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: 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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
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