Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – July 14, 2026: 'Round Midnight

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/595/76229.html

Theme: ‘Round Midnight.

Linda Ronstadt with Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra- ‘Round Midnight

For Sentimental Reasons (Asylum)

Mike Regenstreif & Cathy Fink (2025)

Cathy Fink- The Midnight Prayerlight

Doggone My Time (Sugar Hill)

Tish Hinojosa- Midnight Moonlight

Taos to Tennessee (Watermelon)

Sylvia Tyson & Mike Regenstreif (1997)

Ian & Sylvia- Midnight

The Beginning of the End (Bear Family)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Tom Russell- The Santa Fe at Midnight 

Borderland (HighTone)

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2001) photo: Janice Hanson

Tom Paxton- Dogs at Midnight

Tom Paxton 6 (Elektra)

Andrew Collins Trio- Sunlight at Midnight

Groove (Andrew Collins Trio)

Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt- Midnight Sun

Esperanza (Crooked Cyclone)

HotCha!- Walkin’ After Midnight

Dust Bowl Roots: Songs for the New Depression (HotCha!)

Nanci Griffith- Tequila After Midnight

The Loving Kind (Rounder)

David Mallett- Midnight on the Water

Midnight on the Water (North Road)

Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

David Francey- Nearly Midnight

Maps (Laker Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2009)

Jesse Winchester- Midnight Bus

Third Down, 110 to Go (Stony Plain)

Odetta- Midnight Special 

Lookin’ for a Home: Thanks to Leadbelly (M.C.)

Paul Geremia & Mike Regenstreif (2012)

Paul Geremia- Midnight Hour Blues

Self Portrait in Blues (Red House)

Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley- Midnight Stroll

DeltaPhonic (Elrctro-Fi)

Long John Baldry- Midnight in New Orleans

The Best of the Stony Plain Years (Stony Plain)

Maria Muldaur- Midnight at the Oasis 

Maria Muldaur (Reprise)

Tom Waits- Midnight Lullaby

Closing Time (Elektra) 

Paul Winter Consort- Minuit

Icarus (Living Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Marc Nerenberg (2009)

Marc Nerenberg- The Midnight Sky is Boiling

Lies, Butterflies, and Tyrants (Marc Nerenberg)

Doug McArthur- Almost Midnight

Letters from the Coast/Sisteron (Snow Goose Songs)

Thelonious Monk- ‘Round Midnight

Thelonious Himself (Riverside)

Next week: Dave Van Ronk at 90.

--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

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – February 21, 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/128/74216.html

Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

David Francey- February Morning Drive

Maps (Laker Music)

Judy Collins & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

Judy Collins- Winter Sky

Live at The Town Hall, NYC (Cleopatra)

York Street Thought Process- Winter Walk Part I

Colder (York Street Thought Process)

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

Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Martha Wainwright- Winter Lady

Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man (Verve Forecast)

Jodi Jean & Aylon- Winterlude

Bobfest (Jodi Jean & Aylon)

Sean Gagnier- Winter in the Mountains

Circle Harbor (Sean Gagnier)

Honey Novick- Steam, Steam, Steam

Rising Towards the Seraphim (Honey Novick)

York Street Thought Process- Winter Walk Part II

Colder (York Street Thought Process)

Terry Tufts- With a Little Help from My Friends

Two Nights Solo (Borealis)

Don Bray- Brother Song

I Bless the Wounds (Don Bray)

Pat Moore- When I Love You

The Time’s Never Been Better (Pat Moore)

Al Wood- Treena Ballerina

Mood Swingin’ Blues (Al Wood)

Lynne Hanson- Every Minute In Between

Just Words (Lynne Hanson)

Norman Doucette- Out on the Street

Dangerous Ground (Norman Doucette)

Mary Gick- Waltz for the Trees

Six Tunes and a Song (Mary Gick)

Jamie Anderson- Guitar on the Wall

The Curves are Still There (Tsunami)

Greg Kelly- I Only See the Sun

Ghosts (Greg Kelly)

Jamie Anderson- Last Tuscon Sunrise

The Curves are Still There (Tsunami)

Mike Regenstreif & Rick Fines (2011)

Rick Fines- That’s What Makes You Strong

Solar Powered Too (Rick Fines)

Jimmy Buffett- Gentleman of Leisure

Quiet About It: A Tribute to Jesse Winchester (Mailboat)

Michael Martin Murphey- Freewheeler

Cowboy Songs Four (Valley Entertainment)

Jesse Winchester & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

 
Jesse Winchester- Sweet Loving Daddy

Gentleman of Leisure (Sugar Hill)

Brenda Lewis- I Wave Bye-Bye

Far & Near (Brenda Lewis)

Over the Moon- Lonesome Bluebird

Chinook Waltz (Borealis)

Amy Speace- In This Home

The Blue Rock Session (Windbone)

NEeMA- Stay

Watching You Think (Neemaste/Sony)

Madeleine Peyroux- (Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night

Half the Perfect World (Rounder)

Eric Kilburn- Antopol 1903

American Prayer (Wellspring)

Roger Davidson & The Frank London Klezmer Orchestra- Villages of Old

Villages of Old (Soundbrush)

Paul Kaplan- I Had an Old Coat

King of Hearts (Old Coat Music)

Emily Scott Robinson- Appalachia

Appalachia (Oh Boy)

Julian Taylor- Under Circumstances Like These

Anthology Vol. 2 (Howling Turtle)

Center of the River- Camp Meeting

Americana Art Music from the Mississippi (CotR)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2018)

Tom Russell- Mount Olive

Mount Olive (Frontera)

Eva Cassidy- Route 66

Walkin’ After Midnight (Blix Street)

Mike Regenstreif & Jimmy LaFave (2017)

Jimmy LaFave- Rt. 66 One More Time

Highway Angels…Full Moon Rain (Night Tribe Music)

Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer- Highway 80 (She’s a Mighty Good Road)

Drum Hat Buddha (Signature Sounds)

Hank Snow- I’ve Been Everywhere

I’ve Been Everywhere (RCA)

Woody Guthrie- Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done

Woody At Home – Vol 1 + 2 (Shamus)

Cole Quest & The City Pickers- Pastures of Plenty

Homegrown (Jalopy)

Mike Regenstreif & David Amram (2017)

The David Amram Quintet- Ramblin’ Round

David Amram Honors Guthrie and Ochs: Old Souls (Guthrie Legacy)

Sons of the Never Wrong- Stand Up, Shout Out

Feather and Starry Crown (Sons 3)

Gina Forsyth of The Malvinas & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

The Malvinas- How Can I Keep from Singing

God Bless the Grass (Soona Songs)

Tom Chapin- Sing for Peace

Songs of Hope (Sundance Music)

Tehrani Drom & Parisa Karimi Molan- Sizeh Salam Getirmishem

Unveiled (Lulaworld)

Suzanne Nuttall- Losing Has Never Felt So Sweet

Live Without a Net (Suzanne Nuttall)

Debi Smith- Nebraska Moon

Flight of the Robin (Degan Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2009)

Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon- Artie’s Last Stand

Together Again (Appalsongs)

Jesse Appelman- Freight Train

Where We Go (Jesse Appelman)

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

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – January 24, 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/128/73826.html

Bill Camplin- January Guitar

January Guitar – single (Tool Room)

Sylvia Tyson & Mike Regenstreif (1997)

Ian & Sylvia- January Morning

So Much for Dreaming (Vanguard)

The Refugees- January Sky

Three (Wahubo)

Catherine MacLellan- January Song

Church Bell Blues (True North)

Tommy Makem- The Month of January

Songs of Tommy Makem (Tradition)

Don Williams- If I Were Free

Reflections (Sugar Hill)

Emmylou Harris- Thanks to You

Cowgirl’s Prayer (Asylum)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2006)

Jesse Winchester- Humour Me

Humour Me (Sugar Hill)

Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon- The Future

Together Again (Appalsongs)

Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon- Old Dog

Together Again (Appalsongs)

Katie Moore- My Old Dog

Only Thing Worse (Borealis)

Mike Regenstreif & Bill Staines (1993)

Bill Staines- Old Dogs

Old Dogs (Red House)

Woody Guthrie- I’ve Got to Know

Woody At Home – Vol 1 + 2 (Shamus)

Mike Regenstreif & David Amram (2004)

The David Amram Quintet- Peace Pin Boogie

David Amram Honors Guthrie and Ochs: Old Souls (Guthrie Legacy)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2005)

Tom Russell- Salt on the Rim

Mount Olive (Frontera)

Graham Lindsey- Pen Pal Waltz

Tune Machine (Graham Lindsey)

Meredith Moon- East City Blues

From Here to the Sea (New Motor)

Mike Regenstreif & Garnet Rogers (2006)

Garnet Rogers- Edge of the Earth

Sparrow’s Wing (Snow Goose Songs)

Pat Moore & The Vinyl Frontier- Strange

Take It to Heart (Pat Moore)

Over the Moon- Strangers We Meet

Over the Moon (Over the Moon)

Lynne Hanson- Light in Me

Just a Poet (Lynne Hanson)

Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

David Francey- The Waking Hour

Maps (Laker Music)

Amy Speace- God Came to Me

The Blue Rock Session (Windbone)

Josh White, Jr.- It’s Chilly Out Tonight

Live at the Raven Gallery (Silverwolf)

Pete Seeger with Arlo Guthrie & Shenandoah- Precious Friend You Will Be There

Precious Friend (Warner Bros.)

Brian Claflin- ICE on the Road (for Renee Nicole Good)

ICE on the Road (for Renee Nicole Good) – single (Brian Claflin)

Mike Regenstreif & Maria Dunn (2017)

Maria Dunn- Coal is a Thirsty Business

Hardscrabble Hope (Distant Whisper Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Lynn Miles (2017)

Lynn Miles with Keith Glass- Black Flowers 

Road (Lynn Miles)

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2001) photo: Janice Hanson

Tom Paxton- Dogs at Midnight 

Tom Paxton 6 (Elektra)

Teilhard Frost- Lynchburgtown

Four and Twenty Blackbirds Dancing on a Deerskin (Wolfe Island)

Ramblin' Jack Elliott & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Ramblin' Jack Elliott & Bob Weir- Friend of the Devil

Friends of Mine (HighTone)

Grateful Dead- Sugar Magnolia

American Beauty (Warner Bros.)

Madeleine Peyroux- Lonesome Road 

Careless Love (Rounder)

Kim Wilson- Kansas City

Slow Burn (M.C.)

Jane Voss & Hoyle Osborne- Gateway Blues (Blues for Bessie)

Get to the Heart (Ripple)

Tinsley Ellis- Long Time

Labor of Love (Alligator)

Clela Errington- Careless Love

Walkin’ Each Other Home (Clela Errington)

Jory Nash & Mike Regenstreif (2024)

Jory Nash- Everybody Knows By Now

The Light Still Shines on the Main (Thin Man)

Bonnie Dobson & The Hanging Stars- Baby’s Got the Blues

Dreams (Loose Music)

John Gorka, Mike Regenstreif & Lucy Kaplansky (2012)

John Gorka- No Time to Cry

unentitled (Red House)

Lucy Kaplansky- Forget-Me-Not

The Lucy Story: unreleased and rare tracks, 1976-2023 (Lucyricky)

Jack Hardy- Singer’s Lament 

Bandolier (Great Divide)

Mike Regenstreif & Mark Rubin on Zoom (2025)

Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma- Nobody’s Pig Foot

Nobody’s Pig Foot – single (Rubinchik)

Shelley Posen & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2023)

Shelley Posen- Akhehr 

Mazel (Well Done Music)

Mavis Staples- We Got to Have Peace

Sad and Beautiful World (Anti-)

Satellite Birdhouse- The Big Reveal

The Big Reveal – single (Satellite Birdhouse)

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

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – January 6, 2026: Remembering Tim Williams, Raul Malo, Steve Cropper and Joe Ely

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/595/73574.html

Theme: Remembering Tim Williams, Raul Malo, Steve Cropper and Joe Ely.

Remembering Tim Williams (1948-2025)

Tim Williams – who died on November 28, at age 77, following a short battle with cancer – was born in California and had already recorded his first LP before he moved to Canada in 1970. He was based in Vancouver for several years before moving on to Alberta, where he worked for a time as a cowboy and then began a long career as an acoustic blues and folk artist based in Calgary.

Tim Williams- Pallet on the Floor

Evenings Among Friends (Cayuse)

Tim Williams- Alberta In My Dreams

When I was a Cowboy (Cayuse)

Cindy Church- Trying to Rope the Wind

Just a Little Rain (Stony Plain)

Tim Williams- The Ones Who Made the Blues

Indigo Incidents (Cayuse)

Tim Williams- It’s Enough to Be Remembered

Songster, Musicianer, Music Physicianer (Cayuse)

Remembering Raul Malo (1965-2025)

Raul Malo – who died on December 8, at age 60, from cancer – was both a solo artist and the lead singer with The Mavericks.

Raul Malo- Early Morning Rain

The Nashville Acoustic Sessions (CMH)

Raul Malo- You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go

The Nashville Acoustic Sessions (CMH)

Raul Malo- I Guess Things Happen That Way

Dressed in Black: A Tribute to Johnny Cash (Dualtone)

Remembering Steve Cropper (1941-2025)

Steve Cropper – who died on December 3, at age 84 – was a guitarist, songwriter and record producer and as the guitarist in Booker T. & The MGs, was probably the definitive guitarist of Memphis soul music.

Booker T. & The MGs- Green Onions

Green Onions (Stax)

Wilson Pickett- In the Midnight Hour

In the Midnight Hour (Atlantic)

The Staple Singers- The Weight

Soul Folk In Action (Stax)

Otis Redding- (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay 

The Dock of the Bay (Atco)

Steve Cropper- Crop Dustin’

With a Little Help From My Friends (Volt)

Jesse Winchester- Club Manhattan

Gentleman of Leisure (Sugar Hill)

Remembering Joe Ely (1947-2025)

Joe Ely – who died on December 15, at age 78, from pneumonia after a battling Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia – was one of the great Texas singer-songwriters and song interpreters who recorded under his own name and as a member of The Flatlanders.

Joe Ely & Joel Guzman- Because of the Wind

Live Cactus (Rack ‘Em)

Ramblin' Jack Elliott- Me and Billy the Kid

Friends of Mine (HighTone)

The Chieftains & Joe Ely- The Moonshiner/I’m a Rambler, I’m a Gambler

Further Down the Old Plank Road (RCA)

Tom Russell- Indian Cowboy

Tonight We Ride: The Tom Russell Cowboy Anthology (Frontera)

Joe Ely- Gallo del Cielo

Letter to Laredo (MCA)

The Flatlanders- Right Where I Belong

Now Again (New West)

James Talley & Joe Ely- W. Lee O’Daniel and the Light Crust Doughboys

Touchstones (Cimarron)

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

Folk Hotel (Frontera)

Joe Ely & Joel Guzman- Ranches and Rivers

Live Cactus (Rack ‘Em)

Next week: Lightfoot! Revisited and Kate &Anna McGarrigle Revisited.

--Mike Regenstreif