Monday, September 18, 2023

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday September 26, 2023: Remembering Gram Parsons (1946-1973)


Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/62049.html

Theme: Remembering Gram Parsons (1946-1973).


Gram Parsons
, one of the most influential musicians in the development of country rock, flamed out and died of an overdose of alcohol and morphine, 50 years ago this past week, on September 19, 1973. He was only 26 years old.

International Submarine Band- Luxury Liner
Safe at Home (LHI)

The Byrds- Hickory Wind
Sweetheart of the Rodeo (Columbia)
Christian Parker- One Hundred Years from Now
Sweethearts: A Tribute to The Byrds ‘Sweetheart of the Rodeo’ (Subcat)
The Byrds- You’re Still On My Mind
Sweetheart of the Rodeo (Columbia)

Christian Parker- Drug Store Truck Driving Man
Sweethearts: A Tribute to The Byrds ‘Sweetheart of the Rodeo’ (Subcat)
The Flying Burrito Brothers- Christine’s Tune (Devil in Disguise)
The Gilded Palace of Sin (A&M)
The Good Lovelies- Juanita
Live at Revolution (Six Shooter)
The Refugees- Sin City
California (Wahubo/Longhouse)

Gene Clark & Carla Olson- I’m Your Toy (Hot Burrito #1)
So Rebellious a Lover (Rhino)
Emmylou Harris- Hot Burrito #2
Evangaline (Reprise)
The Flying Burrito Brothers- Cody, Cody
Burrito Deluxe (A&M)
The Seldom Scene featuring Emmylou Harris- Wheels
15th Anniversary Celebration (Sugar Hill)
The Wailin' Jennys- Boulder to Birmingham
Fifteen (True North)

Gram Parsons- She
G.P. (Reprise)
Evan Dando & Juliana Hatfield- $1000 Wedding
Return of the Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons (Almo Sounds)
Gram Parsons- Ooh Las Vegas
Grievous Angel (Reprise)
Barrence Whitfield & Tom Russell- Brass Buttons
Cowboy Mambo (Stony Plain)
Tom Russell- Joshua Tree
Road to Bayamon (Philo)

Gram Parsons- The New Soft Shoe
G.P. (Reprise)
Lucy Kaplansky- Return of the Grievous Angel
Flesh and Bone (Red House)
Gram Parsons with Emmylou Harris- Love Hurts
Grievous Angel (Reprise)
Emmylou Harris- The Road
Hard Bargain (Nonesuch)

Gram Parsons with Emmylou Harris- In My Hour of Darkness
Grievous Angel (Reprise)

Next week: Part 1 – Conversation and Songs with Alan Bern of The Semer Ensemble; Part 2 – “I’ll sing you this October Song.”

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday, September 9, 2023

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday September 19, 2023: September Songs – That’s How the Summer Slips Away


Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/61962.html

Theme: September Songs – That’s How the Summer Slips Away.

Steel Rail- That’s How the Summer Slips Away
River Song (Crossties)

Cheryl Wheeler- Summer’s Almost Over
Defying Gravity (Philo)
Peter, Paul & Mary- 75 Septembers
LifeLines (Warner Bros.)
Eric Bibb- Done Laid Around (Gotta Travel On)
Good Stuff (Earthbeat!)
Rosanne Cash- September When It Comes
Rules of Travel (Capitol)
Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

David Francey
- Far End of Summer
Far End of Summer (Laker)

Night Sun- Summer Songs
One Moment of Grace (Borealis)

Rickie Lee Jones- September Song
Pieces of Treasure (BMG Modern)
Bill Morrissey- When Summer’s Ended
You’ll Never Get to Heaven (Philo)
Randall Kromm- Late September
Late September (Randall Kromm)
Mike Regenstreif & Garnet Rogers (2006)

Garnet Rogers
- Summer’s End
The Best Times After All: Live (Snow Goose Songs)
Julie Gold- It’s Hard to Love September
Try Love (Gadfly)

Bruce Murdoch- September 4 – 4 East
Unreleased 1969 tape – used with permission
Kate Wolf- September Song
Safe at Anchor (Rhino)
Jay Linden- Blue Skies of September
Satchel (Jay Linden)
Laura Smith & Mike Regenstreif (2013)

Laura Smith- My Bonny
As Long As I’m Dreaming (Borealis)

Rod Stewart- Maggie May
Every Picture Tells a Story (Mercury)
The Kennedys- Late September Breeze
Headwinds (The Kennedys)
Jesse DeNatale- Late September
The Hands of Time (Blue Arrow)
Lynn Miles- Deep September Blue
Winter (Lynn Miles)

Klezmer-ish- September Sun
Dusty Roads (Riverboat)

Next week: Remembering Gram Parsons (1946-1973).

--Mike Regenstreif

Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday September 12, 2023: Part 1 – Conversation and Songs with author David Eisenstadt; Part 2 – Songs of Dave Carter


Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/61910.html

Themes: Part 1 – Conversation and Songs with author David Eisenstadt; Part 2 – Songs of Dave Carter.

Part 1: Conversation and Songs with David Eisenstadt. My conversation with David was recorded on August 14 via Zoom. The songs heard before and during the interview are by artists featured in David’s new book, Musicians Under the Radar: 36 Notable Canadian Jewish Performers. Visit https://undertheradarbook.com/ for more information about David and his books. 


Theresa Tova
- Der Saksofon Shpiler (The Saxophone Player)
You Ask Me Why: Tova Sings Beyle (Tova Entertainment)

Colin Linden- Angel Next to Me
bLOW (Highway 20)

Nikki Yanofsky- Comes Love
Nikki By Starlight (MNRK Music Group)

David Buchbinder- Freylekhs Tumbao
Odessa/Havana (Tzadik)

Socalled (Josh Dolgin) with The Kaiser Quartett- Roumanishe Kretchme
Di Frosh and other Yiddish Songs (Membran)

Part 2 – Songs of Dave Carter (1952-2002)

Dave Carter was a very fine singer and songwriter who died suddenly of a massive heart attack on July 19, 2002, less than a month before he would have turned 50. Dave was in his mid-40s when he teamed up with fiddler and singer Tracy Grammer to form a duo that took the folk music world by storm.

Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer

Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer- Annie’s Lover
When I Go (Dave Carter)
Ronny Cox- When I Go
Ronny Cox Live (Ronny Cox)
Priscilla Herdman- Gentle Arms of Eden
The Road Home (Redwing Music)
Tracy Grammer- Mother, I Climbed
Flower of Avalon (Signature Sounds)

Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer- Tanglewood Tree
Tanglewood Tree (Signature Sounds)
Lucy Kaplansky- Cowboy Singer
The Red Thread (Red House)
Diane Zeigler- Gentle Soldier of My Soul
Paintbrush (Diane Zeigler)
Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer- I Go Like the Raven
Drum Hat Buddha (Signature Sounds)

Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer- Seven is the Number
Seven is the Number (Tracy Grammer Music)
Full Frontal Folk- Cat-Eye Willie Claims His Lover
Sweet Mystery of Life (Full Frontal Folk)
The Kennedys- Gypsy Rose
Songs of the OPEN ROAD (Appleseed)

Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer- Farewell to Saint Delores
Tanglewood Tree (Signature Sounds)

Next week: September Songs – That’s How the Summer Slips Away.

--Mike Regenstreif

Monday, September 4, 2023

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday September 9, 2023


Saturday Morning
is an eclectic roots-oriented program on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa 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 the Saturday Morning show.

This episode of Saturday Morning was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/61892.html

Mike Regenstreif & Arlo Guthrie (1996)

Arlo Guthrie
- Mr. Tambourine Man
HARP: A Time to Sing (Appleseed)

Jay Linden- 10 Dollar Show
Ordinary Sunrise (Americana North)
Ramblin' Jack Elliott- New Stranger Blues
A Stranger Here (Anti-)
Jesse DeNatale- Streets of Sorrow
The Hands of Time (Blue Arrow)
Eliza Gilkyson- True North
Home (Realiza)
The Rifters- Gentle On My Mind
The Enchanted World (Howlin’ Dog)

Noah Zacharin- Done Gone Gone
Points of Light (Noah Zacharin)
Nellie McKay- Driftin’
Hey Guys, Watch This (Hungry Mouse)
Allison Brown- Don’t Wait Too Long
Just Another Memory (Allison Brown)
Coco Love Alcorn- This Little Light of Mine
Rebirth (Coco Love Alcorn)

In memory of Jimmy Buffett (1946-2023)

Note: Based on a published report, I mentioned that Jimmy Buffett died from lymphoma. However, after the show was recorded, it was announced that his cause of death was "complications from Merkel-cell carcinoma, a rare and aggressive skin cancer."

Jimmy Buffett- He Went to Paris
A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean (MCA)
Jimmy Buffett- The Captain and the Kid
Havana Daydreamin’ (MCA)
Jimmy Buffett- I Wave Bye-Bye
Songs from St. Somewhere (Mailboat)

Jesse Winchester- Biloxi
Jesse Winchester (Stony Plain)

Rachel Anne Goodman- Slow Down Time
California Morning (Coastridge)

Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer- Ol ‘55
Come On Up to the House: Women Sing Waits (Dualtone)
David Bradstreet- Grapefruit Moon
Hindsight (David Bradstreet)
Priscilla Herdman- I Hope That I Don’t Fall in Love with You
Forgotten Dreams (Flying Fish)
Tom Waits- Martha
Closing Time (Elektra)

Hank Woji- Sitting in Limbo
Highways, Gamblers, Devils and Dreams (KZRecords)
Linda Ronstadt- Many Rivers to Cross
Prisoner in Disguise (Asylum)
Sneezy Waters- The Harder They Come
Sneezy Waters Live (Sneezy Waters)
Jimmy Cliff- You Can Get It If You Really Want
The Harder They Come (Island)

April Verch & Cody Walters- Up in the Ottawa Valley
Passages and Pairings (Slab Town)
Stan Rogers- Acadian Saturday Night
From Coffee House to Concert Hall (Fogarty’s Cove)
Notre Dame de Grass- Saturday Night
New Canada Road (Notre Dame de Grass)

C. Daniel Boling featuring Tom Paxton- Old Friends
New Old Friends (Berkalin)
Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2009)

Tom Paxton
- Faces and Places
New Songs for Old Friends (Reprise)
Tom Russell- These Friends of Mine
Play One More: The Songs of Ian & Sylvia (True North)

Christian Parker- You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
Sweethearts: A Tribute to The Byrd’s ‘Sweetheart of the Rodeo’ (Subcat)

Julian Taylor- Wide Awake
Beyond the Reservoir (Howling Turtle)
Allison Russell- Persephone
Outside Child (Fantasy)
Iggy Pop- You Want It Darker
Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Blue Note)

In memory of Len Chandler (1935-1988)

Len Chandler & Mike Regenstreif (2017)

Len Chandler
- Keep On Keeping On
To Be a Man (Columbia)
Dave Van Ronk- Green, Green Rocky Road
…and the tin pan bended, and the story ended… (Smithsonian Folkways)
Len Chandler- I’m Going to Get My Baby Out of Jail
Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Songs of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement (Folk Era)

The Kennedys- The Sky Doesn’t Look Right
Headwinds (The Kennedys)
Sultans of String featuring Duke Redbird- Our Mother the Earth
Walking Through the Fire (Sultans of String)
Annie Gallup- The Sky at Night
Small Fortune (Flyaway Hair)

Too Sad for the Public- Hey Now (pt 1)
Vol.2 – Yet and Still: Traditional American Folk Song-Stirring by Dick Connette (StorySound)
Last Forever- Buddy’s Blues
No Place Like Home/Last Forever (2nd Story Sound)
Too Sad for the Public featuring Ana Egge- Hey Now (pt 2)
Vol.2 – Yet and Still: Traditional American Folk Song-Stirring by Dick Connette (StorySound)

Wynton Marsalis- St. James Infirmary
Wynton Marsalis Plays Louis Armstong’s Hot Fives and Hot Sevens (Blue Engine)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on October 7. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm. 

--Mike Regenstreif

Friday, August 25, 2023

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday September 5, 2023: Joni Mitchell and Others at the Newport Folk Festival


Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/61791.html

Theme: Joni Mitchell and Others at the Newport Folk Festival.

Brandi Carlisle- Introduction
Joni Mitchell at Newport (Rhino)

Joni Mitchell featuring Lusius- Big Yellow Taxi
Joni Mitchell at Newport (Rhino)
Joni Mitchell featuring Brandi Carlisle & Marcus Mumford- A Case of You
Joni Mitchell at Newport (Rhino)
Joni Mitchell featuring Taylor Goldsmith- Amelia
Joni Mitchell at Newport (Rhino)
Joni Mitchell- Both Sides Now
Joni Mitchell at Newport (Rhino)

Joni Mitchell- Just Like This Train
Joni Mitchell at Newport (Rhino)

Joni Mitchell- Summertime
Joni Mitchell at Newport (Rhino)
Joni Mitchell featuring Brandi Carlisle- Carey
Joni Mitchell at Newport (Rhino)
Joni Mitchell featuring Celisse- Help Me
Joni Mitchell at Newport (Rhino)
Joni Mitchell featuring Taylor Goldsmith- Come in from the Cold
Joni Mitchell at Newport (Rhino)
Joni Mitchell featuring Brandi Carlisle- Shine
Joni Mitchell at Newport (Rhino)
Joni Mitchell- The Circle Game
Joni Mitchell at Newport (Rhino)

Ian & Sylvia- C.C. Rider
Live at Newport (Vanguard)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee- Drink Muddy Water
Newport Folk Festival: Best of the Blues 1959-68 (Vanguard)
Mississippi John Hurt- Candy Man
Newport Folk Festival: Best of the Blues 1959-68 (Vanguard)
Joan Baez- Farewell, Angelina
Live at Newport (Vanguard)
Tom Paxton- Ramblin’ Boy
Best of the Vanguard Years (Vanguard)
Reverend Gary Davis- I Won’t Be Back No More (I’m Going to Sit Down on the Banks of the River)
Live at Newport (Vanguard)
Peter, Paul & Mary- If I Had My Way (Samson and Delilah)
At Newport 1963-1965 (Shout! Factory)

Jean Carignan- Le Reel du Diable (Devil’s Dream)
Newport Folk Festival 1963: The Evening Concerts, Vol 2 (Vanguard)

Next week: Part 1 – Songs and Conversation with author David Eisenstadt; Part 2 – Songs of Dave Carter.

--Mike Regenstreif

Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday August 29, 2023: “Nebraska” and Other Songs of Bruce Springsteen


Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/61669.html

Theme: “Nebraska” and Other Songs of Bruce Springsteen.

Bruce Springsteen (photo: Bell Ebbesen)

Bruce Springsteen- House of a Thousand Guitars
Letter to You (Columbia)

Erik Balkey- Born in the U.S.A.
Everything is Great (Hudson Harding)
Harry Manx & Kevin Breit- I’m On Fire
In Good We Trust (Stony Plain)
Dale Boyle- My Hometown
Small Town Van Gogh (Route 132 Productions)
Lucinda Williams- Factory
The Ghosts of Highway 20 (Highway 20)
Joy Zimmerman & Katie Dahl- If I Should Fall Behind
Where the Light Lives (Cultivate Joy)

Bruce Springsteen- Land of Hope and Dreams
Springsteen on Broadway (Columbia)


Bruce Springsteen
- Nebraska
Nebraska (Columbia)
Finny McConnell- Atlantic City
The Dark Streets of Love (True North)
Aoife O’Donovan- Mansion on the Hill
Aoife O’Donovan Plays Nebraska (Yep Roc)
Tim Grimm- Johnny 99
Names (Wind River)
Johnny Cash- Highway Patrolman
Johnny 99 (Columbia)

Fafard & Schwartz- State Trooper
Borrowed Horses (Joël Fafard & Joel Schwartz)
Bruce Springsteen- Used Cars
Nebraska (Columbia)
Bruce Springsteen- Open All Night
Nebraska (Columbia)
Amy Speace- My Father’s House
Tuscon (Windbone)
The Blue Warblers- Reason to Believe
Birds (BorderBag Productions)

Bruce Springsteen- The Ghost of Tom Joad
The Ghost of Tom Joad (Columbia)
Tom Russell- Across the Border
Appleseed’s 21st Anniversary: Roots and Branches (Appleseed)
Lucy Kaplansky- Thunder Road
Everyday Street (Lucy Kaplansky)

Bruce Springsteen- Hitch Hikin’
Western Stars (Columbia)

Next week: Joni Mitchell and Others at the Newport Folk Festival.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday, August 12, 2023

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday August 22, 2023: Remembering Robbie Robertson


Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/61634.html

Theme: Remembering Robbie Robertson (1943-2023).

Robbie Robertson (photo: Don Dixon/The Band website)

Robbie Robertson
, the great guitarist and principal songwriter of The Band, died on Aguust 9, at age 80, following what his family said was a long illness.

The Band- Caledonia Mission
Music from Big Pink (Capitol)

The Staple Singers- The Weight
Stax Profiles (Stax)
Colin Linden (with Rick Danko)- Chest Fever
When the Spirit Comes (True North)
The Band- To Kingdom Come
Music from Big Pink (Capitol)

Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks- Come Love
Testimony (Universal)
The Band & Ronnie Hawkins- Who Do You Love
The Last Waltz (Rhino)

Happy & Artie Traum- Going Down to See Bessie (Bessie Smith)
Double-Back (Capitol)

Bob Dylan & The Band- Highway 61 Revisited
Before the Flood (Columbia/Legacy)
The Band- Up on Cripple Creek
Before the Flood (Columbia/Legacy)
Jack Williams- The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Four Good Days (Wind River)
Rosanne Cash- The Unfaithful Servant
Endless Highway: The Music of The Band (429)
The Band- Rockin’ Chair
The Band (Capitol)

The Band- The Shape I’m In
Stage Fright (Capitol)
Barrence Whitfield & Tom Russell- Daniel and the Sacred Harp
Cowboy Mambo (Stony Plain)
Colleen Rennison- Stage Fright
See the Sky About to Rain (Black Hen)

Robbie Robertson- Somewhere Down the Crazy River
Testimony (Universal)
David Clayton-Thomas- Ophelia
Canadiana (Antoinette/ILS)
The Roches- Acadian Driftwood
Endless Highway: The Music of The Band (429)
The Band- The Saga of Pepote Rouge
Islands Cross (Capitol)

The Band- The Weight
Music from Big Pink (Capitol)

Next week: Songs of Bruce Springsteen.

--Mike Regenstreif

Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday August 15, 2023: Remembering Tony Bennett


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.

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/595/61550.html

Theme: Remembering Tony Bennett (1926-2023).

Tony Bennett (photo: Mark Seliger)

Tony Bennett, the great jazz and pop singer, died on July 21, less than two weeks before his 97th birthday. All the songs on this show were part of Bennett’s repertoire.

Tony Bennett- Let’s Begin
The Beat of My Heart (Columbia)

Peggy Lee- I Left My Heart in San Francisco
I’m a Woman: Expanded Edition (Capitol)
Willie Nelson- Let’s Face the Music and Dance
Let’s the Face the Music and Dance (Legacy)
Diana Krall- East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)
When I Look in Your Eyes (Verve)
Tony Bennett & Bonnie Raitt- I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
Playin’ with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues (RPM/Columbia)

Tony Bennett & The Count Basie Orchestra- Anything Goes
Count Basie Swings/Tony Bennett Sings (Roulette)
Mariane Faithfull- Boulevard of Broken Dreams
20th Century Blues (RCA)
David Clayton-Thomas- When I Fall in Love
Combo (Antionette)

Tony Bennett- Just One of Those Things
Love for Sale (Columbia/Interscope)
Susie Arioli Swing Band featuring Jordan Officer- Pennies from Heaven
Pennies from Heaven (Justin Time)
Jackie Washington, Ken Whiteley & Mose Scarlett- A Little Street Where Old Friends Meet
Where Old Friends Meet (Pyramid)
Holly Cole- Whatever Lola Wants
Montreal (Universal)
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga- Love for Sale
Love for Sale (Columbia/Interscope)

Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse- Body and Soul
Duets II (Columbia)
Missy Burgess- Smile
Play Me Sweet (Missy Burgess)
Chaim Tannenbaum- It’s Only a Paper Moon
Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)
Sophie Milman- I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby
Sophie Milman (Linus)
Dave Van Ronk- As Time Goes By
Sweet & Lowdown (Justin Time)
Tony Bennett- Play It Again, Sam
I’ve Gotta Be Me (Columbia)

Tony Bennett- Blues in the Night
Playin’ with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues (RPM/Columbia)
Catherine Russell- I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
Bring It Back (Jazz Village)
Steve Howell, Dan Sumner & Jason Weinheimer- Do Nothing ‘til You Hear From Me
Long Ago (Out of the Past)
Tony Bennett & K.D. Lang- Keep the Faith Baby
Playin’ with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues (RPM/Columbia)

Tony Bennett & The Count Basie Orchestra- Are You Having Any Fun
Strike Up the Band (Roulette)

Next week: Remembering Robbie Robertson (1943-2023). 

--Mike Regenstreif

Sunday, August 6, 2023

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday August 12, 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 the Saturday Morning show.

This episode of Saturday Morning was recorded and can already be streamed on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/61559.html

Mike Regenstreif & Jimmy LaFave (2017)

Jimmy LaFave- Mr. Tambourine Man
Trail Three (Music Road)

In memory of Sinéad O’Connor (1966-2023)

Sinéad O’Connor- Rivers of Babylon
Theology: Dublin Sessions (Koch)
Kris Kristofferson- Sister Sinéad
Closer to the Bone (New West)
Sinéad O’Connor- The Parting Glass
Sean-Nós Nua (Vanguard)

John Hartford- The Tall Tall Grass
Gentle On My Mind and Other Originals (RCA)
Chris Coole & John Showman- The Long Hot Summer Days
Much Further Out Than Inevitable: A Fiddle and Banjo Tribute to Some Music of John Hartford (Chris Coole)
Too Sad for the Public featuring Rob Moose- Uncle Bunting (pt 1)
Vol.2 – Yet and Still: Traditional American Folk Song-Stirring by Dick Connette (StorySound)

Katie Dahl- Temperance River
Seven Stones (Leaky Boat)
Ed Snodderley- Just Like You River
Chimney Smoke (Need to Know Music)
Michael Jerome Browne with Mary Flower- I’ve Got the Big River Blues
Gettin’ Together (Borealis/Stony Plain)
Mara Levine- River
Jewels and Harmony (Mara’s Creations)

Buffy Sainte-Marie- Cripple Creek
Best of the Vanguard Years (Vanguard)
Shannon Leigh Reynolds- The Piney Wood Hills
Triple Shot (Good Bygone)
Eva Cassidy with The London Symphony Orchestra- Tall Trees in Georgia
I Can Only Be Me (Blix Street)
Penny Lang- Spanish Moss
Ain’t Life Sweet (She-Wolf)

Too Sad for the Public featuring Rayna Gellert & Chaim Tannenbaum- Uncle Bunting (pt 2)
Vol.2 – Yet and Still: Traditional American Folk Song-Stirring by Dick Connette (StorySound)

Eliza Gilkyson- Sunflowers
Home (Realiza)
Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi- Song of Berhomet
The Wolf and the Lamb: Live at The Shakh (Arc)

Annie & Rod Capps- Anything but You
Love and Rain (Yellow Room)
The Bombadils- Through and Through
Dear Friend (The Bombadils)
Raye Zaragoza- Bittersweet
Hold That Spirit (Rebel River)

Aleksi Campagne- Prairie Wind
For the Giving/Sans Rien Donner (Aleksi Campagne)
Connie Kaldor- Bigger Than Anywhere Else
Out of the Blue (Coyote)
Hart Rouge- Destination
Beaupré’s Home (Highway 13 Musique)

Al Qahwa- Salma Ya Salama (Peace and Safety)
Weyn Allah (Al Qahwa)
Aviva Chernick- La Serena
La Serena (Aviva Chernick)

Dave Gunning- The Same Storm
The Same Storm (Wee House of Music)
Allison Lupton- Away
Words of Love (Allison Lupton Music)
Rachel Anne Goodman- Waiting for the Rain
California Morning (Coastridge)

Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi- Melody from Livonia
The Wolf and the Lamb: Live at The Shakh (Arc)

Joy Zimmerman- How Shall We Sing
Where the Light Lives (Cultivate Joy)
Kari Bremnes- Anna Olsen
The Man from God Knows Where (HighTone)
Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Tom Russell- Rider on an Orphan Train
The Man from God Knows Where (HighTone)
Kari Bremnes- Anna Olsen’s Letter Home
The Man from God Knows Where (HighTone)

Mountain City Four- This Train
Mountain City Four (Omnivore)
Eric Bibb- Sinner Man
Ridin’ (Stony Plain)
Bob & Sarah Amos- Wayfaring Stranger
Ever Onward (Bristlecone)

Samoa Wilson with The Jim Kweskin Band- He Ain’t Got Rhythm
I Just Want to Be Horizontal (Kingswood)
Maria Muldaur with Tuba Skinny- Road of Stone
Let’s Get Happy Together (Stony Plain)
Geoff Muldaur's Futuristic Ensemble featuring Martha Wainwright- There Ain’t No Sweet Man That’s Worth the Salt of My Tears
Private Astronomy: A Vision of the Music of Bix Beiderbecke (Edge Music)
Too Sad for the Public- Uncle Bunting (pt 3)
Vol.2 – Yet and Still: Traditional American Folk Song-Stirring by Dick Connette (StorySound)
Teeyum Smith- Crash and Burn
Participating at Last (Teeyum Smith)

Joe Crookston- Blue Light
Nine Becomes One (Chapters 9 & 8) (Milagrito)
Crowes Pasture- If I Should Fall Behind
Don’t Blink (Crowes Pasture)
Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Murdoch (2007)

Bruce Murdoch- I’d Walk a Thousand Miles
Sometimes I Wonder Why the World (Bruce Murdoch)

Steve Howell- Dallas Rag
Gallery of Echoes (Out of the Past Music)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on September 9. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm. 

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday, July 22, 2023

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday August 8, 2023: He was a Friend of Mine – Thinking of Dave Van Ronk


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.

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/595/61381.html

Theme: He was a Friend of Mine: Thinking of Dave Van Ronk.

Dave – who died of cancer on February 10, 2002 at age 65 – was a tremendously influential artist, both to his contemporaries on the folk scene in the late 1950s and ‘60s – and to countless others who came along later.


Dave Van Ronk
- St. James Infirmary
…and the tin pan bended, and the story ended… (Smithsonian Folkways)

Bob Dylan- House of the Rising Sun
Bob Dylan (Columbia/Legacy)
Dave Van Ronk- Song to Woody
Somebody Else, Not Me (Philo)
Peter, Paul & Mary- Bamboo
Peter, Paul and Mary (Warner Bros.)
Peter Keane- Sunday Street
Another Kind of Blue (Broken White)


Dakota Dave Hull- Sheridan Square Rag
Under the North Star (Arabica)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Emmylou Harris, Loudon Wainwright III- Green Green Rocky Road
The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)
Tex König- Zen Koans Gonna Rise Again
Königsblende (Music Cellar)
Hans Theessink- He was a Friend of Mine
Songs from the Southland (Blue Groove)
Dave Van Ronk & The Ragtime Jug Stompers- Stealin’
Ragtime Jug Stompers (Oldays)
Tom Russell- Van Ronk
Hotwalker (HighTone)

Dave Van Ronk- Bird on the Wire
Van Ronk (Polydor)
Dave Van Ronk- Four Strong Winds
Live in Monterey (Omnivore)
Dave Van Ronk- Urge for Going
…and the tin pan bended, and the story ended… (Smithsonian Folkways)
David Massengill- Dave Van Ronk’s Last Cigar
Dave on Dave: A Tribute to Dave Van Ronk (Gadfly)

The Village Dudes- Another Time and Place
Another Time and Place (Blue Flute Music)
Dave Van Ronk & Christine Lavin- Two Sleepy People
Hummin’ to Myself (Gazell)
Dave Van Ronk- Cocaine
Live at Sir George Williams University (Just a Memory)
Dave Van Ronk- Gaslight Rag
Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk (Fantasy)
Tom Paxton- The Mayor of MacDougal Street
Redemption Road (Pax)

Dave Van Ronk- The Entertainer
Somebody Else, Not Me (Philo)

Next week: Remembering Tony Bennett (1926-2023).

--Mike Regenstreif

Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday August 1, 2023: Art & Artists


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/595/61330.html

Theme: Art & Artists.

Bob Dylan- When I Paint My Masterpiece
Shadow Kingdom (Columbia/Legacy)

Joni Mitchell- The Gallery
Clouds (Reprise)
Mike Regenstreif & Murray McLauchlan on Zoom (2021)

Murray McLauchlan- A Thomson Day (For Tom Thomson)
Hourglass (True North)
Ian Tamblyn- A.Y.
Walking in the Footsteps: Celebrating the Group of Seven (Art Gallery of Sudbury)
David Mallett- Phil Brown
Inches & Miles 1977-1980 (Flying Fish)
Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Hommage à Grungie
Tell My Sister – Dancer with Bruised Knees (Nonesuch)


Nikki Parrott
- Mona Lisa
Unforgettable: The Nat King Cole Songbook (Venus)

Jay Linden- Salvador Dali
Ordinary Sunrise (Americana North)
Rain Perry- René and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog After the War
Internal Combustion (Precipitous)
John McCutcheon- Monet Refuses the Operation
Cabin Fever: Songs from the Quarantine (Appalsongs)

Michael Johnathon- The Painter
The Painter (PoetMan)
Mike Regenstreif & Anne Hills (2001)

Anne Hills- My Daughter and Vincent Van Gogh
Points of View (Appleseed)
Priscilla Herdman- Vincent
Into the Stars (Stardreamer Music)

Gretchen Peters- Picasso and Me
Gretchen Peters (Valley Entertainment)
Guy Clark- Picasso’s Mandolin
Boats to Build (Asylum)
Jamie O'Reilly- Waving to Picasso
Swimming Deeper (Bird Avenue Publishing)

June Tabor- Paint Me, Redouté
Rosa Mudi (Green Linnet)
Judy Collins- Gauguin
Paradise (Wildflower)
Doug McArthur- The Painter’s Song
Letters from the Coast/Sisteron (Snow Goose Songs)
Ian Tyson- The Gift
All the Good’Uns (Stony Plain)

R. Crumb & His Cheap Suit Serenaders- Fine Artiste
R. Crumb’s Music Sampler (MQ Publications)

Next week: He was a Friend of Mine: Thinking of Dave Van Ronk.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday, July 15, 2023

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday July 25, 2023: Name That Tune


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/595/61281.html

Theme: Name That Tune – every song includes a proper name in its title.

Bonnie Dobson- Peter Amberley
Take Me for a Walk in the Morning Dew (Hornbeam)

David Massengill- My Name Joe
Coming Up for Air (Flying Fish)
Christine Lavin- My Sister Mary & My Mother
On My Way to Hooterville (Christine Lavin)
Rod MacDonald- Come Out, Annie
Rants and Romance (Blue Flute Music)
Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Linda Ronstadt- Gentle Annie
The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)
Tom Mitchell- Old Dan
When the Moon is Right (Truesongs)

Dave Clarke- Lucinda
The Healing Garden (Crossties)

The Dumptrucks- Jean Harlow
Selections (Laughing Cactus)
The Wailin' Jennys- Bring Me Little Water Sylvie
Live at The Mauch Chunk Opera House (Outside Music)
Ken Whiteley- Michael Row
Long Time Travelling (Ken Whiteley)

Tom Russell- Annette
Box of Visions (Stony Plain)
Nanci Griffith- Julie Anne
Poet In My Window (Philo)
Paul Siebel- Louise
Woodsmoke and Oranges (Elektra)
Katy Moffatt- Sister Angelina
Chrysalis (Sunset Blvd. Records)

Ball & Chain & The Wreckers- Merle
Satisfied (Moo Music)
Lynn Miles- Johnny Without June
tumbleWeedyWorld (True North)
Ian Hanchet- To Ramona
Dealin’ from the Bottom (of My Heart) (Ian Hanchet)
Bob Dylan- Visions of Johanna
The Real Royal Albert Hall 1966 Concert! (Columbia/Legacy)

Noel Paul Stookey- Jean Claude
Just Causes (Neworld)
Mike Regenstreif & Michael Smith (2014)

Michael Smith- The Ballad of Elizabeth Dark
Such Things are Finely Done (Tales from the Tavern)

Jesse Winchester- Eulalie
Live from Mountain Stage (Blue Plate Music)

Next week: Art & Artists.

--Mike Regenstreif

Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday July 18, 2023: Seven Psalms and Other Songs of Paul Simon


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/595/61226.html

Theme: Seven Psalms and Other Songs of Paul Simon.

Simon & Garfunkel- The Sound of Silence
Wednesday Morning 3 A.M. (Columbia)

Lucy Wainwright Roche & Suzzy Roche- Bleecker Street
Mud & Apples (Lucy Wainwright Roche & Suzzy Roche)
Dawn Tyler Watson & Paul Deslauriers-Homeward Bound
En Duo (Justin Time)
Caroline Doctorow- The Dangling Conversation
Dreaming in Vinyl (Narrow Lane)
Kate Campbell- America
The K.O.A. Tapes (Vol.1) (Large River Music)
Dave Van Ronk- Punky’s Dilemma
To All My Friends in Far-Flung Places (Gazell)
Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers- The Boxer
Ramble in Music City: The Lost Concert 1990 (Nonesuch)
Morgane Imbeaud & Elias Dris- Bridge Over Troubled Water
Homeward Bound: The Songs of Simon & Garfunkel (Fredonia)

Mara Levine- Song for the Asking
Facets of Folk (Mara’s Creations)

The Wailin' Jennys- Loves Me Like a Rock
Fifteen (True North)
John Stewart & Darwin’s Army- Boy in the Bubble
John Stewart & Darwin’s Army (Appleseed)
Melody Walker & Jacob Groopman- Graceland
We Made It Home (Maker/Mender Records)
Ladysmith Black Mambazo- Homeless
Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Shanachie)
Carrie Elkin- American Tune
The Penny Collector (Carrie Elkin)

Paul Simon’s new album, Seven Psalms, consists of just one track. Simon’s vision is that it is something to be listened to in its entirety so he weaves the seven psalms together into one piece. The seven psalms are The Lord, Love is Like a Braid, My Professional Opinion, Your Forgiveness, Trail of Volcanos, The Sacred Harp, and Wait. The second vocalist heard occasionally in the piece is Edie Brickell.


Paul Simon
- Seven Psalms
Seven Psalms (Owl Legacy)

Paul Simon & Phoebe Snow- Gone at Last
Still Crazy After All These Years (Warner Bros.)

Next week: Name That Tune.

--Mike Regenstreif

Monday, July 10, 2023

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday July 15, 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 the Saturday Morning show.

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/128/61213.html

Bill Camplin- Mr. Tambourine Man
Bob Dylan Project One (Bill Camplin)

Saul Broudy & Mike Regenstreif (1993)

Saul Broudy- Cool Colorado
Ten Great Years at Kerrville, Volume One (Silverwolf)
Rosalie Sorrels- Then Came the Children
Then Came the Children (Green Linnet)
John Stewart- July, You’re a Woman
California Bloodlines (Capitol)
Ed Snodderly- Better Just Ride the Mule
Chimney Smoke (Need to Know Music)

Montreal- A Summer’s Night
A Summer’s Night (Stormy Forest)
Johnny Rivers- Summer Rain
A Touch of Gold/Wild Night (BGO)
Kat Goldman- Summersong
Gypsy Girl (Kat Goldman)
The Lovin’ Spoonful- Summer in the City
Hums of The Lovin’ Spoonful (Sony/Legacy)

Lara Wong with Melón Jiménez- A compás en Usera
Rosa de los Vientos (Lara Wong)
James Talley- La Rosa Montaña
The Road to Torreon (Cimarron)
Perla Batalla- Cuando Sale la Luna
Discoteca Batalla (Mechuda Music)

Michael Jerome Browne- Reverend Strut
Gettin’ Together (Borealis/Stony Plain)

Bruce Cockburn- To Keep the World We Know
O Sun O Moon (True North)
Tim Grimm- Sowin’ on the Mountain
Heart Land Again (Vault)
Aleksi Campagne- Rome
For the Giving/Sans Rien Donner (Aleksi Campagne)
The Scooches- Stop This Climate Change
Lift You Up (On the Bol)

Crowes Pasture- Barranco
Don’t Blink (Crowes Pasture)
David Bradstreet- The Land Beyond
Hindsight (David Bradstreet)
Johnny Eaton- This is Migration
here’s the thing (Johnny Eaton)

The Klezmatics- Dzhankoye
Live at Town Hall (Klezmatics Disc)
Rod MacDonald- Heal the World
Rants and Romance (Blue Flute Music)
Eliza Gilkyson- World Keeps on Singing
Home (Realiza)

Stephen Fearing- Christine
Vejpoesi (Stephen Fearing)
Christine Graves- Hitting My Stride
Everyday Life (Christine Graves)
Matt Andersen- Shoes
The Big Bottle of Joy (Sonic)
Jason Lang- Handle with Care
Handled with Care (Famgroup/Genison Music)

Anat Cohen & Marcello Gonçalves- Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer
Reconvexo (Anzic)

Too Sad for the Public featuring Ana Egge- Railroad Bill (pt 1)
Too Sad for the Public, Vol.2 – Yet and Still: Traditional American Folk Song-Stirring by Dick Connette (StorySound)
Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Roma Baran- Willie Moore
Tell My Sister (Nonesuch)
Peggy Seeger- Tell My Sister
Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle (Nonesuch)
Rufus Wainwright & John Legend- Heading for Home
Folkocracy (BMG)
Too Sad for the Public featuring Chaim Tannenbaum- Railroad Bill (pt 2)
Too Sad for the Public, Vol.2 – Yet and Still: Traditional American Folk Song-Stirring by Dick Connette (StorySound)

Vance Gilbert- Black Rochelle
The Mother of Trouble (Vance Gilbert)
Katie Dahl- Both Doors Open
Seven Stones (Leaky Boat)
Terre & Maggie Roche- Moonruns
Kin Ya See That Sun (Earth Rock Wreckerds)
Owen Walsh-Well Well, Hey Hey, Bye Bye
On My Way (Wrong Road)
Allison Brown- Tomorrow Night
Just Another Memory (Allison Brown)

Bob Dylan- Queen Jane Approximately
Shadow Kingdom (Columbia/Legacy)
Duke Robillard- Watching the River Flow
Six Strings of Steel (M.C.)
The Silas Powell Band- All Along the Watchtower
Makin’ a Run (East Run)

Socalled (Josh Dolgin) with The Kaiser Quartett- Roumanishe Kretchme
Di Frosh and other Yiddish Songs (Membran)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on August 12. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm. 

--Mike Regenstreif

Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday July 11, 2023: Hit Songs – Alternate Visions


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/595/61133.html

Theme: Hit Songs – Alternate Visions.

Chances are you’re familiar with most, if not all, of the songs on this show – but some of these versions might be new to you.

Toots & The Maytals- (Take Me Home) Country Roads
Funky Kingston (Mango)

Karen Dalton- When a Man Loves a Woman
In My Own Time: 50th Anniversary Edition (Light in the Attic)
Zazu- Stand By Me
S(w)inging Love (Temps)
Matthew Alexander- Spanish Harlem
Midnight Dream Station (Caravan)
Bruce Springsteen- Don’t Play That Song (You Lied)
Only the Strong Survive (Columbia)

Finest Kind- Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
Silks & Spices (Fallen Angle Music)
Chaim Tannenbaum, Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Lily Lanken- Young Love
The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)

Original Sloth Band- Get a Job
Whoopee After Midnight (Sloth)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2005)

Tom Russell
- El Paso
Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs (HighTone)
Mary McCaslin- Pinball Wizard
Old Friends (Philo)
The Refugees- Good Vibrations
California (Wahubo/Longhouse)

Gordon Lightfoot- The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
The Original Lightfoot (EMI)
David Clayton-Thomas- (Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay
Soul Ballads (Antoinette)
Bettye LaVette- A Change is Gonna Come
Change is Gonna Come Sessions (Anti-)

Jesse Winchester & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Jesse Winchester
- Candida
A Touch on the Rainy Side (Stony Plain)
Bonnie Dobson- Everybody’s Talkin’
Bonnie Dobson (RCA)
Caroline Doctorow- Snowbird
Dreaming in Vinyl (Narrow Lane)
Queen Esther- Bohemian Rhapsody
Rona (EL)

Eva Cassidy with The London Symphony Orchestra- People Get Ready
I Can Only Be Me (Blix Street)
Arlo Guthrie- Can’t Help Falling in Love
More Together Again in Concert (Rising Son)

Duke Robillard- I’m Gonna Be a Wheel Someday
Six Strings of Steel (M.C.)

Next week: Seven Psalms and Other Songs of Paul Simon.

--Mike Regenstreif

Tuesday, July 4, 2023

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday July 4, 2023: Songs and Conversation with Sneezy Waters


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 done live in the CKCU studio can be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/61117.html

Theme: Songs and Conversation with Sneezy Waters.

Sneezy and I reminisced about working together in Montreal, starting 49 years ago, and talked extensively about his career and about the book, Sneezy Waters: A Very Fine Biography by Peter B. Hodgson.The book is available at Sneezy’s website



These six songs punctuated our conversation.

Sneezy Waters & His Very Fine Band- Walkin’ Round Town
Live (Sneezy Waters)

Sneezy Waters- The Last Letter 
Live in the CKCU studio

Sneezy Waters- I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
Live in the CKCU studio

Sneezy Waters- (You’ve Got) Sawdust on the Floor of Your Heart
Live in the CKCU studio

Sneezy Waters- A Letter Home
Live in the CKCU studio

Sneezy Waters- Bird of Paradise
A Letter Home (Watershed)

Sneezy Waters & Mike Regenstreif (2013)

Next week: Hit Songs – Alternate Visions.

--Mike Regenstreif