Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday March 2, 2021

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

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

This episode of Stranger Songs – Episode #4 – was prerecorded at home and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/51049.html

 

Today’s theme: Tom Russell Tributes – Some of the songs Tom Russell has written – or, in a couple of cases, co-written – about other artists. Also, a song from each of the artists Tom was paying tribute to.

Gram Parsons- Return of the Grievous Angel
Grievous Angel (Reprise)
Tom Russell with Patricia Hardin- Joshua Tree
The Tom Russell Anthology: Veteran’s Day (Shout! Factory)

Bill Haley & The Comets- Rock Around the Clock
Bill Rocks (Bear Family)
Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men- Haley’s Comet
Out in California (HighTone)

Nina Simone- Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
To Love Somebody (RCA)
Tom Russell & The Norwegian Wind Ensemble- Nina Simone
Aztec Jazz (Frontera)

Ian Tyson- Wolves No Longer Sing
Carnero Vaquero (Stony Plain)
Tom Russell- I’ll Never Leave These Old Horses                                                                                 Folk Hotel (Frontera)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2018)

Rosalie Sorrels- Travelin’ Lady
My Last Go Round (Red House)
Tom Russell- Pork Roast and Poetry
Tribute to the Travelin’ Lady Rosalie Sorrels (Tribute to Rosalie Sorrels)

Bob Dylan- Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (Columbia/Legacy)
Tom Russell- Mesabi
Mesabi (Shout! Factory)

Édith Piaf- La Vie en Rose
30e Anniversaire (EMI France)
Sylvia Tyson- Chocolate Cigarettes
Gypsy Cadillac (Silver City)

Dave Van Ronk- Another Time and Place
Down in Washington Square (Smithsonian Folkways)
Tom Russell- Van Ronk
Hotwalker (HighTone)

Jack Kerouac with Steve Allen- MacDougal Street Blues
The Kerouac Collection (Rhino)
Tom Russell- October in the Railroad Earth
October in the Railroad Earth (Frontera)

Next week – Songs of Malvina Reynolds.

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Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday February 27, 2021

Saturday Morning is an eclectic roots-oriented program on CKCU in Ottawa heard live on Saturday mornings from 7 until 10 am (Eastern time) and then available for on-demand streaming. I am one of the four rotating hosts of Saturday Morning and base my programming on the Folk Roots/Folk Branches format I developed at CKUT in Montreal.

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

This episode of Saturday Morning was prerecorded at home and can already be streamed on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/50995.html

 

Q&A- Redbird
One More Folk Thing (Sonic Peach Music)

Alison Brown featuring Keb' Mo'- What’s Going Om
The Song of the Banjo (Compass)
Emma's Revolution with Reggie Harris- Our People Gonna Rise
Our People Gonna Rise – single (Moving Forward Music)
Reggie Harris- It’s Who We Are
On Solid Ground (Reggie Harris Music)

Anne Hills- Accidental August                                                                                                    Accidental August (Hand & Heart Music)
Moira Smiley & Voco- Dressed in Yellow
In Our Voices (Moira Smiley Music)
Ellis Paul- Angel from Montgomery
Ellis Paul’s Traveling Medicine Show Vol. 1 (Rosella)
Maria Dunn- Don’t Think You are Forgotten
Joyful Banner Blazing (Distant Whisper)

Joni Mitchell- Play Little David
Archives – Volume 1: The Early Years (1963-1967) (Rhino)
David Rea- Kindlin’ Wood/Things are Coming My Way
X 7 (Gitsu)
Steel Rail- Paper Girl
Coming Home (Crossties)

Bonnie Dobson- JB’s Song
Take Me for a Walk in the Morning Dew (Hornbeam)
Chaim Tannenbaum- London, Longing for Home
Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)

Extended Feature: Songs of Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941). Jelly Roll Morton, whose real name was Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe, was a pianist, singer, songwriter from New Orleans who was steeped in traditional music and was one of the first important composers in jazz. The next 16 songs were from Jelly Roll Morton's repertoire.

Dave Van Ronk- Mamie’s Blues
Sunday Street (Philo)
Dave Van Ronk- The Pearls
Sunday Street (Philo)
Leon Redbone- Winin’ Boy Blues
Double Time (Warner Bros.)
Jelly Roll Morton- Mr. Jelly Lord
Anamule Dance: The Library of Congress Recordings, Volume 2 (Rounder)
Andrew Homzy Ensemble- Black Bottom Stomp
Homage to Jelly Roll Morton (DSM)

Dr. John- Milneburg Joys
Goin’ Back to New Orleans (Warner Bros.)
Wynton Marsalis- King Porter Stomp
Swinging Into the 21st (Columbia)
Dr. John & Danny Barker- I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say
Goin’ Back to New Orleans (Warner Bros.)
Jelly Roll Morton- Don’t You Leave Me Here
Last Sessions: The Complete General Recordings (GRP)
Billy Novick's Blue Syncopators- Wild Man Blues
Music from The Great Gatsby (Billy Novick)

Saffire-The Uppity Blues Women- Sweet Substitute
Old, New, Borrowed & Blue (Alligator)
Amos Garrett- Michigan Water Blues
Acoustic Album (Stony Plain)
Jelly Roll Morton- Shake It
Last Sessions: The Complete General Recordings (GRP)
Dirty Dozen Jazz Band- Kansas City Stomp
Jelly (Columbia)
Paul Geremia- Dr. Jazz
Love My Stuff (Red House)

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

Laura Smith- If I Were a Bell
As Long As I’m Dreaming (Borealis)
Susie Arioli- Beyond the Sea
Night Lights (Spectra)
Mark J. Nyvlt with Jennifer Maines- Russian Lullaby
This ‘n’ That (Mark J. Nyvlt)
The Klezmatics- Shushan Purim
Apikorsim/Heretics (World Village)

Eva Cassidy- People Get Ready
Simply Eva (Blix Street)
The Sojourners- Eyes On the Prize
Hold On (Black Hen)
Penny Lang- Let Me Fly
Stone + Sand + Sea + Sky (Borealis)
The Band- Daniel and the Sacred Harp
Stage Fright: 50th Anniversary Edition (Capitol)

Marc Nerenberg- Times Ain’t Nuthin’ Like They Used to Be
Times Ain’t Nuthin’ Like They Used to Be (Marc Nerenberg)
Kim Richey, Linda McRae & Doug Cox- When the Black Clouds Roll
The Banff Sessions: Music & Songs Inspired by the Photos of Dorthea Lange (Kim Richey, Linda McRae & Doug Cox)
Katie Oates- Luray Women
We Go On: Si Kahn’s Songs of Hope in Hard Times (Hollow Reed Arts Recordings)

Bobby Dove- Golden Years
Hopeless Romantic (Bobby Dove)
Annabelle Chvostek- Walls
String of Pearls (Annabelle Chvostek)

Becky Buller- Inglewood Upon Stratford
Distance and Time (Dark Shadow Recording)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on March 27. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday February 23, 2021

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

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

This episode of Stranger Songs – Episode #3 – was prerecorded at home and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/50965.html

 

 

Today’s theme: Chanteys and Other Songs of the Sea

Leonard Cohen- fragment of The Stranger Song
Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia/Legacy)
Stan Rogers- Barrett’s Privateers
Between the Breaks…Live! (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Alan Mills & The Shanty Men- Haul Away Joe
Songs of the Sea (Folkways)
Pressgang Mutiny- So Early in the Morning
Across the Western Ocean (Pressgang Mutiny)
Maddy Prior & The Girls- Blow the Man Down
Bib & Tuck (Park)
Finest Kind- From Dover to Calais
For Honour & For Gain (Fallen Angle)
Chris Rawlings- North by Northwest (AKA Franklin’s Shanty)
Northern Spirits (Cooking Fat Music)

Judy Collins & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

Michael Peter Smith- Fast to the Mast
Fifteen Songs from Moby Dick (Michael Peter Smith)
Reggie Harris- Hunt the Whale
Ready to Go (Reggie Harris Music)
Judy Collins- Farewell to Tarwathie
Forever: An Anthology (Elektra)

Happy & Artie Traum, Bill Keith- Off to Sea Once More
Mud Acres: Music Among Friends (Rounder)
Kate McGarrigle, Martha Wainwright & Lily Lanken with Anna McGarrigle, Rufus & Loudon Wainwright, Chaim Tannenbaum, Dane & Sylvan Lanken- Johnny’s Gone to Hilo
The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)
Wade Hemsworth with The Mountain City Four- The Story of the I’m Alone
Wade Hemsworth with The Mountain City Four (Peter Weldon)

Coope, Boyes & Simpson- Sea Must Have an Ending
Coope, Boyes & Simpson (World Music Network)
Windborne- Grey Funnel Line
Recollections/Revolutions (Wand’ring Feet Records)
Cindy Mangsen- Shallow Brown
Songs of Experience (Redwing Music)
Rod MacDonald- A Sailor’s Prayer
No Commercial Traffic (Solstice)

Odetta- The Golden Vanity
Odetta Sings Folk Songs (RCA)
Dave Van Ronk- Haul On the Bowline
Down in Washington Square (Smithsonian Folkways)
Tex König- Wild Winds
Königsblende (Music Cellar)
Terri Hendrix- Mingulay Boat Song
Love You Strong: Project 5.1 (Wilory)
Bruce Springsteen- Pay Me My Money Down
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (Columbia)

The Friends of Fiddler’s Green- When the Hauling’s Over
Old Inventions (Friends of Fiddler’s Green)
Tom Lewis- Last Shanty
Poles Apart Too (Self Propelled Music)                                                                                                 The Johnson Girls- Goodbye, Fare You Well
The Johnson Girls (Folk-Legacy)

Ofra Harnoy- Barrett’s Privateers
On the Rock (Analekta)

Next week – The Tom Russell Tributes

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Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday February 16, 2021

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

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

This episode of Stranger Songs – Episode #2 – was prerecorded at home and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/50868.html

Today’s show falls on Mardi Gras day – on what is undoubtably the quietest Mardi Gras day in New Orleans history – so this edition of Stranger Songs features music from or inspired by New Orleans – including some specifically Mardi Gras songs.

Leonard Cohen- fragment of The Stranger Song
Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia/Legacy)
Fats Domino- Walking to New Orleans
Fats Rocks (Bear Family)

Professor Longhair- Mardi Gras in New Orleans
Big Chief (Tomato)
Michael Doucet- Walking on a Mardi Gras Day
Lâcher Prise (Compass)
Dr. John & The WDR Big Band- My Indian Red
Big Band Voodoo (Orange Music)
Neville Brothers- Brother John/Iko Iko
Fiyo on the Bayou (A&M)

Marc Nerenberg- On the Street Again
On the Street Again (Marc Nerenberg)
Chris Rawlings- Pshaw
Pearl Soup (Cooking Fat Music)

Mike Regenstreif at Preservation Hall, New Orleans, LA.

Jelly Roll Morton- Buddy Bolden’s Blues (I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say)
Last Sessions: The Complete General Recordings (GRP)
Wynton Marsalis with Catherine Russell- Buddy’s Horn
Bolden: Music from the Original Soundtrack (Blue Engine)
Preservation Hall Jazz Band- Mama Don’t Allow It
Because of You (Sony)

Danny Marks- Heading Down to New Orleans
Cities in Blue (Danny Marks)
David Roe- Just a Little While to Stay Here
Angel of New Orleans (David Roe)

Susan Werner- What He Said in Jackson Square
NOLA: Susan Werner Goes to New Orleans (Sleeve Dog)
Danny Barker- St. James Infirmary
Save the Bones (Orleans)
Odetta- New Orleans (House of the Rising Sun/When I was a Young Girl)
Lookin’ for a Home: Thanks to Leadbelly (M.C.)

Louis Armstrong- Basin Street Blues
New Orleans Nights (Ace of Hearts)
Louis Prima- Bourbon Street Blues
Rocks (Bear Family)
Ida Cox & Coleman Hawkins- Blues for Rampart Street
Blues for Rampart Street (Riverside)
Jon Cleary- Frenchmen Street Blues
Treme: Music from the HBO Series Second Season (Rounder)

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)

Dr. Michael White- Take Me to the Mardi Gras
Adventures in New Orleans Jazz Part 1 (Basin Street)

Next week – Chanteys and other songs of the sea.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday February 9, 2021

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU in Ottawa on Tuesday afternoons from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also for on-demand streaming.

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

This episode of Stranger Songs – Episode #1 – was prerecorded at home and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/50779.html

Today’s show was inspired by the book, Leonard Cohen Untold Stories: The Early Years by Michael Posner, the first of what will be three volumes of Leonard Cohen’s untold stories. The Early Years covers Leonard Cohen’s life from childhood until 1970 and the songs and poems of Leonard Cohen on this show were all written during that period. Click here to read my review of Leonard Cohen Untold Stories: The Early Years. 

Leonard Cohen- fragment of The Stranger Song
Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia/Legacy)
Martin Simpson- The Stranger Song
Vagrant Stanzas (Topic)

Nina Simone- Suzanne
To Love Somebody (RCA)
Leonard Cohen- Warning
Six Montreal Poets (Folkways)
Kate & Anna McGarrigle and Martha Wainwright- Winter Lady
Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man (Verve Forecast)
Leonard Cohen- Stories of the Street
Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia/Legacy)
Perla Batalla- So Long, Marianne
Bird on the Wire: The Songs of Leonard Cohen (Mechuda Music)

Leonard Cohen- fragment of The Stranger Song
Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia/Legacy)

Tex König- Sisters of Mercy
Königsblende (Music Cellar)
Laura Love- Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye
Pangaea (Octoroon Biography)
Leonard Cohen- One of Us Cannot Be Wrong
Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia/Legacy)

Reid Jamieson- Bird on the Wire
Dear Leonard (Reid Jamieson)
Leonard Cohen- The Sparrows
Six Montreal Poets (Folkways)
Judy Collins- Story of Isaac
Judy Collins Sings Leonard Cohen: Democracy (Elektra/Rhino)
Leonard Cohen- A Bunch of Lonesome Heroes
Songs from a Room (Columbia/Legacy)

Perla Batalla- Seems So Long Ago, Nancy
Bird on the Wire: The Songs of Leonard Cohen (Mechuda Music)
Leonard Cohen- Les Vieux
Six Montreal Poets (Folkways)
Crowes Pasture- Tonight Will Be Fine
Edge of America (Crowes Pasture)
Leonard Cohen- The Old Revolution
Songs from a Room (Columbia/Legacy)

Judy Collins- Dress Rehearsal Rag
Judy Collins Sings Leonard Cohen: Democracy (Elektra/Rhino)
Laurie MacAllister- Famous Blue Raincoat
The Things I Choose to Do (Laurie MacAllister)
Jennifer Warnes & Leonard Cohen- Joan of Arc
Famous Blue Raincoat: The Songs of Leonard Cohen – 20th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory)

Leonard Cohen- fragment of The Stranger Song
Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia/Legacy)

Next week’s show falls on Mardi Gras Day (February 16) and the show will feature songs from or inspired by New Orleans – including some Mardi Gras songs.

Find me on Twitter. www.twitter.com/mikeregenstreif

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--Mike Regenstreif