Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – March 3, 2026: The Water Lily and Other Song/Poems of Henry Lawson

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/595/74335.html

Theme: The Water Lily and Other Song/Poems of Henry Lawson.

Henry Lawson, circa 1915

Henry Lawson – who was born in Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia in 1867 and died in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in 1922 at age 55 – is widely regarded as one of Australia’s greatest writers. Many of his poems have been set to music by a variety of artists.

Priscilla Herdman- The Water Lily

The Water Lily (Philo)

Garnet Rogers- The Sliprails and the Spur

Speaking Softly in the Dark (Snow Goose Songs)

Dennis O'Keefe- Andy’s Gone with Cattle

The Songs of Chris Kempster (Folk Federation of NSW)

The Queensland Tiger- On the Night Train

Henry Lawson: The Poet in Song Vol. 3 (The Queensland Tiger)

Priscilla Herdman- The Drover’s Sweetheart

The Water Lily (Philo)

Martyn Wyndham-Read- Never-Neverland

Undiscovered Australia (Musica Pangaea)

This tribute song is the only song on the show that is not a setting of a poem by Henry Lawson.

Slim Dusty- Henry Lawson

Australiana (EMI Australia)

Priscilla Herdman- Do You Think That I Do Not Know

The Water Lily (Philo)

Slim Dusty- Written Afterwards

Australiana (EMI Australia)

Archie Fisher & Garnet Rogers- The Outside Track

The Best Times After All: Live (Snow Goose Songs)

The Queensland Tiger- Song of the Old Bullock Driver

Drovers, Stockmen and Bullockies (The Queensland Tiger)

Priscilla Herdman- The Bush Girl

The Water Lily (Philo)

Slim Dusty- Middleton’s Roustabout

People and Places (EMI Australia)

The Makem & Spain Brothers- Freedom on the Wallaby

Like Others Did Before Us (Red Biddy)

Martyn Wyndham-Read- New Life, New Love

Undiscovered Australia (Musica Pangaea)

Priscilla Herdman- Reedy River

The Water Lily (Philo)

Christine Wheeler- The Days When We Went Swimming

The Songs of Chris Kempster (Folk Federation of NSW)

Slim Dusty- Sweeney

The Very Best of Slim Dusty (EMI Australia)

The Queensland Tiger- A Prouder Man Than You

Henry Lawson: The Poet in Song Vol. 3 (The Queensland Tiger)

Priscilla Herdman- The Shame of Going Back

The Water Lily (Philo)

Garnet Rogers- After All

Speaking Softly in the Dark (Snow Goose Songs)

Priscilla Herdman- When the Children Come Home

Darkness into Light (Flying Fish)

Next week: Songs of The Beatles.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – February 24, 2026: The Legacy of Lead Belly

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/595/74248.html

Theme: The Legacy of Lead Belly.

Lead Belly – whose real name was Huddie Ledbetter – was one of the most important and influential blues and folk singers of all time. Lead Belly was born in Louisiana in 1888 or 1889 and died in 1949 at age 60 or 61. Lead Belly was known as the King of the 12-String Guitar, and he recorded and performed prolifically in the 1930s and ‘40s, Many of his  songs – both songs he wrote – and many traditional songs he adapted, have been recorded and sung by countless artists. 

This show includes some of Lead Belly’s recordings, versions of songs from his repertoire by many other artists, and a couple of tribute songs to him.

Lead Belly- Good Morning Blues #2

Bourgeois Blues: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 2 (Smithsonian Folkways)

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee- Rock Island Line

Blues Masters, Vol. 5 (Storyville)

Guy Davis & Fabrizio Poggi- Take This Hammer

Sonny & Brownie’s Last Train (M.C.)

Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder- Pick a Bale of Cotton

Get On Board: The Songs of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (Nonesuch)

Harry Belafonte- Cotton Fields

Belafonte Sings the Blues (RCA)

Lead Belly- Governor Pat Neff (Sweet Mary)

Shout On: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 3 (Smithsonian Folkways)

Pete Seeger- Huddie Ledbetter was Helluva Man

Pete (Living Music)

Odetta- In the Pines

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

Dave Van Ronk- Old Hannah

Somebody Else, Not Me (Philo)

Sweet Honey in the Rock- The Midnight Special 

A Tribute: Live! Jazz at Lincoln Centre (Appleseed)

Eric Bibb & JJ Milteau- Bring a Little Water, Sylvie

Lead Belly’s Gold (Stony Plain)

Lead Belly with The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet- Alabama Bound

Take This Hammer – When the Sun Goes Down, Vol. 5 (Bluebird)

Howard Armstrong- John Henry

Louie Bluie (Blue Suit)

Ian & Sylvia- Ella Speed

Four Strong Winds (Vanguard)

Elijah Wald- Duncan and Brady

Street Corner Cowboys (Black Rose)

Andy Hedges featuring Dom Flemons- When I was a Cowboy

Roll On, Cowboys (Andy Hedges)

Lead Belly with Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee- Diggin’ My Potatoes

Bourgeois Blues: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 2 (Smithsonian Folkways)

Cathy Winter- House of the Rising Sun

Next Sweet Time (Flying Fish)

Nina Simone- Silver City Bound

Folksy Nina (Colpix)

Long John Baldry- We’re in the Same Boat Brother

Remembering Lead Belly (Stony Plain)

Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, Sonny Terry & Cisco Houston- We Shall Be Free

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

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee- Best of Friends

Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry Sing (Smithsonian Folkways)

Lead Belly- Irene (Goodnight Irene)

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

Next week: The Water Lily and Other Song/Poems of Henry Lawson.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – February 21, 2026

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/128/74216.html

Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

David Francey- February Morning Drive

Maps (Laker Music)

Judy Collins & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

Judy Collins- Winter Sky

Live at The Town Hall, NYC (Cleopatra)

York Street Thought Process- Winter Walk Part I

Colder (York Street Thought Process)

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

Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Martha Wainwright- Winter Lady

Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man (Verve Forecast)

Jodi Jean & Aylon- Winterlude

Bobfest (Jodi Jean & Aylon)

Sean Gagnier- Winter in the Mountains

Circle Harbor (Sean Gagnier)

Honey Novick- Steam, Steam, Steam

Rising Towards the Seraphim (Honey Novick)

York Street Thought Process- Winter Walk Part II

Colder (York Street Thought Process)

Terry Tufts- With a Little Help from My Friends

Two Nights Solo (Borealis)

Don Bray- Brother Song

I Bless the Wounds (Don Bray)

Pat Moore- When I Love You

The Time’s Never Been Better (Pat Moore)

Al Wood- Treena Ballerina

Mood Swingin’ Blues (Al Wood)

Lynne Hanson- Every Minute In Between

Just Words (Lynne Hanson)

Norman Doucette- Out on the Street

Dangerous Ground (Norman Doucette)

Mary Gick- Waltz for the Trees

Six Tunes and a Song (Mary Gick)

Jamie Anderson- Guitar on the Wall

The Curves are Still There (Tsunami)

Greg Kelly- I Only See the Sun

Ghosts (Greg Kelly)

Jamie Anderson- Last Tuscon Sunrise

The Curves are Still There (Tsunami)

Mike Regenstreif & Rick Fines (2011)

Rick Fines- That’s What Makes You Strong

Solar Powered Too (Rick Fines)

Jimmy Buffett- Gentleman of Leisure

Quiet About It: A Tribute to Jesse Winchester (Mailboat)

Michael Martin Murphey- Freewheeler

Cowboy Songs Four (Valley Entertainment)

Jesse Winchester & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

 
Jesse Winchester- Sweet Loving Daddy

Gentleman of Leisure (Sugar Hill)

Brenda Lewis- I Wave Bye-Bye

Far & Near (Brenda Lewis)

Over the Moon- Lonesome Bluebird

Chinook Waltz (Borealis)

Amy Speace- In This Home

The Blue Rock Session (Windbone)

NEeMA- Stay

Watching You Think (Neemaste/Sony)

Madeleine Peyroux- (Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night

Half the Perfect World (Rounder)

Eric Kilburn- Antopol 1903

American Prayer (Wellspring)

Roger Davidson & The Frank London Klezmer Orchestra- Villages of Old

Villages of Old (Soundbrush)

Paul Kaplan- I Had an Old Coat

King of Hearts (Old Coat Music)

Emily Scott Robinson- Appalachia

Appalachia (Oh Boy)

Julian Taylor- Under Circumstances Like These

Anthology Vol. 2 (Howling Turtle)

Center of the River- Camp Meeting

Americana Art Music from the Mississippi (CotR)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2018)

Tom Russell- Mount Olive

Mount Olive (Frontera)

Eva Cassidy- Route 66

Walkin’ After Midnight (Blix Street)

Mike Regenstreif & Jimmy LaFave (2017)

Jimmy LaFave- Rt. 66 One More Time

Highway Angels…Full Moon Rain (Night Tribe Music)

Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer- Highway 80 (She’s a Mighty Good Road)

Drum Hat Buddha (Signature Sounds)

Hank Snow- I’ve Been Everywhere

I’ve Been Everywhere (RCA)

Woody Guthrie- Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done

Woody At Home – Vol 1 + 2 (Shamus)

Cole Quest & The City Pickers- Pastures of Plenty

Homegrown (Jalopy)

Mike Regenstreif & David Amram (2017)

The David Amram Quintet- Ramblin’ Round

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

Sons of the Never Wrong- Stand Up, Shout Out

Feather and Starry Crown (Sons 3)

Gina Forsyth of The Malvinas & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

The Malvinas- How Can I Keep from Singing

God Bless the Grass (Soona Songs)

Tom Chapin- Sing for Peace

Songs of Hope (Sundance Music)

Tehrani Drom & Parisa Karimi Molan- Sizeh Salam Getirmishem

Unveiled (Lulaworld)

Suzanne Nuttall- Losing Has Never Felt So Sweet

Live Without a Net (Suzanne Nuttall)

Debi Smith- Nebraska Moon

Flight of the Robin (Degan Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2009)

Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon- Artie’s Last Stand

Together Again (Appalsongs)

Jesse Appelman- Freight Train

Where We Go (Jesse Appelman)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on March 21. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – February 17, 2026: A Mardi Gras Day Tribute to Louis Prima

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/595/74137.html

Theme: A Mardi Gras Day Tribute to Louis Prima (1910-1978).

Louis Prima was born in New Orleans in 1910 to an Italian immigrant family and died there in 1978 at age 67. He was a trumpet player, singer and band leader who got his start playing traditional jazz in New Orleans in the 1920s and went on to a 50-year career. The show includes some of Louis Prima’s recordings as well as versions of songs from his repertoire played by other artists.

Louis Prima- When the Saints Go Marching In

Rocks (Bear Family)

Louis Prima- Bourbon Street Blues

Rocks (Bear Family)

The Puppini Sisters & The Pasadena Roof Orchestra- Sing Sing Sing

Dance Dance Dance (Millionaire)

Rod Stewart with Jools Holland- Night Train

Swing Fever (Warner Music)

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy- Whistle Stop

Louie Louie Louie (Savoy Jazz)

Susie Arioli Swing Band featuring Jordan Officer- Pennies from Heaven

Pennies from Heaven (Justin Time)

Louis Prima & Keely Smith- Mashuga

Louis & Keely/Together (Jasmine)

Louis Prima- Just a Gigolo/I Ain’t Got Nobody

The Wildest (Capitol)

Los Lobos- I Wan’na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)

Los Lobos Goes Disney (Disney Sound)

Louis Prima- Chim Chim Cher-ee

Let’s Fly with Mary Poppins (Walt Disney)

Louis Prima & Gia Malone- Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Let’s Fly with Mary Poppins (Walt Disney)

Louis Prima- Angelina/Zooma Zooma

The Wildest Show at Tahoe (Capitol)

Louis Prima- Buono Sera

The Wildest (Capitol)

Preservation Hall Jazz Band & Merle Haggard- Basin Street Blues

Preservation (Preservation Hall)

Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters with Duke Ellington- Tiger Rag

Ellington in Order, Volume 7 (1936-37) (Legacy)

Dr. John- I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead You Rascal You

Goin’ Back to New Orleans (Warner Bros.)

Louis Prima & Keely Smith- Ai-Ai-Ai

That Old Black Magic: The Very Best of Louis Prima & Keely Smith 1949-1959 (Jasmine)

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy- Jump, Jive an’ Wail

Louie Louie Louie (Savoy Jazz)

Jimmy Rushing- When You’re Smiling

Little Jimmy Rushing & The Big Brass (Columbia)

The Jive Aces- Oh Marie

King of the Swingers: A Salute to Louis Prima (Golden Age)

Louis Prima- 5 Months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days

Jump, Jive & Wail: The Very Best of Louis Prima 1952-1959 (Jasmine)

Louis Prima & Keely Smith- Nyow! Nyot Nyow (The Pussycat Song)

Louis & Keely/Together (Jasmine)

Count Basie & Sarah Vaughan with Joe Williams- Teach Me Tonight

Count Basie/Sarah Vaughan (Roulette)

Original Sloth Band- Cheek to Cheek

Hustlin’ & Bustlin’ (Woodshed)

Louis Prima & Keely Smith- The Lip

That Old Black Magic: The Very Best of Louis Prima & Keely Smith 1949-1959 (Jasmine)

Louis Prima- Robin Hood/Oh Babe

The Wildest Show at Tahoe (Capitol)

Next week: The Legacy of Lead Belly.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – February 10, 2026: Songs of – or inspired by – the Civil Rights Movement

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/595/74038.html

Theme: Songs of – or inspired by – the Civil Rights Movement.

Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the March on Washington, Aug. 28, 1963

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As Julius Lester sings in our opening song, “freedom is a constant struggle.” This is especially true now when the current American president and his administration is working to undo decades of progress made by the Civil Rights Movement.

Julius Lester- Freedom is a Constant Struggle

Freedom is a Constant Struggle (Folk Era)

Fannie Lou Hamer- Woke Up This Morning

Songs My Mother Taught Me (Smithsonian Folkways)

SNCC Freedom Singers- Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round

Voices of the Civil Rights Movement (Smithsonian Folkways)

The Sojourners- Eyes On the Prize 

Hold On (Black Hen Music)

Harry Belafonte- Michael Row the Boat Ashore 

The Midnight Special (RCA)

Mavis Staples with Ladysmith Black Mambazo- We Shall Not Be Moved

We’ll Never Turn Back (Anti-)

Nina Simone- Mississippi Goddam 

The Best of Broadside 1962-1988 (Smithsonian Folkways)

Reggie Harris- Been Down Into the South

Ready to Go (Reggie Harris Music)

Sally Rogers & Claudia Schmidt- Still on the Bridge

We are Welcomed (Pragmavision)

The Staple Singers- Freedom Highway

Freedom Highway (Columbia/Legacy)

Odetta- Freedom Trilogy: Oh Freedom, Come & Go With Me and I’m On My Way

Gonna Let It Shine (M.C.)

Joan Baez- All My Trials

Joan Baez (Vanguard)

Bob Dylan- Only a Pawn in Their Game

The Times They Are A-Changin’ (Columbia/Legacy)

Peter, Paul & Mary- If I Had a Hammer

Peter, Paul and Mary (Warner Bros.)

Mahalia Jackson- How I Got Over

Sunday Morning Prayer Meeting with Mahalia Jackson (Columbia/Legacy)

Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr..- Excerpt from “I Have a Dream” speech delivered on August 28, 1963 at The March on Washington

Kim & Reggie Harris- Free At Last

Steal Away: Songs of the Underground Railroad (Appleseed)

Sam Cooke- A Change is Gonna Come 

Ain’t That Good News (RCA)

The Impressions- People Get Ready

People Get Ready (ABC Paramount)

Pete Seeger- We Shall Overcome

We Shall Overcome: The Complete Carnegie Hall Concert (Columbia)

Charlie Haden & Hank Jones- We Shall Overcome

Steal Away: Spirituals, Hymns and Folk Songs (Verve)

Next week: A Mardi Gras Day Tribute to Louis Prima.

--Mike Regenstreif