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.
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Theme: Stormy Weather.
All of the songs on this show have something or other to do with stormy weather. Some of them are literally about storms and some use storms as metaphors.
Doc & Merle Watson- Stormy Weather
Sittin’ Here Pickin’ the Blues (Rounder)
Stephen Mendel- Ready for the Storm
Sing Me a Story (Stephen Mendel)
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| Sylvia Tyson & Mike Regenstreif (1997) |
Sylvia Tyson- Leaves in the Storm
At the End of the Day (Stony Plain)
Ian Tamblyn- Storm on the Mountain
Scenes Through a Mirror (North Track)
The Wailin' Jennys- Storm Comin’
Bright Morning Stars (True North)
Steel Rail- A Thousand Miles of Snow
A Thousand Miles of Snow (Crossties)
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| John Gorka & Mike Regenstreif (2012) |
John Gorka- Holed Up in Mason City
Bright Side of Down (Red House)
Anna & Elizabeth- Don’t Want to Die in the Storm
Anna & Elizabeth (Free Dirt)
Christine Lavin- Here Comes Hurricane Season
Happydance of the Xenophobe (Yellow Tail)
Don Armstrong- Raging Storm
Mother Don’t Give Up on Me Now (Ronstadt Record Co.)
Christine Albert- Under a Stormy Sky
TexaFrance-Encore! (MoonHouse)
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| Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2022) |
Eliza Gilkyson- Calm Before the Storm
Paradise Hotel (Red House)
Sean Gagnier- (Song of the) Wheelhouse Door
Circle Harbor (Sean Gagnier)
Stan Rogers- White Squall
From Fresh Water (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)
Guy Clark- Blowin’ Like a Bandit
Craftsman (Philo)
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| Michael Jerome Browne & Mike Regenstreif (2005) |
Michael Jerome Browne- Louisiana 1927
That’s Where It’s At! (Borealis)
Bill Staines- Louisiana Storm
The Second Million Miles (Red House)
Tom Rush, Jamie Hartford, Odetta, Emmylou Harris, Carolyn Hester, Nanci Griffith, Frank Christian- Wasn’t That a Mighty Storm
Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) (Elektra)
Garnet Rogers- Hallelujah! The Great Storm is Over
Speaking Softly in the Dark (Snow Goose Songs)
Chris Rawlings- Lillooet
Pearl Soup (Cooking Fat Music)
David Mallett- Snowbound
Open Doors & Windows (Flying Fish)
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| Judy Collins & Mike Regenstreif (2014) |
Judy Collins & Jonas Fjeld- The Blizzard
Winter Stories (Wildflower/Cleopatra)
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| Molly Mason, Mike Regenstreif & Jay Ungar (2005) |
Jay Ungar & Molly Mason- The Snowstorm
The Pleasures of Winter (Fiddle & Dance)
Next week: My top 10 folk-rooted or folk-branched albums of 2023.
--Mike Regenstreif
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