Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – July 11, 2026

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/128/76211.html

Doug McArthur- Smoke & Whiskey

Smoke & Whiskey (Doug McArthur)

Grouyan Gombo- Beaubassin

Beaubassin (Grouyan Gombo)

The Vanier Playboys- Gator Gumbo

Deux (Moo Music)

Clifton Chenier- Grand Mamou

King of Louisiana Blues and Zydeco (Arhoolie)

Sneezy Waters & Mike Regenstreif (2013)

Sneezy Waters- Zydeco Began

A Letter Home (Sneezy Waters)

Jory Nash & Mike Regenstreif (2024)

Jory Nash- Oh, Little One

The Light Still Shines on the Main (Thin Man)

Cowboy Junkies- Clothes Line Saga

Garth Hudson Presents A Canadian Celebration of The Band (Curve Music)

Suzie Vinnick- Big Train (from Memphis)

Fall Back Home (Suzie Vinnick)

Amanda Rheaume- Better Part of Town

The Truth We Hold (Ishkõdé)

Don Ross- Water

Water (Goby Fish Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Ron Sexsmith (2025)

Ron Sexsmith- Rose Town

Hangover Terrace (Cooking Vinyl)

Mike Regenstreif & James Keelaghan (2017)

James Keelaghan- La Cattiva Strada

Second-Hand (Borealis)

Valdy- A Good Song

Classic Collection (A&M)

Hannah & Nathan- Blood is Thicker Than Water

Love and Labour (Just Right Music)

Arnie Naiman- My Lucky Stars

My Lucky Stars (Merriweather)

The Greenbriar Boys- Ragged But Right

Best of the Vanguard Years (Vanguard)

Kitka- Ligo

Kolo (Diaphonoca)

Renée Fleming with Béla Fleck featuring Dolly Parton- In the Pines

The Fiddle and the Drum (Thirty Tigers)

The McDades- The Lily of the West

Thread the Light (Free Radio)

Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl- The Mermaid

Marblehead Morning – Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl: 50 Years in Harmony (Daring)

Saul Broudy & Mike Regenstreif (1993)

Saul Broudy- Cool Colorado

Ten Great Years at Kerrville, Volume One (Silverwolf)

Amy Melissen & Lee Stivers- Blues Stay Away from Me

Something Tells Me Everything Will Be Alright (AMCTR)

Lance Cowan- Where’d They Go

The Air That You Breathe (Lantzapalooza Müzik/Patio) 

Diana Jones & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2021)

Diana Jones, Steve Earle, Richard Thompson, Peggy Seeger & Zahara Phillips- We Believe You

Song to a Refugee (Goldmine)

Mike Regenstreif & Lisa Gutkin of The Klezmatics (2025)

The Klezmatics featuring Joshua Nelson & Lavendar Light Gospel Choir- I Am Willing

We Were Made for These Times (Shamus)

Esther Kaiser- We Shall Overcome

Songs of Courage (GLM Music)

Tim Kliphuis Trio- Rhapsody in Blue

Rhapsody in Blue (Lowlands)

Satellite Birdhouse- So Long

Satellite Birdhouse (Satellite Birdhouse)

Mike Regenstreif & Orit Shimoni (2025)

Dan Bern & Orit Shimoni- Birds

Birds (Dan Bern & Orit Shimoni)

NEeMA- Bone to Pick with Time

Watching You Think (Neemaste/Sony)

Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Cockburn (2017)

Bruce Cockburn- Bone on Bone

Bone on Bone (True North)

Lynne Hanson & Mike Regenstreif (2011)

Lynne Hanson- River of Sand

River of Sand (Lynne Hanson)

Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt featuring Tish Hinojosa- La Madrugada Tusconense

Esperanza (Crooked Cyclone)

Mike Regenstreif & Mitch Greenhill (2025)

Mitch Greenhill & Mayne Smith- Tuscon, One More Time

Storm Coming (Folklore Productions)

Chuck Pyle, Gina Forsyth & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

Chuck Pyle- Other Side of the Hill

Step By Step (Bee ‘n’ Flower)

Gina Forsyth- Down Yonder

Copper Rooster and Other Tunes and Tales (Waterbug)

Mike Regenstreif & Bill Morrissey (2005)

Bill Morrissey- Holden’s Blues

Come Running (Turn and Spin Media)

John Ferullo- Handsome Molly

Red-Tailed Hawk (John Ferullo)

Vanessa Lively- Ready to Find You

Mirroring in the Wilderness (Animada)

Annie Gallup- Paper

Nightclothes (Galway Bay Music)

Allison Russell featuring Joy Oladokun & Julie Williams- No Springtime

In the Hour of Chaos (Fantasy)

Paul Simon & The Jessy Dixon Singers- The Sound of Silence

Paul Simon In Concert: Live Rhymin’ (Columbia/Legacy)

The Brothers & Sisters- Chimes of Freedom

Dylan’s Gospel (Columbia)

Ian Tamblyn- Irene’s Goodnight

The Fragile Tangent (North Track)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on August 8. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – April 18, 2026

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/128/74996.html

Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl- Marblehead Morning

Marblehead Morning – Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl: 50 Years in Harmony (Daring)

Le Vent du Nord- Bienvenue

Voisinages (La Compagnie du Nord)

Mike Regenstreif & April Verch (2025)

Newberry & Verch- Thankful for You

Blessing on the Wing (Slab Town)

The Heart Collectors- One Voice

Twilight Tales (Spins the Gold)

The Wailin' Jennys- Keep Me in Your Heart

Fifteen (True North)

In memory of Greg Kelly (1953-2026)

Greg Kelly- The Good Fight

Broken Windows (Greg Kelly)

Greg Kelly- A Rainy Day in My Heart

Slow Horses (Greg Kelly)

Greg Kelly- Crooked Lines and Broken Fences

Ghosts (Greg Kelly)

Ken Whiteley- Everybody’s Got to be Tried

Keep Going (Pyramid)

Eleanor Ellis & William Lee Ellis- Riley & Spencer

Whistlin’ Past the Graveyard (Riverlark Music)

Martin Grosswendt- Sweetheart Nancy

Dog on a Dance Floor (Philo)

Tom Mitchell & Mike Regenstreif (1999)

Tom Mitchell- Eastern Beer

Tom Mitchell (Philo)

Motel Sundown- Watch Which Way the Wind Blows

Signs in the Rush of Light (Motel Sundown)

Bonnie Dobson & The Hanging Stars- Trouble

Dreams (Loose Music)

Pressgang Mutiny- Mingulay

Departure (Slammin Media)

Paul Mills- Last Steam Engine Train

The Other Side of the Glass (Borealis)

Mike Regenstreif & James Keelaghan (2017)

James Keelaghan- Eulalie

Second-Hand (Borealis)

Susie Burke & David Surette- I Turn to My Guitar 

Waiting for the Sun (Madrina Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2006)

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

Love Filling Station (Appleseed)

Judy Collins & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

Judy Collins- Spanish is the Loving Tongue

Bread & Roses (Elektra)

Andy Hedges- The Westerner

The Westerner (Andy Hedges)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Tom Russell- Where the Cows Turn Their Backs Against the Wind 

Mount Olive (Frontera)

In memory of David Wiffen (1942-2026)

David Wiffen- Mr. Wiffen (Is Incommunicado Today)

David Wiffen (Fantasy)

Tom Rush- Drivin’ Wheel

Tom Rush Celebrates 50 Years of Music (Appleseed)

David Wiffen- Coast to Coast Fever

Coast to Coast Fever (EMI)

Blackie & The Rodeo Kings- Skybound Station

Kings of Love (True North)

Eric Andersen & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Eric Andersen- More Often Than Not

Blue River Live in Tokyo (EARecords)

David Wiffen- South of Somewhere

South of Somewhere (True North)

Anne Kalmering & Stahlhammer Klezmer Classic- Ale Brider

Tshiribim (Kakafon)

Annie & Rod Capps- Stupid Things

Never Done (Yellow Room)

Eric Burdon & The Animals- St. James Infirmary

Everyone of Us (MGM)

Jefferson Ross- Walking Around New Orleans

Low Country Wedding (Jefferson Ross)

Center of the River- Hannibal

Americana Art Music from the Mississippi (CotR)

Mike Regenstreif & Anne Hills (2001)

Anne Hills- Here Comes Love

Live recording from Anne’s Princeton Folk Music Society concert on February 20, 2026

Dave Gunning- World of Make Believe

Field Notes (Wee House of Music)

Mary Gauthier- Mercy Now 

Mercy Now (Lost Highway)

Amy Speace- Kindness

The Blue Rock Session (Windbone)

The Klezmatics featuring Joshua Nelson & Lavendar Gospel Choir- We Were Made for These Times

We Were Made for These Times (Shamus)

Robert Thomas & Mike Regenstreif (2025)

Robert Thomas & the sessionmen- Just Passing Through

The Way We Roll (Gas)

Joe Ely- For the Sake of the Song

Love + Freedom (Rack ‘Em)

DIVKA- Zhuravel

folk fatale (DIVKA)

Chris Crilly- Music for the Church of the Wailing Banshees

Music for the Church of the Wailing Banshees (Chris Crilly)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on May 16. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – December 2, 2025: Many Rivers to Cross

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/595/73081.html

Theme: Many Rivers to Cross.

Jimmy Cliff- Many Rivers to Cross

The Harder They Come (Island)

Veronneau- River

Blue Tapestry (Antidote Sounds)

Tom Russell- Down the Rio Grande

Borderland (HighTone)

Kurt Anderson- Kern River

Life on Interstate 40 (Riverlark Music) 

Ronney Abramson- Purify My River

Ronney Abramson (Capitol)

J.P. Cormier- Long River

The Long River: A Personal Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot (Flash Publishing)

Steve Gillette- That Song About the River

Best of (Compass Rose) 

Steel Rail- Flow River Flow

Coming Home (Crossties)

James Keelaghan- Sweet Thames Flow Softly

A Few Simple Verses (Jericho Beach Music)

Tamarack- The Grand River Canal

On the Grand: The Story of a River (Folk Era)

William Pint & Felicia Dale- The Essakeeba River (Essequibo River)

Hearts of Gold (Waterbug)

Peter, Paul & Mary- Bamboo (River Come Down) 

Peter, Paul and Mary (Warner Bros.)

Happy Traum- Boat’s Up the River

Relax Your Mind (Kicking Mule)

Sean Gagnier- Big River

Circle Harbor (Sean Gagnier)

Sheesham & Lotus & ‘Son- Mississippi River Blues

The High Stepping Music of Sheesham & Lotus & ‘Son (Sepiaphone)

Leon Bibb- Ol’ Man River

Praising Peace: A Tribute to Paul Robeson (Stony Plain)

Jane Siberry- O Shenandoah

Hush (Sheba)

Bill Staines- So Sang the River

One More River (Red House)

Tom Paxton- Deep Fork River

How Come the Sun/Tom Paxton EP (BGO)

Eliza Gilkyson- Before the Great River was Tamed

Songs From the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)

Mia Kelly- Kitchissippi

Garden Through the War (Mia Kelly)

The Persuasions- Black Muddy River

Might as Well: The Persuasions Sing Grateful Dead (Grateful Dead)

Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl- River

Recordings Celebrating 50 Years of a Musical Partnership (Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl)

Next week: The Dark.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday December 27, 2022: Songs from Mike Regenstreif’s top 10 folk-rooted and folk-branched albums of 2022

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/595/58799.html

Theme: Songs from Mike Regenstreif’s top 10 folk-rooted and folk-branched albums of 2022. 

Visit https://frfb.blogspot.com/2022/12/top-10-for-2022.html to see the annotated and illustrated list.

#10 – Tuscon by Amy Speace

Amy Speace- Cottonwood

Tuscon (Windbone)

Amy Speace- If You Fall

Tuscon (Windbone)

#9 – Blues from Chicago to Paris: A Tribute to Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon by Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne

Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne- Rock and Rolling This House

Blues from Chicago to Paris: A Tribute to Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon (Stony Plain)

Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne- Stewball

Blues from Chicago to Paris: A Tribute to Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon (Stony Plain)

#8 – Second-Hand by James Keelaghan

James Keelaghan- La Cattiva Strada

Second-Hand (Borealis)

James Keelaghan- Just a Letter

Second-Hand (Borealis)

#7 – Tribute to a Songpoet: Songs of Eric Andersen by Various Artists

Bob Dylan- Thirsty Boots

Tribute to a Songpoet: Songs of Eric Andersen (Y&T Music)

Janis Ian- Hills of Tuscany

Tribute to a Song Poet: Songs of Eric Andersen (Y&T Music)

#6 – Lifetime Achievement by Loudon Wainwright III

Loudon Wainwright III- One Wish

Lifetime Achievement (StorySound)

Loudon Wainwright III- Lifetime Achievement

Lifetime Achievement (StorySound)

#5 – There’s a Bright Side Somewhere by Happy Traum

Happy Traum- Dry Bones

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

Happy Traum- Love Song to a Girl in an Old Photograph

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

#4 – Leap! by John McCutcheon

John McCutcheon- Third Way

Leap! (Appalsongs)

John McCutcheon- Everyday

Leap! (Appalsongs)

#3 – Mountain City Four by Mountain City Four

Mountain City Four- Erev Shel Shoshanim

Mountain City Four (Omnivore)

Mountain City Four- Mean Old Frisco

Mountain City Four (Omnivore)

#2 – Songs from the River Wind by Eliza Gilkyson

Eliza Gilkyson- Bristlecone Pine

Songs From the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)

Eliza Gilkyson- Don’t Stop Lovin’ Me

Songs From the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)

#1 – Thieves of Dreams by Lenka Lichtenberg

Lenka Lichtenberg- It was a cold dusk, my love

Thieves of Dreams (Six Degrees)

Lenka Lichtenberg- I wanted to curse you, bitter land

Thieves of Dreams (Six Degrees)

Next week: Songs of Tom Paxton

Find me on Facebook. facebook.com/mikeregenstreif

--Mike Regenstreif

Top 10 for 2022

Here are my picks for the Top 10 folk-rooted or folk-branched albums of 2022. As in past years, I started with the list of hundreds of new albums (including reissues) that I listened to over the past year and narrowed it down to a short list of about 30. I’ve been over the short list several times over the past couple of weeks and came up with several similar – not identical – Top 10 lists. Today’s list is the final one. The order might have been slightly different, and there are several other worthy albums that might have been included, had one of the other lists represented the final choice. 

1. Lenka Lichtenberg – Thieves of Dreams/Zloději snů (Six Degrees). The songs on Lenka Lichtenberg’s very poignant and very powerful album, Thieves of Dreams/Zloději snů are settings of poems written by Anna Hana Friesová, her maternal grandmother, while she was a prisoner in the Terezin concentration camp in what was then Czechoslovakia during the Second World War and the Holocaust. 

2. Eliza Gilkyson – Songs from the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog). On Songs from the River Wind, Eliza Gilkyson sings songs – some newly written, some older, and some adapted from traditional folksongs – about the part of the West where she’s spent much of her life. She visits such themes as the life of woman who is a travelling musician, and the environment. 

3. Mountain City Four – Mountain City Four (Omnivore). The Mountain City Four – Anna McGarrigle, the late Kate McGarrigle, the late Jack Nissenson, and Peter Weldon – is a legendary Montreal folk group of the 1960s. The Mountain City Four never recorded an album back in the day but Peter Weldon has assembled this CD from live recordings and home demos that show how compelling the Four were as a group and where Kate and Anna came from, musically, when they emerged as superb singer-songwriters in the ‘70s. 

4. John McCutcheon – Leap! (Appalsongs). In Leap! veteran folksinger, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist John McCutcheon offers a superb collection of insightful, often-poignant and occasionally-funny songs that have much to say about the state of the world and human relations. Among the highlights is “The Third Way,” the true story of a refugee – John’s father-in-law – and his brilliant and funny response to a conundrum with a wise lesson for us all. Another is “Second Hand,” inspired by the passing of Holocaust survivor and educator Esther Cohen, a stark reminder that as survivors pass on, it becomes our collective responsibility to keep their memories and lessons alive as antisemitism and fascism rise again in the contemporary world. 

5. Happy Traum – There’s a Bright Side Somewhere (Lark’s Nest Music). On There’s a Bright Side Somewhere, Happy Traum, a six-decade veteran of the folk scene offers a great set that encompasses several instrumentals, traditional folksongs, and songs of Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Eric Andersen, Brownie McGhee and Blind Willie McTell. One of my favorites is “Love Song to a Girl in an Old Photograph,” an original song he first recorded with his late brother, Artie Traum, more than a half-century ago. 

6. Loudon Wainwright III – Lifetime Achievement (StorySound). 53 years since he released his first LP, Loudon Wainwright III has released one of his best albums of original material: a witty, poignant look at life, relationships, regrets, and, yes, achievement, from a mature perspective of someone who has reached age 75, an age that neither of his parents achieved. While there’s occasionally a full band sound, most of the songs are presented with the kind acoustic arrangements that bring out the best in the lyrics and folk-rooted melodies. 

7. Various Artists – Tribute to a Songpoet: Songs of Eric Andersen (Y&T Music). A finely curated 3-CD, 42-track set, including a few previously released recordings, Tribute to a Songpoet: Songs of Eric Andersen is a great homage to the veteran singer-songwriter Eric Andersen. The repertoire ranges from folk-era classics like “Thirsty Boots,” sung by Bob Dylan, “Waves of Freedom,” sung by The Kennedys, and “Violets of Dawn,” sung by Mary Chapin Carpenter, to contemporary topical songs like “Rain Falls Down in Amsterdam,” sung by Willie Nile, “Eyes of the Immigrant,” sung by Lucy Kaplansky, and “Trouble in Paris,” sung by Robert Aaron. Other highlights include Dom Flemons’ version of “Song to J.C.B.” and versions of many of the songs from Eric’s classic album, Blue River. 

8. James Keelaghan – Second-Hand (Borealis). Long one of Canada’s finest, and most dynamic singer-songwriters, Second-Hand is an outstanding collection that finds James offering original songs, including co-writes with Lynn Miles, Catherine MacLennan, JD Edwards and Cara Luft (The Small Glories), Dave Gunning, Coco Love Alcorn and his old Compadres partner Oscar Lopez. There is also James’ excellent translation of the Italian song, “La Cattiva Strada,” and a wonderful version of Jesse Winchester’s nostalgic “Eulalie.” 

9. Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne – Blues from Chicago to Paris: A Tribute to Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon (Stony Plain). There were several great blues albums released in 2022, but my favorite is pianist-singer Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne’s tribute to the wonderful and enduring classic duo recordings of pianist Memphis Slim and bassist Willie Dixon from the early-1960s. With the strong collaboration of Russell Jackson on acoustic bass and vocals, and drummer Joey DiMarco, Wayne’s versions of these songs are compelling, infectious, and delightful. 

10. Amy Speace- Tuscon (Windbone). This short album – seven songs, 28 minutes – is Amy Speace’s profoundly moving coming-to-terms with the trauma she suffered from sexual assault when she was young. While there are understandable expressions of anger resulting from the harrowing experience, this is ultimately an album of healing and redemption. 

I will be featuring songs from each of these albums on Stranger Songs, Tuesday December 27, 3:30-5 pm (ET), on CKCU. The program is already available 24/7 for on-demand streaming at this link.

And on Facebook. facebook.com/mikeregenstreif 

–Mike Regenstreif

 

Canadian Spaces – CKCU – Saturday September 17, 2022

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 hosted by Mike Regenstreif.

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/129/57624.html

Guest: David Eisenstadt

Pharis & Jason Romero- Going Across the Sea

Tell ‘Em You Were Gold (Smithsonian Folkways)

Mountain City Four- The Log Driver’s Waltz

Mountain City Four (Omnivore)

Ian Robb & James Stephens- Charming Molly

Declining …with thanks (Fallen Angle)

Hannah Shira Naiman- Little Black Train

The Wheels Won’t Go (Hannah Shira Naiman)

Morgan Toney- Kwana Li

First Flight (Ishkõdé)

Bob Jensen- Who By Fire

For the Sake of the Song (Bob Jensen)

ES:MO (Elizabeth Shepherd & Michael Occhipinti)- Lovers is a Dangerous Time

The Weight of Hope (ES:MO)

Alec Fraser, Jr- Grandma’s House

On the Wings of the Wind (Alec Fraser, Jr.)

Chris Rawlings & Anne Lederman- Apple Blossom Time

A Whistle, a Tune, a Song and a Dance (Cooking Fat Music)

Ken Tizzard & Amelia Curran- St. John’s Waltz

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

Dennis O’Toole- Man of a Thousand Songs

Lone Gunman at the Assassin’s Hotel (Dennis O’Toole)

Ron Hynes- Boy from Old Perlican

Ron Hynes (Borealis)

Suzie Vinnick- Raino

Fall Back Home (Suzie Vinnick)

James Keelaghan- Walk On

Second-Hand (Borealis)

Windborne- Le Diable et le Fermier

Of Hard Times & Harmony (Wand’ring Feet)

Frida's Brow- Old Friends

Frida’s Brow (Frida’s Brow)

Michael Kaeshammer- How Long Blues

The Warehouse Sessions (Linus)

The next six songs punctuated my conversation with David Eisenstadt, author of Under the Radar: 30 Notable Canadian Jewish Musicians. Visit https://undertheradarbook.com/ for more information about the book.

Aviva Chernick- La Serena

La Serena (Aviva Chernick)

The Travellers- Something to Sing About

The Travellers 1960-1966: This Land is Your Land (Sony)

Oscar Brand- The Derby Ram

The Riverside Folklore Series, Volume Three: Singing the New Traditions (Riverside)

Ofra Harnoy- Barrett’s Privateers

On the Rock (Analekta)

Danny Marks- Heading Down to New Orleans

Cities in Blue (Danny Marks)

Shelley Posen- Will Their Children Light the Candles

Menorah: Songs from a Jewish Life (Well Done Music)

Conklin Céilí Band- Shadow Boats

A Three Legged Stool (Conklin Céilí Band)

Wade Hemsworth with The Mountain City Four- The Story of the I’m Alone

Wade Hemsworth with The Mountain City Four (Peter Weldon)

Chaim Tannenbaum- Brooklyn 1955

Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)

I’ll be hosting Canadian Spaces next on October 22. I also host Stranger Songs every Tuesday from 3:30 to 5 pm; and the Saturday Morning show from 7 to 10 am, once every 4 weeks with my next slot on October 8.

Find me on Facebook. facebook.com/mikeregenstreif

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday September 10, 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/128/57551.html
 
Tom Chapin- Listen Close
Hold Our Ground (Sundance Music)
 
James Keelaghan- Second-Hand
Second-Hand (Borealis)
John McCutcheon- The Ride

Leap! (Appalsongs)
Claudia Schmidt- Broken Glass
Reimagining (Claudia Schmidt)
David Olney with Daniel Seymour- Evermore
Evermore: The Final Live in Holland Sessions I (Strictly Country)
 

Mike Regenstreif & Loudon Wainwright III (2015)

Mountain City Four- Jesulein Süss/Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Mountain City Four (Omnivore)
Loudon Wainwright III- One Wish
Lifetime Achievement (StorySound)
Kate McGarrigle, Martha Wainwright & Lily Lanken with Anna McGarrigle, Rufus & Loudon Wainwright, Chaim Tannenbaum, Dane & Sylvan Lanken- Johnny’s Gone to Hilo
The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)
 
Lucy Kaplansky- Last Days of Summer
Last Days of Summer (Lucyricky)
Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop- That’s How the Summer Slips Away
Red Shoes (Borealis)
Steel Rail- Once in a While
Coming Home (Crossties)
Happy Traum- Love Song to a Girl in an Old Photograph
There’s a Bright Side Somewhere (Lark’s Nest Music)
 
Peter Lehndorff- The Huntington’s Waltz
Don’t Be Discouraged (Peter Lehndorff)
The Wailin' Jennys- Keep Me in Your Heart
Fifteen (True North)
Ben Bullington- I’ve Got to Leave You Now
Ben Bullington (Ben Bullington)
 
Merle Travis- Sixteen Tons
Folk Songs of the Hills (Bear Family)
Mountain City Four- Dark as a Dungeon
Mountain City Four (Omnivore)
Peter Keane- I am a Pilgrim
Blues/Ballads/Cowboy Songs (Peter Keane)
 
Grit Laskin- The End of a Pointed Gun
Unabashedly Folk (Borealis)
Max Ferguson- Black September (Munich ’72)
Black September (Munich ’72) – single (Max Ferguson)
 
Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues featuring Cantor Pavel Roytman- Hine Ma Tov Blues
More Different Voices (Dawnserly)
Moira Smiley & Voco- Days of War
In Our Voices (Moira Smiley Music)
 
Sid Selvidge- Pearlee
Twice Told Tales (Elektra Nonesuch)
Furry Lewis- Kassie Jones
Furry Lewis in Memphis/Matchbox Bluesmaster Series – Set 8: Big Road Blues 1966-1972 The Tradition Continues (Nimbus Matchbox Bluesmaster)
Spanky & Our Gang- Prescription for the Blues
Like to Get to Know You (Mercury)
Little Brother Montgomery- Lonesome Mama Blues
Home Again/Matchbox Bluesmaster Series – Set 8: Big Road Blues 1966-1972 The Tradition Continues (Nimbus Matchbox Bluesmaster)
 
Brian Lemco- For EL
Seasons (Brian Lemco Music)
Amy Speace- The Offering
Tuscon (Windbone)
 
John McCutcheon- Third Way
Leap! (Appalsongs)
 
Paul Colombino- God Bless Americana
Hello Old Friend (Sweet Allen Farm Music)
 
Buffy Sainte-Marie- Little Wheel Spin and Spin
Medicine Songs (True North)
Geoff Bartley- When the Few Have Much and the Many Have None
Keep Your Eyes on the Road (Magic Crow)
Windborne- The Song of Hard Times
Of Hard Times & Harmony (Wand’ring Feet)
 

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2009)

James Keelaghan- Eulalie
Second-Hand (Borealis)
Susie Burke & David Surette- I Turn to My Guitar
Waiting for the Sun (Madrina Music)
Bailey Bigger- Mississippi You’re On My Mind
Coyote Red (Madjack)
Jesse Winchester- It’s a Shame About Him
Love Filling Station (Appleseed)
 
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup- Rock Me Mama
Mean Ole Frisco (Collectables)
Mountain City Four- Mean Old Frisco
Mountain City Four (Omnivore)
Elvis Presley- That’s All Right
For LP Fans Only! (RCA)
 
Happy Traum- Living with the Blues
There’s a Bright Side Somewhere (Lark’s Nest Music)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee- Love, Truth and Confidence
At the Bunkhouse (BGO)
Michael Jerome Browne- Walk On
Double (Borealis)
 
Loudon Wainwright III- It Takes 2
Lifetime Achievement (StorySound)
Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche- Talkin’ Like You (Two Tall Mountains)
I Can Still Hear You (StorySound)
 
Helen Townsend with Shannon Smith- If You Were Real
Love Lies ‘n’ Leaving (Apra Amcos)
 
I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on October 8. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm. And, I’ll be hosting Canadian Spaces on Saturday September 17 from 10 am-noon.
 
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--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday April 23, 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 prerecorded at home and can already be streamed on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/55987.html

Anne Hills- Follow That Road
Angle of the Light (Flying Fish)

Steve Lundquist- Slow Down Sonny
My Life in Song (Steve Lundquist)
Jerry Jeff Walker- Then Came the Children
Too Old to Change (Elektra)
Paul Siebel- Jasper & the Miners
Jack-Knife Gypsy (Elektra)

Utah Phillips & Mike Regenstreif (1976) photo: Felicty Fanjoy

Steve Madewell- Early On In Life
Hometown Blues (Barnsongs)
Mary Chapin Carpenter- I Am a Town
One Night Lonely (Lambent Light)
Jefferson Ross- You Can’t Go Home Again
Southern Currency (Jefferson Ross)
Utah Phillips- Starlight on the Rails
Good Though! (Philo)

Willie Dunn- Broker
Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology (Light in the Attic)
James Keelaghan- Cold Missouri Waters
History: The First 25 Years (Borealis)

Amy Speace- Cottonwood
Tuscon (Windbone)
Allison Russell- The Hunters
Outside Child (Fantasy)
Amy Speace- If You Fall
Tuscon (Windbone)

Dave Clarke- Simonne
The Healing Garden (Crossties)

John McCutcheon- Ukrainian Now
Ukrainian Now – single (Appalsongs)
Lee Oskar- Never Forget
Never Forget (Dreams We Share Productions)
Ina May Wool- Time of Trouble
Rewrite the Ending (Voice of Binky Music)
Susan Cattaneo- Hold Onto Hope
All is Quiet (Jersey Girl Music)

Bill Bourne- Seven Angels
Sally’s Dream (Ragged Pup)

Bruce Cockburn- Pacing the Cage
Greatest Hits (1970-2020) (True North)
Geneviève Racette- The Tide
Satellite (Geneviève Racette)
Lynne Hanson- This Heart of Mine
Ice Cream in November (Panda Cave)

Mike Regenstreif & Lynn Miles (2013)

Rick Fines- One Lone Loon
Solar Powered Too (Rick Fines)
Susan Crowe- I was Handsome, I was Young
A Pilgrim’s Mirror (Corvus)
Shari Ulrich- Canada
Back to Shore (Borealis)
Lynn Miles- My Road
Downpour (Lynn Miles)

Pat Moore & The Vinyl Frontier- Strange
Take It to Heart (Pat Moore)
Ball & Chain & The Wreckers- Graveyard Shift
Live at the Bayou (Ball & Chain)
Shane Cook & The Woodchippers- The Little Contortionist
Be Here for a While (Shane Cook)

Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues- Counter Intuitive – Op. 24 Part Two
Different Voices (Dawnserly)

Rain Perry- Melody and Jack
A White Album (Precipitous)
Tom Prasada-Rao- Tenderness
Tenderness – single (Tom Prasada-Rao)
Josie Bello- The Sound of Guitars
Resilience (Josie Bello)

Mike Regenstreif & Priscilla Herdman (1978) photo: Ron Petronko

Amy Bishop- Five Minutes
Perfect & Broken (Amy Bishop)
Priscilla Herdman- Millworker
Forgotten Dreams (Flying Fish)
Annie Gallup- Harvey Moved to Queens
Harvey Moved to Queens – single (Galway Bay Music)

Martyn Joseph- Down to the Well
1960 (Pipe)
Stéphane Wrembel- Swing de Paris
The Django Experiment VI (Water is Life)
Sophie Milman- La Vie en Rose
Sophie Milman (Linus)
Ann Savoy & Her Sleepless Knights- Getting Some Fun Out of Life
If Dreams Come True (Memphis International)
Susie Arioli featuring Jordan Officer- Blue Skies
Night Lights (Spectra)

Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne- The Way She Loves a Man
Blues from Chicago to Paris: A Tribute to Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon (Stony Plain)
Kenny Neal featuring Rockin' Dopsie Jr. & The Zydeco Twisters- Bon Temps Rouler
Straight from the Heart (Ruf)
The Duke Robillard Band with Sue Foley- No Good Lover
They Called It Rhythm & Blues (Stony Plain)

Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters- Blues for Duke Robillard
Mercy Me (Stony Plain)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on May 21. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday January 25, 2022: London, Longing for Home

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/595/54959.html

Theme: London, Longing for Home – songs about the city of London, that are set in London, or that reference London in some way.

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2009)

Tom Paxton- Leaving London
The Compleat Tom Paxton (Even Compleater) (Rhino Handmade)

Ian & Sylvia- Handsome Molly
Ian & Sylvia (Vanguard)
Peggy Seeger- London Bridge
Love Call Me Home (Appleseed)
Derroll Adams- Apprenticed in London
Feelin’ Fine (The Village Thing)
Bob Bossin- London
The Roses on Annie’s Table (Nick)
Stringband- Le prisonnier de Londres
The Indispensable 1972-2002 (Nick)

Bonnie Dobson- JB’s Song
Take Me for a Walk in the Morning Dew (Hornbeam)
Mary Hopkin- Streets of London
Earth Song/Ocean Song (Apple)

Jelly Roll Morton- London Blues
An Introduction to Jelly Roll Morton (Fuel 2000)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Mike Regenstreif & Chaim Tannenbaum (1976) photo: Felicity Fanjoy

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Tell My Sister
Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Nonesuch)
Chaim Tannenbaum- London, Longing for Home
Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)

James Keelaghan- Sweet Thames Flow Softly
A Few Simple Verses (Jericho Beach Music)
Emily Barker & Lukas Drinkwater- London Still
Room 822 (Everyone Sang)
Gary P. Nunn with Robert Earl Keen & Lyle Lovett- London Homesick Blues
Friends for Life, Volume One (Campfire)

Willie Nelson- A Foggy Day
My Way (Legacy)
Sam Cooke- London By Night
Cooke’s Tour (RCA)
Suzy Bogguss- Piccadilly Circus
Swing (Compadre)
Tom Northcott- Sunny Goodge Street
Sunny Goodge Street: The Warner Bros. Recordings (Wounded Bird)

Sneezy Waters & His Very Fine Band- Sultans of Swing
Sneezy Waters Live (Sneezy Waters)
Warren Zevon- Werewolves of London
A Quiet Normal Life: The Best of Warren Zevon (Elektra)
The Clash- London Calling
London Calling (Epic)

Roger Miller- England Swings
Hits (Drive Entertainment)

Next week: Songs of W.C. Handy

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--Mike Regenstreif