Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – October 4, 2025


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/128/72258.html

Sandy Denny- Who Knows Where the Time Goes
Where the Time Goes (Castle)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2006)

Jesse Winchester- I’m Gonna Miss You Girl
Love Filling Station (Appleseed)
Norah Jones- (Talk to Me of) Mendocino
Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle (Nonesuch)
Darrell Scott- Urge for Going
Modern Hymns (Appleseed)

Archie Fisher- The Witch of the West-mer-lands
The Man with a Rhyme (Folk-Legacy)
The Longest Johns- Barrett’s Privateers
Caught in the Net (The Longest Johns)
Ben Sands- First Christmas Away from Home
Roots & Branches (Spring)
Highland Weavers- The Mary Ellen Carter
Going Home (Highland Weavers)


Stan Rogers
- The White Collar Holler 
Between the Breaks…Live! (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)
Sweet Absalon- The Flowers of Bermuda
Remembering Stan Rogers: An East Coast Tribute II (Brookes Diamond Productions)
Ian Robb- Rolling Down to Old Maui
Ian Robb & Hang the Piper (Folk-Legacy)
Willie Watson- Harris and the Mare
Willie Watson (Little Operation)
Peter, Paul & Mary- Delivery Delayed
Such is Love (Warner Bros.)

Jory Nash & Mike Regenstreif (2024)

Jory Nash
- The Light Still Shines on the Main
The Light Still Shines on the Main (Thin Man)

Martha Wainwright- Whither Must I Wander
Martha Wainwright: 20th Anniversary Edition (Report Card Music)
Sylvia Tyson & Mike Regenstreif (1997)

Ian & Sylvia- Rambler Gambler
Ian & Sylvia (Vanguard)
Donald WG Lindsay- Wild Rover
Two Boats Under the Moon (Donald WG Lindsay)

The Pairs- Everything Ends
Together on a Rock (The Pairs)
Lennie Gallant- Shelter from the Storms
Shelter from the Storms (Gallant Effort Productions)
Kate Greenland- Concrete Cowboy
Longing and Dreaming (Kate Greenland)

Mike Regenstreif & Connie Kaldor (2015)

Connie Kaldor- Down the Road to Lonesome
Wide Open Spaces (Coyote Entertainment)
Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Mike Regenstreif (1976) photo: Felicity Fanjoy

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- You Tell Me That I’m Falling Down
Oddities (Querbeservice)
Rags Rosenberg- Catherine’s Song
Song of the Bricoleur (Coyote Gulch)
Sarah Segal-Lazar- This Old House
Valleys (Sarah Segal-Lazar)
The Whispering Tree- Bones of Better Days
Bones of Better Days (Eyelash Soup Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Joan Baez (2003)

Joan Baez- Gulf Winds
Gulf Winds (A&M)

Le Vent du Nord- Par-Dessus le Pont
Voisinages (La Compagnie du Nord)

Teni Rane- Killing the Blues
Goldenrod (Teni Rane)
Eva Cassidy- Autumn Leaves
Simply Eva (Blix Street)
Mike Regenstreif & Michael Smith (2014)

Michael Smith- Rondi’s Birthday
Love Letter on a Fish (Tales from the Tavern)
Mike Regenstreif & Anne Hills (2001)

Anne Hills- First Day of Autumn
Bittersweet Street (Redwing Music)

Jubal Lee Young- Hand-Painted Portuguese Punch Bowl
Squirrels (7Bridges Entertainment)
Steve Young- The Year That Clayton Delaney Died
Stars in the Southern Sky (Omnivore)
Tom Russell, Mike Regenstreif & Andrew Hardin (2005)

Tom Russell- The Angel of Lyon
The Tom Russell Anthology: Veteran’s Day (Shout! Factory)
Andrew Hardin with Eliza Gilkyson- Puerto Peñasco
Blue Acoustic (Andrew Hardin)
Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2022)

Eliza Gilkyson- Stranger
Dark Ages (Realiza)

Karen Dalton- Katie Cruel
In My Own Time: 50th Anniversary Edition (Light in the Attic)
Rory Block- Mississippi Blues
Heavy on the Blues (M.C.)
Juanita Hall- Hold That Train
Juanita Hall Sings the Blues (Counterpoint)
Louis Armstrong & Velma Middleton- Hesitating Blues
Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy (Columbia/Legacy)

Mallory Chipman- Sing Me Home
Songs to a Wild God (Tunnel Mountain)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on November 1. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Thursday, September 25, 2025

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 30, 2025: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation


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/595/72196.html

Theme: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.


The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is marked annually in Canada on September 30 to honour First Nations, Inuit and Métis Survivors and their families and communities and to ensure that public commemoration of their history and the legacy of residential schools remains a vital component of the reconciliation process.

Willie Dunn- The Ballad of Crowfoot
Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology (Light in the Attic)

Willie Dunn- Charlie
Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology (Light in the Attic)
Amanda Rheaume- #44
The Truth We Hold (Ishkõdé)
Amanda Rheaume- Dream If You Want To
The Truth We Hold (Ishkõdé)
Willie Dunn- School Days
Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology (Light in the Attic)

William Peaychew- Cree Greeting Song (Shaking Hands Song)
Classic Canadian Songs from Smithsonian Folkways (Smithsonian Folkways)

Sultans of String featuring Shannon Thunderbird & Kate Dickson- Lost and Found
Walking Through the Fire (Sultans of String)
Sultans of String featuring Leela Gilday & Leanne Taneton- Ko
Walking Through the Fire (Sultans of String)
Sultans of String featuring Duke Redbird- Our Mother the Earth
Walking Through the Fire (Sultans of String)
Sultans of String featuring Crystal Shawanda- The Rez
Walking Through the Fire (Sultans of String)

The Jerry Cans- Ukiuq (Northern Lights)
Inuusiq/Life (The Jerry Cans)
The Jerry Cans- Nirliit (Geese)
Inuusiq/Life (The Jerry Cans)
Morgan Toney- Mi’kmaq Honour Song
First Flight (Ishkõdé)
Morgan Toney- The Colour Red
First Flight (Ishkõdé)

Julian Taylor- Stolen Lands
Beyond the Reservoir (Howling Turtle)
Tom Wilson- Dreamland
Dog Years (True North)
Desiree Dorion- Remember Your Name
Remember Your Name (Desiree Dorion)
William Prince- Further from the Country
Further from the Country (Six Shooter)
William Prince- All the Same
Further from the Country (Six Shooter)

Don Ross- Water
Water (Goby Fish Music)

Next week: Who By Fire.

--Mike Regenstreif

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 23, 2025: "If It Were Up to Me" and Songs of Cole Porter


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/595/72082.html

Themes: Part 1 – “If It Were Up to Me”; Part 2 – Songs of Cole Porter (1891-1964).

Part 1 – “If It Were Up to Me”


Cheryl Wheeler wrote “If It Were Up to Me” more than 25 years ago about the epidemic of gun violence in the United States – an epidemic that was bad then and which has only grown worse since.

The Advocate Collective included Aaron Parnell Brown, Andy Rogovin, Beth Wood, Crys Matthews, Danielle Miraglia, Erik Balkey, Genevieve, Joe Crookston, Kim Moberg, Lilli Lewis, Lisa Bastoni, Monique Byrne, Mya Byrne, Neale Eckstein, Pat Wictor, Rod MacDonald, Tom Prasada-Rao, Tret Fure, and Vance Gilbert.

The Advocate Collective- If It Were Up to Me
If It Were Up to Me – single (Hudson Harding Music)

Eric Bogle- Roll Call
A Toss of the Coin (Greentrax)
Ellis Paul- When Angels Fall
55 (Rosella)
HuDost- Broken Down in America
The Monkey in the Crown (Open Sesame Music)
Kemp Harris- Don’t You Hear Them America
The America Chronicles (Righteous Mischief)
Tom Paxton- Johnny Got a Gun
Wearing the Time (Sugar Hill)
Friction Farm- Louder Than Guns
Stone By Stone (Friction Farm)

Eric Andersen- Dangerland (Love People Not Guns)
Eric Andersen in (Spoken) Pieces (EARecords)
Magpie- What If, No Matter
A Tiding (Longtail)

Part 2 – Songs of Cole Porter (1891-1964)


Cole Porter
was one of the songwriters responsible for the standards referred to as the Great American Songbook.

Martha Wainwright- Allez-vous-en
The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)
Billie Holiday- Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love)
The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Volume 9 (1940-1942) (Columbia/Legacy)
Susie Arioli Swing Band featuring Jordan Officer- What is This Thing Called Love
It’s Wonderful (Susie Arioli Swing Band)
k.d. lang- Love for Sale
Recollection (Nonesuch)
Mose Scarlett- Miss Otis Regrets
The Fundamental Things (Pyramid)
Noa- Anything Goes
Afterallogy (Naïve)

Mary McCaslin- Don’t Fence Me In
Old Friends (Philo)
The Bill Hilly Band (The Bills)- Begin the Beguine
All Day Every Day (Borealis)
Nikki Yanofsky- I Get a Kick Out of You
Nikki By Starlight (MNRK Music Group)
Sophie Milman- My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Sophie Milman (Linus)
Harry Connick, Jr..- Just One of Those Things
True Love: A Celebration of Cole Porter (Verve)

Lew London- Night and Day
Swingtime in Springtime (Philo/Rounder Archive)
Anita O'Day- You’re the Top
Anita (Verve)

Next week: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

--Mike Regenstreif

Thursday, September 11, 2025

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 16, 2025: Pancho & Lefty and Other Songs of Townes Van Zandt


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/595/71992.html

Theme: Pancho & Lefty and Other Songs of Townes Van Zandt.


Townes Van Zandt
– who was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1944 and died in Smyrna, Tennessee on January 1, 1997 at age 52 – was one of the greatest Texas singer-songwriters. Many of his songs are enduring classics still sung by many artists. 

Townes Van Zandt, Freddy Fender, Rubin Ramos & The Texas Revolution, Doug Sahm & Augie Meyer- Pancho & Lefty
Texas Rain: The Texas Hill Country Recordings (Tomato)

Nanci Griffith & Arlo Guthrie- Tecumseh Valley
Other Voices/Other Rooms (Elektra)
Bob Jensen- Colorado Girl 
For the Sake of the Song (Bob Jensen)
Matthew Barber & Jill Barber- If I Needed You
The Family Album (Outside Music)
Catherine MacLennan- When She Don’t Need Me
When the Wind Blows: The Songs of Townes Van Zandt (Appaloosa)
The Wainwright Sisters- Our Mother the Mountain
Songs in the Dark (MapleMusic)

Townes Van Zandt- Kathleen
Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas (Tomato)

David Olney with Daniel Seymour- For the Sake of the Song
Evermore: The Final Live in Holland Sessions I (Strictly Country)
Kate & Edith- Rex’s Blues
Live at Kelso Hall (Kate & Edith)
Saul Broudy- No Lonesome Tune
Travels with Broudy (Saul Broudy)
The Be Good Tanyas- Waiting Around to Die
Chinatown (Nettwerk)
Townes Van Zandt- Columbine
Townes Van Zandt (Tomato)

David Broza- Night Dawn (Silver Dollar)
Night Dawn: The Unpublished Poetry of Townes Van Zandt (S-Curve)
Gretchen Peters & Tom Russell- Snowin’ on Raton
One to the Heart, One to the Head (Frontera/Scarlet Letter)
John Gorka- Snow Don’t Fall
Writing in the Margins (Red House)
Townes Van Zandt- Sad Cinderella
The Late Great Townes Van Zandt (Tomato)

Lucy Kaplansky- No Place to Fall 
The Lucy Story: unreleased and rare tracks, 1976-2023 (Lucyricky)
Steve Earle- (Quicksilver Dreams of) Maria
Townes: The Basics (New West)
Guy Clark- To Live is to Fly
Old Friends (Sugar Hill)
Townes Van Zandt & Kimmie Rhodes- Brother Flower
Texas Rain: The Texas Hill Country Recordings (Tomato)
Colleen Rennison- White Freightliner
See the Sky About to Rain (Black Hen Music)

Emmylou Harris- Pancho & Lefty
Luxury Liner (Warner Bros./Rhino)

Next week: Part 1 – If It Were Up to Me; Part 2 – Songs of Cole Porter.

--Mike Regenstreif

Friday, September 5, 2025

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 9, 2025: Part 1 – Songs and Conversation with author David Eisenstadt; Part 2 – Riding in My Car


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/595/71924.html

Part 1 – Songs and Conversation with author David Eisenstadt


The next three songs punctuated my conversation with David Eisenstadt, author of Jazz Musicians Under the Radar: 18 Notable Canadian Jewish Performers. Visit https://undertheradarbook.com/ for more information on David’s four Under the Radar books.

The Moe Koffman Quartette- The Swingin’ Shepherd Blues
The Swingin’ Shepherd Blues/Hambourg Bound (Quality)

Sophie Milman- No More Blues (Chega de Saudade)
In the Moonlight (Eone)

Nikki Yanofsky- West Coast Blues
Nikki By Starlight (MNRK Music Group)

Part 2 – Riding in My Car – featuring songs that have something or other to do with cars.


Woody Guthrie- Riding in My Car
Woody’s 20 Grow Big Songs (Rising Son)
Connie Kaldor- This Car
Wide Open Spaces (Coyote Entertainment)

David Mallett- Daddy’s Oldsmobile
Parallel Lives (Flying Fish)
Judy Mayhan- Morning and an Oldsmobile
Judy Mayhan (Decca)
Bruce Springsteen- Used Cars
Nebraska (Columbia)
Vance Gilbert- Cousin Shelly’s Station Wagon
Good Good Man (Disismye Music)

Joni Mitchell- Ray’s Dad’s Cadillac
Night Drive Home (Geffen)
Rosanne Cash- Black Cadillac
Black Cadillac (Capitol)
Eric Bibb- Pink Dream Cadillac
Blues People (Stony Plain)
The Blasters- Long White Cadillac
Mandatory: The Best of The Blasters (Liberation Hall)
Dropkick Murphys- Cadillac, Cadillac
This Machine Still Kills Fascists: Lyrics of Woody Guthrie (Dummy Luck Music)

The Beach Boys- Little Deuce Coupe
Fifty Big Ones: Greatest Hits (Capitol)
Asleep at the Wheel- Hot Rod Lincoln
Western Standard Time (Epic)
Chuck Berry- Jaguar and Thunderbird
Best of the Chess Years (Not Now Music)
Ray Harris- Big Old American Cars
Kinda Sets the Tone (Ray Harris)
Sass Jordan- Chevrolet
Bitches Blues (Stony Plain)

Victor Mecyssne- Ragtop Automobile
Personal Mercury (Villa Vee Music)
Hans Theessink- Mercury Blues
Songs from the Southland (Blue Groove)

Rod Abernathy- Just Get in the Car
Normal Isn’t Normal Anymore (Songs from Downstairs)

Next week: Pancho & Lefty and Other Songs of Townes Van Zandt.

--Mike Regenstreif

Thursday, September 4, 2025

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 6, 2025


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/128/71897.html

Mike Regenstreif & Connie Kaldor (2015)

Connie Kaldor- Wide Open Spaces
Wide Open Spaces (Coyote Entertainment)

Mike Regenstreif, Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop (2014)

Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop- That’s How the Summer Slips Away
Red Shoes (Borealis)
Rags Rosenberg- Flower Time
Song of the Bricoleur (Coyote Gulch)
The Weavers- Gotta Travel On
Greatest Hits (Vanguard)
Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

David Francey- Far End of Summer
Maps (Laker Music)

The songs in the next set are played in memory of Chris Gage, who died on August 24 at age 71; Flaco Jimenez, who died on July 31 at age 86; Rick Scott, who died on August 1 at age 77; Tom Lehrer, who died on July 26 at age 97; Joe Hickerson, who died on August 17 at age 89; and Harvey Glatt, who died on August 20 at age 91.

Albert & Gage- Burnin’ Moonlight
Burnin’ Moonlight (MoonHouse)
Flaco Jimenez- El Perdido
San Antonio Soul (Rounder)
David Essig & Rick Scott- Tears and Laughter
Double Vision (Woodshed)
Tom Lehrer- The Folk Song Army
That Was the Year That Was (Reprise)
Joe Hickerson- I’m On My Way
Joe Hickerson with a Gathering of Friends (Folk-Legacy)
Night Sun- Harvey & Louise
One Moment of Grace (Borealis)

Shelley Posen & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2023)

Shelley Posen- A Mazeldikek Yor
Mazel (Well Done Music)
Shelley Posen- I’ll See You Rosh Hashana
Mazel (Well Done Music)
Rufus Wainwright & Amsterdam Sinfonietta- Who By Fire
Rufus Wainwright & Amsterdam Sinfonietta Live (BMG/Modern)

The Onlies- Roll On Buddy
You Climb the Mountain (The Onlies)

Kyle Carey- The Last Bough
The Last Bough (Americelta)
Graham Lindsey- Tune Machine
Tune Machine (Graham Lindsey)
Maggie’s Wake- Maggie’s Wake
Maggie’s Wake (Maggie’s Wake)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2009)

Jesse Winchester- Nothing but a Breeze
Nothing but a Breeze (Stony Plain)
Emmylou Harris- My Songbird
Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town (Warner Bros./Rhino)
Jennifer Warnes- You Remember Me 
Shot Through the Heart (Arista)
Susie Burke- Rhumba Woman
Lucky Stars (Madrina Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2009)

Tom Paxton- No Kings Here
No Kings Here – single (Pax)
Mike Regenstreif & Mark Rubin on Zoom (2025)

Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma- (Don’t Be a) Good German
Don’t Be a Good German – single (Rubinchik)
Kemp Harris- Tulsa
The America Chronicles (Righteous Mischief)
Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Eliza Gilkyson- Man in the Moon
Dark Ages (Realiza)
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band- Chimes of Freedom
Land of Hope and Dreams (Columbia)

Rory Block- Down the Dirt Road Blues
Heavy on the Blues (M.C.)
Maria Muldaur- No, Papa, No!
One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey (NOLA Blues)

Dee Robinson- Monday Morning Blues
Dee from Decatur (Riverlark Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Brendan Nolan (2023)

Brendan Nolan- The Bodhran Song
Where Do I Go from Here (Ould Segosha Music)
Debi Smith- The Bodhran Lesson Song
Deep Tracks (Degan Music)
Christine Lavin- Drum School Dropout
Drum School Dropout (Christine Lavin)

Martha Wainwright- Far Away
Martha Wainwright: 20th Anniversary Edition (Report Card Music)
Eli West- Hearts and Bones
The Shape of a Sway (Tender & Mild)
Mary Chapin Carpenter- The Night We Never Met
Personal History (Lambent Light/Thirty Tigers)
Peter Campbell- A Little Grace
Burden of Hope (Peter Campbell)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Mike Regenstreif (1976) photo: Felicity Fanjoy

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Kiss and Say Goodbye
Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Nonesuch)
Steel Rail- Kate’s Song
Coming Home (Crossties)
NEeMA- Escape
Watching You Think (Neemaste/Sony)
Perla Batalla- A Singer Must Die
A Letter to Leonard Cohen: Tribute to a Friend (Mechuda Music)
Leonard Cohen- So Long, Marianne
Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia/Legacy)

Nana Mouskouri- Adieu Angelina
Every Grain of Sand: Nana Mouskouri Sings Bob Dylan (Mercury)

Schmaltz & Pepper- Manischewitz Mazurka
Schmaltz & Pepper (Schmaltz & Pepper)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on October 4. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 2, 2025: "Crazy Blues" and Other Crazy 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/595/71788.html

Theme: “Crazy Blues” and other Crazy Songs.


Mamie Smith- Crazy Blues
The Rough Guide to Blues Women (World Music Network)

Patsy Cline- Crazy
The Unforgettable Patsy Cline (Polygram)
Steven Fromholz- I’d Have to Be Crazy
A Rumor in My Own Time (Capitol)
Rosalie Sorrels- We Were Kinda Crazy Then 
Travelin’ Lady Rides Again (Green Linnet)
Lennie Gallant- She’s Gonna Drive You Crazy
Shelter from the Storms (Gallant Effort Productions)
J.J. Cale- Crazy Mama
Naturally (Mercury)
Ball & Chain & The Wreckers- Crazy Arms
Live at the Bayou (Ball & Chain)

Durham County Poets- Good Kind of Crazy
Out of the Woods (Durham County Poets)

Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band- Crazy Words, Crazy Tune
Greatest Hits (Vanguard)
Leon Redbone- I’m Crazy ‘Bout My Baby
Whistling in the Wind (Rounder)
John Prine- Egg & Daughter Night, Lincoln Nebraska, 1967 (Crazy Bone)
The Tree of Forgiveness (Oh Boy)
Bebop Cowboys- Crazy Rhythm
Début (Bebop Cowboys)

Tom Paxton- Crazy John
Tom Paxton 6 (Elektra)
Michael Smith- Crazy Mary
Love Letter on a Fish (Tales from the Tavern)
Carla Gover & Brett Ratliff- Crazy
Kentucky Queen (Redbird)
Russ Kelley- Crazy Shades of Blue
Crazy Shades of Blue (Ark Road Music Productions)

Billie Holiday- Crazy He Calls Me
Lady’s Decca Days, Volume One (Decca)
Sunny and Her Joy Boys- You’re Driving Me Crazy
Introducing Sunny and Her Joy Boys (Stony Plain)
J. Reissner- Crazy Swing
Portrait in Blue (J. Reissner)
Ana Gasteyer- Crazy People
I’m Hip (Henry’s Girl)

Ian Robb- Champion at Driving ‘Em Crazy
Ian Robb & Hang the Piper (Folk-Legacy)
Leonard Cohen- Crazy to Love You
Old Ideas (Columbia)
Shirley Eikhard- Crazy from the Heat
Going Home (Artisan Music)
Tom Russell- The Other Side of Crazy
Who’s Gonna Build Your Wall? (HighTone)

Barbara Dane- Crazy Blues
On My Way (Dreadnaught Music)

Next week: Part 1 – Songs and Conversation with author David Eisenstadt; Part 2 – Riding in My Car.

--Mike Regenstreif

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 26, 2025: Songs of August & Highway 61 Revisited – Revisited


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/595/71687.html

Themes: Part 1 – Songs of August; Part 2 – Highway 61 Revisited – Revisited.

Part 1 – Songs of August

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tran- August Flower
From China to Appalachia (Community Music)

Emily Triggs- Beautiful August
The Great Escape (Emily Triggs)
Jay Linden- August Night
Satchel (Jay Linden)
The Lucky Sisters- On an August Night
So Lucky (Patio)
Preservation Hall Jazz Band- August Nights
That’s It (Legacy)
Joan Baez- The 33rd of August
Blessed Are (Vanguard)
Jeanie Stahl- The August of Our Years
Mysteries (Daring)

Benny Carter- August Moon
Aspects (United Artists)

Part 2 – Highway 61 Revisited – Revisited.


It was 60 years ago, on August 30, 1965, that Bob Dylan released his monumental folk-rock album, Highway 61 Revisited.

Rory Block- Like a Rolling Stone
Positively 4th Street: A Tribute to Bob Dylan (Stony Plain)
Tim O’Brien- Tombstone Blues
Red On Blonde (Sugar Hill)
Ian Hanchet- It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
Dealin’ from the Bottom (of My Heart) (Ian Hanchet)
Bob Dylan- From a Buick 6
Highway 61 Revisited (Columbia)
Ben Sidran- Ballad of a Thin Man
Dylan Different (Bonsai)

Emma Swift- Queen Jane Approximately
Blonde on the Tracks (Tiny Ghost/CRS)
Ray Benson- Highway 61 Revisited
Swingin’ and Skankin’ (Primary Wave Music)
Tom Russell & Joe Ely- Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
Folk Hotel (Frontera)
Bill Camplin- Desolation Row
Bob Dylan Project One (Bill Camplin)

Bob Dylan recorded versions of the next three songs during the sessions for Highway 61 Revisited but did not include them on the album.

Lucinda Williams- Positively 4th Street
The Village: A Celebration of the Music of Greenwich Village (429)
Bob Dylan & The Hawks- Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window (single version)
Side Tracks (Columbia/Legacy)

Bob Dylan- Sitting On a Barbed Wire Fence
The Best of the Cutting Edge 1965-1966 (Columbia/Legacy)

Next week: Crazy Blues and Other Crazy Songs.

--Mike Regenstreif

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 19, 2025: The Original Sloth Band at 60


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/595/71585.html

Theme: The Original Sloth Band at 60.


The Original Sloth Band
– teenaged brothers Chris Whiteley and Ken Whiteley and their friend Tom Evans – played their first gig in 1965. Their band name for that gig was Tubby Fats Original Allstar Downtown Syncopated Big Rock Jug Band but they soon evolved into the Original Sloth Band. Sadly, Tom Evans passed away from cancer in 2009, but, in June, Chris and Ken with some guest musicians played a concert at Hugh’s Room in Toronto to mark the milestone anniversary.

Original Sloth Band- The New Heartbreak Blues
Whoopee After Midnight (Sloth)

Samoa Wilson with The Jim Kweskin Band- (I Just Want to Be) Horizontal
I Just Want to Be Horizontal (Kingswood)
Tony Rice- Temperance Reel
Tony Rice (Rounder)
Jeff Healey- Sheik of Araby
The Best of the Stony Plain Years: Vintage Jazz, Swing and Blues (Stony Plain)
Amos Milburn- Johnson Rag
Rockin’ and Drinkin’: Greatest Hits and More 1946-1959 (Jasmine)
Original Sloth Band- Heaven
Whoopee After Midnight (Sloth)
The Dumptrucks- Stealin’
Selections (Laughing Cactus)

Original Sloth Band- I’m a Vulture (for Horticulture)
Whoopee After Midnight (Sloth)

Leon Redbone- Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone
Champagne Charlie (Warner Bros.)
Jenny Whiteley- Things are Coming My Way
The Original Jenny Whiteley (Black Hen Music)
Jay McShann- Sunny Side of the Street
Still Jumpin’ the Blues (Stony Plain)
Mose Scarlett- How Long Blues
The Fundamental Things (Pyramid)
Original Sloth Band- Get a Job 
Whoopee After Midnight (Sloth)

Maria Muldaur- Organ Grinder Blues
One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey (NOLA Blues)
Duke Ellington & Ivie Anderson- Get Yourself a New Broom (and Sweep the Blues Away)
Ellington in Order, Volume 5 (1932-33) (Legacy)
Duke Ellington & The Mills Brothers- Diga Diga Do
Ellington in Order, Volume 5 (1932-33) (Legacy)
Jimmy Bracken's Toe Ticklers- It’s Tight Like That
Jack Teagarden: The Definitive Collection (Master Tape)
Original Sloth Band- Shout Baby Shout
Hustlin’ & Bustlin’ (Woodshed)

The Boswell Sisters- Cheek to Cheek
Cheek to Cheek (Classic)
The Central Park Sheiks- Honeysuckle Rose
Honeysuckle Rose (Flying Fish)
Bessie Smith- Gimme a Pigfoot (and a Bottle of Beer)
Bessie Smith: The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection (Big3)
Carolina Chocolate Drops- Memphis Shakedown
Carolina Chocolate Drops & Joe Thompson (Music Makers Recordings)
Original Sloth Band- Hustlin’ and Bustlin’ for Baby
Hustlin’ & Bustlin’ (Woodshed)

Ken Whiteley- Fast Freight Train
Unseen Hands: 12 Songs 12 Strings (Ken Whiteley)

Chris Whiteley- I’ve Got to Split
It’s the Natural Thing to Do (Electro-Fi)

Next week: Songs for August and Highway 61 Revisited – Revisited.

--Mike Regenstreif

Thursday, August 7, 2025

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 9, 2025


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/128/71495.html

Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

David Francey- Annie’s House
Maps (Laker Music)

Maggie’s Wake- Maid of Fortune
Maggie’s Wake (Maggie’s Wake)
Graham Lindsey- The Islander
Tune Machine (Graham Lindsey)
Cassie & Maggie- Nancy
Gold and Coal (Cassie and Maggie)
Jez Lowe- Oubliette
Oubliette (Tantobie)
Maggie’s Wake- Arcane
Maggie’s Wake (Maggie’s Wake)

Christine Lavin- The Best Summer
Drum School Dropout (Christine Lavin)
Tom Mitchell & Mike Regenstreif (1999)

Tom Mitchell- Nuts for Bolts
Tom Mitchell (Philo)
Mike Regenstreif & Steve Gillette (1994)

Steve Gillette- Home by Dark
Best of (Compass Rose Music)

Rodney Dillard- Let the Rough Side Drag
Let the Rough Side Drag (Flying Fish)
Jim Byrnes- Step By Step
Long Hot Summer Days (Black Hen Music)
Mary Black- Lay Down Your Burden
The Holy Ground (Gifthorse)
Mike Regenstreif & Lucy Kaplansky (2012)

Lucy Kaplansky- Everybody Knows but Me
The Tide (Red House)
Jesse Winchester & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Jesse Winchester- Blow On, Chilly Wind
Let the Rough Side Drag (Stony Plain)

The Limeliters- Until We Can’t Sing Anymore
Until We Can’t Sing Anymore (The Limeliters)
Mike Regenstreif, Anne Hills & Tom Paxton (2001)

Tom Paxton, Anne Hills & Bob Gibson- Sing for the Song
Best of Friends (Appleseed)

Peter Campbell- Emigré
Burden of Hope (Peter Campbell)

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2022)

Eliza Gilkyson- Holy
Dark Ages (Realiza)
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band- My City of Ruins
Land of Hope and Dreams (Columbia)
Kemp Harris- Don’t You Hear Them America
The America Chronicles (Righteous Mischief)
Perla Batalla & Julie Christensen- Anthem
Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man (Verve)

John Wort Hannam- Acres of Elbow Room
Acres of Elbow Room (John Wort Hannam)
Mary Chapin Carpenter- Paint + Turpentine
Personal History (Lambent Light/Thirty Tigers)
Mike Regenstreif & Garnet Rogers (2006)

Garnet Rogers with Doug Long- This Shirt
Summer Lightning: Live (Snow Goose)
Ponyfolk- Midnight on the Water
The Woods Have Shown Us (Hestehus)
Eva Cassidy- Summertime
Walkin’ After Midnight (Blix Street)

Maria Muldaur- My Handy Man
One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey (NOLA Blues)
Victoria Spivey- Black Snake Swing
Queen Victoria (Frank Goldy)
Roy Book Binder & Fats Kaplin- Hesitation Blues
Ragtime Millionaire (Blue Goose)
Rory Block- Me and My Chauffeur Blues
Heavy on the Blues (M.C.)

Dee Robinson- Spike Driver Blues
Dee from Decatur (Riverlark Music)

The Accidentals- Someday We Won’t Live Here Anymore
Time Out 3 (The Accidentals)
David Francey- Lonely Road
Maps (Laker Music)
Sylvia Tyson & Mike Regenstreif (1997)

Ian & Sylvia- Long Lonesome Road
Four Strong Winds (Vanguard)
Special Consensus- I’ve Been All Around This World
Been All Around This World (Compass)

Diana Jones & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2021)

Diana Jones- Pony
My Remembrance of You (Newsong Recordings)
Mike Regenstreif & Orit Shimoni (2025)

Orit Shimoni- Dear Marla
Lorem Ipsum (Orit Shimoni)
Mike Regenstreif & Lisa Gutkin (2025)

Lisa Gutkin & Aaron Halva- Rifkele and Manke Secret Kiss
Indecent: Original Broadway Cast Recording (Yellow Sound Label)
Jill Sobule- I Kissed a Girl
F_ck 7th Grade Original Cast (Pinko)

The Zozo Sisters: Linda Ronstadt & Ann Savoy- Marie Mouri
Adieu False Heart (Vanguard)
Benoît LeBlanc- Lé zoñon
Mô kouzin, mô kouzinn (Benoît LeBlanc)
JP LeBLANC- Wanda’s Bar
All in My Blood/Je l’ai dans l’sang (Acadian Connection)
Preservation Brass- Climax Rag
For Fat Man (Sub Pop)

NEeMA- Eternity
Watching You Think (Neemaste/Sony)
Lennie Gallant- Old Friends
Shelter from the Storms (Gallant Effort Productions)
Patty Griffin- All the Way Home
Crown of Roses (PGM/Thirty Tigers)
Mike Ward- Why Not
The Time That Remains (Psychosongs)

Mary Gick- Michael’s Tune
Six Tunes and a Song (Mary Gick)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on September 6. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif