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

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 1, 2026: Remembering Dolly Parton; Graceland Revisited

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

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/76938.html

Themes: Part 1 – Remembering Dolly Parton (1946-2026); Part 2 – Graceland Revisited.

Part 1 – Remembering Dolly Parton (1946-2026)

Dolly Parton – who died on August 25 at age 80 – was a legendary and beloved singer, songwriter, actor and philanthropist.

Dolly Parton- 9 to 5

The Hits (Camden)

Maria Muldaur- My Tennessee Mountain Home

Maria Muldaur (Reprise)

Eva Cassidy- Coat of Many Colors

Somewhere (Blix Street)

Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton- Daddy was an Old Time Preacher Man

RCA Sessions 1968-1976 (RCA/Legacy)

The Wailin' Jennys- Light of a Clear Blue Morning

Fifteen (True North)

Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris- Wildflowers

The Complete Trio Collection (Rhino)

Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris- My Blue Tears

The Complete Trio Collection (Rhino)

Nicki Parrott- Jolene

If You Could Read My Mind (Arbors)

Dolly Parton with Mary Hopkin & Porter Wagoner- Those Were the Days

Those Were the Days (Sugar Hill)

Dolly Parton- I Will Always Love You

The Hits (Camden)

Part 2 – Graceland Revisited

Paul Simon’s monumental album, Graceland, mostly recorded in South Africa with South African musicians and singers, was released 40 years ago on August 25, 1986.

John Stewart & Darwin’s Army- Boy in the Bubble 

John Stewart & Darwin’s Army (Appleseed)

Melody Walker & Jacob Groopman- Graceland

We Made It Home (Maker/Mender)

Paul Simon- I Know What I Know

Graceland (Warner Bros.)

Paul Simon- Gumboots

Graceland (Warner Bros.)

Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Melissa Etheridge & Joe McBride- Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes

Long Walk to Freedom (Heads Up International)

Peter Sprague & Lisa Hightower- You Can Call Me Al

Spinning in Infinity: Peter Sprague Plays Paul Simon (Peter Sprague)

Amber Rubarth- Under African Skies

Cover Crop (Camblum)

Ladysmith Black Mambazo & Sarah McLauchlan- Homeless

Long Walk to Freedom (Heads Up International)

Paul Simon- Crazy Love, Vol. 2

The Concert in Hyde Park (Legacy)

Rockin’ Dopsie, Jr. & The Zydeco Twisters- That was Your Mother

More Fun with Rockin’ Dopsie, Jr. & The Zydeco Twisters (ATO)

Paul Simon- All Around the World or The Myth of Fingerprints

Graceland (Warner Bros.)

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 25, 2026: Restaurants, Cafés, Diners – and the people who work and eat in them

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/595/76856.html

Theme: Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 25, 2026

David Essig & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

David Essig- Flo’s Café

A Stone in My Pocket (Peregrin)

Mike Regenstreif & Garnet Rogers (2026)

Garnet Rogers- Bird on a Wing

Garnet Rogers (Snow Goose Songs)

Sylvia Tyson & Mike Regenstreif (1997)

Sylvia Tyson- Trucker’s Café

You Were On My Mind (Stony Plain)

Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks featuring Maryann Price- Sweetheart (Waitress in a Donut Shop)

Last Train to Hicksville…the home of happy feet (MCA)

Gretchen Peters- Five Minutes

The Show: Live from The UK (Scarlet Letter)

Bobby Bare- Rosalie’s Good Eats Café

Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends and Lies (RCA)

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2009)

Tom Paxton- Victoria Dines Alone

Morning Again (Elektra)

Martin Sexton- Diner

Black Sheep (Koch)

Tom Waits- Eggs and Sausage (In a Cadillac with Susan Michelson)

Nighthawks at the Diner (Asylum)

Suzanne Vega- Tom’s Diner

An Evening of New York Songs and Stories (Cooking Vinyl)

Josh White, Jr..- One Meatball 

Live at the Raven Gallery (Silverwolf)

Susan Werner- The Night I Ate New Orleans 

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

Donna Adler- Emily’s Café

Remembering Butterflies (Donna Adler)

Mike Regenstreif & Bill Staines (1993)

Bill Staines- Buffy’s Quality Café 

Going to the West (Red House)

Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl- Is Everything OK Here

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

David Massengill- My Name Joe

Coming Up for Air (Flying Fish)

Shelley Posen & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2023)

Shelley Posen- So How Come You Don’t Have Tongue?

Manna (Well Done Music)

Malvina Reynolds- The New Restaurant

Sings the Truth (Columbia)

Eve Goldberg & Mike Regenstreif (2013)

Eve Goldberg- Union Street Café

Crossing the Water (Borealis)

Michael ‘Earnie’ Taylor- I’m Having Dinner with My Wife

Folk ‘n’ Western (Laughing Cactus Music)

Louis Prima- Angelina/Zooma Zooma 

The Wildest Show at Tahoe (Capitol)

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 18, 2026: A Cappella Again

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/595/76752.html

Theme: A Cappella Again.

Our theme this week on Stranger Songs is A Cappella Again building on our a cappella show from August 9, 2022.

The Persuasions- Mr. Tambourine Man

Knockin’ On Bob’s Door (Zoho)

Tom Lewis- Northwest Passage

Poles Apart (Self-Propelled Music)

The Wellermen- Barrett’s Privateers

1778 (Tenwest)

Ian Robb with The Friends of Fiddler's Green- Garnet’s Home-Made Beer

From Different Angels (Fallen Angle)

Stan Rogers- The White Collar Holler 

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

Ian & Sylvia- The Greenwood Sidie (The Cruel Mother)

Four Strong Winds (Vanguard)

Finest Kind- The Night Pat Murphey Died

Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle Music)

Mountain City Four- Motherless Children 

Mountain City Four (Omnivore)

The Longest Johns- The Grey Funnel Line

Written in Salt (Decca)

Coope, Boyes & Simpson- Sea Must Have an Ending

Coope, Boyes & Simpson (World Music Network)

Maddy Prior & The Girls- Blow the Man Down

Bib & Tuck (Park)

Pressgang Mutiny- So Early in the Morning 

Across the Western Ocean (Pressgang Mutiny)

The Johnson Girls- Goodbye, Fare You Well

The Johnson Girls (Folk-Legacy)

The Wellermen- Torn Screen Door

1778 (Tenwest)

David Francey- Money Boys

Empty Train (Laker Music)

John Roberts & Debra Cowan- Drive Dull Care Away

Ballads Long & Short: The Best of Every Sort (Golden Hind Music)

Amy Melissen & Lee Stivers- Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor

Something Tells Me Everything Will Be Alright (AMCTR)

The Wailin' Jennys- Bring Me Little Water Sylvie

Live at The Mauch Chunk Opera House (Outside Music)

Kitka- Loomine

Kolo (Diaphonoca)

The Short Sisters- Moses

A Planet Dancing Slow (Black Socks Press)

The Klezmatics- Moses Smote the Water

Brother Moses Smote the Water (Piranha)

Ken Whiteley- Michael Rowh

Long Time Travelling (Ken Whiteley)

Reggie Harris- Sheep, Sheep/Little David

Ready to Go (Reggie Harris Music)

Hannah & Nathan- Turtle Dove

Love and Labour (Just Right Music)

Bessie Jones & The Georgia Sea Island Singers- Sign of the Judgement

Get in Union (Tompkins Square)

The Manhattan Transfer- A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

The Manhattan Transfer Anthology: Down in Birdland (Rhino)

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 11, 2026: Finest Kind's Kind of Songs - repeat

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/595/76658.html

Theme: Finest Kind’s Kind of Songs – repeat of show originally broadcast on October 15, 2024.

Due to a computer issue, I was unable to produce a new episode of Stranger Songs this week. I hope to have a new show for broadcast on August 18.

Finest Kind is the now mostly-retired trio of Ottawa based singers Ann Downey, Shelley Posen and Ian Robb – a trio best known for its superb vocal harmonies. All the songs on this show were recorded by Finest Kind over the years.

Finest Kind- The Faded Roses of December

Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle Music)

Utah Phillips- The Goodnight Loving Trail

The Telling Takes Me Home (Philo)

Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin- Blue Mountain

Stay Awhile (Rounder)

Blue Murder- The Banks of Sweet Primroses

No One Stands Alone (Topic)

Windborne- Gimme Just a Little More Time

Recollections/Revolutions (Wand’ring Feet)

Finest Kind- The Storms May Roll the Ocean

Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle Music)

Peggy Seeger- Going to the West

The Folkways Years 1955-1992: Songs of Love and Politics (Smithsonian Folkways)

Derek Lamb- The Miner’s Dream of Home

She was Poor but She was Honest: Nice, Naughty and Nourishing Songs of the London Music Hall and Pubs (Folkways)

Sneezy Waters- I Heard the Bluebirds Sing

Sneezy Waters (Sneezy Waters)

Martyn Wyndham-Read- Sussex Drinking Song

A Rose from the Bush (Greenwich Village)

David Parry- In Praise of Alcohol

The Man from Eldorado: Songs and Stories of Robert W. Service (Borealis)

Coope, Boyes & Simpson- John Barleycorn

Coope, Boyes & Simpson (World Music Network)

Finest Kind- John Barleycorn Deconstructed

For Honour & For Gain (Fallen Angle Music)

Bill Staines- Only Remembered

Looking for the Wind (Red House)

John Roberts & Tony Barrand- A Pilgrim’s Way

Twiddlum Twaddlum (Golden Hind Music)

Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop- No More Fish

Red Shoes (Borealis)

Finest Kind- Lowlands Low

For Honour & For Gain (Fallen Angle Music)

The Carter Family- Fond Affection

When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland: Their Complete Victor Recordings 1929-1930 (Rounder)

The Greenbriar Boys- At the End of a Long Lonely Day

Best of the Vanguard Years (Vanguard)

The Brothers & Sisters- The Times They are A-Changin’

Dylan’s Gospel (Columbia)

Ben E. King- Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow

Ben E. King Sings for Soulful Lovers (Rhino)

Finest Kind- Jack the Jolly Tar

Silks & Spices (Fallen Angle Music)

Tom Lewis- Bully in the Alley

Tinker Tailor Soldier Singer (Self Propelled Music)

Finest Kind- Who will Sing for Me

Heart’s Delight (Fallen Angle Music)

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 8, 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/128/76604.html

Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Cockburn (2017)

Bruce Cockburn- Wondering Where the Lions Are

Slice O Life: Live Solo (True North)

Teresa Ennis- Going to the Country

Space (BeaverBank Empire)

k.d. lang- One Day I Walk

Hymns of the 49th Parallel (Nonesuch)

Claire Lynch- All the Diamonds in the World 

North By South (Compass)

Bruce Cockburn- Rouler Sa Bosse

Salt, Sun and Time (True North)

Mike Regenstreif & Valdy (2026)

Valdy- Speed of the Sound of Loneliness

Smorgas Bard (Rack-On-Tour)

Doug McArthur- Hero

Smoke & Whiskey (Doug McArthur)

Shanna in a Dress- Sweet Spot

Sweet Spot (Shanna in a Dress)

Ian Tamblyn- Door is Open

The Fragile Tangent (North Track)

Mike Regenstreif & Orit Shimoni (2025)

Dan Bern & Orit Shimoni- Houdini

Birds (Dan Bern & Orit Shimoni)

Mike Regenstreif & Old Man Luedecke (2015)

Old Man Luedecke- Chester Boat Song

Domestic Eccentric (True North)

Sean Gagnier- Shoals of Herring

Circle Harbor (Sean Gagnier)

Happy Traum- Hills of Isle au Haut

Bright Morning Stars (Lark’s Nest Music)

Ian Robb with Finest Kind- The Mary Ellen Carter

From Different Angels (Fallen Angle)

Caitlin Hanford- That Lonesome Whistle Sound

Bluer Skies (Denon)

Kate Waters- It’s Love

Some Comfort (Wild Raspberry)

Ramblin' Jack Elliott & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Ramblin’ Jack Elliott- South Coast 

South Coast (Red House)

Ramblin’ Jack Elliott- 912 Greens

Kerouac’s Last Dream (Appleseed)

Mike Regenstreif & Tim Grimm (2025)

Tim Grimm- King of the Folksingers

The Turning Point (Cavalier Recordings)

Ranky Tanky- Be Alright

This Village (Ranky Tanky)

Frank London & The Loisaida Fife and Drum Corps- Loisaida Quickstep

Touzle Your Kurchy (Adhyâropa)

Mike Regenstreif & Lisa Gutkin of the Klezmatics (2025)

The Klezmatics featuring La Manga & Lavendar Light Gospel Choir- Un Du Akerst (And You Plow)

We Were Made for These Times (Shamus)

John Cody & Perla Batalla- We the People

The Survivor’s Ball (Pacemaker Entertainment/Fontana North)

Allison Russell- Rainbows

In the Hour of Chaos (Fantasy)

Lance Cowan- Closer to Truth

The Air That You Breathe (Lantzapalooza Müzik/Patio) 

Barry Gray & Isabel Valls- My Ol’ Friend

Carnival Ride (Gude Times)

Tim Kliphuis Trio- I Loves You Porgy

Rhapsody in Blue (Lowlands)

The Wailin' Jennys- Summertime

Live at The Mauch Chunk Opera House (Outside Music)

Willie Nelson- It Ain’t Necessarily So

Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin (Legacy)

Mavis Staples- If It Be Your Will

Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Blue Note)

Leonard Cohen- Anthem

Live in London (Columbia)

Rodney Crowell- If I Could Speak with Leonard

Then Again (New West)

Frank Stokes- Memphis Rounders Blues

Creator of the Memphis Blues (Yazoo)

Vince Halfhide- Memphis Rounder

Vince Halfhide (Vince Halfhide) 

Andy Cohen & Mike Regenstreif (2025)

William Lee Ellis, Eleanor Ellis & Andy Cohen- I Will Turn Your Money Green

Whistlin’ Past the Graveyard (Riverlark Music)

Furry Lewis- Judge Boushay Blues

Shake ‘Em On Down (Fantasy)

Rachael & Vilray- Is It Jim?

West of Broadway (Concord Jazz)

Leon Redbone- Seduced

From Branch to Branch (Emerald City)

Catherine Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2007)

Catherine Russell- Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby?

Alone Together (Dot Time)

Dave Van Ronk- Bye Bye Blackbird

Sweet & Lowdown (Justin Time)

Noa- Every Time We Say Goodbye

Afterallogy (Naïve)

Jethro Burns- Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down

Jethro Burns (Flying Fish)

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

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 4, 2026: The Leonard Cohen Deep Dive, Part 1

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/595/76527.html

Theme: The Leonard Cohen Deep Dive, Part 1.

The Leonard Cohen Deep Dive, Part 1 is the first show in a series that will be happening every four to six weeks on Stranger Songs until we’ve heard virtually all of Leonard Cohen’s songs and some of his poems.

Fred Holstein- Suzanne

Live at the Earl of Old Town (Eddie Holstein)

Leonard Cohen- Master Song

Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia/Legacy)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Martha Wainwright- Winter Lady

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

Leonard Cohen- Beside the Shepherd

Six Montreal Poets (Folkways)

Martin Simpson- The Stranger Song 

Vagrant Stanzas (Topic)

Serena Ryder- Sisters of Mercy

If Your Memory Serves You Well (EMI)

Leonard Cohen- Blessed is the Memory

Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia/Legacy)

First Aid Kit, Frida Hyvönen, Loney Dear, Jesper Lindell, Annika Norlin, Maja Francis, Nina Zanjani & Maia Hansson-Bergqvist- So Long, Marianne

Who By Fire: Live Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Sony Sweden/Columbia)

Luciana Souza- Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye

Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Blue Note)

Leonard Cohen- Stories of the Street 

Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia/Legacy)

Leonard Cohen- For Wilf and His House

Six Montreal Poets (Folkways)

Judy Collins- Priests

In Concert: Wildflowers at The Town Hall (Cleopatra)

Leonard Cohen- Teachers

Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia/Legacy)

Leonard Cohen- One of Us Cannot Be Wrong

Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia/Legacy)

Leonard Cohen- Store Room

Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia/Legacy)

Johnny Cash- Bird On a Wire

American Recordings (American Recordings)

Judy Collins- Story of Isaac

Who Knows Where the Time Goes (Elektra)

Leonard Cohen- Poem 

Six Montreal Poets (Folkways)

Leonard Cohen- A Bunch of Lonesome Heroes 

Songs from a Room (Columbia/Legacy)

Perla Batalla- The Partisan 

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

Perla Batalla- Seems So Long Ago, Nancy 

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

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – July 28, 2026: Baseball

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/595/76427.html

Theme: Baseball.

Robert Resnik, Carol Scrimgeour & Gigi Weisman- Take Me Out to the Ballgame

A Little Bit Jumbled and Jivey (Fletcher Free Library)

Doc & Merle Watson- Take Me Out to the Ballgame

Songs Doc Didn’t Sing (FLI)

Tom Paxton- My Favorite Spring

Live For the Record (Sugar Hill)

Chuck Brodsky- Lefty

A Fingerpainter’s Murals (Waterbug)

David Olney- Baseball

Real Lies (Philo)

Sam Baker- Baseball

Mercy (Bull Creek)

Mabel Scott- Baseball Boogie

Fine, Baby Fine (Jukebox Lil)

Erik Balkey- Baseball in My Blood

Everything is Great (Hudson Harding)

Artie Traum & Pat Alger- The Home Run Kid

From the Heart (Rounder)

John Fogerty- Centerfield

Centerfield (Warner Bros.)

Tom Russell- Kid from Spavinaw

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

Bob Dylan- Catfish

The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 [Rare & Unreleased] 1961-1991 (Columbia)

Kim Harris- The Stars That Didn’t Shine

Rock of Ages (Appleseed)

Bob Bossin- The Secret of Life According to Satchel Paige

Gabriola V0R 1X0 (Nick)

Chaim Tannenbaum- Brooklyn 1955

Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)

Tom Russell- Closin’ Sunny’s Diner

Museum of Memories 1972-2002 (Dark Angel)

Christine Lavin- Ballad of a Ballgame

Beau Woes and Other Problems of Modern Life (Philo)

Peter, Paul & Mary- Right Field

No Easy Walk to Freedom (Gold Castle)

Rod MacDonald- Mojo & The St. Luke’s Flukes

Recognition (Wind River)

Steve Goodman- A Dying Cub Fan’s Last Request

No Big Surprise: The Steve Goodman Anthology (Red Pajamas)

Vince Guaraldi Trio- Baseball Theme

Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown (Craft)

Next week: The Leonard Cohen Deep Dive, Part 1.

--Mike Regenstreif