Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – November 10, 2026: Bridges

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/595/77959.html

Theme: Bridges.

Patterson Creek Bridge in Ottawa (National Capital Commission)

Bill Staines- Bridges

Bridges (Red House)

Bob Stark- Patterson Creek Bridge

Sculpted Pieces of Love (Bob Stark)

Paul Weber- Heron Road Bridge Song

Ode to Gerry Barber (Paul Weber)

Rob Lutes- Shediac Bridge

Come Around (Lucky Bear)

Mama's Broke- Bridges

Reunion (Free Dirt)

Jubal Lee Young- Seven Bridges Road

Wild Birds Warble (7Bridges Entertainment)

Donald WG Lindsay & Roo Geddes- Honeymoon Bridge

Honeymoon Bridge (Donald WG Lindsay & Roo Geddes)

Artie Traum- Rusty Iron Bridge

South of Lafayette (Roaring Stream)

Peggy Seeger- London Bridge

Love Call Me Home (Appleseed)

Annie Lou- Nine Bridges Down

Tried and True (Annie Lou)

Nefesh Mountain- The Narrow Bridge

Live from Levon Helm Studios (Eden Sky)

Magpie- Build High the Bridge

Of Changes and Dreams (Long Tail)

Donna Adler- Rainbow Bridge

Remembering Butterflies (Donna Adler)

Doug McArthur- Skyway

Letters from the Coast/Sisteron (Snow Goose Songs)

Sally Rogers & Claudia Schmidt- Still on the Bridge

We are Welcomed (Pragmavision)

Hans Theessink- Bridges

Bridges (Blue Groove)

The Blind Boys of Alabama with The Preservation Hall Jazz Band- Across the Bridge

Down in New Orleans (Time Life)

Paul Simon with The Jessy Dixon Singers- Bridge Over Troubled Water

Paul Simon In Concert: Live Rhymin’ (Columbia/Legacy)

Kathy Mattea- Ode to Billie Joe

Pretty Bird (Captain Potato)

William Bell- Mississippi-Arkansas Bridge

This is Where I Live (Stax)

Eric Bibb- Water Under the Bridge

Spirit and the Blues (Earthbeat!)

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – November 3, 2026: Addendums to Past Themes

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/595/77862.html

This edition of Stranger Songs falls during CKCU's annual funding drive for 2026. Please show your support for CKCU in general, and Stranger Songs in particular, with a charitable, tax deductible, donation at this link. Your support is very meaningful, greatly needed and greatly appreciated. https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/CKCU/p2p/fundingdrive2026/page/stranger-songs

Theme: Addendums to Past Themes.

Fred Hellerman- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime

The Weavers’ Greatest Hits (Vanguard)

Odetta- Empty Pocket Blues

Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin’ (RCA)

Bruce Springsteen- Pay Me My Money Down

We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (Columbia)

The Klezmatics & Susan McEowen- Headdy Down

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

Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer- Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key 

Little Blue Egg (Red House)

Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion- Folksong

Folksong (RTE 8)

Bob Jensen & Juan Martin- Suzanne

Suzanne – single (Bob Jensen)

Perla Batalla- Sisters of Mercy 

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

Jennifer Warnes- Bird on a Wire

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

The Monkees- Last Train to Clarksville

The Monkees (Colgems)

Nancy Sinatra- These Boots are Made for Walkin’

Boots (Light in the Attic)

Richie Havens- Follow

Mixed Bag (Verve)

Eva Cassidy- It Doesn’t Matter Anymore

Imagine (Blix Street)

Sweet Honey in the Rock- Testimony

Selections 1976-1988 (Flying Fish)

Fiona Apple- Heart of Gold

Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 1 (Killphonic)

Happy Traum- Relax Your Mind

Relax Your Mind (Kicking Mule)

Eric Bibb & JJ Milteau- Titanic

Lead Belly’s Gold (Stony Plain)

Lead Belly- Fannin Street (Mister Tom Hughes Town)

The Smithsonian Folkways Collection (Smithsonian Folkways)

Fugu Dugu- Midnight Special

Bucky Wanko and the Legend of Baba Yaga (Fugu Dugu)

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – October 31, 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/128/77817.html

This edition of Saturday Morning falls during CKCU's annual funding drive for 2026. Please show your support for CKCU in general, and Saturday Morning in particular, with a charitable, tax deductible, donation at this link. Your support is very meaningful, greatly needed and greatly appreciated. https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/CKCU/p2p/fundingdrive2026/page/saturday-morning

Short Sisters- Turning Toward the Morning

A Planet Dancing Slow (Black Socks Press)

Allison Lupton- The Wild Goose

Step Up Molly (Allison Lupton)

Amy Speace with The Orphan Brigade- There Used to Be Horses Here

There Used to Be Horses Here (Windbone)

Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Cockburn (2017)

Bruce Cockburn- Les Feuilles Mortes

The Blood of Others (Sunset Blvd.)

Roly Salley- Killing the Blues

Woodstock Mountains: Music from Mud Acres (Rounder)

Joni Mitchell- Urge for Going  

Archives – Volume 2: The Reprise Years (1968-1971) (Rhino) 

Steel Rail- Winter Wren 

Coming Home (Crossties)

Gordon Lightfoot- Changes

Lightfoot! (United Artists)

Mike Regenstreif & Anne Hills (2001)

Anne Hills- Rondi’s Birthday 

October Child (Flying Fish)

Mike Regenstreif & Michael Smith (2014)

Michael Smith- Panther in Michigan

Michael Smith/Love Stories (Flying Fish)

The Irish Descendants- The Bluenose

Our Tribute to Stan Rogers (The Irish Descendants)

The Irish Descendants- Tiny Fish for Japan

Our Tribute to Stan Rogers (The Irish Descendants)

The Irish Descendants- Acadian Saturday Night

Our Tribute to Stan Rogers (The Irish Descendants)

Stan Rogers- Cape St. Mary’s

Songs of a Lifetime: For the Family (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis) 

John Leventhal- D-18 Song

National Drift (Rumble Strip/Thirty Tigers)

Bing Crosby- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime

Only the Number 1s (Rev-Ola)

Mike Regenstreif & Lisa Gutkin of The Klezmatics (2025)

The Klezmatics- Lolly Lo

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

Frank London & The Loisaida Fife and Drum Corps- Frog in de Well

Touzle Your Kurchy (Adhyâropa)

Fugu Dugu- Midnight Special

Bucky Wanko and the Legend of Baba Yaga (Fugu Dugu)

Polky- Krakowiak

Mother Tongue (Polky)

Mike Regenstreif, Sylvie Barzilay & Irem Bekter (2026)

Irem Bekter- Mi Casa (A Migrant’s Story)

This Winding Road (Irem Bekter)

The Kennedys- Long Road to Freedom

Smoketree (The Kennedys)

The Klezmatics- Come When I Call You

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

Kate Greenland- Out Yonder

Longing and Dreaming (Kate Greenland)

The Volcano Brothers- Honolulu Bound

Light of the Hilo Moon (Black Hen Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Erik Frandsen (1976) photo: Felicity Fanjoy

Erik Frandsen- Bopsville 

Antiques: New & Used (Erik Frandsen)

Steve Howell, Dan Sumner & Jason Weinheimer- The Fresno Shuffle

I Don’t Mind (Out of the Past Music)

Bruce Cockburn- Four Strong Winds

The Blood of Others (Sunset Blvd.)

Paul Mills- Albert’s Cove

The Other Side of the Glass (Borealis)

Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl- River

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

Mike Regenstreif & Bill Staines (1993)

Bill Staines- One Long Whistle

Old Wood and Winter Wine (Mineral River)

Gordie Tentrees- Ganaraska Gold

Dandelion Blue (Gordie Tentrees)

Robert Thomas & Mike Regenstreif (2025)

Robert Thomas & the sessionmen- Springhill

The Way We Roll (Gas)

Pat Moore & The Vinyl Frontier- Strange

Take It to Heart (Pat Moore)

Mary Gauthier- Alcohol and Adderall

Reckoning (Soundly Music/Thirty Tigers)

Bodie Wagner- Halloween

Vintage (Bodie Wagner)

Fourtold- The Nine Little Goblins

Fourtold (Appleseed)

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross- Halloween Spooks

The Hottest New Group in Jazz (Columbia/Legacy)

Skinner & T’witch- Halloween

The Fool’s Journey (Skinner & T’witch)

Harry Belafonte- Zombie Jamboree

The Many Moods of Belafonte (RCA)

Vance Gilbert- Zombie Pattycake

Good Good Man (Disismye Music)

David Massengill- The Witch’s Menu

Mogana’s Sleepover and the Witch’s Hand (David Massengill)

Cab Calloway- The Ghost of Smokey Joe

St. James Infirmary (CTS)

Ray Bierl- Big Joe and Phantom 309

Any Place I Hang My Hat (Greasy String Productions)

The Balladeers- Tiptoe Through the Ghosties

It’s About Time (The Balladeers)

Vance Gilbert- The Day Before November

Good Good Man (Disismye Music)

Count Basie- Trick or Treat

Hall of Fame (Verve)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on November 28. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – October 27, 2026: Songs of Stan 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/595/77748.html

This edition of Stranger Songs falls during CKCU's annual funding drive for 2026. Please show your support for CKCU in general, and Stranger Songs in particular, with a charitable, tax deductible, donation at this link. Your support is very meaningful, greatly needed and greatly appreciated. https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/CKCU/p2p/fundingdrive2026/page/stranger-songs

Theme: Songs of Stan Rogers.

Stan Rogers was already one of Canada’s greatest folksingers and songwriters when he died tragically at the young age of 33 on June 2, 1983 in a fire on an Air Canada flight.

Stan was a good friend of mine. We met at the Mariposa Folk Festival in 1975 and I booked his first Montreal concerts at The Golem, the folk club I ran in the 1970s and ‘80s, for January of 1976, on what turned out to be the coldest weekend in years in Montreal. Stan’s final concerts in Montreal were at the Golem in November of 1982. He was scheduled to return in September of 1983.

Stan Rogers- Northwest Passage

Northwest Passage (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

The Irish Descendants- Watching the Apples Grow

Our Tribute to Stan Rogers (The Irish Descendants)

Paul Mills- 45 Years

The Other Side of the Glass (Borealis)

Stan Rogers- Fogarty’s Cove

Fogarty’s Cove (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

The Wellermen- Barrett’s Privateers 

1778 (Tenwest)

The Irish Descendants- Fisherman’s Wharf

Our Tribute to Stan Rogers (The Irish Descendants)

Stan Rogers- The Rawdon Hills 

Fogarty’s Cove (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Priscilla Herdman- Turnaround

Forgotten Dreams (Flying Fish)

Dave Fry- Giant 

Troubadour (Dave Fry)

Ian Robb- Make and Break Harbour 

From Different Angels (Fallen Angle Music)

Stan Rogers- The Jeannie C.

Turnaround (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Garnet Rogers- Sailor’s Rest

Summer’s End (Snow Goose Songs)

Lui Collins- Second Effort

Baptism of Fire (Green Linnet)

John Gorka- Harris and the Mare

unentitled (Red House)

Laura Smith- Song of the Candle

Remembering Stan Rogers: An East Coast Tribute (Brookes Diamond Productions)

Stan Rogers- Free in the Harbour

Northwest Passage (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

The Longest Johns- The Mary Ellen Carter

Smoke + Oakum (Decca)

Stan Rogers- The Flowers of Bermuda

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

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – October 20, 2026: The Leonard Cohen Deep Dive, Part 3

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/595/77581.html

Theme: The Leonard Cohen Deep Dive, Part 3.

The Leonard Cohen Deep Dive, Part 3 is the third 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 Part 2 was heard on September 8, 

 and are available to stream on-demand. Part 4 will be heard on November 17.

Leonard Cohen- Minute Prologue

Live Songs (Columbia)

Leonard Cohen- Passing Through

Live Songs (Columbia)

Leonard Cohen- Improvisation

Live Songs (Columbia)

Leonard Cohen- Queen Victoria

Live Songs (Columbia)

Lee Hazlewood- Come Spend the Morning

Hallelujah: The Songs of Leonard Cohen (Ace)

Leonard Cohen- Is This What You Wanted

New Skin for the Old Ceremony (Columbia)

Tower of Song- Chelsea Hotel # 2

In City and in Forest (Tower of Song)

David Blue- Lover Lover Lover

Hallelujah: The Songs of Leonard Cohen (Ace)

Leonard Cohen- Field Commander Cohen

New Skin for the Old Ceremony (Columbia)

Colleen Rennison- Why Don’t You Try

See the Sky About to Rain (Black Hen Music)

Leonard Cohen- There is a War

New Skin for the Old Ceremony (Columbia)

Perla Batalla- A Singer Must Die

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

Leonard Cohen- I Tried to Leave You

New Skin for the Old Ceremony (Columbia)

Rufus Wainwright & Amsterdam Sinfonietta- Who By Fire

Rufus Wainwright & Amsterdam Sinfonietta Live (BMG/Modern)

Judy Collins- Take This Longing

Judy Collins Sings Leonard Cohen: Democracy (Elektra/Rhino)

Leonard Cohen- Leaving Greensleeves

New Skin for the Old Ceremony (Columbia)

Tom Northcott- True Love Leaves No Traces

Joyful Songs of Leonard Cohen (Full Circle)

Leonard Cohen- Iodine

Death of a Ladies’ Man (Columbia)

Leonard Cohen- Paper-Thin Hotel

Death of a Ladies’ Man (Columbia)

Leonard Cohen- Memories

Death of a Ladies’ Man (Columbia)

Leonard Cohen- Warning

Six Montreal Poets (Folkways)

Leonard Cohen- Les Vieux

Six Montreal Poets (Folkways)

Leonard Cohen- I Left a Woman Waiting

Death of a Ladies’ Man (Columbia)

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – October 13, 2026: Alice’s Restaurant and Other Songs I’ve Heard Arlo Guthrie Sing

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/595/77492.html

Theme: Alice’s Restaurant and Other Songs I’ve Heard Arlo Guthrie Sing.

Mike Regenstreif & Arlo Guthrie (1996)

Arlo Guthrie – who is now 79 years old – is the son of legendary folksinger and songwriter Woody Guthrie and Marjorie Mazia Guthrie, who was a Martha Graham dancer. His career as a recording artist began in 1967 with the release of the original recorded version of Alice’s Restaurant. That led to a long career as a concert artist and to his starring in a feature film version of Alice’s Restaurant. I first met Arlo in the 1970s when his Montreal concerts – often in tandem with Pete Seeger – were presented by my friend and mentor Sam Gesser. When Arlo returned to Montreal in 1996, I produced the concert. Arlo announced his retirement from touring in 2020 but still keeps in touch with friends and fans online. 

Arlo Guthrie- Darkest Hour

Amigo (Rising Son)

Kate Wolf- Highway in the Wind

Carry It On (Flat Rock)

Noel Paul Stookey- Gabriel’s Mother Highway Ballad No. 16 Blues

Paul and (Newworld)

Pete Seeger- Sailing Down My Golden River

Pete (Living Music)

Arlo Guthrie- Can’t Help Falling in Love

More Together Again in Concert (Rising Son)

Steve Goodman- City of New Orleans

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

Arlo Guthrie- Alice’s Restaurant 

Alice’s Restaurant – The Massacree Revisited (Rising Son)

Woody Guthrie- Hard Travelin’

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

Cole Quest & The City Pickers- Pastures of Plenty

Homegrown (Jalopy)

The David Amram Quintet- Ramblin’ Round

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

The Klezmatics featuring Sofia Rei- Plane Wreck at Los Gatos (Deportee)

We Were Made for These Times (Shamus)

Arlo Guthrie- Mother’s Voice (I Hear You Sing Again)

Here Come the Kids (Rising Son)

Arlo Guthrie- Percy’s Song

Washington County (Rising Son)

Crowes Pasture- Hobo’s Lullaby

Crowes Pasture (Crowes Pasture)

Arlo Guthrie- My Peace

Here Come the Kids (Rising Son)

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – October 6, 2026: John Prine at 80

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/595/77431.html

Theme: John Prine at 80.

John Prine – who died of COVID-19 in 2020 – would have turned 80 this week on October 10. This show includes some of John’s recordings, versions of some of his songs by other artists, and two tribute songs to him.

John Prine- Bruised Orange (Chain of Sorrow)

Live at the Old Town School of Folk Music (Oh Boy)

Bonnie Raitt- Angel from Montgomery

Streetlights (Warner Bros.)

Valdy & Gary Fjellgaard- Speed of the Sound of Loneliness

Contenders Two: Still in the Running (Stony Plain)

John Prine- Summer’s End

The Tree of Forgiveness (Oh Boy)

Bob Gibson- Sam Stone

Bob Gibson (Capitol)

John Prine- Jesus, the Missing Years

Live at the Old Town School of Folk Music (Oh Boy)

Bette Midler- Hello in There

Jackpot: The Best of Bette (Rhino)

John McCutcheon- The Night That John Prine Died 

Cabin Fever: Songs from the Quarantine (Appalsongs)

Steve Goodman & John Prine- Souvenirs

Affordable Art (Red Pajamas)

Brandi Carlile- I Remember Everything

Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine, Vol. 2 (Oh Boy)

John Prine- Illegal Smile

John Prine (Atlantic)

Marley's Ghost featuring Emmylou Harris- Unwed Fathers

Jubilee (Sage Arts)

Jim Ringer- Paradise

Waitin’ for the Hard Times to Go (Folk-Legacy)

Iris DeMent- One Red Rose

Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine, Vol. 2 (Oh Boy)

John Prine- Blue Umbrella

Souvenirs (Oh Boy)

Bobby Dove- Dreamt I Met John Prine

Fortune Teller (New Motor)

Bonnie Koloc- Clocks and Spoons

Close-Up (Epic)

John Prine- Egg & Daughter Night, Lincoln Nebraska, 1967 (Crazy Bone)

The Tree of Forgiveness (Oh Boy)

John Prine- When I Get to Heaven 

The Tree of Forgiveness (Oh Boy)

John Prine- Lake Marie

Live at the Old Town School of Folk Music (Oh Boy)

--Mike Regenstreif

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 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