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.
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Theme: Songs from Gullah Traditions.
The Gullah people are an African American group – descended from enslaved people from West Africa – who live in the coastal plains and sea islands of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and northern Florida and have a rich tradition of folksongs.
Bessie Jones & The Georgia Sea Island Singers- O Day
Get in Union (Tompkins Square)
Bessie Jones & The Georgia Sea Island Singers- Buzzard Lope
Get in Union (Tompkins Square)
Reggie Harris- Sheep, Sheep/Little David
Ready to Go (Reggie Harris Music)
Ken Whiteley and the Beulah Band- Beulah Land
Ken Whiteley and the Beulah Band (Borealis)
Ranky Tanky- That’s Alright
Ranky Tanky (Resilience Music)
David Rea- Kindlin’ Wood/Things are Coming My Way
X 7 (Gitsu)
Bessie Jones & The Georgia Sea Island Singers- Sink ‘Em Low
Get in Union (Tompkins Square)
Ranky Tanky- Join the Band
Ranky Tanky (Resilience Music)
Ken Whiteley- Michael Row
Long Time Travelling (Ken Whiteley)
Kim & Reggie Harris with Baby Jay- Row de Boat
Get On Board: Underground Railroad & Civil Rights Freedom Songs, Volume 2 (Appleseed)
Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project with Tim O'Brien- Before This Time Another Year
Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project (Borealis)
Bessie Jones & The Georgia Sea Island Singers- Sign of the Judgement
Get in Union (Tompkins Square)
The Duhks- Moses Don’t Get Lost
Migrations (Sugar Hill)
The Duhks- Turtle Dove
Migrations (Sugar Hill)
Penny Lang- Let Me Fly
Stone + Sand + Sea + Sky (Borealis)
Ranky Tanky- Watch That Star
Ranky Tanky (Resilience Music)
Bessie Jones & The Georgia Sea Island Singers- Once There was No Sun
The Complete Friends of Old Time Music Concert (Smithsonian Folkways)
John Davis & The Georgia Sea Island Singers- Adam in the Garden
The Complete Friends of Old Time Music Concert (Smithsonian Folkways)
Bessie Jones & The Georgia Sea Island Singers- Who Built the Ark
The Complete Friends of Old Time Music Concert (Smithsonian Folkways)
John Davis & The Georgia Sea Island Singers- Let My Children Go
The Complete Friends of Old Time Music Concert (Smithsonian Folkways)
Peter Davis & The Georgia Sea Island Singers- My God is a Rock
The Complete Friends of Old Time Music Concert (Smithsonian Folkways)
Bruce Springsteen & The Sessions Band- Pay Me My Money Down
Live in Dublin (Columbia)
Ranky Tanky- Ranky Tanky
Ranky Tanky (Resilience Music)
Bessie Jones & The Georgia Sea Island Singers- You Better Mind
Put Your Hand On Your Hip and Let Your Backbone Slip: Songs and Games from the Georgia Sea Islands (Rounder)
Bessie Jones & The Georgia Sea Island Singers- May Be the Last Time, I Don’t Know
Put Your Hand On Your Hip and Let Your Backbone Slip: Songs and Games from the Georgia Sea Islands (Rounder)
Next week: A Tribute to Nina Simone.
--Mike Regenstreif
