Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – November 18, 2025: Toms, Dicks and Harrys

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/595/72868.html

Theme: Toms, Dicks and Harrys.

Tom Paley- Hello Stranger

Beware Young Ladies (Gravitational)

Dick Annegarn- Worried Man Blues

Folk Talk (tôt Ou tard)

Harry Manx- Good Time Charlie’s Got the Blues

Live at the Glenn Gould Studio (Dog My Cat)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2018)

Tom Russell- Into the Wild

Mount Olive (Frontera)

Dick Curless- Rovin’ Gambler

Don’t Fence Me In: The Early Recordings 1956-1960 (Jasmine)

Harry Belafonte- Jamaica Farewell

Belafonte at Carnegie Hall (RCA)

Tom Northcott- Dance Me to the End of Love

Joyful Songs of Leonard Cohen (Full Circle)

Last Forever (Dick Connette & Sonya Cohen)- Buddy’s Blues

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

Harry Chapin- Cat’s in the Cradle

Story of a Life (Elektra/Rhino)

Tom Chapin- Broadside

Hold Our Ground (Sundance Music)

Dick Nolan- Maritime Farewell

Best of Dick Nolan (Sony BMG)

Harry Nilsson- Everybody’s Talkin’

Personal Best: The Harry Nilsson Anthology (RCA)

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2009)

Tom Paxton- Central Square

Redemption Road (Pax)

Dick Weissman- Banjo in the Mist

No Ceiling (Dick Weissman)

Harry Tuft- Sweet Substitute

Across the Blue Mountains (Folk-Legacy)

Tom Mitchell & Mike Regenstreif (1999)

Tom Mitchell- Wasted Rose

Tom Mitchell (Philo)

Dick Hyman- The Entertainer

Scott Joplin: Greatest Hits (RCA)

Harry Connick, Jr.- You’re Sensational

True Love: A Celebration of Cole Porter (Verve)

Tom Rush- San Francisco Bay Blues

Blues, Songs and Ballads (Fantasy)

Dick Justice- Old Black Dog

The Rough Guide to Ragtime Blues (World Music Network)

David Johansen & The Harry Smiths- Richland Woman

David Johansen and the Harry Smiths (Chesky)

Tom Waits- Martha

Closing Time (Elektra)

Harry Van Walls (AKA Van “Piano Man” Walls)- Tee Nah Nah

Atlantic Rhythm and Blues 1947-1974: Volume 1 1947-1952 (Atlantic)

Next week: If It Wasn’t for the Work of the Weavers.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday August 29, 2023: “Nebraska” and Other Songs of Bruce Springsteen

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/595/61669.html

Theme: “Nebraska” and Other Songs of Bruce Springsteen.

Bruce Springsteen (photo: Bell Ebbesen)

Bruce Springsteen- House of a Thousand Guitars

Letter to You (Columbia)

Erik Balkey- Born in the U.S.A.

Everything is Great (Hudson Harding)

Harry Manx & Kevin Breit- I’m On Fire

In Good We Trust (Stony Plain)

Dale Boyle- My Hometown

Small Town Van Gogh (Route 132 Productions)

Lucinda Williams- Factory

The Ghosts of Highway 20 (Highway 20)

Joy Zimmerman & Katie Dahl- If I Should Fall Behind

Where the Light Lives (Cultivate Joy)

Bruce Springsteen- Land of Hope and Dreams

Springsteen on Broadway (Columbia)

Bruce Springsteen- Nebraska

Nebraska (Columbia)

Finny McConnell- Atlantic City

The Dark Streets of Love (True North)

Aoife O’Donovan- Mansion on the Hill

Aoife O’Donovan Plays Nebraska (Yep Roc)

Tim Grimm- Johnny 99

Names (Wind River)

Johnny Cash- Highway Patrolman

Johnny 99 (Columbia)

Fafard & Schwartz- State Trooper

Borrowed Horses (Joël Fafard & Joel Schwartz)

Bruce Springsteen- Used Cars

Nebraska (Columbia)

Bruce Springsteen- Open All Night

Nebraska (Columbia)

Amy Speace- My Father’s House

Tuscon (Windbone)

The Blue Warblers- Reason to Believe

Birds (BorderBag Productions)

Bruce Springsteen- The Ghost of Tom Joad

The Ghost of Tom Joad (Columbia)

Tom Russell- Across the Border

Appleseed’s 21st Anniversary: Roots and Branches (Appleseed)

Lucy Kaplansky- Thunder Road

Everyday Street (Lucy Kaplansky)

Bruce Springsteen- Hitch Hikin’

Western Stars (Columbia)

Next week: Joni Mitchell and Others at the Newport Folk Festival.

--Mike Regenstreif

This week in Folk Roots/Folk Branches history (October 20-26)

Folk Roots/Folk Branches with Mike Regenstreif was a Thursday tradition on CKUT in Montreal for nearly 14 years from February 3, 1994 until August 30, 2007. Folk Roots/Folk Branches continued as occasional features on CKUT and is now also a blog. Here’s the eighth instalment of “This week in Folk Roots/Folk Branches,” a weekly look back continuing through next August at some of the most notable guests, features and moments in Folk Roots/Folk Branches history.

October 20, 1994: Extended feature- Arlo Guthrie.
October 26, 1995: Guest- Bill Garrett.
October 24, 1996: Guest- Steve Fruitman.
October 22, 1998: Guest- John Gorka.
October 21, 1999: Guest- Chuck Brodsky.
October 25, 2001: Guest- Lynn Miles.
October 23, 2003: Guests- Po’ Girl.
October 21, 2004: Guests- Ken Whiteley, Harry Manx.
October 20, 2005: Guests- Brian Blain, Harry Manx.
October 26, 2006: My 700th broadcast on CKUT.
October 25, 2007 (Folk Roots/Folk Branches feature): Songs about this time of year.
October 23, 2008 (Folk Roots/Folk Branches feature): Three Women Sing, Part 2.

--Mike Regenstreif