Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 6, 2025

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/128/71897.html

Mike Regenstreif & Connie Kaldor (2015)

Connie Kaldor- Wide Open Spaces

Wide Open Spaces (Coyote Entertainment)

Mike Regenstreif, Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop (2014)

Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop- That’s How the Summer Slips Away

Red Shoes (Borealis)

Rags Rosenberg- Flower Time

Song of the Bricoleur (Coyote Gulch)

The Weavers- Gotta Travel On

Greatest Hits (Vanguard)

Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

David Francey- Far End of Summer

Maps (Laker Music)

The songs in the next set are played in memory of Chris Gage, who died on August 24 at age 71; Flaco Jimenez, who died on July 31 at age 86; Rick Scott, who died on August 1 at age 77; Tom Lehrer, who died on July 26 at age 97; Joe Hickerson, who died on August 17 at age 89; and Harvey Glatt, who died on August 20 at age 91.

Albert & Gage- Burnin’ Moonlight

Burnin’ Moonlight (MoonHouse)

Flaco Jimenez- El Perdido

San Antonio Soul (Rounder)

David Essig & Rick Scott- Tears and Laughter

Double Vision (Woodshed)

Tom Lehrer- The Folk Song Army

That Was the Year That Was (Reprise)

Joe Hickerson- I’m On My Way

Joe Hickerson with a Gathering of Friends (Folk-Legacy)

Night Sun- Harvey & Louise

One Moment of Grace (Borealis)

Shelley Posen & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2023)

Shelley Posen- A Mazeldikek Yor

Mazel (Well Done Music)

Shelley Posen- I’ll See You Rosh Hashana

Mazel (Well Done Music)

Rufus Wainwright & Amsterdam Sinfonietta- Who By Fire

Rufus Wainwright & Amsterdam Sinfonietta Live (BMG/Modern)

The Onlies- Roll On Buddy

You Climb the Mountain (The Onlies)

Kyle Carey- The Last Bough

The Last Bough (Americelta)

Graham Lindsey- Tune Machine

Tune Machine (Graham Lindsey)

Maggie’s Wake- Maggie’s Wake

Maggie’s Wake (Maggie’s Wake)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2009)

Jesse Winchester- Nothing but a Breeze

Nothing but a Breeze (Stony Plain)

Emmylou Harris- My Songbird

Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town (Warner Bros./Rhino)

Jennifer Warnes- You Remember Me 

Shot Through the Heart (Arista)

Susie Burke- Rhumba Woman

Lucky Stars (Madrina Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2009)

Tom Paxton- No Kings Here

No Kings Here – single (Pax)

Mike Regenstreif & Mark Rubin on Zoom (2025)

Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma- (Don’t Be a) Good German

Don’t Be a Good German – single (Rubinchik)

Kemp Harris- Tulsa

The America Chronicles (Righteous Mischief)

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Eliza Gilkyson- Man in the Moon

Dark Ages (Realiza)

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band- Chimes of Freedom

Land of Hope and Dreams (Columbia)

Rory Block- Down the Dirt Road Blues

Heavy on the Blues (M.C.)

Maria Muldaur- No, Papa, No!

One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey (NOLA Blues)

Dee Robinson- Monday Morning Blues

Dee from Decatur (Riverlark Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Brendan Nolan (2023)

Brendan Nolan- The Bodhran Song

Where Do I Go from Here (Ould Segosha Music)

Debi Smith- The Bodhran Lesson Song

Deep Tracks (Degan Music)

Christine Lavin- Drum School Dropout

Drum School Dropout (Christine Lavin)

Martha Wainwright- Far Away

Martha Wainwright: 20th Anniversary Edition (Report Card Music)

Eli West- Hearts and Bones

The Shape of a Sway (Tender & Mild)

Mary Chapin Carpenter- The Night We Never Met

Personal History (Lambent Light/Thirty Tigers)

Peter Campbell- A Little Grace

Burden of Hope (Peter Campbell)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Mike Regenstreif (1976) photo: Felicity Fanjoy

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Kiss and Say Goodbye

Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Nonesuch)

Steel Rail- Kate’s Song

Coming Home (Crossties)

NEeMA- Escape

Watching You Think (Neemaste/Sony)

Perla Batalla- A Singer Must Die

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

Leonard Cohen- So Long, Marianne

Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia/Legacy)

Nana Mouskouri- Adieu Angelina

Every Grain of Sand: Nana Mouskouri Sings Bob Dylan (Mercury)

Schmaltz & Pepper- Manischewitz Mazurka

Schmaltz & Pepper (Schmaltz & Pepper)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on October 4. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – April 8, 2025: A Tribute to Doc Watson

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/595/69695.html

Theme: A Tribute to Doc Watson (1923-2012).

Doc Watson was one of the most influential guitarists and singers of folk and related musical styles of all time. Blind since infancy, Doc was from Deep Gap, North Carolina and began his professional career playing electric guitar in a country and western band in the early 1950s. Doc had a deep repertoire of traditional folk songs and by the 1960s was performing folk music on acoustic guitar and banjo. Doc died in 2012 at age 89.

Doc & Merle Watson- Brown’s Ferry Blues

Doc Watson On Stage (Vanguard)

Doc & Merle Watson- Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down

Doc Watson On Stage (Vanguard)

Bill Garrett- Winters Night

Seems to Me (Borealis)

Jody Stecher- Way Downtown

Going Up On the Mountain (Acoustic Disc)

Michael Jerome Browne- The Coo Coo

Michael Jerome Browne & The Twin Rivers String Band (Borealis)

Si Kahn- To Hear Doc Watson Play

Thanksgiving (Strictly Country)

Doc Watson- Deep River Blues

Doc Watson (Vanguard)

Jean Ritchie & Doc Watson- Go Dig My Grave

Jean Ritchie and Doc Watson At Folk City (Smithsonian Folkways)

Doc & Merle Watson- Freight Train Boogie

Elementary Doctor Watson (Tomato)

Mitch Greenhill & Mayne Smith- Freight Train Blues

Storm Coming (Folklore Productions)

Maria Muldaur with Doc & Merle Watson- Honey Babe Blues

Waitress in a Donut Shop (Reprise)

Ian & Sylvia- Handsome Molly

Ian & Sylvia (Vanguard)

Tom Paxton- Leaving London

The Compleat Tom Paxton (Even Compleater) (Rhino Handmade)

Doc & Richard Watson- St. James Infirmary

Third Generation Blues (Sugar Hill)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- St. James Hospital

Heartbeats Accelerating (Private)

Paul Mills- Doc’s Guitar

The Other Side of the Glass (Borealis) 

Peter Rowan- Doc Watson Morning

The Old School (Compass)

Rory Block & Lee Berg- Your Long Journey

Woodstock Mountains: More Music from Mud Acres (Rounder)

Doc & Merle Watson- I’m a Stranger Here

Sittin’ Here Pickin’ the Blues (Rounder)

Happy Traum- Willie Moore

Relax Your Mind (Kicking Mule)

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- Shady Grove

Voice on the Wind (Rounder)

Jim Ringer- Sittin’ On Top of the World

Any Old Wind That Blows (Philo)

Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick- Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar

Together (Rounder)

Doc & Merle Watson- Along the Road

Watson Country (Flying Fish)

Doc & Merle Watson- Snowbird

Two Days in November (Poppy)

Doc & Merle Watson- Down Yonder

Songs Doc Didn’t Sing (FLI)

Next week: “All God’s Critters Got a Place in the Choir.”

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – March 18, 2025: Canadian Places

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/595/69388.html

Theme: Canadian Places

This show is a celebration of just some of the many places in our country, and a response to the despicable behaviour of the orange felon in regard to Canada. As so many have reiterated, Canada is not for sale and will never be his 51st state. We have our elbows up.

Shari Ulrich & Mike Regenstreif (2019)

Shari Ulrich- Canada

Back to Shore (Borealis)

Shelley Posen & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2023)

Shelley Posen- Ontario Moon

Ontario Moon (Well Done Music)

Over the Moon- Old Alberta Moon

Moondancer (Over the Moon)

Mike Regenstreif & Connie Kaldor (2015)

Connie Kaldor & Roy Forbes- Saskatoon Moon

Wood River (Coyote)

Orit Shimoni- Winnipeg 

Winnipeg (Orit Shimoni) 

Doug McArthur- The Lunenburg Shift

Letters from the Coast/Sisteron (Snow Goose Songs)

Deborah Holland- East Porpoise Bay

I Made It This Far (Deborah Holland)

Oscar Peterson- Place St. Henri

Canadiana Suite (Verve)

Bill Garrett & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

Bill Garrett- Lillooet

Bill Garrett (Borealis)

James Keelaghan- Hope Princeton Road

My Skies (Green Linnet)

Humphrey & The Dumptrucks- Calgary Song

Six Days of Paper Ladies (Boot)

Mike Regenstreif & April Verch (2025)

April Verch & Cody Walters- Up in the Ottawa Valley

Passages and Pairings (Slab Town)

Kevun Head & Mike Regenstreif (2013) photo: Vanessa Burnett

Kevin Head- Saturday Night in South Margarree

Live (Kevin Head Music)

Dave Clarke of Steel Rail & Lucinda Chodan (co-writers of Argyle Street) and Mike Regenstreif (2025)

 
Steel Rail- Argyle Street

Coming Home (Crossties)

Allison Russell- Montreal

Outside Child (Fantasy)

Chris Rawlings & Mike Regenstreif (2007)

Chris Rawlings- Vieux Montréal

Pearl Soup (Cooking Fat Music)

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

A Good Dog is Lost: A Collection of Ron Hynes Songs (Booth Street)

Bob Stark- Patterson Creek Bridge

Sculpted Pieces of Love (Bob Stark)

Paul Weber- Ottawa Lament

Ode to Gerry Barber (Paul Weber)

Ray Harris- Pontiac County Blues

Kinda Sets the Tone (Ray Harris)

Night Sun- Petawawa River

Drive (Borealis)

Stan Rogers- The Rawdon Hills

Fogarty’s Cove (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle and Mike Regenstreif (1976) photo: Felicity Fanjoy

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Matapedia

Matapedia (Hannibal)

Mike Regenstreif & Murray McLauchlan on Zoom (2021)

Murray McLauchlan- Out Past the Timberline

Songs from the Street: The Best of Murray McLauchlan (True North)

Next week: Part 1 – Songs of Laura Nyro; Part 2 – Bringing It All Back Home Revisited.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday January 25, 2025

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/128/68698.html

Mike Regenstreif & Garnet Rogers (2006)

Garnet Rogers- Small Victory

The Best Times After All: Live (Snow Goose Songs)

John McCutcheon & Carrie Newcomer- Field of Stars

Field of Stars (Appalsongs)

Chris Rawlings- Deep Blue Sea

Two Sides to Your Story (Cookingfat Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Priscilla Herdman (1978)

Priscilla Herdman- The Coast of Marseilles

Forgotten Dreams (Flying Fish)

The Twangtown Paramours- A Room in Bordeaux

The Wind will Change Again (Inside Edge)

Melón Jimenez & Lara Wong- Paraná

Confluencias (Scatcat Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2009)

Jesse Winchester- Wintry Feeling

A Touch on the Rainy Side (Stony Plain)

Mike Regenstreif, Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop (2014)

Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop- The Hill

Red Shoes (Borealis)

Neale Eckstein- January Thaw

Never Too Late (Neale Eckstein)

Nanci Griffith- Ten Degrees and Getting Colder

Other Voices/Other Rooms (Elektra)

Amy Speace- I Break Things

The American Dream (Windbone)

Cindy Kallet- The Poet

Ride in the Light (Sleepy Creek Music)

Boreal- Winterbirds

Winterbirds (Boreal)

Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens- Rainy Day

American Railroad (Nonesuch)

John McCutcheon- MS St. Louis

Field of Stars (Appalsongs)

Perla Batalla- The Partisan

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

The Klezmatics & Susan McKeown- Gonna Get Through This World

Wonder Wheel: Lyrics by Woody Guthrie (Jewish Music Group)

Rosalie Sorrels- Mehitabel’s Theme

Always a Lady (Green Linnet)

Peggy Lee- The Alley Cat Song

I’m a Woman: Expanded Edition (Capitol)

Phil Harris- Thomas O’Malley Cat

Disney’s Jazz Album: Big Band & Swing (Disneyland)

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2022)

Eliza Gilkyson- Bare Necessities

Your Town Tonight (Red House)

Doug McArthur & Jeffra- Angels of the Mission Trail

Angels of the Mission Trail (Tableaux Vivants)

Eric Taylor with Nanci Griffith- Mission Door

Live at the Red Shack (Blue Ruby)

Ana Egge- Mission Bells Moan

Sharing in the Spirit (StorySound)

Rosanne Cash- Girl from the North Country

The List (Manhattan)

Ian & Sylvia- Tomorrow is a Long Time

Four Strong Winds (Vanguard)

Penny Lang & Mike Regenstreif (1976) photo: Felicity Fanjoy

Penny Lang- One Too Many Mornings

Stone + Sand + Sea + Sky (Borealis)

Moses Crouch- Banjo Blues

Earth Music (Riverlark)

The airdate for this show, January 25, is Robbie Burns Day. The next nine songs were written or collected by the great Scottish poet, Robert Burns, who was born on January 25, 1759 and died at 37 on July 21, 1796.

Jean Redpath- A Parcel of Rogues in a Nation

The Songs of Robert Burns, Volumes 1 & 2 (Philo)

Dougie MacLean- Scots Wha’ Hae

Tribute to Robert Burns, Neil Gow and Robert Tannahill (Dunkeld)

The Short Sisters- Ca’ the Yowes

Downsized (Black Socks Press)

Andrew & Casey Calhoun- A Rosebud By My Early Walk

Skeins (Waterbug)

Mike Regenstreif & Brendan Nolan (2023)

Brendan Nolan- Green Grow the Rashes O’

Familiar Brew (Ould Sagosha)

Bett Padgett- Ae Fond Kiss

Beneath Blue Water (Ceildhe’s Music)

Mallory Chipman- A Red, Red Rose

Songs to a Wild God (Tunnel Mountain)

Bobby Watt- Westlin’ Winds

Watt Next? (Glenashdale Music)

Highland Weavers- Auld Lang Syne

Going Home (Highland Weavers)

Christine Lavin featuring Robin Batteau- Mercury & Mars (Jan. 28, 1977)

Drum School Dropout (Christine Lavin)

Tom Mitchell- Sing to Me Now

Outamongum Again (Cowlick)

Laura Smith & Mike Regenstreif (2013)

Laura Smith- Gypsy Dream

As Long As I’m Dreaming (Borealis)

Christopher Kearney- Rocking Chair Ride

Christopher Kearney (Capitol)

Carol Crittenden- The Fields of Athenry

Glimmer (Carol Crittenden)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on February 22. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – October 15, 2024: Finest Kind's Kind of Songs

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/595/67256.html

Theme: Finest Kind’s Kind of Songs

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)

Next week: Remembering Nick Gravenites, Kris Kristofferson, JD Souther, and Billy Edd Wheeler.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday June 15, 2024

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/128/65590.html

Kyle Carey- June Day

North Star (Americelta)

Terre Roche- Fish Out of Water

Inner Adult (Terre Roche)

Bill Hearne- Bluebird

Always Trust Your Cape (Howlin’ Dog) 

Laurie Lewis- Just a Little Ways Down the Road

Trees (Spruce & Maple Music)

Adam Karch- Some Awkward Country Ahead

Some Awkward Country Ahead (Adam Karch)

Lynne Hanson- Just a Poet

Just a Poet (Lynne Hanson)

John Gorka- She’s That Kind of Mystery

Bright Side of Down (Red House)

John Gorka, Mike Regenstreif & Lucy Kaplansky (2012)

Lucy Kaplansky- Texas Blues

The Tide (Red House)

Mike Regenstreif & Bill Morrissey (2005)

Bill Morrissey- Barstow

Bill Morrissey (Philo)

Laurie Lewis- Long Gone

Trees (Spruce & Maple Music)

Jon Shain- Old Bill (for Bill Morrissey)

Restless Soul Syndrome (Flyin’)

Rory Block- Everything is Broken

Positively 4th Street: A Tribute to Bob Dylan (Stony Plain)

Christian Parker- Chimes of Freedom

Change is Now: A Tribute to The Byrds (Subcat)

Cat Power- It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue

Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert (Domino)

Bob Dylan- Forever Young

Shadow Kingdom (Columbia/Legacy)

Rory Block- Ring Them Bells

Positively 4th Street: A Tribute to Bob Dylan (Stony Plain)

The Dumptrucks- Blackstrap Breakdown

Selections (Laughing Cactus).

Michael Jerome Browne- Sliding Delta

Sliding Delta (Borealis)

Mary Flower- Monday Morning Blues

Ragtime Gal (Bluesette) 

Michael Jerome Browne & Mary Flower with John Sebastian- Coffee Blues

Gettin’ Together (Borealis/Stony Plain)

Mississippi John Hurt- I’m Satisfied

Mr. Hurt Goes to Washington (Sunset Blvd.)

Ana Egge- Sharing in the Spirit

Sharing in the Spirit (StorySound)

Alex Martin & Jess Eliot Myhre- Into the Desert

Appalachian Fall: The Song Poems of Michael Martin (Pajarito Verde)

Sue Foley- Lonesome Homesick Blues

One Guitar Woman: A Tribute to the Female Pioneers of Guitar (Stony Plain) 

Mike Regenstreif & Missy Burgess (2014)

Missy Burgess- Make Me a Pallet On Your Floor

Lemon Pie (Missy Burgess)

Kate McGarrigle- Blues in D

Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Nonesuch)

Anna McGarrigle, Sylvan Lanken & Lily Lanken- On My Way to Town

Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle (Nonesuch)

Chaim Tannenbaum- Time On My Hands

The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Emmylou Harris- Skip Rope Song

The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)

Mike Regenstreif & Rick Fines (2011)

Rick Fines- That’s What Makes You Strong

Solar Powered Too (Rick Fines)

Jesse Winchester- I Can’t Stand Up Alone

Learn to Love It (Stony Plain)

Jim Kweskin & Fiona Kweskin- What Does the Deep Sea Say

Never Too Late: Duets with My Friends (StorySound)

Eric Bibb- Mole in the Ground

Live at the Scala Theatre (Stony Plain)

Shtreiml- Uncle Tibor’s Spicy Paprikash

Spicy Paprikash (I.J. Rosenblatt)

Miranda Hardy- Strawberry Moon

The Price of Happiness (Great Divide)

Ynana Rose- Strawberry Moon

Under a Cathedral Sky (Ynana Rose Music)

Tom Russell- Strawberry Moon

The Rose of the San Joaquin (HighTone)

The Whiteley Brothers- Full Moon in June

Taking Our Time (Borealis)

Dave Van Ronk- Old Hannah

Somebody Else, Not Me (Philo)

Cris Jacobs- Work Song (I Can Still Sing)

One of These Days (Soundly Music)

Benny Bleu- Death of John Henry

Banjo Jubilations (Benny Bleu Haravitch)

Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl- The Mermaid

Recordings Celebrating 50 Years of a Musical Partnership (Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl) 

Finest Kind- Squid Jiggin’ Ground

Heart’s Delight (Fallen Angle) 

Mike Regenstreif, Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop (2014)

Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop- No More Fish

Red Shoes (Borealis)

Muriel Anderson & Suzy Bogguss- Sailing Dream

Sailing Dreams (Muriel Anderson)

Nastasia Y- Stolen Green

Kyiv Soul (Lulaworld)

Eliza Gilkyson- Sunflowers

Home (Realiza)

Lisa Gutkin- Gonna Get Through This World

From Here On In (Lisa Gutkin)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on July 13. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday January 27, 2024

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/128/63707.html

Jamie Anderson- January

Better Than Chocolate (Tsunami)

Bob Dylan- Girl from the North Country

The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (Columbia/Legacy)

Cat Power- She Belongs to Me

Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert (Domino)

Peter Keane- I Want You

Walkin’ Around (Flying Fish)

Nanci Griffith- Boots of Spanish Leather

Other Voices/Other Rooms (Elektra)

Iris DeMent- Banks of the Pontchartrain

More Than a Whisper: Celebrating the Music of Nanci Griffith (Rounder)

Amos Lee- Bus to Baton Rouge

Honeysuckle Switches: The Songs of Lucinda Williams (Hoagiemouth/Thirty Tigers)

Lucinda Williams- Mississippi You’re On My Mind

Quiet About It: A Tribute to Jesse Winchester (Mailboat)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2006)

Jesse Winchester- How Far to the Horizon?

Learn to Love It (Stony Plain)

Penny Lang- I Can’t Stand Up Alone

Ain’t Life Sweet (She-Wolf)

Suzie Vinnick- Raino

Fall Back Home (Suzie Vinnick)

Sylvia Tyson- No Crowd, No Show

At the End of the Day (Stony Plain)

Murray McLauchlan- Sweeping the Spotlight Away

Songs from the Street: The Best of Murray McLauchlan (True North)

Isle of Klezbos- Noiresque

Yiddish Silver Screen (Rhythm Media)

Mike Regenstreif, Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop (2014)

Bill Garrett, Sue Lothrop & Shelley Posen- The Price of Gasoline

The Price of Gasoline – single (Willymac Productions)

Orit Shimoni- Numbers

Winnipeg (Orit Shimoni)

Daniel Kahn & Jake Shulman-Ment- Der Binyen/The Building

The Building and Other Songs (Oriente Musik) 

Sasha Lurje & Lorin Sklamberg- A idisher kvartet

Jac Weinstein’s Helsinki Yiddish Cabaret (Global Music Centre)

Dave Van Ronk- Another Time and Place

The Seasons Project: Winter (Christine Lavin)

Christine Lavin- The Kind of Love You Never Recover From

The Seasons Project: Winter (Christine Lavin)

David Buskin & Robin Batteau- Lancelot’s Tune (Guinevere)

The Seasons Project: Winter (Christine Lavin)

Priscilla Herdman, Anne Hills, Cindy Mangsen & Steve Gillette- Stars

The Seasons Project: Winter (Christine Lavin)

Free Wheelin’ Fools- Witch Hazel

The Songs of Tom Gala (Free Wheelin’ Fools)

Small Potatoes- The Terror Time

Time Flies (Folk Era)

Sean Gagnier- (Song of the) Wheelhouse Door

Circle Harbor (Sean Gagnier)

Steel Rail- (Just) Waiting for a Train

Coming Home (Crossties)

Bill Staines- Railroad Blues

Third Time Around (Catfish)

JackDaw- New York Central Line

Ghost in the Big House (Cutthroat)

David Francey featuring Terra Spencer- Narrow Boats

The Breath Between (Laker Music) 

Amanda Rheaume- Supposed to Be

The Spaces In Between (Ishkõdé)

Ian Tamblyn- Arc of Dreams and Prayers

Scenes Through a Mirror (North Track)

Noam “Nani” Vazana- Gracias a la Vida (Thanks to Life)

Ke Haber (Noam Vazana) 

Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars featuring Michel "Meshach" Nestor- Unity (Carnival in Crown Heights)

Chronika (Borscht Beat)

Leon Redbone- Shine On Harvest Moon

Double Time (Warner Bros.)

Alice Di Micele- Harvest Moon

Interpretations Vol 1 (Alice Otter Music)

Zoe Muth & The High Rollers- Harvest Moon Blues

Starlight Hotel (Signature Sounds)

Taj Mahal- I’m Just a Lucky So-and-So

Savoy (Stony Plain)

Susie Arioli Swing Band featuring Jordan Officer- Pennies from Heaven

Pennies from Heaven (Justin Time)

Jay McShann with Johnnie Johnson- Kansas City (Revisited)

Goin’ to Kansas City (Stony Plain)

Ian & Sylvia- Handsome Molly

Ian & Sylvia (Vanguard)

Mustard's Retreat- Gather the Family

By Request (Yellow Room)

Hank Woji featuring Jaimee Harris- I’ll Be Here in the Morning

Highways, Gamblers, Devils and Dreams (KZRecords)

Mike Regenstreif & Marc Nerenberg (2009)

Marc Nerenberg- Come By Here

Lies, Butterflies, and Tyrants (Marc Nerenberg)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on February 24. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – January 9, 2024: Remembering Ron Hynes

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/595/63443.html

Theme: Remembering Ron Hynes (1950-2015).

Ron Hynes, the great Newfoundland singer-songwriter, died of cancer in 2015 at age 64. All of the songs on this show were written, or co-written, by Ron.

Ron Hynes & Mike Regenstreif (2007)

Ron Hynes- Boy from Old Perlican

Ron Hynes (Borealis)

Maria Dunn- From Dublin with Love

Joyful Banner Blazing (Distant Whisper Music)

Miscellaney of Folk- 1962

Atlantic Sounds (Miscellaney of Folk)

Ken Tizzard- A Good Dog is Lost

A Good Dog is Lost: A Collection of Ron Hynes Songs (Booth Street)

Amelia Curran & Duane Andrews- Dark River

Sonny Don’t Go Away: A Tribute to Ron Hynes (Sonic)

Ron Hynes- Dry

Ron Hynes (Borealis)

Christy Moore- Sonny’s Dream

Magic Nights (Sony)

Ken Tizzard- My Father’s Ghost

A Good Dog is Lost: A Collection of Ron Hynes Songs (Booth Street)

Rum Ragged- House

Sonny Don’t Go Away: A Tribute to Ron Hynes (Sonic)

Ron Hynes- Le Coeur de la Mer

Stealing Genius (Borealis)

Dennis O'Toole- Man of a Thousand Songs

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

The Once- Atlantic Blue

Sonny Don’t Go Away: A Tribute to Ron Hynes (Sonic)

Ron Hynes- I Love You More Than God

Stealing Genius (Borealis)

Murray McLauchlan- No Change in Me

Songs from the Street: The Best of Murray McLauchlan (True North)

Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop- St. John’s Waltz

Red Shoes (Borealis)

The Ennis Sisters- Lonely Song

Sonny Don’t Go Away: A Tribute to Ron Hynes (Sonic)

Ron Hynes- 30 for 60

Stealing Genius (Borealis)

Mallory Johnson- River of No Return

Sonny Don’t Go Away: A Tribute to Ron Hynes (Sonic)

Yvette Lorraine- Where Does Love Go Wrong

Sonny Don’t Go Away: A Tribute to Ron Hynes (Sonic)

Quote the Raven- Godspeed (Requiem for Gene MacLennan)

Sonny Don’t Go Away: A Tribute to Ron Hynes (Sonic)

Ron Hynes- Gone to Canada

Face to the Gale (Artisan Music)

Ron Hynes- Sonny’s Dream

Face to the Gale (Artisan Music)

Next week: Marking 30 years on community radio.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – November 7, 2023: Addendums to Past Themes

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/595/62639.html

Theme: Addendums to Past Themes and CKCU Funding Drive.

This is the second of two editions of Stranger Songs falling during CKCU’s annual funding drive for 2023 – and something that I do every year on the second Stranger Songs funding drive show is addendums to past themes. More often than not, when I choose a theme for Stranger Songs, there are more possible songs to choose from than I can include – and sometimes new music that fits the theme arrives after the show has been produced. So, I’ve chosen a few of the themes from the past year for addendums.

Please click on this link to show your support for Stranger Songs and CKCU, and help us stay on the air for another year. https://www.canadahelps.org/me/6rEQFU7Z

Tom Paxton- Home to Me is Anywhere You Are

Comedians & Angels (Appleseed) 

Daniel Kahn & Jake Shulman-Ment- Heym iz Mir Aleyn Nor Vu Du Blaybst (Home to Me is Anywhere You Are)

The Building and Other Songs (Oriente Musik)

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2001) photo: Janice Hanson

Tom Paxton- Letters from Joe

Together (Appalseed)

Ian Tyson- Some Kind of Fool

Ol’ Eon (Stony Plain)

Tom Russell- Sam Bonnifield’s Saloon

Play One More: The Songs of Ian & Sylvia (True North)

Ian Tyson- Old Corrals and Sagebrush

Eighteen Inches of Rain (Stony Plain)

Liz Simmons- Night in the City

Poets (Morgana Music)

Joni Mitchell- Raised on Robbery

Court and Spark (Asylum)

Daniel Kahn & Jake Shulman-Ment- Di Tsukunft (The Future)

The Building and Other Songs (Oriente Musik)

Leonard Cohen- Samson in New Orleans

Popular Problems (Columbia)

Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop- No More Fish

Red Shoes (Borealis)

Shelley Posen & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2023)

Shelley Posen- Nothing Fancy

Old Loves (Well Done Music)

Dr. John & The WDR Big Band- Stagger Lee

Big Band Voodoo (Orange Music)

Jack's Waterfall & Maria Muldaur- Piano Players Heaven

Call Dr. John (M.C.)

The Band- The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show

Stage Fright (Capitol)

Colleen Rennison- All La Glory

See the Sky About to Rain (Black Hen)

Sylvia Tyson- I Never Got Over You

At the End of the Day (Stony Plain)

Eliza Gilkyson- True North 

Home (Realiza) 

Daniel Kahn & Jake Shulman-Ment- Mayn Tatns Hoyz (My Father’s House)

The Building and Other Songs (Oriente Musik)

Bruce Springsteen- The Rising

Springsteen on Broadway (Columbia)

Bruce Cockburn- Rouler Sa Bosse

Salt, Sun and Time (True North)

Next week: Songs of Utah Phillips.

--Mike Regenstreif