Thursday, July 17, 2025

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – July 22, 2025: Flood Water


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/595/71197.html


Theme: Flood Water.

There have always been floods but, with climate change, they’re happening more often and in more places. I began to think about this theme earlier this month as I watched the news coverage about the tragic floods in Texas.

Eric Bibb- Flood Water
Booker’s Guitar (Telarc)

Roomful of Blues- Texas Flood
The First Album (Hyena)
Josh White- Backwater Blues
Empty Bed Blues (Elektra)
Guy Davis- Georgia Flood
You Don’t Know My Mind (Red House)
Big Bill Broonzy- Southern Flood Blues
Big Bill’s Blues (Portrait)
Michael Jerome Browne- Louisiana 1927
That’s Where It’s At! (Borealis)

Joan Baez- Money for Floods
Gone from Danger (Guardian)

The Fairfield Four- Noah
I Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray (Warner Bros.)
Joel Mabus- The Preacher & the Flood
Retold (Fossil)

Murray McLauchlan- Red River Flood
Songs from the Street: The Best of Murray McLauchlan (True North)
Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley- Manitoba Flood
Scrap Metal Blues (Electro-Fi)

Johnny Cash- Five Feet High and Rising
Change of Address: The Singles As and Bs, 1958-1962 (Jasmine)
Tom Russell & Iris DeMent- Big Water
The Long Way Around (HighTone)
Ramblin' Jack Elliott- Rising High Water Blues
A Stranger Here (Anti-)
Martin Grosswendt- Mississippi Heavy Water Blues
Call and Response (Les Moore Productions)
Bill Staines- Louisiana Storm
The Second Million Miles (Red House)

John McCutcheon- Hell and High Water
Field of Stars (Appalsongs)
Muireann Bradleu- When the Levee Breaks
I Kept These Old Blues (Decca/Verve Forecast)
Happy Traum- Crash on the Levee (Down in the Flood)
Just for the Love of It (Lark’s Nest Music)
Joe Ely- A Flood On Our Hands
Streets of Sin (Rounder)
Michael Jerling- After the Flood
Halfway Home (Fool’s Hill Music)

Tom Rush, Jamie Hartford, Odetta, Emmylou Harris, Carolyn Hester, Nanci Griffith & Frank Christian- Wasn’t That a Mighty Storm
Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) (Elektra)

Next week: Songs of Steve Gillette and John Stewart.

--Mike Regenstreif

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 Water.

--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