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.
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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
