Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 16, 2025: Pancho & Lefty and Other Songs of Townes Van Zandt

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/595/71992.html

Theme: Pancho & Lefty and Other Songs of Townes Van Zandt.

Townes Van Zandt – who was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1944 and died in Smyrna, Tennessee on January 1, 1997 at age 52 – was one of the greatest Texas singer-songwriters. Many of his songs are enduring classics still sung by many artists. 

Townes Van Zandt, Freddy Fender, Rubin Ramos & The Texas Revolution, Doug Sahm & Augie Meyer- Pancho & Lefty

Texas Rain: The Texas Hill Country Recordings (Tomato)

Nanci Griffith & Arlo Guthrie- Tecumseh Valley

Other Voices/Other Rooms (Elektra)

Bob Jensen- Colorado Girl 

For the Sake of the Song (Bob Jensen)

Matthew Barber & Jill Barber- If I Needed You

The Family Album (Outside Music)

Catherine MacLennan- When She Don’t Need Me

When the Wind Blows: The Songs of Townes Van Zandt (Appaloosa)

The Wainwright Sisters- Our Mother the Mountain

Songs in the Dark (MapleMusic)

Townes Van Zandt- Kathleen

Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas (Tomato)

David Olney with Daniel Seymour- For the Sake of the Song

Evermore: The Final Live in Holland Sessions I (Strictly Country)

Kate & Edith- Rex’s Blues

Live at Kelso Hall (Kate & Edith)

Saul Broudy- No Lonesome Tune

Travels with Broudy (Saul Broudy)

The Be Good Tanyas- Waiting Around to Die

Chinatown (Nettwerk)

Townes Van Zandt- Columbine

Townes Van Zandt (Tomato)

David Broza- Night Dawn (Silver Dollar)

Night Dawn: The Unpublished Poetry of Townes Van Zandt (S-Curve)

Gretchen Peters & Tom Russell- Snowin’ on Raton

One to the Heart, One to the Head (Frontera/Scarlet Letter)

John Gorka- Snow Don’t Fall

Writing in the Margins (Red House)

Townes Van Zandt- Sad Cinderella

The Late Great Townes Van Zandt (Tomato)

Lucy Kaplansky- No Place to Fall 

The Lucy Story: unreleased and rare tracks, 1976-2023 (Lucyricky)

Steve Earle- (Quicksilver Dreams of) Maria

Townes: The Basics (New West)

Guy Clark- To Live is to Fly

Old Friends (Sugar Hill)

Townes Van Zandt & Kimmie Rhodes- Brother Flower

Texas Rain: The Texas Hill Country Recordings (Tomato)

Colleen Rennison- White Freightliner

See the Sky About to Rain (Black Hen Music)

Emmylou Harris- Pancho & Lefty

Luxury Liner (Warner Bros./Rhino)

Next week: Part 1 – If It Were Up to Me; Part 2 – Songs of Cole Porter.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 9, 2025: Part 1 – Songs and Conversation with author David Eisenstadt; Part 2 – Riding in My Car

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/595/71924.html

Part 1 – Songs and Conversation with author David Eisenstadt

The next three songs punctuated my conversation with David Eisenstadt, author of Jazz Musicians Under the Radar: 18 Notable Canadian Jewish Performers. Visit https://undertheradarbook.com/ for more information on David’s four Under the Radar books.

The Moe Koffman Quartette- The Swingin’ Shepherd Blues

The Swingin’ Shepherd Blues/Hambourg Bound (Quality)

Sophie Milman- No More Blues (Chega de Saudade)

In the Moonlight (Eone)

Nikki Yanofsky- West Coast Blues

Nikki By Starlight (MNRK Music Group)

Part 2 – Riding in My Car – featuring songs that have something or other to do with cars.

Woody Guthrie- Riding in My Car

Woody’s 20 Grow Big Songs (Rising Son)

Connie Kaldor- This Car

Wide Open Spaces (Coyote Entertainment)

David Mallett- Daddy’s Oldsmobile

Parallel Lives (Flying Fish)

Judy Mayhan- Morning and an Oldsmobile

Judy Mayhan (Decca)

Bruce Springsteen- Used Cars

Nebraska (Columbia)

Vance Gilbert- Cousin Shelly’s Station Wagon

Good Good Man (Disismye Music)

Joni Mitchell- Ray’s Dad’s Cadillac

Night Drive Home (Geffen)

Rosanne Cash- Black Cadillac

Black Cadillac (Capitol)

Eric Bibb- Pink Dream Cadillac

Blues People (Stony Plain)

The Blasters- Long White Cadillac

Mandatory: The Best of The Blasters (Liberation Hall)

Dropkick Murphys- Cadillac, Cadillac

This Machine Still Kills Fascists: Lyrics of Woody Guthrie (Dummy Luck Music)

The Beach Boys- Little Deuce Coupe

Fifty Big Ones: Greatest Hits (Capitol)

Asleep at the Wheel- Hot Rod Lincoln

Western Standard Time (Epic)

Chuck Berry- Jaguar and Thunderbird

Best of the Chess Years (Not Now Music)

Ray Harris- Big Old American Cars

Kinda Sets the Tone (Ray Harris)

Sass Jordan- Chevrolet

Bitches Blues (Stony Plain)

Victor Mecyssne- Ragtop Automobile

Personal Mercury (Villa Vee Music)

Hans Theessink- Mercury Blues

Songs from the Southland (Blue Groove)

Rod Abernathy- Just Get in the Car

Normal Isn’t Normal Anymore (Songs from Downstairs)

Next week: Pancho & Lefty and Other Songs of Townes Van Zandt.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 6, 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/128/71897.html

Mike Regenstreif & Connie Kaldor (2015)

Connie Kaldor- Wide Open Spaces

Wide Open Spaces (Coyote Entertainment)

Mike Regenstreif, Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop (2014)

Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop- That’s How the Summer Slips Away

Red Shoes (Borealis)

Rags Rosenberg- Flower Time

Song of the Bricoleur (Coyote Gulch)

The Weavers- Gotta Travel On

Greatest Hits (Vanguard)

Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

David Francey- Far End of Summer

Maps (Laker Music)

The songs in the next set are played in memory of Chris Gage, who died on August 24 at age 71; Flaco Jimenez, who died on July 31 at age 86; Rick Scott, who died on August 1 at age 77; Tom Lehrer, who died on July 26 at age 97; Joe Hickerson, who died on August 17 at age 89; and Harvey Glatt, who died on August 20 at age 91.

Albert & Gage- Burnin’ Moonlight

Burnin’ Moonlight (MoonHouse)

Flaco Jimenez- El Perdido

San Antonio Soul (Rounder)

David Essig & Rick Scott- Tears and Laughter

Double Vision (Woodshed)

Tom Lehrer- The Folk Song Army

That Was the Year That Was (Reprise)

Joe Hickerson- I’m On My Way

Joe Hickerson with a Gathering of Friends (Folk-Legacy)

Night Sun- Harvey & Louise

One Moment of Grace (Borealis)

Shelley Posen & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2023)

Shelley Posen- A Mazeldikek Yor

Mazel (Well Done Music)

Shelley Posen- I’ll See You Rosh Hashana

Mazel (Well Done Music)

Rufus Wainwright & Amsterdam Sinfonietta- Who By Fire

Rufus Wainwright & Amsterdam Sinfonietta Live (BMG/Modern)

The Onlies- Roll On Buddy

You Climb the Mountain (The Onlies)

Kyle Carey- The Last Bough

The Last Bough (Americelta)

Graham Lindsey- Tune Machine

Tune Machine (Graham Lindsey)

Maggie’s Wake- Maggie’s Wake

Maggie’s Wake (Maggie’s Wake)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2009)

Jesse Winchester- Nothing but a Breeze

Nothing but a Breeze (Stony Plain)

Emmylou Harris- My Songbird

Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town (Warner Bros./Rhino)

Jennifer Warnes- You Remember Me 

Shot Through the Heart (Arista)

Susie Burke- Rhumba Woman

Lucky Stars (Madrina Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2009)

Tom Paxton- No Kings Here

No Kings Here – single (Pax)

Mike Regenstreif & Mark Rubin on Zoom (2025)

Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma- (Don’t Be a) Good German

Don’t Be a Good German – single (Rubinchik)

Kemp Harris- Tulsa

The America Chronicles (Righteous Mischief)

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Eliza Gilkyson- Man in the Moon

Dark Ages (Realiza)

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band- Chimes of Freedom

Land of Hope and Dreams (Columbia)

Rory Block- Down the Dirt Road Blues

Heavy on the Blues (M.C.)

Maria Muldaur- No, Papa, No!

One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey (NOLA Blues)

Dee Robinson- Monday Morning Blues

Dee from Decatur (Riverlark Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Brendan Nolan (2023)

Brendan Nolan- The Bodhran Song

Where Do I Go from Here (Ould Segosha Music)

Debi Smith- The Bodhran Lesson Song

Deep Tracks (Degan Music)

Christine Lavin- Drum School Dropout

Drum School Dropout (Christine Lavin)

Martha Wainwright- Far Away

Martha Wainwright: 20th Anniversary Edition (Report Card Music)

Eli West- Hearts and Bones

The Shape of a Sway (Tender & Mild)

Mary Chapin Carpenter- The Night We Never Met

Personal History (Lambent Light/Thirty Tigers)

Peter Campbell- A Little Grace

Burden of Hope (Peter Campbell)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Mike Regenstreif (1976) photo: Felicity Fanjoy

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Kiss and Say Goodbye

Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Nonesuch)

Steel Rail- Kate’s Song

Coming Home (Crossties)

NEeMA- Escape

Watching You Think (Neemaste/Sony)

Perla Batalla- A Singer Must Die

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

Leonard Cohen- So Long, Marianne

Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia/Legacy)

Nana Mouskouri- Adieu Angelina

Every Grain of Sand: Nana Mouskouri Sings Bob Dylan (Mercury)

Schmaltz & Pepper- Manischewitz Mazurka

Schmaltz & Pepper (Schmaltz & Pepper)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on October 4. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif