Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – March 25, 2025: Songs of Laura Nyro; Bringing It All Back Home Revisited

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/595/69511.html

Themes: Part 1 – Songs of Laura Nyro (1947-1997); Part 2 – Bringing It All Back Home Revisited.

Part 1 – Songs of Laura Nyro (1947-1997)

Laura Nyro – who died of ovarian cancer in 1997 at age 49 – was a singer-songwriter from New York City who made a number of fine albums and whose songs were also done by artists from a variety of genres of music.

Laura Nyro- Eli’s Comin ‘

Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (Columbia/Legacy)

Darol Anger & Emy Phelps- Stoney End

Music of Our People (Darol Anger & Emy Phelps)

Laura Love- Stoned Soul Picnic

Fourteen Days (Zoë)

Laura Nyro- Wedding Bell Blues

More Than a New Discovery (Columbia)

David Clayton-Thomas- And When I Die

In Concert: A Musical Biography (Justin Time)

Billy Childs, Esperanza Spalding & Wayne Shorter- Upstairs by a Chinese Lamp

Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro (Sony Masterworks)

Laura Nyro- Save the Country

New York Tendaberry (Columbia/Legacy)

Part 2 – Bringing It All Back Home Revisited

Bob Dylan’s Bringing It All Back Home was released 60 years ago this week on March 22, 1965. Even before Highway 61 Revisited, which came out later in 1965, Bringing It All Back Home marked Dylan’s first embrace of electric folk rock.

Dave Van Ronk- Subterranean Homesick Blues

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

The Flatlanders- She Belongs to Me

Treasure of Love (Rack ‘Em)

Ian Hanchet- Maggie’s Farm

Dealin’ from the Bottom (of My Heart) (Ian Hanchet)

Eliza Gilkyson- Love Minus Zero/No Limit

A Nod to Bob (Red House)

Queens of the Stone Age- Outlaw Blues

Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan (Amnesty International)

Ben Sidran- On the Road Again

Dylan Different (Bonsai)

Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band- Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream

Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan (Amnesty International)

Jimmy LaFave- Mr. Tambourine Man

Trail Three (Music Road)

Julie Felix- Gates of Eden

Starry Eyed and Laughing… Songs by Bob Dylan (Remarkable)

The Duhks- It’s All Right, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)

The Village: A Celebration of the Music of Greenwich Village (429)

Crowes Pasture- It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue

Edge of America (Crowes Pasture)

An outtake from Bringing It All Back Home became the title song of an album released in 1965 by Joan Baez and one of her signature songs.

Joan Baez- Farewell, Angelina

Farewell, Angelina (Vanguard)

Next week: Part 1 – Remembering Jesse Colin Young (1941-2025); Part 2 – April Fools.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday May 25, 2021

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/595/52102.html

Theme: The Times They Are A-Changin’: A Nod to Bob Dylan at 80, Part 3. Bob Dylan, arguably, the most important and influential songwriter ever, will turn 80 on May 24 and this is the third of three shows I am presenting on CKCU in the week surrounding Dylan’s 80th.

Part 1 aired on the May 18 edition of Stranger Songs and can be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/51999.html

Part 2 aired on the May 22 edition of the Saturday Morning show and can be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/52060.html

Visit https://frfb.blogspot.com/2021/05/bob-dylan-at-80.html to read my essay, “Bob Dylan at 80.”

Reggie Harris- The Times They are A-Changin’
Ready to Go (Reggie Harris Music)

Nanci Griffith- Boots of Spanish Leather
Other Voices/Other Rooms (Elektra)
Arlo Guthrie- Percy’s Song
Washington County (Rising Son)
Hart-Rouge- Dieu à Nos Côté (With God On Our Side)
A Nod to Bob (Red House)
Bob Dylan- Lay Down Your Weary Tune
Side Tracks (Columbia/Legacy)
Ben Sidran- Highway 61 Revisited
Dylan Different (Bonsai)

Ian Hanchet- It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
Dealin’ from the Bottom (of My Heart) (Ian Hanchet)
Marianne Faithfull- It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
Negative Capability (BMG)
The Persuasions- Positively 4th Street
Knockin’ On Bob’s Door (Zoho)
Willie Nile- Subterranean Homesick Blues
Positively Bob: Willie Nile Sings Bob Dylan (River House)

Bob Dylan- Simple Twist of Fate (Take 1)
More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 (Columbia/Legacy)
Tom Russell, Eliza Gilkyson & Joe Ely- Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts
Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs (HighTone)

Emma Swift- Queen Jane Approximately
Blonde on the Tracks (Tiny Ghost/CRS)
Reid Jamieson- Lay Lady Lay
Songs of 69 (Reid Jamieson)
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings- Señor
All the Good Times Are Past and Gone (Acony)
Zazu- Things Have Changed
S(w)inging Love (Temps)
Bob Dylan- I Contain Multitudes
Rough and Rowdy Ways (Columbia)

Crowes Pasture- Forever Young
Forever Young – single (Crowes Pasture)

Next week – The Third Stranger Songs Fantasy Concert

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--Mike Regenstreif