Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday June 15, 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 was prerecorded at home and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/52334.html

Theme: Working in the Coalmine – Coal mining, traditionally, has been one of the most environmentally destructive sources of fuel. As well, coal mining has been one of the most dangerous occupations with untold numbers of miners being killed over the decades in both large-scale disasters and smaller accidents. Coal mining has also been one of the most dangerous occupations in terms of long-term health effects in the way that coal dust eventually destroys the lungs of miners. As well, the coal industry has been one of the most exploitative of its workers. The songs on this show address those issues.

Allen Toussaint- Working in the Coalmine
From a Whisper to a Scream (Kent)

Mary Hott with The Carpenter Ants- They Built a Railroad
Devil in the Hills: Coal Country Reckoning (Mary Hott)
Last Forever- Pay Day at Coal Creek
No Place Like Home/Last Forever (2nd Story Sound)
Kronos Quartet with Lee Knight- Which Side Are You On?
Long Time Passing: Kronos Quartet & Friends Celebrate Pete Seeger (Smithsonian Folkways)
Frida’s Brow- Canary in a Coal Mine
Frida’s Brow (Frida’s Brow)

Fourtold- Ballad of Springhill
Fourtold (Appleseed)
Matt Anderson- Coal Mining Blues
Coal Mining Blues (Busted Flat)

Judy Collins- Red-Winged Blackbird
Judy Collins 3 & 4 (Wildflower)
Priscilla Herdman- The Coming of the Roads
Darkness into Light (Flying Fish)
Laurie MacAllister- Coal Tattoo
The Things I Choose to Do (Laurie MacAllister)

Tom Paxton- Dogs at Midnight
Tom Paxton 6 (Elektra)
The Friends of Fiddler's Green- Down in the Coalmine
This Side of the Ocean (FOFG)
Jez Lowe with The Bad Pennies- These Coal Town Days
Live at the Davy Lamp (Tantobie)

Joni Mitchell- Dark as a Dungeon
Archives – Volume 1: The Early Years (1963-1967) (Rhino)
Mose Scarlett with Ken Whiteley- Nine Pound Hammer
The Fundamental Things (Pyramid)
Oscar Brown, Jr..- Sixteen Tons
The Voice of Cool (Not Now Music)

Jim Ringer- Paradise
Waitin’ for the Hard Times to Go (Folk-Legacy)
Susie Glaze- West Virginia Mine Disaster
Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie (Compass)
Glen Reid- The L&N Don’t Stop Here Anymore
Wildcats Howlin’ (Royston Road Music)
Kathy Mattea- Blue Diamond Mines
Coal (Captain Potato)

Mary Hott with The Carpenter Ants- Annabelle Lee
Devil in the Hills: Coal Country Reckoning (Mary Hott)
Undertakin' Daddies- Pictou County Coal
Post Atomic Hillbilly (Caribou)
Andy & Judy- St. Paul Mine
Let Us Sing (Andy & Judy Daigle)
Annie Lou- Fire in the Hole
End Zone (Annie Lou)

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