Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday May 3, 2022: Songs of – or inspired by – Jesse Winchester (1944-2014)

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/595/56097.html

Theme: Songs of – or inspired by – Jesse Winchester  (1944-2014)

Jesse Winchester- Nothing but a Breeze
Nothing but a Breeze (Stony Plain)

Bob Stark describes “I Can’t Be Sure” as a fictional sequel to Jesse Winchester’s “Yankee Lady.”

Jesse Winchester- Yankee Lady
Jesse Winchester (Stony Plain)
Bob Stark- I Can’t Be Sure
Sculpted Pieces of Love (Bob Stark)
Lisa Moscatiello- Biloxi
Second Avenue (Machine Heart)
Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Emmylou Harris- Skip Rope Song
The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)
Rick Fines- That’s What Makes You Strong
Solar Powered Too (Rick Fines)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2006)

Jesse Winchester- It’s a Shame About Him
Love Filling Station (Appleseed)

Myles Goodwyn- Isn’t That So
And Friends of the Blues (Linus)
Bailey Bigger- Mississippi You’re On My Mind
Coyote Red (Madjack)
William Bell- All of Your Stories
This is Where I Live (Stax) 

Jesse Winchester & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Mimi Fariña with Lowell Levinger- Defying Gravity
Live in Germany: To Benefit Bread & Roses (Dogfish Music)
Jesse Winchester- Black Dog
Seems Like Only Yesterday – Live in Montreal 1976 (Real Gone Music)

Steve Lundquist’s “Tennessee Kid” was inspired by Jesse Winchester. The title is a reference to a line in Jesse’s “Brand New Tennessee Waltz.”

Steve Lundquist- Tennessee Kid
My Life in Song (Steve Lundquist)
Ralph Stanley & Del McCoury- Brand New Tennessee Waltz
Man of Constant Sorrow (Cracker Barrel)
Christine Albert- L’air de la Louisiane
Paris, Texafrance (MoonHouse)
Susie Burke & David Surette- I Turn to My Guitar
Waiting for the Sun (Madrina Music)
Jesse Winchester- Sham-A-Ling-Dong-Ding
Love Filling Station (Appleseed)

Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers- My Songbird
Ramble in Music City: The Lost Concert 1990 (Nonesuch)
Chris Smither- Thanks to You
Small Revelations (HighTone)
Lucy Kaplansky- Everybody Knows but Me
The Tide (Red House)
Jesse Winchester- Blow On, Chilly Wind
Let the Rough Side Drag (Stony Plain)
Steve Lundquist & Mike Fjerstad- I Wave Bye Bye
Unreleased recording – used with permission

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2006)

Jesse Winchester- Just So Much
A Reasonable Amount of Trouble (Appleseed)

Next week: Rooty Toot Toot for the Moon.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday April 26, 2022: Inspired by Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music

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/595/56020.html

Theme: Inspired by Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music

Harry Smith was a filmmaker who compiled 84 songs recorded commercially by various artists between 1926 and 1933. The Anthology of American Folk Music was released by Folkways Records in 1952 and reissued as a 6-CD boxed set by Smithsonian Folkways in 1997. Generations of artists have been inspired and influenced by the Anthology over the past 70 years. This show showcases contemporary versions of some of the songs from the Anthology recorded between the 1960s and 2020s. Some of these versions are faithful to the ones included on the Anthology while others take the songs in new directions.

Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Roma Baran- Willie Moore
Tell My Sister (Nonesuch)
Michael Jerome Browne- The Coo Coo
Michael Jerome Browne & The Twin Rivers String Band (Borealis)
Ian & Sylvia- Old Blue
Ian & Sylvia (Vanguard)
Happy & Artie Traum- Penny’s Farm
Hard Times in the Country (Rounder)

Peter Keane- Stack O’Lee
Blues/Ballads/Cowboy Songs (Peter Keane)
Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur- Frankie
Penny’s Farm (Kingswood)
Odetta- Sail Away Ladies
Movin’ It On (Rose Quartz)

Colin James- See That My Grave is Kept Clean
Miles to Go (True North)

“Philadelphia” Jerry Ricks- James Alley Blues
Deep in the Well (Rooster Blues)
Robin Greenstein- The Wagoner’s Lad
Images of Women, Vol. 1 (Windy)
Marc Nerenberg- I Wish I was a Mole in the Ground
On the Street Again (Marc Nerenberg)
Buffy Sainte-Marie- House Carpenter
Little Wheel Spin and Spin (Vanguard)

Arnie Naiman & Chris Coole- John Hardy
5 Strings Attached with No Backing (Merriweather)
Hannah Shira Naiman- Train On the Island
Know the Mountain (Merriweather)
Dave Van Ronk & The Ragtime Jug Stompers- K.C. Moan
Ragtime Jug Stompers (Oldays)
Rory Block- Spike Driver Blues
Avalon: A Tribute to Mississippi John Hurt (Stony Plain)

David Johansen & The Harry Smiths- Kassie Jones
Shaker (Chesky)
The Haden Triplets- Single Girl, Married Girl
The Haden Triplets (Third Man)
Guy Davis- Minglewood Blues
Call Down the Thunder (Red House)
Taj Mahal & The Hula Blues Band- Fishin’ Blues
Live from Kauai (Kuleana)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Sugar Baby
The Harry Smith Project: Anthology of American Folk Music Revisited (Shout! Factory)

Next week: Songs of – and songs inspired by – Jesse Winchester.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday April 23, 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/128/55987.html

Anne Hills- Follow That Road
Angle of the Light (Flying Fish)

Steve Lundquist- Slow Down Sonny
My Life in Song (Steve Lundquist)
Jerry Jeff Walker- Then Came the Children
Too Old to Change (Elektra)
Paul Siebel- Jasper & the Miners
Jack-Knife Gypsy (Elektra)

Utah Phillips & Mike Regenstreif (1976) photo: Felicty Fanjoy

Steve Madewell- Early On In Life
Hometown Blues (Barnsongs)
Mary Chapin Carpenter- I Am a Town
One Night Lonely (Lambent Light)
Jefferson Ross- You Can’t Go Home Again
Southern Currency (Jefferson Ross)
Utah Phillips- Starlight on the Rails
Good Though! (Philo)

Willie Dunn- Broker
Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology (Light in the Attic)
James Keelaghan- Cold Missouri Waters
History: The First 25 Years (Borealis)

Amy Speace- Cottonwood
Tuscon (Windbone)
Allison Russell- The Hunters
Outside Child (Fantasy)
Amy Speace- If You Fall
Tuscon (Windbone)

Dave Clarke- Simonne
The Healing Garden (Crossties)

John McCutcheon- Ukrainian Now
Ukrainian Now – single (Appalsongs)
Lee Oskar- Never Forget
Never Forget (Dreams We Share Productions)
Ina May Wool- Time of Trouble
Rewrite the Ending (Voice of Binky Music)
Susan Cattaneo- Hold Onto Hope
All is Quiet (Jersey Girl Music)

Bill Bourne- Seven Angels
Sally’s Dream (Ragged Pup)

Bruce Cockburn- Pacing the Cage
Greatest Hits (1970-2020) (True North)
Geneviève Racette- The Tide
Satellite (Geneviève Racette)
Lynne Hanson- This Heart of Mine
Ice Cream in November (Panda Cave)

Mike Regenstreif & Lynn Miles (2013)

Rick Fines- One Lone Loon
Solar Powered Too (Rick Fines)
Susan Crowe- I was Handsome, I was Young
A Pilgrim’s Mirror (Corvus)
Shari Ulrich- Canada
Back to Shore (Borealis)
Lynn Miles- My Road
Downpour (Lynn Miles)

Pat Moore & The Vinyl Frontier- Strange
Take It to Heart (Pat Moore)
Ball & Chain & The Wreckers- Graveyard Shift
Live at the Bayou (Ball & Chain)
Shane Cook & The Woodchippers- The Little Contortionist
Be Here for a While (Shane Cook)

Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues- Counter Intuitive – Op. 24 Part Two
Different Voices (Dawnserly)

Rain Perry- Melody and Jack
A White Album (Precipitous)
Tom Prasada-Rao- Tenderness
Tenderness – single (Tom Prasada-Rao)
Josie Bello- The Sound of Guitars
Resilience (Josie Bello)

Mike Regenstreif & Priscilla Herdman (1978) photo: Ron Petronko

Amy Bishop- Five Minutes
Perfect & Broken (Amy Bishop)
Priscilla Herdman- Millworker
Forgotten Dreams (Flying Fish)
Annie Gallup- Harvey Moved to Queens
Harvey Moved to Queens – single (Galway Bay Music)

Martyn Joseph- Down to the Well
1960 (Pipe)
Stéphane Wrembel- Swing de Paris
The Django Experiment VI (Water is Life)
Sophie Milman- La Vie en Rose
Sophie Milman (Linus)
Ann Savoy & Her Sleepless Knights- Getting Some Fun Out of Life
If Dreams Come True (Memphis International)
Susie Arioli featuring Jordan Officer- Blue Skies
Night Lights (Spectra)

Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne- The Way She Loves a Man
Blues from Chicago to Paris: A Tribute to Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon (Stony Plain)
Kenny Neal featuring Rockin' Dopsie Jr. & The Zydeco Twisters- Bon Temps Rouler
Straight from the Heart (Ruf)
The Duke Robillard Band with Sue Foley- No Good Lover
They Called It Rhythm & Blues (Stony Plain)

Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters- Blues for Duke Robillard
Mercy Me (Stony Plain)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on May 21. 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 April 19, 2022: Part 1 – “Ukrainian Now,” More Songs in Solidarity with the People of Ukraine; Part 2 – Remembering Paul Siebel (1937-2022)

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/595/55937.html

Themes: Part 1 – “Ukrainian Now,” More Songs in Solidarity with the People of Ukraine; Part 2 – Remembering Paul Siebel (1937-2022)

Part 1 – “Ukrainian Now,” More Songs in Solidarity with the People of Ukraine. An earlier set of songs in solidarity with the people of Ukraine was heard on the March 1, 2022 edition of Stranger Songs.

John McCutcheon- Ukrainian Now
Ukrainian Now – single (Appalsongs)
Hudaki Village Band- Dorule
Vandruj! (Extra Estrada)
Odetta- Masters of War
Odetta Sings Dylan (RCA)

Pushkin Klezmer Band- Kyiv Bulgar
Klezmer Uber Alles! (Oriente Musik)
Lemon Bucket Orkestra- Odessa Bulgarish
Lume, Lume (Fedora Upside-Down)
Eliza Gilkyson, Patty Griffin, Mary Chapin Carpenter & Iris DeMent- Peace Call
Land of Milk and Honey (Red House)

Part 2 – Remembering Paul Siebel (1937-2022). Paul Siebel was a great singer and songwriter who made just two studio albums, Woodsmoke and Oranges, released in 1970, and Jack-Knife Gypsy, released in 1971. He performed intermittently in the 1970s and then walked away from the music business. Paul died on April 5th, at age 84, from pulmonary fibrosis.

Marley's Ghost- She Made Me Lose My Blues
Jubilee (Sage Arts)
Paul Siebel- Miss Cherry Lane
Woodsmoke and Oranges (Elektra)
Suzy & Eric Thompson- Nashville Again
Unreleased home recording – used with permission
The Flatlanders- The Ballad of Honest Sam
Treasure of Life (Rack ‘Em)
Kate Wolf- Then Came the Children
Carry It On (Flat Rock)

The Village Dudes- Tomorrow’s Train
Another Time and Place (Blue Flute Music)
Staber & Chasnoff- Spanish Johnny
Free To Dream (Bubkes)
Bill Garrett- You Don’t Need a Gun
Bill Garrett (Borealis)
Paul Siebel- Jeremiah’s Song
Jack-Knife Gypsy (Elektra)

Dave Fry- Louise
Troubadour (Dave Fry)
Rosalie Sorrels- Bride 1945
Then Came the Children – Live (Green Linnet)
Paul Siebel- My Town
Woodsmoke and Oranges (Elektra)
Katie Moore- Any Day Woman
Only Thing Worse (Borealis)
Jerry Jeff Walker- Long Afternoons
A Man Must Carry On (MCA)

Happy Traum- Pinto Pony
I Walk the Road Again (Roaring Stream)
Paul Siebel- Legend of the Captain’s Daughter
Jack-Knife Gypsy (Elektra)

Paul Siebel- Prayer Song
Jack-Knife Gypsy (Elektra)

Next week: Inspired by Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday April 12, 2022: Songs and Conversation with Eliza Gilkyson

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/595/55847.html

Theme: Songs and Conversation with Eliza Gilkyson.

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2022)

Eliza Gilkyson is a veteran singer and songwriter, and traveling performer whose albums have frequently been on my Top 10 lists in the years they’ve come out. Eliza and I got together on Zoom on March 23, 2022.

These songs punctuated my conversation with Eliza.

Eliza Gilkyson- Wind River and You
Songs From the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)

The Easy Riders featuring Terry Gilkyson- The Cry of the Wild Goose
Folk Songs You’ll Like (Jasmine)

The Easy Riders featuring Terry Gilkyson- Wanderin’
Folk Songs You’ll Like (Jasmine)
Eliza Gilkyson- Wanderin’
Songs From the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)

Eliza Gilkyson- Bare Necessities
Your Town Tonight (Red House)

Eliza Gilkyson- Farthest End
Songs from the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)

Eliza Gilkyson- Charlie Moore
Songs from the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)

Eliza Gilkyson- Colorado Trail
Songs from the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)

Eliza Gilkyson- The Hill Behind This Town
Songs From the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)

Eliza Gilkyson- Before the Great River was Tamed
Songs From the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)

Eliza Gilkyson- At the Foot of the Mountain
Songs From the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Eliza Gilkyson- Promises to Keep
2020 (Red House)

Eliza Gilkyson- Beach Haven
2020 (Red House)

Eliza Gilkyson- Buffalo Gals Redux
Songs from the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)

Next week: Remembering Paul Siebel (1937-2022).

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--Mike Regenstreif