Wednesday, July 9, 2025

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

Tuesday, July 8, 2025

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

Wednesday, July 2, 2025

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

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

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

Friday, June 20, 2025

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

Thursday, June 12, 2025

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

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

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

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

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 

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

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

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

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

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

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

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

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