Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday November 1, 2022: Radio

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/595/58131.html

Theme: Radio.

This show airs during CKCU’s Annual Funding Drive for 2022. Please visit https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/75976 to make your charitable donation to help us continue bringing you creative, volunteer-programmed, listener-supported community radio for another year.

Joni Mitchell- You Turn Me On, I’m a Radio

The Asylum Years 1972-1975: Miles of Aisles (Rhino)

Danny Marks- Man on the Radio

Man on the Radio – single (Danny Marks)

Nanci Griffith- Listen to the Radio

Winter Marquee (Rounder)

Tom Lewis & Mike Regenstreif (2006) photo: David Shapiro

Tom Lewis- Radio Times

360º: All Points of the Compass (Borealis)

Jamie Anderson- Public Radio

Better Than Chocolate (Tsunami)

The LYNNeS- Heartbreak Song for the Radio

Heartbreak Song for the Radio (The LYNNeS)

Small Potatoes- Turn Your Radio On

Raw (Small Potatoes)

Emily White- Radio

Radio – single (Emily White)

Amelia Curran- Song on the Radio

They Promised You Mercy (Six Shooter)

Blackie & The Rodeo Kings- Song on the Radio

Bark (True North)

Wanda Fischer & Mike Regenstreif (2017)

Wanda Fischer, Eric Erickson & Matt Watroba- Late Night Radio

Singing Along with the Radio (Wanda Fischer)

Katy Moffatt- Midnight Radio

Midnight Radio (True North)

Dave Alvin- Border Radio

Live from Austin TX (New West)

Aengus Finnan- One Hand on the Radio

North Wind (Borealis)

The Short Sisters- Ten Pound Radio

Live from Four States (Black Socks Press)

Rod MacDonald- Distant Radios

Highway to Nowhere (Shanachie)

Clela- Angels on the Radio

More Love and Happiness (Clela)

Matt Patershuk- Turn the Radio Up

An Honest Effort (Black Hen)

Susan Werner- Barn Radio

Flyover Country (Susan Werner)

Erin Ash Sullivan- Radio Show

We Can Hear Each Other (Willoughby)

Bruce Cockburn- Radio Shoes

Inner City Front: Deluxe Edition (True North)

Next week: Addendums to Past Themes.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday October 25, 2022: Songs of Yip Harburg & Hoagy Carmichael

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/595/58052.html

Theme: Songs of Yip Harburg (1896-1981) and Hoagy Carmichael (1899-1981).

Part 1 – Songs of Yip Harburg. E.Y. “Yip” Harburg – who died in 1981 at age 84 – was a lyricist who collaborated with several composers. This show includes some of Harburg’s collaborations with Jay Gorney, Harold Arlen, Earl Robinson and Burton Lane.

Yip Harburg (circa 1950)

Deborah Holland- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime

The Panic is On: Songs from the Great Depression (Gadfly)

Ella Fitzgerald- Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is Dead

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook (Verve)

Stephen Mendel- If I Only had a Brain

Sing Me a Story (Stephen Mendel)

Ian Tyson- Somewhere Over the Rainbow

All the Good ’Uns Vol. 2 (Stony Plain)

The Juggernauts- Lydia, the Tattooed Lady

Live Lunch (The Juggernauts)

Chaim Tannenbaum- It’s Only a Paper Moon

Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)

Josh White- Free and Equal Blues

From New York to London: The Classic Recordings (Jasmine)

Happy Traum- How are Things in Glocca Morra?

There’s a Bright Side Somewhere (Lark’s Nest Music)

Part 2 – Songs of Hoagy Carmichael. Hoagland Howard “Hoagy” Carmichael – who died in 1981 at age 82 – was among the most successful songwriters of the Tin Pan Alley era.

Hoagy Carmichael (1947)

Ray Charles- Georgia on My Mind

Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles (Concord)

Jane Voss & Hoyle Osborne- Bread and Gravy

Beyond the Boundaries (Ripple)

Amos Garrett- New Orleans

Amosbehavin’ (Stony Plain)

Maria Muldaur with Hoagy Carmichael- Rockin’ Chair

Sweet Harmony (Reprise)

David Clayton-Thomas- Stardust

Combo (Antionette)

Dave Van Ronk & Christine Lavin- Two Sleepy People

Hummin’ to Myself (Gazell)

Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik- Skylark

Martha Sings & Robert Plays (Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik)

Cindy Church, George Koller & Joe Sealy- I Get Along Without You Very Well

The Nearness of You: A Tribute to the Music of Hoagy Carmichael (Seajam)

Judy Henske- Baltimore Oriole

The Elektra Albums (Ace)

Loudon Wainwright III with Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks- Heart and Soul

I’d Rather Lead a Band (Search Party) 

Jeff Healey- Hong Kong Blues

The Best of the Stony Plain Years: Vintage Jazz, Swing and Blues (Stony Plain)

Junior Brown- Riverboat Shuffle

Mixed Bag (Curb)

Hoagy Carmichael- Lazybones

Stardust Melody (Bluebird)

Leon Redbone- Lazy River

Up a Lazy River (Rounder)

Geoff Muldaur & Amos Garrett- Washboard Blues

Geoff Muldaur & Amos Garrett (Flying Fish)

Cindy Church, George Koller & Joe Sealy- In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening

The Nearness of You: A Tribute to the Music of Hoagy Carmichael (Seajam)

Next week: Radio.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Canadian Spaces – CKCU – Saturday October 22, 2022

Canadian Spaces on CKCU in Ottawa is Canada’s longest-running folk music radio program. It is heard Saturday mornings from 10:00 am until noon (Eastern time). 

It was hosted for more than 33 years by the late Chopper McKinnon and is now hosted by Chris White and a rotating cast of co-hosts. 

This week’s show was hosted by Mike Regenstreif.

CKCU can be heard at 93.1 FM in Ottawa and http://www.ckcufm.com/ on the web. 

This particular show was recorded and is already available for on-demand listening. https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/129/58008.html

Hour 1

Humphrey & The Dumptrucks- Merry Mansion Quadrology: Merry Mansion; Magician; Front Door; Red White & Blue

Six Days of Paper Ladies (Boot)

Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Cockburn (2017)

Bruce Cockburn- Going Down the Road

Rarities (True North)

Russ Kelley- Somewhere Later Down the Road

Crazy Shades of Blue (Ark Road Music Productions)

Hannah Shira Naiman- Caroline Collins

The Wheels Won’t Go (Hannah Shira Naiman)

Mike Regenstreif & Garnet Rogers (2006)

Garnet Rogers- The King of Rome

Small Victories (Snow Goose Songs)

Onna Lou- Saber

Diamante (Onna Lou)

Terra Spencer & Ben Caplan- Maybe

Old News (Terra Spencer & Ben Caplan)

Mike Regenstreif & Lynn Miles (2013)

Lynn Miles- Main St.

We’ll Look for Stars (Must Have Music)

Missy Burgess- Picture in a Frame

Missy Burgess with The Blue Train Live (Missy Burgess)

Old Man Luedecke- I Skipped a Stone

Easy Money (True North)

The Once- Anthem

The Once (Borealis)

Ball and Chain & The Wreckers- Daydreamin’

Surrender (Ball and Chain)

Hour 2 – The Great Canadian Tour

Ian Tyson- Great Canadian Tour

Ol’ Eon (Stony Plain)

Deborah Holland- Vancouver

Vancouver (RageOn)

Chris Rawlings- Lillooet

Pearl Soup (Cooking Fat Music)

Hank Snow- The Spell of the Yukon

Tales of the Yukon (RCA)

James Keelaghan- Alberta

Second-Hand (Borealis)

Michael Earnie Taylor Orchestra- Calgary Song

$3 Pants (Laughing Cactus Music)

Johnny Cash- Girl in Saskatoon

Change of Address: The Singles As and Bs, 1958-1962 (Jasmine)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2018)

Tom Russell- Winnipeg

Hurricane Season (Stony Plain)

Shelley Posen- Ontario Moon

Ontario Moon (Well Done Music)

Oscar Peterson- Hogtown Blues

Canadiana Suite (Limelight)

Paul Weber- Ottawa Lament

Ode to Gerry Barber (Paul Weber)

Allison Russell- Montreal

Outside Child (Fantasy)

Mike Regenstreif & Bill Staines (1993)

Bill Staines- The Streets of Old Quebec

Tracks and Trails (Philo)

Steel Rail- Argyle Street

Coming Home (Crossties)

Kevin Head- Digby Lament

Hear Them Callin’ (Kevin Head)

Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop- St. John’s Waltz

Red Shoes (Borealis)

I’ll be hosting Canadian Spaces next on November 19. I also host Stranger Songs every Tuesday from 3:30 to 5 pm; and the Saturday Morning show from 7 to 10 am, once every 4 weeks with my next slot on November 5.

Find me on Facebook. facebook.com/mikeregenstreif

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday October 18, 2022: Songs of Jimmie Rodgers

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/595/57953.html

Theme: Songs of Jimmie Rodgers (1897-1933). Rodgers, who died of tuberculosis in 1933 at age 35, was known as The Singing Brakeman and The Blue Yodeler and is widely regarded to be the father of country music.

Jimmie Rodgers- Ben Dewberry’s Final Run

First Sessions, 1927-28 (Rounder)

Merle Haggard- Train Whistle Blues

Same Train, A Different Time: Merle Haggard Sings the Great Songs of Jimmie Rodgers (Capitol)

Swing & Tears- Hobo’s Meditation

Swing & Tears (Swing & Tears)

John Sebastian- Waiting for a Train

Cheapo-Cheapo Productions Presents Real Live John Sebastian (Reprise)

Iris DeMent- Hobo Bill’s Last Ride

The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute (Egyptian/Columbia)

Jimmie Rodgers- My Rough and Rowdy Ways

On the Way Up, 1929 (Rounder)

Ian & Sylvia- Travelin’ Blues (listed as Jimmie’s Texas Blues)

The Lost Tapes (Stony Plain)

Jane Voss & Hoyle Osborne- Drunken Bar Room Blues (Gambling Bar Room Blues)

Never No More Blues (Ripple)

Jimmie Rodgers- T.B. Blues

America’s Blue Yodeler, 1930-1931 (Rounder)

Ramblin’ Jack Elliott- Whippin’ That Old T.B.

Ramblin’ Jack Elliott Sings Woody Guthrie and Jimmie Rodgers & Cowboy Songs (Monitor)

Maria Muldaur- Any Old Time

Maria Muldaur (Reprise)

Peter Keane- Nobody Knows but Me

Rural Electrification (Little Hat)

Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley- He’s in the Jailhouse Now

Gold Cadillac (G-Three)

Jimmie Rodgers with Louis Armstrong- Blue Yodel No. 9

America’s Blue Yodeler, 1930-1931 (Rounder)

Odetta- Muleskinner Blues

Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (Tradition)

Finest Kind- Why Should I Be Lonely?

For Honour & For Gain (Fallen Angle)

J.W. McClure- My Carolina Sunshine Girl

Interpretations of Jimmie Rodgers (J.W. McClure)

Doc Watson- My Blue Eyed Jane

Portrait (Sugar Hill)

Jimmie Rodgers- Gambling Polka Dot Blues

Down the Old Road, 1931-1932 (Rounder)

Leon Redbone- Roll Along Kentucky Moon

Sugar (Rounder)

Dakota Dave Hull & Sean Blackburn- Miss the Mississippi and You

North By Southwest (Arabica)

Robin & Linda Williams- Mississippi Delta Blues

Visions of Love (Sugar Hill)

Arlo Guthrie- When the Cactus is in Bloom

Son of the Wind (Rising Son)

Mary Chapin Carpenter- Somewhere Down Below the Mason Dixon Line

The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute (Egyptian/Columbia)

Jimmie Rodgers- Yodeling My Way Back Home

Last Sessions, 1933 (Rounder)

Next week: Songs of Yip Harburg and Hoagy Carmichael.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday October 11, 2022: Remembering Loretta Lynn and Mary McCaslin

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/595/57903.html

Themes: Remembering Loretta Lynn and Mary McCaslin.

Legendary country singer Loretta Lynn (1932-2022) died on October 4 at age 90. Loretta Lynn came from humble beginnings as a coal miner’s daughter from Butcher Hollow, Kentucky. Her autobiography, the feature film that was based on it, and her signature song are called “Coal Miner’s Daughter.”

Loretta Lynn- Coal Miner’s Daughter

All Time Greatest Hits (MCA/Decca)

Eilen Jewell- I’m a Honky Tonk Girl

Butcher Holler: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn (Signature Sounds)

Ian & Sylvia- After the Fire is Gone

The Lost Tapes (Stony Plain)

Little Willies- Fist City

For the Good Times (Milking Bull)

Loretta Lynn- Whispering Sea

Full Circle (Sony/Legacy)

Rhiannon Giddens- She’s Got You

Tomorrow is My Turn (Nonesuch)

Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers- Blue Kentucky Girl

Ramble in Music City: The Lost Concert 1990 (Nonesuch)

April Verch- You Ain’t Woman Enough

Once a Day (Slab Town)

Loretta Lynn- Who’s Gonna Miss Me?

Full Circle (Sony/Legacy)

Mary McCaslin (1946-2022) was a folksinger, songwriter and pioneering open-tuning guitarist, who died on October 2 at age 75 following a seven-year battle with progressive supranuclear palsy. Mary was an old friend who I first met, circa 1973, when we both became part of a circle of friends centered around The Barn in North Ferrisburgh, Vermont, then the headquarters of Philo Records.

Mary McCaslin- Music Strings/Oh Hollywood

Way Out West (Philo)

Caroline Doctorow- Way Out West

I Carry All I Own: The Songs of Mary McCaslin (Narrow Lane)

Stan Rogers- Down the Road

From Coffee House to Concert Hall (Fogarty’s Cove)

Sneezy Waters- Circle of Friends

Sneezy Waters (Sneezy Waters)

Mary McCaslin- Young Westley

Way Out West (Philo)

Mary McCaslin & Jim Ringer- The Bramble and the Rose

The Bramble and the Rose (Philo)

Mary McCaslin- Suzanne

Rain: The Lost Album (Bear Family)

Mike Regenstreif & Mary McCaslin (1999)

Mary McCaslin- Ballad of Weaverville

Prairie in the Sky (Philo)

Caroline Doctorow- Back to Salinas

I Carry All I Own: The Songs of Mary McCaslin (Narrow Lane)

Tom Russell- Prairie in the Sky

Song of the West: The Cowboy Collection (HMG)

Mary McCaslin- My Love

Prairie in the Sky (Philo)

Mary McCaslin- Someone Who Looks Me

Broken Promises (Philo)

Mary McCaslin- Old Friends

Old Friends (Philo)

Next week: Songs of Jimmie Rodgers.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday October 8, 2022

Saturday Morning is an eclectic roots-oriented program on CKCU in Ottawa heard on Saturday mornings from 7 until 10 am (Eastern time) and available for on-demand streaming anytime. I am one of the four rotating hosts of Saturday Morning and base my programming on the Folk Roots/Folk Branches format I developed at CKUT in Montreal.

CKCU can be heard live at 93.1 FM in Ottawa and https://www.ckcufm.com/ on the web.

This episode of Saturday Morning was recorded on October 3 and can already be streamed on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/57847.html

Tom Rush, Jamie Hartford, Odetta, Emmylou Harris, Carolyn Hester, Nanci Griffith, Frank Christian- Wasn’t That a Mighty Storm

Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) (Elektra)

The Once- Sail Away to the Sea

The Once (Borealis)

Mike Regenstreif & Old Man Luedecke (2015)

Old Man Luedecke- The Mermaid

Easy Money (True North)

Mountain City Four- Reuben Ranzo

Mountain City Four (Omnivore)

Tom Russell- Isaac Lewis

The Tom Russell Anthology: Veteran’s Day (Shout! Factory)

Shelley Posen- I’ll See You Rosh Hashana

Mazel (Well Done Music)

Shelley Posen- A Mazeldikek Yor

Mazel (Well Done Music)

Frank London & Lorin Sklamberg- A Sukkah of Branches

Tsuker-zis (Tzadik)

Claudia Schmidt- Hard Love

Reimagining (Claudia Schmidt)

Bob Franke- Thanksgiving Eve

The Other Evening in Chicago (Waterbug)

Lynn Miles with Keith Glass- When My Ship Comes In

Road (Lynn Miles)

Ball & Chain & The Wreckers- I Love the Life

Live at the Bayou (Ball & Chain)

Missy Burgess- Blue Sweater

Lemon Pie (Missy Burgess)

Happy Traum- Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies

There’s a Bright Side Somewhere (Lark’s Nest Music)

Sarah Cade- Dear Pasha

Dear Pasha – single (Sarah Cade)

Brendan Nolan- Bowl of Soup

Beneath White Stars: Holocaust Profiles in Song (AlmondSeed Media)

Dropkick Murphys with Woody Guthrie- Dig a Hole

This Machine Still Kills Fascists: Lyrics of Woody Guthrie (Dummy Luck Music)

Artists for Action- Which Side Are You On? *

Which Side Are You On? – single (Figs D Music)

*The Artists for Action singers and musicians are, in alphabetical order, Black Umfolosi, Ray Bonneville, Bruce Cockburn, Chris Corrigan, Guy Davis, Ani DiFranco, Maria Dunn, Adam Hill, Bob Jensen, James Keelaghan, Richard Knox, Lucy MacNeil, Tony McManus, Moulettes, Oysterband, Richard Perso, Heather Rankin, Martin Simpson, and Jon Weaver.

Lynne Hanson- Orion’s Belt

Ice Cream in November (Panda Cave)

Paul Weber- Ode to Gerry Barber

Ode to Gerry Barber (Paul Weber)

Julian Taylor- Ballad of a Young Troubadour

The Ridge (Howling Turtle)

Ry Cooder & Lalo Guerreo- Barrio Viejo

Feels Like Home: Songs from the Sonoran Borderlands – Linda Ronstadt’s Musical Odyssey (Putomayo)

Linda Ronstadt- El Sueño

Feels Like Home: Songs from the Sonoran Borderlands – Linda Ronstadt’s Musical Odyssey (Putomayo)

Los Cenzontles- Palomas Que Andan Volando

Feels Like Home: Songs from the Sonoran Borderlands – Linda Ronstadt’s Musical Odyssey (Putomayo)

Anne Hills- Witness

Witness – single (Hand & Heart Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Murdoch (2007)

Bruce Murdoch- I Keep You in My Heart

Matters of the Heart (Bruce Murdoch)

John McCutcheon- Every Day

Leap! (Appalsongs)

Suzie Vinnick- The Pie That My Baby Makes

Fall Back Home (Suzie Vinnick)

Terra Spencer & Ben Caplan- Brick and Mortar

Old News (Terra Spencer & Ben Caplan)

Windborne- The Terror Time

Of Hard Times & Harmony (Wand’ring Feet)

Ian Robb & James Stephens- Daft Annie

Declining …with thanks (Fallen Angle Music)

James Keelaghan- Gathering Storm

Second-Hand (Borealis)

Loudon Wainwright III- Back in Your Town

Lifetime Achievement (StorySound)

Chaim Tannenbaum- London, Longing for Home

Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)

Peter Mulvey & SistaStrings- Shenendoah

Love is the Only Thing (Righteous Babe)

Last Forever- Wild Goose

No Place Like Home/Last Forever (2nd Story Sound)

Cheryl Wheeler- Mrs. Pinocci’s Guitar

Mrs. Pinocci’s Guitar (Philo)

Tom Mitchell & Mike Regenstreif (1999)

Tom Mitchell- Old Dan

When the Moon is Right (Truesongs)

Geoff Bartley- Talkin’ on Top of His Game

Keep Your Eyes on the Road (Magic Crow)

Rory Block- Lovin’ Whiskey

Ain’t Nobody Worried (Stony Plain)

Steve Lundquist- Simple and Silly

My Life in Song (Steve Lundquist)

Paul Mills- The Ukulele March

The Other Side of the Glass (Borealis)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on November 5. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm. And, I’ll be hosting Canadian Spaces on Saturday October 22 from 10 am-noon.  

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--Mike Regenstreif