Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – October 15, 2024: Finest Kind's Kind of Songs


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/595/67256.html

Theme: Finest Kind’s Kind of Songs


Finest Kind is the now mostly-retired trio of Ottawa based singers Ann Downey, Shelley Posen and Ian Robb – a trio best known for its superb vocal harmonies. All the songs on this show were recorded by Finest Kind over the years.

Finest Kind- The Faded Roses of December
Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle Music)

Utah Phillips- The Goodnight Loving Trail
The Telling Takes Me Home (Philo)
Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin- Blue Mountain
Stay Awhile (Rounder)
Blue Murder- The Banks of Sweet Primroses
No One Stands Alone (Topic)
Windborne- Gimme Just a Little More Time
Recollections/Revolutions (Wand’ring Feet)
Finest Kind- The Storms May Roll the Ocean
Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle Music)
Peggy Seeger- Going to the West
The Folkways Years 1955-1992: Songs of Love and Politics (Smithsonian Folkways)
Derek Lamb- The Miner’s Dream of Home
She was Poor but She was Honest: Nice, Naughty and Nourishing Songs of the London Music Hall and Pubs (Folkways)

Sneezy Waters- I Heard the Bluebirds Sing
Sneezy Waters (Sneezy Waters)
Martyn Wyndham-Read- Sussex Drinking Song
A Rose from the Bush (Greenwich Village)
David Parry- In Praise of Alcohol
The Man from Eldorado: Songs and Stories of Robert W. Service (Borealis)
Coope, Boyes & Simpson- John Barleycorn
Coope, Boyes & Simpson (World Music Network)
Finest Kind- John Barleycorn Deconstructed
For Honour & For Gain (Fallen Angle Music)

Bill Staines- Only Remembered
Looking for the Wind (Red House)
John Roberts & Tony Barrand- A Pilgrim’s Way
Twiddlum Twaddlum (Golden Hind Music)
Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop- No More Fish
Red Shoes (Borealis)
Finest Kind- Lowlands Low
For Honour & For Gain (Fallen Angle Music)

The Carter Family- Fond Affection
When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland: Their Complete Victor Recordings 1929-1930 (Rounder)
The Greenbriar Boys- At the End of a Long Lonely Day
Best of the Vanguard Years (Vanguard)
The Brothers & Sisters- The Times They are A-Changin’
Dylan’s Gospel (Columbia)
Ben E. King- Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
Ben E. King Sings for Soulful Lovers (Rhino)
Finest Kind- Jack the Jolly Tar
Silks & Spices (Fallen Angle Music)
Tom Lewis- Bully in the Alley
Tinker Tailor Soldier Singer (Self Propelled Music)

Finest Kind- Who will Sing for Me
Heart’s Delight (Fallen Angle Music)

Next week: Remembering Nick Gravenites, Kris Kristofferson, JD Souther, and Billy Edd Wheeler.

--Mike Regenstreif

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