Friday, October 28, 2022

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

Friday, October 21, 2022

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

Monday, October 17, 2022

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.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

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

Saturday, October 8, 2022

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

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

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