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