Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 26, 2025: Songs of August & Highway 61 Revisited – Revisited

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/595/71687.html

Themes: Part 1 – Songs of August; Part 2 – Highway 61 Revisited – Revisited.

Part 1 – Songs of August

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tran- August Flower

From China to Appalachia (Community Music)

Emily Triggs- Beautiful August

The Great Escape (Emily Triggs)

Jay Linden- August Night

Satchel (Jay Linden)

The Lucky Sisters- On an August Night

So Lucky (Patio)

Preservation Hall Jazz Band- August Nights

That’s It (Legacy)

Joan Baez- The 33rd of August

Blessed Are (Vanguard)

Jeanie Stahl- The August of Our Years

Mysteries (Daring)

Benny Carter- August Moon

Aspects (United Artists)

Part 2 – Highway 61 Revisited – Revisited.

It was 60 years ago, on August 30, 1965, that Bob Dylan released his monumental folk-rock album, Highway 61 Revisited.

Rory Block- Like a Rolling Stone

Positively 4th Street: A Tribute to Bob Dylan (Stony Plain)

Tim O’Brien- Tombstone Blues

Red On Blonde (Sugar Hill)

Ian Hanchet- It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry

Dealin’ from the Bottom (of My Heart) (Ian Hanchet)

Bob Dylan- From a Buick 6

Highway 61 Revisited (Columbia)

Ben Sidran- Ballad of a Thin Man

Dylan Different (Bonsai)

Emma Swift- Queen Jane Approximately

Blonde on the Tracks (Tiny Ghost/CRS)

Ray Benson- Highway 61 Revisited

Swingin’ and Skankin’ (Primary Wave Music)

Tom Russell & Joe Ely- Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues

Folk Hotel (Frontera)

Bill Camplin- Desolation Row

Bob Dylan Project One (Bill Camplin)

Bob Dylan recorded versions of the next three songs during the sessions for Highway 61 Revisited but did not include them on the album.

Lucinda Williams- Positively 4th Street

The Village: A Celebration of the Music of Greenwich Village (429)

Bob Dylan & The Hawks- Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window (single version)

Side Tracks (Columbia/Legacy)

Bob Dylan- Sitting On a Barbed Wire Fence

The Best of the Cutting Edge 1965-1966 (Columbia/Legacy)

Next week: Crazy Blues and Other Crazy Songs.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday April 20, 2024

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/128/64837.html

Finest Kind- April Morning

Heart’s Delight (Fallen Angle)

Annie Patterson & Mike Regenstreif (2018)

Annie Patterson- Gone, Gonna Rise Again

Mountain Side (Annie Patterson)

The Spain Brothers- Wild Rose of the Mountain

Bright and Better Morning (The Spain Brothers)

Katie Oates- When the Morning Breaks

We Go On: Si Kahn’s Songs of Hope in Hard Times (Hollow Reed Arts Recordings)

Mike Regenstreif & Si Kahn (1995)

Si Kahn & The Looping Brothers- Aragon Mill

Aragon Mill: The Bluegrass Sessions (Strictly Country)

Jay Linden- Boat on a River

Ordinary Sunrise (Americana North) 

Simon & Garfunkel- Old Friends/Bookends Theme

Bookends (Columbia)

Tom Rush- The Circle Game

The Circle Game (Elektra)

Chris Smither- Leave the Light On

Leave the Light On (Signature Sounds/True North)

Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl- Marblehead Morning

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

Stan Rogers- Three Fishers

Songs of a Lifetime: For the Family (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis) 

Wendy Grossman- The Jeannie C.

The Last Trip Home (Riverlark)

The Short Sisters- Home Dearie Home

A Little Gracefulness (Black Socks Press)

Tom Lewis & Mike Regenstreif (2006) photo: David Shapiro

Tom Lewis- Rolling Home

Mixed Cargo (Borealis)

Tim Grimm- Broken Truth

Broken Truth – single (Vault)

Connie Kaldor- Not a Sentimental Song

Keep Going (Coyote Entertainment)

Gentle Sparrow- Only Love in My Heart

River (Heart Alchemy Music)

Vince Halfhide- Memphis Rounder

Vince Halfhide (Vince Halfhide)

Annie Patterson- Shady Grove

Meet Me By the Moonlight (Annie Patterson)

Arnie Naiman & Chris Coole- Willie Moore

5 Strings Attached – Volume 2 (Merriweather)`

Judy Collins & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

Judy Collins- The Bells of Rhymney

3 & 4: Judy Collins #3 (Wildflower)

American Patchwork Quartet- Cuckoo Bird

American Patchwork Quartet (Carolina Jasmine)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Goin’ Back to Harlan

Matapedia (Hannibal)

Kim & Reggie Harris- Go Down Moses

Steal Away: Songs of the Underground Railroad (Appleseed)

Peter, Paul & Mary- Tell It on the Mountain

In the Wind (Warner Bros.)

The Klezmatics- Moses Smote the Water

Brother Moses Smote the Water (Piranha)

Mike Regenstreif & David Clayton-Thomas (2006)

David Clayton-Thomas- Holy Moses

A Blues for the New World (Antoinette Music Productions)

Jesse Winchester- Pharaoh’s Army

Learn to Love It (Stony Plain)

Shelley Posen- And We Sang ‘Ha Lakhma Anya’

Manna (Well Done Music)

Kiran Ahluwalia- Jaane Jahan

Comfort Food (Kiran Ahluwalia)

Bill Hearne- Snowin’ on Raton

Always Trust Your Cape (Howlin’ Dog)

Sue Foley- Oh Babe, It Ain’t No Lie

One Guitar Woman: A Tribute to the Female Pioneers of Guitar (Stony Plain)

Mike Regenstreif & Eric Bibb (2005)

Eric Bibb- Bring Me Little Water, Sylvie

Live at the Scala Theatre (Stony Plain)

Nick Gravenites- Poor Boy

Rogue Blues (M.C.)

Todd Burge- Weed

Seed (Todd Burge)

James Gordon- Wild Wind Blows

Wrinkles and Scars (James Gordon)

Kristen Grainger & True North- Oceans Rising

Oceans Rising – single (Kristen Grainger & True North)

Annie Patterson- The L&N Don’t Stop Here Anymore

Mountain Side (Annie Patterson)

Eve Goldberg & Mike Regenstreif (2013)

Eve Goldberg- Sweet Sorrow in the Wind

Ever Brightening Day (Sweet Patootie Music)

Jean Ritchie & Sons- One More Mile

Mountain Born (Greenhays)

Evenchick & Hucul- Where Alexandra Goes

This is My Story (Melissa Hucul & Mark Evenchick)

Anne Hills- Alexandra Leaving

Points of View (Appleseed)

Ana Egge- We Lay Roses

Between Us (StorySound)

Rob Lutes- Shediac Bridge

Come Around (Lucky Bear)

Lisa Redfern- The Best Part

The Best Part (Lisa Redfern)

Rachael Sage- Deepest Dark

Another Side (MPress)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on May 18. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday February 24, 2024

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/128/64070.html

Cleia- February Morning Drive

This Side of Main (Cleia)

Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

David Francey- This Morning

The Breath Between (Laker Music) 

John Prine- Souvenirs

Souvenirs (Oh Boy)

Nanci Griffith- Speed of the Sound of Loneliness

Other Voices/Other Rooms (Elektra)

Reggie Harris- Hello In There

On Solid Ground (Reggie Harris Music)

Bonnie Koloc- Clocks & Spoons

Timeless (Mr. Biscuit)

Mike Regenstreif & James Talley (2005)

James Talley- If We Could Love One Another

Bandits, Ballads and Blues (Cimarron)

Susan Werner- Tiny Texans

Halfway to Houston (Susan Werner)

Tom Rush- Glory Road

Gardens Old, Flowers New (Appleseed)

Jim Kweskin & Maria Muldaur- Let’s Get Happy Together

Never Too Late: Duets with My Friends (StorySound)

American Patchwork Quartet- Beneath the Willow

American Patchwork Quartet (Carolina Jasmine)

Ken Whiteley- Michael Row

Long Time Travelling (Ken Whiteley)

Ranky Tanky- Pay Me My Money Down

Beat Em Down (Resilience Music)

Jenny Whiteley Things are Coming My Way

The Original Jenny Whiteley (Black Hen Music)

Last Forever- Ain’t Going Down to the Well No More/Poor Lazarus

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

Cat Power- Fourth Time Around

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

Sassenach- MacPherson’s Rant/Reel du pendu

Passages (Sassenach)

Mike Regenstreif & Brendan Nolan (2023)

Brendan Noaln- The Broom O’Cowdenknowes

Familiar Brew (Ould Sagosha)

Portage- The Dawning Set: Dawning on the Pacific Rim/Washington’s March/Raleigh & Spencer

Portage (Portage)

The Once- Anthem

The Once (Borealis)

Béla Fleck with Eric Jacobsen & The Virginia Symphony Orchestra- Rhapsody in Blue

Rhapsody in Blue (Thirty Tigers)

The Heart Collectors- Kathy’s Song

The Space Between (Spins the Gold)

Bobby Watt- Desperado

Watt Next? (Glenashdale Music)

Roberta Flack- Ballad of the Sad Young Men

First Take (Atlantic)

The Dumptrucks- Stealin’

Selections (Laughing Cactus)

Taj Mahal- Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You

Savoy (Stony Plain)

Allison Russell- The Returner

The Returner (Fantasy)

Alan Doyle- Welcome Home

Welcome Home (Skinner’s Hill Music)

Carole Wise- I Know My Roots

North Star (Soulful Cricket)

Jay Linden- Ordinary Sunrise

Ordinary Sunrise (Americana North)

Jessica Heine- Burning Bridges

Build Again (Fallen Tree)

Nick Justice- Let the Wind Blow

Stranger in My Town (Nick Justice)

Jeff Talmadge- Night Train from Milan

Sparrow (Berkalin)

Terre & Maggie Roche- Kin Ya See That Sun

Kin Ya See That Sun (Earth Rock Wreckerds)

Mad Agnes- Holy Well

Likely Story (DigDag)

Lisa Klotz- Seventh Generation (For Mother Earth)

Morning Sun (Lisa Klotz)

Charm City Junction- Roll On John

Salt Box (Charm City Junction)

Leslie Evers- Along the Rocky Way

Bound for Land (Cumulus)

Eric Brace & Thom Jutz- Can’t Change the Weather

Simple Motion (Red Beet)

Mike Regenstreif & Lynn Miles (2013)

Lynn Miles- Cold Cold Moon

tumbleWeedyWorld (True North)

Mr. O’Muck- Big Bill Mess Around

Home Field Recordings: The Ancient Blues of Mr. O’Muck (Muck-O-Phone)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on March 23. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday September 19, 2023: September Songs – That’s How the Summer Slips Away

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/595/61962.html

Theme: September Songs – That’s How the Summer Slips Away.

Steel Rail- That’s How the Summer Slips Away

River Song (Crossties)

Cheryl Wheeler- Summer’s Almost Over

Defying Gravity (Philo)

Peter, Paul & Mary- 75 Septembers

LifeLines (Warner Bros.)

Eric Bibb- Done Laid Around (Gotta Travel On)

Good Stuff (Earthbeat!)

Rosanne Cash- September When It Comes

Rules of Travel (Capitol)

Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

David Francey- Far End of Summer

Far End of Summer (Laker)

Night Sun- Summer Songs

One Moment of Grace (Borealis)

Rickie Lee Jones- September Song

Pieces of Treasure (BMG Modern)

Bill Morrissey- When Summer’s Ended

You’ll Never Get to Heaven (Philo)

Randall Kromm- Late September

Late September (Randall Kromm)

Mike Regenstreif & Garnet Rogers (2006)

Garnet Rogers- Summer’s End

The Best Times After All: Live (Snow Goose Songs)

Julie Gold- It’s Hard to Love September

Try Love (Gadfly)

Bruce Murdoch- September 4 – 4 East

Unreleased 1969 tape – used with permission

Kate Wolf- September Song

Safe at Anchor (Rhino)

Jay Linden- Blue Skies of September

Satchel (Jay Linden)

Laura Smith & Mike Regenstreif (2013)

Laura Smith- My Bonny

As Long As I’m Dreaming (Borealis)

Rod Stewart- Maggie May

Every Picture Tells a Story (Mercury)

The Kennedys- Late September Breeze

Headwinds (The Kennedys)

Jesse DeNatale- Late September

The Hands of Time (Blue Arrow)

Lynn Miles- Deep September Blue

Winter (Lynn Miles)

Klezmer-ish- September Sun

Dusty Roads (Riverboat)

Next week: Remembering Gram Parsons (1946-1973).

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday August 1, 2023: Art & Artists

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/595/61330.html

Theme: Art & Artists.

Bob Dylan- When I Paint My Masterpiece

Shadow Kingdom (Columbia/Legacy)

Joni Mitchell- The Gallery

Clouds (Reprise)

Mike Regenstreif & Murray McLauchlan on Zoom (2021)

Murray McLauchlan- A Thomson Day (For Tom Thomson)

Hourglass (True North)

Ian Tamblyn- A.Y.

Walking in the Footsteps: Celebrating the Group of Seven (Art Gallery of Sudbury)

David Mallett- Phil Brown

Inches & Miles 1977-1980 (Flying Fish)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Hommage à Grungie

Tell My Sister – Dancer with Bruised Knees (Nonesuch)

Nikki Parrott- Mona Lisa

Unforgettable: The Nat King Cole Songbook (Venus)

Jay Linden- Salvador Dali

Ordinary Sunrise (Americana North)

Rain Perry- René and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog After the War

Internal Combustion (Precipitous)

John McCutcheon- Monet Refuses the Operation

Cabin Fever: Songs from the Quarantine (Appalsongs)

Michael Johnathon- The Painter

The Painter (PoetMan)

Mike Regenstreif & Anne Hills (2001)

Anne Hills- My Daughter and Vincent Van Gogh

Points of View (Appleseed)

Priscilla Herdman- Vincent

Into the Stars (Stardreamer Music)

Gretchen Peters- Picasso and Me

Gretchen Peters (Valley Entertainment)

Guy Clark- Picasso’s Mandolin

Boats to Build (Asylum)

Jamie O'Reilly- Waving to Picasso

Swimming Deeper (Bird Avenue Publishing)

June Tabor- Paint Me, Redouté

Rosa Mudi (Green Linnet)

Judy Collins- Gauguin

Paradise (Wildflower)

Doug McArthur- The Painter’s Song

Letters from the Coast/Sisteron (Snow Goose Songs)

Ian Tyson- The Gift

All the Good’Uns (Stony Plain)

R. Crumb & His Cheap Suit Serenaders- Fine Artiste

R. Crumb’s Music Sampler (MQ Publications)

Next week: He was a Friend of Mine: Thinking of Dave Van Ronk.

--Mike Regenstreif