Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – October 20, 2026: The Leonard Cohen Deep Dive, Part 3

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/595/77581.html

Theme: The Leonard Cohen Deep Dive, Part 3.

The Leonard Cohen Deep Dive, Part 3 is the third show in a series that is continuing every four to six weeks on Stranger Songs until we’ve heard virtually all of Leonard Cohen’s songs and some of his poems. Part 1 was heard on August 4, and Part 2 was heard on September 8, 

 and are available to stream on-demand. Part 4 will be heard on November 17.

Leonard Cohen- Minute Prologue

Live Songs (Columbia)

Leonard Cohen- Passing Through

Live Songs (Columbia)

Leonard Cohen- Improvisation

Live Songs (Columbia)

Leonard Cohen- Queen Victoria

Live Songs (Columbia)

Lee Hazlewood- Come Spend the Morning

Hallelujah: The Songs of Leonard Cohen (Ace)

Leonard Cohen- Is This What You Wanted

New Skin for the Old Ceremony (Columbia)

Tower of Song- Chelsea Hotel # 2

In City and in Forest (Tower of Song)

David Blue- Lover Lover Lover

Hallelujah: The Songs of Leonard Cohen (Ace)

Leonard Cohen- Field Commander Cohen

New Skin for the Old Ceremony (Columbia)

Colleen Rennison- Why Don’t You Try

See the Sky About to Rain (Black Hen Music)

Leonard Cohen- There is a War

New Skin for the Old Ceremony (Columbia)

Perla Batalla- A Singer Must Die

A Letter to Leonard Cohen: Tribute to a Friend (Mechuda Music)

Leonard Cohen- I Tried to Leave You

New Skin for the Old Ceremony (Columbia)

Rufus Wainwright & Amsterdam Sinfonietta- Who By Fire

Rufus Wainwright & Amsterdam Sinfonietta Live (BMG/Modern)

Judy Collins- Take This Longing

Judy Collins Sings Leonard Cohen: Democracy (Elektra/Rhino)

Leonard Cohen- Leaving Greensleeves

New Skin for the Old Ceremony (Columbia)

Tom Northcott- True Love Leaves No Traces

Joyful Songs of Leonard Cohen (Full Circle)

Leonard Cohen- Iodine

Death of a Ladies’ Man (Columbia)

Leonard Cohen- Paper-Thin Hotel

Death of a Ladies’ Man (Columbia)

Leonard Cohen- Memories

Death of a Ladies’ Man (Columbia)

Leonard Cohen- Warning

Six Montreal Poets (Folkways)

Leonard Cohen- Les Vieux

Six Montreal Poets (Folkways)

Leonard Cohen- I Left a Woman Waiting

Death of a Ladies’ Man (Columbia)

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – October 13, 2026: Alice’s Restaurant and Other Songs I’ve Heard Arlo Guthrie Sing

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/595/77492.html

Theme: Alice’s Restaurant and Other Songs I’ve Heard Arlo Guthrie Sing.

Mike Regenstreif & Arlo Guthrie (1996)

Arlo Guthrie – who is now 79 years old – is the son of legendary folksinger and songwriter Woody Guthrie and Marjorie Mazia Guthrie, who was a Martha Graham dancer. His career as a recording artist began in 1967 with the release of the original recorded version of Alice’s Restaurant. That led to a long career as a concert artist and to his starring in a feature film version of Alice’s Restaurant. I first met Arlo in the 1970s when his Montreal concerts – often in tandem with Pete Seeger – were presented by my friend and mentor Sam Gesser. When Arlo returned to Montreal in 1996, I produced the concert. Arlo announced his retirement from touring in 2020 but still keeps in touch with friends and fans online. 

Arlo Guthrie- Darkest Hour

Amigo (Rising Son)

Kate Wolf- Highway in the Wind

Carry It On (Flat Rock)

Noel Paul Stookey- Gabriel’s Mother Highway Ballad No. 16 Blues

Paul and (Newworld)

Pete Seeger- Sailing Down My Golden River

Pete (Living Music)

Arlo Guthrie- Can’t Help Falling in Love

More Together Again in Concert (Rising Son)

Steve Goodman- City of New Orleans

No Big Surprise: The Steve Goodman Anthology (Red Pajamas)

Arlo Guthrie- Alice’s Restaurant 

Alice’s Restaurant – The Massacree Revisited (Rising Son)

Woody Guthrie- Hard Travelin’

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

Cole Quest & The City Pickers- Pastures of Plenty

Homegrown (Jalopy)

The David Amram Quintet- Ramblin’ Round

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

The Klezmatics featuring Sofia Rei- Plane Wreck at Los Gatos (Deportee)

We Were Made for These Times (Shamus)

Arlo Guthrie- Mother’s Voice (I Hear You Sing Again)

Here Come the Kids (Rising Son)

Arlo Guthrie- Percy’s Song

Washington County (Rising Son)

Crowes Pasture- Hobo’s Lullaby

Crowes Pasture (Crowes Pasture)

Arlo Guthrie- My Peace

Here Come the Kids (Rising Son)

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – October 6, 2026: John Prine at 80

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/595/77431.html

Theme: John Prine at 80.

John Prine – who died of COVID-19 in 2020 – would have turned 80 this week on October 10. This show includes some of John’s recordings, versions of some of his songs by other artists, and two tribute songs to him.

John Prine- Bruised Orange (Chain of Sorrow)

Live at the Old Town School of Folk Music (Oh Boy)

Bonnie Raitt- Angel from Montgomery

Streetlights (Warner Bros.)

Valdy & Gary Fjellgaard- Speed of the Sound of Loneliness

Contenders Two: Still in the Running (Stony Plain)

John Prine- Summer’s End

The Tree of Forgiveness (Oh Boy)

Bob Gibson- Sam Stone

Bob Gibson (Capitol)

John Prine- Jesus, the Missing Years

Live at the Old Town School of Folk Music (Oh Boy)

Bette Midler- Hello in There

Jackpot: The Best of Bette (Rhino)

John McCutcheon- The Night That John Prine Died 

Cabin Fever: Songs from the Quarantine (Appalsongs)

Steve Goodman & John Prine- Souvenirs

Affordable Art (Red Pajamas)

Brandi Carlile- I Remember Everything

Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine, Vol. 2 (Oh Boy)

John Prine- Illegal Smile

John Prine (Atlantic)

Marley's Ghost featuring Emmylou Harris- Unwed Fathers

Jubilee (Sage Arts)

Jim Ringer- Paradise

Waitin’ for the Hard Times to Go (Folk-Legacy)

Iris DeMent- One Red Rose

Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine, Vol. 2 (Oh Boy)

John Prine- Blue Umbrella

Souvenirs (Oh Boy)

Bobby Dove- Dreamt I Met John Prine

Fortune Teller (New Motor)

Bonnie Koloc- Clocks and Spoons

Close-Up (Epic)

John Prine- Egg & Daughter Night, Lincoln Nebraska, 1967 (Crazy Bone)

The Tree of Forgiveness (Oh Boy)

John Prine- When I Get to Heaven 

The Tree of Forgiveness (Oh Boy)

John Prine- Lake Marie

Live at the Old Town School of Folk Music (Oh Boy)

--Mike Regenstreif