Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 2, 2025: "Crazy Blues" and Other Crazy Songs

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/595/71788.html

Theme: “Crazy Blues” and other Crazy Songs.

Mamie Smith- Crazy Blues

The Rough Guide to Blues Women (World Music Network)

Patsy Cline- Crazy

The Unforgettable Patsy Cline (Polygram)

Steven Fromholz- I’d Have to Be Crazy

A Rumor in My Own Time (Capitol)

Rosalie Sorrels- We Were Kinda Crazy Then 

Travelin’ Lady Rides Again (Green Linnet)

Lennie Gallant- She’s Gonna Drive You Crazy

Shelter from the Storms (Lennie Gallant)

J.J. Cale- Crazy Mama

Naturally (Mercury)

Ball & Chain & The Wreckers- Crazy Arms

Live at the Bayou (Ball & Chain)

Durham County Poets- Good Kind of Crazy

Out of the Woods (Durham County Poets)

Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band- Crazy Words, Crazy Tune

Greatest Hits (Vanguard)

Leon Redbone- I’m Crazy ‘Bout My Baby

Whistling in the Wind (Rounder)

John Prine- Egg & Daughter Night, Lincoln Nebraska, 1967 (Crazy Bone)

The Tree of Forgiveness (Oh Boy)

Bebop Cowboys- Crazy Rhythm

Début (Bebop Cowboys)

Tom Paxton- Crazy John

Tom Paxton 6 (Elektra)

Michael Smith- Crazy Mary

Love Letter on a Fish (Tales from the Tavern)

Carla Gover & Brett Ratliff- Crazy

Kentucky Queen (Redbird)

Russ Kelley- Crazy Shades of Blue

Crazy Shades of Blue (Ark Road Music Productions)

Billie Holiday- Crazy He Calls Me

Lady’s Decca Days, Volume One (Decca)

Sunny and Her Joy Boys- You’re Driving Me Crazy

Introducing Sunny and Her Joy Boys (Stony Plain)

J. Reissner- Crazy Swing

Portrait in Blue (J. Reissner)

Ana Gasteyer- Crazy People

I’m Hip (Henry’s Girl)

Ian Robb- Champion at Driving ‘Em Crazy

Ian Robb & Hang the Piper (Folk-Legacy)

Leonard Cohen- Crazy to Love You

Old Ideas (Columbia)

Shirley Eikhard- Crazy from the Heat

Going Home (Artisan Music)

Tom Russell- The Other Side of Crazy

Who’s Gonna Build Your Wall? (HighTone)

Barbara Dane- Crazy Blues

On My Way (Dreadnaught Music)

Next week: Part 1 – Songs and Conversation with author David Eisenstadt; Part 2 – Riding in My Car.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday June 22, 2019

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 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/128/43530.html

David Newland- No Way to Stay Warm

Northbound: The Northwest Passage in Story and Song (David Newland)

The Afro-Métis Nation (featuring Russ Kelley)- It’s a Wonder

Constitution (The Afro-Métis Nation)

Our Native Daughters (featuring Allison Russell w/Rhiannon Giddens & Leyla McCalla)- You’re Not Alone

Songs of Our Native Daughters (Smithsonian Folkways)

Rising Appalachia- Sassafras

Leylines (Rising Appalachia)

Joel Rafael- Glory Bound

Rose Avenue (Inside)

Brooksie Wells- Maybe Not

In My Pocket (Down Home Diva)

Jay Linden- It’s a Crooked Train

Under the Radar (Jay Linden)

Tom Mitchell- Eastern Beer

1976 live recording – used with permission

Steve Howell & Jason Weinheimer- There’ll Be Some Changes Made

History Rhymes (Out of the Past Music)

Tom Russell- Small Engine Repair

October in the Railroad Earth (Frontera)

Jamie Andersen- Man in Black

The Truth Appears (Tsunami)

Crowes Pasture- Slow It Down

Slow It Down (Crowes Pasture)

The Lark and the Loon- Take the Stairs

2 (Jeff Rolfzen & Rocky Steen-Rolfzen)

Old Man Luedecke- Wake Up Call

Easy Money (True North)

Extended feature: Songs of Michael Smith – the next 15 songs were written by Michael Smith.

Steve Goodman- Roving Cowboy (Ballad of Dan Moody)

Words We Can Dance To (Red Pajamas)

Claudia Schmidt & Betsy Redhed- Spoon River

Claudia Schmidt (Flying Fish)

Anne Hills- Rondi’s Birthday

October Child (Flying Fish)

Michael Smith- The Ballad of Elizabeth Dark

Such Things are Finely Done (Tales from the Tavern)

Mike Regenstreif & Michael Smith in Tampa (2014)

Jamie O'Reilly- Waving to Picasso

Swimming Deeper (Bird Avenue Publishing)

Tom Rush- Hobo’s Mandolin (This Here Mandolin)

Ladies Love Outlaws (Columbia)

Bonnie Koloc- Crazy Mary

Timeless (Mr. Biscuit)

Michael Smith- Sister Clarissa

Such Things are Finely Done (Tales from the Tavern)

Fourtold- Panther in Michigan

Fourtold (Appleseed)

Skyline with Tony Trischka- Stranded in the Moonlight

Ticket Back: A Retrospective (Flying Fish)

Michael Smith- Coffeehouse Days

Michael Margaret Pat & Kate (Wind River)

Barbara Barrow- A Real Good One

Remembering Fred: A Tribute to Fred Holstein (The Remembering Fred Group)

Small Potatoes- I Brought My Father with Me

Time Flies (Folk Era)

John Gorka- The Dutchman

So Dark You See (Red House)

Michael Smith- Such Things are Finely Done

Such Things are Finely Done (Tales from the Tavern)

Judy Collins- Suzanne

Judy Collins Sings Leonard Cohen: Democracy (Elektra/Rhino)

Steel Rail- Wooden Ships

River Song (Crossties)

Jesse Winchester- I Wave Bye Bye

Gentleman of Leisure (Sugar Hill)

Susan Werner- The Night I Ate New Orleans

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

Victor Mecyssne (Victor Anthony)- Going to New Orleans

Hush Money (Sweetfish)

Jennifer Warnes- I Am the Big Easy

Another Time, Another Place (BMG)

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee- Rock Island Line

Blues Masters, Vol. 5 (Storyville)

Stephen Barry Band- Poor Boy

Live (Fix it in the Mix Music)

Stephen Barry Band- Crazy Man

Live (Fix it in the Mix Music)

J. Reissner- Rocks Have Been My Pillow

Fallen Star (J. Reissner)

Stephen Barry Band- Pickin’ the Blues

Live (Fix it in the Mix Music)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on July 20.

Find me on Twitter. @MikeRegenstreif

And on Facebook. facebook.com/mikeregenstreif

--Mike Regenstreif

Canadian Spaces with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday June 8, 2019

CKCU can be heard at 93.1 FM in Ottawa and http://www.ckcufm.com/ on the web.

This particular show is now available for on-demand listening. https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/129/43304.html

Canadian Spaces on CKCU in Ottawa is Canada’s longest-running folk music radio program. It is heard Saturday mornings from 10:00 am until noon (Eastern time).

This week’s show was hosted by Mike Regenstreif (subbing for Chris White).

Guests: Mike Biggar, John Allaire, Missy Burgess.

The Afro-Métis Nation (featuring Chris White & George Elliott Clarke)- Hymn to Portia White

Constitution (The Afro-Métis Nation)

Kaia Kater- New Colossus

Grenades (Smithsonian Folkways)

Michael Jerome Browne- Where is the Song

That’s Where It’s At! (Borealis)

J. Reissner- Follow the Sunshine

Fallen Star (J. Reissner)

Po’ Girl- Abilene

Po’ Girl (Jericho Beach)

Old Man Luedecke- Easy Money

Easy Money (True North)

Wade Hemsworth with the Mountain City Four (lead vocal: Kate McGarrigle)- The Log Driver’s Waltz

Wade Hemsworth with the Mountain City Four (Peter Weldon)

David Newland- Poor William Braine

Northbound: The Northwest Passage in Story and Song (David Newland)

Jamie Andersen- Open Water

The Truth Appears (Tsunami)

Ken Tizzard- Boy from Old Perlican

A Good Dog is Lost: A Collection of Ron Hynes Songs (Ken Tizzard)

Irish Mythen- The Bravery

Little Bones (Irish Mythen)

Same Latitude as Rome (with Sean McCann)- Stay the Course

Stay the Course (Same Latitude as Rome)

Mose Scarlett- Lulu’s Back in Town

Precious Seconds (Borealis)

Leon Redbone- Polly Wolly Doodle

On the Track (Warner Bros.)

Dr. John- Didn’t He Ramble

Goin’ Back to New Orleans (Warner Bros.)

Mike Biggar & John Allaire- All the Same

Live in the studio

John Allaire & Mike Biggar- Magnets

Live in the studio

Mike Biggar & John Allaire- What Can I Do

Live in the studio

Missy Burgess- Time

Play Me Sweet (Missy Burgess)

Missy Burgess- Blue Sweater

Lemon Pie (Missy Burgess)

Tom Russell- Play One More

Play One More: The Songs of Ian & Sylvia (True North)

Ian Hanchet- I’ll Fly Away

New Life (Ian Hanchet)

Alana & Leigh Cline- The Black Mill

Alana & Leigh Cline (Scimitar)

My next show on CKCU is June 22 when I’ll be hosting the Saturday Morning program from 7 until 10 am.

Find me on Twitter. @MikeRegenstreif

And on Facebook. facebook.com/mikeregenstreif

--Mike Regenstreif

Canadian Spaces – CKCU – Saturday July 8, 2017

CKCU can be heard at 93.1 FM in Ottawa and http://www.ckcufm.com/ on the web.

This particular show is now available for on-demand listening.

http://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/129/33134.html

Canadian Spaces on CKCU in Ottawa is Canada’s longest-running folk music radio program. It is heard Saturday mornings from 10:00 am until noon (Eastern time).

It was hosted for more than 33 years by the late Chopper McKinnon and is now hosted by Chris White and a rotating cast of co-hosts.

This week’s show was co-hosted by Mike Regenstreif and Chris White.

Guests: Ray Barfitt; Campbell Woods & Tim Jackson; Joel LeBlanc; Anthony Toner

Catherine MacLellan- Bidin’ My Time

If It’s Alright With You: The Songs of Gene MacLellan (True North)

J. Reissner- If I Ever Get Lucky

Portrait in Blue (J. Reissner)

Katie Moore & Andrew Horton- Lover’s Return

Six More Miles (Katie Moore)

Tom Russell- Sam Bonnifield’s Saloon

PlayOne More: The Songs of Ian & Sylvia (True North)

Jayme Stone, Moira Smiley, Sumaia Jackson, Joe Phillips, Felicity Williams, & Denzal Sinclaire- Wait on the Rising Sun

Jayme Stone’s Folklife (Borealis)

Rufus Wainwright- Oliver

Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle (Nonesuch)

Kim Doolittle- Some Loves Never Leave

Into the Blue (Doo-A-Little Music)

Old Man Luedecke- Chester Boat Song

Domestic Eccentric (True North)

The Malvinas- Meteorite

God Bless the Grass (Soona Songs)

Michael Earnie Taylor Orchestra- Man in the Moon

$3 Pants (Laughing Cactus Music)

Suzie Vinnick- Oh My

Me ‘N’ Mabel (Suzie Vinnick)

Scott Cook- Kitchen Dance Party On

Further Down the Line (Scott Cook)

The Jerry Cans- Namulimaaqsimavunga

Aakuluk (The Jerry Cans)

Jesse Winchester- How About You

Let the Rough Side Drag (Stony Plain)

Peggy Seeger- Talking Wheelchair Blues

The Folkways Years 1955-1992: Songs of Love and Politics (Smithsonian Folkways)

Campbell Woods & Tim Jackson- Blood is Thicker than Water

Live in the studio

Campbell Woods & Tim Jackson- If She Stays

Live in the studio

Campbell Woods & Tim Jackson- Let’s Get Back Together

Live in the studio

Anthony Toner- An Alphabet

Ink (Dozens of Cousins)

Anthony Toner- Let the River

Live in the studio

Anthony Toner- The Night Prayer of Saint Augustine

Live in the studio

Anthony Toner- Sailortown

Live in the studio

Claire Lynch- Black Flowers

North By South (Compass)

I’ll be co-hosting Canadian Spaces again on November 25.

Find me on Twitter. @MikeRegenstreif

And on Facebook. facebook.com/mikeregenstreif

--Mike Regenstreif