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: St. Patrick’s Day.
Some songs on this show are by artists who are authentically Irish, and some are by artists who are not, because, as Bowser & Blue tell us, “Everybody’s Irish on St. Patrick’s Day.”
Bowser & Blue- Everybody’s Irish on St. Patrick’s Day
Montreal Souvenirs (You Guys Publishing)
Tom Lewis- St. Patrick’s Song
360º: All Points of the Compass (Borealis)
Altan- The Barley and the Rye
Donegal (Compass)
Doug McArthur- Sleeping in Dublin
The Horses of the Sea: A Personal Exploration of Ireland (dougimac.com)
Sassenach- Star of the County Down/Bus Stop Reel
Passages (Sassenach)
Tara O’Grady- Black Velvet Band
Black Irish (Tara O’Grady)
NRBQ- It’s St. Patrick’s Day
High Noon – A 50 Year Retrospective (Omnivore)
Maggie’s Wake- Grosse Isle (Far Away)
Maggie’s Wake (Maggie’s Wake)
Dolores Keane- Green Grows the Laurel
Folk Friends 2 (Wundertüte Musik)
Judy Collins- Drink a Round to Ireland
Times of Our Lives (Elektra)
Brendan Nolan- Lanigan’s Ball/The Side Door Jig
Live at the Side Door (Ould Segosha)
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem- Brennan On the Moor
In Concert at Carnegie Hall: The Complete 1963 Concert (Columbia/Legacy)
Chris Rawlings- Lake Isle of Innisfree/Song of the Wandering Aengus
Two Sides to Your Story (Cooking Fat Music)
Sneezy Waters- In Derry Vale
Live (Sneezy Waters)
Karan Casey- The Rocks of Bawn
Nine Apples of Gold (Crow Valley Music)
Alana & Leigh Cline- Slip Jigs: Whinny Hills of Leitrim/Ryan’s/Humours of Whiskey
Alana & Leigh Cline (Scimitar)
The Makem & Spain Brothers- When We Danced in Donegal
Live (Red Biddy)
Nanci Griffith- From Clare to Here
Other Voices/Other Rooms (Elektra)
Tom Paxton- Corrymeela
Even a Grey Day (Flying Fish)
Tom Russell- All on a Belfast Morning
Folk Hotel (Frontera)
Noel Paul Stookey- Irish Blessing
At Home: The Maine Tour (Neworld)
The Irish Rovers- Hey Boys Sing Us a Song
No End in Sight (Rover)
Next week: Remembering John Hammond, Roy Book Binder, Augie Meyers and Country Joe McDonald.
--Mike Regenstreif
