Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 5, 2025: Songs of Steve Gillette and John Stewart

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/595/71387.html

Theme: Songs of Steve Gillette and John Stewart.

The songs in the first half of the show were written or co-written by Steve Gillette (born 1942). 

Mike Regenstreif & Steve Gillette (1994)

Steve Gillette- The Old Trail

Best of (Compass Rose Music)

Stephen Mendel- Darcy Farrow

Sing Me a Story (Stephen Mendel)

Ian & Sylvia- Molly and Tenbrooks

Play One More (Vanguard)

Chuck Pyle- Share Me with Texas

Keepin’ Time By the River (Bee ‘n’ Flower)

Steve Gillette- Down Where the River Meets the Road

Best of (Compass Rose Music)

Ted Hawkins- Happy Hour 

Happy Hour (Rounder)

Don Williams- Healing Hands

Reflections (Sugar Hill)

Fourtold- Two Men in the Building

Fourtold (Appleseed)

Linda Ronstadt- A Number and a Name

Hand Sown…Home Grown (Capitol)

Marty Morrissey- Grapes on the Vine

The Ancient Ground (Marty Morrissey)

Carolyn Hester- 2:10 Train

At Town Hall (Bear Family)

Steve Gillette- Back on the Street Again

Best of (Compass Rose Music)

The songs in the second half of the show were written or co-written by John Stewart (1939-2008).

John Stewart (1975)

The Kingston Trio- Hope You Understand

Nick Bob John (Folk Era)

John Stewart & Buffy Ford- Mucky Truckee River

Signals Through the Glass (Folk Era)

Dave Alvin- California Bloodlines

West of the West (Yep Roc)

Josh White, Jr..- July, You’re a Woman

By Request (Silverwolf)

Eddy Arnold- Some Lonesome Picker

Standing Alone (RCA)

John Stewart- Mother Country

California Bloodlines (Capitol)

Anne Murray- Daydream Believer

The Ultimate Collection (Universal)

John Stewart- Anna on a Memory

Cannons in the Rain (RCA)

Kate Wolf- Some Kind of Love

Give Yourself to Love (Rhino)

Bill Staines- Chilly Winds

Going to the West (Red House)

Buffy Ford Stewart- Same Old Heart

Same Old Heart (Global Recording Artists)

Nanci Griffith & John Stewart- Sweet Dreams Will Come

Little Love Affairs (MCA)

John Stewart- Shackles and Chains

California Bloodlines (Capitol)

Next week: The Original Sloth Band at 60.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – July 29, 2025: Remembering Robert Resnik

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/595/71321.html

Theme: Remembering Robert Resnik (1953-2025).

Mike Regenstreif & Robert Resnik (2025)

My dear and close friend Robert Resnik of Burlington, Vermont. Robert passed away on July 21 at age 72 after struggling with several health issues including Parkinson’s disease. Robert was a singer and musician who played many different instruments in many styles of folk music. For the past 29 years, Robert hosted All the Traditions, a great folk music show on Vermont Public Radio. In 2023, Robert was inducted into the Folk Radio Hall of Fame sponsored by Folk Alliance International. Professionally, Robert was a librarian for about 30 years at the Fletcher Free Library in Burlington, Vermont.

Robert Resnik- O’Carolan Medley

Playing Favorites (Thunder Ridge)

The Highland Weavers were Robert Resnik, Marty Morrissey and Tim Whiteford.

Highland Weavers - The Road to Mandalay

Going Home (Highland Weavers)

Highland Weavers - Old Rose & Crown

Going Home (Highland Weavers)

Highland Weavers - Mary Ellen Carter

Going Home (Highland Weavers)

Robert Resnik with Mary McGinness- Them Dance Hall Girls

Playing Favorites (Thunder Ridge)

Robert Resnik with Mary McGinness & Kristina Stykos- Come a Long Away

Playing Favorites (Thunder Ridge)

Robert Resnik & Gigi Weisman- Sing When the Spirit Says Sing

Sweet Potatoes and Home Grown Tomatoes (Fletcher Free Library)

Robert Resnik & Marty Morrissey- Inland Waterways

Vermont Songs Old & New (Robert Resnik & Marty Morrissey)

Robert Resnik & Marty Morrissey- All Kinds of Weather

Old & New Songs of Lake Champlain (Robert Resnik & Marty Morrissey)

Robert Resnik & Gigi Weisman- Magic Penny

Sweet Potatoes and Home Grown Tomatoes (Fletcher Free Library)

Swing & Tears was Robert Resnik, Gigi Weisman and Marty Morrissey.

Swing & Tears- The Coffee Set: Coffee in the Morning and Kisses in the Night/Let’s Have Another Cup of Coffee/Java Jive

Swing & Tears (Swing & Tears)

Swing & Tears- Black Fly Song

Swing & Tears (Swing & Tears)

Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik- Tennessee Blues

Martha Sings & Robert Plays (Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik)

Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik- Farewell to the Gold

Martha Sings & Robert Plays (Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik)

Robert and I spent countless hours over the course of more than 30 years talking about the music we loved. The rest of the show is a very small sampling of songs and artists Robert loved.

Dave Van Ronk- St. James Infirmary

…and the tin pan bended, and the story ended… (Smithsonian Folkways)

Martin Grosswendt- Mournin’ Blues

Payday! (Martin Grosswendt)

Jesse Winchester- Yankee Lady

Live from Mountain Stage (Blue Plate)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Jacques et Gilles

Matapedia (Hannibal)

Patti Casey- Down from Canada

Under Different Skies (Long Shot Music)

La Bottine Souriante- Le gourmand

Appelation d’origine contrôlée (Borealis)

Shelley Posen- Finders, Kippers

Menorah: Songs from a Jewish Life (Well Done Music)

Finest Kind- A Pilgrim’s Way

Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle Music)

Next week: Songs of Steve Gillette and John Stewart.

--Mike Regenstreif

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: Remembering Robert Resnik (1953-2025).

--Mike Regenstreif

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

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