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Thursday, September 4, 2025

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 6, 2025


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/128/71897.html

Mike Regenstreif & Connie Kaldor (2015)

Connie Kaldor- Wide Open Spaces
Wide Open Spaces (Coyote Entertainment)

Mike Regenstreif, Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop (2014)

Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop- That’s How the Summer Slips Away
Red Shoes (Borealis)
Rags Rosenberg- Flower Time
Song of the Bricoleur (Coyote Gulch)
The Weavers- Gotta Travel On
Greatest Hits (Vanguard)
Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

David Francey- Far End of Summer
Maps (Laker Music)

The songs in the next set are played in memory of Chris Gage, who died on August 24 at age 71; Flaco Jimenez, who died on July 31 at age 86; Rick Scott, who died on August 1 at age 77; Tom Lehrer, who died on July 26 at age 97; Joe Hickerson, who died on August 17 at age 89; and Harvey Glatt, who died on August 20 at age 91.

Albert & Gage- Burnin’ Moonlight
Burnin’ Moonlight (MoonHouse)
Flaco Jimenez- El Perdido
San Antonio Soul (Rounder)
David Essig & Rick Scott- Tears and Laughter
Double Vision (Woodshed)
Tom Lehrer- The Folk Song Army
That Was the Year That Was (Reprise)
Joe Hickerson- I’m On My Way
Joe Hickerson with a Gathering of Friends (Folk-Legacy)
Night Sun- Harvey & Louise
One Moment of Grace (Borealis)

Shelley Posen & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2023)

Shelley Posen- A Mazeldikek Yor
Mazel (Well Done Music)
Shelley Posen- I’ll See You Rosh Hashana
Mazel (Well Done Music)
Rufus Wainwright & Amsterdam Sinfonietta- Who By Fire
Rufus Wainwright & Amsterdam Sinfonietta Live (BMG/Modern)

The Onlies- Roll On Buddy
You Climb the Mountain (The Onlies)

Kyle Carey- The Last Bough
The Last Bough (Americelta)
Graham Lindsey- Tune Machine
Tune Machine (Graham Lindsey)
Maggie’s Wake- Maggie’s Wake
Maggie’s Wake (Maggie’s Wake)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2009)

Jesse Winchester- Nothing but a Breeze
Nothing but a Breeze (Stony Plain)
Emmylou Harris- My Songbird
Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town (Warner Bros./Rhino)
Jennifer Warnes- You Remember Me 
Shot Through the Heart (Arista)
Susie Burke- Rhumba Woman
Lucky Stars (Madrina Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2009)

Tom Paxton- No Kings Here
No Kings Here – single (Pax)
Mike Regenstreif & Mark Rubin on Zoom (2025)

Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma- (Don’t Be a) Good German
Don’t Be a Good German – single (Rubinchik)
Kemp Harris- Tulsa
The America Chronicles (Righteous Mischief)
Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Eliza Gilkyson- Man in the Moon
Dark Ages (Realiza)
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band- Chimes of Freedom
Land of Hope and Dreams (Columbia)

Rory Block- Down the Dirt Road Blues
Heavy on the Blues (M.C.)
Maria Muldaur- No, Papa, No!
One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey (NOLA Blues)

Dee Robinson- Monday Morning Blues
Dee from Decatur (Riverlark Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Brendan Nolan (2023)

Brendan Nolan- The Bodhran Song
Where Do I Go from Here (Ould Segosha Music)
Debi Smith- The Bodhran Lesson Song
Deep Tracks (Degan Music)
Christine Lavin- Drum School Dropout
Drum School Dropout (Christine Lavin)

Martha Wainwright- Far Away
Martha Wainwright: 20th Anniversary Edition (Report Card Music)
Eli West- Hearts and Bones
The Shape of a Sway (Tender & Mild)
Mary Chapin Carpenter- The Night We Never Met
Personal History (Lambent Light/Thirty Tigers)
Peter Campbell- A Little Grace
Burden of Hope (Peter Campbell)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Mike Regenstreif (1976) photo: Felicity Fanjoy

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Kiss and Say Goodbye
Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Nonesuch)
Steel Rail- Kate’s Song
Coming Home (Crossties)
NEeMA- Escape
Watching You Think (Neemaste/Sony)
Perla Batalla- A Singer Must Die
A Letter to Leonard Cohen: Tribute to a Friend (Mechuda Music)
Leonard Cohen- So Long, Marianne
Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia/Legacy)

Nana Mouskouri- Adieu Angelina
Every Grain of Sand: Nana Mouskouri Sings Bob Dylan (Mercury)

Schmaltz & Pepper- Manischewitz Mazurka
Schmaltz & Pepper (Schmaltz & Pepper)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on October 4. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Thursday, August 7, 2025

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 9, 2025


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/128/71495.html

Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

David Francey- Annie’s House
Maps (Laker Music)

Maggie’s Wake- Maid of Fortune
Maggie’s Wake (Maggie’s Wake)
Graham Lindsey- The Islander
Tune Machine (Graham Lindsey)
Cassie & Maggie- Nancy
Gold and Coal (Cassie and Maggie)
Jez Lowe- Oubliette
Oubliette (Tantobie)
Maggie’s Wake- Arcane
Maggie’s Wake (Maggie’s Wake)

Christine Lavin- The Best Summer
Drum School Dropout (Christine Lavin)
Tom Mitchell & Mike Regenstreif (1999)

Tom Mitchell- Nuts for Bolts
Tom Mitchell (Philo)
Mike Regenstreif & Steve Gillette (1994)

Steve Gillette- Home by Dark
Best of (Compass Rose Music)

Rodney Dillard- Let the Rough Side Drag
Let the Rough Side Drag (Flying Fish)
Jim Byrnes- Step By Step
Long Hot Summer Days (Black Hen Music)
Mary Black- Lay Down Your Burden
The Holy Ground (Gifthorse)
Mike Regenstreif & Lucy Kaplansky (2012)

Lucy Kaplansky- Everybody Knows but Me
The Tide (Red House)
Jesse Winchester & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Jesse Winchester- Blow On, Chilly Wind
Let the Rough Side Drag (Stony Plain)

The Limeliters- Until We Can’t Sing Anymore
Until We Can’t Sing Anymore (The Limeliters)
Mike Regenstreif, Anne Hills & Tom Paxton (2001)

Tom Paxton, Anne Hills & Bob Gibson- Sing for the Song
Best of Friends (Appleseed)

Peter Campbell- Emigré
Burden of Hope (Peter Campbell)

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2022)

Eliza Gilkyson- Holy
Dark Ages (Realiza)
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band- My City of Ruins
Land of Hope and Dreams (Columbia)
Kemp Harris- Don’t You Hear Them America
The America Chronicles (Righteous Mischief)
Perla Batalla & Julie Christensen- Anthem
Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man (Verve)

John Wort Hannam- Acres of Elbow Room
Acres of Elbow Room (John Wort Hannam)
Mary Chapin Carpenter- Paint + Turpentine
Personal History (Lambent Light/Thirty Tigers)
Mike Regenstreif & Garnet Rogers (2006)

Garnet Rogers with Doug Long- This Shirt
Summer Lightning: Live (Snow Goose)
Ponyfolk- Midnight on the Water
The Woods Have Shown Us (Hestehus)
Eva Cassidy- Summertime
Walkin’ After Midnight (Blix Street)

Maria Muldaur- My Handy Man
One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey (NOLA Blues)
Victoria Spivey- Black Snake Swing
Queen Victoria (Frank Goldy)
Roy Book Binder & Fats Kaplin- Hesitation Blues
Ragtime Millionaire (Blue Goose)
Rory Block- Me and My Chauffeur Blues
Heavy on the Blues (M.C.)

Dee Robinson- Spike Driver Blues
Dee from Decatur (Riverlark Music)

The Accidentals- Someday We Won’t Live Here Anymore
Time Out 3 (The Accidentals)
David Francey- Lonely Road
Maps (Laker Music)
Sylvia Tyson & Mike Regenstreif (1997)

Ian & Sylvia- Long Lonesome Road
Four Strong Winds (Vanguard)
Special Consensus- I’ve Been All Around This World
Been All Around This World (Compass)

Diana Jones & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2021)

Diana Jones- Pony
My Remembrance of You (Newsong Recordings)
Mike Regenstreif & Orit Shimoni (2025)

Orit Shimoni- Dear Marla
Lorem Ipsum (Orit Shimoni)
Mike Regenstreif & Lisa Gutkin (2025)

Lisa Gutkin & Aaron Halva- Rifkele and Manke Secret Kiss
Indecent: Original Broadway Cast Recording (Yellow Sound Label)
Jill Sobule- I Kissed a Girl
F_ck 7th Grade Original Cast (Pinko)

The Zozo Sisters: Linda Ronstadt & Ann Savoy- Marie Mouri
Adieu False Heart (Vanguard)
Benoît LeBlanc- Lé zoñon
Mô kouzin, mô kouzinn (Benoît LeBlanc)
JP LeBLANC- Wanda’s Bar
All in My Blood/Je l’ai dans l’sang (Acadian Connection)
Preservation Brass- Climax Rag
For Fat Man (Sub Pop)

NEeMA- Eternity
Watching You Think (Neemaste/Sony)
Lennie Gallant- Old Friends
Shelter from the Storms (Lennie Gallant)
Patty Griffin- All the Way Home
Crown of Roses (PGM/Thirty Tigers)
Mike Ward- Why Not
The Time That Remains (Psychosongs)

Mary Gick- Michael’s Tune
Six Tunes and a Song (Mary Gick)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on September 6. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – February 11, 2025: Four Strong Winds


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/595/68904.html

Theme: Four Strong Winds.

Ian & Sylvia- Four Strong Winds
Four Strong Winds (Vanguard)

John Stewart- Chilly Winds
Cannons in the Rain/Wingless Angels (One Way)
Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2006)

Jesse Winchester- Blow On, Chilly Wind
Let the Rough Side Drag (Stony Plain)
Mike Regenstreif & Bill Staines (1993)

Bill Staines with Guy Van Duser- Canadian Winds
Old Wood and Winter Wine (Mineral River)
Amy Helm- Mandolin Wind
This Too Shall Light (Yep Roc)
Boreal- Cold North Wind
Winterbirds (Boreal)

Mike Regenstreif & Mary McCaslin (1999)

Mary McCaslin
- Wayward Wind
Old Friends (Philo)

Mike Regenstreif & Jimmy LaFave (2017)

Jimmy LaFave- Catch the Wind
Cimarron Manifesto (Red House)
Eve Goldberg & Mike Regenstreif (2013)

Eve Goldberg
- Sweet Sorrow in the Wind
Ever Brightening Day (Sweet Patootie Music)
Dakota Dave Hull & Sean Blackburn- The Wicked Wind of Fargo
River of Swing (Arabica)

Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Cockburn (2017)

Bruce Cockburn- High Winds White Sky
High Winds White Sky (True North)
Sam Cooke- They Call the Wind Mariah
Sam Cooke (RCA)
Mike Regenstreif & David Amram (2004)

David Amram- Wind from the Indies
No More Walls (Flying Fish)

Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

David Francey
- Wind in the Wires
Torn Screen Door (Laker Music)
Jim Ringer- Any Old Wind That Blows
The Band of Jesse James: The Best of Jim Ringer (Philo)
Barrence Whitfield & Tom Russell- A Little Wind
Cowboy Mambo (Stony Plain)
Wenzel- Blow, Big Wind
Ticky Tock: Wenzel Sings Woody Guthrie (Conträr Musik) 

James Gordon- Wild Wind Blows 
Wrinkles and Scars (James Gordon) 
Mike Regenstreif & Priscilla Herdman (1978)

Priscilla Herdman- Wild Wind
The Road Home (Redwing Music)
Tex König- Wild Winds
Königsblende (Music Cellar)
Wendy Grossman- South Wind
The Last Trip Home (Riverlark Music)

Andy Cohen- Windy and Warm
Road Be Kind (Earwig)

Next week: Songs from the Gullah Traditions.

--Mike Regenstreif

Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – July 23, 2024: When the Saints Go Marching In


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/595/66100.html

Theme: When the Saints Go Marching In.

All of the songs on this show refer, in one way or another, to saints. Some of the songs are about specific saints. Some refer to saints in generic terms, and some refer to places named for a saint.

Bruce Springsteen & The Sessions Band- When the Saints Go Marching In
Live in Dublin (Columbia)

Darrell Scott- Saint Cecilia
Jaroso (Full Light)
Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer- Farewell to Saint Delores
Tanglewood Tree (Signature Sounds)
Nanci Griffith- Saint Teresa of Avila
Blue Roses from the Moons (Elektra)
Mary Chapin Carpenter- The Moon and St. Christopher
Sometimes Just the Sky (Lambent Light)

Dr. John with The Neville Brothers- Litanie des Saints
Goin’ Back to New Orleans (Warner Bros.)

Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

David Francey- Saints and Sinners
Torn Screen Door (Laker Music)

Jamie O’Reilly & Michael Smith- Song of Bernadette
Songs of a Catholic Childhood (J. O’Reilly Productions)
Jennifer Warnes & Leonard Cohen- Joan of Arc
Famous Blue Raincoat: The Songs of Leonard Cohen – 20th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory)

Jessica Rhaye & The Ramshackle Parade- I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine
Just Like a Woman: Songs of Bob Dylan (Jessica Rhaye)
Jack Hardy- Saint Clare
Noir (Great Divide)
Katy Moffatt- St. Anthony with Broken Hands
Midnight Radio (True North)
Gretchen Peters- Saint Francis
Hello Cruel World (Scarlet Letter)

Little Miss Higgins- St. Louis Blues
Junction City (Little Miss Higgins)
Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Tom Russell & The Norwegian Wind Ensemble- St. Olav’s Gate
Aztec Jazz (Frontera)
Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Complainte pour Ste-Catherine
Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Nonesuch)
Jimmy LaFave- On a Bus to St. Cloud
Favorites 1992-2001 (Music Road)
Ken Tizzard & Amelia Curran- St. John’s Waltz
A Good Dog is Lost: A Collection of Ron Hynes Songs (Booth Street)

Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers- When the Saints Go Marching In
Miss Smith to You! (Fat Note)

Next week: Remembering Happy Traum (1938-2024).

--Mike Regenstreif

Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday July 13, 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/128/65969.html

Geoff Bartley- July
Interstates (Magic Crow)

Lui Collins- The Wildflower Song
The Seasons Project: Summer (Christine Lavin)
Robin Batteau- How Can You Love Me
The Seasons Project: Summer (Christine Lavin)
Tina Ross- Summers Like These
The Seasons Project: Summer (Christine Lavin)
Cosy Sheridan- Here Comes the Rain
The Seasons Project: Summer (Christine Lavin)

Kami Thompson- The Solitary Traveller
Linda Thompson: Proxy Music (StorySound)
Lynne Hanson- Just a Little Bit
Just a Poet (Lynne Hanson)
Terre Roche- The Man Who Can’t
Inner Adult (Terre Roche)
Michael Jerling- I Talk to Dead People
Halfway Home (Fool’s Hill Music)
Teresina Huxtable- First and Only Tango
Wallflowers (Philo)

Sonya Cohen & Penny Seeger Cohen- Oh, Blue
You’ve Been a Friend to Me (Smithsonian Folkways)
Sonya Cohen & Peggy Seeger- A Squirrel is a Pretty Thing
You’ve Been a Friend to Me (Smithsonian Folkways)
Sonya Cohen & Pete Seeger- When I was Most Beautiful
You’ve Been a Friend to Me (Smithsonian Folkways)
Last Forever- Hide and Seek
You’ve Been a Friend to Me (Smithsonian Folkways)
Sonya Cohen  Cramer & Elizabeth Mitchell- You’ve Been a Friend to Me
You’ve Been a Friend to Me (Smithsonian Folkways)

Tim Isberg- Better Times Ahead
Prairie Fire (Tim Isberg Music)

Lynn Miles- Night Owl
tumbleWeedyWorld (True North)
David Francey- Daughter
The Breath Between (Laker Music) 
Kathleen Edwards- Options Open
Dogs and Alcohol (Dualtone)
Ian Tamblyn- That Boxcar in Algoma
Scenes Through a Mirror (North Track)
Keith Glass Band- Can’t Blame Me
Different World (Stump)

Ruth Moody- Wanderer
Wanderer (Blue Muse/True North)
Adam Karch- My Birmingham
Some Awkward Country Ahead (Adam Karch)
Martha Wainwright- Or Nothing at All
Linda Thompson: Proxy Music (StorySound)
Ken Tizzard & Music for Goats- Barstools and Broken Hearts
The DAGG Sessions (Ken Tizzard)
Miranda Hardy- The Price of Happiness
The Price of Happiness (Great Divide)

Ian Robb & James Stephens- Charming Molly
Declining …with thanks (Fallen Angle Music)
Finest Kind- Blue Mountain
Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle Music)
Shelley Posen- The Old Songs Home
The Old Songs Home (Well Done Music)

Jubal Lee Young- Jig
Wild Birds Warble (7Bridges Entertainment)

The Roches- Hammond Song
Where Do I Come From: Selected Songs (StorySound)
Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Rufus & Martha Wainwright, Loudon Wainwright III & Chaim Tannenbaum- Schooldays
The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)
Waterson:Carthy- Rackabello
Common Tongue (Topic)
The Copper Family- Come Write Me Down, Ye Powers Above
The Ultimate Guide to English Folk (Arc)
Richard & Linda Thompson- For Shame of Doing Wrong
Dreams Fly Away: A History of Linda Thompson (Hannibal)
Teddy Thompson- Those Damn Roches
Linda Thompson: Proxy Music (StorySound)

Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl- Pack Up Your Sorrows
Recordings Celebrating 50 Years of a Musical Partnership (Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl) 
Rory Block- Like a Rolling Stone
Positively 4th Street: A Tribute to Bob Dylan (Stony Plain)

Erin Ash Sullivan- Goat on a Stone Wall
Signposts and Marks (Erin Ash Sullivan)
Enzo Garcia- I Wanna Hold You
Calicoustic (Recaredo)
Deb Seymour- Sometimes You Gotta Wear Boots
Sometimes You Gotta Wear Boots (Herkimer Productions)
Ish Theilheimer & Friends- The Wilno Chicken
The Wilno Chicken and Other Songs for My Community (Ish Theilheimer)

Leonard Cohen- Story of Isaac
Songs from a Room (Columbia/Legacy)
Art of Time Ensemble featuring Sarah Harmer- Dance Me to the End of Love
Songs of Leonard Cohen Live (Art of Time Recordings)

Two of a Kind- We Give Thanks in Hard Times
Let the Light In (Magillicutty Music)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on August 10. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Monday, February 19, 2024

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday February 24, 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/128/64070.html

Cleia- February Morning Drive
This Side of Main (Cleia)

Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

David Francey- This Morning
The Breath Between (Laker Music) 
John Prine- Souvenirs
Souvenirs (Oh Boy)
Nanci Griffith- Speed of the Sound of Loneliness
Other Voices/Other Rooms (Elektra)
Reggie Harris- Hello In There
On Solid Ground (Reggie Harris Music)
Bonnie Koloc- Clocks & Spoons
Timeless (Mr. Biscuit)

Mike Regenstreif & James Talley (2005)

James Talley- If We Could Love One Another
Bandits, Ballads and Blues (Cimarron)
Susan Werner- Tiny Texans
Halfway to Houston (Susan Werner)
Tom Rush- Glory Road
Gardens Old, Flowers New (Appleseed)
Jim Kweskin & Maria Muldaur- Let’s Get Happy Together
Never Too Late: Duets with My Friends (StorySound)

American Patchwork Quartet- Beneath the Willow
American Patchwork Quartet (Carolina Jasmine)
Ken Whiteley- Michael Row
Long Time Travelling (Ken Whiteley)
Ranky Tanky- Pay Me My Money Down
Beat Em Down (Resilience Music)
Jenny Whiteley Things are Coming My Way
The Original Jenny Whiteley (Black Hen Music)
Last Forever- Ain’t Going Down to the Well No More/Poor Lazarus
No Place Like Home/Last Forever (2nd Story Sound)

Cat Power- Fourth Time Around
Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert (Domino)

Sassenach- MacPherson’s Rant/Reel du pendu
Passages (Sassenach)
Mike Regenstreif & Brendan Nolan (2023)

Brendan Noaln- The Broom O’Cowdenknowes
Familiar Brew (Ould Sagosha)
Portage- The Dawning Set: Dawning on the Pacific Rim/Washington’s March/Raleigh & Spencer
Portage (Portage)
The Once- Anthem
The Once (Borealis)

Béla Fleck with Eric Jacobsen & The Virginia Symphony Orchestra- Rhapsody in Blue
Rhapsody in Blue (Thirty Tigers)

The Heart Collectors- Kathy’s Song
The Space Between (Spins the Gold)
Bobby Watt- Desperado
Watt Next? (Glenashdale Music)
Roberta Flack- Ballad of the Sad Young Men
First Take (Atlantic)

The Dumptrucks- Stealin’
Selections (Laughing Cactus)

Taj Mahal- Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You
Savoy (Stony Plain)
Allison Russell- The Returner
The Returner (Fantasy)

Alan Doyle- Welcome Home
Welcome Home (Skinner’s Hill Music)
Carole Wise- I Know My Roots
North Star (Soulful Cricket)
Jay Linden- Ordinary Sunrise
Ordinary Sunrise (Americana North)
Jessica Heine- Burning Bridges
Build Again (Fallen Tree)
Nick Justice- Let the Wind Blow
Stranger in My Town (Nick Justice)

Jeff Talmadge- Night Train from Milan
Sparrow (Berkalin)
Terre & Maggie Roche- Kin Ya See That Sun
Kin Ya See That Sun (Earth Rock Wreckerds)
Mad Agnes- Holy Well
Likely Story (DigDag)
Lisa Klotz- Seventh Generation (For Mother Earth)
Morning Sun (Lisa Klotz)

Charm City Junction- Roll On John
Salt Box (Charm City Junction)
Leslie Evers- Along the Rocky Way
Bound for Land (Cumulus)
Eric Brace & Thom Jutz- Can’t Change the Weather
Simple Motion (Red Beet)
Mike Regenstreif & Lynn Miles (2013)

Lynn Miles- Cold Cold Moon
tumbleWeedyWorld (True North)

Mr. O’Muck- Big Bill Mess Around
Home Field Recordings: The Ancient Blues of Mr. O’Muck (Muck-O-Phone)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on March 23. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Thursday, November 30, 2023

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – December 5, 2023: Songs from my top 10 folk-rooted and folk-branched albums of 2023


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/595/62989.html

Theme: Songs from my top 10 folk-rooted and folk-branched albums of 2023.


Number 10 – Gettin’ Together by Michael Jerome Browne


Michael Jerome Browne with Mary Flower & John Sebastian- Coffee Blues
Gettin’ Together (Borealis/Stony Plain)
Michael Jerome Browne with John Sebastian, Happy Traum & John McColgan- Living with the Blues.

Number 9 – The Breath Between by David Francey


David Francey
- The Breath Between 
The Breath Between (Laker Music) 
David Francey- Two Shadows 
The Breath Between (Laker Music) 

Number 8 – Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert by Cat Power


Cat Power
- Desolation Row
Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert (Domino)

Number 7 – Savoy by Taj Mahal


Taj Mahal
- Stompin’ at the Savoy
Savoy (Stony Plain)
Taj Mahal- Sweet Georgia Brown
Savoy (Stony Plain)

Number 6 – Vol. 2 – Yet and Still: Traditional American Folk Song-Stirring by Dick Connette by Too Sad for the Public


Too Sad for the Public featuring Ana Egge
- Shake Sugaree 
Vol.2 – Yet and Still: Traditional American Folk Song-Stirring by Dick Connette (StorySound) 
Too Sad for the Public featuring Rayna Gellert- Train Your Child
Vol.2 – Yet and Still: Traditional American Folk Song-Stirring by Dick Connette (StorySound) 

Number 5 – Home by Eliza Gilkyson


Eliza Gilkyson
- Sunflowers
Home (Realiza)
Eliza Gilkyson & Robert Earl Keen- How Deep 
Home (Realiza) 

Number 4 – At the End of the Day by Sylvia Tyson


Sylvia Tyson
- Long Chain of Love
At the End of the Day (Stony Plain)
Sylvia Tyson- At the End of the Day
At the End of the Day (Stony Plain)

Number 3 – Together by Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon


Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon
- This Campfire 
Together (Appalseed Productions) 
Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon- Christmas in the Desert
Together (Appalseed Productions) 

Number 2 – The Building and Other Songs by Daniel Kahn & Jake Shulman-Ment


Daniel Kahn & Jake Shulman-Ment
- Yeder Eyner Veys (Everybody Knows) 
The Building and Other Songs (Oriente Musik) 
Daniel Kahn & Jake Shulman-Ment- Tom Trauberts Kloglid (Tom Traubert’s Blues) 
The Building and Other Songs (Oriente Musik) 

Number 1 – Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango by Payadora Tango Ensemble


Payadora Tango Ensemble featuring Aviva Chernick
- Silent Tears
Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango (Six Degrees)
Payadora Tango Ensemble featuring Lenka Lichtenberg & Marta Kosiorek- Bitter Winter
Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango (Six Degrees)

Note: I’m taking the next four weeks off and Stranger Songs will feature some repeat shows from 2021. You can see the playlists and stream the shows by clicking on the links.





New programs will resume on January 9.

--Mike Regenstreif