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Thursday, March 20, 2025

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

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – October 8, 2024: My Town and Other Towns


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/595/67165.html

Theme: My Town and Other Towns

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- My Town 
Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Nonesuch)

John Prine & Dolores Keane- In a Town This Size
In Spite of Ourselves (Oh Boy)
Mike Regenstreif & Bill Morrissey (2005)

Bill Morrissey- Small Town on the River
Bill Morrissey (Philo)
Rosalie Sorrels- Girls In Our Town
Then Came the Children (Green Linnet)
Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin- Our Town
Our Town (Rounder)
David Mallett- This Little Town
Open Doors and Windows (Flying Fish)

Bill Hearne- Small Town Saturday Night
Always Trust Your Cape (Howlin’ Dog) 

Paul Siebel- My Town
Woodsmoke and Oranges (Elektra)
Nanci Griffith- This Old Town
Other Voices/Other Rooms (Elektra)
Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer- Ordinary Town
Drum Hat Buddha (Signature Sounds)
David Essig & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

David Essig- Walk Back Into Town
A Stone in My Pocket (Peregrin)
Mary Chapin Carpenter- I am a Town
One Night Lonely (Lambent Light)

Mike Regenstreif & David Clayton-Thomas (2006)

David Clayton-Thomas- This Town
Say Somethin’ (Linus)
Bobby Charles- Small Town Talk
Bobby Charles (Stony Plain)
Cliff Eberhardt- Little Town
500 Miles: The Blue Rock Sessions (Red House)
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings & Pam Tillis- My Town Has Moved Away
Kings and Queens (FU:M)
C. Daniel Boling & Tom Paxton- This Town has No Café
New Old Friends (Berkalin)

Shawna Caspi- My Town
Skyline (Shawna Caspi)
Nick Justice- Stranger in My Town
Stranger in My Town (Nick Justice)
Amelia Curran- In a Town (200 Days)
Spectators (Six Shooter)
Dave Clarke- In My Home Town
Reunion (Crossties)
Judy Mayhan- I Washed My Face in the Morning Dew (Strange Towns)
Moments (Atlantic)

Amy Speace- Something ‘Bout a Town
The American Dream (Windbone)

Next week: Finest Kind’s Kind of Songs.

--Mike Regenstreif

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 24, 2024: Leonard Cohen 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/595/66939.html

Theme: Leonard Cohen at 90.


Leonard Cohen
was born in Montreal on September 21, 1934 and died in Los Angeles on November 7, 2016 at age 82. He first gained recognition for his poetry in the 1950s, and for two novels in the 1960s, before emerging as one of our greatest songwriters.

Leonard Cohen- The Stranger Song
Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia/Legacy)

David Clayton-Thomas- Suzanne
Canadiana (Antoinette/ILS)
Leonard Cohen- Les Vieux
Six Montreal Poets (Folkways)
Judy Collins- Story of Isaac
Judy Collins Sings Leonard Cohen: Democracy (Elektra/Rhino)
Dave Van Ronk- Bird on the Wire
Van Ronk (Polydor)
Crowes Pasture- Tonight Will Be Fine
Edge of America (Crowes Pasture)

Leonard Cohen- So Long, Marianne
Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia/Legacy)

Annabelle Chvostek- Dance Me to the End of Love
Dance Me to the End of Love – single (Annabelle Chvostek)
Perla Batalla & David Hidalgo- Ballad of the Absent Mare
Bird on the Wire: The Songs of Leonard Cohen (Mechuda Music)
Jennifer Warnes- Came So Far for Beauty
Famous Blue Raincoat: The Songs of Leonard Cohen – 20th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory)
Leonard Cohen- Night Comes On
Various Positions (Columbia)
SONiA disappear fear- Hallelujah
By My Silence (Disappear)
Rob Corcoran & The Necessary Evils- Tower of Song
Grand Declarations (Rob Corcoran)

Rachelle Garniez- Anthem
Gone to Glory (StorySound)
Daniel Kahn & Jake Shulman-Ment- Di Tsukunft (The Future)
The Building and Other Songs (Oriente Musik)
Anne Hills- Alexandra Leaving
Points of View (Appleseed)
Leonard Cohen- Democracy
Live in London (Columbia)

Leonard Cohen with Cantor Gideon Zelermyer & The Shaar Hashomayim Choir- You Want It Darker
You Want It Darker (Columbia)

Next week: Part 1 – Conversation and Songs with David Eisenstadt; Part 2 – Songs of Tim Hardin.

--Mike Regenstreif

Monday, April 15, 2024

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday April 20, 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/128/64837.html

Finest Kind- April Morning
Heart’s Delight (Fallen Angle)

Annie Patterson & Mike Regenstreif (2018)

Annie Patterson
- Gone, Gonna Rise Again
Mountain Side (Annie Patterson)
The Spain Brothers- Wild Rose of the Mountain
Bright and Better Morning (The Spain Brothers)
Katie Oates- When the Morning Breaks
We Go On: Si Kahn’s Songs of Hope in Hard Times (Hollow Reed Arts Recordings)
Mike Regenstreif & Si Kahn (1995)

Si Kahn & The Looping Brothers- Aragon Mill
Aragon Mill: The Bluegrass Sessions (Strictly Country)

Jay Linden- Boat on a River
Ordinary Sunrise (Americana North) 
Simon & Garfunkel- Old Friends/Bookends Theme
Bookends (Columbia)
Tom Rush- The Circle Game
The Circle Game (Elektra)
Chris Smither- Leave the Light On
Leave the Light On (Signature Sounds/True North)

Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl- Marblehead Morning
Recordings Celebrating 50 Years of a Musical Partnership (Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl)
Stan Rogers- Three Fishers
Songs of a Lifetime: For the Family (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis) 
Wendy Grossman- The Jeannie C.
The Last Trip Home (Riverlark)
The Short Sisters- Home Dearie Home
A Little Gracefulness (Black Socks Press)
Tom Lewis & Mike Regenstreif (2006) photo: David Shapiro

Tom Lewis- Rolling Home
Mixed Cargo (Borealis)

Tim Grimm- Broken Truth
Broken Truth – single (Vault)

Connie Kaldor- Not a Sentimental Song
Keep Going (Coyote Entertainment)
Gentle Sparrow- Only Love in My Heart
River (Heart Alchemy Music)
Vince Halfhide- Memphis Rounder
Vince Halfhide (Vince Halfhide)

Annie Patterson- Shady Grove
Meet Me By the Moonlight (Annie Patterson)
Arnie Naiman & Chris Coole- Willie Moore
5 Strings Attached – Volume 2 (Merriweather)`

Judy Collins & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

Judy Collins- The Bells of Rhymney
3 & 4: Judy Collins #3 (Wildflower)
American Patchwork Quartet- Cuckoo Bird
American Patchwork Quartet (Carolina Jasmine)
Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Goin’ Back to Harlan
Matapedia (Hannibal)

Kim & Reggie Harris- Go Down Moses
Steal Away: Songs of the Underground Railroad (Appleseed)
Peter, Paul & Mary- Tell It on the Mountain
In the Wind (Warner Bros.)
The Klezmatics- Moses Smote the Water
Brother Moses Smote the Water (Piranha)
Mike Regenstreif & David Clayton-Thomas (2006)

David Clayton-Thomas
- Holy Moses
A Blues for the New World (Antoinette Music Productions)
Jesse Winchester- Pharaoh’s Army
Learn to Love It (Stony Plain)
Shelley Posen- And We Sang ‘Ha Lakhma Anya’
Manna (Well Done Music)

Kiran Ahluwalia- Jaane Jahan
Comfort Food (Kiran Ahluwalia)

Bill Hearne- Snowin’ on Raton
Always Trust Your Cape (Howlin’ Dog)
Sue Foley- Oh Babe, It Ain’t No Lie
One Guitar Woman: A Tribute to the Female Pioneers of Guitar (Stony Plain)
Mike Regenstreif & Eric Bibb (2005)

Eric Bibb
- Bring Me Little Water, Sylvie
Live at the Scala Theatre (Stony Plain)
Nick Gravenites- Poor Boy
Rogue Blues (M.C.)

Todd Burge- Weed
Seed (Todd Burge)
James Gordon- Wild Wind Blows
Wrinkles and Scars (James Gordon)
Kristen Grainger & True North- Oceans Rising
Oceans Rising – single (Kristen Grainger & True North)

Annie Patterson- The L&N Don’t Stop Here Anymore
Mountain Side (Annie Patterson)
Eve Goldberg & Mike Regenstreif (2013)

Eve Goldberg- Sweet Sorrow in the Wind
Ever Brightening Day (Sweet Patootie Music)
Jean Ritchie & Sons- One More Mile
Mountain Born (Greenhays)

Evenchick & Hucul- Where Alexandra Goes
This is My Story (Melissa Hucul & Mark Evenchick)
Anne Hills- Alexandra Leaving
Points of View (Appleseed)
Ana Egge- We Lay Roses
Between Us (StorySound)

Rob Lutes- Shediac Bridge
Come Around (Lucky Bear)
Lisa Redfern- The Best Part
The Best Part (Lisa Redfern)

Rachael Sage- Deepest Dark
Another Side (MPress)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on May 18. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday, August 12, 2023

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday August 22, 2023: Remembering Robbie Robertson


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/595/61634.html

Theme: Remembering Robbie Robertson (1943-2023).

Robbie Robertson (photo: Don Dixon/The Band website)

Robbie Robertson
, the great guitarist and principal songwriter of The Band, died on Aguust 9, at age 80, following what his family said was a long illness.

The Band- Caledonia Mission
Music from Big Pink (Capitol)

The Staple Singers- The Weight
Stax Profiles (Stax)
Colin Linden (with Rick Danko)- Chest Fever
When the Spirit Comes (True North)
The Band- To Kingdom Come
Music from Big Pink (Capitol)

Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks- Come Love
Testimony (Universal)
The Band & Ronnie Hawkins- Who Do You Love
The Last Waltz (Rhino)

Happy & Artie Traum- Going Down to See Bessie (Bessie Smith)
Double-Back (Capitol)

Bob Dylan & The Band- Highway 61 Revisited
Before the Flood (Columbia/Legacy)
The Band- Up on Cripple Creek
Before the Flood (Columbia/Legacy)
Jack Williams- The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Four Good Days (Wind River)
Rosanne Cash- The Unfaithful Servant
Endless Highway: The Music of The Band (429)
The Band- Rockin’ Chair
The Band (Capitol)

The Band- The Shape I’m In
Stage Fright (Capitol)
Barrence Whitfield & Tom Russell- Daniel and the Sacred Harp
Cowboy Mambo (Stony Plain)
Colleen Rennison- Stage Fright
See the Sky About to Rain (Black Hen)

Robbie Robertson- Somewhere Down the Crazy River
Testimony (Universal)
David Clayton-Thomas- Ophelia
Canadiana (Antoinette/ILS)
The Roches- Acadian Driftwood
Endless Highway: The Music of The Band (429)
The Band- The Saga of Pepote Rouge
Islands Cross (Capitol)

The Band- The Weight
Music from Big Pink (Capitol)

Next week: Songs of Bruce Springsteen.

--Mike Regenstreif

Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday August 15, 2023: Remembering Tony Bennett


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.

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/595/61550.html

Theme: Remembering Tony Bennett (1926-2023).

Tony Bennett (photo: Mark Seliger)

Tony Bennett, the great jazz and pop singer, died on July 21, less than two weeks before his 97th birthday. All the songs on this show were part of Bennett’s repertoire.

Tony Bennett- Let’s Begin
The Beat of My Heart (Columbia)

Peggy Lee- I Left My Heart in San Francisco
I’m a Woman: Expanded Edition (Capitol)
Willie Nelson- Let’s Face the Music and Dance
Let’s the Face the Music and Dance (Legacy)
Diana Krall- East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)
When I Look in Your Eyes (Verve)
Tony Bennett & Bonnie Raitt- I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
Playin’ with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues (RPM/Columbia)

Tony Bennett & The Count Basie Orchestra- Anything Goes
Count Basie Swings/Tony Bennett Sings (Roulette)
Mariane Faithfull- Boulevard of Broken Dreams
20th Century Blues (RCA)
David Clayton-Thomas- When I Fall in Love
Combo (Antionette)

Tony Bennett- Just One of Those Things
Love for Sale (Columbia/Interscope)
Susie Arioli Swing Band featuring Jordan Officer- Pennies from Heaven
Pennies from Heaven (Justin Time)
Jackie Washington, Ken Whiteley & Mose Scarlett- A Little Street Where Old Friends Meet
Where Old Friends Meet (Pyramid)
Holly Cole- Whatever Lola Wants
Montreal (Universal)
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga- Love for Sale
Love for Sale (Columbia/Interscope)

Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse- Body and Soul
Duets II (Columbia)
Missy Burgess- Smile
Play Me Sweet (Missy Burgess)
Chaim Tannenbaum- It’s Only a Paper Moon
Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)
Sophie Milman- I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby
Sophie Milman (Linus)
Dave Van Ronk- As Time Goes By
Sweet & Lowdown (Justin Time)
Tony Bennett- Play It Again, Sam
I’ve Gotta Be Me (Columbia)

Tony Bennett- Blues in the Night
Playin’ with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues (RPM/Columbia)
Catherine Russell- I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
Bring It Back (Jazz Village)
Steve Howell, Dan Sumner & Jason Weinheimer- Do Nothing ‘til You Hear From Me
Long Ago (Out of the Past)
Tony Bennett & K.D. Lang- Keep the Faith Baby
Playin’ with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues (RPM/Columbia)

Tony Bennett & The Count Basie Orchestra- Are You Having Any Fun
Strike Up the Band (Roulette)

Next week: Remembering Robbie Robertson (1943-2023). 

--Mike Regenstreif

Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday July 11, 2023: Hit Songs – Alternate Visions


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/595/61133.html

Theme: Hit Songs – Alternate Visions.

Chances are you’re familiar with most, if not all, of the songs on this show – but some of these versions might be new to you.

Toots & The Maytals- (Take Me Home) Country Roads
Funky Kingston (Mango)

Karen Dalton- When a Man Loves a Woman
In My Own Time: 50th Anniversary Edition (Light in the Attic)
Zazu- Stand By Me
S(w)inging Love (Temps)
Matthew Alexander- Spanish Harlem
Midnight Dream Station (Caravan)
Bruce Springsteen- Don’t Play That Song (You Lied)
Only the Strong Survive (Columbia)

Finest Kind- Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
Silks & Spices (Fallen Angle Music)
Chaim Tannenbaum, Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Lily Lanken- Young Love
The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)

Original Sloth Band- Get a Job
Whoopee After Midnight (Sloth)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2005)

Tom Russell
- El Paso
Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs (HighTone)
Mary McCaslin- Pinball Wizard
Old Friends (Philo)
The Refugees- Good Vibrations
California (Wahubo/Longhouse)

Gordon Lightfoot- The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
The Original Lightfoot (EMI)
David Clayton-Thomas- (Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay
Soul Ballads (Antoinette)
Bettye LaVette- A Change is Gonna Come
Change is Gonna Come Sessions (Anti-)

Jesse Winchester & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Jesse Winchester
- Candida
A Touch on the Rainy Side (Stony Plain)
Bonnie Dobson- Everybody’s Talkin’
Bonnie Dobson (RCA)
Caroline Doctorow- Snowbird
Dreaming in Vinyl (Narrow Lane)
Queen Esther- Bohemian Rhapsody
Rona (EL)

Eva Cassidy with The London Symphony Orchestra- People Get Ready
I Can Only Be Me (Blix Street)
Arlo Guthrie- Can’t Help Falling in Love
More Together Again in Concert (Rising Son)

Duke Robillard- I’m Gonna Be a Wheel Someday
Six Strings of Steel (M.C.)

Next week: Seven Psalms and Other Songs of Paul Simon.

--Mike Regenstreif

Sunday, March 5, 2023

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday March 14, 2023: Roving Gamblers


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/595/59680.html

Theme: Roving Gamblers.

All of the songs have something or other to do with gamblers and/or gambling.

Mike Regenstreif & Ramblin' Jack Elliott (2010)

Ramblin' Jack Elliott- Roving Gambler
Kerouac’s Last Dream (Appleseed)

Sean Gagnier- South Coast
Circle Harbor (Sean Gagnier)
Mary McCaslin- Ballad of Weaverville
Prairie in the Sky (Philo)

Willie P. Bennett- John Henry, the Gambler
Blackie and the Rodeo King (Bnatural Music)
Jim Kwesskin & The Neo-Passé Jazz Band- Staggerlee
Jump for Joy (Vanguard)
Papa John Kolstad with Wildman Mike Turk- Black Dog Blues
Beans Taste Fine (Wampus Cat)
Roy Book Binder- Poker Playin’ Papa
The Good Book (PegLeg)
Tom Paxton- The Name of the Game is Stud
Ain’t That News (Elektra)

Judy Collins & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

Judy Collins
- The Dealer (Down and Losin’)
True Stories and Other Dreams (Elektra)
Ian & Sylvia- Summer Wages
The Lost Tapes (Stony Plain)
Ian Tyson- Gallo del Cielo
Old Corrals and Sagebrush & Other Cowboy Culture Classics (Stony Plain)
Tom Russell- Throwing Horseshoes at the Moon
Old Songs Yet to Sing (Frontera)
Rosalie Sorrels- Aces, Straights and Flushes
Be Careful, There’s a Baby in the House (Green Linnet)

Mike Regenstreif & Bill Morrissey (2005)

Bill Morrissey- Gambler’s Blues
Inside (Philo)
Mollie O'Brien- Gambling Man
Big Red Sun (Sugar Hill)
Paul Geremia- Dying Crapshooter’s Blues
Live from Uncle Sam’s Backyard (Red House)
Michael Jerome Browne- Gambling Blues
Double (Borealis)
Big Joe Turner- Born to Gamble
I Don’t Dig It (Jukebox Lil)

Steve Goodman- The Lovin’ of the Game
Somebody Else’s Troubles (Sequel)
Mary Coughlan- The Dice
Under the Influence (EastWest)
Artie Traum & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Happy & Artie Traum- Gambler’s Song
Hard Times in the Country (Rounder)
Jerry Jeff Walker- Ballad of Honest Sam
It’s About Time (Tried & True Music)
Frankie Laine- Dead Man’s Hand
Deuces Wild (Columbia)
The Clancy Brothers & Robbie O'Connell- Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Willie
Older But No Wiser (Vanguard)

Mike Regenstreif & David Clayton-Thomas (2006)

David Clayton-Thomas
- Go Down Gamblin’
In Concert: A Musical Biography (Justin Time)

Next week: "Shout, Sister, Shout" and Other Songs from the Repertoire of Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

Find me on Facebook. facebook.com/mikeregenstreif

--Mike Regenstreif

Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday August 13, 2022


Saturday Morning is an eclectic roots-oriented program on CKCU in Ottawa heard 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 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 recorded at home and can already be streamed on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/57252.html

Happy Traum- There’s a Bright Side Somewhere
There’s a Bright Side Somewhere (Lark’s Nest Music)

The next 12 songs are a tribute to Peter, Paul & Mary’s self-titled debut album, released 60 years ago.


Peter, Paul & Mary
- Early in the Morning
Peter, Paul and Mary (Warner Bros.)
Alice Howe- 500 Miles
Americana Railroad (Renew/BMG)
Ken Whiteley- Man of Constant Sorrow
Long Time Travelling (Ken Whiteley)
Louis Armstrong- This Train
Louis and the Good Book (Verve)
Dave Van Ronk- River Come Down (Bamboo)
Down in Washington Square (Smithsonian Folkways)
Peter, Paul & Mary- It’s Raining
Peter, Paul and Mary (Warner Bros.)

Reverend Gary Davis- Samson and Delilah (If I Had My Way)
Live at Newport (Vanguard)
Bethany Yarrow with Peter Yarrow- The Cruel War
Rock Island (Little Monster)
Peter, Paul & Mary- Lemon Tree
Peter, Paul and Mary (Warner Bros.)
Nanci Griffith & Friends- IF I Had a Hammer
Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) (Elektra) 
Priscilla Herdman- Autumn to May
Stardreamer (Stardreamer Music)
Kronos Quartet with Sam Amidon, Brian Carpenter, Lee Knight & Aoife O'Donovan- Where Have All the Flowers Gone
Long Time Passing: Kronos Quartet & Friends Celebrate Pete Seeger (Smithsonian Folkways)

Hoyt Axton- We’ll Sing in the Sunshine
Mr. Greenback Dollar Man (Surrey)
Gale Garnett- Settle Down
The Many Faces of Gale Garnett (RCA)
Kim Beggs- I Wanna Be a Flower
Steel and Wool (Out of a Paper Bag Productions)
The Goddamsels- Wayward Daughter
Wayward Daughter (The Goddamsels)

Pharis & Jason Romero- Old Bill’s Tune
Tell ‘Em You Were Gold (Smithsonian Folkways)

Joy Zimmerman, Erin McGrane, Danielle Anderson & Eboni Fondren- Hear Our Voices
Hear Our Voices – single (Cultivate Joy)
Colleen Kattau- Hands Off
Besos Kisses (Windlight Studios)

Brendan Nolan- Packing Her Bag
Beneath White Stars: Holocaust Profiles in Song (AlmondSeed Media)
Mella Barnes- Between the Lines
Beneath White Stars: Holocaust Profiles in Song (AlmondSeed Media)
Lenka Lichtenberg- Zas v slunci zlatém/In golden sunlight
Thieves of Dreams (Six Degrees)

Archie Roach- Took the Children Away
The Songs of Charcoal Lane (Bloodlines)
Windborne- Parcel of Rogues
Of Hard Times & Harmony (Wand’ring Feet)
Allison Russell- Little Rebirth
Outside Child (Fantasy)

Adler & Hearne- It’s Summer and We’re Burning
The Ties That Bind Us (Howlin’ Dog)
Guy Davis- Flint River Blues
Be Ready When I Call You (M.C.)
Tiffany Williams- All Those Days of Drinking Dust
All Those Days of Drinking Dust (Blue Redbird)

Mike Regenstreif & David Clayton-Thomas (2006)

Peter Mulvey & SistaStrings- Old Men Drinking Seagram’s
Love is the Only Thing (Righteous Babe)
David Clayton-Thomas- This Town
Say Somethin’ (Linus)

Apple & Setser- It Doesn’t Matter Anymore
Apple & Setser (Bell Buckle)
Chaim Tannenbaum, Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Lily Lanken- Young Love
The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)
Last Forever- Duke of Earl
Trainfare Home (StorySound)
Steve Howell & The Mighty Men- Such a Night
Been Here and Gone (Out of the Past Music)

Marc Von Em- Stay
Goodbye, Cloudy Sky (Marc Von Em)
Onna Lou- Qué hiciste con mi querer
Diamante (Onna Lou)
The Hot Sardines- Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen/Diga Diga Do
Live at Joe’s Pub (The Hot Sardines)

Kevin Head & Mike Regenstreif (2013) (Photo: Vanessa Burnett)

Jon Burrowes- Sure I Got the Blues
One More Ride (Jon Burrowes)
Kate & Edith- Make Me a Pallet On Your Floor
Live at Kelso Hall (Kate & Edith)
Kevin Head- Digby Lament
Hear Them Callin’ (Kevin Head)
Mama's Broke- Windows
Narrow Line (Free Dirt)
Dan Navarro- Horizon Line
Horizon Line (Red Hen)

Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- Grandpa Danced the Charleston
All New (Community Music)
Moore & McGregor- Dancing Shoes
Dream with Me (Ivernia)
Missy Burgess- Dance Me Slow
Play Me Sweet (Missy Burgess)
Nanci Griffith- Spin on a Red Brick Floor
One Fair Summer Evening (MCA)

Happy Traum- Santa Cruz Blues
There’s a Bright Side Somewhere (Lark’s Nest Music)

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--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday, November 14, 2015

David Clayton-Thomas – Combo



DAVID CLAYTON-THOMAS
Combo
Antoinette Music

Two years ago on A Blues for the New World, David Clayton-Thomas updated the familiar, brassy Blood, Sweat and Tears sound with a fine set of original songs. This time around, he has released a much quieter, very intimate set, mostly devoted to familiar jazz classics.

The tone for Combo is set in the opening number, a lovely version of “As Time Goes By” that opens with the melody perfectly stated by Mark Kieswetter at the piano. A few seconds later, David starts to quietly sing with George Koller’s bass providing the musical heartbeat. This is music to get lost in at 2 o’clock in the morning.

The formula is repeated on the next song, “Nature Boy,” except that it’s Ted Quinlan’s masterful touch on the guitar that perfectly states the introductory notes of the melody. David, who can shout a lyric with the best of them, is able to go deep into these intimate songs. His versatility in that regard is particularly evident in the way he redefines his approach to Billie Holiday’s “God Bless the Child,” sung here oh so differently than on the brassy Blood, Sweat and Tears version. On Combo, David’s treatment brings out the essence of the poignant lyrics while the musicians bring out the beauty of the melody.

Other highlights include a so very soulful version of “Stormy Monday” T-Bone Walker’s blues classic that has Kieswetter doing some wonderful double duty on the piano and Hammond organ; the late Allen Toussaint’s “Freedom for the Stallion” featuring superb harmonies from Jackie Richardson; and a stomping, New Orleans-style duet with Genevieve Marentette on “The Glory of Love.”

Perhaps my favorite piece is “Smile,” the inspiring bit of good advice whose melody was written by Charlie Chaplin for his 1936 film, Modern Times (the lyrics were added in 1954 when the song became a hit for Nat King Cole). I especially love the interplay on this number between David’s voice and Koller’s bass.

David has surrounded himself with a group of wonderful musicians who play superbly throughout Combo. In addition to Kieswetter, Koller and Quinlan, the album features Ben Riley on drums and Colleen Allen on sax.

Pictured: Mike Regenstreif and David Clayton-Thomas at CKUT during Folk Roots/Folk Branches, June 29, 2006. (Photo: Jadro Subic)

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