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.

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – May 19, 2026: Songs and Conversation with Judy Collins

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, May 12, 2026

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – May 16, 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, May 6, 2026

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – May 12, 2026: Klezmer Tunes and (Mostly) Yiddish 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, April 30, 2026

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – May 5, 2026: 1966

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, April 22, 2026

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – April 28, 2026: The Art of the Long Song, Volume 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...

Thursday, April 16, 2026

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – April 21, 2026: Swingtime in Springtime

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, April 14, 2026

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – April 18, 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) ...

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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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