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

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

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

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

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