Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – November 29, 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/128/73041.html

Bradsteet & Keesee- Renaissance

Live in London (Street)

Mike Regenstreif & Lynn Miles (2013)

Lynn Miles- Wintery Feeling 

Winter (Lynn Miles)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2006)

Jesse Winchester- A Touch on the Rainy Side

A Touch on the Rainy Side (Stony Plain)

Pierce Pettis- A Showman’s Life

Father’s Son (Compass)

Kathy Mattea- Little Glass of Wine 

Pretty Bird (Captain Potato)

Albert & Gage- I’m Looking for a Miracle

Jumpin’ Tracks (MoonHouse)

Boreal- Warm Hands

Winterbirds (Boreal)

Mike Regenstreif & Tim Grimm (2025)

Tim Grimm- New Boots

The Little In-Between (Vault)

Judy Collins & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

Judy Collins- My Father 

Forever: An Anthology (Elektra)

Daniel Kahn & Jake Shulman-Ment- Mayn Tatns Hoyz (My Father’s House)

The Building and Other Songs (Oriente Musik)

Woody Guthrie- Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)

Woody At Home – Vol 1 + 2 (Shamus)

Mike Regenstreif & David Amram (2004)

The David Amram Quintet- Pastures of Plenty

David Amram Honors Guthrie and Ochs: Old Souls (Guthrie Legacy)

John Gorka & Mike Regenstreif (2012)

John Gorka- Favorite Place

unentitled (Red House)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Tom Russell- I Grew Up On Western Movies

Mount Olive (Frontera)

James “Sparky” Rucker- Jesse James

Heroes and Hard Times: Black American Ballads and Story Songs (Tremont)

New Riders of the Purple Sage- Glendale Train

New Riders of the Purple Sage (Columbia)

Mike Regenstreif & Michael Smith (2014)

Michael Smith- Ballad of Dan Moody

Michael Smith/Love Stories (Flying Fish)

Mike Regenstreif & Anne Hills (2001)

Anne Hills- The Ghost of Lash LaRue

Every Town: More Songs by Michael Smith (Hand & Heart Music)

Lynne Hanson- Princess and Her Pea

Just a Poet (Lynne Hanson)

Alison Brown & Steve Martin featuring Tim O’Brien- 5 Days Out, 2 Days Back

Safe Sensible and Sane (Compass)

The Unfaithful Servants- Endless Highway

Fallen Angel (Servants)

Rodney Brown- Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

The Gales of November: Songs of Gordon Lightfoot (Rodney Brown)

Mara Levine- Bitter Green

Facets of Folk (Mara’s Creations)

Mike Regenstreif & Rick Fines (2011)

Rick Fines- Ribbon of Darkness

Solar Powered (Rick Fines)

Eva Cassidy- Early Morning Rain

Imagine (Blix Street)

Gordon Lightfoot- Rich Man’s Spiritual

Lightfoot! (United Artists)

Mavis Staples- Anthem

Sad and Beautiful World (Anti-)

Veronneau- Carey

Blue Tapestry (Antidote Sounds)

Caroline Herring- Cactus Tree 

Golden Apples of the Sun (Signature Sounds)

Julie Christensen- Hejira

The Price We Pay for Love (Wirebird)

Joni Mitchell- For the Roses

For the Roses (Asylum)

Brandi Carlile- Joni

Returning to Myself (Interscope/Lost Highway)

Cole Quest & The City Pickers- Where I’m From

Homegrown (Jalopy)

Lonesome Ace Stringband- Stage Fright

Big Wing (Lonesome Ace Stringband)

Sage Christie- Rabbit Through the Woods

Little Deaths (Dignified Deathlings)

Steve Howell & Fats Kaplin- Blue Ridge Mountain Blues

Know You From Old (Out of the Past Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Maria Dunn (2017)

Maria Dunn- Walking the Miles

Hardscrabble Hope (Distant Whisper Music)

Bonnie Dobson & The Hanging Stars- Dreams

Dreams (Loose Music)

Tone of Voice OrchestraCHESTRA- Dominoes

Running from the Devil (Word for Word)

The Klezmatics- Bulgar á la Klezmatics

Rhythm + Jews Revisited (Piranha)

Willie Nelson- If We Make It Through December

Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle (Legacy)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on December 27. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – November 25, 2025: If It Wasn’t for the Work of the Weavers

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/595/72951.html

Theme: If It Wasn’t for the Work of the Weavers.

The Weavers – who came together in 1948 – were Pete Seeger (1919-2014) and Lee Hays (1914-1981), who had sung together earlier in The Almanac Singers, Ronnie Gilbert (1926-2015) and Fred Hellerman (1927-2016). Despite being victims of the McCarthy Era blacklist, The Weavers were the folk group that inspired The Kingston Trio, Peter, Paul & Mary, and all the other folk groups of the 1950s and ‘60s who fueled the folk boom. Pete left the group in 1958 and was replaced by Erik Darling (1933-2008) for four years, and then briefly by Frank Hamilton (1934-) and Bernie Krause (1938-) before disbanding in 1964. The original Weavers continued to come together occasionally – most notably in 1963 and 1980 – for reunion concerts.

The Weavers- Kisses Sweeter Than Wine

The Weavers at Carnegie Hall (Vanguard)

Bruce Springsteen & The Sessions Band- When the Saints Go Marching In

Live in Dublin (Columbia)

The Travellers- Lonesome Traveller

The Travellers 1960-1966: This Land is Your Land (Sony)

The Balladeers- Darlin’ Corey

It’s About Time (The Balladeers)

The Weavers- Erie Canal

Traveling On with The Weavers (Vanguard)

Peter, Paul & Mary- If I Had a Hammer

Peter Paul and Mary (Warner Bros.)

Chaim Tannenbaum, Dane Lanken, Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Dig My Grave

The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)

The Wainwright Sisters- Go Tell Aunt Rhody

Songs in the Dark (MapleMusic)

The Weavers- Wasn’t That a Time

The Weavers On Tour (Vanguard)

Kim & Reggie Harris- Follow the Drinking Gourd

Steal Away: Songs of the Underground Railroad (Appleseed)

John McCutcheon with Finest Kind- Die Gedanken Sind Frei

To Everyone in All the World: A Celebration of Pete Seeger (Appalsongs)

Perla Batalla- Guantanamera

Discoteca Batalla (Mechuda Music)

Weavermania- Wimoweh

Live (Depot)

Bruce Cockburn- Twelve Gates to the City

Bone on Bone (True North)

Arlo Guthrie- Run Come See Jerusalem

Precious Friend (Warner Bros.)

The Weavers- Wreck of the “John B”

The Weavers On Tour (Vanguard)

Lead Belly- Old Riley

Where Did You Sleep Last Night: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 1 (Smithsonian Folkways)

The Wailin' Jennys- Bring Me Little Water Sylvie 

Live at The Mauch Chunk Opera House (Outside Music)

Long John Baldry- Rock Island Line

Remembering Leadbelly (Stony Plain)

Odetta- Midnight Special

Lookin’ for a Home: Thanks to Leadbelly (M.C.)

The Weavers- Goodnight Irene

The Weavers at Carnegie Hall (Vanguard)

Woody Guthrie- Jackhammer John

Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection (Smithsonian Folkways)

Ramblin' Jack Elliott- Hard, Ain’t Hard

Best of the Vanguard Years (Vanguard)

James Talley- The Sinking of the Reuben James

Woody Guthrie and Songs of My Oklahoma Home (Cimarron)

Work O' The Weavers- Roll On, Columbia

Live in Concert (WorldWind)

The Weavers- So Long, It’s Been Good to Know Yuh

Best of the Vanguard Years (Vanguard)

The Weavers- Michael Row the Boat Ashore

The Weavers On Tour (Vanguard)

Next week: Many Rivers to Cross.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – November 18, 2025: Toms, Dicks and Harrys

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/595/72868.html

Theme: Toms, Dicks and Harrys.

Tom Paley- Hello Stranger

Beware Young Ladies (Gravitational)

Dick Annegarn- Worried Man Blues

Folk Talk (tôt Ou tard)

Harry Manx- Good Time Charlie’s Got the Blues

Live at the Glenn Gould Studio (Dog My Cat)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2018)

Tom Russell- Into the Wild

Mount Olive (Frontera)

Dick Curless- Rovin’ Gambler

Don’t Fence Me In: The Early Recordings 1956-1960 (Jasmine)

Harry Belafonte- Jamaica Farewell

Belafonte at Carnegie Hall (RCA)

Tom Northcott- Dance Me to the End of Love

Joyful Songs of Leonard Cohen (Full Circle)

Last Forever (Dick Connette & Sonya Cohen)- Buddy’s Blues

No Place Like Home/Last Forever (2nd Story Sound)

Harry Chapin- Cat’s in the Cradle

Story of a Life (Elektra/Rhino)

Tom Chapin- Broadside

Hold Our Ground (Sundance Music)

Dick Nolan- Maritime Farewell

Best of Dick Nolan (Sony BMG)

Harry Nilsson- Everybody’s Talkin’

Personal Best: The Harry Nilsson Anthology (RCA)

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2009)

Tom Paxton- Central Square

Redemption Road (Pax)

Dick Weissman- Banjo in the Mist

No Ceiling (Dick Weissman)

Harry Tuft- Sweet Substitute

Across the Blue Mountains (Folk-Legacy)

Tom Mitchell & Mike Regenstreif (1999)

Tom Mitchell- Wasted Rose

Tom Mitchell (Philo)

Dick Hyman- The Entertainer

Scott Joplin: Greatest Hits (RCA)

Harry Connick, Jr.- You’re Sensational

True Love: A Celebration of Cole Porter (Verve)

Tom Rush- San Francisco Bay Blues

Blues, Songs and Ballads (Fantasy)

Dick Justice- Old Black Dog

The Rough Guide to Ragtime Blues (World Music Network)

David Johansen & The Harry Smiths- Richland Woman

David Johansen and the Harry Smiths (Chesky)

Tom Waits- Martha

Closing Time (Elektra)

Harry Van Walls (AKA Van “Piano Man” Walls)- Tee Nah Nah

Atlantic Rhythm and Blues 1947-1974: Volume 1 1947-1952 (Atlantic)

Next week: If It Wasn’t for the Work of the Weavers.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – November 11, 2025: Remembrance Day; Remembering Archie Fisher

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/595/72781.html

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

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – November 4, 2025: Conversation and Songs with Connie Kaldor

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/595/72696.html

Theme: Conversation and Songs with Connie Kaldor.

This is the second of two editions of Stranger Songs during CKCU’s annual funding drive for 2025, a funding drive falling just before CKCU celebrates 50 years of broadcasting on air – an incredible milestone for independent, listener-supported media in a day and age when independent, community-oriented media with programming curated, produced and hosted by a dedicated corps of volunteers, often experts in our fields, is harder and harder to come by. Please visit this link to support CKCU and Stranger Songs. https://www.canadahelps.org/me/6rUTtTVJ

Connie Kaldor, who I first worked with about 40 years ago, has long been one of Canada’s finest singer-songwriters. Our conversation was recorded via Zoom on October 11.

Mike Regenstreif & Connie Kaldor (2015)

These songs punctuated my conversation with Connie.

Connie Kaldor- Wide Open Spaces

Wide Open Spaces (Coyote Entertainment)

Connie Kaldor- God Made Mamas to Cry

Vinyl Songbook (Coyote Entertainment)

Connie Kaldor- Wood River

Wood River (Coyote Entertainment)

Connie Kaldor- Bird on a Wing

Wood River (Coyote Entertainment)

Connie Kaldor- Singer of the Sacred Heart

Out of the Blue (Coyote Entertainment)

Connie Kaldor- Cowboys Still Live in Saskatchewan

Wide Open Spaces (Coyote Entertainment)

Connie Kaldor- Old Lady Whiskey

Wide Open Spaces (Coyote Entertainment)

Connie Kaldor- Raining On the Farm

Wide Open Spaces (Coyote Entertainment)

Connie Kaldor- For Those Who Say That There’s Nothing Here

Wide Open Spaces (Coyote Entertainment)

Connie Kaldor- Down the Road to Lonesome

Wide Open Spaces (Coyote Entertainment)

Connie Kaldor- Outlaw

Wide Open Spaces (Coyote Entertainment)

Next week: Part 1 - Remembrance DayRemembering Archie Fisher (1939-2025); Part 2 -Remembering Archie Fisher (1939-2025).

--Mike Regenstreif