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 – April 14, 2026: Conversation and Songs with David Eisenstadt; Ruination 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/595/74924.html

Themes: Part 1 – Conversation and Songs with David Eisenstadt; Part 2 – Ruination Day.

Part 1 – Conversation and Songs with David Eisenstadt

David Eisenstadt is author of Rock Musicians Under the Radar: 18 Notable Canadian Jewish Performers, the fifth in his series of Under the Radar books. https://undertheradarbook.com/

Robbie Robertson- Somewhere Down the Crazy River

Testimony (Universal)

The Lovin’ Spoonful- Blues in the Bottle

Do You Believe in Magic (Sony/Legacy)

Danny Marks- Heading Down to New Orleans

Cities in Blue (Danny Marks)

Marc Jordan- Waiting for the Sun to Rise

Waiting for the Sun to Rise (Linus)

Barenaked Ladies- If I Had $1,000,000

Gordon (Reprise/Sire)

Part 2 – Ruination Day

In her songs, “April the 14th (Part 1)” and “Ruination Day (Part 2),” Gillian Welch reminded us that the shooting of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth in 1865, the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, and Black Sunday, the biggest dust storm of the Depression-era Dust Bowl in 1935, all occurred on April 14. 

Gillian Welch- April the 14th (Part 1)

Time (The Revelator) (Acony/Stony Plain)

Tony Rice- John Wilkes Booth

Night Flyer: The Singer-Songwriter Collection (Rounder)

Uncle Earl- Booth Shot Lincoln

She Waits for Night (Rounder)

Lead Belly- Abraham Lincoln

Bourgeois Blues: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 2 (Smithsonian Folkways)

Eric Bibb & JJ Milteau- Titanic

Lead Belly’s Gold (Stony Plain)

Pete Seeger- Titanic (When That Great Ship Went Down)

Headlines & Footnotes: A Collection of Topical Songs (Smithsonian Folkways)

Mance Lipscomb- God Moves on the Water

Newport Folk Festival – Best of the Blues 1959-68 (Vanguard)

David Olney- Titanic

Eye of the Storm (Philo)

Woody Guthrie- The Great Dust Storm (Dust Storm Disaster)

Dust Bowl Ballads (Rounder)

Crowes Pasture- Going Down the Road Feeling Bad

Crowes Pasture (Crowes Pasture)

Woody Guthrie- Dust Bowl Refugee

Dust Bowl Ballads (Rounder)

Jimmy LaFave- My Oklahoma Home (It Blowed Away)

Peace Town (Music Road)

James Talley- So Long It’s Been Good to Know You

Woody Guthrie and Songs of My Oklahoma Home (Cimarron)

Gillian Welch- Ruination Day (Part 2)

Time (The Revelator) (Acony/Stony Plain)

Next week: Swingtime in Springtime.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – March 31, 2026: A Tribute to Buddy Holly

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/595/74747.html

Theme: A Tribute to Buddy Holly (1936-1959).

Buddy Holly, who grew up in Lubbock, Texas, was one of the great artists of early rock ‘n’ roll. Tragically, he lost his life at the tender age of 22 on February 3, 1959 in a small plane crash that also claimed Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper, an event that Don McLean referred to as “the day the music died,” in his song, American Pie.

Buddy Holly- Peggy Sue

The Buddy Holly Collection (MCA)

Serena Ryder- It Doesn’t Matter Anymore

If Your Memory Serves You Well (EMI)

The Beatles- Words of Love

Beatles for Sale (Parlophone)

Buddy Holly- Fool’s Paradise

The Buddy Holly Collection (MCA)

Natalie Merchant- Learning the Game

Rarities 1998-2017 (Nonesuch)

The Rolling Stones- Not Fade Away

GRRR! (ABKCO)

Buddy Holly- Rock Around with Ollie Vee

The Buddy Holly Collection (MCA)

Linda Ronstadt- It’s So Easy

Simple Dreams: 40th Anniversary Edition (Elektra/Rhino)

David Olney with Daniel Seymour- Everyday

Nevermore: The Final Live in Holland Sessions II (Strictly Country)

Buddy Holly- Look at Me

The Buddy Holly Collection (MCA)

Nanci Griffith & The Crickets- Well… All Right

Not Fade Away (remembering Buddy Holly) (MCA)

Nanci Griffith & The Crickets- Heartbeat

The Crickets & Their Buddies (Sovereign Artists)

Buddy Holly- Rock Me My Baby

The Buddy Holly Collection (MCA)

Elvis Presley- (You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care

Elvis Presley Sings Leiber & Stoller (RCA/Legacy)

Jenny Whiteley- Raining in My Heart

Forgive or Forget (Black Hen Music)

Buddy Holly- Modern Don Juan

The Buddy Holly Collection (MCA)

The Crickets- The Real Buddy Holly Story

The Crickets & Their Buddies (Sovereign Artists)

Jim Wurster- Rave On

Transcendental Inclinations (Y&T Music)

Buddy Holly- I’m Lookin’ for Someone to Love

The Buddy Holly Collection (MCA)

John Prine & The Crickets- Oh Boy

The Crickets & Their Buddies (Sovereign Artists)

Carolyn Hester- Lonesome Tears

From These Hills (Road Goes On Forever)

Buddy Holly- Listen to Me

The Buddy Holly Collection (MCA)

Linda Ronstadt- That’ll Be the Day

Hasten Down the Wind (Elektra)

Nanci Griffith with The London Symphony Orchestra- Tell Me How

The Dust Bowl Symphony (Elektra)

Buddy Holly & The Hollies- Peggy Sue Got Married

Not Fade Away (remembering Buddy Holly) (MCA)

Mary Chapin Carpenter & Kevin Montgomery- Wishing

Not Fade Away (remembering Buddy Holly) (MCA)

Los Lobos- Midnight Shift

Not Fade Away (remembering Buddy Holly) (MCA)

Buddy Holly- I’m Gonna Love You Too

The Buddy Holly Collection (MCA)

Chuck WIllis- It’s Too Late

Stroll On: The Chuck Willis Collection (Razor & Tie)

Madeleine Peyroux- Changing All Those Changes

The Blue Room (Decca)

Buddy Holly- Reminiscing 

The Buddy Holly Collection (MCA)

Next week: Songs of Phil Ochs.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 16, 2025: Pancho & Lefty and Other Songs of Townes Van Zandt

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/595/71992.html

Theme: Pancho & Lefty and Other Songs of Townes Van Zandt.

Townes Van Zandt – who was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1944 and died in Smyrna, Tennessee on January 1, 1997 at age 52 – was one of the greatest Texas singer-songwriters. Many of his songs are enduring classics still sung by many artists. 

Townes Van Zandt, Freddy Fender, Rubin Ramos & The Texas Revolution, Doug Sahm & Augie Meyer- Pancho & Lefty

Texas Rain: The Texas Hill Country Recordings (Tomato)

Nanci Griffith & Arlo Guthrie- Tecumseh Valley

Other Voices/Other Rooms (Elektra)

Bob Jensen- Colorado Girl 

For the Sake of the Song (Bob Jensen)

Matthew Barber & Jill Barber- If I Needed You

The Family Album (Outside Music)

Catherine MacLennan- When She Don’t Need Me

When the Wind Blows: The Songs of Townes Van Zandt (Appaloosa)

The Wainwright Sisters- Our Mother the Mountain

Songs in the Dark (MapleMusic)

Townes Van Zandt- Kathleen

Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas (Tomato)

David Olney with Daniel Seymour- For the Sake of the Song

Evermore: The Final Live in Holland Sessions I (Strictly Country)

Kate & Edith- Rex’s Blues

Live at Kelso Hall (Kate & Edith)

Saul Broudy- No Lonesome Tune

Travels with Broudy (Saul Broudy)

The Be Good Tanyas- Waiting Around to Die

Chinatown (Nettwerk)

Townes Van Zandt- Columbine

Townes Van Zandt (Tomato)

David Broza- Night Dawn (Silver Dollar)

Night Dawn: The Unpublished Poetry of Townes Van Zandt (S-Curve)

Gretchen Peters & Tom Russell- Snowin’ on Raton

One to the Heart, One to the Head (Frontera/Scarlet Letter)

John Gorka- Snow Don’t Fall

Writing in the Margins (Red House)

Townes Van Zandt- Sad Cinderella

The Late Great Townes Van Zandt (Tomato)

Lucy Kaplansky- No Place to Fall 

The Lucy Story: unreleased and rare tracks, 1976-2023 (Lucyricky)

Steve Earle- (Quicksilver Dreams of) Maria

Townes: The Basics (New West)

Guy Clark- To Live is to Fly

Old Friends (Sugar Hill)

Townes Van Zandt & Kimmie Rhodes- Brother Flower

Texas Rain: The Texas Hill Country Recordings (Tomato)

Colleen Rennison- White Freightliner

See the Sky About to Rain (Black Hen Music)

Emmylou Harris- Pancho & Lefty

Luxury Liner (Warner Bros./Rhino)

Next week: Part 1 – If It Were Up to Me; Part 2 – Songs of Cole Porter.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday April 4, 2023: Songs of the Passover and Easter Legends

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/595/60013.html

Theme: Songs of the Passover and Easter Legends.

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.)

Rabbi Jonathan Kliger & Reggie Harris- Man Come Into Egypt

Let My People Go: A Jewish & African American Celebration of Freedom (Appleseed)

Caroline Doctorow- Wade in the Water

That Changes Everything (Narrow Lane)

The Short Sisters- Moses

A Planet Dancing Slow (Black Socks Press)

The Klezmatics- Moses Smote the Water

Brother Moses Smote the Water (Piranha)

Charlie Haden & Hank Jones- Wade in the Water

Steal Away: Spirituals, Hymns and Folk Songs (Verve)

Michael Jerome Browne & Harrison Kennedy- Pharaoh

That’s Where It’s At! (Borealis)

Jesse Winchester- Pharaoh’s Army

Learn to Love It (Stony Plain)

Bob Franke- Walkin’ in the Wilderness

The Desert Questions (Robert J. Franke)

Shelley Posen- And We Sang ‘Ha Lakhma Anya’

Manna (Well Done Music)

David Olney- Jerusalem Tomorrow

The Stone (Deadbeet)

David Olney- Brays

The Stone (Deadbeet)

David Olney- Brains

The Stone (Deadbeet)

David Olney- Flesh and Blood

The Stone (Deadbeet)

David Olney- Barabbas

The Stone (Deadbeet)

David Olney- A Soldier’s Report

The Stone (Deadbeet)

Reverend Gary Davis- Crucifixion

A Little More Faith (Prestige/Bluesville)

Ralph McTell- Jesus Wept

Sand in Your Shoes (Red House)

Charlie Haden & Hank Jones- Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?

Come Sunday (EmArcy)

Next week: Old Friends.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday July 16, 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/128/56926.html

Tom Chapin- Woody Guthrie’s Dream
Hold Our Ground (Sundance Music)

The next 13 songs are a tribute to Ian & Sylvia’s self-titled debut album, released 60 years ago.

Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley- Rocks and Gravel
Blues Stories (Big City Blues)
Tom Russell- Old Blue
Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs (HighTone)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee- C.C. Rider
Working Man Blues (Sunset Blvd.)
Ken Whiteley- Un Canadien Errant
Long Time Travelling (Ken Whiteley)
Kathy Kallick with Annie Stainec- Handsome Molly
What are They Doing in Heaven Today? (Live Oak)
Karen James- Mary-Anne
Through Streets Broad and Narrow (Folkways)
Ian & Sylvia- Pride of Petrovar
Ian & Sylvia (Vanguard)

Harry Belafonte- Makes a Long Time Man Feel Bad
The Midnight Special (RCA)
Odetta- Rambler Gambler
One Grain of Sand (Vanguard)
Dodi Kallick- Down in the Willow Garden
What are They Doing in Heaven Today? (Live Oak)
Ian & Sylvia- Got No More Home Than a Dog
Ian & Sylvia (Vanguard)
Steven Palmer- When First Unto This Country
Morning Road (Steven Palmer)
Miriam Makeba & The Skylarks- Live Humble
Volume 1 (Gallo)

Pharis & Jason Romero- Souvenir
Tell ‘Em You Were Gold (Smithsonian Folkways)
Pharis & Jason Romero- Been All Around This World
Tell ‘Em You Were Gold (Smithsonian Folkways)

David Olney with Daniel Seymour- Love Is
Evermore: The Final Live in Holland Sessions I (Strictly Country)
Jack Williams- If My Eyes Were Blind
A Tickle in My Soul (Wind River)
David Olney with Daniel Seymour- Rex’s Blues
Nevermore: The Final Live in Holland Sessions II (Strictly Country)
Brigid Mae Power- I’ll Be Here in the Morning
Burning Your Light (Fire)
Townes Van Zandt- To Live is to Fly
Sunshine Boy: The Unheard Studio Sessions and Demos (Omnivore)

Anne Hills- Romeo and Juliet
Points of View (Appleseed)
Marc Nerenberg- The Tragedy of Lear
On the Street Again (Marc Nerenberg)
Alistair Brown- Hamlet
No Idle Jest (Prospect)

Ellis Paul- When Angels Fall
When Angels Fall – single (Rosella)
Magpie- What If, No Matter
A Tiding (Longtail)
The Advocate Collective (Aaron Parnell Brown, Andy Rogovin, Beth Wood, Crys Matthews, Danielle Miraglia, Erik Balkey, Genevieve, Joe Crookston, Kim Moberg, Lilli Lewis, Lisa Bastoni, Monique Byrne, Mya Byrne, Neale Eckstein, Pat Wictor, Rod MacDonald, Tom Prasada-Rao, Tret Fure, and Vance Gilbert)- If It Were Up to Me
If It Were Up to Me – single (Hudson Harding Music)

Geoff Bartley- Keep Your Eyes on the Road
Keep Your Eyes on the Road (Magic Crow)
Bill Morrissey- Just Before We Lost the War
Something I Saw or Thought I Saw (Philo)
Lucy Kaplansky- These Days
Last Days of Summer (Lucyricky)

Philip Dyson- The Entertainer
Scott Joplin, The King of Ragtime: Complete Piano Works (Decca)

Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- Dry Times
All New (Community Music)
Randy Lewis Brown- Long Dry Season
Wind of Change (Berkalin)
Don Armstrong- Bowl of Dust
Mother Don’t Give Up on Me Now (Ronstadt Record Co.)
Hilary Hawke with Reed Stutz- Happy Hollow
Lilygild (Hilary Hawke)

Bob Stark- Patterson Creek Bridge
Sculpted Pieces of Love (Bob Stark)
Amy Speace- Why I Wake Early (For Mary Oliver)
Tuscon (Windbone)
Peter Lehndorff- Don’t Be Discouraged
Don’t Be Discouraged (Peter Lehndorff)
Deirdre McCalla- Amaryllis
Endless Grace (MaidenRock)

Amanda Rheaume- 100 Years
The Spaces In Between (Ishkõdé)
Mama's Broke- Oh Sun/Pale Night/Forgetting Reel
Narrow Line (Free Dirt)
Kim Beggs- Steel and Wool
Steel and Wool (Out of a Paper Bag Productions)

Steve Howell & The Mighty Men- Bad Boy
Been Here and Gone (Out of the Past Music)
Durham County Poets- That’s What Makes Me Smile
Out of the Woods (Durham County Poets)
Sass Jordan- Chevrolet
Bitches Blues (Stony Plain)
The Strongman Blues Remedy featuring Harrison Kennedy- I Like to Ride
Volume 1 (Stony Plain)

Tim Sparks & James Buckley- Homeward Bound
Jukebox Dreamin’ (Acoustic Music)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on August 13. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm. And, I’ll be hosting Canadian Spaces on Saturday June 30 from 10 am-noon.

Find me on Facebook. facebook.com/mikeregenstreif

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday March 30, 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 – Episode #8 – was prerecorded at home and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/51425.html

Theme: Songs Inspired by Bible Stories 

Maria Muldaur- Adam and Eve had the Blues
Sweet and Slow (Stony Plain)
Geoff Bartley- Noah’s Ark
One Kind Word (Magic Crow)
Sharon Goldman- Pillar of Salt
Kol Isha/A Woman’s Voice (Sharon Goldman)

Shelley Posen- Ram in the Thicket
Manna (Well Done Music)
Leonard Cohen- Story of Isaac
Songs from a Room (Columbia/Legacy)

Kim & Reggie Harris- Go Down Moses
Steal Away: Songs of the Underground Railroad (Appleseed)
Jesse Winchester- Pharaoh’s Army
Learn to Love It (Stony Plain)
Bob Franke- Walkin’ in the Wilderness
The Desert Questions (Robert J. Franke)

Margot Leverett & The Klezmer Mountain Boys with Hazel Dickens- Little Moses
2nd Avenue Square Dance (Traditional Crossroads)
Odetta- Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
Best of the Vanguard Years (Vanguard)
Rory Block- Samson & Delilah
I Belong to the Band: A Tribute to Rev. Gary Davis (Stony Plain)

The Short Sisters- Shadrack
Live from Four States (Black Socks Press)
The High Bar Gang- Daniel Prayed
Lost and Undone (True North)
Louis Armstrong- Ezekiel Saw the Wheel
Louis and the Good Book (Verve)
Eliza Gilkyson- Rose of Sharon
Your Town Tonight (Red House)

Shelley Posen- Shepherd
Menorah: Songs from a Jewish Life (Well Done Music)
SONiA disappear fear- Hallelujah
By My Silence (Disappear Records)

Ian & Sylvia- Jesus Met the Woman at the Well
Four Strong Winds (Vanguard)
Jackie Washington, Ken Whiteley & Mose Scarlett- Blind Barnabas
Where Old Friends Meet (Pyramid)
Odetta & The Holmes Brothers- Two Little Fishes and Five Loaves of Bread
Shout, Sister, Shout! A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe (M.C.)

Josh White- Never Said a Mumblin’ Word
The Josh White Stories, Vols. I & II (Jasmine)
Mavis Staples- Were You There?
Spirituals & Gospel (Gitanes)
David Olney- A Soldier’s Report
The Stone (Deadbeet)

Charlie Haden & Hank Jones- Wade in the Water
Steal Away: Spirituals, Hymns and Folk Songs (Verve)

Next week – A Live Music Extravaganza

Find me on Twitter. www.twitter.com/mikeregenstreif

And on Facebook. facebook.com/mikeregenstreif

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday March 27, 2021

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/128/51381.html

 

Michael Johnathon- Sunday Morning
The Painter (PoetMan)

Jesse Winchester- I Wave Bye Bye
Gentleman of Leisure (Sugar Hill)
Steel Rail- Flow River Flow
Coming Home (Crossties)
Dave Clarke- Until We Meet Again
The Healing Garden (Crossties)
Chris Rawlings & Anne Lederman- I Want to Hear You Sing
A Whistle, a Tune, a Song and a Dance (Cooking Fat Music)

Liz Simmons- Night in the City
Poets (Morgana Music)
Becky Buller- Woodstock
Distance and Time (Dark Shadow Recording)
Joni Mitchell- Born to Take the Highway
Archives – Volume 1: The Early Years (1963-1967) (Rhino)
Alice Howe- A Case of You
A Case of You – single (Alice Howe)
Lisa Jeanette- Darling of the Muses
Jellyfish on the Moon (Lisa Jeanette Music)

Michael Smith- The Dutchman
Such Things are Finely Done (Tales from the Tavern)
Eric Taylor- Visitors from Indiana
Eric Taylor (Watermelon)
David Olney- Jerusalem Tomorrow
The Stone (Deadbeet)
Tim Grimm- Dreaming of King Lear
Gone (Vault)

Magpie- Which Side Are You On?
When We Stand Together (Longtail Records)
Michael J. Miles featuring Zahra Glenda Baker- Which Side Are You On? Dilemma
Mississippi River Suite/Which Side Are You On? (Right Turn On Red Music)
Ellis Paul- $20 Bill (For George Floyd)
Ellis Paul’s Traveling Medicine Show Vol. 1 (Rosella)
Michael J. Miles featuring Zahra Glenda Baker- Which Side Are You On? Enough
Mississippi River Suite/Which Side Are You On? (Right Turn On Red Music)
Marc Nerenberg- Ain’t Gonna Study War No More (Down By the Riverside)
Times Ain’t Nuthin’ Like They Used to Be (Marc Nerenberg)

New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers- Blues for Yesterday
Volume 2 (Stony Plain)
Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley- Careless Love
Blues Stories (Big City Blues)
Vince Halfhide- Memphis Rounder
Vince Halfhide (Vince Halfhide)
Katie Oates- Bury Me On Beale Street
We Go On: Si Kahn’s Songs of Hope in Hard Times (Hollow Reed Arts Recordings)
Junior Wells- Cha Cha Cha in Blue
Junior’s Wails: Singles As & Bs 1953-1961 (Jasmine)

Maggie & Terre Roche- Jill of All Trades
Where Do I Come From: Selected Songs (StorySound)
Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche- Jane
I Can Still Hear You (StorySound)
Laura Smith- One Woman
As Long As I’m Dreaming (Borealis)
Jane Voss- Free at Last (Let Me Find My Wings)
Farther Down the Road (Ripple)

Anne Hills- Acquainted with the Night
Accidental August (Hand & Heart Music)
Dulcie Taylor- First Kiss
Rediscovered (Mesa/Bluemoon Recordings)
Annabelle Chvostek- Je t’ai vue hier soir (I Saw You Last Night)
String of Pearls (Annabelle Chvostek)
Rod Abernethy- Just Around the Corner
Normal Isn’t Normal Anymore (Songs From Downstairs Records)

Willie Dunn- The Ballad of Crowfoot
Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology (Light in the Attic)

Frank London with Karim Sulayman- Amore en
Ghetto Songs (Felmay)
Frank London with Karim Sulayman & Cantor Seta Kundish- O dolcezz’amarissime
Ghetto Songs (Felmay)
Frank London with Cantor Seta Kundish – Minutn fun bitokhn
Ghetto Songs (Felmay)
Bob Jensen- The Partisan
For the Sake of the Song (Bob Jensen)

Rod MacDonald- In Every Dream
Boulevard (Blue Flute Music)
John Gorka- I Can’t Do Crazy (Anymore)
Willie Nile Uncovered (Paradiddle)
Anna Elizabeth Laube- Sweet Boy from Minnesota
Annamania (Continental Song City)
Reid Jamieson- Everyday People
Songs of 69 (Reid Jamieson)

Jimmy Yancey- Yancey Stomp
Blues & Boogie (Cherry Red)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on April 24. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

Find me on Twitter. www.twitter.com/mikeregenstreif

And on Facebook. facebook.com/mikeregenstreif

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday February 1, 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 http://www.ckcufm.com/ on the web.

This episode of Saturday Morning can be streamed on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/46720.html

Eliza Meyer & Sam Gleaves- Hello Stranger

Hello Stranger (Eliza Meyer)

In memory of masterful singer-songwriter David Olney. David died January 18 of an apparent heart attack while performing at a festival in Florida. He was 71. I was already an admirer of David's songs and albums when I met him in 1997 when I was MC of the Rounder Records showcase at the Folk Alliance International conference in Toronto and he was one of the performers. His performance there was stunning. I took this photo during a late night showcase at the 2017 Folk Alliance International conference in Kansas City.

David Olney- Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

Women Across the River (Strictly Music)

Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris with Kate & Anna McGarrigle- 1917

Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions (Asylum)

The Wailin’ Jennys- Deeper Well

The Wailin’ Jennys (The Wailin’ Jennys)

Mimi Fariña- If My Eyes Were Blind

Solo (Philo)

David Olney- Women Across the River

Women Across the River (Strictly Music)

In memory of Bob Shane, the last of the original members of The Kingston Trio. Bob died January 26. He was 85.

The Kingston Trio- Scotch and Soda

The Kingston Trio (Capitol)

Stephen Mendel- Song for a Winter’s Night

Sing Me a Story (Stephen Mendel)

Miranda Mulholland- Heart Like a Wheel

By Appointment or Chance (Roaring Girl)

Catherine MacLellan- Coyote

Coyote (Catherine MacLellan)

Annette Wasilik- Chincoteague

Love & Fire (Azalea City)

SONiA disappear fear- Picture Perfect

Small House No Secrets Composer’s Cut (Disappear)

Don Bray- Thank You My Friend

I Bless the Wounds (Don Bray)

Sneezy Waters- Papa’s on the Housetop

Sneezy Waters (Sneezy Waters)

Lynne Hanson- Hemmingway’s Songbird

Just Words (Lynne Hanson)

David Francey- Night and Morning

The Broken Heart of Everything (Laker)

Extended feature: A Tribute to Sonny Terry (1911-1986) & Brownie McGhee (1915-1996). Some of the next 16 songs were written by Sonny Terry and/or Brownie McGhee. All were from their repertoire.

Peter, Paul & Mary- Tryin’ to Win

See What Tomorrow Brings (Warner Bros.)

John Jackon- Red River Blues

Front Porch Blues (Alligator)

The Whiteley Brothers- Custard Pie

Bluesology (Pyramid)

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee- Rock Island Line

Blues Masters, Vol. 5 (Storyville)

Happy Traum- Careless Love Blues

Just for the Love of It (Lark’s Nest Music)

Andy Cohen- Spread the News Around

Road Be Kind (Earwig)

Odetta- Stranger Here

Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin’ (RCA)

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee- Confusion

Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry Sing (Smithsonian Folkways)

Tim Williams- Sportin’ Life Blues

Evenings Among Friends (Cayuse)

Sweet Honey in the Rock- Midnight Special

A Tribute: Live! Jazz at Lincoln Centre (Appleseed)

Guy Davis & Fabrizio Poggi- Baby Please Don’t Go Back to New Orleans

Sonny & Brownie’s Last Train (M.C.)

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee with Chris Barber- No Worries on My Mind

London, 1958 (Jasmine)

Penny Lang- Trouble in Mind

Gather Honey (Borealis)

Durham County Poets- I’ve Been Living with the Blues

Hand Me Down Blues (Durham County Poets)

Robert Jones & Matt Watroba- Walk On

Common Chords (Common Chords Records)

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee- That’s Why I’m Walking

Back to New Orleans (Fantasy)

Susan Werner- Napoleon

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

Michael Doucet- Walking on a Mardi Gras Day

Lâcher Prise (Compass)

Lyle Lovett- God Will

Lyle Lovett (Curb/MCA)

Judy Collins & Jonas Fjeld with Chatham County Line- The Fallow Way

Winter Stories (Wildflower/Cleopatra)

John Prine- Storm Windows

Souvenirs (Oh Boy)

Leonard Cohen- Moving On

Thanks for the Dance (Columbia/Legacy)

Perla Batalla- So Long, Marianne

Bird on the Wire: The Songs of Leonard Cohen (Mechuda Music)

Vance Gilbert- Pie & Whiskey

Good Good Man (Disismye Music)

Tom Russell- Canadian Whiskey

Old Songs Yet to Sing (Frontera)

Windborne- Chilly Winds

Recollections/Revolutions (Wand’ring Feet Records)

Leigh Cline- Galatia

Galatia (Scimitar)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on February 29. The extended feature will be Songs of Phil Ochs.

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