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

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – February 17, 2026: A Mardi Gras Day Tribute to Louis Prima

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/595/74137.html

Theme: A Mardi Gras Day Tribute to Louis Prima (1910-1978).

Louis Prima was born in New Orleans in 1910 to an Italian immigrant family and died there in 1978 at age 67. He was a trumpet player, singer and band leader who got his start playing traditional jazz in New Orleans in the 1920s and went on to a 50-year career. The show includes some of Louis Prima’s recordings as well as versions of songs from his repertoire played by other artists.

Louis Prima- When the Saints Go Marching In

Rocks (Bear Family)

Louis Prima- Bourbon Street Blues

Rocks (Bear Family)

The Puppini Sisters & The Pasadena Roof Orchestra- Sing Sing Sing

Dance Dance Dance (Millionaire)

Rod Stewart with Jools Holland- Night Train

Swing Fever (Warner Music)

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy- Whistle Stop

Louie Louie Louie (Savoy Jazz)

Susie Arioli Swing Band featuring Jordan Officer- Pennies from Heaven

Pennies from Heaven (Justin Time)

Louis Prima & Keely Smith- Mashuga

Louis & Keely/Together (Jasmine)

Louis Prima- Just a Gigolo/I Ain’t Got Nobody

The Wildest (Capitol)

Los Lobos- I Wan’na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)

Los Lobos Goes Disney (Disney Sound)

Louis Prima- Chim Chim Cher-ee

Let’s Fly with Mary Poppins (Walt Disney)

Louis Prima & Gia Malone- Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Let’s Fly with Mary Poppins (Walt Disney)

Louis Prima- Angelina/Zooma Zooma

The Wildest Show at Tahoe (Capitol)

Louis Prima- Buono Sera

The Wildest (Capitol)

Preservation Hall Jazz Band & Merle Haggard- Basin Street Blues

Preservation (Preservation Hall)

Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters with Duke Ellington- Tiger Rag

Ellington in Order, Volume 7 (1936-37) (Legacy)

Dr. John- I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead You Rascal You

Goin’ Back to New Orleans (Warner Bros.)

Louis Prima & Keely Smith- Ai-Ai-Ai

That Old Black Magic: The Very Best of Louis Prima & Keely Smith 1949-1959 (Jasmine)

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy- Jump, Jive an’ Wail

Louie Louie Louie (Savoy Jazz)

Jimmy Rushing- When You’re Smiling

Little Jimmy Rushing & The Big Brass (Columbia)

The Jive Aces- Oh Marie

King of the Swingers: A Salute to Louis Prima (Golden Age)

Louis Prima- 5 Months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days

Jump, Jive & Wail: The Very Best of Louis Prima 1952-1959 (Jasmine)

Louis Prima & Keely Smith- Nyow! Nyot Nyow (The Pussycat Song)

Louis & Keely/Together (Jasmine)

Count Basie & Sarah Vaughan with Joe Williams- Teach Me Tonight

Count Basie/Sarah Vaughan (Roulette)

Original Sloth Band- Cheek to Cheek

Hustlin’ & Bustlin’ (Woodshed)

Louis Prima & Keely Smith- The Lip

That Old Black Magic: The Very Best of Louis Prima & Keely Smith 1949-1959 (Jasmine)

Louis Prima- Robin Hood/Oh Babe

The Wildest Show at Tahoe (Capitol)

Next week: The Legacy of Lead Belly.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – February 10, 2026: Songs of – or inspired by – the Civil Rights Movement

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/595/74038.html

Theme: Songs of – or inspired by – the Civil Rights Movement.

Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the March on Washington, Aug. 28, 1963

, 
As Julius Lester sings in our opening song, “freedom is a constant struggle.” This is especially true now when the current American president and his administration is working to undo decades of progress made by the Civil Rights Movement.

Julius Lester- Freedom is a Constant Struggle

Freedom is a Constant Struggle (Folk Era)

Fannie Lou Hamer- Woke Up This Morning

Songs My Mother Taught Me (Smithsonian Folkways)

SNCC Freedom Singers- Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round

Voices of the Civil Rights Movement (Smithsonian Folkways)

The Sojourners- Eyes On the Prize 

Hold On (Black Hen Music)

Harry Belafonte- Michael Row the Boat Ashore 

The Midnight Special (RCA)

Mavis Staples with Ladysmith Black Mambazo- We Shall Not Be Moved

We’ll Never Turn Back (Anti-)

Nina Simone- Mississippi Goddam 

The Best of Broadside 1962-1988 (Smithsonian Folkways)

Reggie Harris- Been Down Into the South

Ready to Go (Reggie Harris Music)

Sally Rogers & Claudia Schmidt- Still on the Bridge

We are Welcomed (Pragmavision)

The Staple Singers- Freedom Highway

Freedom Highway (Columbia/Legacy)

Odetta- Freedom Trilogy: Oh Freedom, Come & Go With Me and I’m On My Way

Gonna Let It Shine (M.C.)

Joan Baez- All My Trials

Joan Baez (Vanguard)

Bob Dylan- Only a Pawn in Their Game

The Times They Are A-Changin’ (Columbia/Legacy)

Peter, Paul & Mary- If I Had a Hammer

Peter, Paul and Mary (Warner Bros.)

Mahalia Jackson- How I Got Over

Sunday Morning Prayer Meeting with Mahalia Jackson (Columbia/Legacy)

Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr..- Excerpt from “I Have a Dream” speech delivered on August 28, 1963 at The March on Washington

Kim & Reggie Harris- Free At Last

Steal Away: Songs of the Underground Railroad (Appleseed)

Sam Cooke- A Change is Gonna Come 

Ain’t That Good News (RCA)

The Impressions- People Get Ready

People Get Ready (ABC Paramount)

Pete Seeger- We Shall Overcome

We Shall Overcome: The Complete Carnegie Hall Concert (Columbia)

Charlie Haden & Hank Jones- We Shall Overcome

Steal Away: Spirituals, Hymns and Folk Songs (Verve)

Next week: A Mardi Gras Day Tribute to Louis Prima.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – February 3, 2026: A Tribute to Jackie Washington

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/595/73942.html

Theme: A Tribute to Jackie Washington (1919-2009).

Jackie Washington & Mike Regenstreif (2008)

Jackie Washington was a legendary Canadian blues, jazz and folk artist who died in 2009 at age 89. Jackie was born in 1919 in Hamilton, Ontario to a musical family and began his professional career in the 1930s as one of The four Washington Brothers. In the mid-1960s, Jackie began performing on the Canadian folk scene as a solo artist and was a great influence on many artists, and a great friend to many of us on the Canadian folk scene. It was a thrill for me to bring Jackie to Montreal to perform at the Golem, the folk club that I ran in the 1970s and ‘80s. From the 1990s until his death in 2009, he frequently collaborated with Mose Scarlett and Ken Whiteley and the last time I got a chance to visit with Jackie was in 2008 when Jackie, Mose & Ken were in Ottawa for a concert at Library & Archives Canada.

By the way, Jackie Washington should not be confused with the American folksinger and actor Jack Landron, who recorded several albums in the 1960s under the name Jackie Washington.

Jackie sang and played guitar and piano and during this show we hear some of his recordings and many other songs from his huge repertoire performed by other artists.

Jackie Washington- When that Midnight Choo Choo Leaves for Alabam’

Midnight Choo Choo (Borealis)

Chick Webb & His Orchestra with Ella Fitzgerald- I Want to Be Happy

The Best of Chick Webb and His Orchestra with Ella Fitzgerald (MCA)

The Andrews Sisters- Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar

Ultimate Edition (Nostalgic Melody Music Production)

Sneezy Waters- Solitude 

Sneezy Waters (Sneezy Waters)

Leon Redbone- Lulu’s Back in Town

On the Track (Warner Bros.)

Jackie Washington- All of Me

The World of Jackie Washington (Borealis)

Katy Moffatt- Miss Otis Regrets

Chrysalis (Sunset Blvd.)

Jackie Washington- Columbus Stockade Blues

The World of Jackie Washington (Borealis)

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- Triskaidekaphobia

Wahoo! (Community Music)

Danny Barker- Save the Bones

Save the Bones (Orleans)

Martha Davis & Spouse- Blue Turning Grey Over You

Slightly More Than Wonderful (Jasmine)

The Hot Sardines- Keepin’ Out of Mischief Now

Welcome Home, Bon Voyage (Eleven)

Mose Scarlett, Jackie Washington & Ken Whiteley- A Little Street Where Old Friends Meet

Where Old Friends Meet (Pyramid)

Pearl Bailey- I Ain’t Got Nobody (and Nobody Cares For Me)

Pearl Bailey (Coral)

Howard Armstrong- Dinah

Louie Bluie (Blue Suit)

Hoagy Carmichael- Lazy River

Stardust Melody (Bluebird)

Emmalisa Hollander- Street of Dreams

Out of Reach (Prophone/Naxos Sweden)

Jackie Washington- Sleepy Town Train

Keeping Out of Mischief (Pyramid)

Jay McShann- Goin’ to Chicago

Still Jumpin’ the Blues (Stony Plain)

Colin Linden- Ain’t That Gravy Good

The World of Jackie Washington (Borealis)

Nicki Parrott- Them There Eyes

Fly Me to the Moon (Venus)

Bebop Cowboys- Sugarfoot Rag

Some Kind of Fantasy (Bebop Cowboys)

Jackie Washington- Take the ‘A’ Train

Keeping Out of Mischief (Pyramid)

Jackie Washington- Gotta Go 

The World of Jackie Washington (Borealis)

Next week: Songs of – or inspired by – the Civil Rights Movement.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – January 27, 2026: International Holocaust Remembrance 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/595/73873.html

Theme: International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day is marked annually on the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau on January 27, 1945. During the Holocaust, more than one million Jews were gassed to death at Auschwitz-Birkenau. In these times of exploding antisemitism and other forms of racism and hatred, it’s important for us to pause and remember the lessons of the Holocaust when Hitler’s Nazi Germany systematically murdered 6 million Jews – about two-thirds of the Jews who lived in Europe. Many of the lessons of the Holocaust, and what led to it, are sadly relevant to what’s going on in the world today.

SONiA disappear fear- By My Silence

By My Silence (Disappear)

John McCutcheon- MS St. Louis

Field of Stars (Appalsongs)

Brendan Nolan- Watching Myself Watch My Son

Beneath White Stars: Holocaust Profiles in Song (AlmondSeed Media)

Simon Spiro- Obodivke Camp (In Obodivker Lager)

Yiddish Glory: The Silenced Songs of World War II (Six Degrees)

Alice Zawadzki- The Sad Camp (Fun a Troyerikn Lager)

Yiddish Glory: The Silenced Songs of World War II (Six Degrees)

Cantor Allan Robuck- So the World Would Know

Beneath White Stars: Holocaust Profiles in Song (AlmondSeed Media)

Lee Oskar- Never Forget

Passages Through Music: Never Forget (Dreams We Share Productions)

Madeleine Peyroux- Dance Me to the End of Love

Careless Love (Rounder)

Leonard Cohen- Lovers

Six Montreal Poets (Folkways)

Leonard Cohen- Puppets

Thanks for the Dance (Columbia/Legacy)

Rod MacDonald- Auschwitz

The Man on the Ledge (Shanachie)

Tim Grimm- Anne in Amsterdam

The Turning Point (Cavalier)

Nefesh Mountain- Piece of the Sun (for Anne Frank)

Songs for the Sparrows (Eden Sky)

Brendan Nolan- Parallel Limbs

Beneath White Stars: Holocaust Profiles in Song (AlmondSeed Media)

Lenka Lichtenberg- Feel with Blood

Feel with Blood (Six Degrees)

Lenka Lichtenberg- Wintry Dusk

Feel with Blood (Six Degrees)

Psoy Korolenko- Transnistrian Lullaby (Transnistria Viglid)

Yiddish Glory: The Silenced Songs of World War II (Six Degrees)

Alice Zawadzki- A Girl from Kyiv (A Meydele from Kyiv)

Yiddish Glory: The Silenced Songs of World War II (Six Degrees)

Theodore Bikel- Partizaner-March (March of the Partisans)

While I’m Here (Red House)

Perla Batalla- The Partisan

A Letter to Leonard Cohen: Tribute to a Friend (Mechuda Music)

Noel Paul Stookey- Jean Claude

Just Causes (Neworld)

Frank London with Cantor Sveta Kundish- Minutn fun bitokhn (Moments of Hope)

Ghetto Songs (Felmay)

Next week: A Tribute to Jackie Washington.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – January 24, 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/128/73826.html

Bill Camplin- January Guitar

January Guitar – single (Tool Room)

Sylvia Tyson & Mike Regenstreif (1997)

Ian & Sylvia- January Morning

So Much for Dreaming (Vanguard)

The Refugees- January Sky

Three (Wahubo)

Catherine MacLellan- January Song

Church Bell Blues (True North)

Tommy Makem- The Month of January

Songs of Tommy Makem (Tradition)

Don Williams- If I Were Free

Reflections (Sugar Hill)

Emmylou Harris- Thanks to You

Cowgirl’s Prayer (Asylum)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2006)

Jesse Winchester- Humour Me

Humour Me (Sugar Hill)

Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon- The Future

Together Again (Appalsongs)

Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon- Old Dog

Together Again (Appalsongs)

Katie Moore- My Old Dog

Only Thing Worse (Borealis)

Mike Regenstreif & Bill Staines (1993)

Bill Staines- Old Dogs

Old Dogs (Red House)

Woody Guthrie- I’ve Got to Know

Woody At Home – Vol 1 + 2 (Shamus)

Mike Regenstreif & David Amram (2004)

The David Amram Quintet- Peace Pin Boogie

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

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2005)

Tom Russell- Salt on the Rim

Mount Olive (Frontera)

Graham Lindsey- Pen Pal Waltz

Tune Machine (Graham Lindsey)

Meredith Moon- East City Blues

From Here to the Sea (New Motor)

Mike Regenstreif & Garnet Rogers (2006)

Garnet Rogers- Edge of the Earth

Sparrow’s Wing (Snow Goose Songs)

Pat Moore & The Vinyl Frontier- Strange

Take It to Heart (Pat Moore)

Over the Moon- Strangers We Meet

Over the Moon (Over the Moon)

Lynne Hanson- Light in Me

Just a Poet (Lynne Hanson)

Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

David Francey- The Waking Hour

Maps (Laker Music)

Amy Speace- God Came to Me

The Blue Rock Session (Windbone)

Josh White, Jr.- It’s Chilly Out Tonight

Live at the Raven Gallery (Silverwolf)

Pete Seeger with Arlo Guthrie & Shenandoah- Precious Friend You Will Be There

Precious Friend (Warner Bros.)

Brian Claflin- ICE on the Road (for Renee Nicole Good)

ICE on the Road (for Renee Nicole Good) – single (Brian Claflin)

Mike Regenstreif & Maria Dunn (2017)

Maria Dunn- Coal is a Thirsty Business

Hardscrabble Hope (Distant Whisper Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Lynn Miles (2017)

Lynn Miles with Keith Glass- Black Flowers 

Road (Lynn Miles)

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

Tom Paxton- Dogs at Midnight 

Tom Paxton 6 (Elektra)

Teilhard Frost- Lynchburgtown

Four and Twenty Blackbirds Dancing on a Deerskin (Wolfe Island)

Ramblin' Jack Elliott & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Ramblin' Jack Elliott & Bob Weir- Friend of the Devil

Friends of Mine (HighTone)

Grateful Dead- Sugar Magnolia

American Beauty (Warner Bros.)

Madeleine Peyroux- Lonesome Road 

Careless Love (Rounder)

Kim Wilson- Kansas City

Slow Burn (M.C.)

Jane Voss & Hoyle Osborne- Gateway Blues (Blues for Bessie)

Get to the Heart (Ripple)

Tinsley Ellis- Long Time

Labor of Love (Alligator)

Clela Errington- Careless Love

Walkin’ Each Other Home (Clela Errington)

Jory Nash & Mike Regenstreif (2024)

Jory Nash- Everybody Knows By Now

The Light Still Shines on the Main (Thin Man)

Bonnie Dobson & The Hanging Stars- Baby’s Got the Blues

Dreams (Loose Music)

John Gorka, Mike Regenstreif & Lucy Kaplansky (2012)

John Gorka- No Time to Cry

unentitled (Red House)

Lucy Kaplansky- Forget-Me-Not

The Lucy Story: unreleased and rare tracks, 1976-2023 (Lucyricky)

Jack Hardy- Singer’s Lament 

Bandolier (Great Divide)

Mike Regenstreif & Mark Rubin on Zoom (2025)

Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma- Nobody’s Pig Foot

Nobody’s Pig Foot – single (Rubinchik)

Shelley Posen & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2023)

Shelley Posen- Akhehr 

Mazel (Well Done Music)

Mavis Staples- We Got Have Peace

Sad and Beautiful World (Anti-)

Satellite Birdhouse- The Big Reveal

The Big Reveal – single (Satellite Birdhouse)

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

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – January 20, 2026: Duets

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/595/73740.html

Theme: Duets.

Odetta & Dr. John- Please Send Me Someone to Love 

Blues Everywhere I Go (M.C.)

Mike Regenstreif, Anne Hills & Tom Paxton (2001)

Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon- Pathfinder

Together Again (Appalsongs)

Mike Regenstreif & Arlo Guthrie (1996)

Arlo Guthrie & Pete Seeger- Midnight Special

More Together Again In Concert (Rising Son)

Mike Regenstreif & Priscilla Herdman (1978)

Utah Phillips & Mike Regenstreif (1976) photo: Felicity Fanjoy

Priscilla Herdman & Utah Phillips- I Remember Loving You

Darkness into Light (Flying Fish)

John Gorka & Mike Regenstreif (2012)

Anne Hills & John Gorka- Spoon River

Every Town: More Songs by Michael Smith (Hand & Heart Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Steve Gillette (1994)

Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen- Jay Gould’s Daughter

Live in Concert (Compass Rose)

Over the Moon- Darcy Farrow

Chinook Waltz (Borealis)

Martin Grosswendt & Susanne Salem-Schatz- How Can You Have the Blues

New Songs, Old Hats (Martin Grosswendt & Susanne Salem-Schatz)

Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris- Sisters of Mercy

Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions (Asylum)

Perla Batalla & David Hidalgo- Ballad of the Absent Mare

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

Jennifer Warnes & Leonard Cohen- Joan of Arc

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

Willie Nelson & Kimmie Rhodes- I Just Drove By

Just One Love (Justice)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Tom Russell & Ian Tyson- Navajo Rug

Cowboy’d All to Hell (Frontera)

Mike Regenstreif & Bill Morrissey (2005)

Bill Morrissey & Greg Brown- Summer Wages

Friend of Mine (Philo)

Laurie MacAllister & David Glaser- Birches

The Lies the Poets Tell (Laurie MacAllister)

Catherine MacLellan & John Connolly- The Call

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

Reggie Harris & Colleen Kattau- Maybe It’s Love 

On Solid Ground (Reggie Harris Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Rick Fines (2011)

Rick Fines & Suzie Vinnick- How’d You Know I Missed You

Nothing Halfway (Rick Fines & Suzie Vinnick)

John Prine & Dolores Keane- In a Town This Size

In Spite of Ourselves (Oh Boy)

Mike Regenstreif & Garnet Rogers (2006)

Archie Fisher & Garnet Rogers- The Outside Track

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

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Mike Regenstreif & JimmyLaFave (2017)

Eliza Gilkyson & Jimmy LaFave- Down by the Riverside

Secularia (Red House)

Michael Jerome Browne & Mike Regenstreif (2005)

Michael Jerome Browne & Mary Flower- I’ve Got the Big River Blues

Gettin’ Together (Borealis/Stony Plain)

Next week: International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

--Mike Regenstreif