Canadian Spaces – CKCU – Saturday September 17, 2022

Canadian Spaces on CKCU in Ottawa is Canada’s longest-running folk music radio program. It is heard Saturday mornings from 10:00 am until noon (Eastern time). 

It was hosted for more than 33 years by the late Chopper McKinnon and is now hosted by Chris White and a rotating cast of co-hosts. 

This week’s show was hosted by Mike Regenstreif.

CKCU can be heard at 93.1 FM in Ottawa and http://www.ckcufm.com/ on the web. 

This particular show is now available for on-demand listening. https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/129/57624.html

Guest: David Eisenstadt

Pharis & Jason Romero- Going Across the Sea

Tell ‘Em You Were Gold (Smithsonian Folkways)

Mountain City Four- The Log Driver’s Waltz

Mountain City Four (Omnivore)

Ian Robb & James Stephens- Charming Molly

Declining …with thanks (Fallen Angle)

Hannah Shira Naiman- Little Black Train

The Wheels Won’t Go (Hannah Shira Naiman)

Morgan Toney- Kwana Li

First Flight (Ishkõdé)

Bob Jensen- Who By Fire

For the Sake of the Song (Bob Jensen)

ES:MO (Elizabeth Shepherd & Michael Occhipinti)- Lovers is a Dangerous Time

The Weight of Hope (ES:MO)

Alec Fraser, Jr- Grandma’s House

On the Wings of the Wind (Alec Fraser, Jr.)

Chris Rawlings & Anne Lederman- Apple Blossom Time

A Whistle, a Tune, a Song and a Dance (Cooking Fat Music)

Ken Tizzard & Amelia Curran- St. John’s Waltz

A Good Dog is Lost: A Collection of Ron Hynes Songs (Ken Tizzard)

Dennis O’Toole- Man of a Thousand Songs

Lone Gunman at the Assassin’s Hotel (Dennis O’Toole)

Ron Hynes- Boy from Old Perlican

Ron Hynes (Borealis)

Suzie Vinnick- Raino

Fall Back Home (Suzie Vinnick)

James Keelaghan- Walk On

Second-Hand (Borealis)

Windborne- Le Diable et le Fermier

Of Hard Times & Harmony (Wand’ring Feet)

Frida's Brow- Old Friends

Frida’s Brow (Frida’s Brow)

Michael Kaeshammer- How Long Blues

The Warehouse Sessions (Linus)

The next six songs punctuated my conversation with David Eisenstadt, author of Under the Radar: 30 Notable Canadian Jewish Musicians. Visit https://undertheradarbook.com/ for more information about the book.

Aviva Chernick- La Serena

La Serena (Aviva Chernick)

The Travellers- Something to Sing About

The Travellers 1960-1966: This Land is Your Land (Sony)

Oscar Brand- The Derby Ram

The Riverside Folklore Series, Volume Three: Singing the New Traditions (Riverside)

Ofra Harnoy- Barrett’s Privateers

On the Rock (Analekta)

Danny Marks- Heading Down to New Orleans

Cities in Blue (Danny Marks)

Shelley Posen- Will Their Children Light the Candles

Menorah: Songs from a Jewish Life (Well Done Music)

Conklin Céilí Band- Shadow Boats

A Three Legged Stool (Conklin Céilí Band)

Wade Hemsworth with The Mountain City Four- The Story of the I’m Alone

Wade Hemsworth with The Mountain City Four (Peter Weldon)

Chaim Tannenbaum- Brooklyn 1955

Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)

I’ll be hosting Canadian Spaces next on October 22. I also host Stranger Songs every Tuesday from 3:30 to 5 pm; and the Saturday Morning show from 7 to 10 am, once every 4 weeks with my next slot on October 8.

Find me on Facebook. facebook.com/mikeregenstreif

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday January 29, 2022

Saturday Morning is an eclectic roots-oriented program on CKCU in Ottawa heard 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 Saturday Morning and base my programming on the Folk Roots/Folk Branches format I developed at CKUT in Montreal.

CKCU can be heard live at 93.1 FM in Ottawa and https://www.ckcufm.com/ on the web.

This episode of Saturday Morning was prerecorded at home and can already be streamed on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/55045.html

Eric Bannan- Start My Day Singing
Sacred Spaces (Reality Check Media)

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (circa 1994)

Bufalo Rose & Tom Paxton- I Give You the Morning
Rabbit (Misra)
Tom Paxton- Jennifer’s Rabbit/I Give You the Morning
The Compleat Tom Paxton (Even Compleater) (Rhino Handmade)
Bufalo Rose & Tom Paxton- Jennifer’s Rabbit
Rabbit (Misra)

Tret Fure- Peanut Butter Toast
Peanut Butter Toast – single (Tomboy girl)
Stringband- Lunenberg Concerto
The Indispensable 1972-2002 (Nick)
Janis Ian- Swannanoa
The Light at the End of the Line (Rude Girl)
Bruce Cockburn- All the Diamonds
Greatest Hits (1970-2020) (True North)
The Wailin’ Jennys- Long Time Traveller
Firecracker (Red House)

Ian Robb & James Stephens- Save Your Money While You’re Young
Declining …with thanks (Fallen Angle Music)
Finest Kind- He Comes Like Rain
Singing Through the Hard Times: A Tribute to Utah Phillips (Righteous Babe)
Utah Phillips & Mark Ross- Story/All Used Up
Loafer’s Glory (Red House)

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

The Easy Riders featuring Terry Gilkyson- Wanderin’
Folk Songs You’ll Like (Jasmine)
Eliza Gilkyson- Wanderin’
Songs from the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)
Ben Sures- Father’s Shoes
The Story That Lived Here (Ben Sures)
Sue Horowitz- Bit of String
Strings, Wings and Curious Things (Sue Horowitz)

Alana & Leigh Cline- Offset
Alana & Leigh Cline (Scimitar)

In memory of Sidney Poitier (1927-2022)

Lulu- To Sir with Love
Love Loves to Love Lulu (EMI)

Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

Liz Miller- The End of the World with You
A Little Life (Liz Miller)
David Francey- Empty Train
Empty Train (Laker Music)
The McDades- The Lonely Road
The Empress (Free Radio)
House of Hamill- Turning Away
Folk Hero (House of Hamill)

Janis Ian- I’m Still Standing
The Light at the End of the Line (Rude Girl)
Heather Sarona- Don’t Want to Let It Go
Head Above Water (Heather Sarona)
Terry Family- Like a Painting by Chagall
Hometown Tragedies (Terry Family Band)

Three songs from a new project creating songs based on the testimonies of Canadian Holocaust Survivors to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27).

Aviva Chernick & Payadora Tango Ensemble- Silent Tears
Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango
Lenka Lichtenberg & Payadora Tango Ensemble- A Victim of Mengele
Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango
Olga Mieleszczuk & Payadora Tango Ensemble- Vi Ahin Zol Ikh Geyn/Buried Underground
Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango

David Wiffen- Coast to Coast Fever
Coast to Coast Fever (EMI)
Stephen Fearing- Sunny
The Unconquerable Past (Fear & Loathing Music)
Ofra Harnoy with Kelly-Ann Evans- Sonny’s Dream
On the Rock (Analekta)

Paul Asbell- Bound for Adamant
From Adamant to Atchafalaya (Busy Hands)

Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Murdoch (2007)

Sean Gagnier- San Mescalito
Circle Harbor (Sean Gagnier)
Bruce Murdoch- Snowdon
Bruce Murdoch (Radio Canada International)
Penny Lang- Spanish Moss
Ain’t Life Sweet (She-Wolf)

The Roches- On the Road to Fairfax Country
Keep On Doing (Warner Bros.)
The Village Dudes- Rider on an Orphan Train
Another Time and Place (Blue Flute Music)
Archie Fisher & Garnet Rogers- My Name Joe
The Best Times After All: Live (Snow Goose Songs)

Dave Van Ronk & The Ragtime Jug Stompers- Stealin’
Ragtime Jug Stompers (Oldays)
Corey Harris- You Gonna Quit Me Baby
The Insurrection Blues (M.C.)
Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra featuring Catherine Russell- You’ve Been a Good Old Wagon
Good Time Music: Community Music, Vol. 2 (Royal Potato Family)

HuDost featuring The Accidentals- How Many Miles
Anthems of Home (HuDost Music)
The Twangtown Paramours- Alright Again
Double Down on a Bad Thing (Inside Edge)
Janis Ian featuring John Cown & Diane Schuur- Better Times Will Come
The Light at the End of the Line (Rude Girl)

Earl "Fatha" Hines- Lonesome Road
A Monday Date (Riverside)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on February 26. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

Find me on Facebook. facebook.com/mikeregenstreif

--Mike Regenstreif

David Kaufman – Second Promise

David Kaufman

Second Promise
Sun-Street

www.davidkaufmanmusic.ca

(A version of this review was published in the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin.)

In the 1960s, David Kaufman was a young singer and songwriter performing on the Montreal folk scene. In the ‘70s, he began a long career as a Toronto-based documentary filmmaker and photographer. Much of his work has been on Jewish themes – including several films about the Holocaust – and he was recently in Ottawa giving a talk at the Soloway JCC on his photography of Jewish historical sites in western Ukraine. Now, at age 70, David has recorded Second Promise, a CD of 13 of his songs from about a half-century ago. He describes the album as “a gift to my younger self.”

Like many of the songs of Bob Dylan or Leonard Cohen – the pre-eminent Jewish singer-songwriters of the period – Kaufman’s work is melodic, poetic and often open to the listener’s interpretation as to meaning. There are Jewish motifs to several of Kaufman’s songs, including “Ruth’s Song,” based on the biblical Book of Ruth, and “So Many Davids,” which seems like it was inspired by King David.

David's voice remains strong after all these years and he receives excellent support from stellar Toronto musicians and singers including guitarist Jason Fowler, who produced the album, and harmony singer Aviva Chernick, a well-known cantorial soloist and lead singer of the Jewish world music Jaffa Road. Also included is one song, "The Fire Next Time," on which David was accompanied by Kate McGarrigle on piano and Roma Baran on guitar.

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--Mike Regenstreif