Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – June 16, 2026: Blonde on Blonde 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/595/75850.html

Theme: Blonde on Blonde Revisited.

Blonde on Blonde, Bob Dylan’s monumental seventh album, was released 60 years ago on June 20, 1966.

Ben Sidran- Rainy Day Women #12 & 35

Dylan Different (Bonsai)

Greg Brown- Pledging My Time

A Nod to Bob (Red House)

Julie Felix- Visions of Johanna

Starry Eyed and Laughing… Songs by Bob Dylan (Remarkable)

Emma Swift- One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)

Blonde on the Tracks (Tiny Ghost/CRS)

Cliff Eberhardt- I Want You

A Nod to Bob (Red House)

Cat Power- Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again

I’m Not There (Columbia)

Janet Planet- Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

Janet Planet Sings the Bob Dylan Songbook, Vol. 1 (Stellar Sound Productions)

The Brothers & Sisters- Just Like a Woman 

Dylan’s Gospel (Columbia)

Bob Dylan- Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)

Shadow Kingdom (Columbia/Legacy)

Bob Dylan- Temporary Like Achilles

Blonde on Blonde (Columbia)

Jason & The Scorchers- Absolutely Sweet Marie

Fervor (EMI)

Yo La Tengo- Fourth Time Around

I’m Not There (Columbia)

Bob Dylan- Obviously 5 Believers

Blonde on Blonde (Columbia)

Joan Baez- Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands

Any Day Now (Vanguard)

The final three songs were recorded by Bob Dylan during the Blonde on Blonde sessions, but not included on the album.

Peter Keane- I Wanna Be Your Lover

Milton Street (Broken White)

Marianne Faithfull- I’ll Keep It with Mine

Strange Weather (Island)

Bob Dylan- She’s Your Lover Now

The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3: Rare and Unreleased 1961-1991 (Columbia)

Next week: Remembering Bruce Murdoch (1947-2026).

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – April 28, 2026: The Art of the Long Song, Volume 3

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/595/75126.html

Theme: The Art of the Long Song, Volume 3.

While most songs are in the 2-to-5-minute range, the songs on this show range from more than 6 minutes to more than 10 minutes in length. The previous Art of the Long Songs editions of Stranger Songs shows were heard on March 29, 2022 and March 12, 2024 and those shows are available for streaming on demand.

Ramblin' Jack Elliott & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Ramblin' Jack Elliott- South Coast 

South Coast (Red House)

Mike Regenstreif & Joan Baez (2003)

Joan Baez- Gulf Winds

Gulf Winds (A&M)

Al Grierson- The Petals

The Petals (Folkin’ Eh)

Perla Batalla- So Long, Marianne 

Bird on the Wire: The Songs of Leonard Cohen (Mechuda Music)

Noel Paul Stookey & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2023)

Noel Paul Stookey- Come Away Suite

State of the Heart (Neworld)

Maz O'Connor- Come and I Will Sing You

Love It is a Killing Thing (Restless Head)

John Gorka & Mike Regenstreif (2012)

John Gorka- Harris and the Mare

unentitled (Red House)

Stan Rogers- Song of the Candle

Turnaround (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Mike Regenstreif & Garnet Rogers (2006)

Garnet Rogers- Night Drive

Night Drive (Snow Goose Songs)

Shorty Rogers & Stan Freberg- The Three Little Bops

You Shorty, Me Tarzan (Giant Steps)

Richard Harris- MacArthur Park

A Tramp Shining (MCA)

Next week: 1966.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – March 10, 2026: Songs of The Beatles

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/595/74430.html

Theme: Songs of The Beatles.

Although The Beatles’ years as a band were relatively short and ended about 55 years ago, most of their albums, and so many of their songs, are classics that still sound fresh today.

The Beatles- A Day in the Life

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Parlophone)

Christine Lavin- All My Lovin’

FolkZinger (Appleseed)

The Charles River Valley Boys- Ticket to Ride

Beatle Country (Rounder)

Mary McCaslin- Help

Goodnight Everybody (Barnaby)

Lucy Kaplansky- I’ve Just Seen a Face

The Tide (Red House)

The Beatles- A Hard Day’s Night

A Hard Day’s Night (Parlophone)

David Clayton-Thomas- Can’t Buy Me Love

David Clayton-Thomas (RCA)

Eva Cassidy- Yesterday

American Tune (Blix Street)

Judy Collins- In My Life

In My Life (Elektra)

Deborah Holland- Norwegian Wood (This Bird has Flown) 

Vancouver (Rage On)

The Beatles- Dear Prudence

The Beatles (aka The White Album) (Apple)

Anne Hills & Michael Smith- I Will

Paradise Lost & Found (Redwing)

Durham County Poets- With a Little Help from My Friends 

Hand Me Down Blues (Durham County Poets)

Joan Baez- Eleanor Rigby

Joan (Vanguard)

Reggie Harris- All You Need is Love

On Solid Ground (Reggie Harris Music)

The Beatles- Here, There and Everywhere

Revolver (Parlophone)

Lucinda Williams- Let It Be

Lucinda Williams Sings The Beatles from Abbey Road (Highway 20)

Esther Kaiser- Revolution

Songs of Courage (GLM Music)

Richie Havens- Here Comes the Sun

Alarm Clock (Stormy Forest)

The Bobs- Strawberry Fields Forever 

Cover the Songs of… (Rounder)

The Beatles- Penny Lane

Magical Mystery Tour (Capitol)

Jane Lewis- Come Together

Stay with Me (Jane Lewis)

Bettye LaVette- Blackbird

Blackbirds (Verve)

k.d. lang- Golden Slumbers/The End 

Recollection (Nonesuch)

Next week: St. Patrick’s Day.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – February 10, 2026: Songs of – or inspired by – the Civil Rights Movement

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/595/74038.html

Theme: Songs of – or inspired by – the Civil Rights Movement.

Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the March on Washington, Aug. 28, 1963

, 
As Julius Lester sings in our opening song, “freedom is a constant struggle.” This is especially true now when the current American president and his administration is working to undo decades of progress made by the Civil Rights Movement.

Julius Lester- Freedom is a Constant Struggle

Freedom is a Constant Struggle (Folk Era)

Fannie Lou Hamer- Woke Up This Morning

Songs My Mother Taught Me (Smithsonian Folkways)

SNCC Freedom Singers- Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round

Voices of the Civil Rights Movement (Smithsonian Folkways)

The Sojourners- Eyes On the Prize 

Hold On (Black Hen Music)

Harry Belafonte- Michael Row the Boat Ashore 

The Midnight Special (RCA)

Mavis Staples with Ladysmith Black Mambazo- We Shall Not Be Moved

We’ll Never Turn Back (Anti-)

Nina Simone- Mississippi Goddam 

The Best of Broadside 1962-1988 (Smithsonian Folkways)

Reggie Harris- Been Down Into the South

Ready to Go (Reggie Harris Music)

Sally Rogers & Claudia Schmidt- Still on the Bridge

We are Welcomed (Pragmavision)

The Staple Singers- Freedom Highway

Freedom Highway (Columbia/Legacy)

Odetta- Freedom Trilogy: Oh Freedom, Come & Go With Me and I’m On My Way

Gonna Let It Shine (M.C.)

Joan Baez- All My Trials

Joan Baez (Vanguard)

Bob Dylan- Only a Pawn in Their Game

The Times They Are A-Changin’ (Columbia/Legacy)

Peter, Paul & Mary- If I Had a Hammer

Peter, Paul and Mary (Warner Bros.)

Mahalia Jackson- How I Got Over

Sunday Morning Prayer Meeting with Mahalia Jackson (Columbia/Legacy)

Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr..- Excerpt from “I Have a Dream” speech delivered on August 28, 1963 at The March on Washington

Kim & Reggie Harris- Free At Last

Steal Away: Songs of the Underground Railroad (Appleseed)

Sam Cooke- A Change is Gonna Come 

Ain’t That Good News (RCA)

The Impressions- People Get Ready

People Get Ready (ABC Paramount)

Pete Seeger- We Shall Overcome

We Shall Overcome: The Complete Carnegie Hall Concert (Columbia)

Charlie Haden & Hank Jones- We Shall Overcome

Steal Away: Spirituals, Hymns and Folk Songs (Verve)

Next week: A Mardi Gras Day Tribute to Louis Prima.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – October 4, 2025

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/128/72258.html

Sandy Denny- Who Knows Where the Time Goes

Where the Time Goes (Castle)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2006)

Jesse Winchester- I’m Gonna Miss You Girl

Love Filling Station (Appleseed)

Norah Jones- (Talk to Me of) Mendocino

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

Darrell Scott- Urge for Going

Modern Hymns (Appleseed)

Archie Fisher- The Witch of the West-mer-lands

The Man with a Rhyme (Folk-Legacy)

The Longest Johns- Barrett’s Privateers

Caught in the Net (The Longest Johns)

Ben Sands- First Christmas Away from Home

Roots & Branches (Spring)

Highland Weavers- The Mary Ellen Carter

Going Home (Highland Weavers)

Stan Rogers- The White Collar Holler 

Between the Breaks…Live! (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Sweet Absalon- The Flowers of Bermuda

Remembering Stan Rogers: An East Coast Tribute II (Brookes Diamond Productions)

Ian Robb- Rolling Down to Old Maui

Ian Robb & Hang the Piper (Folk-Legacy)

Willie Watson- Harris and the Mare

Willie Watson (Little Operation)

Peter, Paul & Mary- Delivery Delayed

Such is Love (Warner Bros.)

Jory Nash & Mike Regenstreif (2024)

Jory Nash- The Light Still Shines on the Main

The Light Still Shines on the Main (Thin Man)

Martha Wainwright- Whither Must I Wander

Martha Wainwright: 20th Anniversary Edition (Report Card Music)

Sylvia Tyson & Mike Regenstreif (1997)

Ian & Sylvia- Rambler Gambler

Ian & Sylvia (Vanguard)

Donald WG Lindsay- Wild Rover

Two Boats Under the Moon (Donald WG Lindsay)

The Pairs- Everything Ends

Together on a Rock (The Pairs)

Lennie Gallant- Shelter from the Storms

Shelter from the Storms (Gallant Effort Productions)

Kate Greenland- Concrete Cowboy

Longing and Dreaming (Kate Greenland)

Mike Regenstreif & Connie Kaldor (2015)

Connie Kaldor- Down the Road to Lonesome

Wide Open Spaces (Coyote Entertainment)

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

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- You Tell Me That I’m Falling Down

Oddities (Querbeservice)

Rags Rosenberg- Catherine’s Song

Song of the Bricoleur (Coyote Gulch)

Sarah Segal-Lazar- This Old House

Valleys (Sarah Segal-Lazar)

The Whispering Tree- Bones of Better Days

Bones of Better Days (Eyelash Soup Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Joan Baez (2003)

Joan Baez- Gulf Winds

Gulf Winds (A&M)

Le Vent du Nord- Par-Dessus le Pont

Voisinages (La Compagnie du Nord)

Teni Rane- Killing the Blues

Goldenrod (Teni Rane)

Eva Cassidy- Autumn Leaves

Simply Eva (Blix Street)

Mike Regenstreif & Michael Smith (2014)

Michael Smith- Rondi’s Birthday

Love Letter on a Fish (Tales from the Tavern)

Mike Regenstreif & Anne Hills (2001)

Anne Hills- First Day of Autumn

Bittersweet Street (Redwing Music)

Jubal Lee Young- Hand-Painted Portuguese Punch Bowl

Squirrels (7Bridges Entertainment)

Steve Young- The Year That Clayton Delaney Died

Stars in the Southern Sky (Omnivore)

Tom Russell, Mike Regenstreif & Andrew Hardin (2005)

Tom Russell- The Angel of Lyon

The Tom Russell Anthology: Veteran’s Day (Shout! Factory)

Andrew Hardin with Eliza Gilkyson- Puerto Peñasco

Blue Acoustic (Andrew Hardin)

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2022)

Eliza Gilkyson- Stranger

Dark Ages (Realiza)

Karen Dalton- Katie Cruel

In My Own Time: 50th Anniversary Edition (Light in the Attic)

Rory Block- Mississippi Blues

Heavy on the Blues (M.C.)

Juanita Hall- Hold That Train

Juanita Hall Sings the Blues (Counterpoint)

Louis Armstrong & Velma Middleton- Hesitating Blues

Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy (Columbia/Legacy)

Mallory Chipman- Sing Me Home

Songs to a Wild God (Tunnel Mountain)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on November 1. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

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

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – July 22, 2025: Flood Water

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/595/71197.html

Theme: Flood Water.

There have always been floods but, with climate change, they’re happening more often and in more places. I began to think about this theme earlier this month as I watched the news coverage about the tragic floods in Texas.

Eric Bibb- Flood Water

Booker’s Guitar (Telarc)

Roomful of Blues- Texas Flood

The First Album (Hyena)

Josh White- Backwater Blues

Empty Bed Blues (Elektra)

Guy Davis- Georgia Flood

You Don’t Know My Mind (Red House)

Big Bill Broonzy- Southern Flood Blues

Big Bill’s Blues (Portrait)

Michael Jerome Browne- Louisiana 1927

That’s Where It’s At! (Borealis)

Joan Baez- Money for Floods

Gone from Danger (Guardian)

The Fairfield Four- Noah

I Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray (Warner Bros.)

Joel Mabus- The Preacher & the Flood

Retold (Fossil)

Murray McLauchlan- Red River Flood

Songs from the Street: The Best of Murray McLauchlan (True North)

Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley- Manitoba Flood

Scrap Metal Blues (Electro-Fi)

Johnny Cash- Five Feet High and Rising

Change of Address: The Singles As and Bs, 1958-1962 (Jasmine)

Tom Russell & Iris DeMent- Big Water

The Long Way Around (HighTone)

Ramblin' Jack Elliott- Rising High Water Blues

A Stranger Here (Anti-)

Martin Grosswendt- Mississippi Heavy Water Blues

Call and Response (Les Moore Productions)

Bill Staines- Louisiana Storm

The Second Million Miles (Red House)

John McCutcheon- Hell and High Water

Field of Stars (Appalsongs)

Muireann Bradleu- When the Levee Breaks

I Kept These Old Blues (Decca/Verve Forecast)

Happy Traum- Crash on the Levee (Down in the Flood)

Just for the Love of It (Lark’s Nest Music)

Joe Ely- A Flood On Our Hands

Streets of Sin (Rounder)

Michael Jerling- After the Flood

Halfway Home (Fool’s Hill Music)

Tom Rush, Jamie Hartford, Odetta, Emmylou Harris, Carolyn Hester, Nanci Griffith & Frank Christian- Wasn’t That a Mighty Storm

Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) (Elektra)

Next week: Remembering Robert Resnik (1953-2025).

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – June 24, 2025: 1965

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/595/70807.html

Theme: 1965.

All the recordings on this show were first released 60 years ago in 1965.

The Byrds- Mr. Tambourine Man

Mr. Tambourine Man (Columbia)

The Beatles- In My Life

Rubber Soul (Parlophone)

Donovan- Sunny Goodge Street

Fairy Tale (Elite)

Martin Carthy- The Queen of Hearts

Martin Carthy (Topic)

Bert Jansch- Rambling’s Gonna Be the Death of Me

Bert Jansch (Castle)

Tom Jones- It’s Not Unusual

Along Came Jones (Decca)

Petula Claek- I Know a Place

The EP Collection (See for Miles)

The Zombies- She’s Not There

The Zombies (Parrot)

The Rolling Stones- (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction

Out of Our Heads (London)

The Lovin’ Spoonful- Do You Believe in Magic

Do You Believe in Magic (Sony/Legacy)

The Beach Boys- California Girls

Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!) (Capitol)

Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Murdoch (2014)

Bruce Murdoch- Rompin’ Rovin’ Days

Singer-Songwriter Project (Elektra)

Carolyn Hester- Outward Bound

At Town Hall (Bear Family)

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

Tom Paxton- Hold On to Me Babe

Ain’t That News (Elektra)

Noel Paul Stookey & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2023)

Peter, Paul & Mary- Early Morning Rain

See What Tomorrow Brings (Warner Bros.)

Sylvia Tyson & Mike Regenstreif (1997)

Ian & Sylvia- Red Velvet

Early Morning Rain (Vanguard)

Phil Ochs Dodger Rag

I Ain’t Marching Anymore (Elektra)

Judy Collins & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

Judy Collins- Carry It On

Fifth Album (Elektra)

Mimi & Richard Fariña- Pack Up Your Sorrows

Celebrations for a Grey Day (Vanguard)

Mike Regenstreif & Joan Baez (2003)

Joan Baez- It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue

Farewell, Angelina (Vanguard)

Barry McGuire- Eve of Destruction

Eve of Destruction (Dunhill)

David Wiffen- Times are Getting Hard

At the Bunkhouse Coffeehouse, Vancouver BC (Universal International)

Tom Rush- Solid Gone

Tom Rush (Elektra)

Fred Neil- Blues on the Ceiling

Bleecker & MacDougal (Elektra)

Jackson C. Frank- Blues Run the Game

Blues Run the Game (Mooncrest)

Aretha Franklin- Muddy Water

Yeah!!! (Columbia)

B.B. King- Every Day I Have the Blues

Live at The Regal (ABC)

Nina Simone- Trouble in Mind

Pastel Blues (Philips)

Oscar Peterson- Blues of the Prairies

Canadiana Suite (Verve)

Next week: Songs for Canada Day.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – March 25, 2025: Songs of Laura Nyro; Bringing It All Back Home 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/595/69511.html

Themes: Part 1 – Songs of Laura Nyro (1947-1997); Part 2 – Bringing It All Back Home Revisited.

Part 1 – Songs of Laura Nyro (1947-1997)

Laura Nyro – who died of ovarian cancer in 1997 at age 49 – was a singer-songwriter from New York City who made a number of fine albums and whose songs were also done by artists from a variety of genres of music.

Laura Nyro- Eli’s Comin ‘

Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (Columbia/Legacy)

Darol Anger & Emy Phelps- Stoney End

Music of Our People (Darol Anger & Emy Phelps)

Laura Love- Stoned Soul Picnic

Fourteen Days (Zoë)

Laura Nyro- Wedding Bell Blues

More Than a New Discovery (Columbia)

David Clayton-Thomas- And When I Die

In Concert: A Musical Biography (Justin Time)

Billy Childs, Esperanza Spalding & Wayne Shorter- Upstairs by a Chinese Lamp

Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro (Sony Masterworks)

Laura Nyro- Save the Country

New York Tendaberry (Columbia/Legacy)

Part 2 – Bringing It All Back Home Revisited

Bob Dylan’s Bringing It All Back Home was released 60 years ago this week on March 22, 1965. Even before Highway 61 Revisited, which came out later in 1965, Bringing It All Back Home marked Dylan’s first embrace of electric folk rock.

Dave Van Ronk- Subterranean Homesick Blues

To All My Friends in Far-Flung Places (Gazell)

The Flatlanders- She Belongs to Me

Treasure of Love (Rack ‘Em)

Ian Hanchet- Maggie’s Farm

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

Eliza Gilkyson- Love Minus Zero/No Limit

A Nod to Bob (Red House)

Queens of the Stone Age- Outlaw Blues

Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan (Amnesty International)

Ben Sidran- On the Road Again

Dylan Different (Bonsai)

Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band- Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream

Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan (Amnesty International)

Jimmy LaFave- Mr. Tambourine Man

Trail Three (Music Road)

Julie Felix- Gates of Eden

Starry Eyed and Laughing… Songs by Bob Dylan (Remarkable)

The Duhks- It’s All Right, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)

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

Crowes Pasture- It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue

Edge of America (Crowes Pasture)

An outtake from Bringing It All Back Home became the title song of an album released in 1965 by Joan Baez and one of her signature songs.

Joan Baez- Farewell, Angelina

Farewell, Angelina (Vanguard)

Next week: Part 1 – Remembering Jesse Colin Young (1941-2025); Part 2 – April Fools.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – January 21, 2025: Blood on the Tracks Revisited and A Complete Unknown

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/595/68626.html

Themes: Blood on the Tracks Revisited and A Complete Unknown.

Blood on the Tracks Revisited

It was 50 years ago this week, on January 20, 1975, that Bob Dylan released Blood on the Tracks, one of his greatest albums. On this program, we revisit the songs from Blood on the Tracks, in order, played by various artists.

Ben Sidran- Tangled Up in Blue

Dylan Different (Bonsai)

Dave's True Story- Simple Twist of Fate

Simple Twist of Fate: DTS Does Dylan (BePop)

Emma Swift- You’re a Big Girl Now

Blonde on the Tracks (Tiny Ghost/CRS)

Lucinda Williams- Idiot Wind

Bob’s Back Pages: A Night of Bob Dylan Songs (Highway 20)

Barney Bentall & Valentino Trapani- You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go

Cosmic Dreamer (True North)

Sloan Wainwright- Meet Me in the Morning

Rediscovery (Derby Disc Music)

Tom Russell, Eliza Gilkyson & Joe Ely- Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts

Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs (HighTone)

Erik Balkey- If You See Her, Say Hello

If You See Her, Say Hello – single (Hudson Harding)

Crowe’s Pasture- Shelter from the Storm

Edge of America (Crowe’s Pasture)

Dave Van Ronk- Buckets of Rain

…and the tin pan bended, and the story ended… (Smithsonian Folkways)

Bob Dylan recorded two other songs during the sessions for Blood on the Tracks that he left of the original album. "Call Letter Blues" and "Up to Me" were included, though, on More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14, a 2018 box set that included every take of every song Dylan recorded for Blood on the Tracks.

Bob Dylan- Call Letter Blues

More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 (Columbia/Legacy)

Bob Dylan- Up to Me

More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 (Columbia/Legacy)

A Complete Unknown

A Complete Unknown is a partly true, partly fictional account of Bob Dylan from his arrival in New York City in 1961 until his first electric performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.

As a movie, I really enjoyed A Complete Unknown and thought the main cast members –  Timothée Chalamet as Dylan, Edward Norton as Pete Seeger, Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez, Elle Fanning as the Suze Rotolo character renamed Sylvie Russo, and the rest – were all very good. 

Fo the most part, I didn’t mind the many historical inaccuracies I recognized in the film and thought A Complete Unknown did a good job of capturing the essence of Dylan’s rise in the first half of the 1960s.

Timothée Chalamet- Song to Woody

A Complete Unknown soundtrack (Columbia)

Monica Barbaro- Silver Dagger

A Complete Unknown soundtrack (Columbia)

Edward Norton- Wimoweh (Mbube)

A Complete Unknown soundtrack (Columbia)

Timothée Chalamet & Edward Norton- When the Ship Comes In

A Complete Unknown soundtrack (Columbia)

Monica Barbaro &  Timothée Chalamet- It Ain’t Me, Babe

A Complete Unknown soundtrack (Columbia)

Timothée Chalamet- Like a Rolling Stone

A Complete Unknown soundtrack (Columbia)

Next week: Harmonica.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – October 1, 2024: David Eisenstadt/Tim Hardin

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/595/67066.html

Themes: Part 1 – Conversation and Songs with David Eisenstadt; Part 2 – Songs of Tim Hardin (1941-1980)

Part 1 – Songs and Conversation with David Eisenstadt

David Eisenstadt, is author of the newly published book, Musicians Under the Radar, Volume 3: 42 Notable Canadian Jewish Performers.

Visit this link for more information on David’s books. https://undertheradarbook.com/

The next six songs punctuated my conversation with David Eisenstadt.

The Rankin Family- Rise Again

North Country (EMI)

Lorne Greene- The Search

Portrait of the West (RCA)

The Band- Rags and Bones

Northern Lights – Southern Cross (Capitol)

Robbie Robertson- Somewhere Down the Crazy River

Testimony (Universal)

Beyond the Pale- The Whole Thing

Ruckus (Borealis)

Tio Chirinho- Tempestuoso

Tempestuoso (Lulaworld)

Part 2 – Songs of Tim Hardin (1941-1980)

Tim Hardin- Tribute to Hank Williams

Tim Hardin 1/Tim Hardin 2 (Raven)

Ramblin’ Jack Elliott- If I Were a Carpenter

South Coast (Red House)

Joan Baez- Don’t Make Promises

Ring Them Bells (Guardian)

Eric Andersen- Misty Roses

The Street was Always There (Appleseed)

Rickie Lee Jones- Reason to Believe

The Devil You Know (Concord)

Tim Hardin- The Lady Came from Baltimore

Live in Concert (Polygram)

Bill Staines- Black Sheep Boy

Going to the West (Red House)

Caroline Doctorow- How Can We Hang on to a Dream

Follow You Down (Narrow Lane)

Bobby Darin- Red Balloon

If I Were a Carpenter/Inside Out (Edsel)

Tim Hardin- Speak Like a Child

Tim Hardin 1/Tim Hardin 2 (Raven)

Next week: My Town and Other Towns.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – July 2, 2024: 1964

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/595/65805.html

Theme: 1964.

All the recordings on this show were first released 60 years ago in 1964.

Ian & Sylvia- Someday Soon

Northern Journey (Vanguard)

Bob Dylan- Boots of Spanish Leather

The Times They Are A-Changin’ (Columbia/Legacy)

Odetta- Paths of Victory

Odetta Sings of Many Things (RCA)

Phil Ochs- The Bells

All the News That’s Fit to Sing (Elektra)

Mike Regenstreif & Joan Baez (2003)

Joan Baez- There But for Fortune

Joan Baez/5 (Vanguard)

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (1994)

Tom Paxton- I Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound

Ramblin’ Boy (Elektra)

Judy Colins- The Last Thing on My Mind

3 & 4: The Judy Colins Concert (Wildflower)

Stan Getz & Joäo Gilberto with Astrid Gilberto- The Girl from Ipanema

Getz/Gilberto (Verve)

Mike Regenstreif & Ramblin' Jack Elliott (2010)

Ramblin’ Jack Elliott- Will the Circle Be Unbroken

Jack Elliott (Vanguard)

Doc Watson- Deep River Blues

Doc Watson (Vanguard)

The Greenbriar Boys- Ragged But Right

Ragged But Right (Vanguard)

Johnny Cash- Big River

I Walk the Line (Columbia)

Roy Orbison- Oh, Pretty Woman

The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison (Monument)

Tom Rush- Duncan and Brady

Got a Mind to Ramble (Prestige/Folklore)

Nina Simone- Silver City Bound

Folksy Nina (Colpix)

Dave Van Ronk and The Ragtime Jug Stompers- K.C. Moan

Dave Van Ronk and The Ragtime Jug Stompers (Oldays)

The Animals- House of the Rising Sun

The Animals (ABCKO)

The Rolling Stones- Route 66

The Rolling Stones (Decca)

The Beatles- A Hard Day’s Night

A Hard Day’s Night (Parlophone)

The Hollies- Mr. Moonlight

Stay with The Hollies (Parlophone)

Gerry & The Pacemakers- Ferry Cross the Mersey

The EP Collection (See for Miles)

Peter & Gordon- A World Without Love

The EP Collection (See for Miles)

Otis Redding- Pain in My Heart

Pain in My Heart (Atco)

Vince Martin & Fred Neil- Morning Dew

Tear Down the Walls (Elektra/East West Japan)

Judy Henske- High Flying Bird

The Elektra Albums: High Flying Bird (Ace)

Simon & Garfunkel- The Sound of Silence

Wednesday Morning 3 A.M. (Columbia)

Next week: Remembering Kinky Friedman (1944-2024).

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – May 21, 2024: Even More Songs of Bob Dylan

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/595/65281.html

Theme: Even More Songs of Bob Dylan.

Bob Dylan – who turns 83 this week on May 24 – is, arguably, but certainly in my opinion, the most important and influential songwriter ever. All of the songs on this show have never been heard on any previous edition of Stranger Songs.

Bob Dylan- Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again

Blonde On Blonde (Columbia)

The Clancy Brothers with Louis Killen- Girl from the North Country

Save the Land! (Audio Fidelity)

Joan Baez- Love Minus Zero/No Limit

Any Day Now (Vanguard)

Pete Seeger- Who Killed Davey Moore?

We Shall Overcome: The Complete Carnegie Hall Concert, June 8, 1963 (Columbia)

Happy Traum with Bob Dylan- Let Me Die in My Footsteps

The Best of Broadside 1962-1988 (Smithsonian Folkways)

Bob Dylan- Ballad of Hollis Brown

The Times They Are A-Changin’ (Columbia)

J.D. Crowe & The New South- Nashville Skyline Rag

Flashback (Rounder)

Odetta- Walkin’ Down the Line

Odetta Sings Dylan (RCA)

The Brothers & Sisters- Just Like a Woman

Dylan’s Gospel (Columbia)

Julie Felix- It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)

Starry Eyed and Laughing… Songs by Bob Dylan (Remarkable)

Bob Dylan- Blind Willie McTell

The Bootleg Series, Volume 3 (Columbia)

Tom Russell- John Wesley Harding

Tonight We Ride EP (HighTone)

Ian & Sylvia- Tears of Rage

Long Long Time (Vanguard)

Peter, Paul & Mary- Too Much of Nothing

Late Again (Warner Bros.)

Bob Dylan- If Dogs Run Free

New Morning (Columbia)

Jimmy LaFave- You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go

Peace Town (Music Road)

Ian Hanchet- If Not for You

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

Caroline Doctorow- Time Passes Slowly

Dreaming in Vinyl (Narrow Lane)

Bob Dylan- Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands

Blonde On Blonde (Columbia)[MR1]

Next week: 50 years ago I took over The Golem.

--Mike Regenstreif