Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday May 23, 2023: The Traditional Folk & Blues Songs of Bob Dylan

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. 

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Theme: The Traditional Folk & Blues Songs of Bob Dylan.

I’ve always felt that the best songwriters have a deep understanding and appreciation of traditional music, and Bob Dylan is among those who set the standard for that. All the songs on this program have been part of Dylan’s repertoire at some point over the past 60-plus years.

Bob Dylan- Man of Constant Sorrow

Bob Dylan (Columbia/Legacy)

The Norfolk Broads- Fennario (Pretty Peggy-O)

Yonder Green Grove (The Norfolk Broads)

Michael Jerome Browne with Tielhard Frost- Fixin’ to Die Blues

Gettin’ Together (Borealis/Stony Plain)

The Be Good Tanyas- In My Time of Dying

Chinatown (Nettwerk)

Guy Davis & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Guy Davis with The Blind Boys of Alabama- See That My Grave is Kept Clean

Juba Dance (M.C.)

Dave Van Ronk- House of the Rising Sun

Down in Washington Square (Smithsonian Folkways)

Odetta- No More Auction Block

Odetta at Carnegie Hall (Vanguard)

Garnet Rogers- Corrina, Corrina

Night Drive (Snow Goose Songs)

Deborah Robins- Tell Old Bill

Lone Journey (Zippety Whippet Music) 

Joni Mitchell- Copper Kettle

Archives – Volume 1: The Early Years (1963-1967) (Rhino)

Kim Beggs- Moonshiner

Beauty and Breaking (Out of a Paperbag Productions)

The Dumptrucks- Stealin’

Selections (Laughing Cactus)

Sylvia Tyson & Mike Regenstreif (1997)

Ian & Sylvia- Rocks and Gravel

Ian & Sylvia (Vanguard)

Tom Russell- Rambler, Gambler

Song of the West: The Cowboy Collection (HMG)

Ramblin' Jack Elliott- Railroad Bill

Hard Travelin’ (Fantasy)

Mike Regenstreif & Marc Nerenberg (2009)

Marc Nerenberg- Dink’s Song

Delia’s Gone: Murder Ballads & Other Songs of Love & Death (Marc Nerenberg)

Martin Grosswendt- Delia

Pay Day! (Martin Grosswendt)

Happy Traum- The Water is Wide

Just for the Love of It (Lark’s Nest Music)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Hard Times Come Again No More

Songs of the Civil War (Columbia)

Bob Dylan- Days of ‘49

Another Self Portrait 1969-1971: The Bootleg Series Vol. 10 (Columbia/Legacy)

Next week: Songs of Bertolt Brecht.

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--Mike Regenstreif