Saturday, April 1, 2023

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday April 4, 2023: Songs of the Passover and Easter Legends


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 recorded and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/60013.html

Theme: Songs of the Passover and Easter Legends.

Kim & Reggie Harris- Go Down Moses
Steal Away: Songs of the Underground Railroad (Appleseed)

Peter, Paul & Mary- Tell It on the Mountain
In the Wind (Warner Bros.)
Rabbi Jonathan Kliger & Reggie Harris- Man Come Into Egypt
Let My People Go: A Jewish & African American Celebration of Freedom (Appleseed)
Caroline Doctorow- Wade in the Water
That Changes Everything (Narrow Lane)
The Short Sisters- Moses
A Planet Dancing Slow (Black Socks Press)
The Klezmatics- Moses Smote the Water
Brother Moses Smote the Water (Piranha)

Charlie Haden & Hank Jones- Wade in the Water
Steal Away: Spirituals, Hymns and Folk Songs (Verve)

Michael Jerome Browne & Harrison Kennedy- Pharaoh
That’s Where It’s At! (Borealis)
Jesse Winchester- Pharaoh’s Army
Learn to Love It (Stony Plain)
Bob Franke- Walkin’ in the Wilderness
The Desert Questions (Robert J. Franke)

Shelley Posen- And We Sang ‘Ha Lakhma Anya’
Manna (Well Done Music)

David Olney- Jerusalem Tomorrow
The Stone (Deadbeet)

David Olney- Brays
The Stone (Deadbeet)

David Olney- Brains
The Stone (Deadbeet)

David Olney- Flesh and Blood
The Stone (Deadbeet)

David Olney- Barabbas
The Stone (Deadbeet)

David Olney- A Soldier’s Report
The Stone (Deadbeet)

Reverend Gary Davis- Crucifixion
A Little More Faith (Prestige/Bluesville)
Ralph McTell- Jesus Wept
Sand in Your Shoes (Red House)

Charlie Haden & Hank Jones- Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?
Come Sunday (EmArcy)

Next week: Old Friends.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday March 28, 2023: Cowboys & Cowgirls


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 recorded and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/59884.html

Theme: Cowboys & Cowgirls.

Ian Tyson- Night Rider’s Lament
Old Corrals and Sagebrush & Other Cowboy Culture Classics (Stony Plain)

Andy Hedges featuring Corb Lund- Little Joe the Wrangler
Roll On, Cowboys (Andy Hedges)
Finest Kind- The Goodnight-Loving Trail
Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle)
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott- Diamond Joe
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott Sings Woody Guthrie and Jimmie Rodgers & Cowboy Songs (Monitor)

The Sons of the Pioneers- Roving Cowboy
Tumbling Tumbleweeds: The Chart Years 1934-49 (Acrobat)
Peter Keane- Cool Water
Blues/Ballads/Cowboy Songs (Peter Keane)
Herb Jeffries with Take 6- Tumbling Tumbleweeds
The Bronze Buckaroo (Rides Again) (Warner Western)
Dakota Dave Hull & Sean Blackburn- Blue Shadows on the Trail
River of Swing (Arabica)

Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers- Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Ramble in Music City: The Lost Concert 1990 (Nonesuch)

Stan Rogers- Night Guard
Northwest Passage (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)
Quartette- Cowboys and Rodeos
Quartette (Denon)
Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2018)

Tom Russell- All This Way for the Short Ride
Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs (HighTone)
Katy Moffatt- Hallie Lonigan
Cowboy Girl (Western Jubilee)

Dom Flemons- He’s a Lone Ranger
Dom Flemons Presents Black Cowboys (Smithsonian Folkways)
Over the Moon- John Ware
Chinook Waltz (Borealis)
Odetta- When I was a Cowboy
Lookin’ for a Home: Thanks to Leadbelly (M.C.)

Lynn Miles- Palomino
tumbleWeedyWorld (True North)
Me & My Uncle- Me and My Uncle
Me & My Uncle (Laughing Cactus Music)
Marty Robbins- El Paso
Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs (Columbia)

Mike Regenstreif & Arlo Guthrie (1996)

Arlo Guthrie- I Ride an Old Paint
Son of the Wind (Rising Son)
Tom Rush- Windy Bill
Tom Rush/Take a Little Walk with Me (BGO)
Eliza Gilkyson- Colorado Trail
Songs from the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)

Asleep at the Wheel- I’m an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande)
Reinventing the Wheel (Bismeaux)
Mickey Katz & His Orchestra- Haim Afen Range (Home on the Range)
Strictly Kosher: The Singles Collection 1950-1962 (Jasmine)

Bill Frissell & Petra Haden- Happy Trails
When You Wish Upon a Star (Okeh/Masterworks)

Next week: Songs of the Passover and Easter Legends.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Monday, March 20, 2023

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday March, 2023


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 and can already be streamed on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/59865.html

The Brothers & Sisters- Mr. Tambourine Man 
Dylan’s Gospel (Columbia)

Three songs in memory of Dane Lanken. Dane, an old friend and colleague in both music and journalism, died on March 3rd, at age 77.

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Jigsaw Puzzle of Life
Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Nonesuch)
Kate & Anna McGarrigle with Dane Lanken- No Biscuit Blues
Tell My Sister: Dancer with Bruised Knees (Nonesuch)
Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Mike Regenstreif, Chaim Tannenbaum & Dane Lanken (1976) photo: Felicity Fanjoy

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)

Rob Corcoran & The Necessary Evils- Over in Verona
Grand Declarations (Rob Corcoran)Er
Steve Lundquist- I’m Not Your Romeo
Acting a Fool (Steve Lundquist)
Lynne Hanson- Seeking Juliet
Eleven Months (Lynne Hanson)

Eric Bibb- 500 Miles
Ridin’ (Stony Plain)
Just Us Lillys- In the Hills of Tennessee
Not Far from the Tree (Just Us Lillys)
Kerri Powers- Speed of the Sound of Loneliness
Words on the Wind (Must Have Music)
Tim Grimm- The Leaving
The Little In-Between (Vault)

Chaim Tannenbaum- Ain’t No More Cane on the Brazos
Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)
Mary Gauthier- Sugar Cane
Live at Blue Rock (In the Black)
Geoff Bartley- Joshua Gone Barbados
The Ballad of Billy Bridger (Magic Crow)

Bunny Barnes- Hallelujah
It Goes Like It Goes (Bunny Barnes)

Mike Regenstreif & Connie Kaldor (2015)

Connie Kaldor
- The Woman Who Pays
The Woman Who Pays – single (Connie Kaldor)

Mary Beth Carty- Voilà le Printemps
Crossing the Causeway (Mary Beth Carty)
Amelia Hogan- Red-Winged Blackbird
Taking Flight (Amelia Hogan)
Vinta- The Heron’s Rookery
Beacons (Vinta)
Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy featuring Rhiannon Giddens- Woman of the House
Canvas (Linus)
Karan Casey- I Thank My Lucky Stars
Nine Apples of Gold (Crow Valley Music)

Jason Lang- Happiness Is
Handled with Care (Famgroup/Genison Music)
Penny Lang- Diamonds on the Water
Stone + Sand + Sea + Sky (Borealis)
Ball & Chain & The Wreckers- My Time is Gonna Come
Satisfied (Ball & Chain)

Rebecca Folsom- New Way Home
Sanctuary (Sunshine Productions)
Ben & Dom- Children of Darkness
His Head Lies Heavy (Ben & Dom)
Doug Cox & Linda McRae- Beyond the Great Pause
Beyond the Great Pause (42 RPM)
Eric Erickson- Slow and Steady
The Shadow of the Moon (Ardith Recordings)
Annie Capps- How Can I Say This
How Can I Say This? (Yellow Room)
Eric Kilburn- She Do
Reckonings (Wellspring)

Dakota Dave Hull- Big Bad Bill is Sweet William Now
Better Late Than Never: The Classic American Guitar-Banjo (Arabica)

Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt- Dr. Joelson’s Bag
Hello World (Crooked Cyclone)
Bonnie Dobson- Peter Amberley
At Folk City (Prestige)
The Clancy Brothers & Robbie O'Connell- Those Were the Days
Older But No Wiser (Vanguard)

Lynn Miles- Hwy 105
tumbleWeedyWorld (True North)
Tom Russell- T-Bone Steak and Spanish Wine
October in the Railroad Earth (Frontera)

Keith Glass Band- Come Along
Different World (Stump)
Rick Scott & Nico Rhodes- Hurt So Long
Roots & Grooves (Grand PooBah Music)
Shari Ulrich & Mike Regenstreif (2019)

Shari Ulrich- Free Fall
Everywhere I Go (Borealis)
Derek Vanderhorst- Hanging on Your Door
Wildflower (Derek Vanderhorst)
Scarlet Rivera- Before Everything Changed
Tribute to a Song Poet: Songs of Eric Andersen (Y&T Music)

My Politic- Cursing at the Night & at the Morning
Missouri Folklore: Songs & Stories from Home (My Politic)
Marilyn Jordan- Calico Curtains
Both Things are True (Marilyn Jordan)

The Klezmorim- Firen Di Mekhutonim Aheym
First Recordings (Arhoolie)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on April 22. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm. 

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--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday, March 11, 2023

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday March 21, 2023: “Shout, Sister, Shout” and Other Songs from the Repertoire of Sister Rosetta Tharpe


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.

111 episodes of Stranger Songs are listed and available to stream on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/index.html

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/59755.html

Theme: “Shout, Sister, Shout” and Other Songs from the Repertoire of Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915-1973).


Sister Rosetta Tharpe
, who died in 1973 at age 58, primarily – but not exclusively – sang and played gospel and African-American spirituals. She played electric guitar and has been called “the godmother of rock ‘n’ roll.”

Sister Rosetta Tharpe with Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra- Shout, Sister, Shout!
Bring Back Those Happy Days: Greatest Hits and Selected Recordings 1938-1957 (Jasmine)

Odetta with The Holmes Brothers- Two Little Fishes and Five Loaves of Bread
Shout, Sister, Shout! A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe (M.C.)
Bobby McFerrin- Joshua (Fit the Battle of Jericho)
Spirityouall (Sony Masterworks)
Mountain City Four- This Train
Mountain City Four (Omnivore)
Ken Whiteley- Precious Memories
Long Time Travelling (Ken Whiteley)
Phoebe Snow with The Holmes Brothers- Beams of Heaven
Shout, Sister, Shout! A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe (M.C.)

Sister Rosetta Tharpe- Is Everyone Happy
This Train in Concert (Sunset Blvd.)

Rory Block- Stand By Me
Shout, Sister, Shout! A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe (M.C.)
Ronnie Hawkins- Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
The Folk Ballads of Ronnie Hawkins (Edsel)
Mavis Staples & Lucky Peterson- Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen
Spirituals & Gospel (Gitanes)
Eliza Gilkyson & Jimmy LaFave- Down by the Riverside
Secularia (Red House)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe- That’s All
Bring Back Those Happy Days: Greatest Hits and Selected Recordings 1938-1957 (Jasmine)

Missy Burgess- Trouble in Mind
Missy Burgess with The Blue Train Live (Missy Burgess)
Marcia Ball with Tracy Nelson, Maria Muldaur & Angela Strehli- I Want a Tall Skinny Papa
Shout, Sister, Shout! A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe (M.C.)

Rhiannon Giddens- Up Above My Head
Tomorrow is My Turn (Nonesuch)
Bruce Cockburn- Twelve Gates to the City
Bone on Bone (True North)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe- Travelin’ Shoes
This Train in Concert (Sunset Blvd.)
Bernice Johnson Reagon, Kim & Reggie Harris- Oh Mary, Don’t You Weep
Get On Board: Underground Railroad & Civil Rights Freedom Songs, Volume 2 (Appleseed)
Marie Knight- Didn’t It Rain
Shout, Sister, Shout! A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe (M.C.)

Margaret Glaspy, Bruce Molsky, Brittnay Haas, Julian Lage, Joe Phillips & Jayme Stone- What is the Soul of Man?
Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project (Borealis)
Lonnie Johnson- That Lonesome Road
The Complete Folkways Recordings (Smithsonian Folkways)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe- Jonah in the Whale
This Train in Concert (Sunset Blvd.)

Maria Muldaur, Marcia Ball, Angela Strehli & Tracy Nelson- Shout, Sister, Shout
Shout, Sister, Shout! A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe (M.C.)

Next week: Cowboys & Cowgirls.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Sunday, March 5, 2023

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday March 14, 2023: Roving Gamblers


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 recorded and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/59680.html

Theme: Roving Gamblers.

All of the songs have something or other to do with gamblers and/or gambling.

Mike Regenstreif & Ramblin' Jack Elliott (2010)

Ramblin' Jack Elliott- Roving Gambler
Kerouac’s Last Dream (Appleseed)

Sean Gagnier- South Coast
Circle Harbor (Sean Gagnier)
Mary McCaslin- Ballad of Weaverville
Prairie in the Sky (Philo)

Willie P. Bennett- John Henry, the Gambler
Blackie and the Rodeo King (Bnatural Music)
Jim Kwesskin & The Neo-Passé Jazz Band- Staggerlee
Jump for Joy (Vanguard)
Papa John Kolstad with Wildman Mike Turk- Black Dog Blues
Beans Taste Fine (Wampus Cat)
Roy Book Binder- Poker Playin’ Papa
The Good Book (PegLeg)
Tom Paxton- The Name of the Game is Stud
Ain’t That News (Elektra)

Judy Collins & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

Judy Collins
- The Dealer (Down and Losin’)
True Stories and Other Dreams (Elektra)
Ian & Sylvia- Summer Wages
The Lost Tapes (Stony Plain)
Ian Tyson- Gallo del Cielo
Old Corrals and Sagebrush & Other Cowboy Culture Classics (Stony Plain)
Tom Russell- Throwing Horseshoes at the Moon
Old Songs Yet to Sing (Frontera)
Rosalie Sorrels- Aces, Straights and Flushes
Be Careful, There’s a Baby in the House (Green Linnet)

Mike Regenstreif & Bill Morrissey (2005)

Bill Morrissey- Gambler’s Blues
Inside (Philo)
Mollie O'Brien- Gambling Man
Big Red Sun (Sugar Hill)
Paul Geremia- Dying Crapshooter’s Blues
Live from Uncle Sam’s Backyard (Red House)
Michael Jerome Browne- Gambling Blues
Double (Borealis)
Big Joe Turner- Born to Gamble
I Don’t Dig It (Jukebox Lil)

Steve Goodman- The Lovin’ of the Game
Somebody Else’s Troubles (Sequel)
Mary Coughlan- The Dice
Under the Influence (EastWest)
Artie Traum & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Happy & Artie Traum- Gambler’s Song
Hard Times in the Country (Rounder)
Jerry Jeff Walker- Ballad of Honest Sam
It’s About Time (Tried & True Music)
Frankie Laine- Dead Man’s Hand
Deuces Wild (Columbia)
The Clancy Brothers & Robbie O'Connell- Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Willie
Older But No Wiser (Vanguard)

Mike Regenstreif & David Clayton-Thomas (2006)

David Clayton-Thomas
- Go Down Gamblin’
In Concert: A Musical Biography (Justin Time)

Next week: "Shout, Sister, Shout" and Other Songs from the Repertoire of Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday March 7, 2023: Songs of Kris Kristofferson


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 recorded and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/59628.html

Theme: Songs of Kris Kristofferson.

Kris Kristofferson performs at The International Folk Music Awards (2017)

Kris Kristofferson
– who recently retired from performing and recording – had tremendous success as a singer and songwriter, and, as an actor. 

I met Kris a couple of times. In 2007, we spent an hour together onstage, and a few minutes chatting beforehand, when I moderated a panel discussion at the Ottawa Folk Festival on the enduring legacy of Woody Guthrie and Kris, along with Nora Guthrie and Jimmy LaFave, was one of the panelists. Then, in 2017, I was an award recipient at the International Folk Music Awards in Kansas City during the Folk Alliance International conference, and Kris was one of the artists who performed at the ceremony, and we had a nice chat at the reception. In both of my encounters with him, Kris couldn’t have been nicer or more humble.

Kris Kristofferson- To Beat the Devil
Me and Bobby McGee (Monument)

Gordon Lightfoot- Me and Bobby McGee
If You Could Read My Mind (Reprise)
Katie Moore- Sunday Morning Coming Down
Only Thing Worse (Borealis)
Johnny Cash- Just the Other Side of Nowhere
Cash Unearthed Volume 1: Who’s Gonna Cry (American)
The Little Willies- For the Good Times
For the Good Times (Milking Bull)

Kris Kristofferson- The Silver Tongued Devil and I
The Silver Tongued Devil and I (Monument)

I noted that Kris Kristofferson was a panelist in a discussion on the enduring influence of Woody Guthrie that I moderated at the Ottawa Folk Festival in 2007. At one point, we were talking about Woody Guthrie’s song, “Tom Joad,” which was essentially a synopsis of John Steinbeck’s book, The Grapes of Wrath, and I mentioned to Kris that one of the few parts of the book that Woody left out of his song was the scene that Kris described in his song, “Here Comes That Rainbow Again.”

Mike Regenstreif, Nora Guthrie, Kris Kristofferson & Jimmy LaFave (2007)

Anne Hills
- Here Comes That Rainbow Again
Woman of a Calm Heart (Flying Fish)
Willie Nelson- The Legend
The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson (American Roots Publishing)
Marta Gómez- The Circle
The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson (American Roots Publishing)
Kris Kristofferson- Duvalier’s Dream
Me and Bobby McGee (Monument)

Jessica Chastain- Help Me Make It Through the Night
George & Tammy soundtrack (Sony Masterworks)
Roy Orbison- Something They Can’t Take Away from Me
For the Good Times: The Songs of Kris Kristofferson (Ace)
Joan Osborne- Please Don’t Tell Me How the Story Ends
Pretty Little Stranger (Vanguard)
Chris Hillman- The Taker
Morning Sky (Sugar Hill)
Kris Kristofferson- Jody and the Kid
The Silver Tongued Devil and I (Monument)

Kris Kristofferson- Broken Freedom Song
The Cedar Creek Sessions (KK)
Johnny Cash- Casey’s Last Ride
Cash Unearthed Volume 1: Who’s Gonna Cry (American)
Rosanne Cash- Lovin’ Him was Easier (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again)
The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson (American Roots Publishing)
Russell Crowe & The Ordinary Fear of God- Darby’s Castle
The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson (American Roots Publishing)
Kris Kristofferson- The Pilgrim: Chapter 33
The Silver Tongued Devil and I (Monument)

Janis Joplin- Me and Bobby McGee
Pearl (Columbia)

Next week: Gamblers.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Thursday, February 23, 2023

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday February 28, 2023: A Tribute to Josh White


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 recorded and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/59557.html

Theme: A Tribute to Josh White (1914-1969).


Josh White
was a highly influential blues, folk and jazz singer and guitarist. He made his first recordings in 1928 at about age 14 or 15 and his 1944 recording of “One Meatball” was the first song by a male, African American artist to sell a million copies. Josh White was honored earlier this month by Folk Alliance International with its Legacy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Two songs on this show – “Goodbye Josh” and “A Natural Man” – are tributes to Josh White. The other songs were all part of Josh White’s repertoire.

Josh White- Good Morning Blues
The Josh White Stories, Vols. I & II (Jasmine)

Josh White, Jr.- One Meatball
Live at the Raven Gallery (Silverwolf)
Madeleine Peyroux- Lonesome Road
Careless Love (Rounder)
Mr. Rick- Two Little Fishes
Mr. Rick Sings About God + Booze (Mr. Rick)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe- Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
This Train in Concert (Sunset Blvd.)
Josh White- Things About Coming My Way
Spirituals & Blues (Elektra)
Louis Jordan- I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
The Rock ‘n’ Roll Years 1955-1958 (Jasmine)

Josh White, Jr. with Robin Batteau- You Won’t Let Me Go
Jazz, Ballads & Blues (Ryko)

Peter Yarrow- Goodbye Josh
Peter (Warner Bros.)
Peter, Paul & Mary- Betty and Dupree
See What Tomorrow Brings (Warner Bros.)

Jack Williams- A Natural Man
Walkin’ Dreams (Wind River)
Josh White- Strange Fruit
The Josh White Stories, Vols. I & II (Jasmine)

Crabtree & Mills- Miss Otis Regrets
Flight of Fancy (Free and Easy Music)
Bonnie Dobson- Dink’s Song
Take Me for a Walk in the Morning Dew (Hornbeam)
Odetta- House of the Rising Sun
Livin’ with the Blues (Vanguard)
Dave Van Ronk- St. James Infirmary
…and the tin pan bended, and the story ended… (Smithsonian Folkways)

Josh White- The Story of John Henry
The Story of John Henry: A Musical Narrative (Elektra)

Julian Fauth- Frankie & Johnny
The Weak and the Wicked, the Hard and the Strong (Electro-Fi)

Next week: Songs of Kris Kristofferson.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Monday, February 20, 2023

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday February 25, 2023


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 and can already be streamed on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/59512.html

Odetta- Mr. Tambourine Man
Odetta Sings Dylan (RCA)

Ben Sures- Cry Like a Flood
The Story That Lived Here (Ben Sures)
Kat Goldman- Gypsy Girl
Gypsy Girl (Kat Goldman)

Jason Lang- Firewater
Handled with Care (Famgroup/Genison Music)
Ken Pearson, Penny Lang & Mike Regenstreif (1976) photo: Felicity Fanjoy

Penny Lang- It’s Not Easy
Stone + Sand + Sea + Sky (Borealis)
Jason Lang- Senses of Your Leave
Handled with Care (Famgroup/Genison Music)

Ramblin' Jack Elliott & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Ramblin' Jack Elliott- South Coast
South Coast (Red House)
Hoyt Axton- Evangelina
The A&M Years (A&M)
Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma- Good Shabbes
The Triumph of Assimilation (Rubinchik)

Bonnie Raitt- Just Like That
Just Like That (Redwing)
Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2006)

Jesse Winchester- That’s What Makes You Strong
Gentleman of Leisure (Sugar Hill)
Emily White- Stone in Your Pocket
Songs You Didn’t Know I Wrote About You (Squeezed Fresh Productions)

Benny Bleu- Lost Goose
March of the Mollusk (Benny Bleu Haravitch)

Taivi- Ukraiyna
Ukraiyna – single (Taivi)
John McCutcheon- Ukrainian Now
Ukrainian Now – single (Appalsongs)
Artists for Action- Which Side Are You On? *
Which Side Are You On? – single (Figs D Music)
Mike Regenstreif & Eric Bibb (2005)

Eric Bibb
- Masters of War
Migration Blues (Stony Plain)

*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.

The Vanier Playboys- Reach Out and Touch a Hand
Deux (The Vanier Playboys)
Ball & Chain & The Wreckers- More
Satisfied (Ball & Chain)
Mike Regenstreif & Lynn Miles (2013)

Lynn Miles- Hockey Night in Canada
Black Flowers Vol. 3 (Lynn Miles)

Moore & McGregor- Don’t Let Us Get Sick
Dream with Me (Ivernia)
Eric Kilburn- Waiting at Your Door
Reckonings (Wellspring)
Shelley Posen- Long, Long Tunnel
Old Loves (Well Done Music)
Doug Cox & Linda McRae- Ready for the Times to Get Better
Beyond the Great Pause (42 RPM)

Annie Capps- Two Different Things
How Can I Say This? (Yellow Room)
Jaimee Harris- Love is Gonna Come Again
Boomerang Town (Thirty Tigers)
Danny Britt- Friends and Memories
All Over the Map (Red Dawg Music)

Taraf Syriana- Abdul Karim’s Tango
Taraf Syriana (Lulaworld)

Reggie Garrett- Stagecoach Mary
York’s Lament & other stories (WonderDog)
Dom Flemons- Steel Pony Blues
Dom Flemons Presents Black Cowboys (Smithsonian Folkways)
Odetta- Rock Island Line
Lookin’ for a Home: Thanks to Leadbelly (M.C.)
Preservation Hall Jazz Band & Ani DiFranco- Freight Train
Preservation (Preservation Hall)
Julian Taylor- 100 Proof
Beyond the Reservoir (Howling Turtle)

Mavis Staples & Lucky Peterson- Wade in the Water
Spirituals & Gospel (Gitanes)
Dave Rudolf- Mary Don’t You Weep
Traditional (MoneyTree)
Reggie Harris- Sheep, Sheep/Little David
Ready to Go (Reggie Harris Music)
The Klezmatics & Joshua Nelson- Didn’t It Rain
Brother Moses Smote the Water (Piranha)

Last Forever with John Cohen- Dillard Chandler
No Place Like Home/Last Forever (2nd Story Sound)
John Cohen- The Story That the Crow Told Me
Stories the Crow Told Me (Acoustic Disc)
Grateful Dead- Uncle John’s Band
Workingman’s Dead (Warner Bros./Rhino)
The Dumptrucks- Friend of the Devil
Selections (Laughing Cactus)
The Persuasions- Ripple
Might as Well: The Persuasions Sing Grateful Dead (Grateful Dead)

CornMaiz Stringband- Jubilee
Fresh-Picked Kentucky Music (CornMaiz Stringband)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on March 25. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm. 

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--Mike Regenstreif

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday February 21, 2023: Remembering Dr. John on Mardi Gras Day


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 recorded and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/59458.html

Theme: Remembering Dr. John (1941-2019) on Mardi Gras Day.

Mac Rebennack – whose stage name was Dr. John, and who died in 2019 at age 77 – was a New Orleans musical legend who drew on traditional jazz, blues, folk music, rock ‘n’ roll and even classical motifs, all with a distinctly New Orleans influence, in his music. Dr. John performed a lot of Mardi Gras music over the years, so it seems appropriate that we honor his legacy on Mardi Gras Day.


Dr. John with The Neville Brothers
- Litanie des Saints
Goin’ Back to New Orleans (Warner Bros.)

Dr. John- Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya
Gris-Gris (Atco)
Paul Asbell- Such a Night
Steel String Americana (Busy Hands)
Deacon Jones with Dr. John- I Didn’t Want to Do It
Deacon John’s Jump Blues (Vetter Communications)

Odetta with Dr. John- Oh Papa
Blues Everywhere I Go (M.C.)
Odetta & Dr. John- Please Send Me Someone to Love
Blues Everywhere I Go (M.C.)

Dr. John- Didn’t He Ramble
Goin’ Back to New Orleans (Warner Bros.)

Dr. John & The WDR Big Band- My Indian Red
Big Band Voodoo (Orange Music)
Dee Dee Bridgewater & Dr. John with Irvin Mayfield & The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra- Big Chief
Dee Dee’s Feathers (Okeh)
The Wild Magnolias- All on a Mardi Gras Day
Life is a Carnival (Metro Blue)
Dr. John- Iko Iko
Dr. John’s Gumbo (Atco)

Preservation Hall Jazz Band & Dr. John- Winin’ Boy Blues
Preservation (Preservation Hall)
Dr. John & Danny Barker- I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say
Goin’ Back to New Orleans (Warner Bros.)
Dr. John- Milneburg Joys
Goin’ Back to New Orleans (Warner Bros.)  

Maria Muldaur & Dr. John- Layin’ Right Here in Heaven
Louisiana Love Call (Black Top)
Irma Thomas with Dr. John- Be You
Simply Grand (Rounder)
Dr. John & Rickie Lee Jones- Makin’ Whooppee!
In a Sentimental Mood (Warner Bros.)
Dirty Dozen Brass Band & Dr. John- It’s All Over Now
Voodoo (Columbia)
Dr. John with Chris Barber’s Jazz and Blues Band- Right Place Wrong Time
Live from London (The Store for Music)

Dr. John with The Neville Brothers, Al Hirt & Pete Fountain- Goin’ Back to New Orleans
Goin’ Back to New Orleans (Warner Bros.)

Next week: A Tribute to Josh White.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday February 14, 2023: Love Songs


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 recorded and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/59373.html

Theme: Love Songs.

Randall Kromm- I Gave My Love a Valentine
I Gave My Love a Valentine – single (Randall Kromm)

Priscilla Herdman- The Coast of Marseilles
Forgotten Dreams (Flying Fish)
Mike Regenstreif & James Talley (2005)

James Talley- Sea of Cortez
Journey: The Second Voyage (Cimarron)
Liz Miller- Valentine
Lucky Me (Liz Miller)
Bruce Murdoch- (If I Had) Wings
Bruce Murdoch (Radio Canada International)

Jesse Winchester & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Jesse Winchester- Sham-A-Ling-Dong-Ding
Love Filling Station (Appleseed)
Chaim Tannenbaum, Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Lily Lanken- Young Love
The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)

The Roches- You’re the One
Where Do I Come From: Selected Songs (StorySound)

Mara Levine & Si Kahn- The Dutchman
Jewels and Harmony (Mara’s Creations)
Erik Frandsen- The Man Who Fell in Love with Kathleen
Antiques: New & Used (Erik Frandsen)
Mike Regenstreif & Maria Dunn (2017)

Maria Dunn- From Dublin with Love
Joyful Banner Blazing (Distant Whisper Music)
Bruce Brackney A.K.A. Haywire Brack- Another Time and Place
Case History (Pilgrims Rest)
Kate Wolf- Give Yourself to Love
The Wind Blows Wild (Rhino)

Buffy Ford Stewart, Eliza Gilkyson & Shana Morrison- Some Kind of Love
Same Old Heart (Global Recording Artists)
Pat Guadango- Tomorrow is a Long Time
1964 (Campbell Music)
Rosalie Sorrels- I Think of You
My Last Go Round (Red House)
Allison Russell- Persephone
Outside Child (Fantasy)

Shelley Posen- Old Loves
Old Loves (Well Done Music)
Nanci Griffith- Time Alone
Once In a Very Blue Moon (Philo)
Mike Regenstreif & Bill Staines (1993)

Bill Staines
- Sueño
Sandstone Cathedrals (Mineral River)
Perla Batalla- Coming Back to You
Bird on the Wire: The Songs of Leonard Cohen (Mechuda Music)
Moore & McGregor- Dream With Me
Dream With Me (Ivernia)

Mike Regenstreif, Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop (2014)

Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop
- The Story of Love
Red Shoes (Borealis)

Next week: Remembering Dr. John on Mardi Gras Day.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Friday, February 3, 2023

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday February 7, 2023: Songs Mississippi John Hurt Sang for the Library of Congress


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 recorded and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at …  https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/59321.html

Theme: Songs Mississippi John Hurt Sang for the Library of Congress.

Mississippi John Hurt, who died in 1966 at age 73, was one of the most influential and important of the African American blues artists and songsters rediscovered in the 1960s. The songs on this program – some of which were written by Mississippi John Hurt – were all sung and recorded by him for the Library of Congress in 1963.


Mississippi John Hurt
- See See Rider
Mr. Hurt Goes to Washington (Sunset Blvd.)

Bruce Cockburn- My Hometown Avalon (Avalon Blues)
Rarities (True North)
Michael Jerome Browne & Mike Regenstreif (2005)

Michael Jerome Browne
- Sliding Delta
Sliding Delta (Borealis)
Maria Muldaur with John Sebastian- Richland Woman Blues
Richland Woman Blues (Stony Plain)
Mississippi John Hurt- Coffee Blues
Mr. Hurt Goes to Washington (Sunset Blvd.)
Doc & Merle Watson- Corrina, Corrina
Then and Now (Tomato)

Mississippi John Hurt- Stack O’Lee
Mr. Hurt Goes to Washington (Sunset Blvd.)

Rhiannon Giddens- The Angels Laid Him Away (Louis Collins)
Freedom Highway (Nonesuch)
“Philadelphia” Jerry Ricks- Keep On Knocking
Many Miles of Blues (Rooster Blues)
Tim Williams- Pallet on the Floor
Evenings Among Friends (Cayuse)
Mississippi John Hurt- Trouble I’ve Hall All My Day
Mr. Hurt Goes to Washington (Sunset Blvd.)

Dave Van Ronk- Spike Driver Blues
Down in Washington Square (Smithsonian Folkways)
Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur- Frankie
Penny’s Farm (Kingswood)
David Essig & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

David Essig
- Candy Man
Redbird Country & High Ground (Appaloosa)
Mississippi John Hurt- Got the Blues That Can’t Be Satisfied
Mr. Hurt Goes to Washington (Sunset Blvd.)

Rosalie Sorrels- I’m Satisfied
Miscellaneous Abstract Record No. 1 (Green Linnet)
Martin Grosswendt- Pay Day
Pay Day! (Martin Grosswendt)
Peter Keane- Nobody’s Dirty Business
Rural Electrification (Peter Keane)
Mississippi John Hurt- Funky Butt
Mr. Hurt Goes to Washington (Sunset Blvd.)

Happy Traum- Monday Morning Blues
Bright Morning Stars (Lark’s Nest Music)
Andy Cohen- Talkin’ Casey
Tryin’ to Get Home (Earwig)
Eve Goldberg & Mike Regenstreif (2013)

Eve Goldberg
- My Creole Belle
Ever Brightening Day (Sweet Patootie)

Mississippi John Hurt- Hot Time in Old Town Tonight
Mr. Hurt Goes to Washington (Sunset Blvd.)

Next week: Love Songs.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday, January 21, 2023

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday January 31, 2023: Songs I’ve Heard Leon Redbone Sing


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 recorded and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/59153.html

Theme: Songs I’ve Heard Leon Redbone Sing.


Leon Redbone, who died in 2019 at age 69, was a mysterious figure who played meticulous arrangements of old blues, jazz and Tin Pan Alley songs. 

Leon Redbone- Sweet Mama Papa’s Gettin’ Mad
Live_The Olympia Theater, Paris, France (Rounder)

The Hot Sardines- Lulu’s Back in Town
Welcome Home, Bon Voyage (Eleven)
Jeff Healey- Some of These Days
The Best of the Stony Plain Years: Vintage Jazz, Swing and Blues (Stony Plain)
Guy Van Duser & Billy Novick- My Blue Heaven
Exactly Like Us (Rounder)
Dawn Tyler Watson & Paul Deslauriers- Shine On Harvest Moon
En Duo (Justin Time)
Leon Redbone- Champagne Charlie
Champagne Charlie (Warner Bros.)
Ry Cooder- Big Bad Bill is Sweet William Now
Jazz (Warner Bros.)

Leon Redbone- Marie
On the Track (Warner Bros.)

The Whiteley Brothers- Crazy Blues
Bluesology (Pyramid)
Mose Scarlett- Somebody Stole My Gal
Precious Seconds (Borealis)
Hotcha!- My Walkin’ Stick
Dust Bowl Roots: Songs for the New Depression (Hotcha!)
Paul Geremia- Nobody’s Sweetheart Now
Gamblin’ Woman Blues (Red House)
Leon Redbone- Louisiana Fairy Tale
Any Time (Rounder)

Mary Coughlan- Seduced
Tired & Emotional (EastWest)
Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik- Your Cheatin’ Heart
Martha Sings & Robert Plays (Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik)
Sneezy Waters, Ken Whiteley, Jackie Washington & Mike Regenstreif (2008)

Sneezy Waters- Lovesick Blues
Sneezy Waters Sings Hank Williams (Borealis)
Jackie Washington with Mose Scarlett & Ken Whiteley- I Ain’t Got Nobody
Sitting on a Rainbow (Borealis)
Leon Redbone- Ghost of the St. Louis Blues
Sugar (Rounder)

Patti Casey with Paul Asbell- Ain’t Misbehavin’
Just an Old Sweet Song (Long Shot Music)
Dave Van Ronk- Your Feets Too Big
Sweet & Lowdown (Justin Time)
Andy Cohen- Step It Up and Go
Tryin’ to Get Home (Earwig)
Roberta Donnay & The Prohibition Mob Band- When I Take My Sugar to Tea
Bathtub Gin (Motema)
Leon Redbone- Alabama Jubilee
Champagne Charlie (Warner Bros.)

Missy Burgess & Michael Burgess- When You Wish Upon a Star
Pour Me a Song (Patio)
Duke Robillard & Kelley Hunt- Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone
Duke Robillard and his Dames of Rhythm (M.C.)

Leon Redbone- Polly Wolly Doodle
On the Track (Warner Bros.)

Next week: Songs Mississippi John Hurt Sang for the Library of Congress in 1963.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday January 28, 2023


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 and can already be streamed on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/59164.html

Three songs in memory of David Crosby (1941-2023).

The Byrds- Mr. Tambourine Man
Mr. Tambourine Man (Columbia)

Crosby, Stills & Nash- Long Time Gone
Crosby, Stills & Nash (Atlantic)
David Crosby- Traction in the Rain
If I Could Only Remember My Name (Atlantic)

Ben Bedford- Leaping
Valley of Stars (Hopeful Sky)
Geoff Bartley- Talkin’ Jumping Frog Blues
The Ballad of Billy Bridger (Magic Crow)

Bob Jensen- Sit Down Young Stranger
For the Sake of the Song (Bob Jensen)
J.P. Cormier- Approaching Lavender
The Long River: A Personal Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot (Flash Publishing)
Nicki Parrott- If You Could Read My Mind
If You Could Read My Mind (Arbors)
Gordon Lightfoot- Saturday Clothes
If You Could Read My Mind (Reprise)

The Vanier Playboys- Born in the Country
Deux (The Vanier Playboys)
Ball & Chain & The Wreckers- Come on Up to the House
Satisfied (Ball & Chain)
VickiKristinaBarcelona- Gun Street Girl
Pawn Shop Radio (StorySound)

Mike Regenstreif & David Amram (2004) photo: Ron Petronko

David Amram- Waltz from After the Fall
No More Walls (Flying Fish)

Three songs in memory of Steve James (1950-2023).

Steve James- Stack Lee’s Blues
Boom Chang (Burnside)
Steve James- Buddy Bolden’s Blues
Art & Grit (Discovery)
Steve James & Del Rey- Tappin’ That Thing
Tonight (Hobemian)

Three songs in memory of Thad Beckman (1952-2023).

Thad Beckman- Lay My Burden Down
Blues Gone By (Thadzooks)
Thad Beckman- Street of Disaster
Streets of Disaster (Thadzooks)
Thad Beckman, Mike Regenstreif & Tom Russell (2012)

Thad Beckman & Tom Russell
- Blue Wing
Streets of Disaster (Thadzooks)

Tom Russell & The Norwegian Wind Ensemble- St. Olav’s Gate
Aztec Jazz (Frontera)
Danny Britt- Bar Stool
All Over the Map (Red Dawg Music)
Creedence Clearwater Revival- Bad Moon Rising
Green River (Fantasy)
The Dumptrucks- Closing Time
Selections (Laughing Cactus)

Alex Cuba- Quiero Quedarme
Quiero Quedarme – single (Caracol)
Le Vent du Nord- L’auberge
20 Printemps (La Compagnie du Nord)
Christopher Mark Jones / Bernard Pozier- Rendez-vous sous la pluie
Montréal Encore (Small Batch Music)
Pat Guadango & Mary McCrink- Boots of Spanish Leather
1964 (Campbell Music)
Annie Capps- Learning
How Can I Say This? (Yellow Room)

Tim Ball- Sugar in the Gourd
Upstate Crossroads (Irelandville)

The next two songs punctuated my conversation with Christine Graves, recorded on January 17 via Zoom.

Christine Graves- Despite the News
Everyday Life (Christine Graves)

Christine Graves- Here’s My Song
Everyday Life (Christine Graves)

Four songs to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27).

Payadora Tango Ensemble featuring Olga Avigail Mieleszczuk- Sabina’s Letter: Some of Us Must Survive
Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango (Six Degrees)
Brendan Nolan- Parallel Limbs
Beneath White Stars: Holocaust Profiles in Song (AlmondSeed Media)
Lenka Lichtenberg- Our feet are marching, two and two
Thieves of Dreams (Six Degrees)
Shelley Posen- Packed
Mazel (Well Done Music)

The Squirrel Hillbillies- Mama Just Wants to Barrelhouse All Night Long
Rhizomes (The Squirrel Hillbillies)
Bruce Cockburn- Whole Night Sky
Rarities (True North)
Lucie Blue Tremblay- The Paradise Club
So Many Wows (Maggie & Shanti Musique)
The Heart Collectors- Pieces II
Timeless Space (Spins the Gold)

Sue Horowitz- January
Strings, Wings and Curious Things (Sue Horowitz)
Bill Staines- January Snow
The First Million Miles, Volume II (Rounder)
Mike Regenstreif & Priscilla Herdman (1978) photo: Ron Petronko

Priscilla Herdman- January Thaw
Forgotten Dreams (Flying Fish)

Michael Kaeshammer- Bourbon Street Parade
The Warehouse Sessions (Linus)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on February 25. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm. 

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--Mike Regenstreif