Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday September 6, 2022: Songs of Work and Jobs, Labour and Labour History

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 and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/57488.html

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)

Utah Phillips & Mike Regenstreif (2005)

The Short Sisters- Schoolday’s Over

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)

Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

Grit Laskin- Sewing Machines

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)

Tom Russell, Mike Regenstreif & Priscilla Herdman (2000)

Rosalie Sorrels- Aragon Mill

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.

Find me on Facebook. facebook.com/mikeregenstreif

--Mike Regenstreif