Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday May 18, 2024


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/128/65234.html

Tex König- One Morning in May
Königsblende (Music Cellar)

Wendy Grossman- My Sweet Wyoming Home
The Last Trip Home (Riverlark)
The Spain Brothers- Roseville Fair
Bright and Better Morning (The Spain Brothers)
Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl- River
Recordings Celebrating 50 Years of a Musical Partnership (Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl)

Bill Staines- Rompin’ Rovin’ Days
Journey Home (Red House)
Penny Lang- Come Across to You
Gather Honey (Borealis)
Bruce Murdoch- First Robin of Springtime
Matters of the Heart (Bruce Murdoch)

Jaspar Lepak- Dandelion
The Seasons Project: Spring (Christine Lavin)
Hilary Field- Esperanza (Hope)
The Seasons Project: Spring (Christine Lavin)
Kat Goldman- Weight of the World
The Seasons Project: Spring (Christine Lavin)
Declan O’Rourke- The Harbour
The Seasons Project: Spring (Christine Lavin)
Christine Lavin- Another New York Afternoon
The Seasons Project: Spring (Christine Lavin)

Bill Hearne- Sixteen Miles
Always Trust Your Cape (Howlin’ Dog)
Brittany Jean- Early Morning Rain
Colors & Covers (Brittany Jean)
Gordon Lightfoot- Long River
The Original Lightfoot (EMI)

Stephen Mendel- Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Sing Me a Story (Stephen Mendel)

Evenchick & Hucul- Under Your Wing
This is My Story (Melissa Hucul & Mark Evenchick)
Gentle Sparrow- Shining a Light Over You
River (Heart Alchemy Music)

Boreal- Warm Hands
Recorded for a future album release
Kate Weekes- Tea in Reykjavik
Taken By Surprise (Artiste Extrordinaire Originals)

Tom Lewis- Chicken on a Raft
Sea-Dog, See Dog! (Flying Fish)
Maddy Prior & June Tabor- The Grey Funnel Line
Silly Sisters (Shanachie)
Garnet Rogers- Sammy’s Bar
Summer Lightning: Live (Snow Goose Songs)

Bruce Cockburn- O Sun By Day O Moon By Night
O Sun O Moon (True North)
Lynne Hanson- Hemingway’s Songbird
Just Words (Lynne Hanson)
Ana Egge- Door Won’t Close
Sharing in the Spirit (StorySound)
Paula Cole- Follow the Moon
Lo (675)

Eric Bibb- 500 Miles
Live at the Scala Theatre (Stony Plain)
Steve Howell & The Mighty Men- God’s Gonna Cut You Down
99½ Won’t Do (Out of the Past Music)

Jay Linden- Another Day
Ordinary Sunrise (Americana North)

Tom Mitchell- My Newest Friend
When the Moon is Right (Truesongs)
Heather Little- Saint Christopher
By Now (Heather Little)
James Talley- My Little Corner of the World
Ballads, Bandits and Blues (Cimarron)
Robin Holcomb- Be Still
One Way or Another, Vol. 2 (Robin Holcomb)

Gretchen Peters with Tom Russell- Guadalupe
One to the Heart, One to the Head (Scarlet Letter/Frontera)
Steve Young- Angel of Lyon
Switchblades of Love (Watermelon)
Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2005)

Tom Russell & The Norwegian Wind Ensemble- Goodnight Juarez
Aztec Jazz (Frontera)

Magpie- I Just Roll Along
Endless River (Long Tail)
Rosalie Sorrels- Elegant Hobo
What Ever Happened to the Girl That Was (Paramount)
Paul Geremia- I’ll Be Goin’
Just Enough (Folkways)
Judy Roderick- Born in the Country
Woman Blue (Vanguard)
Chris Smither- All About the Bones
All About the Bones (Signature Sounds)

Mike Regenstreif & David Amram (2004)

David Amram- Waltz from After the Fall
No More Walls (Flying Fish)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on June 15. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – May 14, 2024: Songs of Jacques Brel


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/595/65137.html

Theme: Songs of Jacques Brel (1929-1978).

Jacques Brel – who died in 1978 at age 49 from a pulmonary embolism while suffering from terminal lung cancer – was a Belgian singer, songwriter and actor whose theatrical songs are still widely performed, both in French and in English translation.


Jacques Brel
- Les Flamandes
The Very Best of Jacques Brel (Select)

Judy Collins- Marieke
Whales & Nightingales (Elektra)
Amanda McBroom- Girl in an Armchair
Chanson: Amanda McBroom Sings Jacques Brel (Gecko)
Fred Holstein- Amsterdam
Fred Holstein: A Collection (Fred Holstein)
Barb Jungr- Jacky
Bob, Brel and Me (Kristalyn)
Jacques Brel- Au Printemps
The Very Best of Jacques Brel (Select)

Mary Coughlan- Hearts
Sentimental Killer (Eastwest)

Judy Collins- Sons of
Whales & Nightingales (Elektra)
Amanda McBroom- My Death
Chanson: Amanda McBroom Sings Jacques Brel (Gecko)
Barb Jungr- The Tender Hearts
Bob, Brel and Me (Kristalyn)
Jacques Brel- Les Bourgeois
The Very Best of Jacques Brel (Select)

Joan Baez- La Colombe – The Dove
Joan (Vanguard)
The Kingston Trio- Seasons in the Sun
Collectors Series (Capitol)
Jennifer Warnes- Old Folks – Les vieux
Just Jennifer (Deram)
Melody Gardot- La Chanson des vieux amants
Sayanora Meu Amor (Decca)
Jacques Brel- Les Singes
The Very Best of Jacques Brel (Select)

Stacey Kent- If You Go Away
Summer Me, Winter Me (Token Productions)
Judy Collins- The Desperate Ones
Bohemian (Wildflower)
Jacques Brel- Le Colonel
The Very Best of Jacques Brel (Select)
Barb Jungr- To See a Friend Break Down and Cry
Bob, Brel and Me (Kristalyn)
Amanda McBroom- You Don’t Forget the Past
Chanson: Amanda McBroom Sings Jacques Brel (Gecko)

Jacques Brel- Le Moribond
The Very Best of Jacques Brel (Select)

Next week: Still More Songs of Bob Dylan.

--Mike Regenstreif

Friday, May 3, 2024

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – May 7, 2024: Songs for Mothers


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/595/65085.html

Theme: Songs for Mothers.

Some of these songs are written about mothers, some are written from the perspectives of mothers.

Rachel Bissex- Dancing with My Mother
In White Light (One Take Music)

Bob Dylan did not write “Mama You Been On My Mind” about his mother, but Bettye LaVette turned it into one about hers.

Bettye LaVette- Mama, You Been On My Mind
Things Have Changed (Verve)
Eric Bogle- Leaving Nancy
By Request (Greentrax)
Jesse Winchester & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Jesse Winchester- Ghosts
A Reasonable Amount of Trouble (Appleseed)

Anne Hills- Mother
The Things I Notice Now: Anne Hills sings the songs of Tom Paxton (Appleseed)
Lucy Kaplansky- Mother’s Day
Reunion (Red House)

Dave Clarke- Simonne
The Healing Garden (Crossties)

Rosalie Sorrels & Mike Regenstreif (1993)

Rosalie Sorrels- Baby Rocking Medley
Always a Lady (Green Linnet)
Rosalie Sorrels- Song for David
Always a Lady (Green Linnet)
Rosalie Sorrels- Apple of My Eye
Always a Lady (Green Linnet)

Nancy White- Momnipotent
Momnipotent (The Children’s Group)
Nancy White- Open That Can
Momnipotent (The Children’s Group)
Christine Albert- Are We There Yet Mama
Underneath the Lone Star Sky (Dos)

Connie Kaldor- God Made Mamas to Cry
Vinyl Songbook (Coyote Entertainment)
Connie Kaldor- Mother’s Prayer
Out of the Blue (Coyote Entertainment)
Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard- Mama’s Gonna Stay
Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard (Rounder)
David Massengill- Song to Mother
Morgana’s Sleepover and the Witch’s Hand (David Massengill)
Steel Rail- What My Mother Saw
The Road Less Travelled (Crossties)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Song for Gaby
Matapedia (Hannibal)
Shelley Posen- Fork Garden
Menorah: Songs from a Jewish Life (Well Done Music)
Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop- Red Shoes
Red Shoes (Borealis)
Nanci Griffith- Last Song for Mother
Clock Without Hands (Elektra)
Mike Regenstreif & Arlo Guthrie (1996)

Arlo Guthrie- Mother’s Voice (I Hear You Sing Again)
Here Come the Kids (Rising Son)

Odetta- Mother’s Blues
Lookin’ for a Home: Thanks to Leadbelly (M.C.)

Next week: Songs of Jacques Brel.

--Mike Regenstreif