Canadian Spaces – CKCU – Saturday July 16, 2016

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

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 co-hosted by Mike Regenstreif and Chris White.

Guests: Garnet Rogers; Julie Corrigan; Darryl Poulsen (Slocan Ramblers); Charlie Sohmer

Maria Dunn- Music in the Meadow

Gathering (Distant Whisper)

Arnie Naiman- Maggie at the Door

My Lucky Stars (Merriweather)

Po' Girl- Gone in Pawn (Shake Sugaree)

Po’ Girl (Jericho Beach)

David Wiffen- Four Strong Winds

At The Bunkhouse Coffeehouse, Vancouver BC (Universal International)

Bill Staines- Rompin’ Rovin’ Days

Journey Home (Red House)

Reid Jamieson- Bird on the Wire

Dear Leonard: The Cohen Collection (Reid Jamieson) NR

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Come Back Baby

Pronto Monto (Omnivore) NR

Chaim Tannenbaum- (Talk to Me of) Mendocino

Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound) NR

Priscilla Herdman- Forty-Five Years

Forgotten Dreams (Flying Fish)

Stan Rogers- The Flowers of Bermuda

Between the Breaks…Live! (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Garnet Rogers- Night Drive

Night Drive (Snow Goose)

*Garnet Rogers' book, "Night Drive: Travels with My Brother," is available at garnetrogers.com. A book review will be published on the Folk Roots/Folk Branches blog in the coming weeks.

Julie Corrigan- Home

Live in the studio

Slocan Ramblers- Groundhog

Coffee Creek (The Slocan Ramblers)

Adam Hill- Down by the Riverside

Old Paint (Adam Hill)

Charlie Sohmer & Shoe Drop- What’s the Use in Fighting

Demo

Charlie Sohmer- High Low

Live in the studio

Christine Graves- Summerlea

Stray (Christine Graves)

The show is now available for online listening. http://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/129/28081.html

I’ll be co-hosting Canadian Spaces again on August 6.

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--Mike Regenstreif

This week in Folk Roots/Folk Branches history (October 27-November 2)

Folk Roots/Folk Branches with Mike Regenstreif was a Thursday tradition on CKUT in Montreal for nearly 14 years from February 3, 1994 until August 30, 2007. Folk Roots/Folk Branches continued as occasional features on CKUT and is now also a blog. Here’s the ninth instalment of “This week in Folk Roots/Folk Branches,” a weekly look back continuing through next August at some of the most notable guests, features and moments in Folk Roots/Folk Branches history.

October 27, 1994: Extended feature- Tish Hinojosa.
October 29, 1998: Guest- Vance Gilbert.
October 28, 1999: Guest- Richard Shindell.
November 2, 2000: Guest- Charlie Sohmer.
October 31, 2002: Guest- Corb Lund.
October 27, 2005: Guests- Matapat.
November 2, 2006: Guest- NEeMA.
November 1, 2007 (Folk Roots/Folk Branches feature): Collaborations.

--Mike Regenstreif