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.
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Theme: Busking
All the songs have something or other to do with busking – playing music on the street or in places like bus or train stations for whatever passersby might want to throw in the hat or basket or instrument case.
Joni Mitchell- For Free
Ladies of the Canyon (Reprise)
Daniel Kahn with Vanya Zhuk- Busking Vagabond
Bulat Blues (Oriente Musik)
Ron Hynes- Boy from Old Perlican
Ron Hynes (Borealis)
Sue & Dwight- For a Moment (Subway Busker Song)
For a Moment (Sue & Dwight)
Connie Kaldor- Singer of the Sacred Heart
Out of the Blue (Coyote Entertainment)
Jerry Jeff Walker- Gypsy Songman
Mr. Bojangles (Rhino)
Michael ‘Earnie’ Taylor- I Just Fiddle All Day (The Busking Song)
Folk ‘n’ Western (Laughing Cactus)
Ray Bonneville- Street Singer
Rough Luck (Prime CD)
Eric Andersen- Singin’ Man
Dance of Love and Death (EARecords)
Kate Wolf- The Old Street Singer
Looking Back at You (Rhino)
Guy Clark- A Nickel for the Fiddler
Old No. 1 (Sugar Hill)
Steve Forbert- Grand Central Station, March 18, 1977
Alive on Arrival (Nemperor)
Sylvia Tyson- No Crowd, No Show
At the End of the Day (Stony Plain)
Ronny Cox- Cortelia Clark
How I Love Them Old Songs: Ronny Cox Sings Mickey Newbury (Bay Sound)
Andrew Calhoun- Buskers
Grapevine (Waterbug)
Marc Nerenberg- On the Street Again, Revisited
Lies, Butterflies, and Tyrants (Marc Nerenberg)
Bodie Wagner- Wooly Bum Man
Vintage (Bodie Wagner)
Tom Lewis- The Busker
Tinker Tailor Soldier Singer (Self Propelled Music)
Orit Shimoni- Playing Chelsea Hotel
Soft Like Snow (MW Music)
The Irish Rovers- Whiskey on a Sunday
Years May Come, Years May Go (MCA)
Bill Staines- The Streets of Old Quebec
Tracks and Trails (Philo)
Creedence Clearwater Revival- Down on the Corner
Willy and the Poor Boys (Fantasy)
The Bill Hilly Band (The Bills)- The Berlin Busker’s Polka
All Day Every Day (Borealis)
Next week: Dreams.
--Mike Regenstreif
