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 – May 20, 2025: Variations on Hallelujah

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/595/70281.html

Theme: Variations on Hallelujah

While the show includes several variations on Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” the theme is not just about the Leonard Cohen song.

Leonard Cohen- (Leonard Cohen’s song called) Hallelujah

Live in London (Columbia)

The Roches- The Hallelujah Chorus

Keep On Doing (Warner Bros.)

Peter, Paul & Mary- Michael Row the Boat Ashore

Around the Campfire (Warner Bros.)

Judy Collins- Sing Hallelujah

Maids & Golden Apples (Wildflower)

Bob Franke- Alleluia, The Great Storm is Over

The Other Evening in Chicago (Waterbug)

Kim & Reggie Harris- Hallelujah I’m a Bum

Resurrection Day (Appleseed)

Canadian Brass- (Leonard Cohen’s song called) Hallelujah 

Canadiana (Linus/Canadian Brass)

Orit Shimoni- (Orit Shimoni’s song called) Hallelujah

Lost and Found on the Road to Nowhere (Orit Shimoni)

The Staple Singers- Glory, Glory, Hallelujah

Freedom Highway (Columbia/Legacy)

Jayme Stone, Moira Smiley, Sumaia Jackson, Joe Phillips, Felicity Williams & Denzal Sinclare- (The Sacred Harp song called) Hallelujah

Jayme Stone’s Folklife (Borealis)

SONiA disappear fear- (Leonard Cohen’s song called) Hallelujah

By My Silence (Disappear)

Boreal- (Katherine Wheatley’s song called) Hallelujah

Winterbirds (Boreal)

Andrew Calhoun- Hallelujah Morning

Living Room (Waterbug) 

Mara Levine- (Nancy Cassidy’s song called) Hallelujah

Jewels and Harmony (Mara’s Creations)

Karyn Oliver- Cry Hallelujah

Cherchez la Femme (Karyn Oliver)

k.d. lang- (Leonard Cohen’s song called) Hallelujah

Hymns of the 49th Parallel (Nonesuch)

Ray Charles- Hallelujah I Love Her So

The Birth of Soul (Atlantic)

American Nomad- (Martha Scanlan’s song called) Hallelujah

Country Mile (Spruce & Maple Music)

John McCutcheon- Hallelujah Morning

Cabin Fever: Songs from the Quarantine (Appalsongs)

Liz Queler- Hallelujah (Sing for the Hope)

Folk Now: Songs for These Times – October 2023 (Hudson Harding)

Lucy Kaplansky- (Leonard Cohen’s song called) Hallelujah

Everyday Street (Lucy Kaplansky)

Next week: “Songs of this kind should not need to be sung.”

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – October 22, 2024: Remembering Nick Gravenites, Kris Kristofferson, JD Souther, and Billy Edd Wheeler

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/595/67349.html

Theme: Remembering Nick Gravenites, Kris Kristofferson, JD Souther, and Billy Edd Wheeler – four important songwriters who passed away in September.

Songs of Billy Edd Wheeler (1932-2024)

Billy Edd Wheeler – who died on September 16 at age 91 – was a singer, songwriter and playwright from West Virginia whose songs were widely covered by folk, country, pop and rock artists. Long before the environmental movement began, Billy Edd Wheeler was writing songs about the terrible effects of coal mining on the land and on the lives of coal miners.

Judy Henske- High Flying Bird

The Elektra Albums: High Flying Bird (Ace)

Judy Collins- Red-Winged Blackbird

Judy Collins 3 & 4: The Judy Collins Concert (Wildflower)

Priscilla Herdman- The Coming of the Roads

Darkness into Light (Flying Fish)

Laurie MacAllister- Coal Tattoo

The Things I Choose to Do (Laurie MacAllister)

Billy Edd Wheeler- The Reverend Mr. Black

Wild Mountain Flowers (Flying Fish)

Songs of Nick Gravenites (1938-2024)

Nick Gravenites was a blues artist, songwriter and record producer who died on September 18 at age 85. He grew up in Chicago and met Paul Butterfield and Mike Bloomfield there when they were all students. 

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band- Born in Chicago

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (Elektra)

Nick Gravenites- My Labors

My Labors (Columbia)

Amos Garrett- Buried Alive in the Blues

Off the Floor Live! (Stony Plain)

Janis Joplin- Work Me, Lord

I Got Dem Ol’ Kozmic Blues Again, Mama (Columbia)

Nick Gravenites- Blues Singers

Rogue Blues (M.C.) 

Songs of JD Souther (1945-2024)

JD Souther – who died on September 17 at age 78 – was a singer, songwriter and actor, known for his own albums and for writing or co-writing songs for such artists as Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor and The Eagles.

JD Souther- The Sad Café

Natural History (Eone)

The Eagles- New Kid in Town

Hotel California (Asylum)

James Taylor with JD Souther- Her Town Too

Dad Loves His Work (Columbia)

Linda Ronstadt with JD Souther- Faithless Love

Heart Like a Wheel (Capitol)

JD Souther- Prisoner in Disguise

Natural History (Eone)

Songs of Kris Kristofferson (1936-2024)

Kris Kristofferson – who died on September 28 at age 88 – was a singer, a highly influential songwriter, and an actor. I knew Kris a little bit. In 2007, he participated in a panel discussion that I moderated on Woody Guthrie at the Ottawa Folk Festival, and, in 2017, we had a nice visit before Kris performed at the International Folk Music Awards ceremony in Kansas City when I was inducted into the Folk DJ Hall of Fame created by Folk Alliance International. The photo of Kris was taken that night.

Kris Kristofferson- To Beat the Devil

Me and Bobby McGee (Monument)

Johnny Cash- Just the Other Side of Nowhere

Cash Unearthed Volume 1: Who’s Gonna Cry (American)

Anne Hills- Here Comes That Rainbow Again

Woman of a Calm Heart (Flying Fish)

Gordon Lightfoot- Me and Bobby McGee

If You Could Read My Mind (Reprise)

Katie Moore- Sunday Morning Coming Down

Only Thing Worse (Borealis)

Kris Kristofferson- The Pilgrim: Chapter 33

The Silver Tongued Devil and I (Monument)

Next week: Skies and Stars (CKCU Funding Drive)

--Mike Regenstreif 

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 24, 2024: Leonard Cohen at 90

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/595/66939.html

Theme: Leonard Cohen at 90.

Leonard Cohen was born in Montreal on September 21, 1934 and died in Los Angeles on November 7, 2016 at age 82. He first gained recognition for his poetry in the 1950s, and for two novels in the 1960s, before emerging as one of our greatest songwriters.

Leonard Cohen- The Stranger Song

Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia/Legacy)

David Clayton-Thomas- Suzanne

Canadiana (Antoinette/ILS)

Leonard Cohen- Les Vieux

Six Montreal Poets (Folkways)

Judy Collins- Story of Isaac

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

Dave Van Ronk- Bird on the Wire

Van Ronk (Polydor)

Crowes Pasture- Tonight Will Be Fine

Edge of America (Crowes Pasture)

Leonard Cohen- So Long, Marianne

Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia/Legacy)

Annabelle Chvostek- Dance Me to the End of Love

Dance Me to the End of Love – single (Annabelle Chvostek)

Perla Batalla & David Hidalgo- Ballad of the Absent Mare

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

Jennifer Warnes- Came So Far for Beauty

Famous Blue Raincoat: The Songs of Leonard Cohen – 20th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory)

Leonard Cohen- Night Comes On

Various Positions (Columbia)

SONiA disappear fear- Hallelujah

By My Silence (Disappear)

Rob Corcoran & The Necessary Evils- Tower of Song

Grand Declarations (Rob Corcoran)

Rachelle Garniez- Anthem

Gone to Glory (StorySound)

Daniel Kahn & Jake Shulman-Ment- Di Tsukunft (The Future)

The Building and Other Songs (Oriente Musik)

Anne Hills- Alexandra Leaving

Points of View (Appleseed)

Leonard Cohen- Democracy

Live in London (Columbia)

Leonard Cohen with Cantor Gideon Zelermyer & The Shaar Hashomayim Choir- You Want It Darker

You Want It Darker (Columbia)

Next week: Part 1 – Conversation and Songs with David Eisenstadt; Part 2 – Songs of Tim Hardin.

--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 – June 11, 2024: Songs for Fathers

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/595/65476.html

Theme: Songs for Fathers

Al Regenstreif 1926-2016 (father) & Mike Regenstreif (son)

Judy Collins- My Father

Forever: An Anthology (Elektra)

Amy Speace- Father’s Day

There Used to Be Horses Here (Windbone)

Michael ‘Earnie’ Taylor- What My Father Taught Me

Folk ‘n’ Western (Laughing Cactus Music)

Ben Sures- Father’s Shoes

The Story That Lived Here (Ben Sures)

Boreal- Warm Hands

Recorded for a future album release

Michael Smith- I Brought My Father With Me

Songs of a Catholic Childhood (J. O’Reilly Productions)

Nanci Griffith- Daddy Said

Once In a Very Blue Moon (Philo)

Steve Howell, Dan Sumner & Jason Weinheimer- Song for My Father

Long Ago (Out of the Past)

Guy Clark- Randall Knife

Craftsman (Philo)

The Smith Sisters- My Father was a Quiet Man

A Canary’s Song (Flying Fish)

Tom Russell- Throwing Horseshoes at the Moon

Old Songs Yet to Sing (Frontera)

Chaim Tannenbaum- My Old Man

Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl (Compass)

Rosanne Cash- My Old Man

Rhythm & Romance (Columbia)

Ron Hynes- My Old Man

Get Back Change (Borealis)

Steve Goodman- My Old Man

No Big Surprise: The Steve Goodman Anthology (Red Pajamas)

Jamie Anderson- My Dad Loves to Sing

Better Than Chocolate (Tsunami)

Heather Anne Lomax- Bits and Pieces

The Doman Tracks (Blackbird)

Brian Lemco- For EL

Seasons (Brian Lemco Music)

Loudon Wainwright III- Older Than My Old Man Now

Older Than My Old Man Now (StorySound)

Ruby Lovett- A Father’s Love

It’s a Hard Life (Puff Bunny)

Tim Grimm- Reverend Mr. Black

Names (Wind River).

James Talley- The Dreamer (A Song for My Father)

Bandits, Ballads and Blues (Cimarron)

Next week: 50 years ago, I took over The Golem, part 2.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – May 14, 2024: Songs of Jacques Brel

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/595/65137.html

Theme: Songs of Jacques Brel (1929-1978).

Jacques Brel – who died in 1978 at age 49 from a pulmonary embolism while suffering from terminal lung cancer – was a Belgian singer, songwriter and actor whose theatrical songs are still widely performed, both in French and in English translation.

Jacques Brel- Les Flamandes

The Very Best of Jacques Brel (Select)

Judy Collins- Marieke

Whales & Nightingales (Elektra)

Amanda McBroom- Girl in an Armchair

Chanson: Amanda McBroom Sings Jacques Brel (Gecko)

Fred Holstein- Amsterdam

Fred Holstein: A Collection (Fred Holstein)

Barb Jungr- Jacky

Bob, Brel and Me (Kristalyn)

Jacques Brel- Au Printemps

The Very Best of Jacques Brel (Select)

Mary Coughlan- Hearts

Sentimental Killer (Eastwest)

Judy Collins- Sons of

Whales & Nightingales (Elektra)

Amanda McBroom- My Death

Chanson: Amanda McBroom Sings Jacques Brel (Gecko)

Barb Jungr- The Tender Hearts

Bob, Brel and Me (Kristalyn)

Jacques Brel- Les Bourgeois

The Very Best of Jacques Brel (Select)

Joan Baez- La Colombe – The Dove

Joan (Vanguard)

The Kingston Trio- Seasons in the Sun

Collectors Series (Capitol)

Jennifer Warnes- Old Folks – Les vieux

Just Jennifer (Deram)

Melody Gardot- La Chanson des vieux amants

Sayanora Meu Amor (Decca)

Jacques Brel- Les Singes

The Very Best of Jacques Brel (Select)

Stacey Kent- If You Go Away

Summer Me, Winter Me (Token Productions)

Judy Collins- The Desperate Ones

Bohemian (Wildflower)

Jacques Brel- Le Colonel

The Very Best of Jacques Brel (Select)

Barb Jungr- To See a Friend Break Down and Cry

Bob, Brel and Me (Kristalyn)

Amanda McBroom- You Don’t Forget the Past

Chanson: Amanda McBroom Sings Jacques Brel (Gecko)

Jacques Brel- Le Moribond

The Very Best of Jacques Brel (Select)

Next week: Still More Songs of Bob Dylan.

--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

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – February 27, 2024: Take the ‘A’ Train: A Tribute to Duke Ellington

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/595/64083.html

Theme: Take the ‘A’ Train: A Tribute to Duke Ellington (1899-1974)

Duke Ellington, who died in 1974 at age 75, was born Edward Kennedy Ellington in 1899 in Washington, DC. He was a pianist, bandleader and composer, and arguably, the greatest and most influential figure in the history of jazz.

Jackie Washington- Take the ‘A’ Train

Keeping Out of Mischief (Pyramid)

Duke Ellington- East St. Louis Toodle-oo

Ellington in Order, Volume 1 (1927-28) (Legacy)

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy- Diga Diga Do

Rattle Them Bones (Savoy Jazz)

Ken Whiteley, Jackie Washington & Mose Scarlett- Mood Indigo

Sitting on a Rainbow (Borealis)

Eva Cassidy- It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)

American Tune (Blix Street)

Sneezy Waters- Solitude

Sneezy Waters (Sneezy Waters)

Duke Ellington- Stompy Jones

Ellington in Order, Volume 6 (1934-36) (Legacy)

Ella Fitzgerald with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra- Drop Me Off in Harlem

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (Verve)

Taj Mahal- Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me

Savoy (Stony Plain)

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross- In a Mellow Tone

The Hottest New Group in Jazz (Columbia/Legacy)

Claudia Schmidt- I’m Beginning to See the Light

Out of the Dark/New Goodbyes, Old Helloes (Flying Fish)

Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington- Duke’s Place

The Complete Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington Sessions (Roulette)

Duke Ellington- A Tone Poem to Harlem (The Harlem Suite)

Ellington Uptown (Columbia)

Willie Nelson- Don’t Get Around Much Anymore

Stardust (Columbia)

Judy Collins- I Didn’t Know About You

Bread and Roses (Elektra)

Dave Van Ronk- Lucky So and So

Hummin’ to Myself (Gazell)

Thelonious Monk- Black and Tan Fantasy

Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington (Riverside)

Susie Arioli Swing Band featuring Jordan Officer- I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good)

It’s Wonderful (Susie Arioli Swing Band)

Catherine Russell- I’m Checkin’ Out, Goom’bye

Strictly Romancin’ (World Village)

Duke Ellington & Count Basie- Battle Royal

First Time! The Count Meets the Duke (Columbia)

Next week: Title Characters.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – November 28, 2023: Stormy Weather

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/595/62871.html

Theme: Stormy Weather.

All of the songs on this show have something or other to do with stormy weather. Some of them are literally about storms and some use storms as metaphors.

Doc & Merle Watson- Stormy Weather

Sittin’ Here Pickin’ the Blues (Rounder)

Stephen Mendel- Ready for the Storm

Sing Me a Story (Stephen Mendel)

Sylvia Tyson & Mike Regenstreif (1997)

Sylvia Tyson- Leaves in the Storm

At the End of the Day (Stony Plain)

Ian Tamblyn- Storm on the Mountain

Scenes Through a Mirror (North Track)

The Wailin' Jennys- Storm Comin’

Bright Morning Stars (True North)

Steel Rail- A Thousand Miles of Snow

A Thousand Miles of Snow (Crossties)

John Gorka & Mike Regenstreif (2012)

John Gorka- Holed Up in Mason City

Bright Side of Down (Red House)

Anna & Elizabeth- Don’t Want to Die in the Storm

Anna & Elizabeth (Free Dirt)

Christine Lavin- Here Comes Hurricane Season

Happydance of the Xenophobe (Yellow Tail)

Don Armstrong- Raging Storm

Mother Don’t Give Up on Me Now (Ronstadt Record Co.)

Christine Albert- Under a Stormy Sky

TexaFrance-Encore! (MoonHouse)

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2022)

Eliza Gilkyson- Calm Before the Storm

Paradise Hotel (Red House)

Sean Gagnier- (Song of the) Wheelhouse Door

Circle Harbor (Sean Gagnier)

Stan Rogers- White Squall

From Fresh Water (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Guy Clark- Blowin’ Like a Bandit

Craftsman (Philo)

Michael Jerome Browne & Mike Regenstreif (2005)

Michael Jerome Browne- Louisiana 1927

That’s Where It’s At! (Borealis)

Bill Staines- Louisiana Storm

The Second Million Miles (Red House)

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)

Garnet Rogers- Hallelujah! The Great Storm is Over

Speaking Softly in the Dark (Snow Goose Songs)

Chris Rawlings- Lillooet

Pearl Soup (Cooking Fat Music)

David Mallett- Snowbound

Open Doors & Windows (Flying Fish)

Judy Collins & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

Judy Collins & Jonas Fjeld- The Blizzard

Winter Stories (Wildflower/Cleopatra)

Molly Mason, Mike Regenstreif & Jay Ungar (2005)

Jay Ungar & Molly Mason- The Snowstorm

The Pleasures of Winter (Fiddle & Dance)

Next week: My top 10 folk-rooted or folk-branched albums of 2023.

--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

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday June 27, 2023: Songs of Bruce Cockburn

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/595/60977.html

Theme: Songs of Bruce Cockburn.

The show features songs from Bruce Cockburn’s new album, O Sun O Moon, and versions of some of his songs by other artists.

Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Cockburn (2017)

Bruce Cockburn- On a Roll

O Sun O Moon (True North)

3's a Crowd- Bird Without Wings

Christopher’s Movie Matinee (Dunhill)

Tom Rush- One Day I Walk

Ladies Love Outlaws (Columbia)

Teresa Ennis- Going to the Country

Space (BeaverBank Empire)

Claire Lynch- All the Diamonds in the World

North By South (Compass)

Claudia Schmidt combines Bruce Cockburn’s song, “For the Birds,” with her poem, “Replenish.”

Claudia Schmidt- For the Birds/Replenish

Reimagining (Claudia Schmidt)

Bruce Cockburn- When You Arrive

O Sun O Moon (True North)

Canadian Brass- 13th Mountain

Canadiana (Linus/Canadian Brass)

Bruce Cockburn- To Keep the World We Know

O Sun O Moon (True North)

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

The Weight of Hope (ES:MO)

David Wiffen- Up on the Hillside

Coast to Coast Fever (EMI)

Colin Linden- Anything, Anytime, Anywhere

Raised By Wolves (True North)

Bruce Cockburn- Colin Went Down to the Water

O Sun O Moon (True North)

Grace Griffith- Wondering Where the Lions Are

Minstrel Song (Blix Street)

Salamander Crossing- Child of the Wind

Henry Street – A Retrospective (Signature Sounds)

Special Consensus- Mighty Trucks of Midnight

Great Blue North (Compass)

The Squirrel Hillbillies Mama Just Wants to Barrelhouse All Night Long

Rhizomes (The Squirrel Hillbillies)

Bruce Cockburn- Into the Now

O Sun O Moon (True North)

Judy Collins- Pacing the Cage

Portrait of an American Girl (Wildflower)

Maria Muldaur- Southland of the Heart

Southland of the Heart (Telarc)

Christine Collister- The Whole Night Sky

The Dark Gift of Time (Koch)

Bruce Cockburn- O Sun By Day O Moon By Night

O Sun O Moon (True North)

Bruce Cockburn- Haiku

O Sun O Moon (True North)

Next week: Songs and Conversation with Sneezy Waters.

--Mike Regenstreif