Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – October 3, 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/128/77380.html

Martin Simpson- October Song

Home Recordings (Topic)

Vikki Clayton- Who Knows Where the Time Goes

It Suits Me Well: The Songs of Sandy Denny (Castle)

Linda Ronstadt & The Stone Poneys- Driftin’

Evergreen, Vol. 2 (Capitol)

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)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2006)

Jesse Winchester- Yankee Lady

Jesse Winchester (Stony Plain)

Karine Polwart & Dave Milligan- Talk to Me of Mendocino

Still As You’re Sleeping (Hudson)

Dave Clarke, Lucinda Chodan & Mike Regenstreif (2025)

Dave Clarke- October 

GuitarSongs (Crossties)

Satellite Birdhouse- October

Satellite Birdhouse (Satellite Birdhouse)

Buddy Miller featuring The War & Treaty- Lay Down the Burden of Your Heart

Buddy Miller (New West)

The Kennedys- Smoketree

Smoketree (The Kennedys)

Dida Pelled- Hesitation Blues

I Wish You Would (La Reserve)

Donna Herula- Wish I Could See You Again

Cold Feet (Donna Herula)

Mary Gauthier- Black Ice

Reckoning (Soundly Music/Thirty Tigers)

Doug McArthur- Lean into the Wind

Smoke & Whiskey (Doug McArthur)

AJ Lee & Blue Summit- Glendale Train

Cover to Cover (Signature Sounds)

Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Cockburn (2017)

Bruce Cockburn- Goin’ Down the Road

Rarities (True North)

Woody Guthrie with Cisco Houston & Sonny Terry- Going Down the Road Feeling Bad

This Land is Your Land: The Asch Recordings Vol. 1 (Smithsonian Folkways) 

Mike Regenstreif & Lisa Gutkin of The Klezmatics (2025)

The Klezmatics- I Wanna Ride

Wonder Wheel – Lyrics by Woody Guthrie: 20th Anniversary Edition (Shamus)

Carla Sciaky- Dear Mr. Bowers 

Heart of the Swan (Propinquity)

Shelley Posen & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2023)

Shelley Posen- Packed 

Mazel (Well Done Music)

Shari Ulrich & Mike Regenstreif (2019)

Shari Ulrich- The Sweater

Back to Shore (Borealis)

Mike Regenstreif & Missy Burgess (2014)

Missy Burgess- My Blue Sweater

Lemon Pie (Missy Burgess)

Kate Greenland- Bittersweetheart

Longing and Dreaming (Kate Greenland)

Margo Price- Rita Ballou

Old No. 1 Revisited (Truly Handmade)

Jade Bird- L.A. Freeway

Old No. 1 Revisited (Truly Handmade)

Guy Clark- Dublin Blues 

Dublin Blues: 30th Anniversary Edition (Compass)

Doc Watson- Columbus Stockade Blues

Memories (Sugar Hill)

Carla Gover & Friends featuring Jeri Katherine Howell- Plant a Seed, Write a Song

William Branch is Hard to Find (Joe Hill Music)

Allison Russell featuring Ruby Amanfu- Just Like Saturday

In the Hour of Chaos (Fantasy)

Mama's Broke- Failing

Reunion (Free Dirt)

Rising Appalachia- Sugar Blue

Trade My Troubles (Rising Appalachia)

Frank London & The Loisaida Fife and Drum Corps- My Babe

Touzle Your Kurchy (Adhyâropa)

Harrison Kennedy- Mountain Stomp

Old Fashion Plain (Electro-Fi)

Rhiannon Giddens- High on a Mountain

Hope is the Thing with Feathers (Nonesuch)

Jake Blount- Shady Grove

Single-Footed Horse (Jake Blount)

Mike Regenstreif & Anne Hills (2001)

Anne Hills- The Benevolence of Trees

The Benevolence of Trees (Hand & Heart Music)

Deborah Holland- Your Safe Haven

Unadorned (Deborah Holland)

Mike Regenstreif & Orit Shimoni (2025)

Dan Bern & Orit Shimoni- Pain

Birds (Dan Bern & Orit Shimoni)

Ian Tamblyn- The Road to Ramona

The Fragile Tangent (North Track)

NEeMA- Jealousy

Watching You Think (Neemaste/Sony)

Felicity Hamer & Black Leather Rose- Heavy Hitter

Felicity Hamer & Black Leather Rose (Felicity Hamer & Black Leather Rose)

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Russell (2012)

Tom Russell- October in the Railroad Earth

October in the Railroad Earth (Frontera)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on October 31. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 29, 2026: They Want Canadian 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/595/77288.html

Theme: They Want Canadian Songs.

I got the idea for this theme listening to Donald Trump repeatedly making the absurd and ignorant claim that Canada has nothing the United States wants or needs. So, the songs on this show were all written by Canadians and performed by Americans. The Canadian songwriters' names are in parentheses after the song titles.

Dave Van Ronk- Four Strong Winds (Ian Tyson)

Live in Monterey (Omnivore)

Sylvia Tyson & Mike Regenstreif (1997)

Gathering Time- You Were On My Mind (Sylvia Tyson)

Old Friends (Triple-G)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2018)

Tom Russell- Dance Hall Girls (Allan Fraser)

Song of the West: The Cowboy Collection (HMG)

Mara Levine- Bitter Green (Gordon Lightfoot)

Facets of Folk (Mara’s Creations)

John Gorka, Mike Regenstreif & Lucy Kaplansky (2012)

John Gorka- Lock-keeper (Stan Rogers)

Writing in the Margins (Red House)

Caroline Doctorow- Snowbird (Gene MacLellan)

Dreaming in Vinyl (Narrow Lane)

Pete Seeger- Both Sides Now (Joni Mitchell)

Young vs. Old (Columbia)

Peter Keane- Cool Water (Bob Nolan)

Blues/Ballads/Cowboy Songs (Peter Keane)

Judy Collins & Mike Regenstreif (2026)

Judy Collins- The Dealer (Down and Losin’) (Bob Ruzika)

True Stories and Other Dreams (Elektra)

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

Linda Ronstadt- Heart Like a Wheel (Anna McGarrigle)

Heart Like a Wheel (Capitol)

Mike Regenstreif & Robert Resnik (2025)

Robert Resnik with Mary McGinness & Kristina Stykos- Come a Long Away (Kate McGarrigle) 

Playing Favorites (Thunder Ridge)

Mike Regenstreif & Bill Staines (1993)

Bill St
Bill Staines- The Black Fly Song (Wade Hemsworth)

Just Play One Tune More (Folk-Legacy)

Mike Regenstreif & Cathy Fink (2025)

Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- Redwinged Blackbird (David Francey)

Get Up and Do Right (Community Music)

Mike Regenstreif & James Keelaghan (2017)

Cry Cry Cry: Dar Williams, Lucy Kaplansky & Richard Shindell- Cold Missouri Waters (James Keelaghan)

Cry Cry Cry (Razor & Tie)

Vince Martin & Fred Neil- Morning Dew (Bonnie Dobson)

Tear Down the Walls (Elektra)

Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Cockburn (2017)

Grace Griffith- Wondering Where the Lions Are (Bruce Cockburn)

Minstrel Song (Blix Street)

Eric Andersen & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Eric Andersen- More Often Than Not (David Wiffen)

Blue River Live in Tokyo (EARecords) 

Jesse Winchester & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Jennifer Warnes- You Remember Me (Jesse Winchester)

Shot Through the Heart (Arista)

Mike Regenstreif & Priscilla Herdman (1978)

Mike Regenstreif & Connie Kaldor (2015)

Priscilla Herdman- Wood River (Connie Kaldor)

Darkness into Light (Flying Fish)

Mike Regenstreif & Murray McLauchlan on Zoom (2021)

Tom Rush- Old Man’s Song (Murray McLauchlan)

Tom Rush/Wrong End of the Rainbow (BGO)

Shelley Posen & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2023)

Jane Voss & Hoyle Osborne- Having a Drink with Jane (Shelley Posen)

Sparkle and Shine (Front Hall)

The Staple Singers- The Weight (Robbie Robertson)

Stax Profiles (Stax)

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 22, 2026: More Strange Songs and Stranger 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/595/77217.html

Theme: More Strange Songs and Stranger Songs.

The first time we featured a Strange Songs and Stranger Songs theme was on September 14, 2021 and that show remains available to stream on demand at this link. This show features a different selection of strange and stranger songs.

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2022)

Eliza Gilkyson- Stranger

Dark Ages (Realiza)

Joe Jencks- I’m a Stranger in This Land

The Forgotten: Recovered Treasures from the Pen of Si Kahn (Turtle Bear Music)

Mike Laureanno- Welcome the Stranger In

Welcome the Stranger In – single (Mike Laureanno)

Center of the River- Stranger

Americana Art Music from the Mississippi (CotR)

Martha Trachtenberg & Dede Wyland- Ticket Back (“I came here as a stranger”)

It’s About Time (Mom and Pop)

Peggy Seeger- Lullabies for Strangers

First Farewell (Red Grape)

Keith Sykes- Rich Wayfaring Stranger 

Keith Sykes (Vanguard)

Booker T. & The MGs- Stranger on the Shore

Green Onions (Stax)

Allan Sherman- Strange Things in My Soup

Togetherness (Warner Bros.)

Pete Seeger- Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream

The Smithsonian Folkways Collection (Smithsonian Folkways)

Kate Campbell- Strangeness of the Day

The K.O.A. Tapes (Vol.1) (Large River Music)

Mose Allison- Strange

Autumn Song (Prestige)

Julian Taylor- Ain’t Life Strange

Pathways (Howling Turtle)

Marie-Lynn Hammond- I Don’t Sleep with Strangers Anymore

Impromptu (Vignettes Media)

Mike Regenstreif & Jimmy LaFave (2017)

Jimmy LaFave- Don’t Go to Strangers

Peace Town (Music Road)

Kat Eggleston- The Stranger

Second Nature (Waterbug)

Adam Cohen- Stranger

Like a Man (Rezolute)

Christine Lavin- Strangers Talk to Me

I was in Love with a Difficult Man (Redwing Music)

The Doors- People are Strange

Strange Days (Elektra)

Willie Nelson- Red Headed Stranger

Red Headed Stranger (Columbia/Legacy)

Amy Speace- Strange Medicine

That Kind of Girl (Windbone)

Kate Wolf- We Were Strangers

Carry It On (Flat Rock)

Gillian Welch- Strangers Again

Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 3 (Acony)

Mike Regenstreif & Cathy Fink (2025)

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Tom Paxton- Perfect Strangers

All New (Community Music)

Guy Van Duser & Billy Novick- Isn’t Love the Strangest Thing

Exactly Like Us (Rounder)

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 15, 2026: The Yellow Door 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/595/77110.html

Theme: The Yellow Door at 60.

The Yellow Door Coffee House in Montreal – now Canada’s longest running folk venue – started presenting folk music performers in the fall of 1966 – 60 years ago.

I first got to the Yellow Door as a high school student in 1969.

One night, after I’d been a Yellow Door regular for a while, Chuck Baker – who ran the Yellow Door from the late-1960s until well into the 1980s – drafted me to be a Yellow Door volunteer. Over the next few years, I sold tickets at the door, or served coffee behind the counter, or MCed the show – particularly the Sunday night hootenannies.

All the music on this show is by artists that I saw and got to know back in the day at the Yellow Door. It is but a small sampling.

Jesse Winchester- The Brand New Tennessee Waltz 

Jesse Winchester (Stony Plain)

John Foley- Walk with Me in the Sunshine

Words & Music 1975-1990 (Christine Foley)

Penny Lang- Ain’t Life Sweet

Ain’t Life Sweet (She-Wolf)

Tex König- Sea Fever 

Königsblende (Music Cellar)

Jack Nissenson- Shenandoah 

Mountain City Four (Omnivore)

Sean Gagnier- San Mescalito

Circle Harbor (Sean Gagnier)

Bruce Murdoch- Snowdon

Bruce Murdoch (Radio Canada International)

Ronney Abramson- Three O’Clock Ride

Three O’Clock Ride – single (Ronney Abramson)

Bill Staines- Highway North

Somebody Blue (Champlain)

Bill Garrett- Crossties on a Railroad

Bill Garrett (Borealis)

Caitlin Hanford- Red Clay Halo

Bluer Skies (Denon)

Linda Morrison- Barcelona

Line By Line (Heartstrung Music)

Christopher Kearney- Rocking Chair Ride 

Christopher Kearney (Capitol)

Saul Broudy- No Lonesome Tune

Travels with Broudy (Saul Broudy)

Marc Nerenberg- I Wish I was a Mole in the Ground 

On the Street Again (Marc Nerenberg)

Doug McArthur- Tears Like Rain

Smoke & Whiskey (Doug McArthur)

Paul Geremia- Travelin’ Man 

Just Enough (Folkways)

Humphrey & The Dumptrucks- Calgary Song

Six Days of Paper Ladies (Boot)

Danny Greenspoon- Ragged but Right

Unreleased live track – used with permission

Kevin Head- Everyone Needs a Backyard 

Hear Them Callin’ (Kevin Head)

Chris Rawlings- Pearl River Turnaround 

Pearl Soupe (Cooking Fat Music)

Stan Rogers- The Mary Ellen Carter

Between the Breaks…Live! (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

--Mike Regenstreif 

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 8, 2026: The Leonard Cohen Deep Dive, Part 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/595/77030.html

Theme: The Leonard Cohen Deep Dive, Part 2.

The Leonard Cohen Deep Dive, Part 2 is the second show in a series that is continuing every four to six weeks on Stranger Songs until we’ve heard virtually all of Leonard Cohen’s songs and some of his poems. Part 1 was heard on August 4 and is available to stream on-demand. Part 3 will be heard on October 20.

Blue Umbrella- The Old Revolution

Recklessly Yours (Ryan Meili)

Leonard Cohen- The Butcher

Songs from a Room (Columbia/Legacy)

Leonard Cohen- You Know Who I Am

Live Songs (Columbia)

The Leonard Cohen Project- Lady Midnight

Songs of Love and Hate Live: The Best Cohen Songs of the Early Days (The Leonard Cohen Project)

Crowes Pasture- Tonight Will Be Fine 

Edge of America (Crowes Pasture)

Buffy Sainte-Marie- God is Alive, Magic is Afoot

Illuminations (Vanguard)

Leonard Cohen- The Sparrows

Six Montreal Poets (Folkways)

Leonard Cohen- Avalanche

Songs of Love and Hate (Columbia/Legacy)

The Leonard Cohen Project- Last Year’s Man

Songs of Love and Hate Live: The Best Cohen Songs of the Early Days (The Leonard Cohen Project)

Judy Collins- Dress Rehearsal Rag

In My Life (Elektra)

Leonard Cohen- Diamonds in the Mine

Songs of Love and Hate (Columbia/Legacy)

Leonard Cohen- Love Calls You By Your Name

Songs of Love and Hate (Columbia/Legacy)

Perla Batalla- Famous Blue Raincoat

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

Leonard Cohen- Sing Another Song, Boys

Songs of Love and Hate (Columbia/Legacy)

Jennifer Warnes & Leonard Cohen- Joan of Arc

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

Leonard Cohen- Please Don’t Pass Me By (A Disgrace)

Live Songs (Columbia)

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 5, 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/128/77014.html

Scott Cook- Troubadourly Yours

Troubadourly Yours (Scott Cook)

Chris Rawlings & Mike Regenstreif (2007)

Chris Rawlings & Anne Lederman- Cindy Cindy 2.0

A Whistle, a Tune, a Song and a Dance (Cooking Fat Music)

Danny Marks- Heading Down to New Orleans

Cities in Blue (Danny Marks)

Susan Werner- What He Said in Jackson Square

NOLA: Susan Werner Goes to New Orleans (Sleeve Dog)

Mike Regenstreif & Marc Nerenberg (2009)

Marc Nerenberg- On the Street Again

On the Street Again (Marc Nerenberg)

Tom Waits- I Wish I was in New Orleans

Small Change (Asylum)

Kermit Ruffins- When the Saints Go Marching In

We Partyin’ Traditional Style (Basin Street)

Amy Speace- The Reckoning

The Reckoning – single (Windbone)

Mike Regenstreif & Anne Hills (2001)

Anne Hills- Here Comes Love

The Benevolence of Trees (Hand & Heart Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Tim Grimm (2025)

Tim Grimm- Broken Truth 

Bones of Trees (Vault)

John McCutcheon- If I Had a Hammer

To Everyone in All the World: A Celebration of Pete Seeger (Appalsongs)

Penny Lang & Mike Regenstreif (1976) photo: Felicity Fanjoy

Penny Lang- Never Turning Back

Carry On Children (She-Wolf)

The Kennedys- Seeds of Peace

Smoketree (The Kennedys)

Hank Alrich- The Perfect Hat

Broken River (Walkinay Music Media)

Kate MacLeod’s Mind the Gap- I Will Sing My Heart Out

Home-Brewed (Kate MacLeod’s Mind the Gap)

Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Cockburn (2017)

Bruce Cockburn- King of the Bolero

O Sun O Moon (True North)

Deborah Holland- Walking the Dog in the Rain

Unadorned (Deborah Holland)

Mike Regenstreif & Orit Shimoni (2025)

Dan Bern & Orit Shimoni- New Song

Birds (Dan Bern & Orit Shimoni)

Satellite Birdhouse- One More Afternoon

Satellite Birdhouse (Satellite Birdhouse)

Felicity Hamer & Black Leather Rose- At Your Door

Felicity Hamer & Black Leather Rose (Felicity Hamer & Black Leather Rose)

Dave Clarke & Lucinda Chodan (co-writers of That's How the Summer Slips Away), Mike Regenstreif (2025)

Steel Rail- That’s How the Summer Slips Away 

River Song (Crossties)

Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

David Francey- Far End of Summer

Far End of Summer (Laker)

Mike Regenstreif & Eric Bibb (2005)

Eric Bibb- Done Laid Around (Gotta Travel On)

Good Stuff (Earthbeat!)

Mike Regenstreif & Bill Morrissey (2005)

Bill Morrissey- When Summer’s Ended

You’ll Never Get to Heaven (Philo)

Tex König- Wild Winds

Königsblende (Music Cellar)

Cindy Mangsen- Shallow Brown

Songs of Experience (Redwing Music)

Rod MacDonald & Mike Regenstreif (2005)

Rod MacDonald- A Sailor’s Prayer

No Commercial Traffic (Solstice)

Wade Hemsworth with the Mountain City Four- The Story of the I’m Alone

Wade Hemsworth with the Mountain City Four (Peter Weldon)

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

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Come a Long Way

Tell My Sister – Dancer with Bruised Knees (Nonesuch)

Allison Russell featuring Norah Jones- Really Real

In the Hour of Chaos (Fantasy)

Kitka- Oj Ty Misjacju

Kolo (Diaphonoca)

Mike Regenstreif & Lisa Gutkin of The Klezmatics (2025)

The Klezmatics featuring Enver Izmaylov- Crimean Freylekhs

We Were Made for These Times (Shamus)

Ranky Tanky- Stomp It in the Ground

This Village (Ranky Tanky)

Frank London & The Loisaida Fife and Drum Corps- Empty Pockets

Touzle Your Kurchy (Adhyâropa)

Terry Gillespie- The Devil Likes to Win

Home Boy: Live at the Granary (Terry Gillespie)

Vince Halfhide- Devil Made Rock & Roll

Vince Halfhide (Vince Halfhide)

Kris Kristofferson- To Beat the Devil 

Me and Bobby McGee (Monument)

Claudia Schmidt- Old Devil Time

Out of the Dark/New Goodbyes, Old Helloes (Flying Fish)

Carla Gover & Friends- William Branch is Hard to Find

William Branch is Hard to Find (Joe Hill Music)

Mama’s Broke- Failing

Reunion (Free Dirt)

Doug McArthur- The Old Country Singer

Smoke & Whiskey (Doug McArthur)

Dennis O’Toole- Man of a Thousand Songs

Lone Gunman at the Assassin’s Hotel (Dennis O’Toole)

Bob Gibson- Living Legend

The Living Legend Years (Bob Gibson Legacy)

Nat Adderley- Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

Much Brass (Riverside)

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

--Mike Regenstreif