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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Themes: Part 1 – Remembrance Day; Part 2 – Remembering Archie Fisher (1939-2025).
Part 1 – Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day, the anniversary of the end of the First World War in 1918, is observed annually in Canada on November 11.
Garnet Rogers- 11:11
Sparrow’s Wing (Snow Goose Songs)
Eric Bogle- In Flanders Fields
A Toss of the Coin (Greentrax)
Jimmy Rankin- Missing at the Somme
Harvest Highway (Song Dog Music/Linus)
Bobby Watt- Remembrance Day/Flowers of the Forest
Watt Next? (Glenashdale Music)
Priscilla Herdman- No Man’s Land
Forgotten Dreams (Flying Fish)
Mason Daring- The Great War
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century (Daring)
Part 2 – Remembering Archie Fisher (1939-2025)
Archie Fisher, who died on November First at age 86 from lung cancer, was one of Scotland’s greatest and most influential interpreters of traditional and contemporary folk songs and a great songwriter whose original material was decidedly in the tradition. He was also a folk music radio host for many years on the BBC.
Archie Fisher- Reynardine
Archie Fisher (XTRA)
Andrew & Casey Calhoun- Open the Door Softly
Skeins (Waterbug)
Small Potatoes- The Terror Time
Time Flies (Folk Era)
Archie Fisher- Farewell She
Archie Fisher (XTRA)
Eva Cassidy- Dark Eyed Molly
American Tune (Blix Street)
Stan Rogers- The Witch of the Westmorland
Between the Breaks…Live! (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)
Maria Dunn- Jock Stewart
Gathering (Distant Whisper)
Red Horse (John Gorka, Eliza Gilkyson & Lucy Kaplansky)- Coshieville
Red Horse (Red House)
Archie Fisher- South Wind
The Man with a Rhyme (Folk-Legacy)
Archie Fisher & Garnet Rogers- Borderland
Off the Map (Snow Goose Songs)
Archie Fisher- Gunsmoke & Whisky
Sunsets I’ve Galloped Into… (Snow Goose Songs)
Archie Fisher & Garnet Rogers- Make and Break Harbour
The Best Times After All: Live (Snow Goose Songs)
Archie Fisher & Garnet Rogers- The Final Trawl
The Best Times After All: Live (Snow Goose Songs)
Bill Staines- Bill Hosie
Looking for the Wind (Red House)
Archie Fisher- Windward Away
Windward Away (Red House)
Archie Fisher- The Parting Glass
A Silent Song (Red House)
Next week: Toms, Dicks and Harrys.
--Mike Regenstreif
