Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – July 15, 2025: Blues in the Night

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/595/71087.html

Theme: Blues in the Night – all the songs have something or other to do with nighttime.

Eva Cassidy- Blues in the Night

Eva By Heart (Blix Street)

Dr. John- Such a Night

The Atco/Atlantic Singles 1968-1972 (Omnivore)

Judy Henske- Every Night When the Sun Goes In

The Elektra Albums: Judy Henske (Ace)

Stephen Barry Band- Every Night About This Time

Bluesville (Bros)

Michael Jerome Browne- Black Nights

That’s Where It’s At! (Borealis)

Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis- Night Life

Two Men with the Blues (Blue Note)

Tom Northcott- Night in the City

Sunny Goodge Street: The Warner Bros. Recordings (Wounded Bird)

Kim Wallach- Dark and Rainy Night

Chatter of the Finches (Black Socks Press)

Joni Mitchell- Rainy Night House

Ladies of the Canyon (Reprise)

Leonard Cohen- The Night of Santiago

Thanks for the Dance (Columbia/Legacy)

ES:MO (Elizabeth Shephers & Michael Occhipinti)- Night Comes On

The Weight of Hope (ES:MO)

Eliza Gilkyson- Dark Night of the Soul

Dark Ages (Realiza)

Susie Burke & David Surette- A Healing In This Night

Sometimes In the Evening (Madrina Music)

Anne Hills- Acquainted with the Night

Accidental August (Hand & Heart Music)

Ana Egge- Stay the Night

Is It the Kiss (StorySound)

Kerri Powers- Train in the Night

Kerri Powers (Kerri Powers)

David Amram- Subway Night

Subway Night (RCA)

Montreal- A Summer’s Night

A Summer’s Night (Stormy Forest)

Bill Morrissey- Summer Night

Standing Eight (Philo)

Tom Russell- The Night the Chinese Restaurant Burned Down

Play One More: The Songs of Ian & Sylvia (True North)

Mel Tormé- Blues in the Night

Tormé (Verve)

Next week: Flood Waters.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – July 12, 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/128/71071.html

Jimmy LaFave- My Back Pages

Peace Town (Music Road)

Mike Regenstreif & Jimmy LaFave (2017)

Jimmy LaFave- Minstrel Boy Howling at the Moon

Highway Angels…Full Moon Rain (Night Tribe Music)

Jimmy LaFave- Buffalo Return to the Plains

Favorites 1992-2001 (Music Road)

Jimmy LaFave- Peace Town

Peace Town (Music Road)

The Vanaver Caravan featuring Bill Vanaver- Just One More Time

Pastures of Plenty: Songs of Woody Guthrie (Coming Together Festival Productions)

Ellis Paul & Vance Gilbert- This Morning I Am Born Again

Side of the Road (Philo)

Wenzel- Been Down the River Too Long

Ticky Tock: Wenzel Sings Woody Guthrie (Conträr Musik) 

The Klezmatics & Susan McKeown- From Here On In

Wonder Wheel: Lyrics by Woody Guthrie (Jewish Music Group)

Malcolm Holcombe- A Far Cry from Here

A Far Cry from Here (Purple Girl Music)

Sara Trunzo- In Your Mercy

Better Than I Was (Sara Trunzo)

Eric Andersen & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Eric Andersen- Love is a Sacred Thing

Dance of Love and Death (EARecords)

Mary Chapin Carpenter- Girl and Her Dog

Personal History (Lambent Light/Thirty Tigers)

Payadora- Zamba del Carau

The Legend of Carau (Payadora)

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Eliza Gilkyson- Times Like These

Dark Ages (Realiza)

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band- Land of Hope and Dreams

Land of Hope and Dreams (Columbia)

The Solourners- People Het Ready

Hold On (Black Hen Music)

Nanci Griffith- Ghosts in the Music

Once In a Very Blue Moon (Philo)

Schmaltz & Pepper- The Ride to Zaslav

Schmaltz & Pepper (Schmaltz & Pepper)

Benoît LeBlanc- Un-nòt-kankan

Mô kouzin, mô kouzinn (Benoît LeBlanc)

Mike Regenstreif & Tony Turner (2018)

Tony Turner- Bob Loblaw Blahs

Survivor Tree (Bon Esprit Music)

Schmaltz & Pepper- Evil Eye

Schmaltz & Pepper (Schmaltz & Pepper)

Lotus Wight- Little Hat Jones

Original Works for Voice and Banjo Volume One (Lotus Wight)

Rube & Rake- Some of Mine

Good Time After Bad (LHM)

Jessica Pearson & The East Wind- Heave Away

Grave and Garden Songs (Jessica Pearson & The East Wind)

Ray Bonneville- Streetcar Man

On the Blind Side (Stonefly) 

Night Sun- Summer Songs

One Moment of Grace (Borealis)

Chris Rawlings & Mike Regenstreif (2007)

Chris Rawlings- Bastille Day

Two Sides to Your Story (Cookingfat Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2006)

Jesse Winchester- Wake Me

Learn to Love It (Stony Plain)

Christine Collister- How Far to the Horizon?

Blue Aconite (Koch)

Christine Albert- L’air de la Louisiane

Paris, Texafrance (MoonHouse)

Jerry Jeff Walker- Mississippi You’re On My Mind

Ridin’ High (MCA)

Cheryl Wheeler- Defying Gravity

Defying Gravity (Philo)

The Lucky Sisters- I Can’t Stand Up Alone

So Lucky (Patio)

The Village Dudes- Tomorrow’s Train

Another Time and Place (Blue Flute Music)

Staber & Chasnoff- Spanish Johnny

Free To Dream (Bubkes)

Suzy Thompson- You Don’t Need a Gun

Suzy Sings Siebel Volume One (Suzy Thompson)

Paul Siebel- Weary Blues

Woodstock Mountains: More Music from Mud Acres (Rounder)

Eric Erickson- The Potter

The Heart of an American (Ardith Recordings)

Freyda & Acoustic AttaTude- Potter’s Wheel

Midnight at Cabell Hall (Red House)

Mike Regenstreif & Steve Gillette (1994)

Steve Gillette- That Song About the River

Best of (Compass Rose)

Dee Robinson- Boat’s Up the River

Dee from Decatur (Riverlark Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Arlo Guthrie (1996)

Arlo Guthrie- Sailing Down This Golden River

Outlasting the Blues (Rising Son)

Mike Regenstreif & Bill Staines (1993)

Bill Staines- River

Bridges (Red House)

Dee Robinson- Stack O Lee

Dee from Decatur (Riverlark Music)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on August 9. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – July 8, 2025: Peggy Seeger at 90

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/595/70985.html

Theme: Peggy Seeger at 90.

Peggy Seeger – who I’ve known for many years – turned 90 on June 17. Peggy was born in 1935 to a musical and activist family. Her father, Charles Seeger, was a musicologist, composer and folklorist. Her mother, Ruth Crawford Seeger, was a composer and musicologist. Her older half-brother was Pete Seeger, and her other siblings were Mike Seeger, Barbara Seeger and Penny Seeger. Peggy’s life partner from the 1950s until his death in 1989 was the preeminent British folksinger and songwriter Ewan MacColl.

The show includes some of Peggy’s original songs, as well as traditional folksongs and songs written by other songwriters that were part of her repertoire from some of Peggy’s many recordings and collaborations, and by other artists.

Peggy Seeger- Sing About These Hard Times

Teleology (Red Grape)

Peggy Seeger with Barbara Seeger & Penny Seeger - Five Nights Drunk

Folk Songs with The Seegers (Prestige)

Sheesham & Lotus & ‘Son- I Truly Understand

Clear the Table (Sepiaphone)

Kate & Edith- Pretty Saro

Live at Kelso Hall (Kate & Edith)

Ian & Sylvia- Lady of Carlisle

Four Strong Winds (Vanguard)

Peggy Seeger- When I was Single

The Folkways Years 1955-1992: Songs of Love and Politics (Smithsonian Folkways)

Linda Ronstadt with Dolly Parton- I Never Will Marry

Simple Dreams: 40th Anniversary Edition (Elektra/Rhino)

Mike Seeger & Peggy Seeger- Little Birdie

Fly Down Little Bird (Appleseed)

Bonnie Dobson- The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

Philadelphia Folk Festival – 40th Anniversary (Sliced Bread)

Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger- Dirty Old Town

Black and White: The Ewan MacColl Definitive Collection (Cooking Vinyl)

Peggy Seeger- On This Very Day

An Odd Collection (Rounder)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Roma Baran- Willie Moore

Tell My Sister (Nonesuch)

Peggy Seeger- Tell My Sister

Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle (Nonesuch)

Rufus Wainwright & John Legend- Heading for Home

Folkocracy (BMG)

Sue Foley- Freight Train

One Guitar Woman: A Tribute to the Female Pioneers of Guitar (Stony Plain)

Rosalie Sorrels with Peggy Seeger- Schofield Mine Disaster

Strangers in Another Country: The Songs of Bruce “Utah” Phillips (Red House)

Fourtold- Ballad of Springhill

Fourtold (Appleseed)

Peggy Seeger- It’s a Free World

An Odd Collection (Rounder)

Robin Greenstein- I’m Gonna Be an Engineer

Images of Women, Vol. 2 (Windy)

Peggy Seeger with Irene Pyper-Scott- Fatal Flower Garden

Live (Appleseed)

Peggy Seeger- Bring Me Home

Bring Me Home (Appleseed)

Next week: Blues in the Night.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – July 1, 2025: Songs for Canada Day

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/595/70878.html

Theme: Songs for Canada Day.

Stan Rogers- Northwest Passage

Northwest Passage (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Ian & Sylvia- Four Strong Winds

Four Strong Winds (Vanguard)

Maria Dunn- In the Shadow of the Rockies/As I Walk Through Canada

We Were Good People (Distant Whisper)

James Keelaghan- My Skies

History: The First 25 Years (Borealis)

Bonnie Dobson- Peter Amberley

Take Me for a Walk in the Morning Dew (Hornbeam)

Finest Kind- The Maple Leaf Forever

Silks & Spices (Fallen Angle Music)

Wade Hemsworth with The Mountain City Four (lead vocal: Kate McGarrigle)- The Log Driver’s Waltz

Wade Hemsworth with the Mountain City Four (Peter Weldon)

Gordon Lightfoot- Canadian Railroad Trilogy

Songbook (Warner Archives/Rhino)

Leonard Cohen- Suzanne

Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia/Legacy)

Steel Rail- Wooden Ships

River Song (Crossties)

Jesse Winchester- I Wave Bye Bye

Gentleman of Leisure (Sugar Hill)

Connie Kaldor- Wood River

Wood River (Coyote Entertainment)

Shelley Posen- Canoeing My Troubles Away

Roseberry Road (Well Done Music)

Durham County Poets & Michael Jerome Browne- Diamonds on the Water

Grimshaw Road (Durham County Poets)

Yonder Hill- Northern Lights

Yonder Hill (Yonder Hill)

Notre Dame de Grass- New Canada Road

New Canada Road (Notre Dame de Grass)

Willie Dunn- Louis Riel

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

Amanda Rheaume- Unforgettable

The Truth We Hold (Ishkõdé)

Prairie Comeau- Un Canadien errant

L’emprunt(e) (La Compagnie du Nord)

Chris Rawlings- Song of the Old Bush Pilot

Northern Spirits (Cooking Fat Music)

David Bradstreet- The Land Beyond

Hindsight (David Bradstreet)

Night Sun- A Canadian Song

Drive (Borealis)

Next week: Peggy Seeger at 90.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – June 24, 2025: 1965

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/595/70807.html

Theme: 1965.

All the recordings on this show were first released 60 years ago in 1965.

The Byrds- Mr. Tambourine Man

Mr. Tambourine Man (Columbia)

The Beatles- In My Life

Rubber Soul (Parlophone)

Donovan- Sunny Goodge Street

Fairy Tale (Elite)

Martin Carthy- The Queen of Hearts

Martin Carthy (Topic)

Bert Jansch- Rambling’s Gonna Be the Death of Me

Bert Jansch (Castle)

Tom Jones- It’s Not Unusual

Along Came Jones (Decca)

Petula Claek- I Know a Place

The EP Collection (See for Miles)

The Zombies- She’s Not There

The Zombies (Parrot)

The Rolling Stones- (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction

Out of Our Heads (London)

The Lovin’ Spoonful- Do You Believe in Magic

Do You Believe in Magic (Sony/Legacy)

The Beach Boys- California Girls

Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!) (Capitol)

Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Murdoch (2014)

Bruce Murdoch- Rompin’ Rovin’ Days

Singer-Songwriter Project (Elektra)

Carolyn Hester- Outward Bound

At Town Hall (Bear Family)

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2001) photo: Janice Hanson

Tom Paxton- Hold On to Me Babe

Ain’t That News (Elektra)

Noel Paul Stookey & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2023)

Peter, Paul & Mary- Early Morning Rain

See What Tomorrow Brings (Warner Bros.)

Sylvia Tyson & Mike Regenstreif (1997)

Ian & Sylvia- Red Velvet

Early Morning Rain (Vanguard)

Phil Ochs Dodger Rag

I Ain’t Marching Anymore (Elektra)

Judy Collins & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

Judy Collins- Carry It On

Fifth Album (Elektra)

Mimi & Richard Fariña- Pack Up Your Sorrows

Celebrations for a Grey Day (Vanguard)

Mike Regenstreif & Joan Baez (2003)

Joan Baez- It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue

Farewell, Angelina (Vanguard)

Barry McGuire- Eve of Destruction

Eve of Destruction (Dunhill)

David Wiffen- Times are Getting Hard

At the Bunkhouse Coffeehouse, Vancouver BC (Universal International)

Tom Rush- Solid Gone

Tom Rush (Elektra)

Fred Neil- Blues on the Ceiling

Bleecker & MacDougal (Elektra)

Jackson C. Frank- Blues Run the Game

Blues Run the Game (Mooncrest)

Aretha Franklin- Muddy Water

Yeah!!! (Columbia)

B.B. King- Every Day I Have the Blues

Live at The Regal (ABC)

Nina Simone- Trouble in Mind

Pastel Blues (Philips)

Oscar Peterson- Blues of the Prairies

Canadiana Suite (Verve)

Next week: Songs for Canada Day.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – June 17, 2025: Music for 88 Keys

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/595/70697.html

Theme: Music for 88 Keys – all of the songs and instrumentals feature the piano as a primary instrument.

Philip Dyson- The Entertainer

Scott Joplin, The King of Ragtime: Complete Piano Works (Decca)

Perla Batalla- Sisters of Mercy

A Letter to Leonard Cohen: Tribute to a Friend (Mechuda Music)

Chaim Tannenbaum- Time On My Hands

The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Talk to Me of Mendocino

Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Nonesuch)

Pink Martini with Rufus Wainwright & The Von Trapps- Kitty Come Home

Get Happy (Audiogram)

Last Forever- Lonesome Day

Acres of Diamonds (StorySound)

Hoyle Osborne- The Baltimore Todalo

Panazon: Pan American Café Music (Ripple)

Odetta & Dr. John- Oh Papa

Blues Everywhere I Go (M.C.)

Jay McShann with Johnnie Johnson- Kansas City (Revisited)

Goin’ to Kansas City (Stony Plain)

Alberta Hunter- Always

Amtrak Blues (Columbia)

Tom Waits- Tom Traubert’s Blues

Small Change (Asylum)

Mary Chapin Carpenter with Anais Mitchell- Home is a Song

Personal History (Lambent Light/Thirty Tigers)

Rosalie Sorrels- Moments of Happiness

Moments of Happiness (Philo)

Suzie Brown- Songs are My Tears

Songs Worth Saving (Suzie Brown)

Jesse Winchester- The Easy Way

Third Down, 110 to Go (Stony Plain)

Lee Hunter & The Gatherers- Farewell, Farewell

Beneath My Feet (Birds Tale)

Penny Lang- Nama Says

Yes (She-Wolf)

Julian Fauth- Bad John

The Weak and the Wicked, the Hard and the Strong (Electro-Fi)

Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon- Chicago House Rent Party

Songs of Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon (Folkways)

Count Basie & Oscar Peterson- S & J Blues

Satch and Josh (Pablo)

Next week: 1965.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – June 14, 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/128/70676.html

Mike Regenstreif & Steve Gillette (1994)

Steve Gillette- Grapes on the Vine

Best of (Compass Rose)

Ian & Sylvia- Darcy Farrow

Early Morning Rain (Vanguard)

Linda Ronstadt- A Number and a Name

Hand Sown…Home Grown (Capitol)

Steve Gillette- Back on the Street Again

Best of (Compass Rose)

Grayson Capps- Early Morning Rain

Heartbreak, Misery & Death (Royal Potato Family)

The Kennedys- Cotton Jenny

Ladies Sing Lightfoot (Sunset Blvd.)

Seldom Scene- Steel Rail Blues

Changes (Rounder)

Gordon Lightfoot- A Painter Passing Through

A Painter Passing Through (Reprise)

Payadora- Prologue

The Legend of  Carau (Payadora)

Payadora with Elbio Ferenandez & Elmer Ferrer- Gaucho de las Pampas

The Legend of Carau (Payadora)

Payadora- Remember What’s Important

The Legend of Carau (Payadora)

Payadora- The Call of the Bandoneón

The Legend of Carau (Payadora)

Lucie Blue Tremblay- No Esta Solo

So Many Wows (Maggie & Shanti Musique)

NEeMA- Running

Watching You Think (Neemaste/Sony)

Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl- Across the Great Divide

Recordings Celebrating 50 Years of a Musical Partnership (Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl) 

Mary Chapin Carpenter- What Did You Miss

Personal History (Lambent Light/Thirty Tigers)

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2022)

Eliza Gilkyson- Song to You

Dark Ages (Realiza)

Schmaltz & Pepper- Stirring the Pot

Schmaltz & Pepper (Schmaltz & Pepper)

Mike Regenstreif & Tim Grimm (2025)

Tim Grimm- In the U.S.A.

Bones of Trees (Vault)

Mike Regenstreif & Mark Rubin on Zoom (2025)

Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma- Bear at the Door

Dispatches: Songs from a World Gone Mad (Rubinchik)

Eliza Gilkyson- Dark Ages

Dark Ages (Realiza)

Bethany & Rufus- Isn’t That So

900 Miles (Hyena)

Rodney Crowell with Emmylou Harris & Vince Gill- Dangerous Fun

Quiet About It: A Tribute to Jesse Winchester (Mailboat)

Jesse Winchester & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Jesse Winchester- Glory to the Day

Third Down, 110 to Go (Stony Plain)

William Bell- All of Your Stories

This is Where I Live (Stax)

Tom Prasada-Rao- Maria

Beautiful You: The Songs of Tom Prasada-Rao (Tom Prasada-Rao)

Suzie Brown- I Love Missing You

Songs Worth Saving (Suzie Brown)

Nathan Sloniowski- Archie’s Good Night

The Lost Love Letter to a Small Town (Rocketchimp)

Jim Wurster- Transcendental Inclinations

Transcendental Inclinations (Y&T Music)

Muireann Bradley- Stag O Lee

I Kept These Old Blues (Decca/Verve Forecast)

Guy Davis & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Guy Davis- Long Gone Riley Brown

The Legend of Sugarbelly (M.C.)

Dee Robinson- One Dime Blues

Dee from Decatur (Riverlark Music)

Roy Book Binder- Travelin’ Man

Goin’ Back to Tampa (Flying Fish)

Sue Foley- Freight Train

One Guitar Woman: A Tribute to the Female Pioneers of Guitar (Stony Plain) 

Dee Robinson- Washington Blues

Dee from Decatur (Riverlark Music)

Lotus Wight- Dear Old Five String

Original Works for Voice and Banjo Volume One (Lotus Wight)

Original Sloth Band- Diga Diga Do

Hustlin’ & Bustlin’ (Woodshed)

Benoît LeBlanc- Éy laba (Eh la bas)

Mô kouzin, mô kouzinn (Benoît LeBlanc)

Sheesham & Lotus & ‘Son- Leaving Home (Frankie and Johnny)

1929 (Sepiaphone)

Suzy Thompson- If I Could Stay

Suzy Sings Siebel Volume One (Suzy Thompson)

Paul Siebel- Jasper & the Miners

Jack-Knife Gypsy (Elektra)

Happy Traum- Pinto Pony

I Walk the Road Again (Roaring Stream)

Suzy Thompson- Uncle Dudley

Suzy Sings Siebel Volume One (Suzy Thompson)

Paul Siebel- Legend of the Captain’s Daughter

Jack-Knife Gypsy (Elektra)

Cassie & Maggie- Fool’s Gold

Gold and Coal (Cassie and Maggie)

Stan Rogers- The Rawdon Hills

Fogarty’s Cove (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Mike Regenstreif & Priscilla Herdman (2000)

Priscilla Herdman- Old Jack Ryan

Darkness into Light (Flying Fish)

Donald WG Lindsay- Tramps & Hawkers

Two Boats Under the Moon (Donald WG Lindsay)

Sarah Segal-Lazar- Earlier

Valleys (Sarah Segal-Lazar)

The Heart Collectors- Shenandoah

Alchymie (Spins the Gold)

Dave & Kristi- All are Welcome Here

The Chickadees (Paris Chili)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on July 12. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – June 10, 2025: Dreams

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/595/70583.html

Theme: Dreams.

All the songs have something or other to do with dreams: dreams we dream at night, or daydreams, or, in many cases, aspirational dreams, broken dreams and dreams fulfilled.

Missy Burgess- Sweet Dreams

Lemon Pie (Missy Burgess)

Ken Tizzard- Sonny’s Dream

A Good Dog is Lost: A Collection of Ron Hynes Songs (Booth Street)

Ian & Sylvia- So Much for Dreaming

So Much for Dreaming (Vanguard)

Kim Beggs- Alive and Well in My Dreams

Beneath Your Skin (Out of a Paperbag Productions)

Tom Russell- Blue Wing

Old Songs Yet to Sing (Frontera)

Swing & Tears- The Dreamin’

Swing & Tears (Swing & Tears)

Bob Dylan- Bob Dylan’s Dream

The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (Columbia/Legacy)

Dakota Dave Hull & Sean Blackburn- I’ll See You in My Dreams

North By Southwest (Arabica)

Doug McArthur- Dreams and Visions

Letters from the Coast/Sisteron (Snow Goose Songs)

Rob Siegel- I Dreamed I Said to Sisyphus

I’m from Here (Rob Siegel)

The Puppini Sisters- Mr, Sandman

Betcha Bottom Dollar (Verve)

Garnet Rogers- John O’Dreams

The Outside Track (Snow Goose Songs)

Eliza Gilkyson- Impossible Dreams

Dark Ages (Realiza)

Kat Goldman- The One to Dream

The Workingman’s Blues (Kat Goldman)

Jamie Anderson- The Dream

Dare (Tsunami)

Jimmy LaFave- Land of Hope and Dreams

Depending on the Distance (Music Road)

Bette Midler- A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes

Broken Blossom (Atlantic)

Shelley Posen- I Missed You in My Dreams Last Night

Old Loves (Well Done Music)

Moore & McGregor- Dream With Me

Dream With Me (Ivernia)

David Myles- Dreaming

Real Love (Little Tiny)

The Lovin’ Spoonful- Daydream

Daydream (Sony/Legacy)

John Stewart- Daydream Believer

The Lonesome Picker Rides Again (Collectors’ Choice Music)

Anne Hills- Dreamcatcher

Angle of the Light (Flying Fish)

Eric Bogle- Don’t Throw Away Your Dreams

A Toss of the Coin (Greentrax)

Priscilla Herdman- Dreams

Forgotten Dreams (Flying Fish)

Next week: Music for 88 Keys.

--Mike Regenstreif 

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – June 3, 2025: Busking

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/595/70492.html

Theme: Busking

All the songs have something or other to do with busking – playing music on the street or in places like bus or train stations for whatever passersby might want to throw in the hat or basket or instrument case.

Joni Mitchell- For Free

Ladies of the Canyon (Reprise)

Daniel Kahn with Vanya Zhuk- Busking Vagabond

Bulat Blues (Oriente Musik)

Ron Hynes- Boy from Old Perlican

Ron Hynes (Borealis)

Sue & Dwight- For a Moment (Subway Busker Song)

For a Moment (Sue & Dwight)

Connie Kaldor- Singer of the Sacred Heart

Out of the Blue (Coyote Entertainment)

Jerry Jeff Walker- Gypsy Songman

Mr. Bojangles (Rhino)

Michael ‘Earnie’ Taylor- I Just Fiddle All Day (The Busking Song)

Folk ‘n’ Western (Laughing Cactus)

Ray Bonneville- Street Singer

Rough Luck (Prime CD)

Eric Andersen- Singin’ Man

Dance of Love and Death (EARecords)

Kate Wolf- The Old Street Singer

Looking Back at You (Rhino)

Guy Clark- A Nickel for the Fiddler

Old No. 1 (Sugar Hill)

Steve Forbert- Grand Central Station, March 18, 1977

Alive on Arrival (Nemperor)

Sylvia Tyson- No Crowd, No Show

At the End of the Day (Stony Plain)

Ronny Cox- Cortelia Clark

How I Love Them Old Songs: Ronny Cox Sings Mickey Newbury (Bay Sound)

Andrew Calhoun- Buskers

Grapevine (Waterbug)

Marc Nerenberg- On the Street Again, Revisited

Lies, Butterflies, and Tyrants (Marc Nerenberg)

Bodie Wagner- Wooly Bum Man

Vintage (Bodie Wagner)

Tom Lewis- The Busker

Tinker Tailor Soldier Singer (Self Propelled Music)

Orit Shimoni- Playing Chelsea Hotel

Soft Like Snow (MW Music)

The Irish Rovers- Whiskey on a Sunday

Years May Come, Years May Go (MCA)

Bill Staines- The Streets of Old Quebec

Tracks and Trails (Philo)

Creedence Clearwater Revival- Down on the Corner

Willy and the Poor Boys (Fantasy)

The Bill Hilly Band (The Bills)- The Berlin Busker’s Polka

All Day Every Day (Borealis)

Next week: Dreams.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – May 27, 2025: “Songs of this kind should not need to be sung” with guest Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma

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/595/70383.html

Theme: “Songs of this kind should not need to be sung.”

Guest: Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma.

Tim Grimm- Broken Truth

Bones of Trees (Vault)

The line, “Songs such as these should not need to be sung,” comes from “Let’s Lay Down Our Drums,” a song written by Canadian songwriter Bruce Murdoch during the Vietnam War.

Bruce Murdoch- Let’s Lay Down Our Drums

33 1/3 Revolutions per Minute (Stormy Forest)

Eric Bibb- Masters of War

Migration Blues (Stony Plain)

Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon- Ukrainian Now 

Together (Appalsongs)

Artists for Action- Which Side Are You On? *

Which Side Are You On? – single (Bob Jensen)

*The Artists for Action singers and musicians are, in alphabetical order: Black Umfolosi, Ray Bonneville, Bruce Cockburn, Chris Corrigan, Guy Davis, Ani DiFranco, Maria Dunn, Adam Hill, Bob Jensen, James Keelaghan, Richard Knox, Lucy MacNeil, Tony McManus, Moulettes, Oysterband, Richard Perso, Heather Rankin, Martin Simpson, and Jon Weaver.

Ian Robb & James Stephens- God and the Orange Clown

Declining …with thanks (Fallen Angle Music)

Resistance Revival Chorus featuring Rhiannon Giddens- All You Fascists Bound to Lose

This Joy (Righteous Babe)

The next three songs punctuated my conversation with Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma, recorded on May 2 via Zoom.

Mike Regenstreif & Mark Rubin on Zoom (2025)

Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma- Dog Whistle

Dispatches: Songs from a World Gone Mad (Rubinchik)

Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma- Blues for the Innocent

Dispatches: Songs from a World Gone Mad (Rubinchik)

Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma- Goon with a Hammer (digital only bonus track)

Dispatches: Songs from a World Gone Mad (Rubinchik)

Brendan Nolan- Packing Her Bag

Beneath White Stars: Holocaust Profiles in Song (AlmondSeed Media)

Shelley Posen- Packed

Mazel (Well Done Music)

Diana Jones with Steve Earle, Richard Thompson, Peggy Seeger & Zahara Phillips- We Believe You

Song to a Refugee (Goldmine)

Liz Miller- New Normal

Love Bubble (Liz Miller)

James Talley- In These Times

Ballads, Bandits and Blues (Cimarron)

Next week: Busking.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – May 20, 2025: Variations on Hallelujah

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/595/70281.html

Theme: Variations on Hallelujah

While the show includes several variations on Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” the theme is not just about the Leonard Cohen song.

Leonard Cohen- (Leonard Cohen’s song called) Hallelujah

Live in London (Columbia)

The Roches- The Hallelujah Chorus

Keep On Doing (Warner Bros.)

Peter, Paul & Mary- Michael Row the Boat Ashore

Around the Campfire (Warner Bros.)

Judy Collins- Sing Hallelujah

Maids & Golden Apples (Wildflower)

Bob Franke- Alleluia, The Great Storm is Over

The Other Evening in Chicago (Waterbug)

Kim & Reggie Harris- Hallelujah I’m a Bum

Resurrection Day (Appleseed)

Canadian Brass- (Leonard Cohen’s song called) Hallelujah 

Canadiana (Linus/Canadian Brass)

Orit Shimoni- (Orit Shimoni’s song called) Hallelujah

Lost and Found on the Road to Nowhere (Orit Shimoni)

The Staple Singers- Glory, Glory, Hallelujah

Freedom Highway (Columbia/Legacy)

Jayme Stone, Moira Smiley, Sumaia Jackson, Joe Phillips, Felicity Williams & Denzal Sinclare- (The Sacred Harp song called) Hallelujah

Jayme Stone’s Folklife (Borealis)

SONiA disappear fear- (Leonard Cohen’s song called) Hallelujah

By My Silence (Disappear)

Boreal- (Katherine Wheatley’s song called) Hallelujah

Winterbirds (Boreal)

Andrew Calhoun- Hallelujah Morning

Living Room (Waterbug) 

Mara Levine- (Nancy Cassidy’s song called) Hallelujah

Jewels and Harmony (Mara’s Creations)

Karyn Oliver- Cry Hallelujah

Cherchez la Femme (Karyn Oliver)

k.d. lang- (Leonard Cohen’s song called) Hallelujah

Hymns of the 49th Parallel (Nonesuch)

Ray Charles- Hallelujah I Love Her So

The Birth of Soul (Atlantic)

American Nomad- (Martha Scanlan’s song called) Hallelujah

Country Mile (Spruce & Maple Music)

John McCutcheon- Hallelujah Morning

Cabin Fever: Songs from the Quarantine (Appalsongs)

Liz Queler- Hallelujah (Sing for the Hope)

Folk Now: Songs for These Times – October 2023 (Hudson Harding)

Lucy Kaplansky- (Leonard Cohen’s song called) Hallelujah

Everyday Street (Lucy Kaplansky)

Next week: “Songs of this kind should not need to be sung.”

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – May 17, 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/128/70266.html

Jim Rooney & Rooney's Irregulars- One Morning in May

My Own Ignorant Way (JRP)

Garland Frady- The Brand New Tennessee Waltz

Pure Country (Countryside)

Lisa Moscatiello- Biloxi

Second Avenue (Machine Heart)

The Frontmen- That’s a Touch I Like

The Frontmen (Rolltop Discs)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2009)

Jesse Winchester- Skip Rope Song

Jesse Winchester (Stony Plain)

Tim Hardin- Yankee Lady

Simple Songs of Freedom: The Tim Hardin Collection (Columbia/Legacy)

Chris Rawlings & Mike Regenstreif (2007)

Chris Rawlings- Lake Isle of Innisfree/Song of the Wandering Aengus

Two Sides to Your Story (Cookingfat Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Priscilla Herdman (1978)

Priscilla Herdman- Reedy River

The Water Lily (Philo)

Mike Regenstreif & Garnet Rogers (2006)

Archie Fisher & Garnet Rogers- The Outside Track

The Best Times After All: Live (Snow Goose Songs)

Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart- Rebecca

Looking for the Thread (Lambent Light/Thirty Tigers)

Suzie Brown- Mothers and Daughters

Songs Worth Saving (Suzie Brown)

Bettye LaVette- Mama, You Been On My Mind

Things Have Changed (Verve)

Schmaltz & Pepper- I’m Sorry Mama

Schmaltz & Pepper (Schmaltz & Pepper)

Schmaltz & Pepper- Mozart the Mensch

Schmaltz & Pepper (Schmaltz & Pepper)

Suzy Thompson- Louise

Suzy Sings Siebel Volume One (Suzy Thompson)

Suzy Thompson- Bride 1945

Suzy Sings Siebel Volume One (Suzy Thompson)

Paul Siebel- My Town

Woodsmoke and Oranges (Elektra)

Suzy Thompson- Any Day Woman

Suzy Sings Siebel Volume One (Suzy Thompson)

Suzy Thompson- Long Afternoons

Woodsmoke and Oranges (Elektra)

Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi- I Shall Not Be Moved

They’re Calling Me Home (Nonesuch)

Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson- Brown’s Dream

What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow (Nonesuch)

Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens- Swannanoa Tunnel/Steel-Driving Man

American Railroad (Nonesuch)

Carolyn Shulman- Old Farm House

Heart on a Wire (Carolyn Shulman)

Mike Regenstreif & Tim Grimm (2025)

Tim Grimm- Barbed Wire Boys

Bones of Trees (Vault)

Tom Mitchell & Mike Regenstreif (1999)

Tom Mitchell- Sam Ogan

Tom Mitchell (Philo)

Eric Andersen & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Eric Andersen- Dance of Love and Death

Dance of Love and Death (EARecords)

Louise Coombe & Mike Regenstreif (2024)

Louise Coombe- Paris

Paris (Zoe Cat Music)

Terry Kitchen- Mona Lisa Blue

We All Dream (Urban Campfire Productions)

Gordie Tentrees & Jaxon Haldane- Bobbi & Gus

Double Takes (Gordie Tentrees & Jaxon Haldane)

Jill Sobule- The Last Line

Underdog Victorious: Deluxe Edition (Pinko)

Jill Sobule- A Good Life

F*ck the 7th Grade: Original Cast Recording (Jill Sobule)

Sarah Segal-Lazar- From Sea to Sea

Two If By Sea (Sarah Segal-Lazar)

NEeMA- Unwinding

Watching You Think (Neemaste/Sony)

Leonard Cohen- Traveling Light

You Want It Darker (Columbia)

Perla Batalla- You Want It Darker

A Letter to Leonard Cohen: Tribute to a Friend (Mechuda Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Old Man Luedecke (2015)

Old Man Luedecke- I Skipped a Stone

Easy Money (True North)

Robert Thomas & Mike Regenstreif (2025)

Robert Thomas & the sessionmen- Kick the Can

The Way We Roll (Gas)

Brian Campbell- Comedy of Errors

Let’s Talk (Beedeecee Productions)

Ron Sowell- In Search of Some Creole Soul

Dance Till the Music Stops (Mountain Soul)

Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Murdoch (2007)

Bruce Murdoch- Maximeline

Bruce Murdoch (Radio Canada International)

Rees Shad- Porcelain Angel

Porcelain Angel (Shadville Music)

C. Daniel Boling- Wand’rin’ Again

It Matters (Berkalin)

Keith Sykes- Rich Wayfaring Stranger

Keith Sykes (Vanguard)

Susie Arioli Swing Band featuring Jordan Officer- Reuben’s Blues

It’s Wonderful (Susie Arioli Swing Band)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on June 14. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif