Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 25, 2026: Restaurants, Cafés, Diners – and the people who work and eat in them

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/595/76856.html

Theme: Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 25, 2026

David Essig & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

David Essig- Flo’s Café

A Stone in My Pocket (Peregrin)

Mike Regenstreif & Garnet Rogers (2026)

Garnet Rogers- Bird on a Wing

Garnet Rogers (Snow Goose Songs)

Sylvia Tyson & Mike Regenstreif (1997)

Sylvia Tyson- Trucker’s Café

You Were On My Mind (Stony Plain)

Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks featuring Maryann Price- Sweetheart (Waitress in a Donut Shop)

Last Train to Hicksville…the home of happy feet (MCA)

Gretchen Peters- Five Minutes

The Show: Live from The UK (Scarlet Letter)

Bobby Bare- Rosalie’s Good Eats Café

Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends and Lies (RCA)

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2009)

Tom Paxton- Victoria Dines Alone

Morning Again (Elektra)

Martin Sexton- Diner

Black Sheep (Koch)

Tom Waits- Eggs and Sausage (In a Cadillac with Susan Michelson)

Nighthawks at the Diner (Asylum)

Suzanne Vega- Tom’s Diner

An Evening of New York Songs and Stories (Cooking Vinyl)

Josh White, Jr..- One Meatball 

Live at the Raven Gallery (Silverwolf)

Susan Werner- The Night I Ate New Orleans 

NOLA: Susan Werner Goes to New Orleans (Sleeve Dog)

Donna Adler- Emily’s Café

Remembering Butterflies (Donna Adler)

Mike Regenstreif & Bill Staines (1993)

Bill Staines- Buffy’s Quality Café 

Going to the West (Red House)

Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl- Is Everything OK Here

Marblehead Morning – Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl: 50 Years in Harmony (Daring) 

David Massengill- My Name Joe

Coming Up for Air (Flying Fish)

Shelley Posen & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2023)

Shelley Posen- So How Come You Don’t Have Tongue?

Manna (Well Done Music)

Malvina Reynolds- The New Restaurant

Sings the Truth (Columbia)

Eve Goldberg & Mike Regenstreif (2013)

Eve Goldberg- Union Street Café

Crossing the Water (Borealis)

Michael ‘Earnie’ Taylor- I’m Having Dinner with My Wife

Folk ‘n’ Western (Laughing Cactus Music)

Louis Prima- Angelina/Zooma Zooma 

The Wildest Show at Tahoe (Capitol)

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 18, 2026: A Cappella Again

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/595/76752.html

Theme: A Cappella Again.

Our theme this week on Stranger Songs is A Cappella Again building on our a cappella show from August 9, 2022.

The Persuasions- Mr. Tambourine Man

Knockin’ On Bob’s Door (Zoho)

Tom Lewis- Northwest Passage

Poles Apart (Self-Propelled Music)

The Wellermen- Barrett’s Privateers

1778 (Tenwest)

Ian Robb with The Friends of Fiddler's Green- Garnet’s Home-Made Beer

From Different Angels (Fallen Angle)

Stan Rogers- The White Collar Holler 

Between the Breaks…Live! (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Ian & Sylvia- The Greenwood Sidie (The Cruel Mother)

Four Strong Winds (Vanguard)

Finest Kind- The Night Pat Murphey Died

Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle Music)

Mountain City Four- Motherless Children 

Mountain City Four (Omnivore)

The Longest Johns- The Grey Funnel Line

Written in Salt (Decca)

Coope, Boyes & Simpson- Sea Must Have an Ending

Coope, Boyes & Simpson (World Music Network)

Maddy Prior & The Girls- Blow the Man Down

Bib & Tuck (Park)

Pressgang Mutiny- So Early in the Morning 

Across the Western Ocean (Pressgang Mutiny)

The Johnson Girls- Goodbye, Fare You Well

The Johnson Girls (Folk-Legacy)

The Wellermen- Torn Screen Door

1778 (Tenwest)

David Francey- Money Boys

Empty Train (Laker Music)

John Roberts & Debra Cowan- Drive Dull Care Away

Ballads Long & Short: The Best of Every Sort (Golden Hind Music)

Amy Melissen & Lee Stivers- Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor

Something Tells Me Everything Will Be Alright (AMCTR)

The Wailin' Jennys- Bring Me Little Water Sylvie

Live at The Mauch Chunk Opera House (Outside Music)

Kitka- Loomine

Kolo (Diaphonoca)

The Short Sisters- Moses

A Planet Dancing Slow (Black Socks Press)

The Klezmatics- Moses Smote the Water

Brother Moses Smote the Water (Piranha)

Ken Whiteley- Michael Rowh

Long Time Travelling (Ken Whiteley)

Reggie Harris- Sheep, Sheep/Little David

Ready to Go (Reggie Harris Music)

Hannah & Nathan- Turtle Dove

Love and Labour (Just Right Music)

Bessie Jones & The Georgia Sea Island Singers- Sign of the Judgement

Get in Union (Tompkins Square)

The Manhattan Transfer- A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

The Manhattan Transfer Anthology: Down in Birdland (Rhino)

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 11, 2026: Finest Kind's Kind of Songs - repeat

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/595/76658.html

Theme: Finest Kind’s Kind of Songs – repeat of show originally broadcast on October 15, 2024.

Due to a computer issue, I was unable to produce a new episode of Stranger Songs this week. I hope to have a new show for broadcast on August 18.

Finest Kind is the now mostly-retired trio of Ottawa based singers Ann Downey, Shelley Posen and Ian Robb – a trio best known for its superb vocal harmonies. All the songs on this show were recorded by Finest Kind over the years.

Finest Kind- The Faded Roses of December

Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle Music)

Utah Phillips- The Goodnight Loving Trail

The Telling Takes Me Home (Philo)

Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin- Blue Mountain

Stay Awhile (Rounder)

Blue Murder- The Banks of Sweet Primroses

No One Stands Alone (Topic)

Windborne- Gimme Just a Little More Time

Recollections/Revolutions (Wand’ring Feet)

Finest Kind- The Storms May Roll the Ocean

Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle Music)

Peggy Seeger- Going to the West

The Folkways Years 1955-1992: Songs of Love and Politics (Smithsonian Folkways)

Derek Lamb- The Miner’s Dream of Home

She was Poor but She was Honest: Nice, Naughty and Nourishing Songs of the London Music Hall and Pubs (Folkways)

Sneezy Waters- I Heard the Bluebirds Sing

Sneezy Waters (Sneezy Waters)

Martyn Wyndham-Read- Sussex Drinking Song

A Rose from the Bush (Greenwich Village)

David Parry- In Praise of Alcohol

The Man from Eldorado: Songs and Stories of Robert W. Service (Borealis)

Coope, Boyes & Simpson- John Barleycorn

Coope, Boyes & Simpson (World Music Network)

Finest Kind- John Barleycorn Deconstructed

For Honour & For Gain (Fallen Angle Music)

Bill Staines- Only Remembered

Looking for the Wind (Red House)

John Roberts & Tony Barrand- A Pilgrim’s Way

Twiddlum Twaddlum (Golden Hind Music)

Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop- No More Fish

Red Shoes (Borealis)

Finest Kind- Lowlands Low

For Honour & For Gain (Fallen Angle Music)

The Carter Family- Fond Affection

When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland: Their Complete Victor Recordings 1929-1930 (Rounder)

The Greenbriar Boys- At the End of a Long Lonely Day

Best of the Vanguard Years (Vanguard)

The Brothers & Sisters- The Times They are A-Changin’

Dylan’s Gospel (Columbia)

Ben E. King- Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow

Ben E. King Sings for Soulful Lovers (Rhino)

Finest Kind- Jack the Jolly Tar

Silks & Spices (Fallen Angle Music)

Tom Lewis- Bully in the Alley

Tinker Tailor Soldier Singer (Self Propelled Music)

Finest Kind- Who will Sing for Me

Heart’s Delight (Fallen Angle Music)

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 8, 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/128/76604.html

Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Cockburn (2017)

Bruce Cockburn- Wondering Where the Lions Are

Slice O Life: Live Solo (True North)

Teresa Ennis- Going to the Country

Space (BeaverBank Empire)

k.d. lang- One Day I Walk

Hymns of the 49th Parallel (Nonesuch)

Claire Lynch- All the Diamonds in the World 

North By South (Compass)

Bruce Cockburn- Rouler Sa Bosse

Salt, Sun and Time (True North)

Mike Regenstreif & Valdy (2026)

Valdy- Speed of the Sound of Loneliness

Smorgas Bard (Rack-On-Tour)

Doug McArthur- Hero

Smoke & Whiskey (Doug McArthur)

Shanna in a Dress- Sweet Spot

Sweet Spot (Shanna in a Dress)

Ian Tamblyn- Door is Open

The Fragile Tangent (North Track)

Mike Regenstreif & Orit Shimoni (2025)

Dan Bern & Orit Shimoni- Houdini

Birds (Dan Bern & Orit Shimoni)

Mike Regenstreif & Old Man Luedecke (2015)

Old Man Luedecke- Chester Boat Song

Domestic Eccentric (True North)

Sean Gagnier- Shoals of Herring

Circle Harbor (Sean Gagnier)

Happy Traum- Hills of Isle au Haut

Bright Morning Stars (Lark’s Nest Music)

Ian Robb with Finest Kind- The Mary Ellen Carter

From Different Angels (Fallen Angle)

Caitlin Hanford- That Lonesome Whistle Sound

Bluer Skies (Denon)

Kate Waters- It’s Love

Some Comfort (Wild Raspberry)

Ramblin' Jack Elliott & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Ramblin’ Jack Elliott- South Coast 

South Coast (Red House)

Ramblin’ Jack Elliott- 912 Greens

Kerouac’s Last Dream (Appleseed)

Mike Regenstreif & Tim Grimm (2025)

Tim Grimm- King of the Folksingers

The Turning Point (Cavalier Recordings)

Ranky Tanky- Be Alright

This Village (Ranky Tanky)

Frank London & The Loisaida Fife and Drum Corps- Loisaida Quickstep

Touzle Your Kurchy (Adhyâropa)

Mike Regenstreif & Lisa Gutkin of the Klezmatics (2025)

The Klezmatics featuring La Manga & Lavendar Light Gospel Choir- Un Du Akerst (And You Plow)

We Were Made for These Times (Shamus)

John Cody & Perla Batalla- We the People

The Survivor’s Ball (Pacemaker Entertainment/Fontana North)

Allison Russell- Rainbows

In the Hour of Chaos (Fantasy)

Lance Cowan- Closer to Truth

The Air That You Breathe (Lantzapalooza Müzik/Patio) 

Barry Gray & Isabel Valls- My Ol’ Friend

Carnival Ride (Gude Times)

Tim Kliphuis Trio- I Loves You Porgy

Rhapsody in Blue (Lowlands)

The Wailin' Jennys- Summertime

Live at The Mauch Chunk Opera House (Outside Music)

Willie Nelson- It Ain’t Necessarily So

Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin (Legacy)

Mavis Staples- If It Be Your Will

Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Blue Note)

Leonard Cohen- Anthem

Live in London (Columbia)

Rodney Crowell- If I Could Speak with Leonard

Then Again (New West)

Frank Stokes- Memphis Rounders Blues

Creator of the Memphis Blues (Yazoo)

Vince Halfhide- Memphis Rounder

Vince Halfhide (Vince Halfhide) 

Andy Cohen & Mike Regenstreif (2025)

William Lee Ellis, Eleanor Ellis & Andy Cohen- I Will Turn Your Money Green

Whistlin’ Past the Graveyard (Riverlark Music)

Furry Lewis- Judge Boushay Blues

Shake ‘Em On Down (Fantasy)

Rachael & Vilray- Is It Jim?

West of Broadway (Concord Jazz)

Leon Redbone- Seduced

From Branch to Branch (Emerald City)

Catherine Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2007)

Catherine Russell- Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby?

Alone Together (Dot Time)

Dave Van Ronk- Bye Bye Blackbird

Sweet & Lowdown (Justin Time)

Noa- Every Time We Say Goodbye

Afterallogy (Naïve)

Jethro Burns- Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down

Jethro Burns (Flying Fish)

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

--Mike Regenstreif