Monday, March 18, 2024

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday March, 2024


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

This episode of Saturday Morning was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/64437.html

Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin- March Winds Gonna Blow My Blues All Way
Songs of The Carter Family (Appleseed)


Stan Rogers- Paint Me a Picture
Songs of a Lifetime: Discoveries – Rare Live Recordings (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)
David Essig- Albert’s Cove
A Stone in My Pocket (Peregrin)
Stan Rogers- Skyway
Songs of a Lifetime: Discoveries – Rare Live Recordings (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)
Doug McArthur- The Lunenburg Shift
Letters from the Coast/Sisteron (Snow Goose Songs)
Stan Rogers- Jamie
Songs of a Lifetime: Discoveries – Rare Live Recordings (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Stan Rogers- Love Can’t Be Bitter All the Time
Songs of a Lifetime: Discoveries – Rare Live Recordings (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)
Bob Franke- A Healing in This Night
The Other Evening in Chicago (Waterbug)
Stan Rogers- The Old Rose & Crown
Songs of a Lifetime: Discoveries – Rare Live Recordings (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)
Ian Robb with The Friends of Fiddler's Green- Garnet’s Home-Made Beer
From Different Angels (Fallen Angle)

Jaspar Lepak- Kind
So Strong (Jaspar Lepak Music)
Leslie Evers- What Kind of a Heart
Bound for Land (Cumulus)
Simone Keane- Those Beautiful Times
Graced By Leaves (Simone Keane)

David Broza- Saturday Morning
En Casa Limón (S-Curve)

Lynn Miles- Palomino
tumbleWeedyWorld (True North)
Mike Regenstreif & Connie Kaldor (2015)

Connie Kaldor- Wild One
Keep Going (Coyote Entertainment) 

Pat Moore- How Long
Take It to Heart (Pat Moore)
Bobby Dove- Haunted Hotel
Hopeless Romantic (Bobby Dove)

Altan- The Barley and the Rye
Donegal (Compass)
Sassenach- Star of the County Down/Bus Stop Reel
Passages (Sassenach)
Tara O’Grady- Black Velvet Band
Black Irish (Tara O’Grady)
Maggie’s Wake- Grosse Isle (Far Away)
Maggie’s Wake (Maggie’s Wake)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2018)

Tom Russell & Joe Ely- Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
Folk Hotel (Frontera)

Reverend Gary Davis- Crucifixion
A Little More Faith (Prestige/Bluesville)
Mavis Staples & Lucky Peterson-Were You There?
Spirituals & Gospel (Gitanes)
David Olney- A Soldier’s Report
The Stone (Deadbeet)

Bruce Cockburn- Easter
Crowing Ignites (True North)

Jim Kweskin & Samoa Wilson- Engine 143
Never Too Late: Duets with My Friends (StorySound)
Paper Wings- Nine Hundred Miles
Listen to the World Spin (Paper Wings)
American Patchwork Quartet- Wind and Rain
American Patchwork Quartet (Carolina Jasmine)
John Stewart & Darwin’s Army- They Call the Wind Mariah
John Stewart & Darwin’s Army (Appleseed)

Claudia Gibson- The Fields of Chazy
The Fields of Chazy (Claudia Gibson)
Jillian Matundan- Only Water
Singing to the Moon (Keezamonkee)
SONiA disappear fear & Mike Regenstreif (2017)

SONiA disappear fear- Teaching Vincent Van Gogh
Album 23 (Disappear)
Mouths of Babes- World Brand New
World Brand New (Wild Awake Music)

Jeff Talmadge- If I was a Sparrow
Sparrow (Berkalin)
Josh White, Jr. & Guthrie Thomas- Don’t Mean a Thing
Delicate Balance (Silverwolf)
Lisa Bastoni- Nora’s Guitar
On the Water (Lisa Bastoni)
Sandy Cash- Gilad’s Guitar
Voices from the Other Side (Sandy Cash)

Josh Fortenbery- Honey
No Such Thing as Forever (Josh Fortenbery)
Laura Smith & Mike Regenstreif (2013)

Laura Smith- What Goes Around (Comes Around)
Everything is Moving (Borealis)
James Talley- Somewhere in the Stars (A Song for Diego)
Ballads, Bandits and Blues (Cimarron)

Tom Rush- The Harbor
Gardens Old, Flowers New (Appleseed)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on April 20. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif 

Monday, March 11, 2024

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – March 19, 2024: Music


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/595/64335.html

Theme: Music.

The songs on this show all have something or other to do with music.

Stan Rogers- Music in Your Eyes
Songs of a Lifetime: From Coffee House to Concert Hall (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

James Keelaghan- Kiri’s Piano
History: The First 25 Years (Borealis)
Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Cockburn (2017)

Bruce Cockburn- Musical Friends
Greatest Hits (1970-2020) (True North)
Diana Krall- Let’s Face the Music and Dance
When I Look in Your Eyes (Verve)
Tom Russell- Tower of Song
Selections from Love & Fear plus bonus out-takes (HighTone)

Jimmy Driftwood- The Ozark Symphony
I Hear Your People Singing Blanchard Cave (Rackensack)

Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion- Folksong
Folksong (RTE 8)
Brownie McGhee- The Blues Had a Baby (and they called it Rock and Roll)
Rainy Day (Tomato)
Louis Armstrong & Trummy Young- Now You Has Jazz
Armstrong Comes Alive (Jazz2Jazz)
Arthur Conley- Sweet Soul Music
Atlantic Rhythm and Blues 1947-1974: Volume 6 1966-1969 (Atlantic)

Finest Kind- John Barleycorn Deconstructed
For Honour & For Gain (Fallen Angle)
John Hartford- My Rag
Morning Bugle (Rounder)
Christy Moore- The Tuam Beat
Magic Nights (Sony)
Doc Watson- Mama Don’t Allow No Music
Memories (Sugar Hill)

David Mallett- Ballad of the St. Anne’s Reel
Inches & Miles 1977-1980 (Flying Fish)
Lynn Miles- Three Chords and the Truth
Fall for Beauty (True North)
Maria Muldaur-Southern Music
Jazzabelle (Stony Plain)
Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2009)

Jesse Winchester- I Turn to My Guitar
Love Filling Station (Appleseed)

Sister Rosetta Tharpe- Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air
This Train in Concert (Sunset Blvd.)
Dakota Dave Hull & Sean Blackburn- River of Swing
River of Swing (Arabica)
Sisters of Sheynville- Yidl Mitn Fidl
Sheynville Express (Sisters of Sheynville)

Guy & Candie Carawan- When the Fiddler has Played His Last Tune for the Night
Folk Friends (Wundertüte Musik)

Next week: Home.

--Mike Regenstreif

Monday, March 4, 2024

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – March 12, 2024: The Art of the Long Song, Volume 2


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

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/64251.html

Theme: The Art of the Long Song, Volume 2.

The songs on this show are all between six and 10 minutes in length.

Chris Rawlings & Mike Regenstreif (2007)

Chris Rawlings- Song of the Old Bush Pilot
Northern Spirits (Cooking Fat Music)

Ian Tamblyn- Tiger Lily Road
Scenes Through a Mirror (North Track)
Marc Nerenberg- Ma Creole Belle
On the Street Again (Marc Nerenberg)

Allison Russell- Requiem
The Returner (Fantasy)

Cat Power- Visions of Johanna
Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert (Domino)
Tom Russell, Eliza Gilkyson & Joe Ely- Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts
Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs (HighTone)

Mike Regenstreif & Anne Hills (2001)

Anne Hills- Follow That Road
Angle of the Light (Flying Fish)
Eric Von Schmidt- The Captain
Baby, Let Me Lay It On You (Gazell)

Chaim Tannenbaum- London, Longing for Home
Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)
Bruce Murdoch- In the Simplest of Ways
Sometimes I Wonder Why the World (Bruce Murdoch)

James Talley- In These Times
Ballads, Bandits and Blues (Cimarron)

The first volume of The Art of the Long Song was heard on the March 29, 2022 edition of Stranger Songs and can be streamed from the playlist at this link. https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/55701.html

Next week: Music.

--Mike Regenstreif

Monday, February 26, 2024

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – March 5, 2024: Title Characters


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/595/64157.html

Theme: Title Characters

Willie P. Bennett- Blackie and the Rodeo King
Blackie and the Rodeo King (Bnatural Music)

Jerry Jeff Walker- Mr. Bojangles
Gypsy Songman (Rykodisc)
Rosalie Sorrels- Feather Ben
Travelin’ Lady Rides Again (Green Linnet)
Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2022)

Eliza Gilkyson
- Charlie Moore
Songs from the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)
Guy Clark- Sis Draper
Cold Dog Soup (Sugar Hill)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Tom Russell- Isaac Lewis
The Tom Russell Anthology: Veteran’s Day (Shout! Factory)

James Talley- The Love Song of Billy the Kid
Ballads, Bandits and Blues (Cimarron)
Furry Lewis- Billy Lyons and Stack O’Lee
Furry’s Blues: The Complete Vintage Recordings 1927-1929 (Document)
Emmylou Harris- Pancho and Lefty
Luxury Liner (Warner Bros./Rhino)
James Keelaghan- Jenny Bryce
Then Again (Jericho Beach Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2006)

Jesse Winchester- Eulalie
Love Filling Station (Appleseed)
Crabtree & Mills- Miss Otis Regrets
Flight of Fancy (Free and Easy Music)
Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2001) photo: Janice Hanson

Tom Paxton- Victoria Dines Alone
Morning Again (Elektra)
Shelley Posen & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2023)

Shelley Posen- Having a Drink with Jane
The Old Songs Home (Well Done Music)
Mike Regenstreif & Michael Smith (2014)

Michael Smith- The Dutchman
Such Things are Finely Done (Tales from the Tavern)

Over the Moon- Darcy Farrow
Chinook Waltz (Borealis)
Staber & Chasnoff- Spanish Johnny
|Free to Dream (Bubkes)
Tom Mitchell & Mike Regenstreif (1999)

Tom Mitchell- Old Dan
When the Moon is Right (Truesongs)
John Prine- Sam Stone
Souvenirs (Oh Boy)

Tim Sparks- Me and Bobby McGee
Lost and Found (Acoustic Music)

Next week: The Art of the Long Song, Volume 2.

--Mike Regenstreif

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – February 27, 2024: Take the ‘A’ Train: A Tribute to Duke Ellington


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/595/64083.html

Theme: Take the ‘A’ Train: A Tribute to Duke Ellington (1899-1974)

Duke Ellington, who died in 1974 at age 75, was born Edward Kennedy Ellington in 1899 in Washington, DC. He was a pianist, bandleader and composer, and arguably, the greatest and most influential figure in the history of jazz.

Jackie Washington- Take the ‘A’ Train
Keeping Out of Mischief (Pyramid)


Duke Ellington
- East St. Louis Toodle-oo
Ellington in Order, Volume 1 (1927-28) (Legacy)
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy- Diga Diga Do
Rattle Them Bones (Savoy Jazz)
Ken Whiteley, Jackie Washington & Mose Scarlett- Mood Indigo
Sitting on a Rainbow (Borealis)
Eva Cassidy- It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
American Tune (Blix Street)
Sneezy Waters- Solitude
Sneezy Waters (Sneezy Waters)
Duke Ellington- Stompy Jones
Ellington in Order, Volume 6 (1934-36) (Legacy)


Ella Fitzgerald with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra- Drop Me Off in Harlem
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (Verve)

Taj Mahal- Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me
Savoy (Stony Plain)
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross- In a Mellow Tone
The Hottest New Group in Jazz (Columbia/Legacy)
Claudia Schmidt- I’m Beginning to See the Light
Out of the Dark/New Goodbyes, Old Helloes (Flying Fish)

Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington- Duke’s Place
The Complete Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington Sessions (Roulette)


Duke Ellington
- A Tone Poem to Harlem (The Harlem Suite)
Ellington Uptown (Columbia)

Willie Nelson- Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
Stardust (Columbia)
Judy Collins- I Didn’t Know About You
Bread and Roses (Elektra)
Dave Van Ronk- Lucky So and So
Hummin’ to Myself (Gazell)
Thelonious Monk- Black and Tan Fantasy
Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington (Riverside)
Susie Arioli Swing Band featuring Jordan Officer- I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good)
It’s Wonderful (Susie Arioli Swing Band)
Catherine Russell- I’m Checkin’ Out, Goom’bye
Strictly Romancin’ (World Village)


Duke Ellington & Count Basie
- Battle Royal
First Time! The Count Meets the Duke (Columbia)

Next week: Title Characters.

--Mike Regenstreif

Monday, February 19, 2024

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday February 24, 2024


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

This episode of Saturday Morning was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/64070.html

Cleia- February Morning Drive
This Side of Main (Cleia)

Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

David Francey- This Morning
The Breath Between (Laker Music) 
John Prine- Souvenirs
Souvenirs (Oh Boy)
Nanci Griffith- Speed of the Sound of Loneliness
Other Voices/Other Rooms (Elektra)
Reggie Harris- Hello In There
On Solid Ground (Reggie Harris Music)
Bonnie Koloc- Clocks & Spoons
Timeless (Mr. Biscuit)

Mike Regenstreif & James Talley (2005)

James Talley- If We Could Love One Another
Ballads, Bandits and Blues (Cimarron)
Susan Werner- Tiny Texans
Halfway to Houston (Susan Werner)
Tom Rush- Glory Road
Gardens Old, Flowers New (Appleseed)
Jim Kweskin & Maria Muldaur- Let’s Get Happy Together
Never Too Late: Duets with My Friends (StorySound)

American Patchwork Quartet- Beneath the Willow
American Patchwork Quartet (Carolina Jasmine)
Ken Whiteley- Michael Row
Long Time Travelling (Ken Whiteley)
Ranky Tanky- Pay Me My Money Down
Beat Em Down (Resilience Music)
Jenny Whiteley Things are Coming My Way
The Original Jenny Whiteley (Black Hen Music)
Last Forever- Ain’t Going Down to the Well No More/Poor Lazarus
No Place Like Home/Last Forever (2nd Story Sound)

Cat Power- Fourth Time Around
Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert (Domino)

Sassenach- MacPherson’s Rant/Reel du pendu
Passages (Sassenach)
Mike Regenstreif & Brendan Nolan (2023)

Brendan Noaln- The Broom O’Cowdenknowes
Familiar Brew (Ould Sagosha)
Portage- The Dawning Set: Dawning on the Pacific Rim/Washington’s March/Raleigh & Spencer
Portage (Portage)
The Once- Anthem
The Once (Borealis)

Béla Fleck with Eric Jacobsen & The Virginia Symphony Orchestra- Rhapsody in Blue
Rhapsody in Blue (Thirty Tigers)

The Heart Collectors- Kathy’s Song
The Space Between (Spins the Gold)
Bobby Watt- Desperado
Watt Next? (Glenashdale Music)
Roberta Flack- Ballad of the Sad Young Men
First Take (Atlantic)

The Dumptrucks- Stealin’
Selections (Laughing Cactus)

Taj Mahal- Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You
Savoy (Stony Plain)
Allison Russell- The Returner
The Returner (Fantasy)

Alan Doyle- Welcome Home
Welcome Home (Skinner’s Hill Music)
Carole Wise- I Know My Roots
North Star (Soulful Cricket)
Jay Linden- Ordinary Sunrise
Ordinary Sunrise (Americana North)
Jessica Heine- Burning Bridges
Build Again (Fallen Tree)
Nick Justice- Let the Wind Blow
Stranger in My Town (Nick Justice)

Jeff Talmadge- Night Train from Milan
Sparrow (Berkalin)
Terre & Maggie Roche- Kin Ya See That Sun
Kin Ya See That Sun (Earth Rock Wreckerds)
Mad Agnes- Holy Well
Likely Story (DigDag)
Lisa Klotz- Seventh Generation (For Mother Earth)
Morning Sun (Lisa Klotz)

Charm City Junction- Roll On John
Salt Box (Charm City Junction)
Leslie Evers- Along the Rocky Way
Bound for Land (Cumulus)
Eric Brace & Thom Jutz- Can’t Change the Weather
Simple Motion (Red Beet)
Mike Regenstreif & Lynn Miles (2013)

Lynn Miles- Cold Cold Moon
tumbleWeedyWorld (True North)

Mr. O’Muck- Big Bill Mess Around
Home Field Recordings: The Ancient Blues of Mr. O’Muck (Muck-O-Phone)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on March 23. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Monday, February 12, 2024

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – February 20, 2024: Songs of Chuck Berry


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/595/63977.html

Theme: Songs of Chuck Berry (1926-2017)

Chuck Berry, who died in 2017 at the age of 90, was an influential guitar player, singer and songwriter and one of the founding and foundational figures of rock ‘n’ roll. Berry was a St. Louis blues musician who signed with Chess Records in Chicago and began releasing singles in 1955 and LPs in 1957. It wasn’t long before he was one of the early stars of rock ‘n’ roll.


Chuck Berry
- Rock and Roll Music
Best of the Chess Years (Not Now Music)

The Beatles- Roll Over Beethoven
With The Beatles (Parlophone)
The Rolling Stones- Carol
The Rolling Stones (Decca)
Mollie O'Brien- Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Big Red Sun (Sugar Hill)
Ken Hamm- Maybellene
Live ’05 (North Track)
Chuck Berry- Beautiful Delilah
Best of the Chess Years (Not Now Music)

Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks- Forty Days
The EP Collection (See for Miles)
The Band- Promised Land
Moondog Matinee (Capitol)
Linda Ronstadt- Back in the U.S.A.
Living in the U.S.A. (Asylum)

Chuck Berry- Sweet Little Sixteen
Best of the Chess Years (Not Now Music)

Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band- Memphis, Tennessee
Jug Band Music (Vanguard)
Geoff & Maria Muldaur- Havana Moon
Sweet Potatoes (Omnivore)
Geoff Muldaur & Amos Garrett- La Juanda
Geoff Muldaur & Amos Garrett (Flying Fish)
George Benson- How You’ve Changed
Walking to New Orleans: Remembering Chuck Berry and Fats Domino (Provogue)

The Stephen Barry Band- You Can’t Catch Me
Happy Man (Bros)
Tom Rush- Too Much Monkey Business
Tom Rush/Take a Little Walk with Me (BGO)
Emmylou Harris- (You Never Can Tell) C’est La Vie
Luxury Liner (Warner Bros./Rhino)
Dion- Johnny B. Goode
Born in the Bronx (Dance House)
Chuck Berry- Bye Bye Johnny
Best of the Chess Years (Not Now Music)

Jim Byrnes- Nadine
St. Louis Times (Black Hen Music)
Ry Cooder- 13 Question Method
Get Rhythm (Warner Bros.)
Ann Rabson- School Days
Struttin’ My Stuff (M.C.)
Jerry Lee Lewis- Little Queenie
Jerry Rocks (Bear Family)
Chuck Berry- Let It Rock
Best of the Chess Years (Not Now Music)

Chris Smither- Tulane
Another Way to Find You (Flying Fish)
Geoff Bartley- No Money Down
Hear That Wind Howl (Waterbug)
Gerry & The Pacemakers- Reelin’ and Rockin’
The EP Collection (See for Miles)
Chuck Berry- Downbound Train
Best of the Chess Years (Not Now Music)

Chuck Berry- Berry Pickin’
Best of the Chess Years (Not Now Music)

Next week: “Take the ‘A’ Train”: A Tribute to Duke Ellington.

--Mike Regenstreif

Monday, February 5, 2024

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – February 13, 2024: A Tribute to Jelly Roll Morton on Mardi Gras 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/595/63877.html

Theme: A Tribute to Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941) on Mardi Gras Day.


Jelly Roll Morton
, whose birth name was Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe, was a pianist, singer, songwriter and bandleader from New Orleans who was steeped in traditional music and was one of the first important composers in jazz. Morton died in 1941 at age 50 from respiratory problems related to a stabbing in 1938 from which he never fully recovered. Morton claimed to have singlehandedly invented jazz in 1902, a claim that few music historians accept, despite his immense contributions to the early development of jazz. Some of the songs on this show were written by Jelly Roll Morton, all were from his vast repertoire.


Jelly Roll Morton
- Original Jelly Roll Blues
Birth of the Hot (Bluebird)

Dave Van Ronk- Mamie’s Blues
Sunday Street (Philo)
Dr. John- Milneburg Joys
Goin’ Back to New Orleans (Warner Bros.)
Leon Redbone- Winin’ Boy Blues
Double Time (Warner Bros.)

Jelly Roll Morton
- Mr. Jelly Lord
The Library of Congress Recordings, Volume 2: Anamule Dance (Rounder)
Paul Geremia- Dr. Jazz
Love My Stuff (Red House)

Billy Novick’s Blue Syncopators- Wild Man Blues
Music from The Great Gatsby (Billy Novick)


Jelly Roll Morton
- Shake It
Last Sessions: The Complete General Recordings (Commodore)
Saffire-The Uppity Blues Women- Sweet Substitute
Old, New, Borrowed & Blue (Alligator)
Dave Van Ronk- The Pearls
Sunday Street (Philo)
Amos Garrett- Michigan Water Blues
Acoustic Album (Stony Plain)
Dr. John & Danny Barker- I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say
Goin’ Back to New Orleans (Warner Bros.)
Andrew Homzy Ensemble- Black Bottom Stomp
Hommage to Jelly Roll Morton (DSM)


Jelly Roll Morton
- New Orleans Bump
Great Original Performances 1926-1934 (BBC)
Hot Tuna- Don’t You Leave Me Here
Hot Tuna (RCA)
Guy Van Duser & Billy Novick- Wolverine Blues
Every Little Moment (Daring)
Wynton Marsalis & Catherine Russell- Make Me a Pallet on the Floor
Bolden: Music from the Original Soundtrack (Blue Engine)
Julian Fauth- Tricks Ain’t Walking
The Weak and the Wicked, the Hard and the Strong (Electro-Fi)
Jelly Roll Morton- Dirty, Dirty, Dirty
Last Sessions: The Complete General Recordings (Commodore)


Jelly Roll Morton
- The Murder Ballad, part 7: Goodbye to the World, I Know I’m Gone
The Library of Congress Recordings, Volume 3: The Pearls (Rounder)
Henry Butler & Steven Bernstein- King Porter Stomp
Viper’s Drag (Impulse)

Dirty Dozen Brass Band- Kansas City Stomp
Jelly (Columbia)

Next week: Songs of Chuck Berry.

--Mike Regenstreif
 

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – February 6, 2024: A Tribute to Odetta


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/595/63807.html

Theme: A Tribute to Odetta (1930-2008).


Odetta, the magnificent and highly influential African American folk and blues singer, who died in 2008 at the age of 77, was born Odetta Holmes in Birmingham, Alabama. She originally trained to be an opera singer and her earliest professional jobs were in musical theatre. In 1949, while singing in the touring company of Finian’s Rainbow, she met some folksingers and fell in love with the genre. From then on, she turned her attention to folk and blues, performing concerts and recording prolifically starting in the mid-1950s.

I met Odetta for the first time in 1977 in the hallway of the hotel we were staying at during the Philadelphia Folk Festival. I was there with Priscilla Herdman, who knew Odetta, and when she introduced us, Odetta gave me one of her big hugs. In the 1980s, I brought Odetta to The Golem, the folk club I ran in Montreal, numerous times.

Odetta, pianist Dave Keyes & Mike Regenstreif (2008)

The last time I got to work with Odetta was when I hosted a workshop with her at the 2008 Ottawa Folk Festival, just a few months before she passed away. I was deeply honored when she told me that my friendship over the years meant a lot to her.

All of the songs on this show were from Odetta’s repertoire.


Odetta
- Stranger Here
Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin’ (RCA)

Lead Belly with The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet- Alabama Bound
Take This Hammer – When the Sun Goes Down, Vol. 5 (Bluebird)
Bessie Smith- Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
Bessie Smith: The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection (Big3)
Josh White- House of the Rising Sun
The Josh White Stories, Vols. I & II (Jasmine)

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

Odetta
- Freedom Trilogy: Oh Freedom/Come & Go with Me/I’m On My Way
Gonna Let It Shine (M.C.)

Gina Coleman- Glory Glory
Tell Me Who You Are: A Live Tribute to Odetta (Guitar One) 
Kim & Reggie Harris- Wade in the Water
Steal Away: Songs of the Underground Railroad (Appleseed)

Odetta
- Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Odetta at Carnegie Hall (Vanguard)

Bob Dylan- No More Auction Block
The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 [Rare & Unreleased] 1961-1991 (Columbia)

Odetta
- Blowin’ in the Wind
Odetta Sings Dylan (RCA)

Chaim Tannenbaum- Ain’t No More Cane on the Brazos
Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)
Rhiannon Giddens- Waterboy
Tomorrow is My Turn (Nonesuch)
Sweet Honey in the Rock- The Midnight Special
A Tribute: Live! Jazz at Lincoln Centre (Appleseed)
Coco Love Alcorn- This Little Light of Mine
Rebirth (Coco Love Alcorn)

Odetta & The Holmes Brothers
- Down By the Riverside
Gonna Let It Shine (M.C.)

Tom Jones- Hit or Miss
Spirit in the Room (Island)
Penny Lang- Careless Love
Stone + Sand + Sea + Sky (Borealis)
Misty Blues- Go Down, Sunshine
Tell Me Who You Are: A Live Tribute to Odetta (Guitar One) 

Odetta & Dr. John
- Oh Papa
Blues Everywhere I Go (M.C.)

Odetta- Goodnight Irene
Lookin’ for a Home: Thanks to Leadbelly (M.C.)

Next week: A Tribute Jelly Roll Morton on Mardi Gras Day.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday, January 27, 2024

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – January 30, 2024: Conversation and Songs with Garnet Rogers


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/595/63744.html

Theme: Conversation and Songs with Garnet Rogers.

Mike Regenstreif & Garnet Rogers (2006)

Garnet Rogers
is an old friend who I’ve known for 48 years – since he arrived in Montreal with his brother Stan Rogers on January 22, 1976 to play at The Golem, the folk club I ran in Montreal in the 1970s and ‘80s. Garnet and I got together to chat on Zoom earlier this month.

In addition to our conversation, the show includes these songs.

Garnet Rogers- The Lost Ones
Small Victories (Snow Goose Songs)

Garnet Rogers- All That Is
Sparrow’s Wing (Snow Goose Songs) 

Garnet Rogers- Firefly
Firefly (Snow Goose Songs)

Garnet Rogers- Here Tonight
Shining Thing (Snow Goose Songs)

Garnet Rogers- Twisting in the Wind
Shining Thing (Snow Goose Songs) 

Garnet Rogers & Archie Fisher- Make and Break Harbour
The Best Times After All: Live (Snow Goose Songs)

Garnet Rogers- Summer’s End (2)
Summer’s End (Snow Goose Songs) 

Garnet Rogers- Good and Faithful Servant
Get a Witness: Live (Snow Goose Songs) 
Garnet Rogers- Better Days
Firefly (Snow Goose Songs)

Garnet Rogers- Borealis
Night Drive (Snow Goose Songs)

Next week: A Tribute to Odetta.

--Mike Regenstreif