Saturday, March 29, 2014

Canadian Spaces – CKCU – Saturday March 29, 2014



CKCU can be heard at 93.1 FM in Ottawa and http://www.ckcufm.com/ on the web.

This week’s show was co-hosted by Mike Regenstreif and Chris White.

Canadian Spaces on CKCU in Ottawa is Canada’s longest-running folk music radio program. It is heard Saturday mornings from 10:00 am until noon (Eastern time).

It was hosted for more than 33 years by the late Chopper McKinnon and is now hosted by Chris White and a rotating cast of co-hosts.

Guests: Joel Plaskett; Charlie Sohmer; Greg Kelly.

Corin Raymond & the Sundowners- Anastasia
Paper Nickels (Local Rascal)

Connie Kaldor- Singer of the Sacred Heart
Out of the Blue (Coyote)

Bill Morrissey- Ice Fishing
The Essential Collection (Rounder)

Garnet Rogers- Shadows on the Water
Summer’s End (Snow Goose Songs)

Shari Ulrich- Making Friends with Gone
Everywhere I Go (Borealis)

Bobby Dove- Cats and Dogs
Dovetails (Bobby Dove)

Jesse Winchester- It’s a Shame About Him
Love Filling Station (Appleseed)

Martha Wainwright- Four Black Sheep
Come Home to Mama (MapleMusic)

Naming the Twins- Truly Home
Drifters & Dreamers (Duet Right)

Ray Bonneville- Lone Freighter’s Wail
Easy Gone (Red House)

Jim Byrnes- St. Louis Blues
St. Louis Times (Black Hen)

Tom Rush- Drivin’ Wheel
Tom Rush Celebrates 50 Years of Music (Appleseed)

Telephone conversation with Joel Plaskett.

Joel Plaskett- One Look
Three (MapleMusic)

Catherine MacLellan- The Long Way Home
Church Bell Blues (True North)

Jonathan Byrd- Cackalack
Cackalack (Waterbug)

Telephone conversation with Charlie Sohmer.

Charlie Sohmer- Better Than You Ever Believed
Demo

Studio conversation with Greg Kelly.

Greg Kelly- You Have a Way with Words
Live at CKCU

The show is now available for online listening. http://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/129/16324.html

I’ll be co-hosting Canadian Spaces again on May 31.

Find me on Twitter. twitter.com/@mikeregenstreif

And on Facebook. facebook.com/mikeregenstreif

--Mike Regenstreif

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Playlist: Folk Roots/Folk Branches - March 29-April 4, 2014



Folk Roots/Folk Branches with Mike Regenstreif is a thematic program streamed on the radio service at Roots Music Canada. – http://www.rootsmusic.ca/

A new show debuts every Saturday and repeats daily through the rest of the week.


March 29-April 4, 2014



Theme: Songs of Gordon Lightfoot.


Frank Christian- Did She Mention My Name
Mister So and So (Palmetto)
Connie Kaldor- If You Could Read My Mind
Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot (Borealis/NorthernBlues)
Ian & Sylvia- For Lovin’ Me
Early Morning Rain (Vanguard)
Bob Dylan- Early Morning Rain
Self Portrait (Columbia)

Tony Rice- Sixteen Miles
Tony Rice Sings Gordon Lightfoot (Rounder)
Maria Muldaur- That Same Old Obsession
Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot (Borealis/NorthernBlues)
Rick Fines- Ribbon of Darkness
Solar Powered (Rick Fines)

Ronnie Hawkins- Home from the Forest
Greatest Hits (Trilogy)
Mundy's Bay Grog League- Ode to Big Blue
Songs of the Sea (Back Porch)
Frida's Brow- The Way I Feel
Frida’s Brow (Frida’s Brow)
Jesse Winchester- Sundown
Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot (Borealis/NorthernBlues)

George Hamilton IV- Mountains and Maryanne
My North Country Home (Bear Family)
Nanci Griffith- Ten Degrees and Getting Colder
Other Voices/Other Rooms (Elektra)
J.P. Cormier- Steel Rail Blues
The Long River: A Personal Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot (Flash Publishing)

James Keelaghan- Canadian Railroad Trilogy
Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot (Borealis/NorthernBlues)

Pictured: Gordon Lightfoot at the 2013 Ottawa Folk Festival. (Photo: Mike Regenstreif)

This show can be heard at http://www.rootsmusic.ca/ on:

Saturday, March 29 – 10-11 am
Sunday, March 30 – 10-11 am
Monday, March 31 – 9-10 pm
Tuesday, April 1 – 9-10 pm
Wednesday, April 2 – 11 pm-12 am
Thursday, April 3 – 11 pm-12 am
Friday, April 4 – 11 pm-12 am.

The times listed are Eastern Daylight Time. Please adjust the schedule for whatever time zone you’re in.

Next week: The folk roots of jazz and the jazz branches of folk.

Find me on Twitter. twitter.com/@mikeregenstreif

And on Facebook. facebook.com/mikeregenstreif

--Mike Regenstreif

Friday, March 21, 2014

Playlist: Folk Roots/Folk Branches - March 22-28, 2014



Folk Roots/Folk Branches with Mike Regenstreif is a thematic program streamed on the radio service at Roots Music Canada. – http://www.rootsmusic.ca/

A new show debuts every Saturday and repeats daily through the rest of the week.

March 22-28, 2014

Theme: New Release Roundup.



Shari Ulrich- Everywhere I Go
Everywhere I Go (Borealis)
John Gorka- Bright Side of Down
Bright Side of Down (Red House)
Brendan Nolan w/Colin Farrell- The Hills of Isle au Haut
Live at the Side Door (Ould Sagosha)
The Fretless- Lulu
The Fretless (The Fretless)

Michael Jerling- The Story
Halfway Home (Fool’s Hill)
Tim Grimm- I Don’t Mind
The Turing Point (Cavalier)
Clela- Angels on the Radio
More Love and Happiness (Clela Errington)

Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen- Ralph to Rose
Berrymania (Compass Rose)
Claudia Schmidt- Strong Woman has a Bad Day Polka
New Whirled Order (Red House)
Poor Angus- William MacGillivray
Gathering (Borealis/Fogarty’s Cove)
Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik- Blue Moon of Kentucky
Martha Sings & Robert Plays (Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik)

Paul Asbell- From Four Until Late
From Adamant to Atchafalaya (Busy Hands)
Catherine Russell- The Darktown Strutters’ Ball
Bring It Back (Jazz Village)
String Madness- Barrow Street Breakdown
String Madness (Folklore Music)

David Broza- The Lion’s Den
Eliza Gilkyson- Where No Monument Stands
The Nocturne Diaries (Red House)
Bruce Springsteen & Patty Scialfa- Linda Paloma
Looking Into You: A Tribute to Jackson Browne (Music Road)
Arlo Guthrie- Do Re Mi
Here Come the Kids (Rising Son)

This show can be heard at http://www.rootsmusic.ca/ on:

Saturday, March 22 – 10-11 am
Sunday, March 23 – 10-11 am
Monday, March 24 – 9-10 pm
Tuesday, March 25 – 9-10 pm
Wednesday, March 26 – 11 pm-12 am
Thursday, March 27 – 11 pm-12 am
Friday, March 28 – 11 pm-12 am.

The times listed are Eastern Daylight Time. Please adjust the schedule for whatever time zone you’re in.

Next week: Songs of Gordon Lightfoot.

Find me on Twitter. twitter.com/@mikeregenstreif

And on Facebook. facebook.com/mikeregenstreif

--Mike Regenstreif