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

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 

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday December 2, 2023

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/128/62954.html

Cat Power- Mr. Tambourine Man

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

Finest Kind- The Faded Roses of December

Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle)

Rosalie Sorrels & Mike Reggenstreif (1993)

Rosalie Sorrels- Walking Down the Lonely Street

If I Could Be the Rain (Folk-Legacy)

Mark Ross- Look for Me in Butte

Singing Through the Hard Times: A Tribute to Utah Phillips (Righteous Babe)

Jay Peterson- Daddy, What’s a Train?

Singing Through the Hard Times: A Tribute to Utah Phillips (Righteous Babe)

Utah Phillips- All Used Up

The Long Memory (Red House)

Sylvia Tyson- Sweet Agony

At the End of the Day (Stony Plain)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2018)

Tom Russell- Chocolate Cigarettes

Hurricane Season (Stony Plain)

Gathering Time- You Were On My Mind

Old Friends (Triple-G Records)

Sylvia Tyson- Not Quite Rain

At the End of the Day (Stony Plain)

Orit Shimoni- New York

Winnipeg (Orit Shimoni)

Chava Alberstein- Fellini in New York

End of the Holiday (Rounder)

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

Erik Frandsen- Unique New York

Antiques: New & Used (Erik Frandsen)

Happy Traum- New York Town

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

Cole Quest & The City Pickers- Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key

Self [En] Titled (Omnivore) 

David Baxter- Marching into Glory

Day & Age (Proper Channels)

Bonnie Dobson- Everybody’s Talkin’

Bonnie Dobson (RCA)

Caroline Doctorow- Other Side of This Life

Follow You Down (Narrow Lane)

Fred Neil- Blues on the Ceiling

Bleecker & MacDougal (Elektra)

Karen Dalton- Little Bit of Rain

It’s So Hard to Tell Who’s Going to Love You the Best (Koch)

Judy Mayhan- The Dolphins

Judy Mayhan (Decca)

JackDaw- Song for Fred

Ghost in the Big House (Cutthroat)

Jack Hardy- Orphan from Madrid/Guernica

Landmark (Great Divide)

Payadora Tango Ensemble featuring Olga Avigail Mieleszczuk- Sabina’s Letter: Some of Us Must Survive

Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango (Six Degrees)

Brendan Nolan- Parallel Limbs

Beneath White Stars: Holocaust Profiles in Song (AlmondSeed Media)

Noel Paul Stookey- Jean Claude

Just Causes (Neworld)

SONia disappear fear & Mike Regenstreif (2017)

SONiA disappear fear- By My Silence

By My Silence (Disappear)

Shelley Posen- Packed

Mazel (Well Done Music)

Ian Tamblyn- Tiger Lily Road

Scenes Through a Mirror (North Track)

Mike Regenstreif & Lynn Miles (2013)

Lynn Miles- Wintery Feeling

Winter (Lynn Miles)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2006)

Jesse Winchester- Snow

Jesse Winchester (Stony Plain)

Short Sisters- Snow, Snow

A Planet Dancing Slow (Black Socks Press)

Rod MacDonald & Mike Regenstreif (2005)

Rod MacDonald- The Coming of the Snow

After the War (Blue Flute Music)

Garnet Rogers with Doug Long- Give the Fiddler a Dram

Summer Lightning: Live (Snow Goose)

Swing & Tears- Dirty Old Town

Swing & Tears (Swing & Tears)

Guy Van Duser & Billy Novick- Just a Little While to Stay Here

Guy & Billy (Daring)

Mike Regenstreif & Connie Kaldor (2015)

Connie Kaldor- Solo Clarinet

Keep Going (Coyote Entertainment)

Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi- Nature Boy/Natur Bokher

The Wolf and the Lamb: Live at The Shakh (Arc)

David Francey- I Called It Love

The Breath Between (Laker Music) 

Ynana Rose- Redwood Holler

Under a Cathedral Sky (Ynana Rose Music)

David Broza- Untitled

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

Brittany Jean- The Dutchman

Colors & Covers (Brittany Jean)

Cedar County Cobras- Poor Boy

Homesick Blues (Cedar County Cobras)

Michael Jerome Browne with Mary Flower- Black Dog Blues

Gettin’ Together (Borealis/Stony Plain)

Alice Gerrard- December Daisies

Sun to Sun (Sleepy Cat) 

I’m taking some time off in December, so I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on January 27. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday February 14, 2023: Love Songs

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/595/59373.html

Theme: Love Songs.

Randall Kromm- I Gave My Love a Valentine

I Gave My Love a Valentine – single (Randall Kromm)

Priscilla Herdman- The Coast of Marseilles

Forgotten Dreams (Flying Fish)

Mike Regenstreif & James Talley (2005)

James Talley- Sea of Cortez

Journey: The Second Voyage (Cimarron)

Liz Miller- Valentine

Lucky Me (Liz Miller)

Bruce Murdoch- (If I Had) Wings

Bruce Murdoch (Radio Canada International)

Jesse Winchester & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Jesse Winchester- Sham-A-Ling-Dong-Ding

Love Filling Station (Appleseed)

Chaim Tannenbaum, Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Lily Lanken- Young Love

The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)

The Roches- You’re the One

Where Do I Come From: Selected Songs (StorySound)

Mara Levine & Si Kahn- The Dutchman

Jewels and Harmony (Mara’s Creations)

Erik Frandsen- The Man Who Fell in Love with Kathleen

Antiques: New & Used (Erik Frandsen)

Mike Regenstreif & Maria Dunn (2017)

Maria Dunn- From Dublin with Love

Joyful Banner Blazing (Distant Whisper Music)

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

Case History (Pilgrims Rest)

Kate Wolf- Give Yourself to Love

The Wind Blows Wild (Rhino)

Buffy Ford Stewart, Eliza Gilkyson & Shana Morrison- Some Kind of Love

Same Old Heart (Global Recording Artists)

Pat Guadango- Tomorrow is a Long Time

1964 (Campbell Music)

Rosalie Sorrels- I Think of You

My Last Go Round (Red House)

Allison Russell- Persephone

Outside Child (Fantasy)

Shelley Posen- Old Loves

Old Loves (Well Done Music)

Nanci Griffith- Time Alone

Once In a Very Blue Moon (Philo)

Mike Regenstreif & Bill Staines (1993)

Bill Staines- Sueño

Sandstone Cathedrals (Mineral River)

Perla Batalla- Coming Back to You

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

Moore & McGregor- Dream With Me

Dream With Me (Ivernia)

Mike Regenstreif, Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop (2014)

Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop- The Story of Love

Red Shoes (Borealis)

Next week: Remembering Dr. John on Mardi Gras Day.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday January 17, 2023: Songs and Conversation with Shelley Posen

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/595/59053.html

Theme: Songs and Conversation with Shelley Posen.

Shelley Posen is an Ottawa-based singer, songwriter and folklorist. For many years, he was a member of the acclaimed harmony trio, Finest Kind. Visit https://shelleyposen.com/ for more information about Shelley.

All of the songs on the show, except “The Night Pat Murphey Died,” were written by Shelley Posen.

Shelley Posen & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom.

Shelley Posen- Roseberry Road

Roseberry Road (Well Done Music)

Finest Kind- The Night Pat Murphey Died

Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle Music)

Jane Voss & Hoyle Osborne- Having a Drink with Jane

Sparkle and Shine (Front Hall)

Shelley Posen- So How Come You Don’t Have Tongue?

Manna (Well Done Music)

Shelley Posen- Akhehr

Mazel (Well Done Music)

Shelley Posen- Packed

Mazel (Well Done Music)

Shelley Posen- We’ll Get Through This

Old Loves (Well Done Music)

Shelley Posen- Long, Long Tunnel

Old Loves (Well Done Music)

Shelley Posen- I Want to Write a Standard

Old Loves (Well Done Music)

Shelley Posen- I Missed You in My Dreams Last Night

Old Loves (Well Done Music)

Shelley Posen with Erik Frandsen- It’s for You

Old Loves (Well Done Music)

Shelley Posen- Pompeii, Pompeii

Old Loves (Well Done Music)

Next week: Songs of – or inspired by – the Spanish Civil War.

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--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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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday September 20, 2022: At the Intersection of Folk Street and Jazz Avenue

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 prerecorded and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/57659.html

Theme: At the Intersection of Folk Street and Jazz Avenue.

Paul Geremia & Mike Regenstreif (2012)

Paul Geremia- Dr. Jazz

Love My Stuff (Red House)

Louis Armstrong & Velma Middleton- Loveless Love

Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy (Columbia/Legacy)

Preservation Hall Jazz Band & Ani DiFranco- Freight Train

Preservation (Preservation Hall)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk- Make Me a Pallet on the Floor

Boogie Woogie String Along for Real (Warner Bros.)

Oscar Brown, Jr..- Go Down Moses

The Voice of Cool (Not Now Music)

Nat Adderley- Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

Much Brass (Riverside)

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

Erik Frandsen- Bopsville

Antiques: New & Used (Erik Frandsen)

Dave Van Ronk- The Fresno Shuffle

Hummin’ to Myself (Gazell)

Leon Redbone- Sweet Substitute

Any Time (Rounder)

Dakota Dave Hull & Sean Blackburn- River of Swing

River of Swing (Arabica)

Last Forever- Buddy’s Blues

No Place Like Home/Last Forever (2nd Story Sound)

Loudon Wainwright III with Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks- Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

I’d Rather Lead a Band (Search Party) 

Geoff Muldaur's Futuristic Ensemble & Martha Wainwright- Singin’ the Blues

Private Astronomy: A Vision of the Music of Bix Beiderbecke (Edge Music)

Jim Kweskin & The Neo-Passé Jazz Band- Staggerlee

Jump for Joy (Vanguard)

Maria Muldaur with Tuba Skinny- I Like You Best of All

Let’s Get Happy Together (Stony Plain)

David Grisman- Naima

Quintet ’80 (Warner Bros.)

Annabelle Chvostek- Belleville rendez-vous

String of Pearls (Annabelle Chvostek)

Sussex- Drive

The Ocean Wide (Lucky Bear)

Michael Jerome Browne- He Ain’t Got Rhythm

Drive On (Borealis)

Mike Regenstreif & David Amram (2004) photo: Ron Petronko

David Amram with Ramblin' Jack Elliott & Odetta- Home on the Range

At Home/Around the World (Flying Fish)

Reggie Harris- Harlem Renaissance

Ready to Go (Reggie Harris Music)

Jackie Washington- Gotta Go

The World of Jackie Washington (Borealis)

Charlie Haden & Hank Jones- Wade in the Water

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

Next week: Songs of The Mountain City Four and Kate & Anna McGarrigle.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday May 10, 2022: “Rooty Toot Toot for the Moon”

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/595/56173.html

Theme: “Rooty Toot Toot for the Moon”

Tom Paxton- Looking for the Moon
Looking for the Moon (Appleseed)

Over the Moon- Over the Moon
Moondancer (Over the Moon)
Shelley Posen- Ontario Moon
Ontario Moon (Well Done Music)
Leon Redbone- Shine On Harvest Moon
Double Time (Warner Bros.)
Chaim Tannenbaum- It’s Only a Paper Moon
Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)

Patti Casey with Paul Asbell- Blue Moon
Just an Old Sweet Song (Long Shot Music)
Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik- Blue Moon of Kentucky
Martha Sings & Robert Plays (Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik)
Pat Alger- Once in a Very Blue Moon
True Love & Other Short Stories (Sugar Hill)

Noel Paul Stookey- I’ll Be Seeing You
Fazz: Now & Then (Neworld Multimedia)

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

Erik Frandsen- Dig That Moon
Antiques: New & Used (Erik Frandsen)
Nanci Griffith- Grapefruit Moon
Ruby’s Torch (Rounder)
Billie Holiday- I Wished On the Moon
Songs for Distingué Lovers (Verve)
Durham County Poets- The Moon Won’t Go Down
Hand Me Down Blues (Durham County Poets)

Ben Bullington- Ring Around the Moon
White Sulphur Springs (Ben Bullington)
Lily Henley- Alta Alta Va La Luna
Oras Dezaoradas (Lior Éditions)
Perla Batalla- Cuando Sale la Luna
Discoteca Batalla (Mechuda Music)
Tom Russell- Walking On the Moon
Old Songs Yet to Sing (Frontera)

Maggie & Terre Roche- Underneath the Moon
Where Do I Come From: Selected Songs (StorySound)
Kevin Head- Full Moon
Hear Them Callin’ (Kevin Head)
Ian Tyson- Horsethief Moon
Eighteen Inches of Rain (Stony Plain)

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

Joel Mabus- The Moon May Never Shine This Way Again
Time & Truth (Fossil)
Vance Gilbert- Unfamiliar Moon
Unfamiliar Moon (Disismye Music)
Missy Burgess- Drive to the Moon
Play Me Sweet (Missy Burgess)
David Francey- Big Texas Moon
Empty Train (Laker Music)

Lui Collins- Rooty Toot Toot for the Moon
Baptism of Fire (Green Linnet)

Next week: These Songs are for the Birds.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday December 21, 2021: Winter Solstice & Christmas

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/595/54591.html

Theme: Winter Solstice & Christmas

Good Lovelies- Hurry Home
Under the Mistletoe (Good Lovelies)

Gathering Sparks- Bringing in the Light
All That’s Real (Borealis)
Jesse Palidofsky- Dancing Toward the Light
Dancing Toward the Light (Azalea City)
Herdman, Hills & Mangsen- Solstice Round
At the Turning of the Year (Hand & Heart Music)
Claudia Schmidt- Winter Solstice Chant
Hark the Dark (Claudia Schmidt)
Joe Jencks- Longest Night of the Year
Poets, Philosophers, Workers & Wanderers (Turtle Bear Music)

Joe Newberry & April Verch- Round the Christmas Tree
On This Christmas Day (Slab Town)
Robin Greenstein & Cecilia Kirtland- Mele Kalikimaka
Songs of the Season (Windy)

Jay McShann- Hootie’s K.C. Christmas Prayer
Still Jumpin’ the Blues (Stony Plain)

Joni Mitchell- The Gift of the Magi
Archives – Volume 2: The Reprise Years (1968-1971) (Rhino)
Gordy Quist- River
A Very Blue Rock Christmas Vol. 2 (Blue Rock)
Lynn Miles- Christmas Makes Me Miss You More
Winter (Lynn Miles)

Rosalie Sorrels & Mike Regenstreif (1993)

Rosalie Sorrels- Hot Buttered Rum
An Imaginary Christmas in Idaho (Limberlost)
Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies- Gramophone Dancing
Wotcheor! (Tantobie)
Cosy Sheridan- The Night the Reindeer Fly
Sometimes I Feel Too Much (Cosy Sheridan)
Herdman, Hills & Mangsen- Mister Santa
Voices of Winter (Gadfly)

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

Erik Frandsen- Christmas in Brooklyn
Antiques: New & Used (Erik Frandsen)
Louis Armstrong- Cool Yule
Cool Yule: Deluxe Edition (Verve)
Peter Davis- Zat You Santa Claus?
The Pleasures of Winter (Fiddle & Dance)
Mike Goudreau Band & Dany Roy- Shufflin’ on Christmas Day
Christmas Rendezvous (Éditions Goudreau)

Brian Campbell- All Alone This Christmas
All Alone This Christmas – single (Brian Campbell)
Norman Doucette- Christmas in a Phone Booth
Dangerous Ground (Norman Doucette)
Emma’s Revolution- A Zeesn Christmas
A Zeesn Christmas – single (Moving Forward Music)
Suzzy Roche, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Oona Roche, David Roche & Daisy Press- Christmas Love
Where Do I Come From: Selected Songs (StorySound)
David Massengill- Jesus, the Fugitive Prince
The Return (Plump)

Jay Ungar & Molly Mason with Tony Trischka- Christmas Eve
The Pleasures of Winter (Fiddle & Dance)

Next week: Mike Regenstreif's top 10 folk-rooted and folk-branched albums of 2021

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday April 27, 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 #12 – was prerecorded at home and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/51764.html

 

Theme: April in Paris

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong- April in Paris
Ella and Louis (Verve)
Christine Albert- Mademoiselle de Paris
TexaFrance-Encore! (MoonHouse)
Don Armstrong- Going to Paris
Mother Don’t Give Up on Me Now (Ronstadt Record Co.)

Ronney Abramson- Jukebox of Paris
Jukebox of Paris (Castor Island Music)
Martha Wainwright- Le Métro de Paris
San Fusils, Ni Souliers, à Paris: Martha Wainwright’s Piaf Record (MapleMusic)
Kat Goldman- Letter from Paris
Gypsy Girl (Kat Goldman)
Melody Gardot- From Paris with Love
Sunset in the Blue: Deluxe Edition (Decca)

Buffy Sainte-Marie- Guess Who I Saw in Paris
Illuminations (Vanguard)
Nicki Parrott- The Last Time I Saw Paris
The Last Time I Saw Paris (Venus)
Joni Mitchell- Free Man in Paris
Court and Spark (Elektra)
Gordon Fleming- Parisian Thoroughfare
According to Gordie (Just a Memory)
Andrew Calhoun- A Hoosier in Paris
Shadow of a Wing (Waterbug)

Eric Andersen- Trouble in Paris
The Essential Eric Andersen (Real Gone Music)
Nikki Matheson- It’s Still Raining in Paris
Invisible Angel (Nikki Matheson)
Claribol Stompers- Swing de Paris
Swingattic (Claribol)
Jacques Labrecque- À Paris, sur le petit pont
Folk Songs of France and French Canada (Folkways)

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

Lenka Lichtenberg with Fray- Pigeons in Paris
Embrace (Sunflower)
The Hot Sardines- I Love Paris
Live at Joe’s Pub (The Hot Sardines)
Erik Frandsen- Another Song About Paris
The Greenwich Village Folk Festival 1989-1990 (Gadfly)
Erroll Garner- Paris Bounce
Paris Impressions (Columbia)

Marianne Faithfull- No Moon in Paris
Negative Capability (BMG)
Jacques Brel- Les Prénoms de Paris
The Very Best of Jacques Brel (Select)
The Swing Commanders- Bye Bye Paris
Steelin’ Back (North Western)

Duke Ellington- Paris Blues
Midnight in Paris (Columbia)

Next week – The Second Stranger Songs Fantasy Concert

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--Mike Regenstreif

David Rea 1946-2011

(Photo: Jack Bawden)

David Rea passed away Thursday in Portland, Oregon. He had just turned 65 the day before. Apparently, he’d been ill for several months.

I brought David to play in Montreal a lot in the 1970s. Mostly at the Golem, but he was also on a Pollack Hall concert I produced in 1976 that also included Bruce “Utah” Phillips, Kate & Anna McGarrigle with the Mountain City Four, Erik Frandsen, and the White River Bluegrass Band. David was a sweet guy, an amazing guitarist, a fine songwriter and a great performer.

It was as a guitarist that David first made his mark. Gordon Lightfoot hired David as his lead guitarist when he was just 17. After Lightfoot, he played for several years with Ian & Sylvia and did live and session work with artists ranging from Mike Seeger to Joni Mitchell. He played guitar on Jesse Winchester’s first album.

David made three early LPs with backing from members of bands like Mountain (David co-wrote their hit, “Mississippi Queen”) and the Grateful Dead. But, I think he surpassed those albums with three excellent CDs that were released between 1993 and 2000.

I had a chance to catch up with David at the 2001 Folk Alliance Conference in Vancouver. It was the first time we’d seen each other in 20 or more years. He was as good as I've ever seen him at a couple of too-short showcases I saw him do there.

David was a great musician and – for many years – a great presence in the folk music world. He is missed.

--Mike Regenstreif