Wednesday, April 20, 2022

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

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