Folk Roots/Folk Branches with Mike Regenstreif

Folk-rooted and folk-branched reviews, commentaries, radio playlists and suggestions from veteran music journalist and broadcaster Mike Regenstreif.

Saturday, October 24, 2026

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – October 27, 2026: Songs of Stan Rogers

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU , 93.1 FM, in O...

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

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 O...

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

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 O...

Saturday, October 3, 2026

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 O...

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – October 3, 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) ...

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 29, 2026: They Want Canadian Songs

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU , 93.1 FM, in O...

Friday, September 18, 2026

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 22, 2026: More Strange Songs and Stranger Songs

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU , 93.1 FM, in O...

Thursday, September 10, 2026

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 15, 2026: The Yellow Door at 60

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU , 93.1 FM, in O...

Friday, September 4, 2026

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 8, 2026: The Leonard Cohen Deep Dive, Part 2

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU , 93.1 FM, in ...

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About Me

Mike Regenstreif: I'm an editor, writer and broadcaster now based in Ottawa who has written about folk and roots music since the 1970s for Sing Out! Magazine and the Montreal Gazette and other Canadian newspapers. My radio show, Folk Roots/Folk Branches, was on CKUT in Montreal from 1994-2007. I now host Stranger Songs (weekly) and am one of the rotating hosts of Saturday Morning (every fourth week) on CKCU in Ottawa where my programming is based on the Folk Roots/Folk Branches format I developed at CKUT. In the 1970s and ‘80s I ran a folk club, the Golem, and produced most of Montreal’s folk-oriented concerts. I also booked tours for Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Priscilla Herdman, Rosalie Sorrels, Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl, Bill Staines, Guy Van Duser & Billy Novick and Dakota Dave Hull & Sean Blackburn. In 2014, I was the recipient of the Ottawa Folk Festival's Helen Verger Award for "significant, sustained contributions to folk/roots music in Canada." In 2017, I was one of the inaugural inductees into the Folk DJ Hall of Fame created by Folk Alliance International.

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