘Bout My Baby
Whistling in the Wind (Rounder)
John Prine- Egg & Daughter Night, Lincoln Nebraska, 1967 (Crazy Bone)
The Tree of Forgiveness (Oh Boy)
Bebop Cowboys- Crazy Rhythm
Début (Bebop Cowboys)

Tom Paxton- Crazy John
Tom Paxton 6 (Elektra)
Michael Smith- Crazy Mary
Love Letter on a Fish (Tales from the Tavern)
Carla Gover & Brett Ratliff- Crazy
Kentucky Queen (Redbird)
Russ Kelley- Crazy Shades of Blue
Crazy Shades of Blue (Ark Road Music Productions)

Billie Holiday- Crazy He Calls Me
Lady’s Decca Days, Volume One (Decca)
Sunny and Her Joy Boys- You’re Driving Me Crazy
Introducing Sunny and Her Joy Boys (Stony Plain)
J. Reissner- Crazy Swing
Portrait in Blue (J. Reissner)
Ana Gasteyer- Crazy People
I’m Hip (Henry’s Girl)

Ian Robb- Champion at Driving ‘Em Crazy
Ian Robb & Hang the Piper (Folk-Legacy)
Leonard Cohen- Crazy to Love You
Old Ideas (Columbia)
Shirley Eikhard- Crazy from the Heat
Going Home (Artisan Music)
Tom Russell- The Other Side of Crazy
Who’s Gonna Build Your Wall? (HighTone)

Barbara Dane- Crazy Blues
On My Way (Dreadnaught Music)

Next week: Part 1 – Songs and Conversation with author David Eisenstadt; Part 2 – Riding in My Car.

--Mike Regenstreif

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 26, 2025: Songs of August & Highway 61 Revisited – Revisited


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/595/71687.html

Themes: Part 1 – Songs of August; Part 2 – Highway 61 Revisited – Revisited.

Part 1 – Songs of August

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tran- August Flower
From China to Appalachia (Community Music)

Emily Triggs- Beautiful August
The Great Escape (Emily Triggs)
Jay Linden- August Night
Satchel (Jay Linden)
The Lucky Sisters- On an August Night
So Lucky (Patio)
Preservation Hall Jazz Band- August Nights
That’s It (Legacy)
Joan Baez- The 33rd of August
Blessed Are (Vanguard)
Jeanie Stahl- The August of Our Years
Mysteries (Daring)

Benny Carter- August Moon
Aspects (United Artists)

Part 2 – Highway 61 Revisited – Revisited.


It was 60 years ago, on August 30, 1965, that Bob Dylan released his monumental folk-rock album, Highway 61 Revisited.

Rory Block- Like a Rolling Stone
Positively 4th Street: A Tribute to Bob Dylan (Stony Plain)
Tim O’Brien- Tombstone Blues
Red On Blonde (Sugar Hill)
Ian Hanchet- It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
Dealin’ from the Bottom (of My Heart) (Ian Hanchet)
Bob Dylan- From a Buick 6
Highway 61 Revisited (Columbia)
Ben Sidran- Ballad of a Thin Man
Dylan Different (Bonsai)

Emma Swift- Queen Jane Approximately
Blonde on the Tracks (Tiny Ghost/CRS)
Ray Benson- Highway 61 Revisited
Swingin’ and Skankin’ (Primary Wave Music)
Tom Russell & Joe Ely- Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
Folk Hotel (Frontera)
Bill Camplin- Desolation Row
Bob Dylan Project One (Bill Camplin)

Bob Dylan recorded versions of the next three songs during the sessions for Highway 61 Revisited but did not include them on the album.

Lucinda Williams- Positively 4th Street
The Village: A Celebration of the Music of Greenwich Village (429)
Bob Dylan & The Hawks- Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window (single version)
Side Tracks (Columbia/Legacy)

Bob Dylan- Sitting On a Barbed Wire Fence
The Best of the Cutting Edge 1965-1966 (Columbia/Legacy)

Next week: Crazy Blues and Other Crazy Songs.

--Mike Regenstreif

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 19, 2025: The Original Sloth Band at 60


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/595/71585.html

Theme: The Original Sloth Band at 60.


The Original Sloth Band
– teenaged brothers Chris Whiteley and Ken Whiteley and their friend Tom Evans – played their first gig in 1965. Their band name for that gig was Tubby Fats Original Allstar Downtown Syncopated Big Rock Jug Band but they soon evolved into the Original Sloth Band. Sadly, Tom Evans passed away from cancer in 2009, but, in June, Chris and Ken with some guest musicians played a concert at Hugh’s Room in Toronto to mark the milestone anniversary.

Original Sloth Band- The New Heartbreak Blues
Whoopee After Midnight (Sloth)

Samoa Wilson with The Jim Kweskin Band- (I Just Want to Be) Horizontal
I Just Want to Be Horizontal (Kingswood)
Tony Rice- Temperance Reel
Tony Rice (Rounder)
Jeff Healey- Sheik of Araby
The Best of the Stony Plain Years: Vintage Jazz, Swing and Blues (Stony Plain)
Amos Milburn- Johnson Rag
Rockin’ and Drinkin’: Greatest Hits and More 1946-1959 (Jasmine)
Original Sloth Band- Heaven
Whoopee After Midnight (Sloth)
The Dumptrucks- Stealin’
Selections (Laughing Cactus)

Original Sloth Band- I’m a Vulture (for Horticulture)
Whoopee After Midnight (Sloth)

Leon Redbone- Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone
Champagne Charlie (Warner Bros.)
Jenny Whiteley- Things are Coming My Way
The Original Jenny Whiteley (Black Hen Music)
Jay McShann- Sunny Side of the Street
Still Jumpin’ the Blues (Stony Plain)
Mose Scarlett- How Long Blues
The Fundamental Things (Pyramid)
Original Sloth Band- Get a Job 
Whoopee After Midnight (Sloth)

Maria Muldaur- Organ Grinder Blues
One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey (NOLA Blues)
Duke Ellington & Ivie Anderson- Get Yourself a New Broom (and Sweep the Blues Away)
Ellington in Order, Volume 5 (1932-33) (Legacy)
Duke Ellington & The Mills Brothers- Diga Diga Do
Ellington in Order, Volume 5 (1932-33) (Legacy)
Jimmy Bracken's Toe Ticklers- It’s Tight Like That
Jack Teagarden: The Definitive Collection (Master Tape)
Original Sloth Band- Shout Baby Shout
Hustlin’ & Bustlin’ (Woodshed)

The Boswell Sisters- Cheek to Cheek
Cheek to Cheek (Classic)
The Central Park Sheiks- Honeysuckle Rose
Honeysuckle Rose (Flying Fish)
Bessie Smith- Gimme a Pigfoot (and a Bottle of Beer)
Bessie Smith: The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection (Big3)
Carolina Chocolate Drops- Memphis Shakedown
Carolina Chocolate Drops & Joe Thompson (Music Makers Recordings)
Original Sloth Band- Hustlin’ and Bustlin’ for Baby
Hustlin’ & Bustlin’ (Woodshed)

Ken Whiteley- Fast Freight Train
Unseen Hands: 12 Songs 12 Strings (Ken Whiteley)

Chris Whiteley- I’ve Got to Split
It’s the Natural Thing to Do (Electro-Fi)

Next week: Songs for August and Highway 61 Revisited – Revisited.

--Mike Regenstreif

Thursday, August 7, 2025

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 9, 2025


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/128/71495.html

Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

David Francey- Annie’s House
Maps (Laker Music)

Maggie’s Wake- Maid of Fortune
Maggie’s Wake (Maggie’s Wake)
Graham Lindsey- The Islander
Tune Machine (Graham Lindsey)
Cassie & Maggie- Nancy
Gold and Coal (Cassie and Maggie)
Jez Lowe- Oubliette
Oubliette (Tantobie)
Maggie’s Wake- Arcane
Maggie’s Wake (Maggie’s Wake)

Christine Lavin- The Best Summer
Drum School Dropout (Christine Lavin)
Tom Mitchell & Mike Regenstreif (1999)

Tom Mitchell- Nuts for Bolts
Tom Mitchell (Philo)
Mike Regenstreif & Steve Gillette (1994)

Steve Gillette- Home by Dark
Best of (Compass Rose Music)

Rodney Dillard- Let the Rough Side Drag
Let the Rough Side Drag (Flying Fish)
Jim Byrnes- Step By Step
Long Hot Summer Days (Black Hen Music)
Mary Black- Lay Down Your Burden
The Holy Ground (Gifthorse)
Mike Regenstreif & Lucy Kaplansky (2012)

Lucy Kaplansky- Everybody Knows but Me
The Tide (Red House)
Jesse Winchester & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Jesse Winchester- Blow On, Chilly Wind
Let the Rough Side Drag (Stony Plain)

The Limeliters- Until We Can’t Sing Anymore
Until We Can’t Sing Anymore (The Limeliters)
Mike Regenstreif, Anne Hills & Tom Paxton (2001)

Tom Paxton, Anne Hills & Bob Gibson- Sing for the Song
Best of Friends (Appleseed)

Peter Campbell- Emigré
Burden of Hope (Peter Campbell)

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2022)

Eliza Gilkyson- Holy
Dark Ages (Realiza)
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band- My City of Ruins
Land of Hope and Dreams (Columbia)
Kemp Harris- Don’t You Hear Them America
The America Chronicles (Righteous Mischief)
Perla Batalla & Julie Christensen- Anthem
Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man (Verve)

John Wort Hannam- Acres of Elbow Room
Acres of Elbow Room (John Wort Hannam)
Mary Chapin Carpenter- Paint + Turpentine
Personal History (Lambent Light/Thirty Tigers)
Mike Regenstreif & Garnet Rogers (2006)

Garnet Rogers with Doug Long- This Shirt
Summer Lightning: Live (Snow Goose)
Ponyfolk- Midnight on the Water
The Woods Have Shown Us (Hestehus)
Eva Cassidy- Summertime
Walkin’ After Midnight (Blix Street)

Maria Muldaur- My Handy Man
One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey (NOLA Blues)
Victoria Spivey- Black Snake Swing
Queen Victoria (Frank Goldy)
Roy Book Binder & Fats Kaplin- Hesitation Blues
Ragtime Millionaire (Blue Goose)
Rory Block- Me and My Chauffeur Blues
Heavy on the Blues (M.C.)

Dee Robinson- Spike Driver Blues
Dee from Decatur (Riverlark Music)

The Accidentals- Someday We Won’t Live Here Anymore
Time Out 3 (The Accidentals)
David Francey- Lonely Road
Maps (Laker Music)
Sylvia Tyson & Mike Regenstreif (1997)

Ian & Sylvia- Long Lonesome Road
Four Strong Winds (Vanguard)
Special Consensus- I’ve Been All Around This World
Been All Around This World (Compass)

Diana Jones & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2021)

Diana Jones- Pony
My Remembrance of You (Newsong Recordings)
Mike Regenstreif & Orit Shimoni (2025)

Orit Shimoni- Dear Marla
Lorem Ipsum (Orit Shimoni)
Mike Regenstreif & Lisa Gutkin (2025)

Lisa Gutkin & Aaron Halva- Rifkele and Manke Secret Kiss
Indecent: Original Broadway Cast Recording (Yellow Sound Label)
Jill Sobule- I Kissed a Girl
F_ck 7th Grade Original Cast (Pinko)

The Zozo Sisters: Linda Ronstadt & Ann Savoy- Marie Mouri
Adieu False Heart (Vanguard)
Benoît LeBlanc- Lé zoñon
Mô kouzin, mô kouzinn (Benoît LeBlanc)
JP LeBLANC- Wanda’s Bar
All in My Blood/Je l’ai dans l’sang (Acadian Connection)
Preservation Brass- Climax Rag
For Fat Man (Sub Pop)

NEeMA- Eternity
Watching You Think (Neemaste/Sony)
Lennie Gallant- Old Friends
Shelter from the Storms (Lennie Gallant)
Patty Griffin- All the Way Home
Crown of Roses (PGM/Thirty Tigers)
Mike Ward- Why Not
The Time That Remains (Psychosongs)

Mary Gick- Michael’s Tune
Six Tunes and a Song (Mary Gick)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on September 6. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 5, 2025: Songs of Steve Gillette and John Stewart


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/595/71387.html

Theme: Songs of Steve Gillette and John Stewart.

The songs in the first half of the show were written or co-written by Steve Gillette (born 1942). 

Mike Regenstreif & Steve Gillette (1994)

Steve Gillette
- The Old Trail
Best of (Compass Rose Music)

Stephen Mendel- Darcy Farrow
Sing Me a Story (Stephen Mendel)
Ian & Sylvia- Molly and Tenbrooks
Play One More (Vanguard)
Chuck Pyle- Share Me with Texas
Keepin’ Time By the River (Bee ‘n’ Flower)
Steve Gillette- Down Where the River Meets the Road
Best of (Compass Rose Music)

Ted Hawkins- Happy Hour 
Happy Hour (Rounder)
Don Williams- Healing Hands
Reflections (Sugar Hill)
Fourtold- Two Men in the Building
Fourtold (Appleseed)

Linda Ronstadt- A Number and a Name
Hand Sown…Home Grown (Capitol)
Marty Morrissey- Grapes on the Vine
The Ancient Ground (Marty Morrissey)
Carolyn Hester- 2:10 Train
At Town Hall (Bear Family)
Steve Gillette- Back on the Street Again
Best of (Compass Rose Music)

The songs in the second half of the show were written or co-written by John Stewart (1939-2008).

John Stewart (1975)

The Kingston Trio- Hope You Understand
Nick Bob John (Folk Era)
John Stewart & Buffy Ford- Mucky Truckee River
Signals Through the Glass (Folk Era)

Dave Alvin- California Bloodlines
West of the West (Yep Roc)
Josh White, Jr..- July, You’re a Woman
By Request (Silverwolf)
Eddy Arnold- Some Lonesome Picker
Standing Alone (RCA)
John Stewart- Mother Country
California Bloodlines (Capitol)

Anne Murray- Daydream Believer
The Ultimate Collection (Universal)
John Stewart- Anna on a Memory
Cannons in the Rain (RCA)
Kate Wolf- Some Kind of Love
Give Yourself to Love (Rhino)
Bill Staines- Chilly Winds
Going to the West (Red House)
Buffy Ford Stewart- Same Old Heart
Same Old Heart (Global Recording Artists)
Nanci Griffith & John Stewart- Sweet Dreams Will Come
Little Love Affairs (MCA)

John Stewart- Shackles and Chains
California Bloodlines (Capitol)

Next week: The Original Sloth Band at 60.

--Mike Regenstreif

Friday, July 25, 2025

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – July 29, 2025: Remembering Robert Resnik


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/595/71321.html

Theme: Remembering Robert Resnik (1953-2025).

Mike Regenstreif & Robert Resnik (2025)

My dear and close friend Robert Resnik of Burlington, Vermont. Robert passed away on July 21 at age 72 after struggling with several health issues including Parkinson’s disease. Robert was a singer and musician who played many different instruments in many styles of folk music. For the past 29 years, Robert hosted All the Traditions, a great folk music show on Vermont Public Radio. In 2023, Robert was inducted into the Folk Radio Hall of Fame sponsored by Folk Alliance International. Professionally, Robert was a librarian for about 30 years at the Fletcher Free Library in Burlington, Vermont.

Robert Resnik- O’Carolan Medley
Playing Favorites (Thunder Ridge)

The Highland Weavers were Robert Resnik, Marty Morrissey and Tim Whiteford.

Highland Weavers - The Road to Mandalay
Going Home (Highland Weavers)
Highland Weavers - Old Rose & Crown
Going Home (Highland Weavers)
Highland Weavers - Mary Ellen Carter
Going Home (Highland Weavers)

Robert Resnik with Mary McGinness- Them Dance Hall Girls
Playing Favorites (Thunder Ridge)
Robert Resnik with Mary McGinness & Kristina Stykos- Come a Long Away
Playing Favorites (Thunder Ridge)

Robert Resnik & Gigi Weisman- Sing When the Spirit Says Sing
Sweet Potatoes and Home Grown Tomatoes (Fletcher Free Library)

Robert Resnik & Marty Morrissey- Inland Waterways
Vermont Songs Old & New (Robert Resnik & Marty Morrissey)
Robert Resnik & Marty Morrissey- All Kinds of Weather
Old & New Songs of Lake Champlain (Robert Resnik & Marty Morrissey)
Robert Resnik & Gigi Weisman- Magic Penny
Sweet Potatoes and Home Grown Tomatoes (Fletcher Free Library)

Swing & Tears was Robert Resnik, Gigi Weisman and Marty Morrissey.

Swing & Tears- The Coffee Set: Coffee in the Morning and Kisses in the Night/Let’s Have Another Cup of Coffee/Java Jive
Swing & Tears (Swing & Tears)
Swing & Tears- Black Fly Song
Swing & Tears (Swing & Tears)
Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik- Tennessee Blues
Martha Sings & Robert Plays (Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik)
Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik- Farewell to the Gold
Martha Sings & Robert Plays (Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik)

Robert and I spent countless hours over the course of more than 30 years talking about the music we loved. The rest of the show is a very small sampling of songs and artists Robert loved.

Dave Van Ronk- St. James Infirmary
…and the tin pan bended, and the story ended… (Smithsonian Folkways)
Martin Grosswendt- Mournin’ Blues
Payday! (Martin Grosswendt)
Jesse Winchester- Yankee Lady
Live from Mountain Stage (Blue Plate)
Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Jacques et Gilles
Matapedia (Hannibal)
Patti Casey- Down from Canada
Under Different Skies (Long Shot Music)
La Bottine Souriante- Le gourmand
Appelation d’origine contrôlée (Borealis)
Shelley Posen- Finders, Kippers
Menorah: Songs from a Jewish Life (Well Done Music)

Finest Kind- A Pilgrim’s Way
Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle Music)

Next week: Songs of Steve Gillette and John Stewart.

--Mike Regenstreif

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – July 22, 2025: Flood Water


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/595/71197.html


Theme: Flood Water.

There have always been floods but, with climate change, they’re happening more often and in more places. I began to think about this theme earlier this month as I watched the news coverage about the tragic floods in Texas.

Eric Bibb- Flood Water
Booker’s Guitar (Telarc)

Roomful of Blues- Texas Flood
The First Album (Hyena)
Josh White- Backwater Blues
Empty Bed Blues (Elektra)
Guy Davis- Georgia Flood
You Don’t Know My Mind (Red House)
Big Bill Broonzy- Southern Flood Blues
Big Bill’s Blues (Portrait)
Michael Jerome Browne- Louisiana 1927
That’s Where It’s At! (Borealis)

Joan Baez- Money for Floods
Gone from Danger (Guardian)

The Fairfield Four- Noah
I Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray (Warner Bros.)
Joel Mabus- The Preacher & the Flood
Retold (Fossil)

Murray McLauchlan- Red River Flood
Songs from the Street: The Best of Murray McLauchlan (True North)
Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley- Manitoba Flood
Scrap Metal Blues (Electro-Fi)

Johnny Cash- Five Feet High and Rising
Change of Address: The Singles As and Bs, 1958-1962 (Jasmine)
Tom Russell & Iris DeMent- Big Water
The Long Way Around (HighTone)
Ramblin' Jack Elliott- Rising High Water Blues
A Stranger Here (Anti-)
Martin Grosswendt- Mississippi Heavy Water Blues
Call and Response (Les Moore Productions)
Bill Staines- Louisiana Storm
The Second Million Miles (Red House)

John McCutcheon- Hell and High Water
Field of Stars (Appalsongs)
Muireann Bradleu- When the Levee Breaks
I Kept These Old Blues (Decca/Verve Forecast)
Happy Traum- Crash on the Levee (Down in the Flood)
Just for the Love of It (Lark’s Nest Music)
Joe Ely- A Flood On Our Hands
Streets of Sin (Rounder)
Michael Jerling- After the Flood
Halfway Home (Fool’s Hill Music)

Tom Rush, Jamie Hartford, Odetta, Emmylou Harris, Carolyn Hester, Nanci Griffith & Frank Christian- Wasn’t That a Mighty Storm
Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) (Elektra)

Next week: Remembering Robert Resnik (1953-2025).

--Mike Regenstreif

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – July 15, 2025: Blues in the Night


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/595/71087.html

Theme: Blues in the Night – all the songs have something or other to do with nighttime.


Eva Cassidy- Blues in the Night
Eva By Heart (Blix Street)

Dr. John- Such a Night
The Atco/Atlantic Singles 1968-1972 (Omnivore)
Judy Henske- Every Night When the Sun Goes In
The Elektra Albums: Judy Henske (Ace)
Stephen Barry Band- Every Night About This Time
Bluesville (Bros)
Michael Jerome Browne- Black Nights
That’s Where It’s At! (Borealis)
Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis- Night Life
Two Men with the Blues (Blue Note)

Tom Northcott- Night in the City
Sunny Goodge Street: The Warner Bros. Recordings (Wounded Bird)

Kim Wallach- Dark and Rainy Night
Chatter of the Finches (Black Socks Press)
Joni Mitchell- Rainy Night House
Ladies of the Canyon (Reprise)
Leonard Cohen- The Night of Santiago
Thanks for the Dance (Columbia/Legacy)
ES:MO (Elizabeth Shephers & Michael Occhipinti)- Night Comes On
The Weight of Hope (ES:MO)

Eliza Gilkyson- Dark Night of the Soul
Dark Ages (Realiza)
Susie Burke & David Surette- A Healing In This Night
Sometimes In the Evening (Madrina Music)

Anne Hills- Acquainted with the Night
Accidental August (Hand & Heart Music)
Ana Egge- Stay the Night
Is It the Kiss (StorySound)
Kerri Powers- Train in the Night
Kerri Powers (Kerri Powers)
David Amram- Subway Night
Subway Night (RCA)

Montreal- A Summer’s Night
A Summer’s Night (Stormy Forest)
Bill Morrissey- Summer Night
Standing Eight (Philo)
Tom Russell- The Night the Chinese Restaurant Burned Down
Play One More: The Songs of Ian & Sylvia (True North)

Mel Tormé- Blues in the Night
Tormé (Verve)

Next week: Flood Water.

--Mike Regenstreif

Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – July 12, 2025


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/128/71071.html

Jimmy LaFave- My Back Pages
Peace Town (Music Road)

Mike Regenstreif & Jimmy LaFave (2017)

Jimmy LaFave
- Minstrel Boy Howling at the Moon
Highway Angels…Full Moon Rain (Night Tribe Music)
Jimmy LaFave- Buffalo Return to the Plains
Favorites 1992-2001 (Music Road)
Jimmy LaFave- Peace Town
Peace Town (Music Road)

The Vanaver Caravan featuring Bill Vanaver- Just One More Time
Pastures of Plenty: Songs of Woody Guthrie (Coming Together Festival Productions)
Ellis Paul & Vance Gilbert- This Morning I Am Born Again
Side of the Road (Philo)
Wenzel- Been Down the River Too Long
Ticky Tock: Wenzel Sings Woody Guthrie (Conträr Musik) 
The Klezmatics & Susan McKeown- From Here On In
Wonder Wheel: Lyrics by Woody Guthrie (Jewish Music Group)

Malcolm Holcombe- A Far Cry from Here
A Far Cry from Here (Purple Girl Music)
Sara Trunzo- In Your Mercy
Better Than I Was (Sara Trunzo)
Eric Andersen & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Eric Andersen- Love is a Sacred Thing
Dance of Love and Death (EARecords)
Mary Chapin Carpenter- Girl and Her Dog
Personal History (Lambent Light/Thirty Tigers)

Payadora- Zamba del Carau
The Legend of Carau (Payadora)

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Eliza Gilkyson
- Times Like These
Dark Ages (Realiza)
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band- Land of Hope and Dreams
Land of Hope and Dreams (Columbia)
The Solourners- People Het Ready
Hold On (Black Hen Music)
Nanci Griffith- Ghosts in the Music
Once In a Very Blue Moon (Philo)

Schmaltz & Pepper- The Ride to Zaslav
Schmaltz & Pepper (Schmaltz & Pepper)
Benoît LeBlanc- Un-nòt-kankan
Mô kouzin, mô kouzinn (Benoît LeBlanc)
Mike Regenstreif & Tony Turner (2018)

Tony Turner
- Bob Loblaw Blahs
Survivor Tree (Bon Esprit Music)
Schmaltz & Pepper- Evil Eye
Schmaltz & Pepper (Schmaltz & Pepper)

Lotus Wight- Little Hat Jones
Original Works for Voice and Banjo Volume One (Lotus Wight)
Rube & Rake- Some of Mine
Good Time After Bad (LHM)
Jessica Pearson & The East Wind- Heave Away
Grave and Garden Songs (Jessica Pearson & The East Wind)
Ray Bonneville- Streetcar Man
On the Blind Side (Stonefly) 
Night Sun- Summer Songs
One Moment of Grace (Borealis)

Chris Rawlings & Mike Regenstreif (2007)

Chris Rawlings- Bastille Day
Two Sides to Your Story (Cookingfat Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2006)

Jesse Winchester- Wake Me
Learn to Love It (Stony Plain)
Christine Collister- How Far to the Horizon?
Blue Aconite (Koch)
Christine Albert- L’air de la Louisiane
Paris, Texafrance (MoonHouse)
Jerry Jeff Walker- Mississippi You’re On My Mind
Ridin’ High (MCA)
Cheryl Wheeler- Defying Gravity
Defying Gravity (Philo)
The Lucky Sisters- I Can’t Stand Up Alone
So Lucky (Patio)

The Village Dudes- Tomorrow’s Train
Another Time and Place (Blue Flute Music)
Staber & Chasnoff- Spanish Johnny
Free To Dream (Bubkes)
Suzy Thompson- You Don’t Need a Gun
Suzy Sings Siebel Volume One (Suzy Thompson)
Paul Siebel- Weary Blues
Woodstock Mountains: More Music from Mud Acres (Rounder)

Eric Erickson- The Potter
The Heart of an American (Ardith Recordings)
Freyda & Acoustic AttaTude- Potter’s Wheel
Midnight at Cabell Hall (Red House)

Mike Regenstreif & Steve Gillette (1994)

Steve Gillette- That Song About the River
Best of (Compass Rose)
Dee Robinson- Boat’s Up the River
Dee from Decatur (Riverlark Music)
Mike Regenstreif & Arlo Guthrie (1996)

Arlo Guthrie- Sailing Down This Golden River
Outlasting the Blues (Rising Son)
Mike Regenstreif & Bill Staines (1993)

Bill Staines- River
Bridges (Red House)

Dee Robinson- Stack O Lee
Dee from Decatur (Riverlark Music)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on August 9. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif