Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday September 27, 2022: Songs of The Mountain City Four and Kate & Anna McGarrigle

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 The Mountain City Four and Kate & Anna McGarrigle.

The Mountain City Four was a folk group in Montreal in the 1960s that included Anna McGarrigle, the late Kate McGarrigle, the late Jack Nissenson, and Peter Weldon. The Mountain City Four never released an album back in the day but there is a selection of live and home recordings and Peter Weldon has assembled them on a CD – just called Mountain City Four – that will be released on September 23.

Mountain City Four- Motherless Children

Mountain City Four (Omnivore)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Roma Baran- Willie Moore

Tell My Sister (Nonesuch)

Chaim Tannenbaum- (Talk to Me of) Mendocino

Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)

Katie Moore- Heart Like a Wheel

Montebello (Katie Moore)

Mountain City Four- Blue Moon of Kentucky

Mountain City Four (Omnivore)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Kiss and Say Goodbye

Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Nonesuch)

Robert Resnik- Come a Long Way

Playing Favorites (Thunder Ridge)

Maria Muldaur- Cool River

Waitress in a Donut Shop (Reprise)

Mountain City Four- En Filant Ma Quenouile

Mountain City Four (Omnivore)

The Mountain City Four in 1964: Kate McGarrigle, Jack Nissenson, Anna McGarrigle and Peter Weldon (Photo: Brian Merrett, Merrett Images)

Mountain City Four- You’ve Got to Walk That Lonesome Valley

Mountain City Four (Omnivore)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- My Town

Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Nonesuch)

Linda Thompson & Richard Thompson- Go Leave

Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle (Nonesuch)

Kevin Roth- Complainte pour Ste-Catherine

Dulcimer Man (Folkways)

Mountain City Four- Reuben Ranzo

Mountain City Four (Omnivore)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Matapedia

Matapedia (Hannibal)

Martha Wainwright- Tell My Sister

Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle (Nonesuch)

Rufus Wainwright- Walking Song

Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle (Nonesuch)

Mountain City Four- This Train

Mountain City Four (Omnivore)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Mike Regenstreif, Peter Weldon (1976) photo: Felicity Fanjoy

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Goin’ Back to Harlan

Matapedia (Hannibal)

Linda Ronstadt- You Tell Me That I’m Falling Down

Prisoner in Disguise (Asylum)

Judy Collins- Sun Son

Times of Our Lives (Elektra)

Mountain City Four- V’Là L’Bon Vent

Mountain City Four (Omnivore)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle with Joe Boyd- Dancer with Bruised Knees

Tell My Sister: Dancer with Bruised Knees (Nonesuch)

Kate McGarrigle, Martha Wainwright & Lily Lanken with Anna McGarrigle, Rufus & Loudon Wainwright, Chaim Tannenbaum, Dane & Sylvan Lanken- Johnny’s Gone to Hilo

The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)

Jack Nissenson & Peter Weldon with Kathleen Weldon & Lily Lanken, Jane McGarrigle, John Knowles, Marvin Segal, Andrew Cowan & Stephen Barry- Shenendoah

Mountain City Four (Omnivore)

Next week: A Week’s Worth of Songs.

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