Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday March 1, 2022: Part 1 – Solidarity with the people of Ukraine; Part 2 – I Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans (on Mardi Gras Day).

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/595/55400.html

Themes: Part 1 – Solidarity with the people of Ukraine. Part 2 – I Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans (on Mardi Gras Day).

Part 1 – Solidarity with the people of Ukraine

Paul Konoplenko- Our Ukraine
A Folksong Portrait of Canada (Mercury/Smithsonian Folkways)
The Mando Boys- Ukrainian Medley: Liturgical Music and Dance Tunes
The Mando Boys Live: Holstein Lust (Borderland Productions)

Michael Alpert & Julian Kytasty- Chernobyl
Night Songs from a Neighboring Village: Ballads of the Ukrainian & Yiddish Heartland (Oriente Musik)
Michael Alpert & Julian Kytasty- Night Songs
Night Songs from a Neighboring Village: Ballads of the Ukrainian & Yiddish Heartland (Oriente Musik)
The Malvinas- The Ukrainian Song
God Bless the Grass (Soona Songs)

Finjan- Azoi Tantzt Men Odessa (This is How We Dance in Odessa)
Dancing on Water (Rounder)

Part 2 – I Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans (on Mardi Gras Day)

Brenda Lewis- Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans
Far & Near (Brenda Lewis)
Paul Simon- Take Me to the Mardi Gras
There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (Warner Bros.)
Dr. John- Iko Iko
Dr. John’s Gumbo (Atco)
Kermit Ruffins & Irvin Mayfield featuring Dr. Michael White- Drop Me Off in New Orleans
A Beautiful World (Basin Street)

Mike Regenstreif & Marc Nerenberg (2009)

Marc Nerenberg with Noah Zacharin- On the Street Again, Revisted
On the Street Again, Revisted – single (Marc Nerenberg)
Chris Rawlings & Anne Lederman- Cindy Cindy 2.0
A Whistle, a Tune, a Song and a Dance (Cooking Fat Music)
Susan Werner- NOLA
NOLA: Susan Werner Goes to New Orleans (Sleeve Dog)
Long John Baldry- Midnight in New Orleans
The Best of the Stony Plain Years (Stony Plain)

Jennifer Warnes- I Am the Big Easy
Another Time, Another Place (BMG)
Mark Brine- Wrong Side of Bourbon St. Blues
New Blue Yodel (re:signed)
Victor Mecyssne (Victor Anthony)- Going to New Orleans
Hush Money (Sweetfish)

Larry Johnson- The Beat from Rampart Street
Fast and Funky (Blue Goose)
Little Brother Montgomery’s State Street Swingers- South Rampart St. Parade
Goodbye Mister Blues (Delmark)
David Roe- I Wish I was in New Orleans
Angel of New Orleans (David Roe)

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band & The Del McCoury Band- Milenberg Joys
American Legacies (McCoury)

Next week: Voices of Women.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday February 26, 2022

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/128/55354.html

Bruce Cockburn- Wondering Where the Lions Are
Greatest Hits (1970-2020) (True North)

Mike Regenstreif & Arlo Guthrie (1996)

Arlo Guthrie- Buffalo Gals
Son of the Wind (Rising Son)
Eliza Gilkyson- Buffalo Gals Redux
Songs from the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)
Buffao Gals Band- Little Sugar Creek
Where the Heart Wants to Go (Buffao Gals Band)
Annie & Rod Capps- Build the Fire
When They Fall (Maynard Music)

Tom Mitchell- You Save Everything
When the Moon is Right (Truesongs)
Ronney Abramson- Three O’Clock Ride
Three O’Clock Ride – single (Castor Island Music)
Tom Paxton- What a Friend You Are
Comedians & Angels (Appleseed)
Steel Rail- Paper Girl
Coming Home (Crossties)

Dom Flemons- He’s a Lone Ranger
Dom Flemons Presents Black Cowboys (Smithsonian Folkways)
Over the Moon- John Ware
Chinook Waltz (Borealis)
Odetta- When I was a Cowboy
Lookin’ for a Home: Thanks to Leadbelly (M.C.)

Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne- Stewball
Blues from Chicago to Paris: A Tribute to Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon (Stony Plain)
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon- John Henry
Songs of Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon (Folkways)
Dave Van Ronk & The Ragtime Jug Stompers- K.C. Moan
Ragtime Jug Stompers (Oldays)

Mike Mullins- Hallelujah
8-String Sketches (Rubber Chicken)

James Gordon- Crybabies Caravan
Crybabies Caravan – single (James Gordon)

Bruce Murdoch- (If I Had) Wings
Bruce Murdoch (Radio Canada International)
Eliza Gilkyson- Farthest End
Songs from the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)
Stephen Mendel- Ready for the Storm
Sing Me a Story (Stephen Mendel)

Mike Regenstreif & Garnet Rogers (2006)

Garnet Rogers- Corrina, Corrina
Night Drive (Snow Goose Songs)
Bob Dylan- Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (Columbia/Legacy)
Ralph McTell- West 4th Street and Jones
Hill of Beans (Leola)
Kevin Hearn & Thin Buckle with Garth Hudson- You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
Garth Hudson Presents a Canadian Celebration of The Band: 10th Anniversary Edition (Curve Music)

Janis Ian- Nina
The Light at the End of the Line (Rude Girl)
Nina Simone- Stars
The Montreux Years (BMG)
Tom Russell & The Norwegian Wind Ensemble- Nina Simone
Aztec Jazz (Frontera)

The StorySound All-Stars: Rachelle Garniez, Chaim Tannenbaum, Dick Connette, Ana Egge, Amanda Homi, Connie Kirch, Daisy Press, Terry Radigan, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Suzzy Roche, Loudon Wainwright III & Lorenzo Wolf- Dangerous Business
Dangerous Business – single (StorySound)
Noel Paul Stookey- Fun Police
Fazz: Now & Then (Neworld Multimedia)

RanchWriters- Earl’s Taxi
RanchWriters (True North)

Don Armstrong- Annabelle Teaching Her Daddy to Dance
Mother Don’t Give Up on Me Now (Ronstadt Record Co.)
Annabelle Chvostek- Dance Me to the End of Love
Dance Me to the End of Love – single (Annabelle Chvostek)
Leonard Cohen- Thanks for the Dance
Thanks for the Dance (Columbia/Legacy)
Lynne Hanson- Hip Like Cohen
Hip Like Cohen – single (Lynne Hanson)

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Eliza Gilkyson- Charlie Moore
Songs from the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)
Sally Potter- May the Light of Love
Summer’s Child (Sally Potter)
David Roth- Last Day On This Earth
Last Day On This Earth (Maythelight Music)

Jana Pochop- Head Spin
The Astronaut (Jana Pochop)
Jordi Baizan- Palm Reader
The Love in You (Berkalin)
Maria Dunn- Declan’s Song (The Good Life)
Joyful Banner Blazing (Distant Whisper)

Folkapotamus- We’ll Dance Again
We’ll Dance Again (PhatCat)
Isabel & The Uncommons- Distance
Distance – single (Isabel Fryszberg)
Karen Morand & The Bosco Boys- Ghost Hotel
Ghost Hotel (Karen Morand)
Keith Glass Band- Different World
Different World – single (Stump)

Artie Traum & Pat Alger- From the Heart
From the Heart (Rounder)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on March 26. 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 22, 2022: A Tribute to Fats Waller

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/595/55286.html

Theme: A Tribute to Fats Waller

Thomas Wright Waller, better known as Fats Waller, died in 1943 at age 39 after an all-too-brief career as an influential pianist, singer, and composer and as one of the most popular performers of his era. Some of the songs and instrumentals I played on this show were written by Waller, some were not, but all of them were performed and recorded by him at some point or another.

Fats Waller- Ain’t Misbehavin’
Happy Birthday Fats (True North)

Jackie Washington & Mike Regenstreif (2008)

Jackie Washington- The Joint is Jumpin’
The World of Jackie Washington (Borealis)
Jeff Healey- I Wish I Were Twins
Among Friends (Stony Plain)
The Hot Sardines- Keepin’ Out of Mischief Now
Welcome Home, Bon Voyage (Eleven)
Fats Waller- The Minor Drag
The Joint is Jumpin’ (Bluebird)

Scarlett, Washington & Whiteley- Sweet Sue
Sitting on a Rainbow (Borealis)
Martin, Bogan & Armstrong- If You’se a Viper
That Old Gang of Mine/Martin, Bogan & Armstrong (Flying Fish)

Allen Toussaint- Viper’s Drag
American Tunes (Nonesuch)

Fats Waller- When You and I Were Young Maggie
Happy Birthday Fats (True North)
Roberta Donnay & The Prohibition Mob Band- I’ve Got A Feeling I’m Falling
A Little Sugar (Motema)
Michael 'Earnie' Taylor- You’re Not the Only Oyster in the Stew
Folk ‘n’ Western (Laughing Cactus Music)
Maria Muldaur- Squeeze Me
Waitress in a Donut Shop (Reprise)
Leon Redbone- I’m Crazy ‘Bout My Baby
Whistling in the Wind (Rounder)

Dinah Washington- (What Did I Do To Be So) Black and Blue
Dinah Washington Sings Fats Waller (EmArcy)
Louis Armstrong & Velma Middleton- All That Meat and No Potatoes
Satch Plays Fats (Columbia)
Susie Arioli Swing Band featuring Jordan Officer- Honeysuckle Rose
Pennies from Heaven (Justin Time)
Fats Waller- Blues
The Joint is Jumpin’ (Bluebird)

Catherine Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2007)

Mose Scarlett- Lulu’s Back in Town
Precious Seconds (Borealis)
Catherine Russell- Everybody Loves My Baby
Strictly Romancin’ (World Village)
Dave Van Ronk- Your Feet’s Too Big
Sweet & Lowdown (Justin Time)
Fats Waller- After You’ve Gone
Happy Birthday Fats (True North)
Time Sparks- The Alligator Crawl
Sidewalk Blues (ToneWood)

Jack Radcliffe & Al Oliveira- S’posin’
Two Hot to Handle (Wepecket Island)
Fats Waller- You’re Slightly Less Than Wonderful
Happy Birthday Fats (True North)
Loudon Wainwright III with Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks- Ain’t Misbehavin’
I’d Rather Lead a Band (Search Party)

Fats Waller- Yacht Club Swing
The Joint is Jumpin’ (Bluebird)

Next week: A musical visit to New Orleans on Mardi Gras Day, Volume 2.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday February 15, 2022: Part 1 – Remembering Tony Barrand and Norma Waterson; Part 2 – Love 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/595/55205.html

Themes: Part 1 – Remembering Tony Barrand and Norma Waterson; Part 2 – Love Songs

In memory of Tony Barrand (1945-2022)

John Roberts & Tony Barrand- Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy
A Present from the Gentlemen (Golden Hind Music)
John Roberts & Tony Barrand- A Smuggler’s Song
A Present from the Gentlemen (Golden Hind Music)
John Roberts & Tony Barrand- A Pilgrim’s Way
Twiddlum Twaddlum (Golden Hind Music)

In memory of Norma Waterson (1939-2022)

The Watersons- I am a Rover
Troubadours of British Folk, Volume 1 (Rhino)
Waterson:Carthy- Polly’s Love
Common Tongue (Topic)
Norma Waterson- Black Muddy River
Norma Waterson (Hannibal)

Love Songs

Dave Van Ronk- Another Time and Place
Down in Washington Square (Smithsonian Folkways)
Reggie Harris & Colleen Kattau- Maybe It’s Love
On Solid Ground (Reggie Harris Music)
Steel Rail- Once in a While
Coming Home (Crossties)
Quartette- First Love Waltz
Rocks and Roses (Outside Music)

Miranda Mulholland- Heart Like a Wheel
By Appointment or Chance (Roaring Girl)
Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Foolish You
Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Nonesuch)
Chaim Tannenbaum- (Talk to Me of) Mendocino
Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2018)

Eliza Gilkyson- Don’t Stop Lovin’ Me
Songs from the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)
Tom Russell & The Norwegian Wind Ensemble- Finding You
Aztec Jazz (Frontera)
HuDost- Deliverance
Anthems of Home (HuDost Music)
Bruce Cockburn- Anything Anytime Anywhere
Greatest Hits (1970-2020) (True North)

Annabelle Chvostek- Dance Me to the End of Love
Dance Me to the End of Love – single (Annabelle Chvostek)
Nina Simone- Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair
Nina Simone for Lovers: Deluxe Edition (Verve)
The Twangtown Paramours- Anyone But You
Double Down on a Bad Thing (Inside Edge)
Josie Bello- Love That’s Real
Resilience (Josie Bello)

Next week: Songs of Fats Waller

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday February 8, 2022: Boogie Men and Boogie Women

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/595/55121.html

Theme: Boogie Men and Boogie Women

Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley- Boogie Train
Scrap Metal Blues (Electro-Fi)

Big Joe Turner- Boogie Woogie Country Girl
Flip, Flop and Fly 1951-1955 (Rev-Ola)
Willie Dixon- Big 3 Boogie
The Big Three Trio (Columbia)
Jay McShann- The Fish Fry Boogie
Goin’ to Kansas City (Stony Plain)
Jimmy Rushing- Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong)
Do You Wanna Jump, Children? 1937-1946 (Jasmine)
Louis Jordan- Choo Choo Ch’Boogie
The Rock ‘n’ Roll Years 1955-1958 (Jasmine)

Lawrence Lebo- Cowboy Swinging Boogie Woogie
Don’t Call Her Larry, Volume 3: American Roots (On the Air)
Driftin’ Doug- Alberta Boogie
A Legend in His Grime (Driftin’ Doug)
Brenda Lewis- Cow Cow Boogie
Far & Near (Brenda Lewis)

The Bebop Cowboys- Cadillac Boogie
Some Kind of Fantasy (Bebop Cowboys)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2006)

Jesse Winchester- Never Forget to Boogie
A Reasonable Amount of Trouble (Appleseed)
The Andrews Sisters- Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
Ultimate Edition (Nostalgic Melody Music Production)
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Bill Kirchen- Guitar Boogie
Voice on the Wind (Rounder)
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen - The Boogie Man Boogie
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen (Wounded Bird)

Stick McGhee- House Warmin’ Boogie
New York Blues and R&B (JSP)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee- You Bring Out the Boogie In Me
Sonny & Brownie (A&M)
Lil Hardin Armstrong- Boogie Me
Chicago: The Living Legends (Riverside)
Jesse Fuller- Memphis Boogie
Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals & Blues (Good Time Jazz)

Michael Jerome Browne- Boogie Chillen
Double (Borealis)
Susie Arioli Swing Band featuring Jordan Officer- Jordan’s Boogie
Pennies from Heaven (Justin Time)
Little Miss Higgins- Broadcast Boogie
Two Nights in March (L.M.H. Music)
Sue Foley- Boogie Real Low
Pinky’s Blues (Stony Plain)

Cab Calloway- The Calloway Boogie
Are You Hep to the Jive? (Columbia/Legacy)
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers- Roll the Boogie
Everybody’s Talkin’ ‘Bout Miss Thing (Fat Note)
Brother John Sellers- Dorothea Boogie
Brother John Sellers Sings Blues and Folk Songs (Vanguard)
Big Mama Thornton- Mischievous Boogie
The Story of My Blues: The Complete Singles As and Bs 1951-1961 (Jasmine)

Little Brother Montgomery- Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie
Classic Piano Blues from Smithsonian Folkways (Smithsonian Folkways)

Next week: Part 1 – Remembering Norma Waterson and Tony Barrand; Part 2 – Love Songs

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--Mike Regenstreif