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.
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Theme: Songs of Work and Jobs, Labour and Labour History.
Judy Collins- Bread and Roses
Bread and Roses (Elektra)
Joe Jencks- Winnipeg 1919
The Coming of the Years (Turtle Bear Music)
Windborne- Pie in the Sky
Of Hard Times & Harmony (Wand’ring Feet)
Sue Massek- Down on the Picket Line
Precious Memories: An Original Play by Si Kahn (Strictly Country)
Magpie- Which Side Are You On?
When We Stand Together (Longtail)
Sue Jeffers- Solidarity Forever
Up with the Masses (FBI)
James Keelaghan- Cold Missouri Waters
History: The First 25 Years (Borealis)
A Little Gracefulness (Black Socks Press)
John Hartford- In Tall Buildings
Essential Recordings: Good’le Days (Rounder)
John McCutcheon- Work
Leap! (Appalsongs)
Utah Phillips- All Used Up
The Long Memory (Red House)
Shelley Posen- Night Nurse
Ontario Moon (Well Done Music)
Nancy White- Mrs. Linda
Unexpected (Borealis)
Unabashedly Folk (Borealis)
Maria Dunn- Speed Up
Piece By Piece (Distant Whisper)
Priscilla Herdman- Millworker
Forgotten Dreams (Flying Fish)
David Francey- Working Poor
Torn Screen Door (Laker Music)
James Talley- Workin’ for Wages
Nashville City Blues (Cimmaron)
The Long Memory (Red House)
Tom Russell- U.S. Steel
Old Songs Yet to Sing (Frontera)
Odetta- Unemployment Blues
Blues Everywhere I Go (M.C.)
Kat Goldman- Put Your Toolbox Down
The Workingman’s Blues (Kat Goldman)
Oscar Brown, Jr.- Hymn to Friday
The Voice of Cool (Not Now Music)
Stan Rogers- Working Joe
Northwest Passage (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)
Leon Bibb- Joe Hill
Praising Peace: A tribute to Paul Robeson (Stony Plain)
Next week: Songs of Gordon Lightfoot.
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--Mike Regenstreif