Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – April 18, 2026

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/128/74996.html

Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl- Marblehead Morning

Marblehead Morning – Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl: 50 Years in Harmony (Daring)

Le Vent du Nord- Bienvenue

Voisinages (La Compagnie du Nord)

Mike Regenstreif & April Verch (2025)

Newberry & Verch- Thankful for You

Blessing on the Wing (Slab Town)

The Heart Collectors- One Voice

Twilight Tales (Spins the Gold)

The Wailin' Jennys- Keep Me in Your Heart

Fifteen (True North)

In memory of Greg Kelly (1953-2026)

Greg Kelly- The Good Fight

Broken Windows (Greg Kelly)

Greg Kelly- A Rainy Day in My Heart

Slow Horses (Greg Kelly)

Greg Kelly- Crooked Lines and Broken Fences

Ghosts (Greg Kelly)

Ken Whiteley- Everybody’s Got to be Tried

Keep Going (Pyramid)

Eleanor Ellis & William Lee Ellis- Riley & Spencer

Whistlin’ Past the Graveyard (Riverlark Music)

Martin Grosswendt- Sweetheart Nancy

Dog on a Dance Floor (Philo)

Tom Mitchell & Mike Regenstreif (1999)

Tom Mitchell- Eastern Beer

Tom Mitchell (Philo)

Motel Sundown- Watch Which Way the Wind Blows

Signs in the Rush of Light (Motel Sundown)

Bonnie Dobson & The Hanging Stars- Trouble

Dreams (Loose Music)

Pressgang Mutiny- Mingulay

Departure (Slammin Media)

Paul Mills- Last Steam Engine Train

The Other Side of the Glass (Borealis)

Mike Regenstreif & James Keelaghan (2017)

James Keelaghan- Eulalie

Second-Hand (Borealis)

Susie Burke & David Surette- I Turn to My Guitar 

Waiting for the Sun (Madrina Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2006)

Jesse Winchester- Sham-A-Ling-Dong-Ding 

Love Filling Station (Appleseed)

Judy Collins & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

Judy Collins- Spanish is the Loving Tongue

Bread & Roses (Elektra)

Andy Hedges- The Westerner

The Westerner (Andy Hedges)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Tom Russell- Where the Cows Turn Their Backs Against the Wind 

Mount Olive (Frontera)

In memory of David Wiffen (1942-2026)

David Wiffen- Mr. Wiffen (Is Incommunicado Today)

David Wiffen (Fantasy)

Tom Rush- Drivin’ Wheel

Tom Rush Celebrates 50 Years of Music (Appleseed)

David Wiffen- Coast to Coast Fever

Coast to Coast Fever (EMI)

Blackie & The Rodeo Kings- Skybound Station

Kings of Love (True North)

Eric Andersen & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Eric Andersen- More Often Than Not

Blue River Live in Tokyo (EARecords)

David Wiffen- South of Somewhere

South of Somewhere (True North)

Anne Kalmering & Stahlhammer Klezmer Classic- Ale Brider

Tshiribim (Kakafon)

Annie & Rod Capps- Stupid Things

Never Done (Yellow Room)

Eric Burdon & The Animals- St. James Infirmary

Everyone of Us (MGM)

Jefferson Ross- Walking Around New Orleans

Low Country Wedding (Jefferson Ross)

Center of the River- Hannibal

Americana Art Music from the Mississippi (CotR)

Mike Regenstreif & Anne Hills (2001)

Anne Hills- Here Comes Love

Live recording from Anne’s Princeton Folk Music Society concert on February 20, 2026

Dave Gunning- World of Make Believe

Field Notes (Wee House of Music)

Mary Gauthier- Mercy Now 

Mercy Now (Lost Highway)

Amy Speace- Kindness

The Blue Rock Session (Windbone)

The Klezmatics featuring Joshua Nelson & Lavendar Gospel Choir- We Were Made for These Times

We Were Made for These Times (Shamus)

Robert Thomas & Mike Regenstreif (2025)

Robert Thomas & the sessionmen- Just Passing Through

The Way We Roll (Gas)

Joe Ely- For the Sake of the Song

Love + Freedom (Rack ‘Em)

DIVKA- Zhuravel

folk fatale (DIVKA)

Chris Crilly- Music for the Church of the Wailing Banshees

Music for the Church of the Wailing Banshees (Chris Crilly)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on May 16. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – April 14, 2026: Conversation and Songs with David Eisenstadt; Ruination Day

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/595/74924.html

Themes: Part 1 – Conversation and Songs with David Eisenstadt; Part 2 – Ruination Day.

Part 1 – Conversation and Songs with David Eisenstadt

David Eisenstadt is author of Rock Musicians Under the Radar: 18 Notable Canadian Jewish Performers, the fifth in his series of Under the Radar books. https://undertheradarbook.com/

Robbie Robertson- Somewhere Down the Crazy River

Testimony (Universal)

The Lovin’ Spoonful- Blues in the Bottle

Do You Believe in Magic (Sony/Legacy)

Danny Marks- Heading Down to New Orleans

Cities in Blue (Danny Marks)

Marc Jordan- Waiting for the Sun to Rise

Waiting for the Sun to Rise (Linus)

Barenaked Ladies- If I Had $1,000,000

Gordon (Reprise/Sire)

Part 2 – Ruination Day

In her songs, “April the 14th (Part 1)” and “Ruination Day (Part 2),” Gillian Welch reminded us that the shooting of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth in 1865, the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, and Black Sunday, the biggest dust storm of the Depression-era Dust Bowl in 1935, all occurred on April 14. 

Gillian Welch- April the 14th (Part 1)

Time (The Revelator) (Acony/Stony Plain)

Tony Rice- John Wilkes Booth

Night Flyer: The Singer-Songwriter Collection (Rounder)

Uncle Earl- Booth Shot Lincoln

She Waits for Night (Rounder)

Lead Belly- Abraham Lincoln

Bourgeois Blues: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 2 (Smithsonian Folkways)

Eric Bibb & JJ Milteau- Titanic

Lead Belly’s Gold (Stony Plain)

Pete Seeger- Titanic (When That Great Ship Went Down)

Headlines & Footnotes: A Collection of Topical Songs (Smithsonian Folkways)

Mance Lipscomb- God Moves on the Water

Newport Folk Festival – Best of the Blues 1959-68 (Vanguard)

David Olney- Titanic

Eye of the Storm (Philo)

Woody Guthrie- The Great Dust Storm (Dust Storm Disaster)

Dust Bowl Ballads (Rounder)

Crowes Pasture- Going Down the Road Feeling Bad

Crowes Pasture (Crowes Pasture)

Woody Guthrie- Dust Bowl Refugee

Dust Bowl Ballads (Rounder)

Jimmy LaFave- My Oklahoma Home (It Blowed Away)

Peace Town (Music Road)

James Talley- So Long It’s Been Good to Know You

Woody Guthrie and Songs of My Oklahoma Home (Cimarron)

Gillian Welch- Ruination Day (Part 2)

Time (The Revelator) (Acony/Stony Plain)

Next week: Swingtime in Springtime.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – April 7, 2026: Songs of Phil Ochs

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/595/74828.html

Theme: Songs of Phil Ochs (1940-1976).

This week marks the 50th anniversary of Phil Ochs’s death by suicide at age 36 is this week on April 9. 

Phil – who struggled with bipolar disorder – was one of the greatest songwriters of the folk revival. He was particularly noted for his topical songs. And although Phil’s songs were all written more 50 years ago, and up to more than 60 years ago, one of the reasons that his songs are still sung today by so many artists is that so many of them are just as relevant now – or even more relevant now – as when they were written.

Phil Ochs- Links on the Chain

Farewells & Fantasies (Elektra/Rhino)

Magpie- One More Parade

Raise Your Voice (Sliced Bread)

Pete Seeger- The Draft Dodger Rag

Dangerous Songs (Columbia/Legacy)

Arlo Guthrie- I Ain’t Marching Anymore

What’s That I Hear: The Songs of Phil Ochs (Sliced Bread)

Disappear Fear- Is There Anybody Here

Get Your Phil (Disappear)

Phil Ochs- Song of a Soldier

Farewells & Fantasies (Elektra/Rhino)

Katy Moffatt- The Highwayman

Midnight Radio (True North)

The Roches- The Bells

What’s That I Hear: The Songs of Phil Ochs (Sliced Bread)

Ian & Sylvia- Changes

Play One More (Vanguard)

Garnet Rogers- Crucifixion

Speaking Softly in the Dark (Snow Goose Songs)

Judy Collins- In the Heat of the Summer

Fifth Album (Elektra)

Kim & Reggie Harris- What’s That I Hear

Let My People Go! A Jewish & African American Celebration of Freedom (Appleseed)

Phil Ochs- Too Many Martyrs

Farewells & Fantasies (Elektra/Rhino)

John Gorka- Bracero

What’s That I Hear: The Songs of Phil Ochs (Sliced Bread)

Sloan Wainwright- There but for Fortune

Rediscovery (Derby Disc Music)

Dave Van Ronk- Outside a Small Circle of Friends

To All My Friends in Far-Flung Places (Gazell)

Phil Ochs- Canons of Christianity

Farewells & Fantasies (Elektra/Rhino)

Phil Odgers & John Kettle- The Passing of My Life

Far Rockaway: The Songs of Phil Ochs (Vinyl Star)

Karen Savoca- No More Songs

What’s That I Hear: The Songs of Phil Ochs (Sliced Bread)

The David Amram Quintet- When I’m Gone

David Amram Honors Guthrie and Ochs: Old Souls (Guthrie Legacy)

Next week: Part 1 – Conversation and Songs with David Eisenstadt; Part 2 – Ruination Day.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – March 31, 2026: A Tribute to Buddy Holly

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/595/74747.html

Theme: A Tribute to Buddy Holly (1936-1959).

Buddy Holly, who grew up in Lubbock, Texas, was one of the great artists of early rock ‘n’ roll. Tragically, he lost his life at the tender age of 22 on February 3, 1959 in a small plane crash that also claimed Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper, an event that Don McLean referred to as “the day the music died,” in his song, American Pie.

Buddy Holly- Peggy Sue

The Buddy Holly Collection (MCA)

Serena Ryder- It Doesn’t Matter Anymore

If Your Memory Serves You Well (EMI)

The Beatles- Words of Love

Beatles for Sale (Parlophone)

Buddy Holly- Fool’s Paradise

The Buddy Holly Collection (MCA)

Natalie Merchant- Learning the Game

Rarities 1998-2017 (Nonesuch)

The Rolling Stones- Not Fade Away

GRRR! (ABKCO)

Buddy Holly- Rock Around with Ollie Vee

The Buddy Holly Collection (MCA)

Linda Ronstadt- It’s So Easy

Simple Dreams: 40th Anniversary Edition (Elektra/Rhino)

David Olney with Daniel Seymour- Everyday

Nevermore: The Final Live in Holland Sessions II (Strictly Country)

Buddy Holly- Look at Me

The Buddy Holly Collection (MCA)

Nanci Griffith & The Crickets- Well… All Right

Not Fade Away (remembering Buddy Holly) (MCA)

Nanci Griffith & The Crickets- Heartbeat

The Crickets & Their Buddies (Sovereign Artists)

Buddy Holly- Rock Me My Baby

The Buddy Holly Collection (MCA)

Elvis Presley- (You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care

Elvis Presley Sings Leiber & Stoller (RCA/Legacy)

Jenny Whiteley- Raining in My Heart

Forgive or Forget (Black Hen Music)

Buddy Holly- Modern Don Juan

The Buddy Holly Collection (MCA)

The Crickets- The Real Buddy Holly Story

The Crickets & Their Buddies (Sovereign Artists)

Jim Wurster- Rave On

Transcendental Inclinations (Y&T Music)

Buddy Holly- I’m Lookin’ for Someone to Love

The Buddy Holly Collection (MCA)

John Prine & The Crickets- Oh Boy

The Crickets & Their Buddies (Sovereign Artists)

Carolyn Hester- Lonesome Tears

From These Hills (Road Goes On Forever)

Buddy Holly- Listen to Me

The Buddy Holly Collection (MCA)

Linda Ronstadt- That’ll Be the Day

Hasten Down the Wind (Elektra)

Nanci Griffith with The London Symphony Orchestra- Tell Me How

The Dust Bowl Symphony (Elektra)

Buddy Holly & The Hollies- Peggy Sue Got Married

Not Fade Away (remembering Buddy Holly) (MCA)

Mary Chapin Carpenter & Kevin Montgomery- Wishing

Not Fade Away (remembering Buddy Holly) (MCA)

Los Lobos- Midnight Shift

Not Fade Away (remembering Buddy Holly) (MCA)

Buddy Holly- I’m Gonna Love You Too

The Buddy Holly Collection (MCA)

Chuck WIllis- It’s Too Late

Stroll On: The Chuck Willis Collection (Razor & Tie)

Madeleine Peyroux- Changing All Those Changes

The Blue Room (Decca)

Buddy Holly- Reminiscing 

The Buddy Holly Collection (MCA)

Next week: Songs of Phil Ochs.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – March 24, 2026: Remembering Paul Geremia, Roy Book Binder, John Hammond, Dolores Keane and Country Joe McDonald

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/595/74653.html

Theme: Remembering Paul Geremia, Roy Book Binder, John Hammond, Dolores Keane and Country Joe McDonald.

Remembering Country Joe McDonald (1942-2026)

Country Joe McDonald (1979)

Country Joe McDonald – who died from complications of Parkinson’s disease on March 7 at age 84 – was co-founder with Barry “The Fish” Melton, of Country Joe & The Fish, and then a solo artist for many decades. 

Country Joe & The Fish- I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die-Rag

The Life and Times of Country Joe & The Fish from Haight Ashbury to Woodstock (Vanguard)

Country Joe & The Fish- Flying High

The Life and Times of Country Joe & The Fish from Haight Ashbury to Woodstock (Vanguard)

Country Joe McDonald- When the Curfew Blows

Thinking of Woody Guthrie (Vanguard)

Remembering Augie Meyers (1940-2026)

Augie Meyers

Augie Meyers – who died on March 7 at age 85 – was an organist, pianist, accordionist and singer best known as a founding member with Doug Sahm of the Sir Douglas Quintet and with Doug Sahm, Freddy Fender and Flaco Jimenez of the Texas Tornados. He was also a studio musician who worked with many artists including Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, John Hammond and Tom Russell.

Sir Douglas Quintet- Goin’ Down to Mexico

Live from Austin TX (New West)

Texas Tornados- Guacamole

Hangin’ on by a Thread (Reprise)

Tom Russell with Augie Meyers- And God Created Bordertowns

Mesabi (Shout! Factory)

Remembering Dolores Keane (1953-2026)

Dolores Keane

Dolores Keane – who died on March 16 at age 72 – was one of the greatest Irish folk singers. She was a founding member of the band De Dannan and a solo artist. She also collaborated with such artists as Tom Russell, John Prine, Emmylou Harris and Tommy Sands.

Dolores Keane- Fare Thee Well a Stór

Night Owl (Alula)

Dolores Keane- Mary Clare Molloy (American Wake)

The Man from God Knows Where (HighTone)

Remembering John Hammond (1942-2026)

John Hammond

John Hammond – who was sometimes known as John Hammond, Jr. and John Paul Hammond – died from cardiac arrest on February 28 at age 83. John said he was introduced to the blues in 1949 at age 7 when his father, the legendary record producer John Hammond, Sr., took him to see Big Bill Broonzy. In the early-1960s, John emerged as one of the great revivalists of the blues.

John Hammond- Mean Old Frisco

John Hammond (Vanguard)

John Hammond- Fore Day Rider Blues

Found True Love (Pointblank)

John Hammond- Love Changin’ Blues

Trouble No More (Pointblank)

John Hammond with Augie Meyers- Jockey Full of Bourbon

Wicked Grin (Pointblank)

Remembering Roy Book Binder (1943-2026)

Roy Book Binder

Roy Book Binder – who died on March 3 at age 82 – took up the guitar while serving in the U.S. Navy in the early-1960s. After leaving the navy, he studied with Reverend Gary Davis and then became his chauffeur and touring companion for several years. He also became close with several other blues legends, perhaps most significantly, Pink Anderson. In addition to being a great interpreter of Piedmont-style blues, Roy was also fine songwriter in the blues tradition. Roy remained an active touring artist until his death.

Roy Book Binder- Travelin’ Man

Travelin’ Man (Adelphi/Genes)

Roy Book Binder- Stack O Lee

Ragtime Millionaire (Blue Goose)

Roy Book Binder- Let Us Get Together

Polk City Ramble (Rounder)

Roy Book Binder- The Preacher Picked the Guitar

Singer-Songwriter Bluesman (PEGleg)

Roy Book Binder- Travelin’ Man Blues

Singer-Songwriter Bluesman (PEGleg)

Remembering Paul Geremia (1944-2026)

Paul Geremia & Mike Regenstreif (2012)

Paul Geremia – who died on March 14 at age 81 – was one the greatest blues revivalists. No less a figure than Dave Van Ronk said he was THE greatest. Paul was also a great songwriter. Sadly, Paul suffered a debilitating stroke in 2014 and spent his remaining years in a nursing home in his home state of Rhode Island.

Paul Geremia- I’ll Be Goin’

Just Enough (Folkways)

Paul Geremia- Elegant Hobo

Paul Geremia (Sire)

Paul Geremia- Dying Crapshooter’s Blues

Live from Uncle Sam’s Backyard (Red House)

Paul Geremia- Dr. Jazz 

Love My Stuff (Red House)

Paul Geremia- The Truth is on the Streets

Self Portrait in Blues (Red House)

Next week: A Tribute to Buddy Holly.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – March 21, 2026

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/128/74611.html

Vance Gilbert- Simple Things

The Mother of Trouble (Vance Gilbert)

Mike Regenstreif & Garnet Rogers (2006)

Garnet Rogers- First Day of Spring 

Shining Thing (Snow Goose Songs)

Judy Collins & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

Judy Collins- So Early, Early in the Spring

Fifth Album (Elektra)

John Gorka & Mike Regenstreif (2012)

John Gorka- A Light Exists in Spring

unentitled (Red House)

Kim Wallach- Come, Spring 

Chatter of the Finches (Black Socks Press)

Tommy Makem & Liam Clancy- Rambles of Spring 

The Makem & Clancy Collection (Shanachie)

Kate Weekes- Trace a Constellation

Rideau Roots (Kate Weekes)

Sultans of String- Emerald Swing

Symphony (Sultans of String)

Ken Whiteley- Pallet On Your Floor

Keep Going (Pyramid)

Andy Cohen & Mike Regenstreif (2025)

Andy Cohen & William Lee Ellis- Mr. Furry’s Blues

Whistlin’ Past the Graveyard (Riverlark Music)

Sid Selvidge- Pearlee

Twice Told Tales (Elektra Nonesuch)

Dave Van Ronk- Casey Jones

Somebody Else, Not Me (Philo)

Furry Lewis- Glory Hallelujah, When I Lay My Burden Down

The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions (Sony BMG)

Greg Kelly- Slow Horses

Slow Horses (Greg Kelly)

Jamie Anderson- This Old

The Curves are Still There (Tsunami)

Dave Gunning- Going Nowhere Tonight

Field Notes (Wee House of Music)

Daughters of Donbas- Another Heaven

Songs of Stolen Children (Daughters of Donbas)

Esther Kaiser- Masters of War

Songs of Courage (GLM Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Marc Nerenberg 2009)

Marc Nerenberg- Ain’t Gonna Study War No More (Down By the Riverside)

Times Ain’t Nuthin’ Like They Used to Be (Marc Nerenberg)

Jillian Matundan- Hold On

Hold On – single (Keezamonkee)

Anne Kalmering & Stalhammer Klezmer Classic- Bulbes

Tshiribim (Kakafon)

Roger Davidson & The Frank London Klezmer Orchestra- The Jester

Villages of Old (Soundbrush)

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

The Building and Other Songs (Oriente Musik)

Leonard Cohen- Darkness

Old Ideas (Columbia)

Madeleine Peyroux- Careless Love

Careless Love (Rounder)

Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble featuring Rhiannon Giddens, Michael Ward-Bergeman & Reylon Yount- St. James Infirmary

Sing Me Home (Sony Masterwoorks)

Center of the River- Mississippi

Americana Art Music from the Mississippi (CotR)

Benoît LeBlanc- Kan mo té piti

Mô kouzin, mô kouzinn (Benoît LeBlanc)

Mike Regenstreif & April Verch (2025)

Newberry & Verch- Robin on the Wagon Wheel

Blessing on the Wing (Slab Town)

Andy Hedges- A Cowboy’s Hard Times

The Westerner (Andy Hedges)

Mike Regenstreif & Bill Staines (1993)

Bill Staines- My Sweet Wyoming Home

Miles (Mineral River)

Emily Scott Robinson- Sea of Ghosts

Appalachia (Oh Boy)

Ian Tyson- Sam Bonnifield’s Saloon

Ol’ Eon (Stony Plain)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2005)

Tom Russell- 1946 Martin D18

Mount Olive (Frontera)

Amy Speace- In This Home

The Blue Rock Session (Windbone)

Cliff Eberhardt & Mike Regenstreif (2024)

Cliff Eberhardt- 500 Miles

500 Miles: The Blue Rock Sessions (Red House)

Mary Gauthier- I Drink

Live at Blue Rock (In the Black)

Mike Regenstreif & Missy Burgess (2014)

Missy Burgess- Pilgrim 

Missy Burgess with The Blue Train Live (Missy Burgess)

Tom Chapin & The Chapin Sisters- Quite Early Morning

Songs of Hope (Sundance Music)

Suzanne Nuttall- Dali Never Slept

Live Without a Net (Suzanne Nuttall)

Debi Smith- Vincent Van Gogh’s Mom

Flight of the Robin (Degan Music)

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

Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon- Ran Away with the Circus

Together Again (Appalsongs)

Thea Hopkins- Trouble (Pulled Up a Chair)

Blossoms & Ghosts (Thea Hopkins)

Mativetsky Amiri Pagé- Metamorphose

Metamorphose (Mativetsky Amiri Pagé)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on April 18. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif 

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – March 17, 2026: St. Patrick's Day

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/595/74531.html

Theme: St. Patrick’s Day.

Some songs on this show are by artists who are authentically Irish, and some are by artists who are not, because, as Bowser & Blue tell us, “Everybody’s Irish on St. Patrick’s Day.”

Bowser & Blue- Everybody’s Irish on St. Patrick’s Day

Montreal Souvenirs (You Guys Publishing)

Tom Lewis- St. Patrick’s Song

360º: All Points of the Compass (Borealis)

Altan- The Barley and the Rye

Donegal (Compass)

Doug McArthur- Sleeping in Dublin

The Horses of the Sea: A Personal Exploration of Ireland (dougimac.com)

Sassenach- Star of the County Down/Bus Stop Reel

Passages (Sassenach)

Tara O’Grady- Black Velvet Band

Black Irish (Tara O’Grady)

NRBQ- It’s St. Patrick’s Day

High Noon – A 50 Year Retrospective (Omnivore)

Maggie’s Wake- Grosse Isle (Far Away) 

Maggie’s Wake (Maggie’s Wake)

Dolores Keane- Green Grows the Laurel

Folk Friends 2 (Wundertüte Musik)

Judy Collins- Drink a Round to Ireland

Times of Our Lives (Elektra)

Brendan Nolan- Lanigan’s Ball/The Side Door Jig

Live at the Side Door (Ould Segosha)

The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem- Brennan On the Moor

In Concert at Carnegie Hall: The Complete 1963 Concert (Columbia/Legacy)

Chris Rawlings- Lake Isle of Innisfree/Song of the Wandering Aengus

Two Sides to Your Story (Cooking Fat Music)

Sneezy Waters- In Derry Vale

Live (Sneezy Waters)

Karan Casey- The Rocks of Bawn

Nine Apples of Gold (Crow Valley Music)

Alana & Leigh Cline- Slip Jigs: Whinny Hills of Leitrim/Ryan’s/Humours of Whiskey

Alana & Leigh Cline (Scimitar)

The Makem & Spain Brothers- When We Danced in Donegal

Live (Red Biddy)

Nanci Griffith- From Clare to Here

Other Voices/Other Rooms (Elektra)

Tom Paxton- Corrymeela

Even a Grey Day (Flying Fish)

Tom Russell- All on a Belfast Morning

Folk Hotel (Frontera)

Noel Paul Stookey- Irish Blessing

At Home: The Maine Tour (Neworld)

The Irish Rovers- Hey Boys Sing Us a Song

No End in Sight (Rover)

Next week: Remembering John Hammond, Roy Book Binder, Augie Meyers and Country Joe McDonald.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – March 10, 2026: Songs of The Beatles

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/595/74430.html

Theme: Songs of The Beatles.

Although The Beatles’ years as a band were relatively short and ended about 55 years ago, most of their albums, and so many of their songs, are classics that still sound fresh today.

The Beatles- A Day in the Life

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Parlophone)

Christine Lavin- All My Lovin’

FolkZinger (Appleseed)

The Charles River Valley Boys- Ticket to Ride

Beatle Country (Rounder)

Mary McCaslin- Help

Goodnight Everybody (Barnaby)

Lucy Kaplansky- I’ve Just Seen a Face

The Tide (Red House)

The Beatles- A Hard Day’s Night

A Hard Day’s Night (Parlophone)

David Clayton-Thomas- Can’t Buy Me Love

David Clayton-Thomas (RCA)

Eva Cassidy- Yesterday

American Tune (Blix Street)

Judy Collins- In My Life

In My Life (Elektra)

Deborah Holland- Norwegian Wood (This Bird has Flown) 

Vancouver (Rage On)

The Beatles- Dear Prudence

The Beatles (aka The White Album) (Apple)

Anne Hills & Michael Smith- I Will

Paradise Lost & Found (Redwing)

Durham County Poets- With a Little Help from My Friends 

Hand Me Down Blues (Durham County Poets)

Joan Baez- Eleanor Rigby

Joan (Vanguard)

Reggie Harris- All You Need is Love

On Solid Ground (Reggie Harris Music)

The Beatles- Here, There and Everywhere

Revolver (Parlophone)

Lucinda Williams- Let It Be

Lucinda Williams Sings The Beatles from Abbey Road (Highway 20)

Esther Kaiser- Revolution

Songs of Courage (GLM Music)

Richie Havens- Here Comes the Sun

Alarm Clock (Stormy Forest)

The Bobs- Strawberry Fields Forever 

Cover the Songs of… (Rounder)

The Beatles- Penny Lane

Magical Mystery Tour (Capitol)

Jane Lewis- Come Together

Stay with Me (Jane Lewis)

Bettye LaVette- Blackbird

Blackbirds (Verve)

k.d. lang- Golden Slumbers/The End 

Recollection (Nonesuch)

Next week: St. Patrick’s Day.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – March 3, 2026: The Water Lily and Other Song/Poems of Henry Lawson

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/595/74335.html

Theme: The Water Lily and Other Song/Poems of Henry Lawson.

Henry Lawson, circa 1915

Henry Lawson – who was born in Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia in 1867 and died in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in 1922 at age 55 – is widely regarded as one of Australia’s greatest writers. Many of his poems have been set to music by a variety of artists.

Priscilla Herdman- The Water Lily

The Water Lily (Philo)

Garnet Rogers- The Sliprails and the Spur

Speaking Softly in the Dark (Snow Goose Songs)

Dennis O'Keefe- Andy’s Gone with Cattle

The Songs of Chris Kempster (Folk Federation of NSW)

The Queensland Tiger- On the Night Train

Henry Lawson: The Poet in Song Vol. 3 (The Queensland Tiger)

Priscilla Herdman- The Drover’s Sweetheart

The Water Lily (Philo)

Martyn Wyndham-Read- Never-Neverland

Undiscovered Australia (Musica Pangaea)

This tribute song is the only song on the show that is not a setting of a poem by Henry Lawson.

Slim Dusty- Henry Lawson

Australiana (EMI Australia)

Priscilla Herdman- Do You Think That I Do Not Know

The Water Lily (Philo)

Slim Dusty- Written Afterwards

Australiana (EMI Australia)

Archie Fisher & Garnet Rogers- The Outside Track

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

The Queensland Tiger- Song of the Old Bullock Driver

Drovers, Stockmen and Bullockies (The Queensland Tiger)

Priscilla Herdman- The Bush Girl

The Water Lily (Philo)

Slim Dusty- Middleton’s Roustabout

People and Places (EMI Australia)

The Makem & Spain Brothers- Freedom on the Wallaby

Like Others Did Before Us (Red Biddy)

Martyn Wyndham-Read- New Life, New Love

Undiscovered Australia (Musica Pangaea)

Priscilla Herdman- Reedy River

The Water Lily (Philo)

Christine Wheeler- The Days When We Went Swimming

The Songs of Chris Kempster (Folk Federation of NSW)

Slim Dusty- Sweeney

The Very Best of Slim Dusty (EMI Australia)

The Queensland Tiger- A Prouder Man Than You

Henry Lawson: The Poet in Song Vol. 3 (The Queensland Tiger)

Priscilla Herdman- The Shame of Going Back

The Water Lily (Philo)

Garnet Rogers- After All

Speaking Softly in the Dark (Snow Goose Songs)

Priscilla Herdman- When the Children Come Home

Darkness into Light (Flying Fish)

Next week: Songs of The Beatles.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – February 24, 2026: The Legacy of Lead Belly

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/595/74248.html

Theme: The Legacy of Lead Belly.

Lead Belly – whose real name was Huddie Ledbetter – was one of the most important and influential blues and folk singers of all time. Lead Belly was born in Louisiana in 1888 or 1889 and died in 1949 at age 60 or 61. Lead Belly was known as the King of the 12-String Guitar, and he recorded and performed prolifically in the 1930s and ‘40s, Many of his  songs – both songs he wrote – and many traditional songs he adapted, have been recorded and sung by countless artists. 

This show includes some of Lead Belly’s recordings, versions of songs from his repertoire by many other artists, and a couple of tribute songs to him.

Lead Belly- Good Morning Blues #2

Bourgeois Blues: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 2 (Smithsonian Folkways)

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee- Rock Island Line

Blues Masters, Vol. 5 (Storyville)

Guy Davis & Fabrizio Poggi- Take This Hammer

Sonny & Brownie’s Last Train (M.C.)

Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder- Pick a Bale of Cotton

Get On Board: The Songs of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (Nonesuch)

Harry Belafonte- Cotton Fields

Belafonte Sings the Blues (RCA)

Lead Belly- Governor Pat Neff (Sweet Mary)

Shout On: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 3 (Smithsonian Folkways)

Pete Seeger- Huddie Ledbetter was Helluva Man

Pete (Living Music)

Odetta- In the Pines

Lookin’ for a Home: Thanks to Leadbelly (M.C.)

Dave Van Ronk- Old Hannah

Somebody Else, Not Me (Philo)

Sweet Honey in the Rock- The Midnight Special 

A Tribute: Live! Jazz at Lincoln Centre (Appleseed)

Eric Bibb & JJ Milteau- Bring a Little Water, Sylvie

Lead Belly’s Gold (Stony Plain)

Lead Belly with The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet- Alabama Bound

Take This Hammer – When the Sun Goes Down, Vol. 5 (Bluebird)

Howard Armstrong- John Henry

Louie Bluie (Blue Suit)

Ian & Sylvia- Ella Speed

Four Strong Winds (Vanguard)

Elijah Wald- Duncan and Brady

Street Corner Cowboys (Black Rose)

Andy Hedges featuring Dom Flemons- When I was a Cowboy

Roll On, Cowboys (Andy Hedges)

Lead Belly with Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee- Diggin’ My Potatoes

Bourgeois Blues: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 2 (Smithsonian Folkways)

Cathy Winter- House of the Rising Sun

Next Sweet Time (Flying Fish)

Nina Simone- Silver City Bound

Folksy Nina (Colpix)

Long John Baldry- We’re in the Same Boat Brother

Remembering Lead Belly (Stony Plain)

Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, Sonny Terry & Cisco Houston- We Shall Be Free

Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection (Smithsonian Folkways)

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee- Best of Friends

Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry Sing (Smithsonian Folkways)

Lead Belly- Irene (Goodnight Irene)

Where Did You Sleep Last Night: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 1 (Smithsonian Folkways)

Next week: The Water Lily and Other Song/Poems of Henry Lawson.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – February 21, 2026

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/128/74216.html

Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

David Francey- February Morning Drive

Maps (Laker Music)

Judy Collins & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

Judy Collins- Winter Sky

Live at The Town Hall, NYC (Cleopatra)

York Street Thought Process- Winter Walk Part I

Colder (York Street Thought Process)

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

Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Martha Wainwright- Winter Lady

Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man (Verve Forecast)

Jodi Jean & Aylon- Winterlude

Bobfest (Jodi Jean & Aylon)

Sean Gagnier- Winter in the Mountains

Circle Harbor (Sean Gagnier)

Honey Novick- Steam, Steam, Steam

Rising Towards the Seraphim (Honey Novick)

York Street Thought Process- Winter Walk Part II

Colder (York Street Thought Process)

Terry Tufts- With a Little Help from My Friends

Two Nights Solo (Borealis)

Don Bray- Brother Song

I Bless the Wounds (Don Bray)

Pat Moore- When I Love You

The Time’s Never Been Better (Pat Moore)

Al Wood- Treena Ballerina

Mood Swingin’ Blues (Al Wood)

Lynne Hanson- Every Minute In Between

Just Words (Lynne Hanson)

Norman Doucette- Out on the Street

Dangerous Ground (Norman Doucette)

Mary Gick- Waltz for the Trees

Six Tunes and a Song (Mary Gick)

Jamie Anderson- Guitar on the Wall

The Curves are Still There (Tsunami)

Greg Kelly- I Only See the Sun

Ghosts (Greg Kelly)

Jamie Anderson- Last Tuscon Sunrise

The Curves are Still There (Tsunami)

Mike Regenstreif & Rick Fines (2011)

Rick Fines- That’s What Makes You Strong

Solar Powered Too (Rick Fines)

Jimmy Buffett- Gentleman of Leisure

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

Michael Martin Murphey- Freewheeler

Cowboy Songs Four (Valley Entertainment)

Jesse Winchester & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

 
Jesse Winchester- Sweet Loving Daddy

Gentleman of Leisure (Sugar Hill)

Brenda Lewis- I Wave Bye-Bye

Far & Near (Brenda Lewis)

Over the Moon- Lonesome Bluebird

Chinook Waltz (Borealis)

Amy Speace- In This Home

The Blue Rock Session (Windbone)

NEeMA- Stay

Watching You Think (Neemaste/Sony)

Madeleine Peyroux- (Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night

Half the Perfect World (Rounder)

Eric Kilburn- Antopol 1903

American Prayer (Wellspring)

Roger Davidson & The Frank London Klezmer Orchestra- Villages of Old

Villages of Old (Soundbrush)

Paul Kaplan- I Had an Old Coat

King of Hearts (Old Coat Music)

Emily Scott Robinson- Appalachia

Appalachia (Oh Boy)

Julian Taylor- Under Circumstances Like These

Anthology Vol. 2 (Howling Turtle)

Center of the River- Camp Meeting

Americana Art Music from the Mississippi (CotR)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2018)

Tom Russell- Mount Olive

Mount Olive (Frontera)

Eva Cassidy- Route 66

Walkin’ After Midnight (Blix Street)

Mike Regenstreif & Jimmy LaFave (2017)

Jimmy LaFave- Rt. 66 One More Time

Highway Angels…Full Moon Rain (Night Tribe Music)

Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer- Highway 80 (She’s a Mighty Good Road)

Drum Hat Buddha (Signature Sounds)

Hank Snow- I’ve Been Everywhere

I’ve Been Everywhere (RCA)

Woody Guthrie- Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done

Woody At Home – Vol 1 + 2 (Shamus)

Cole Quest & The City Pickers- Pastures of Plenty

Homegrown (Jalopy)

Mike Regenstreif & David Amram (2017)

The David Amram Quintet- Ramblin’ Round

David Amram Honors Guthrie and Ochs: Old Souls (Guthrie Legacy)

Sons of the Never Wrong- Stand Up, Shout Out

Feather and Starry Crown (Sons 3)

Gina Forsyth of The Malvinas & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

The Malvinas- How Can I Keep from Singing

God Bless the Grass (Soona Songs)

Tom Chapin- Sing for Peace

Songs of Hope (Sundance Music)

Tehrani Drom & Parisa Karimi Molan- Sizeh Salam Getirmishem

Unveiled (Lulaworld)

Suzanne Nuttall- Losing Has Never Felt So Sweet

Live Without a Net (Suzanne Nuttall)

Debi Smith- Nebraska Moon

Flight of the Robin (Degan Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2009)

Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon- Artie’s Last Stand

Together Again (Appalsongs)

Jesse Appelman- Freight Train

Where We Go (Jesse Appelman)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on March 21. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif