Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday August 3, 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/595/52944.html

Theme: David Amram and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott – Celebrating two iconic musical legends at 90

David Amram, classical composer and conductor, jazz musician and composer, folksinger and songwriter, turned 90 on November 17, 2020. Legendary folksinger and storyteller Ramblin' Jack Elliott, travelling companion to Woody Guthrie and significant influence on the young Bob Dylan, turned 90 this week on August 1. I’ve known Jack since 1971 and David since 1974, have worked with both of them numerous times over the years, and have learned much from them. Both Jack and David are still going strong and performing at age 90.

Ramblin' Jack Elliott- New Stranger Blues
A Stranger Here (Anti-)
David Amram- The Water is Wide
A Tribute to Steve Goodman (Red Pajamas)

Mike Regenstreif & Ramblin' Jack Elliott (2010)

Ramblin' Jack Elliott- Will James
South Coast (Red House)
David Amram & Ramblin' Jack Elliott- Going North
No More Walls (Flying Fish)
Ramblin' Jack Elliott- South Coast
South Coast (Red House)
David Amram with Ramblin' Jack Elliott & Odetta- Home On the Range
At Home/Around the World (Flying Fish)

David Amram- Song of the Rain Forest
Latin Jazz Celebration (Elektra)

David Amram- The Fabulous Fifties
Subway Night (RCA)
Ramblin' Jack Elliott- 912 Greens
Kerouac’s Last Dream (Appleseed)
David Amram with Lynn Sheffield- Pull My Daisy
No More Walls (Flying Fish)

Ramblin' Jack Elliott- Pastures of Plenty
South Coast (Red House)
David Amram & Colorado Symphony Orchestra- Variation III: Pampa Texas Barn Dance
This Land: Symphonic Variations on a Song by Woody Guthrie (Newport Classic)
Ramblin' Jack Elliott- I Ain’t Got No Home
South Coast (Red House)
David Amram & Colorado Symphony Orchestra- Variation VI: Street Sounds of New York B) Klezmer Wedding Celebration and Middle Eastern Bazaar
This Land: Symphonic Variations on a Song by Woody Guthrie (Newport Classic)
Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Arlo Guthrie & Sonny Terry- Hard Travelin’
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin’ soundtrack (Rising Son)
David Amram & Colorado Symphony Orchestra- Variation VI: Street Sounds of New York D) Block Party Jam and Finale
This Land: Symphonic Variations on a Song by Woody Guthrie (Newport Classic)

Mike Regenstreif & David Amram (2004) photo by Ron Petronko

Ramblin' Jack Elliott- Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
Kerouac’s Last Dream (Appleseed)
David Amram- Dreams of New Orleans
Southern Stories (Chrome)
Ramblin' Jack Elliott & Tom Russell- The Sky Above and the Mud Below
The Long Ride (HighTone)
David Amram- Credo
Subway Night (RCA)

David Amram- Waltz from ‘After the Fall’
No More Walls (Flying Fish)

Next week: The Legacy of Stan Rogers: A postage stamp celebration

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday July 27, 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/595/52841.html

Theme: Hourglass – Songs and Conversation with Murray McLauchlan

These 13 songs punctuated my conversation with Murray McLauchlan. The conversation was recorded June 14 on Zoom.

Tom Rush- Child’s Song
Tom Rush/Wrong End of the Rainbow (BGO)

Tom Rush- Old Man’s Song
Tom Rush/Wrong End of the Rainbow (BGO)

Murray McLauchlan- Farmer’s Song
Songs from the Street: The Best of Murray McLauchlan (True North)

Murray McLauchlan- Honky Red
Songs from the Street: The Best of Murray McLauchlan (True North)

Murray McLauchlan- The One Percent
Hourglass (True North)

Murray McLauchlan- A Thomson Day (For Tom Thomson)
Hourglass (True North)

Murray McLauchlan- America
Hourglass (True North)

Murray McLauchlan- Hourglass
Hourglass (True North)

Murray McLauchlan- I Live on a White Cloud (For George Floyd)
Hourglass (True North)

Murray McLauchlan- Lying By the Sea (For Alan Kurdi)
Hourglass (True North)

Murray McLauchlan- Pandemic Blues
Hourglass (True North)

Murray McLauchlan- Shining City On a Hill
Hourglass (True North)

Murray McLauchlan- Wishes
Hourglass (True North)

Next week: Celebrating David Amram and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott at 90

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday July 20, 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/595/52778.html

Theme: Remembering Mimi Fariña

Mimi Fariña – the younger sister of Joan Baez and the musical partner and widow of important singer, songwriter and author Richard Fariña – passed away 20 years ago this week on July 18, 2001 from cancer at the young age of 56. Most of the show is devoted to a concert recorded in 1988 for German radio.

Mimi & Richard Fariña- Pack Up Your Sorrows
Celebrations for a Grey Day (Vanguard)

Mimi was an activist and in 1974, she founded a non-profit organization called Bread & Roses in the San Francisco Bay area that presents more than 600 concerts per year in institutions ranging from children's day care centres and special needs schools, to hospitals, adult and juvenile detention facilities, homeless shelters, adult recovery centers, nursing homes and seniors’ day centres.

Mimi named her organization Bread & Roses after reading James Oppenheim’s poem, Bread & Roses, written in honor of the women garment workers on strike in 1912 in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The strike became known as the Bread & Roses strike because of its slogan – “Give us bread, but give us roses, too.” Mimi set the poem to music and it became the title song of Judy Collins’ 1976 album, Bread and Roses.

Judy Collins- Bread and Roses
Bread and Roses (Elektra)

The concert by Mimi Fariña with Lowell Levinger -- recorded February 2nd, 1988 by Michael Kleff for German radio -- is available on a CD called Live in Germany: To Benefit Bread & Roses. It is available from the Bread & Roses website at this link.

Mimi Fariña with Lowell Levinger- Best of Friends
Live in Germany: To Benefit Bread & Roses (Dogfish Music)
Mimi Fariña with Lowell Levinger- Children of Darkness
Live in Germany: To Benefit Bread & Roses (Dogfish Music)
Mimi Fariña with Lowell Levinger- I Can See Clearly Now
Live in Germany: To Benefit Bread & Roses (Dogfish Music)
Mimi Fariña with Lowell Levinger- Dandelion
Live in Germany: To Benefit Bread & Roses (Dogfish Music)
Mimi Fariña with Lowell Levinger- Old Woman
Live in Germany: To Benefit Bread & Roses (Dogfish Music)

Mimi & Richard Fariña- Dog Blue  
Celebrations for a Grey Day (Vanguard)

Mimi Fariña with Lowell Levinger- Mr. Rudy
Live in Germany: To Benefit Bread & Roses (Dogfish Music)
Mimi Fariña with Lowell Levinger- Come Get Me Shoes
Live in Germany: To Benefit Bread & Roses (Dogfish Music)
Mimi Fariña with Lowell Levinger- Less Than the Song
Live in Germany: To Benefit Bread & Roses (Dogfish Music)
Mimi Fariña with Lowell Levinger- Deep Feelings
Live in Germany: To Benefit Bread & Roses (Dogfish Music)

Mimi Fariña with Lowell Levinger- Sad Cities
Live in Germany: To Benefit Bread & Roses (Dogfish Music)
Mimi Fariña with Lowell Levinger- Mama Tried
Live in Germany: To Benefit Bread & Roses (Dogfish Music)
Mimi Fariña with Lowell Levinger- If My Eyes Were Blind
Live in Germany: To Benefit Bread & Roses (Dogfish Music)

Mimi Fariña with Lowell Levinger- Big Party
Live in Germany: To Benefit Bread & Roses (Dogfish Music)
Mimi Fariña with Lowell Levinger- Daniel Prayed
Live in Germany: To Benefit Bread & Roses (Dogfish Music)
Mimi Fariña with Lowell Levinger- Defying Gravity
Live in Germany: To Benefit Bread & Roses (Dogfish Music)

Joan Baez- Sweet Sir Galahad
Live at Woodstock (Craft)
Pete Seeger- The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood
God Bless the Grass (Columbia/Legacy)
Rhiannon Giddens- Birmingham Sunday
Freedom Highway (Nonesuch)
Caroline Doctorow- Reflections in a Crystal Wind
Another Country: The Songs of Mimi and Richard Fariña (Narrow Lane)

Next week – Hourglass: Songs and conversation with Murray McLauchlan

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--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday July 17, 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/128/52768.html

 

Murray McLauchlan- Wishes
Hourglass (True North)

Hannah Shira Naiman- Vinegar Pie
Vinegar Pie – single (Rosietta)
Jared Rabin- Hey Mister Doctor
Cold Rain and Snow (Golden Twine Music)
David Holt- Ready for the Times to Get Better
David Holt & The Lightning Bolts (High Windy Audio)
Adeline- Red Prairie Dawn
Adeline (Owl)
Sons of the Never Wrong- Set Us to Prayin’
Undertaker’s Songbook (Sons 3)

Marc Nerenberg- Trouble in Mind
Times Ain’t Nuthin’ Like They Used to Be (Marc Nerenberg)
Michael J. Miles with Jackie Allen- When Things Go Wrong
New Century Suite (Right Turn On Red Music)
Harrison Kennedy- Takin’ It Back
Who U Tellin’? (Electro-Fi)

Allison Russell- Persephone
Outside Child (Fantasy)
Allison Russell- 4th Day Prayer
Outside Child (Fantasy)

Po’ Girl- Ain’t Life Sweet
Home to You (Nettwerk)
The Lucky Sisters- Stone + Sand + Sea + Sky
So Lucky (Patio)
Durham County Poets & Michael Jerome Browne- Diamonds on the Water
Grimshaw Road (Durham County Poets)
Penny Lang- High Muddy Water
Stone + Sand + Sea + Sky (Borealis)
The Greenbriar Boys- Roll On John
Big Apple Bluegrass (Vanguard)

Tom Russell- Tonight We Ride
Old Songs Yet to Sing (Frontera)
Ian Tyson- Gallo del Cielo
Old Corrals and Sagebrush & Other Cowboy Culture Classics (Stony Plain)

Reggie Harris- Standing in Freedom’s Name
On Solid Ground (Reggie Harris Music)
Tom Prasada-Rao- A Change is Gonna Come
A Change is Gonna Come – single (Simple Gift)
Eliza Gilkyson & Jimmy LaFave- Down by the Riverside
Secularia (Red House)

The Easy Riders featuring Terry Gilkyson- The Green Leaves of Summer
Folk Songs You’ll Like (Jasmine)
Al Grierson- The Petals
The Petals (Folkin’ Eh)

Annie Gallup- Little Theater
Oh Everything (Galway Bay Music)
Kate McDonnell- Pilgrim
Ballad of a Bad Girl (Dog Eared Discs)
Chris Ronald- City Girl
Light & Dark (Borealis)
Erin Ash Sullivan- Train from Gary
We Can Hear Each Other (Willoughby)
Amy Speace with The Orphan Brigade- Shotgun Hearts
There Used to Be Horses Here (Windbone)

Bùmarang- Shot of Jamie
Echo Land (Fallen Tree)

Mark Schatz & Bryan McDowell- There Ain’t Nobody Here but Us Chickens
Grit & Polish (Patuxent Music)
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown- Salt Pork, West Virginia
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Sings Louis Jordan (Black & Blue)
Buster Poindexter & Soozie Tyrell- Saturday Night Fish Fry
Buster’s Happy Hour (Rhino)
Louis Jordan- Choo Choo Ch’Boogie
The Rock ‘n’ Roll Years 1955-1958 (Jasmine)

Guy Davis & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Guy Davis- Badonkadonk Train
Be Ready When I Call You (M.C.)
Maria Muldaur with Tuba Skinny- Delta Bound
Let’s Get Happy Together (Stony Plain)
Odetta- Empty Pocket Blues
Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin’ (RCA)
Barbara Dane- Ain’t Nobody Got the Blues Like Me
Trouble In Mind (Dreadnaught)

Kelly's Lot- Jealous Hearted Blues
Where or When (Kelly Zirbes)
Rob Lutes- That Bird Has My Wings
Come Around (Lucky Bear)
Donna Herula- I Got No Way Home
Bang at the Door (Donna Herula)
Jon Shain & FJ Ventre- Den Bosch Blues
Never Found a Way to Tame the Blues (Flyin’)

Socalled with The Kaiser Quartett- Oy Avram
Di Frosh and other Yiddish Songs (Membran)
Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma- Yiddish Banjo Suite
The Triumph of Assimilation (Rubinchik)

Robin & Linda Williams- A Better Day A-Coming
A Better Day A-Coming (Oakenwold Recordings)
Noel Paul Stookey- Revolution (1X1)
Just Causes (Neworld)

Dave Clarke- In the Falling Dark
The Healing Garden (Crossties)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on August 14. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

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

And on Facebook. facebook.com/mikeregenstreif

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday July 13, 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/595/52675.html

Theme: Songs About Refugees

Guest: Diana Jones

Moira Smiley SMILEY- Refugee
Unzip the Horizon (Moira Smiley Music)

Murray McLauchlan- Lying By the Sea (For Alan Kurdi)
Hourglass (True North)
Eric Bibb- Refugee Moan
Migration Blues (Stony Plain)
Kim Wallach- Refugee’s Lullaby
Chatter of the Finches (Black Socks Press)

Guy Davis- I’ve Looked Around
Be Ready When I Call You (M.C.)
Jabbour- Je tournais la clé
Carling Lake (Jabbour)
Eric Bogle- Refugee
At This Stage (Greentrax)

 

The next five songs punctuated my conversation with Diana Jones. The conversation was recorded on June 17 via Zoom.

Diana Jones- Song to a Refugee
Song to a Refugee (Goldmine)

Diana Jones- El Chaparral
Song to a Refugee (Goldmine)

Diana Jones, Steve Earle, Richard Thompson, Peggy Seeger & Zahara Phillips- We Believe You
Song to a Refugee (Goldmine)

Diana Jones- The Life I Left Behind
Song to a Refugee (Goldmine)

Diana Jones- The Sea is My Mother
Song to a Refugee (Goldmine)

Tom Russell- Across the Border
Appleseed’s 21st Anniversary: Roots and Branches (Appleseed)
Guy Clark- El Coyote
The Best of the Dualtone Years (Dualtone)
Los Texmaniacs with Rick Treviño- I am a Mexican
Cruzando Borders (Smithsonian Folkways)

Eric Andersen- Rain Falls Down in Amsterdam
Woodstock Under the Stars (Y&T Music)
Sultans of String featuring Ifrah Mansour- I Am a Refugee
Refuge (Sultans of String)

Sultans of String featuring Edmar Castaneda- Refuge
Refuge (Sultans of String)

Next week – Remembering Mimi Fariña

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday July 6, 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/595/52602.html

Theme: The Fourth Stranger Songs Fantasy Concert, a whole show of music recorded live in concert while we look forward to returning to concerts, clubs and festivals.

Eric Andersen- Blue River
Woodstock Under the Stars (Y&T Music)

Ian & Sylvia- Summer Wages
The Lost Tapes (Stony Plain)
Tom Russell & The Norwegian Wind Ensemble- St. Olav’s Gate
Aztec Jazz (Frontera)
Rosalie Sorrels- Girls In Our Town
Then Came the Children (Green Linnet)

Joseph Spence- Out on the Rolling Sea
Encore: Unheard Recordings of Bahamian Guitar and Singing (Smithsonian Folkways)
Bill Staines- I Bid You Goodnight
Bridges (Red House)

Hoyle Osborne- Maple Leaf Rag
Live at The Diamond Belle (Ripple)

David Amram- Pull My Daisy
Pull My Daisy (Premier)
Asleep at the Wheel- Route 66
Live at Billy Bob’s Texas (Smith)

Anna McGarrigle & Lily Lanken- Jacques et Gilles
Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle (Nonesuch)
Linda Thompson & Richard Thompson- Go Leave
Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle (Nonesuch)
Anna McGarrigle, Chaim Tannenbaum, Lily Lanken, Rufus Wainwright & Martha Wainwright- Dink’s Song
Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle (Nonesuch)

The Wailin' Jennys- Bring Me Little Water Sylvie
Live at The Mauch Chunk Opera House (Outside)
Saul Broudy- Cool Colorado
Ten Great Years at Kerrville, Volume One (Silverwolf)
Eric Taylor with Nanci Griffith- Mission Door
Live at the Red Shack (Blue Ruby)

Mike Regenstreif & Missy Burgess (2014)

Debi Smith- Intertwined
Deep Tracks (Degan Music)
Missy Burgess- Picture in a Frame
Missy Burgess with The Blue Train Live (Missy Burgess)
Lynn Miles with Keith Glass- Rust
Road (Lynn Miles)
Bob Franke- A Healing in This Night
The Other Evening in Chicago (Waterbug)

Hoyle Osborne- The Entertainer
Live at The Diamond Belle (Ripple)

Next week – Songs About Refugees with guest Diana Jones

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--Mike Regenstreif