Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday November 2, 2021: Show Us the Money, Please

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/595/53994.html

Theme: Show Us the Money, Please

CKCU is listener-supported community radio and this edition of Stranger Songs will be heard during CKCU’s 2021 Funding Drive. All donations are greatly needed and greatly appreciated. To donate to Stranger Songs and CKCU, visit … https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/CKCU/p2p/CKCU-2021-funding-drive/team/stranger-songs/

Dom Flemons- One Dollar Bill
Dom Flemons Presents Black Cowboys (Smithsonian Folkways)

Sneezy Waters & Mike Regenstreif (2013)

Sneezy Waters- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime
Sneezy Waters (Sneezy Waters)
Derek Lamb- The Money Rolls In
She was Poor but She was Honest (Smithsonian Folkways)
Odetta- Empty Pocket Blues
Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin’ (RCA)

Old Man Luedecke- Easy Money
Easy Money (True North)
John Stewart- Easy Money
Cannons in the Rain/Wingless Angels (One Way)

Dolly Parton- Cash on the Barrelhead
The Grass is Blue (Sugar Hill)
Valerie Smith- A Dollar Looked Mighty Good
Renaissance (Bell Buckle)

Oscar Brand- A Dollar Ain’t a Dollar Anymore
Pie in the Sky (Tradition)
Grit Laskin- Sing for a Penny
Earthly Concerns (Borealis)
Bonnie Dobson- Living on Plastic
Take Me for a Walk in the Morning Dew (Hornbeam)

David Essig & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

David Essig- Quiet Money
A Stone in My Pocket (Peregrin Songs)
Rosalie Sorrels- The Money Crop
No Closing Chord: The Songs of Malvina Reynolds (Red House)
David Francey- Money Boys
Empty Train (Laker Music)

El Coyote- Tip Jar
El Coyote (El Coyote)
Rick Whitelaw- Bottom Dollar
Polishing the Stone (Rick Whitelaw)
Diana Jones- All My Money On You
My Remembrance of You (Newsong Recordings)

Dakota Dave Hull & Sean Blackburn- Money
River of Swing (Arabica)
The Lovin' Spoonful- Money
Everything Playing (Sony/Legacy)
Deborah Holland- Money
Vancouver (RageOn)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2005)

Tom Russell- Throwing Horseshoes at the Moon
Old Songs Yet to Sing (Frontera)
Nanci Griffith- Money Changes Everything
The Loving Kind (Rounder)
Martin Grosswendt- I Will Turn Your Money Green
Pay Day! (Martin Grosswendt)

Hans Theessink & Terry Evans- I Need Money
Delta Time (Delta Groove)
John Lee Hooker- I Need Some Money
Anthology: 50 Years (Shout! Factory)

Lisa Null- Follow the Money
Legacies (Folk-Legacy)

Next week: Addendums to Past Themes (CKCU Funding Drive)

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday October 26, 2021: Songs of Randy Newman

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/595/53908.html

Theme: Songs of Randy Newman

Randy Newman (Twitter)

Randy Newman- She Chose Me
Dark Matter (Nonesuch)

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee with Arlo Guthrie- Sail Away
Sonny & Brownie (A&M)
Randy Newman- It’s Lonely at the Top
Sail Away (Reprise)
Dave Van Ronk- Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear
To All My Friends in Far-Flung Places (Gazell)
The Duhks- Political Science
Sail Away: The Songs of Randy Newman (Sugar Hill)

Randy Newman- Burn On
Sail Away (Reprise)
Sussex- Dayton, Ohio – 1903
Parade Day (Lucky Bear)
Tracy Nelson- God’s Song (That’s Why I Love Mankind)
Homemade Songs/Come See About Me (Flying Fish)

Chris Smither- Old Kentucky Home
I’m a Stranger Too (Tomato)

Caroline Doctorow- I Think It’s Going to Rain Today
Dreaming in Vinyl (Narrow Lane)
Odetta- Mama Told Me Not to Come
Odetta Sings (Polydor)
Randy Newman- I’ll Be Home
Randy Newman Live (Warner Bros.)

The Del McCoury Band- Birmingham
Sail Away: The Songs of Randy Newman (Sugar Hill)
Judy Collins- Marie
Hard Times for Lovers (Elektra)
Randy Newman- Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man)
Good Old Boys (Warner Bros.)
Madeleine Peyroux- Guilty
The Blue Room (Decca)
Michael Jerome Browne- Louisiana 1927
That’s Where It’s At! (Borealis)
Mollie O'Brien- Rollin’
Big Red Sun (Sugar Hill)

Jeanie Stahl- Texas Girl at the Funeral of Her Father
Mysteries (Daring)
Peter Mulvey- In Germany Before the War
Ten Thousand Mornings (Signature Sounds)
Nina Simone- Baltimore
Baltimore (Epic/Legacy)
Randy Newman- Old Man on the Farm
Little Criminals (Warner Bros.)

Mary McCaslin- Living Without You
Way Out West (Philo)
Peggy Lee- Love Story
Is That All There Is (Capitol)
Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton & Emmylou Harris- Feels Like Home
Trio II (Asylum)
Randy Newman- Harps and Angels
Harps and Angels (Nonesuch)

Next week: CKCU Funding Drive – Show Us the Money, Please

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday October 19, 2021: Eating Songs

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/595/53829.html

Theme: Eating Songs

Le Chat Mort- Mama’s Got a Baby
Roses (Le Chat Mort)

Steve Goodman- Chicken Cordon Bleus
Somebody Else’s Troubles (Sequel)
Papa John Kolstad with Wildman Mike Turk- Beans Taste Fine
Beans Taste Fine (Wampus Cat)
Christine Lavin- Cold Pizza for Breakfast Redux
Cold Pizza for Breakfast (Yellow Tail)
Bowser & Blue- The Night They Invented Poutine
Crackpots (You Guys Publishing)

Robert Resnik & Mike Regenstreif (2019)

Christine Lavin- Peanut Butter Soup
Spaghettification (Christine Lavin)
Chris Rawlings- Soupe du Jour
Pearl Soup (Cooking Fat Music)
Allan Sherman- Strange Things in My Soup
Togetherness (Warner Bros.)
Robert Resnik & Gigi Weisman- Home Grown Tomatoes
Sweet Potatoes and Home Grown Tomatoes (Fletcher Free Library)

Ronny Cox- Hot Water Cornbread
Live at the Kitchen Sink (Ronny Cox)

Shelley Posen- Finders, Kippers
Menorah: Songs from a Jewish Life (Well Done Music)
Slim Gaillard & His Flat Foot Floogie Boys- Matzoh Balls
From Avenue A to the Great White Way: Yiddish & American Popular Songs from 1914-1950 (Columbia/Legacy)
Mickey Katz- Come-On-A-My House
Strictly Kosher: The Singles Collection 1950-1962 (Jasmine)
The Klezmer Conservatory Band- Dos Geshrey Fun Der Vilder Katshke
Live! The Thirteenth Anniversary Album (Rounder)
Shelley Posen- So How Come You Don’t Have Tongue?
Manna (Well Done Music)

Mike Regenstreif & David Amram (2017)

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee- Cornbread, Peas and Black Molasses
London, 1958 (Jasmine)
Victor Anthony- Chittlin’ Cookin’ Time in Cheatham County
Those Nashville Blues (Victor Anthony)
David Amram- Louisiana Crawfish Etouffee
Southern Stories (Chrome)
Susan Werner- The Night I Ate New Orleans
NOLA: Susan Werner Goes to New Orleans (Sleeve Dog)

Colin Linden- Ain’t That Gravy Good
The World of Jackie Washington (Borealis)
Jackie Washington- Save the Bones for Henry Jones
Midnight Choo Choo (Borealis)
Josh White, Jr..- One Meatball
Live at the Raven Gallery (Silverwolf)

Jamie Anderson- Ice Cream
The Truth Appears (Tsunami)
Roberta Donnay & the Prohibition Mob Band- Kitchen Man
Bathtub Gin (Motema)
Tom Russell & Barrence Whitfield- The Cuban Sandwich
Wounded Heart of America (HighTone)

Chris Rawlings & Mike Regenstreif (2007)

Chris Rawlings & Anne Lederman- An Apple a Day
A Whistle, a Tune, a Song and a Dance (Cooking Fat Music)
Little Richard- I Got It
Rocks (Bear Family)
Dawn Tyler Watson- Smoked Meat
Jawbreaker (Dawn Tyler Watson)

The Confabulation- Late for Lunch
Tunnels and Visions (Woodhead Music)

Next week: Songs of Randy Newman

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

And on Facebook. facebook.com/mikeregenstreif

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday October 12, 2021: Drinking Songs

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/595/53775.html

Theme: Drinking Songs

Annie Lou- Grandma’s Rules for Drinking
Grandma’s Rules for Drinking (Annie Lou)

Finest Kind- Sussex Drinking Song
Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle)
David Parry- In Praise of Alcohol
The Man from Eldorado: Songs and Stories of Robert W. Service (Borealis)
Joni Mitchell- Nancy Whiskey
Archives – Volume 1: The Early Years (1963-1967) (Rhino)
Sandy & Caroline Paton- I’m a Rover and Seldom Sober
The Village Out West: The Lost Tapes of Alan Oakes – Field Recordings of the 1960s California Folk Music Scene (Smithsonian Folkways)
Ian Robb with The Friends of Fiddler's Green- Garnet’s Home-Made Beer
From Different Angels (Fallen Angle)

Stick McGhee- Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee
New York Blues and R&B (JSP)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee- One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer
Backwater Blues (Fantasy)

Gina Forsyth- Whiskey Before Breakfast
Copper Rooster and Other Tunes and Tales (Waterbug)

Rosalie Sorrels- Red Wine at Noon
Always a Lady (Green Linnet)
Kathy Mattea- Little Glass of Wine
Pretty Bird (Captain Potato)
Tom Paxton & The DonJuans- Bottle of Wine
Live (Pax)
Buster Poindexter- Who Drank My Beer (While I was in the Rear)?
Buster’s Happy Hour (Rhino)

Mike Regenstreif & Maria Dunn (2017)

Maria Dunn- Whiskey Evening
For a Song (Distant Whisper Music)
Russ Kelley- Whiskey Stone Blues
In Plain Sight (Ark Road Music Productions)
Lynn Miles- She Drinks
We’ll Look for Stars (Must Have Music)
Shelley Posen- Having a Drink with Jane
The Old Songs’ Home (Well Done Music)

Penny Lang- Barrelhouse Blues
Live at the Yellow Door (She-Wolf)
John McCutcheon- Moonshiner
Bucket List (Appalseed)
Laura Nyro- Sweet Blindness
Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (Columbia/Legacy)

Tom Mitchell & Mike Regenstreif (1999)

Tom Mitchell- Eastern Beer
1976 live recording – used with permission
Dave Van Ronk- Alabama Song
Let No One Deceive You: Songs of Bertolt Brecht (Flying Fish)
David Massengill- Last Call
Dave on Dave: A Tribute to Dave Van Ronk (Gadfly)
Miranda Mulholland- The Parting Glass
By Appointment or Chance (Roaring Girl)

Mary Gauthier- I Drink
Live at Blue Rock (In the Black)

Next week: Eating Songs

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

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--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday October 9, 2021

Saturday Morning is an eclectic roots-oriented program on CKCU in Ottawa heard 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 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/128/53738.html

Braden Gates- Employee of the Month
Kitchen Days (Borealis)

Doug McArthur- Hills of Connemara
The Horses of the Sea: A Personal Exploration of Ireland (dougimac.com)
Christine Collister- The Lake Isle of Innisfree
I Am of Ireland: Yeats in Song (Merrow)
Brendan Nolan- The Hills of Isle au Haut
Live at the Side Door (Ould Segosha)
Makem & Spain- Barnyards of Delgaty
Four Pounds a Day (New Folk)

Anna Lynch- Apples in the Fall
Apples in the Fall (Anna Lynch)
Jack Hardy- Autumn
Bandolier (Great Divide)
Marshall Chapman- I Still Miss Someone
Songs I Can’t Live Without (Tallgirl)
Cosy Sheridan- Where Have You Gone Bluebird?
A Beautiful Sound (Cosy Sheridan)
Bok, Muir & Trickett- Turning Toward the Morning
Turning Toward the Morning (Folk-Legacy)

Mike Regenstrif & Quartette: Caitlyn Hanford, Sylvia Tyson, Cindy Church, Gwen Swick (1997)

Ina May Wool- Going Through the Pictures
Rewrite the Ending (Voice of Binky Music)
Erin Ash Sullivan- Fabric
We Can Hear Each Other (Willoughby)
Ronney Abramson- Moon’s Memory/Sometime
Stowaway (Castor Island Music)
Quartette- Rocks and Roses
Rocks and Roses (Outside Music)
Robin & Linda Williams- Roses and Time
A Better Day A-Coming (Oakenwold Recordings)

Shane Cook & The Woodcutters- Kyle’s Fiddle
Be Here for a While (Shane Cook)

Lisa Bastoni- Across the Great Divide
Across the Great Divide – single (Sweet Ondine Music)
Anne Hills- There’s a Light Beyond These Woods
There’s a Light Beyond These Woods – single (Hand & Heart Music)
Louise Mosrie Coombe- Late Night Grande Hotel
Late Night Grande Hotel – single (Zoe Cat Music)
Tom Prasada-Rao- It’s a Hard Life Wherever You Go
It’s a Hard Life Wherever You Go – single (Tom Prasada-Rao)
Nanci Griffith- Sing
The Loving Kind (Rounder)

Mike Regenstreif & Marc Nerenberg (2009)

Marc Nerenberg- Dink’s Song
Delia’s Gone: Murder Ballads & Other Songs of Love & Death (Marc Nerenberg)
Fred Neil- I’ve Got a Secret (Didn’t We Shake Sugaree)
The Many Sides of Fred Neil (EMI Collector’s Choice)
RanchWriters- Fred Neil
RanchWriters (True North)
Keith Sykes- Everybody’s Talkin’
Everybody’s Talkin’: A Tribute to Fred Neil (Y&T Music)

Mary Lou Fulton- The Ballad of Suaqui
We’ll Tell Stories (Infinidad)
Tzimmes- Cuando El Rey Nimrod (When King Nimrod)
The Road Never Travelled (Big Tzimmes Productions)

John McCutcheon- Ghost Town
Bucket List (Appalseed)
Shawna Caspi- Ghost Town
Hurricane Coming (Shawna Caspi)

Dave Clarke- River Valley
The Healing Garden (Crossties)

Mike Regenstreif & Lynn Miles (2013)

Lynn Miles with Keith Glass- Fearless Heart
Road (Lynn Miles)
Jonathan Edwards- Right Where I Am
Right Where I Am (Rising)

Mary Chapin Carpenter- This Shirt
One Night Lonely (Lambent Light)
El Coyote- Leaving Thunder
El Coyote (El Coyote)
Eric Lambert- The Weight
Beating the Odds (Woodpicker Tunes)

The Pogues- Dirty Old Town
Rum Sodomy & the Lash (WEA)
Finny McConnell- A Pair of Brown Eyes
The Dark Streets of Love (True North)
Séan McCann- Chariot
Shantyman (Séan McCann)

Guy Davis- I Thought I Heard the Devil Call My Name
Be Ready When I Call You (M.C.)
Elly Wininger- Black Snake Moan
The Blues Never End (Earwig)
Maria Muldaur with Tuba Skinny- Swing You Sinners
Let’s Get Happy Together (Stony Plain)
Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley- Boogie Train
Scrap Metal Blues (Electro-Fi)
Sue Foley- Boogie Real Low
Pinky’s Blues (Stony Plain)

Jay McShann- Jumpin’ with McShann
After Hours (Storyville)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on November 6. 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