Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday January 24, 2023: Songs of – or inspired by – the Spanish Civil War

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

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

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Theme: Songs of – or inspired by – the Spanish Civil War.

Woody Guthrie- Jarama Valley

Songs of the Spanish Civil War, Volumes 1 & 2 (Smithsonian Folkways)

Shay Black & Aoife Clancy- Viva la Quinte Brigada

Spain in My Heart: Songs of the Spanish Civil War (Appleseed)

Lila Downs- El Quinto Regimiento

Spain in My Heart: Songs of the Spanish Civil War (Appleseed)

Windborne- Viva la Quince Brigada

Of Hard Times & Harmony (Wand’ring Feet)

Jamie O'Reilly & Michael Smith- Song of the International Brigade

Pasiones: Songs of the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 (Bird Avenue)

Jack Hardy- Orphan from Madrid/Guernica

Landmark (Great Divide)

Charlie Haden- Els Segadors (The Reapers)

Ballad of the Fallen (ECM)

Rosalie Sorrels- Eddie’s Song

Strangers in Another Country: The Songs of Bruce “Utah” Phillips (Red House)

John McCutcheon- The Abraham Lincoln Brigade

Spain in My Heart: Songs of the Spanish Civil War (Appleseed)

Pete Seeger, Tom Glazer, Baldwin (Butch) Hawes & Bess Hawes- Si Me Quieres Escribir

Songs of the Spanish Civil War, Volumes 1 & 2 (Smithsonian Folkways)

Jamie O'Reilly & Michael Smith- Freheit!: Song of the Thaelmann Batallion

Pasiones: Songs of the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 (Bird Avenue)

Paul Robeson- The Peat Bog Soldiers

Songs of Free Men: A Paul Robeson Recital (Columbia Masterworks)

Jack Hardy- In Memory of Federico Garcia Lorca

Noir (Great Divide)

Jamie O'Reilly & Michael Smith- Lament for Ignacio Sanchez Mejias

Pasiones: Songs of the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 (Bird Avenue)

Ben Sidran- On Defeating Death/Absent Soul

The Concert for Garcia Lorca (Go Jazz)

Joel & Jamaica Rafael- Los Cuatro Generales

Spain in My Heart: Songs of the Spanish Civil War (Appleseed)

Jamie O'Reilly & Michael Smith- Gunner Name of Bill

Pasiones: Songs of the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 (Bird Avenue)

Laurie Lewis- Taste of Ashes

Spain in My Heart: Songs of the Spanish Civil War (Appleseed)

Charlie Haden- La Pasionaria

Ballad of the Fallen (ECM)

Next week: Songs I’ve Heard Leon Redbone Sing.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Playlist: Folk Roots/Folk Branches - April 5-11, 2014

Folk Roots/Folk Branches with Mike Regenstreif is a thematic program streamed on the radio service at Roots Music Canada. – http://www.rootsmusic.ca/

A new show debuts every Saturday and repeats daily through the rest of the week.

April 5-11 2014

Theme: The folk roots of jazz and the jazz branches of folk.

Catherine Russell & Mike Regenstreif

Louis Armstrong & Velma Middleton- Hesitating Blues

Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy (Columbia/Legacy)

Preservation Hall Jazz Band- Careless Love

St. Peter & 57th Street (Rounder)

Lauren Sheehan- I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate

The Light Still Burns (Wilson River)

Catherine Russell- You Got to Swing and Sway

Bring It Back (Jazz Village)

Goeff Muldaur's Futuristic Ensemble w/Martha Wainwright- There Ain’t No Sweet Man that’s Worth the Salt of My Tears

Private Astronomy: A Vision of the Music of Bix Beiderbecke (Edge)

Butch Thompson & Pat Donohue- Evenin’

Vicksburg Blues (Red House)

Martin, Bogan & Armstrong- If You’se a Viper

Martin, Bogan & Armstrong (Flying Fish)

Jackie Washington- Save the Bones for Henry Jones

Midnight Choo Choo (Borealis)

Ken Whiteley- I Want to Be Happy

Another Day’s Journey (Borealis)

The Good Lovelies- Heebie Jeebies

Live at Revolution (Six Shooter)

Arlo Guthrie- St. Louis Tickle

Here Come the Kids (Rising Son)

Charlie Haden & Hank Jones- Down By the Riverside

Come Sunday (EmArcy)

Boxcar Boys- Freight Train

Rye Whiskey (Fedora Upside Down)

David Grisman- E.M.D.

The David Grisman Quintet (Kaleidescope)

Mike Regenstreif & David Amram (Photo: Ron Petronko)

Dave Van Ronk- Jelly Jelly

Down in Washington Square: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection (Smithsonian Folkways)

Paul Asbell w/Howard Levy- Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

From Adamant to Atchafalaya (Busy Hands)

Sneezy Waters- Solitude

Sneezy Waters (Sneezy Waters)

David Amram w/Ramblin' Jack Elliott & Odetta- Home on the Range

At Home/Around the World (Flying Fish)

This show can be heard at http://www.rootsmusic.ca/ on:

Saturday, April 5 – 10-11 am

Sunday, April 6 – 10-11 am

Monday, April 7 – 9-10 pm

Tuesday, April 8 – 9-10 pm

Wednesday, April 9 – 11 pm-12 am

Thursday, April 10 – 11 pm-12 am

Friday, April 11 – 11 pm-12 am.

The times listed are Eastern Daylight Time. Please adjust the schedule for whatever time zone you’re in.

Next week: Bible stories.

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And on Facebook. facebook.com/mikeregenstreif

--Mike Regenstreif

Bluegrass radio show

Sunday December 20, 2009 – 7:00-8:00 pm

I made a rare return to live radio to guest-host Bluegrass Ramblings hours on CKUT (90.3 FM in Montreal).

This program is available as a podcast (for two months) for streaming or downloading at

http://secure.ckut.ca/64/20091220.19.01-20.00.mp3

The program begins five seconds into the download.

STEVE MARTIN w/TIM O’BRIEN & EARL SCRUGGS- Daddy Played the Banjo
The Crow (Rounder)
CHARLIE HADEN featuring JACK BLACK- Old Joe Clark
Charlie Haden Family & Friends: Rambling Boy (Decca)
TONY TRISCHKA w/MICHAEL DAVES- Fox Chase
Territory (Smithsonian Folkways)
RHONDA VINCENT- Christmas Time at Home
Beautiful Star: A Christmas Collection (Rounder)

LAKE OF STEW- Darlin Starlin’
Sweet as Pie (Woodhog)
LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III- Way Up in NYC
High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project (2nd Story)
GEOFF MULDAUR & THE TEXAS SHEIKS- Poor Boy, Long Ways from Home
Geoff Muldaur & the Texas Sheiks (Tradition & Moderne)
HULL & LARSON- Santa Claus is Coming to Town
The Goose is Getting Fat (Arabica)

DOC WATSON- Slidin’ Delta
Americana Master Series: Best of the Sugar Hill Years (Sugar Hill)
CAROLINE HERRING- See See Rider
Golden Apples of the Sun (Signature Sounds)
LAURIE LEWIS & TOM ROZUM- Hot Buttered Rum
Winter’s Grace (Signature Sounds)

CHRIS COOLE- Wish We Had Our Time Again
Old Dog (Chris Coole)
SHEARWATER BLUEGRASS- Snows of December
Shearwater (Shearwater)
MARGOT LEVERETT & THE KLEZMER MOUNTAIN BOYS w/TONY TRISCHKA- Calgary Reel
2nd Avenue Square Dance (Traditional Crossroads)
JOEL MABUS- Children Go Where I Send Thee
How Like the Holly (Fossil)

SAM BUSH- Sleigh Ride
A Family Christmas (Putumayo)

--Mike Regenstreif

CKUT Bluegrass & Country hours

Sunday September 6, 2009 – 7:00-9:00 pm

I made a rare return to live radio to guest-host the Bluegrass Ramblings and Country Classics hours on CKUT (90.3 FM in Montreal).

This program is available as a podcast (for two months) for streaming or downloading at

http://secure.ckut.ca/64/20090906.19.01-21.02.mp3

The program begins four seconds into the download.

CATIE CURTIS & MARY GAUTHIER- Hello Stranger
Hello, Stranger (Compass)
CHARLIE HADEN featuring THE HADEN TRIPLETS- Single Girl, Married Girl
Charlie Haden Family & Friends: Rambling Boy (Decca)
STEVE MARTIN- Hoedown at Alice’s
The Crow (Rounder)

Loudon Wainwright III performs Thursday, October 1, 8:00 pm, at the Ukrainian Federation, 5213 Hutchison, during Pop Montreal. Call Hello Darlin’ Productions at 514-524-9225 for info or tickets.

LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III- High Wide & Handsome
High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project (2nd Story)
LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III- The Deal
High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project (2nd Story)
LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III- If I Lose
High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project (2nd Story)
LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III- Awful Hungry Hash House
High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project (2nd Story)

Peggy Seeger opens this season’s Wintergreen Concert Series on Friday, September 11, 8:00 pm, at Petit Campus, 57 Prince Arthur East. Call Hello Darlin’ Productions at 514-524-9225 to reserve tickets.

PEGGY SEEGER- Jenny’s Gone Away
Heading for Home (Appleseed)
PEGGY SEEGER- Poor Ellen Smith
Love Call Me Home (Appleseed)
PEGGY SEEGER- Little Birdie
Bring Me Home (Appleseed)

DIANA JONES- Better Times will Come
Better Times Will Come (Proper American)
TIM SPARKS- I’ll Fly Away
Sidewalk Blues (ToneWood)
JOEL MABUS- Charlie Birger
No Worries Now (Fossil)

SHEARWATER BLUEGRASS- Nightingale
Shearwater (Shearwater)
MARGOT LEVERETT & THE KLEZMER MOUNTAIN BOYS w/TONY TRISCHKA- Stoney Lonesome
2nd Avenue Square Dance (Traditional Crossroads)

GADZUKES!- Sugar Moon
New & Used (Gadzukes)
ROBIN & LINDA WILLIAMS- Buena Vista
Buena Vista (Red House)

WOODY GUTHRIE- Philadelphia Lawyer
My Dusty Road: Woody’s “Greatest Hits (Rounder)
WOODY GUTHRIE- Worried Man Blues
My Dusty Road: Woody’s Roots (Rounder)
WOODY GUTHRIE- You Can Hear My Whistle Blow
My Dusty Road: Woody the Agitator (Rounder)
WOODY GUTHRIE, CISCO HOUSTON & SONNY TERRY- Brown’s Ferry Blues
My Dusty Road: Woody, Cisco and Sonny (Rounder)

TOM RUSSELL- Nina Simone
Blood and Candle Smoke (Shout! Factory)
JAMES TALLEY- World of Broken Hearts
Heartsong (Cimarron)
JAMES TALLEY- Give My Love to Marie
Journey – The Second Voyage (Cimarron)
TOM RUSSELL- The Most Dangerous Woman in America
Blood and Candle Smoke (Shout! Factory)

GUY CLARK- The Guitar
Somedays the Song Writes You (Dualtone)
NANCI GRIFFITH- Sing
The Loving Kind (Rounder)
JESSE WINCHESTER- Stand By Me
Love Filling Station (Appleseed)

WAYNE HANCOCK- Moving On #3
Viper of Melody (Bloodshot)
WATERMELON SLIM- Truck Drivin’ Songs
Escape from the Chicken Coop (NorthernBlues)