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/595/67938.html
Theme: Songs from my top 10 folk-rooted and folk-branched albums of 2024.
The annotated and illustrated list is posted on the Folk Roots/Folk Branches blog at this link. https://frfb.blogspot.com/2024/11/top-10-for-2024.html
Number 10 – Heartbreak, Misery & Death by Grayson Capps
Grayson Capps- Hallelujah
Heartbreak, Misery & Death (Royal Potato Family)
Number 9 – Lonesome Road: Suite for Solo Guitar and Voice – Songs of the Lost Generation 1924-1928 by Joel Mabus
Joel Mabus- The Lonesome Road
Lonesome Road: Suite for Solo Guitar and Voice – Songs of the Lost Generation 1924-1928 (Fossil)
Number 8 – American Patchwork Quartet by American Patchwork Quartet
American Patchwork Quartet- Shenandoah
American Patchwork Quartet (Carolina Jasmine)
Number 7 – Heart of the Swan by Carla Sciaky
Carla Sciaky- Standing by a River
Heart of the Swan (Propinquity)
Carla Sciaky- This Forsaken Garden
Heart of the Swan (Propinquity)
Number 6 – Two Sides to Your Story by Chris Rawlings
Chris Rawlings- Bastille Day
Two Sides to Your Story (Cookingfat Music)
Chris Rawlings- Smoker’s Lullaby
Two Sides to Your Story (Cookingfat Music)
Number 5 – Live at the Scala Theatre and In the Real World by Eric Bibb
Eric Bibb- Bring Me Little Water, Sylvie
Live at the Scala Theatre (Stony Plain)
Eric Bibb- Best I Can
In the Real World (Stony Plain)
Number 4 – American Railroad by Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens
Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens- Swannanoa Tunnel/Steel-Driving Man
American Railroad (Nonesuch)
Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens- Tamping Song
American Railroad (Nonesuch)
Number 3 – Feel with Blood by Lenka Lichtenberg
Lenka Lichtenberg- Feel with Blood
Feel with Blood (Six Degrees)
Lenka Lichtenberg- Wintry Dusk
Feel with Blood (Six Degrees)
Number 2 – Bandits, Ballads and Blues by James Talley
James Talley- The Love Song of Billy the Kid
Bandits, Ballads and Blues (Cimarron)
James Talley- If We Could Love One Another
Bandits, Ballads and Blues (Cimarron)
Number 1 – A Letter to Leonard Cohen: Tribute to a Friend by Perla Batalla
Perla Batalla- A Singer Must Die
A Letter to Leonard Cohen: Tribute to a Friend (Mechuda Music)
Perla Batalla- You Want It Darker
A Letter to Leonard Cohen: Tribute to a Friend (Mechuda Music)
I’m taking the next four weeks off and Stranger Songs will feature some repeat shows from 2022. You can see the playlists and stream the shows at the following links.
December 10: Songs of the Mountain City Four and Kate & Anna McGarrigle. https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/57707.html
December 17: “Acapella Stella” and other a capella songs. https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/57170.html
December 24: Happy Holidays. https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/58701.html
December 31: Songs of – or inspired by – Jesse Winchester. https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/56097.html
New programs will resume on January 7.
--Mike Regenstreif
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