Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday October 3, 2023: Conversation and Songs with Alan Bern of The Semer Ensemble; “I’ll sing you this October Song.”

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/595/62102.html

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

Part 1 – Conversation and Songs with Alan Bern of The Semer Ensemble.

The conversation with Alan Bern, artistic director of The Semer Ensemble, was recorded on September 14 via Zoom. 

The Semer Ensemble’s Ottawa concert – sponsored by the Embassy of Germany – takes place on Wednesday, October 4, 7 pm, at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre. Tickets are free of charge but must be reserved in advance at this link. https://sogerman.ca/events/the-semer-ensemble-live-in-concert-ottawa/

The conversation with Alan Bern was punctuated by these three songs.

Semer Ensemble featuring Lorin Sklamberg- Ich Tanz’ Und Mein Herz Weint

Rescued Treasure: Live at Gorki Berlin (Pirhana)

Semer Ensemble- Simchu Bi Jeruschalajm/E’ise Pele

Rescued Treasure: Live at Gorki Berlin (Pirhana)

Semer Ensemble featuring Sasha Lurje- Vorbei

Rescued Treasure: Live at Gorki Berlin (Pirhana)

Part 2 – “I’ll sing you this October Song.”

Gordon Bok & Cindy Kallet- October Song

Neighbors (Timberhead)

Tommy Makem & Liam Clancy- White Swans and Black/Grey October Clouds

Two for the Early Dew (Shanachie)

Nanci Griffith- October Reasons

Poet In My Window (Philo)

Mike Regenstreif & Bill Staines (1993)

Bill Staines- October Winds

The First Million Miles (Rounder)

Anne Hills- Rondi’s Birthday

October Child (Flying Fish)

Chris Rawlings & Mike Regenstreif (2007)

Chris Rawlings- The Wild Goose

Autumn Gold (Cookingfat Music)

Cindy Church- This October Day

Love on the Range (Stony Plain)

Malcolm Holcombe- October Mornin’

Come Hell or High Water (Gypsy Eyes)

Mama's Broke- October’s Lament

Narrow Line (Free Dirt)

Tom Russell- October in the Railroad Earth

October in the Railroad Earth (Frontera)

Amy Speace- There Used to Be Horses Here

There Used to Be Horses Here (Windbone)

Lucy Wainwright Roche & Suzzy Roche- Cold October Day

Mud & Apples (Lucy Wainwright Roche & Suzzy Roche)

Cindy Mangsen- October Roses

Songs of Experience (Redwing Music)

Short Sisters- Turning Toward the Morning

A Planet Dancing Slow (Black Socks Press)

Dave Clarke- October

GuitarSongs (Crossties)

Next week: Songs of Tom Waits.

--Mike Regenstreif

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

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

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

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