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

Canadian Spaces – CKCU – Saturday August 27, 2022

Canadian Spaces on CKCU in Ottawa is Canada’s longest-running folk music radio program. It is heard Saturday mornings from 10:00 am until noon (Eastern time). 

It was hosted for more than 33 years by the late Chopper McKinnon and is now hosted by Chris White and a rotating cast of co-hosts. 

This week’s show was hosted by Mike Regenstreif.

CKCU can be heard at 93.1 FM in Ottawa and http://www.ckcufm.com/ on the web. 

This particular show is now available for on-demand listening. https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/129/57395.html

Jesse Winchester- How Far to the Horizon

Learn to Love It (Stony Plain)

Willie Dunn- The Dreamer

Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology (Light in the Attic)

Dennis O’Toole- Willie on the Wind

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

Sylvia Tyson- Donegal Tavern

River Road & Other Songs (Outside Music)

Brendan Nolan- Connemara Morn

Where Do I Go From Here (Ould Sagosha)

Doug McArthur- Hills of Connemara

The Horses of the Sea: A Personal Exploration of Ireland (dougimac.com)

Maria Dunn- Love Carries Me

Joyful Banner Blazing (Distant Whisper)

OXLIP- All My Trials

Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies (World Peach)

Bob Stark- Some Little Sign

Sculpted Pieces of Love (Bob Stark)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Matapedia

Matapedia (Hannibal)

Caitlin Hanford- Red Clay Halo

Bluer Skies (Denon)

Noah Zacharin- One Time in 20

A Startle of Wings (Noah Zacharin)

Susie Arioli Swing Band featuring Jordan Officer- Trying to Get to You

It’s Wonderful (SASB)

Lynn Miles with Keith Glass- Fearless Heart

Road (Lynn Miles)

Jay Linden- August Night

Satchel (Jay Linden)

Dave Clarke- Lucinda

The Healing Garden (Crossties)

The rest of the show features songs written by Canadian songwriters but performed by non-Canadian artists.

Bill Staines- Rompin’ Rovin’ Days (Bruce Murdoch)

Journey Home (Red House)

Nanci Griffith- Ten Degrees and Colder (Gordon Lightfoot)

Other Voices/Other Rooms (Elektra)

Norah Jones- (Talk to Me of) Mendocino (Kate McGarrigle)

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

June Tabor- Heart Like a Wheel (Anna McGarrigle)

At the Wood’s Heart (Topic)

Judy Collins- The Dealer (Down and Losin’) (Bob Ruzicka)

True Stories and Other Dreams (Elektra)

Tom Russell- Sam Bonnifield’s Saloon (Ian Tyson)

Play One More: The Songs of Ian & Sylvia (True North)

Rosalie Sorrels- Trucker’s Café (Sylvia Tyson)

Travelin’ Lady Rides Again (Green Linnet)

John Gorka- Lock-keeper (Stan Rogers)

Writing in the Margins (Red House)

Joe Jencks- Can You Blame the Poor Miner (Maria Dunn)

The Coming of the Years (Turtle Bear Music)

Grace Griffith- Wondering Where the Lions Are (Bruce Cockburn)

Minstrel Song (Blix Street)

Claudia Schmidt- Having a Drink with Jane (Shelley Posen)

Live at the Dakota (Pragmavision Publishing)

Dave Van Ronk- Urge for Going (Joni Mitchell)

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

William Bell- All of Your Stories (Jesse Winchester)

This is Where I Live (Stax)

SONiA disappear fear- Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)

By My Silence (Disappear)

Priscilla Herdman- Wood River (Connie Kaldor)

Darkness Into Light (Flying Fish)

I’ll be hosting Canadian Spaces next on September 17. I also host Stranger Songs every Tuesday from 3:30 to 5 pm; and the Saturday Morning show from 7 to 10 am, once every 4 weeks with my next slot on September 10.

Find me on Facebook. facebook.com/mikeregenstreif

--Mike Regenstreif