Friday, May 27, 2022

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday May 31, 2022: Reflections on Freedom


Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif
finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU in Ottawa on Tuesdays 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/595/56423.html

Theme: Reflections on Freedom.

The very idea of Freedom is not something we can be complacent about. As one of the songs on this show notes, Freedom is a Constant Struggle.

Lois Deloatch- Hymn to Freedom
Hymn to Freedom: Homage to Oscar Peterson (Improv Media)

Ken Whiteley- Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Freedom Blues (Borealis)

Billy Bragg, SONiA disappear fear & Mike Regenstreif (2017)

James Gordon
- Crybabies Caravan
Crybabies Caravan – single (James Gordon)
Billy Bragg- Freedom Doesn’t Come for Free
The Million Things That Never Happened (Cooking Vinyl)

Kim & Reggie Harris- Follow the Drinking Gourd
Steal Away: Songs of the Underground Railroad (Appleseed)
Khari Wendell McClelland- No More Auction Block
Freedom Singer (Khari Wendell McClelland)

Odetta- Freedom Trilogy: Oh Freedom, Come & Go with Me, I’m On My Way
Gonna Let It Shine (M.C.)
Crabtree & Mills- The Price of Freedom
Freedom (Free & Easy Music)
Reggie Harris- Standing in Freedom’s Name
On Solid Ground (Reggie Harris Music)
Peter, Paul & Mary- No Easy Walk to Freedom
No Easy Walk to Freedom (Gold Castle)

The video of this performance of “Ukrainian Now” is at this link. 

John McCutcheon with Tom Paxton, Noel Paul Stookey, Peter Yarrow, Bill Miller, Tret Fure, Holly Near Joe Jencks, Emma's Revolution, Rebel Voices, Crys Matthews, Carrie Newcomer & Christine Lavin- Ukrainian Now
Ukrainian Now – single (Appalseed)
Lenka Lichtenberg- Ženeme ?as/We’re chasing time
Thieves of Dreams (Six Degrees)
SONiA disappear fear- By My Silence
By My Silence (Disappear)

Mike Regenstreif & Eric Bibb (2005)

Ladysmith Black Mambazo
- Long Walk to Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom (Heads Up International)
Eric Bibb- Stayed On Freedom
Get Onboard (Telarc)

Rosalie Sorrels- Rosie Jane
No Closing Chord: The Songs of Malvina Reynolds (Red House)
Eric Bogle- Roll Call
A Toss of the Coin (Greentrax)

Judy Collins- Liberté
Portrait of an American Girl (Wildflower)

Oscar Peterson- Hymn to Freedom
Night Train (Verve)

Next week: Disney Songs.

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--Mike Regenstreif

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