Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 22, 2026: More Strange Songs and Stranger 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/595/77217.html

Theme: More Strange Songs and Stranger Songs.

The first time we featured a Strange Songs and Stranger Songs theme was on September 14, 2021 and that show remains available to stream on demand at this link. This show features a different selection of strange and stranger songs.

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2022)

Eliza Gilkyson- Stranger

Dark Ages (Realiza)

Joe Jencks- I’m a Stranger in This Land

The Forgotten: Recovered Treasures from the Pen of Si Kahn (Turtle Bear Music)

Mike Laureanno- Welcome the Stranger In

Welcome the Stranger In – single (Mike Laureanno)

Center of the River- Stranger

Americana Art Music from the Mississippi (CotR)

Martha Trachtenberg & Dede Wyland- Ticket Back (“I came here as a stranger”)

It’s About Time (Mom and Pop)

Peggy Seeger- Lullabies for Strangers

First Farewell (Red Grape)

Keith Sykes- Rich Wayfaring Stranger 

Keith Sykes (Vanguard)

Booker T. & The MGs- Stranger on the Shore

Green Onions (Stax)

Allan Sherman- Strange Things in My Soup

Togetherness (Warner Bros.)

Pete Seeger- Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream

The Smithsonian Folkways Collection (Smithsonian Folkways)

Kate Campbell- Strangeness of the Day

The K.O.A. Tapes (Vol.1) (Large River Music)

Mose Allison- Strange

Autumn Song (Prestige)

Julian Taylor- Ain’t Life Strange

Pathways (Howling Turtle)

Marie-Lynn Hammond- I Don’t Sleep with Strangers Anymore

Impromptu (Vignettes Media)

Mike Regenstreif & Jimmy LaFave (2017)

Jimmy LaFave- Don’t Go to Strangers

Peace Town (Music Road)

Kat Eggleston- The Stranger

Second Nature (Waterbug)

Adam Cohen- Stranger

Like a Man (Rezolute)

Christine Lavin- Strangers Talk to Me

I was in Love with a Difficult Man (Redwing Music)

The Doors- People are Strange

Strange Days (Elektra)

Willie Nelson- Red Headed Stranger

Red Headed Stranger (Columbia/Legacy)

Amy Speace- Strange Medicine

That Kind of Girl (Windbone)

Kate Wolf- We Were Strangers

Carry It On (Flat Rock)

Gillian Welch- Strangers Again

Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 3 (Acony)

Mike Regenstreif & Cathy Fink (2025)

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Tom Paxton- Perfect Strangers

All New (Community Music)

Guy Van Duser & Billy Novick- Isn’t Love the Strangest Thing

Exactly Like Us (Rounder)

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – July 28, 2026: Baseball

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/595/76427.html

Theme: Baseball.

Robert Resnik, Carol Scrimgeour & Gigi Weisman- Take Me Out to the Ballgame

A Little Bit Jumbled and Jivey (Fletcher Free Library)

Doc & Merle Watson- Take Me Out to the Ballgame

Songs Doc Didn’t Sing (FLI)

Tom Paxton- My Favorite Spring

Live For the Record (Sugar Hill)

Chuck Brodsky- Lefty

A Fingerpainter’s Murals (Waterbug)

David Olney- Baseball

Real Lies (Philo)

Sam Baker- Baseball

Mercy (Bull Creek)

Mabel Scott- Baseball Boogie

Fine, Baby Fine (Jukebox Lil)

Erik Balkey- Baseball in My Blood

Everything is Great (Hudson Harding)

Artie Traum & Pat Alger- The Home Run Kid

From the Heart (Rounder)

John Fogerty- Centerfield

Centerfield (Warner Bros.)

Tom Russell- Kid from Spavinaw

The Tom Russell Anthology: Veteran’s Day (Shout! Factory)

Bob Dylan- Catfish

The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 [Rare & Unreleased] 1961-1991 (Columbia)

Kim Harris- The Stars That Didn’t Shine

Rock of Ages (Appleseed)

Bob Bossin- The Secret of Life According to Satchel Paige

Gabriola V0R 1X0 (Nick)

Chaim Tannenbaum- Brooklyn 1955

Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)

Tom Russell- Closin’ Sunny’s Diner

Museum of Memories 1972-2002 (Dark Angel)

Christine Lavin- Ballad of a Ballgame

Beau Woes and Other Problems of Modern Life (Philo)

Peter, Paul & Mary- Right Field

No Easy Walk to Freedom (Gold Castle)

Rod MacDonald- Mojo & The St. Luke’s Flukes

Recognition (Wind River)

Steve Goodman- A Dying Cub Fan’s Last Request

No Big Surprise: The Steve Goodman Anthology (Red Pajamas)

Vince Guaraldi Trio- Baseball Theme

Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown (Craft)

Next week: The Leonard Cohen Deep Dive, Part 1.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – July 21, 2026: Dave Van Ronk at 90

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/595/76339.html

Theme: Dave Van Ronk at 90.

Dave Van Ronk – who died in 2002 at age 65 while battling cancer – would have turned 90 three weeks ago on June 30. Dave – who grew up in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens – arrived in Greenwich Village in the 1950s where he began playing in the early folk clubs. He was a great guitarist and influential singer with a wide-ranging repertoire that moved seamlessly between folk, blues, jazz, cabaret and much more. He was a friend and mentor to generations of musicians who followed him in the village – most notably, Bob Dylan. And, not just musicians. I consider the late nights I spent on Dave’s couch in the Village, and the nights I spent with him in my apartment in Montreal in the 1970s and ‘80s, talking about music and arguing about politics to be essential parts of my education.

MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village was the center of the Greenwich Village folk scene and Dave became affectionately known as The Mayor of MacDougal Street – which was also the title of the memoir that Dave was working on with Elijah Wald at the time of his death. Elijah finished the book writing in Dave’s voice and I think it’s one of the best books ever about the ‘60s folk scene.

Dave Van Ronk- Losers

Going Back to Brooklyn (HighTone)

Jim Byrnes- He was a Friend of Mine

Everywhere West (Black Hen Music)

Susan Werner- House of the Rising Sun

NOLA: Susan Werner Goes to New Orleans (Sleeve Dog)

Bill Morrissey & Greg Brown- Hang Me, Oh Hang Me

Inside (Philo)

Dave Van Ronk- The Pearls 

Sunday Street (Philo)

Deborah Robins- Tell Old Bill

Lone Journey (Zippety Whippet Music) 

Dave Van Ronk- Teddy Bears’ Picnic

Songs for Ageing Children (Cadet)

David Massengill- Dave Van Ronk’s Last Cigar

Dave on Dave: A Tribute to Dave Van Ronk (Gadfly)

Dave Van Ronk- Somebody Else, Not Me

Somebody Else, Not Me (Philo)

Elijah Wald- That’ll Never Happen No More

Street Corner Cowboys (Black Rose)

Durham County Poets- St. James Infirmary 

Hand Me Down Blues (Durham County Poets)

Dave Van Ronk & Christine Lavin- I Can’t Give You Anything But Love

Hummin’ to Myself (Gazell)

Bruce Brackney A.K.A. Haywire Brack- Another Time and Place

Case History (Pilgrims Rest)

Dave Van Ronk & The Red Onion Jazz Band- Hesitation Blues

Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk (Fantasy)

Tom Russell- Van Ronk (with Dave Van Ronk singing a fragment of Sportin’ Life Blues)

Hotwalker (HighTone)

Dave Van Ronk- Mack the Knife 

Let No One Deceive You: Songs of Bertolt Brecht (Flying Fish)

Dave Van Ronk- That Song About the Midway 

Sunday Street (Philo)

Peter, Paul & Mary featuring Dave Van Ronk- Wanderin’/Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out

LifeLines (Warner Bros.)

Hans Theessink- Green, Green Rocky Road

Songs from the Southland (Blue Groove)

Dave Van Ronk- Did You Hear John Hurt?

…and the tin pan bended, and the story ended… (Smithsonian Folkways)

Tom Paxton- The Mayor of MacDougal Street 

Redemption Road (Pax)

Dave Van Ronk- Last Call 

Going Back to Brooklyn (HighTone)

Next week: Baseball.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – March 10, 2026: Songs of The Beatles

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/595/74430.html

Theme: Songs of The Beatles.

Although The Beatles’ years as a band were relatively short and ended about 55 years ago, most of their albums, and so many of their songs, are classics that still sound fresh today.

The Beatles- A Day in the Life

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Parlophone)

Christine Lavin- All My Lovin’

FolkZinger (Appleseed)

The Charles River Valley Boys- Ticket to Ride

Beatle Country (Rounder)

Mary McCaslin- Help

Goodnight Everybody (Barnaby)

Lucy Kaplansky- I’ve Just Seen a Face

The Tide (Red House)

The Beatles- A Hard Day’s Night

A Hard Day’s Night (Parlophone)

David Clayton-Thomas- Can’t Buy Me Love

David Clayton-Thomas (RCA)

Eva Cassidy- Yesterday

American Tune (Blix Street)

Judy Collins- In My Life

In My Life (Elektra)

Deborah Holland- Norwegian Wood (This Bird has Flown) 

Vancouver (Rage On)

The Beatles- Dear Prudence

The Beatles (aka The White Album) (Apple)

Anne Hills & Michael Smith- I Will

Paradise Lost & Found (Redwing)

Durham County Poets- With a Little Help from My Friends 

Hand Me Down Blues (Durham County Poets)

Joan Baez- Eleanor Rigby

Joan (Vanguard)

Reggie Harris- All You Need is Love

On Solid Ground (Reggie Harris Music)

The Beatles- Here, There and Everywhere

Revolver (Parlophone)

Lucinda Williams- Let It Be

Lucinda Williams Sings The Beatles from Abbey Road (Highway 20)

Esther Kaiser- Revolution

Songs of Courage (GLM Music)

Richie Havens- Here Comes the Sun

Alarm Clock (Stormy Forest)

The Bobs- Strawberry Fields Forever 

Cover the Songs of… (Rounder)

The Beatles- Penny Lane

Magical Mystery Tour (Capitol)

Jane Lewis- Come Together

Stay with Me (Jane Lewis)

Bettye LaVette- Blackbird

Blackbirds (Verve)

k.d. lang- Golden Slumbers/The End 

Recollection (Nonesuch)

Next week: St. Patrick’s Day.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – April 1, 2025: Remembering Jesse Colin Young; April Fools; Day

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/595/69610.html

Themes: Part 1 – Remembering Jesse Colin Young (1941-2025); Part 2 – April Fools’ Day.

Part 1 – Remembering Jesse Colin Young (1941-2025)

Jesse Colin Young – whose real name was Perry Miller and who died at age 83 on March 16 – was a singer and songwriter originally from New York City who was lead singer of The Youngbloods from 1966 to 1971 and who recorded as a solo artist before and after his tenure with The Youngbloods.

Jesse Colin Young- Four in the Morning

The Soul of a City Boy (One Way)

Jesse Colin Young- Same Old Man

The Soul of a City Boy (One Way)

Jesse Colin Young- Rider

Young Blood (Mercury)

Jesse Colin Young- Doc Geiger

Young Blood (Mercury)

The Youngbloods- Get Together

The Youngbloods (RCA)

The Youngbloods- Light Shine

Good and Dusty (Racoon/Warner Bros.)

Jesse Colin Young- California Child

Light Shine (Warner Bros.)

Jesse Colin Young- Songbird

Songbird (Warner Bros.)

Part 2 – April Fools’ Day

Shel Silverstein- Folk Singer’s Blues

Inside Folk Songs (Water)

Stan Rogers- The White Collar Holler

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

Ian Robb with The Friends of Fiddler's Green- Garnet’s Home-Made Beer

From Different Angels (Fallen Angle)

Bowser & Blue- The Night They Invented Poutine

Crackpots (You Guys Publishing)

Spike Jones & His City Slickers- Yes! We Have No Bananas

Musical Deprecation Revue! The Spike Jones Anthology (Rhino)

Steve Goodman- Vegematic

No Big Surprise: The Steve Goodman Anthology (Red Pajamas)

Nancy White- Leonard Cohen’s Never Gonna Bring My Groceries In

Momnipotent (The Children’s Group)

Christine Lavin- What Was I Thinking?

Live at the Cactus Café: What Was I Thinking? (Philo)

Grit Laskin- The Photographers

Unabashedly Folk: Songs and Tunes 1979-1985 (Borealis)

Al Mamlet- Five Thousand Years of Folk Music

Bring It On Home Volume 1 (Legacy)

Michael Smith- Dead Egyptian Blues

Love Letter on a Fish (Tales from the Tavern)

Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers- King Tut

Red Bird Alert (Rounder)

Dave Van Ronk- Garden State Stomp

Going Back to Brooklyn (Gazell)

Erik Frandsen- I’ve the Blues

Antiques: New & Used (Erik Frandsen)

Shelley Posen with Erik Frandsen- It’s for You

Old Loves (Well Done Music)

Martin Mull & His Fabulous Furniture- Dueling Tubas

In Your Living Room (Capricorn)

John Prine & Iris DeMent- In Spite of Ourselves

In Spite of Ourselves (Oh Boy)

Next week: A Tribute to Doc Watson.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday October 5, 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/128/67154.html

Bill Staines- October Winds

The First Million Miles (Rounder)

Ann Savoy- Who Knows Where the Time Goes

Another Heart (Smithsonian Folkways)

Tommy Makem & Liam Clancy- White Swans and Black/Grey October Clouds

Two for the Early Dew (Shanachie)

Laura Smith & Mike Regenstreif (2013)

Laura Smith- My Bonny

As Long As I’m Dreaming (Borealis)

Dave Van Ronk- Urge for Going

…and the tin pan bended, and the story ended… (Smithsonian Folkways)

Susie Burke- Will You Come Home

The Seasons Project: Autumn (Christine Lavin)

David Buskin- When I Need You Most of All

The Seasons Project: Autumn (Christine Lavin)

Christine Lavin- Getting Used to Leavin’

The Seasons Project: Autumn (Christine Lavin)

John Gorka & Mike Regenstreif (2012)

John Gorka- Out of My Mind

The Seasons Project: Autumn (Christine Lavin)

Sussex- Take You Back

Shine (Lucky Bear)

Jesse Winchester- Yankee Lady

Seems Like Only Yesterday – Live in Montreal 1976 (Real Gone Music)

Priscilla Herdman- Talk to Me of Mendocino

Forgotten Dreams (Flying Fish)

Mike Regenstreif & Anne Hills (2001)

Anne Hills- Brown Leaves

Angle of the Light (Flying Fish)

Cindy Mangsen- October Roses

Songs of Experience (Redwing Music)

Jenny Burtis- I Won’t Chase You Down

Woodbird (Ploodepesh)

Ray Bonneville- Oh the Night is Long

On the Blind Side (Stonefly) 

James Gordon- Wrinkles and Scars

Wrinkles and Scars (James Gordon)

Katherine Wheatley- Great Big Guitar

Landed (The Hoot Music Company)

Corin Raymond- There will Always be a Small Time

There will Always be a Small Time (Corin Raymond)

Gathering Sparks- Many Sparks Make a Fire

All That’s Real (Borealis)

Terra Spencer- At Your Service

Old News (Terra Spencer & Ben Caplan)

Sussex- I’ll See You in My Dreams

Shine (Lucky Bear)

Graham Nash- Marrakesh Express (demo)

Over the Years (Rhino)

Pink Martini- Hang On Little Tomato

A Retrospective (Heinz)

Ben Caplan- What Love Can Heartache Allow

Old Stock (Rhyme and Reason)

Mike Regenstreif & Old Man Luedecke (2015)

Old Man Luedecke- Le Ciel est Noir (A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall)

Easy Money (True North)

Carla Sciaky- Standing by a River

Heart of the Swan (Propinquity)

Moira Smiley- Awake Awake

The Rhizome Project (Moira Smiley Music)

Anna McGarrigle, Chaim Tannenbaum, Lily Lanken, Rufus Wainwright & Martha Wainwright- Dink’s Song

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

Andy Statman- Brown County Breakdown

Bluegrass Tracks (Shefa)

Sonya Cohen Cramer- Oh the Wind and Rain

You’ve Been a Friend to Me (Smithsonian Folkways)

Ren Harvieu- I Used to be So Pretty

Linda Thompson: Proxy Music (StorySound)

Carolyn Shulman- Heart on a Wire

Heart on a Wire (Carolyn Shulman)

Amy Speace- Homecoming Queen

The American Dream (Windbone)

Philadelphia Jerry Ricks- Casey Jones

True Blues (Traditional Line)

Moses Crouch- Falling Down Blues/Good Morning Judge

Earth Music (Riverlark)

Furry Lewis- Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor

Blues Magician (Lucky Seven)

Steve Lundquist- Up in the Cascades

The Great Northwest (Steve Lundquist)

Erin Ash Sullivan- Rest Stop Bird

Signposts and Marks (Erin Ash Sullivan)

Julian Taylor- Love Letters

Pathways (Howling Turtle)

Claire Lynch- I Give You the Morning

Bluegrass Sings Paxton (Mountain Home)

Tom Paxton- Wish I Had a Troubadour

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

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

  
Joel Mabus- Old Man River

Lonesome Road: Suite for Solo Guitar and Voice – Songs of the Lost Generation 1924-1928 (Fossil)

Tom Russell & The Norwegian Wind Esemble- Mississippi River Running Backwards

Aztec Jazz (Frontera)

Sussex- Bye Bye Blues

Shine (Lucky Bear)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on November 2. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – April 16, 2024: New York State of Mind

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/595/64765.html

Theme: New York State of Mind

All the songs on this show have something or other to do with New York City.

Tony Bennett & Billy Joel- New York State of Mind

Playin’ with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues (RPM/Columbia)

Bob Dylan- Talkin’ New York

Bob Dylan (Columbia/Legacy)

Tex König- Zen Koans Gonna Rise Again

Königsblende (Music Cellar)

Lucy Wainwright Roche & Suzzy Roche- Bleecker Street

Mud & Apples (Lucy Wainwright Roche & Suzzy Roche)

Garnet Rogers- American Jerusalem

The Outside Track (Snow Goose Songs)

Orit Shimoni- New York 

Winnipeg (Orit Shimoni) 

Mike Regenstreif & David Amram (2017)

David Amram & The Colorado Symphony Orchestra- Variation VI: Street Sounds of New York B) Klezmer Wedding Celebration and Middle Eastern Bazaar

This Land: Symphonic Variations on a Song by Woody Guthrie (Newport Classic)

Suzanne Vega- New York is My Destination

An Evening of New York Songs and Stories (Cooking Vinyl)

Mike Regenstreif & Erik Frandsen (1976) photo: Felicity Fanjoy

Erik Frandsen- Unique New York 

Antiques: New & Used (Erik Frandsen) 

Christine Lavin- Another New York Afternoon

The Seasons Project: Spring (Christine Lavin) 

Tom Russell- Biggest Bordertown

Old Songs Yet to Sing (Frontera)

Mike Regenstreif & Chaim Tannenbaum (1976) photo: Felicity Fanjoy

Chaim Tannenbaum- Brooklyn 1955

Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)

The Klezmatics- Mermaid’s Avenue

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

Frank London’s Klezmer Brass Allstars featuring Michel “Meshach” Nestor- Unity (Carnival in Crown Heights) 

Chronika (Borscht Beat) 

Mike Regenstreif & Lucy Kaplansky (2012)

Lucy Kaplansky- Brooklyn Train

The Red Thread (Red House)

Nat King Cole- Harlem Blues

St. Louis Blues (Capitol)

Reggie Harris- Harlem Renaissance

Ready to Go (Reggie Harris Music)

Lena Horne & Harry Belafonte- There’s a Boat That’s Leaving Soon for New York

Porgy & Bess (RCA)

Harry Nilsson- I Guess the Lord Must Be In New York City

Harry (RCA)

Chava Alberstein- Fellini in New York 

End of the Holiday (Rounder) 

Mike Regenstreif & Priscilla Herdman (2000)

Priscilla Herdman- Goodnight, New York

The Road Home (Redwing Music)

Frank Sinatra- (Theme from) New York, New York

The Reprise Collection (Reprise)

Next week: Songs of Shel Silverstein.

--Mike Regenstreif 

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – November 28, 2023: Stormy Weather

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/595/62871.html

Theme: Stormy Weather.

All of the songs on this show have something or other to do with stormy weather. Some of them are literally about storms and some use storms as metaphors.

Doc & Merle Watson- Stormy Weather

Sittin’ Here Pickin’ the Blues (Rounder)

Stephen Mendel- Ready for the Storm

Sing Me a Story (Stephen Mendel)

Sylvia Tyson & Mike Regenstreif (1997)

Sylvia Tyson- Leaves in the Storm

At the End of the Day (Stony Plain)

Ian Tamblyn- Storm on the Mountain

Scenes Through a Mirror (North Track)

The Wailin' Jennys- Storm Comin’

Bright Morning Stars (True North)

Steel Rail- A Thousand Miles of Snow

A Thousand Miles of Snow (Crossties)

John Gorka & Mike Regenstreif (2012)

John Gorka- Holed Up in Mason City

Bright Side of Down (Red House)

Anna & Elizabeth- Don’t Want to Die in the Storm

Anna & Elizabeth (Free Dirt)

Christine Lavin- Here Comes Hurricane Season

Happydance of the Xenophobe (Yellow Tail)

Don Armstrong- Raging Storm

Mother Don’t Give Up on Me Now (Ronstadt Record Co.)

Christine Albert- Under a Stormy Sky

TexaFrance-Encore! (MoonHouse)

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2022)

Eliza Gilkyson- Calm Before the Storm

Paradise Hotel (Red House)

Sean Gagnier- (Song of the) Wheelhouse Door

Circle Harbor (Sean Gagnier)

Stan Rogers- White Squall

From Fresh Water (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Guy Clark- Blowin’ Like a Bandit

Craftsman (Philo)

Michael Jerome Browne & Mike Regenstreif (2005)

Michael Jerome Browne- Louisiana 1927

That’s Where It’s At! (Borealis)

Bill Staines- Louisiana Storm

The Second Million Miles (Red House)

Tom Rush, Jamie Hartford, Odetta, Emmylou Harris, Carolyn Hester, Nanci Griffith, Frank Christian- Wasn’t That a Mighty Storm

Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) (Elektra)

Garnet Rogers- Hallelujah! The Great Storm is Over

Speaking Softly in the Dark (Snow Goose Songs)

Chris Rawlings- Lillooet

Pearl Soup (Cooking Fat Music)

David Mallett- Snowbound

Open Doors & Windows (Flying Fish)

Judy Collins & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

Judy Collins & Jonas Fjeld- The Blizzard

Winter Stories (Wildflower/Cleopatra)

Molly Mason, Mike Regenstreif & Jay Ungar (2005)

Jay Ungar & Molly Mason- The Snowstorm

The Pleasures of Winter (Fiddle & Dance)

Next week: My top 10 folk-rooted or folk-branched albums of 2023.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday November 29, 2022: Remembering Jack Hardy

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.

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/58468.html

Theme: Remembering Jack Hardy (1947-2011)

I first met Jack Hardy sometime around 1978. Jack was a brilliant guy, a dedicated songwriter, and, perhaps, the world’s greatest champion of the art of songwriting. He was already on his lifelong mission to help anyone dedicated to the art of song-craft find and develop their voice. He was the guiding light, the guru, of the new song movement in New York City.

Jack Hardy- The Sparrow

The Nameless One (Great Divide)

Suzanne Vega- Saint Clare

Fast Folk Musical Magazine: A Tribute to Jack Hardy (Smithsonian Folkways)

David Massengill- Tree of Rhyme

Fast Folk Musical Magazine: A Tribute to Jack Hardy (Smithsonian Folkways)

Diana Jones & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2021)

Diana Jones- Go Tell the Savior

Fast Folk Musical Magazine: A Tribute to Jack Hardy (Smithsonian Folkways)

Jack Hardy- Dover to Dunkirk

The Nameless One (Great Divide)

Dave Van Ronk- The Drinking Song

To All My Friends in Far-Flung Places (Gazell)

Jack Hardy- Song for Dave

Coin of the Realm (Great Divide)

With the exception of “Jack’s Crows,” the songs on this program were written by Jack Hardy. Jack hosted a weekly songwriters’ exchange in his New York City apartment for more than 30 years and John Gorka was one of the many songwriters who passed through Jack’s apartment. John wrote “Jack’s Crows” as an allegorical song inspired by those songwriters’ exchanges. In the liner notes to the album, Jack’s Crows, John wrote, “Some days I look up and find I am one of Jack’s crows.”

John Gorka, Mike Regenstreif & Lucy Kaplansky (2012)

John Gorka- Jack’s Crows

Jack’s Crows (High Street)

John Gorka- Down Where the Rabbits Run

Fast Folk Musical Magazine: A Tribute to Jack Hardy (Smithsonian Folkways)

Lucy Kaplansky- Forget-Me-Not

Fast Folk Musical Magazine: A Tribute to Jack Hardy (Smithsonian Folkways)

Jack Hardy- Orphan from Madrid/Guernica

Landmark (Great Divide)

Mike Regenstreif & Ronny Cox (2013)

Ronny Cox- I Ought to Know

Fast Folk Musical Magazine: A Tribute to Jack Hardy (Smithsonian Folkways)

Terre Roche- The Tailor

Fast Folk Musical Magazine: A Tribute to Jack Hardy (Smithsonian Folkways)

Mike Regenstreif & Erik Frandsen (1976) photo: Felicity Fanjoy

Erik Frandsen- Potter’s Field

Fast Folk Musical Magazine: A Tribute to Jack Hardy (Smithsonian Folkways)

Jack Hardy- In Memory of Federico Garcia Lorca

Noir (Great Divide)

Rod MacDonald & Mike Regenstreif (2005)

Rod MacDonald- Resolution

Fast Folk Musical Magazine: A Tribute to Jack Hardy (Smithsonian Folkways)

Christine Lavin- Murder

Fast Folk Musical Magazine: A Tribute to Jack Hardy (Smithsonian Folkways)

Jack Hardy- If I Ever Pass This Way Again

The Passing (Prime CD)

Jonathan Byrd- Autumn

Fast Folk Musical Magazine: A Tribute to Jack Hardy (Smithsonian Folkways)

Nanci Griffith- Fare Thee Well

Fast Folk Musical Magazine: A Tribute to Jack Hardy (Smithsonian Folkways)

Jack Hardy- Singer’s Lament

Bandolier (Great Divide)

Next week: Songs of Eric Andersen.

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Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday October 19, 2021: Eating Songs

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU in Ottawa on Tuesday afternoons 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.

This episode of Stranger Songs was prerecorded at home and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/53829.html

Theme: Eating Songs

Le Chat Mort- Mama’s Got a Baby
Roses (Le Chat Mort)

Steve Goodman- Chicken Cordon Bleus
Somebody Else’s Troubles (Sequel)
Papa John Kolstad with Wildman Mike Turk- Beans Taste Fine
Beans Taste Fine (Wampus Cat)
Christine Lavin- Cold Pizza for Breakfast Redux
Cold Pizza for Breakfast (Yellow Tail)
Bowser & Blue- The Night They Invented Poutine
Crackpots (You Guys Publishing)

Robert Resnik & Mike Regenstreif (2019)

Christine Lavin- Peanut Butter Soup
Spaghettification (Christine Lavin)
Chris Rawlings- Soupe du Jour
Pearl Soup (Cooking Fat Music)
Allan Sherman- Strange Things in My Soup
Togetherness (Warner Bros.)
Robert Resnik & Gigi Weisman- Home Grown Tomatoes
Sweet Potatoes and Home Grown Tomatoes (Fletcher Free Library)

Ronny Cox- Hot Water Cornbread
Live at the Kitchen Sink (Ronny Cox)

Shelley Posen- Finders, Kippers
Menorah: Songs from a Jewish Life (Well Done Music)
Slim Gaillard & His Flat Foot Floogie Boys- Matzoh Balls
From Avenue A to the Great White Way: Yiddish & American Popular Songs from 1914-1950 (Columbia/Legacy)
Mickey Katz- Come-On-A-My House
Strictly Kosher: The Singles Collection 1950-1962 (Jasmine)
The Klezmer Conservatory Band- Dos Geshrey Fun Der Vilder Katshke
Live! The Thirteenth Anniversary Album (Rounder)
Shelley Posen- So How Come You Don’t Have Tongue?
Manna (Well Done Music)

Mike Regenstreif & David Amram (2017)

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee- Cornbread, Peas and Black Molasses
London, 1958 (Jasmine)
Victor Anthony- Chittlin’ Cookin’ Time in Cheatham County
Those Nashville Blues (Victor Anthony)
David Amram- Louisiana Crawfish Etouffee
Southern Stories (Chrome)
Susan Werner- The Night I Ate New Orleans
NOLA: Susan Werner Goes to New Orleans (Sleeve Dog)

Colin Linden- Ain’t That Gravy Good
The World of Jackie Washington (Borealis)
Jackie Washington- Save the Bones for Henry Jones
Midnight Choo Choo (Borealis)
Josh White, Jr..- One Meatball
Live at the Raven Gallery (Silverwolf)

Jamie Anderson- Ice Cream
The Truth Appears (Tsunami)
Roberta Donnay & the Prohibition Mob Band- Kitchen Man
Bathtub Gin (Motema)
Tom Russell & Barrence Whitfield- The Cuban Sandwich
Wounded Heart of America (HighTone)

Chris Rawlings & Mike Regenstreif (2007)

Chris Rawlings & Anne Lederman- An Apple a Day
A Whistle, a Tune, a Song and a Dance (Cooking Fat Music)
Little Richard- I Got It
Rocks (Bear Family)
Dawn Tyler Watson- Smoked Meat
Jawbreaker (Dawn Tyler Watson)

The Confabulation- Late for Lunch
Tunnels and Visions (Woodhead Music)

Next week: Songs of Randy Newman

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Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday October 10, 2020

Saturday Morning is an eclectic roots-oriented program on CKCU in Ottawa heard live on Saturday mornings from 7 until 10 am (Eastern time) and then available for on-demand streaming. 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/128/49293.html

 

Christine Lavin- On My Way to Hooterville (pt. 1)
On My Way to Hooterville (Christine Lavin)

Tom Rush- Urge for Going
Tom Rush Celebrates 50 Years of Music (Appleseed)
Steel Rail- Winter Wren
Coming Home (Crossties)
Archie Fisher & Garnet Rogers- Waltz Into Winter
The Best Times After All: Live (Snow Goose Songs)

Sylvie Simmons- Keep Dancing
Blue on Blue (Compass)
John Fusco & The X-Road Riders- Applejack Brandy
John the Revelator (John Fusco)
Kim Wallach- Moonache and Heartlight
Chatter of the Finches (Black Socks Press)

Don Armstrong- Annabelle Teaching Her Daddy to Dance
Mother Don’t Give Up on Me Now (Ronstadt Record Co.)
Dirk Powell featuring Sara Watkins- The Little Things
When I Wait for You (Compass)
Kelly's Lot- Foolish Try
Another Sky (Kelly Zirbes)
Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt- Carry a Tune
Shadow of the Cyclone (Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt)

Susan Pepper- The Prettiest Bird
The Prettiest Bird (Ballad Records)
Bella White- Just Like Leaving
Just Like Leaving (Isabel White)
Nina Ricci- Fare Thee Well
Fare Thee Well: A Joan Baez Tribute (Nina Ricci)
Doc & Merle Watson- Down Yonder
Songs Doc Didn’t Sing (FLI Records)

Extended Feature – Remembering Billie Holiday (1915-1959). The next 17 songs were all recorded by Billie Holiday at some point during the 1930s, ‘40s and ‘50s.

Rosalie Sorrels- Falling in Love Again, Can’t Help It
Learned by Livin’, Sung by Heart (Way Out in Idaho)
Jackie Washington- Them There Eyes
The World of Jackie Washington (Borealis)
Stringband- What a Little Moonlight Can Do
The Indispensable 1972-2002 (Nick)
Billie Holiday- Swing, Brother, Swing
The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Volume 8 (Columbia/Legacy)

Samoa Wilson with The Jim Kweskin Band- I Cried for You
I Just Want to Be Horizontal (Kingswood)
Michael Jerome Browne- He Ain’t Got Rhythm
Drive On (Borealis)
Mose Scarlett with Ken Whiteley- It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie
The Fundamental Things (Pyramid)
Billie Holiday- I Loves You Porgy
Lover Man (Decca)

Diana Krall- I Wished on the Moon
This Dream of You (Verve)
David Clayton-Thomas- Don’t Explain
Aurora (Justin Time)
Sneezy Waters- Solitude
Sneezy Waters (Sneezy Waters)
Catherine Russell- I Cover the Waterfront
Bring It Back (Jazz Village)
Billie Holiday- Georgia On My Mind
The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Volume 9 (Columbia/Legacy)

Madeleine Peyroux- This is Heaven to Me
Careless Love (Rounder)
Oscar Brown, Jr..- God Bless the Child
The Voice of Cool (Not Now Music)
Josh White- Strange Fruit
The Josh White Stories, Vols. I & II (Jasmine)
Billie Holiday- Billie’s Blues
The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Volume 2 (Columbia/Legacy)

In memory of inspiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020). Marc Nerenberg wrote “Ruth’s Blues” on September 19, the day after Justice Ginsburg passed away.

Marc Nerenberg- Ruth’s Blues
Unreleased song – used with permission
Penny Lang- Never Turning Back
Carry On Children (She-Wolf)

Tim Grimm- Gone
Gone – single (Vault)
Donal Hinely- Couldn’t Breathe
Diary of a Snowflake (Atom)
Iris DeMent- How Long
How Long – single (Flariella)

“I am a Typhus Louse” was written in a ghetto in Transnistria (now part of Moldavia and Ukraine) in 1942. It was recorded for a forthcoming project of pandemic songs by Yiddish Glory. Watch the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK8ERL5SSic to see the subtitles of the lyrics in English.

Yiddish Glory & The Payadora Tango Ensemble- I am a Typhus Louse
I am a Typhus Louse – single (Yiddish Glory)
Mike Craver- I Ain’t Dead Yet
Mould’s Undertaking (Sapsucker)
Matt Watroba- Will’s Will
The Si Kahn Funny Song Sing-Along Song Book (Matt Watroba)

Vance Gilbert- The Day Before November
Good Good Man (Disismye Music)
Bill Garrett- Thanksgiving Eve
Seems to Me (Borealis)

Ronny Cox- Bus to Baltimore
Live at the Kitchen Sink (Ronny Cox)
Josh White, Jr..- The Dutchman
Live at the Raven Gallery (Silverwolf)

Gathering Time- If You Could Read My Mind
Old Friends (Triple-G Records)
Matthew Alexander- Steel Rail Blues
Soul River (Caravan Records)
Gordon Lightfoot- Did She Mention My Name
Songbook (Warner Archives/Rhino)
 

Shtreiml- Nigun Hachana
Har Meron (I.J. Rosenblatt)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on November 7.

Find me on Twitter. @MikeRegenstreif

And on Facebook. facebook.com/mikeregenstreif

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday September 14, 2019

Saturday Morning is an eclectic roots-oriented program on CKCU in Ottawa heard live on Saturday mornings from 7 until 10 am (Eastern time) and then available for on-demand streaming. 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 at 93.1 FM in Ottawa and http://www.ckcufm.com/ on the web.

This episode of Saturday Morning can be streamed on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/44679.html

Terri Hendrix- Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key

Talk to a Human: Project 5.3 (Wilory)

I was deeply saddened by the passing of Mitch Podolak on August 25. I first met Mitch in June 1974 and he told me he was starting a folk festival in Winnipeg. I didn't go to the first Winnipeg Folk Festival that summer but I was there many times through the 1970s and ‘80s. I shared friendship, many a meal, much music, and the occasional fierce argument with Mitch in many places over the years. His influence – like that of Estelle Klein – is felt every time I plan a radio show. Perhaps the most excited I ever saw Mitch at the Winnipeg Folk Festival was when Pete Seeger sang “L’Internationale.”

Pete Seeger- L’Internationale

Singalong, Sanders Theatre, 1980 (Smithsonian Folkways)

The Duhks- Pretty Boy Floyd/Stoney Point

Your Daughters & Your Sons (Sugar Hill)

The Small Glories- Winnipeg

Assiniboine & the Red (Red House)

Stan Rogers- The Mary Ellen Carter

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

Martin Simpson performs Sunday, October 6, 8 pm, at Rosemount Hall, 41 Rosemount Avenue. Visit www.oldsod.ca for tickets or information.

Martin Simpson- Kimbie

Rooted (Topic)

Katie Dahl- Anna Lee

Wildwood (Leaky Boat)

Andy Antipin w/Sharon Katz & Mara Levine- I’m Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table

I’m Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table (Andy Atipin)

Blue Flame String Band- Blues Stay Away from Me

Blue Flame String Band (Flying Fish)

Nefesh Mountain performs Thursday, September 19 at Kehillat Beth Israel synagogue, 1400 Coldrey Avenue. They’ll be doing a family concert at 5:30 pm and an adult-focused all-ages concert at 7 pm. Call 613-728-3501 or visit https://kehillatbethisrael.shulcloud.com/form/nefesh-mountain.html for more info or tickets.

Nefesh Mountain- Halleluyah

Beneath the Open Sky (Eric Lindberg & Doni Zasloff)

Lynn Miles performs Saturday, September 21 at the Westboro Masonic Hall, 430 Churchill Avenue North. Visit www.rasputins.org for more info or tickets.

Lynn Miles- Million Brilliant

Downpour (Lynn Miles)

Old Man Luedecke performs Thursday, October 10 at the National Arts Centre Fourth Stage. Visit https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/23023 for more info or tickets.

Old Man Luedecke- Easy Money

Easy Money (True North)

Rob Lutes performs Thursday, October 24 at the National Arts Centre Fourth Stage. Visit https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/21896 for more info or tickets.

Rob Lutes- Believe in Something

Walk in the Dark (Lucky Bear)

Tom Russell- Red Velvet

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

Ian & Sylvia- Summer Wages

The Lost Tapes (Stony Plain)

Kim Wallach- The Cowboy and the Umbrella

Chatter of the Finches (Black Socks Press)

Ian & Sylvia- Four Strong Winds

The Lost Tapes (Stony Plain)

Extended Feature: Songs and Tunes of Bruce Cockburn. The next 15 songs and tunes were written by Bruce Cockburn.

Bruce Cockburn- Musical Friends

Bruce Cockburn (True North)

Teresa Ennis- Going to the Country

Space (BeaverBank Empire)

Tom Rush- One Day I Walk

Ladies Love Outlaws (Columbia)

Claire Lynch- All the Diamonds in the World

North By South (Compass)

Bruce Cockburn- Sweetness and Light

Crowing Ignites (True North)

Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Cockburn (2017)

Bruce Cockburn- Lovers in a Dangerous Time

Slice O Life: Live Solo (True North)

Dawn Tyler Watson & Paul Deslauriers- Mama Just Wants to Barrelhouse All Night Long

En Duo (Justin Time)

David Wiffen- Up on the Hillside

Coast to Coast Fever (EMI)

Maria Muldaur- Southland of the Heart

Southland of the Heart (Telarc)

Bruce Cockburn- Blind Willie

Crowing Ignites (True North)

Bruce Cockburn- Forty Years in the Wilderness

Bone On Bone (True North)

Judy Collins- Pacing the Cage

Portrait of an American Girl (Wildflower)

Salamander Crossing- Child of the Wind

Henry Street – A Retrospective (Signature Sounds)

Grace Griffith- Wondering Where the Lions Are

Minstrel Song (Blix Street)

Bruce Cockburn- Bardo Rush

Crowing Ignites (True North)

“Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story,” starring Ben Caplan, returns to the Babs Asper Theatre at the National Arts Centre from October 17-27. Visit https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/21514 for more information.

Ben Caplan- Traveller’s Curse

Old Stock (Rhyme and Reason)

Lisa Gutkin, Aaron Halva & Company- Welcome to Amerike: Vot can you makh

Indecent: Original Broadway Cast Recording (Yellow Sound Label)

Sharon Goldman- Tuesday Morning Sun

Every Trip Around the Sun (Sharon Goldman)

Susan Werner- What He Said in Jackson Square

NOLA: Susan Werner Goes to New Orleans (Sleeve Dog)

Lisa Bastoni- Dogs of New Orleans

How We Want to Live (Sweet Ondine Music)

Christine Lavin & The Calithumpians- The Liar Tweets Tonight

The Best of Christine Lavin (Christine Lavin)

The Four Bitchin' Babes w/Mary Travers- What Was I Thinking

The Best of Christine Lavin (Christine Lavin)

Tim Grimm- Too Hard Drivin’

Heart Land Again (Vault)

Shelley Posen- Back at Bub’s

Ontario Moon (Well Done Music)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on October 12.

Find me on Twitter. @MikeRegenstreif

And on Facebook. facebook.com/mikeregenstreif

--Mike Regenstreif