Showing posts with label Kate Brislin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kate Brislin. Show all posts

Friday, August 7, 2026

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 11, 2026: Finest Kind's Kind of Songs - repeat


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/595/76658.html

Theme: Finest Kind’s Kind of Songs – repeat of show originally broadcast on October 15, 2024.

Due to a computer issue, I was unable to produce a new episode of Stranger Songs this week. I hope to have a new show for broadcast on August 18.


Finest Kind
is the now mostly-retired trio of Ottawa based singers Ann Downey, Shelley Posen and Ian Robb – a trio best known for its superb vocal harmonies. All the songs on this show were recorded by Finest Kind over the years.

Finest Kind- The Faded Roses of December
Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle Music)

Utah Phillips- The Goodnight Loving Trail
The Telling Takes Me Home (Philo)
Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin- Blue Mountain
Stay Awhile (Rounder)
Blue Murder- The Banks of Sweet Primroses
No One Stands Alone (Topic)
Windborne- Gimme Just a Little More Time
Recollections/Revolutions (Wand’ring Feet)
Finest Kind- The Storms May Roll the Ocean
Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle Music)
Peggy Seeger- Going to the West
The Folkways Years 1955-1992: Songs of Love and Politics (Smithsonian Folkways)
Derek Lamb- The Miner’s Dream of Home
She was Poor but She was Honest: Nice, Naughty and Nourishing Songs of the London Music Hall and Pubs (Folkways)

Sneezy Waters- I Heard the Bluebirds Sing
Sneezy Waters (Sneezy Waters)
Martyn Wyndham-Read- Sussex Drinking Song
A Rose from the Bush (Greenwich Village)
David Parry- In Praise of Alcohol
The Man from Eldorado: Songs and Stories of Robert W. Service (Borealis)
Coope, Boyes & Simpson- John Barleycorn
Coope, Boyes & Simpson (World Music Network)
Finest Kind- John Barleycorn Deconstructed
For Honour & For Gain (Fallen Angle Music)

Bill Staines- Only Remembered
Looking for the Wind (Red House)
John Roberts & Tony Barrand- A Pilgrim’s Way
Twiddlum Twaddlum (Golden Hind Music)
Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop- No More Fish
Red Shoes (Borealis)
Finest Kind- Lowlands Low
For Honour & For Gain (Fallen Angle Music)

The Carter Family- Fond Affection
When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland: Their Complete Victor Recordings 1929-1930 (Rounder)
The Greenbriar Boys- At the End of a Long Lonely Day
Best of the Vanguard Years (Vanguard)
The Brothers & Sisters- The Times They are A-Changin’
Dylan’s Gospel (Columbia)
Ben E. King- Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
Ben E. King Sings for Soulful Lovers (Rhino)
Finest Kind- Jack the Jolly Tar
Silks & Spices (Fallen Angle Music)
Tom Lewis- Bully in the Alley
Tinker Tailor Soldier Singer (Self Propelled Music)

Finest Kind- Who will Sing for Me
Heart’s Delight (Fallen Angle Music)

--Mike Regenstreif


Monday, March 18, 2024

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday March 23, 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/128/64437.html

Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin- March Winds Gonna Blow My Blues All Way
Songs of The Carter Family (Appleseed)


Stan Rogers- Paint Me a Picture
Songs of a Lifetime: Discoveries – Rare Live Recordings (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)
David Essig- Albert’s Cove
A Stone in My Pocket (Peregrin)
Stan Rogers- Skyway
Songs of a Lifetime: Discoveries – Rare Live Recordings (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)
Doug McArthur- The Lunenburg Shift
Letters from the Coast/Sisteron (Snow Goose Songs)
Stan Rogers- Jamie
Songs of a Lifetime: Discoveries – Rare Live Recordings (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Stan Rogers- Love Can’t Be Bitter All the Time
Songs of a Lifetime: Discoveries – Rare Live Recordings (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)
Bob Franke- A Healing in This Night
The Other Evening in Chicago (Waterbug)
Stan Rogers- The Old Rose & Crown
Songs of a Lifetime: Discoveries – Rare Live Recordings (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)
Ian Robb with The Friends of Fiddler's Green- Garnet’s Home-Made Beer
From Different Angels (Fallen Angle)

Jaspar Lepak- Kind
So Strong (Jaspar Lepak Music)
Leslie Evers- What Kind of a Heart
Bound for Land (Cumulus)
Simone Keane- Those Beautiful Times
Graced By Leaves (Simone Keane)

David Broza- Saturday Morning
En Casa Limón (S-Curve)

Lynn Miles- Palomino
tumbleWeedyWorld (True North)
Mike Regenstreif & Connie Kaldor (2015)

Connie Kaldor- Wild One
Keep Going (Coyote Entertainment) 

Pat Moore- How Long
Take It to Heart (Pat Moore)
Bobby Dove- Haunted Hotel
Hopeless Romantic (Bobby Dove)

Altan- The Barley and the Rye
Donegal (Compass)
Sassenach- Star of the County Down/Bus Stop Reel
Passages (Sassenach)
Tara O’Grady- Black Velvet Band
Black Irish (Tara O’Grady)
Maggie’s Wake- Grosse Isle (Far Away)
Maggie’s Wake (Maggie’s Wake)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2018)

Tom Russell & Joe Ely- Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
Folk Hotel (Frontera)

Reverend Gary Davis- Crucifixion
A Little More Faith (Prestige/Bluesville)
Mavis Staples & Lucky Peterson-Were You There?
Spirituals & Gospel (Gitanes)
David Olney- A Soldier’s Report
The Stone (Deadbeet)

Bruce Cockburn- Easter
Crowing Ignites (True North)

Jim Kweskin & Samoa Wilson- Engine 143
Never Too Late: Duets with My Friends (StorySound)
Paper Wings- Nine Hundred Miles
Listen to the World Spin (Paper Wings)
American Patchwork Quartet- Wind and Rain
American Patchwork Quartet (Carolina Jasmine)
John Stewart & Darwin’s Army- They Call the Wind Mariah
John Stewart & Darwin’s Army (Appleseed)

Claudia Gibson- The Fields of Chazy
The Fields of Chazy (Claudia Gibson)
Jillian Matundan- Only Water
Singing to the Moon (Keezamonkee)
SONiA disappear fear & Mike Regenstreif (2017)

SONiA disappear fear- Teaching Vincent Van Gogh
Album 23 (Disappear)
Mouths of Babes- World Brand New
World Brand New (Wild Awake Music)

Jeff Talmadge- If I was a Sparrow
Sparrow (Berkalin)
Josh White, Jr. & Guthrie Thomas- Don’t Mean a Thing
Delicate Balance (Silverwolf)
Lisa Bastoni- Nora’s Guitar
On the Water (Lisa Bastoni)
Sandy Cash- Gilad’s Guitar
Voices from the Other Side (Sandy Cash)

Josh Fortenbery- Honey
No Such Thing as Forever (Josh Fortenbery)
Laura Smith & Mike Regenstreif (2013)

Laura Smith- What Goes Around (Comes Around)
Everything is Moving (Borealis)
James Talley- Somewhere in the Stars (A Song for Diego)
Bandits, Ballads and Blues (Cimarron)

Tom Rush- The Harbor
Gardens Old, Flowers New (Appleseed)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on April 20. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif 

Friday, November 10, 2023

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – November 14, 2023: Songs of Utah Phillips


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/595/62730.html

Theme: Songs of Bruce “Utah” Phillips (1935-2008).

Utah Phillips & Mike Regenstreif (1976) photo: Felicity Fanjoy

Utah Phillips- The Telling Takes Me Home
The Telling Takes Me Home (Philo)

Saul Broudy- Starlight on the Rails
Singing Through the Hard Times: A Tribute to Utah Phillips (Righteous Babe)
Pop & Bodie Wagner & Dakota Dave Hull- Old Buddy, Goodnight
Singing Through the Hard Times: A Tribute to Utah Phillips (Righteous Babe)
Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen- Going Away
Live in Concert (Compass Rose)
The Sorry Muthas Wolverine 14
Greatest Hits Vol. 3 (Wampus Cat)
Utah Phillips- Phoebe Snow
Good Though! (Philo)

Finest Kind- The Goodnight-Loving Trail
Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle)

Rosalie Sorrels- Rock Me to Sleep
Travelin’ Lady (Sire)
John Gorka- I Think of You
So Dark You See (Red House)
Penny Lang- If I Could be the Rain
Stone + Sand + Sea + Sky (Borealis)
Kate Wolf- Clearing in the Forest
The Wind Blows Wild (Rhino)
The Short Sisters- Rock Salt and Nails
Love and Transportation (Black Socks Press)

Utah Phillips & Mike Regenstreif (2005)

Utah Phillips
- Frisco Road
Good Though! (Philo)
Finest Kind- He Comes Like Rain
Singing Through the Hard Times: A Tribute to Utah Phillips (Righteous Babe)
Bruce Brackney- Hood River, Roll On
Singing Through the Hard Times: A Tribute to Utah Phillips (Righteous Babe)
Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin- Walking Through Your Town in the Snow
Heart Songs: The Old Time Country Songs of Utah Phillips (Rounder)
Priscilla Herdman & Utah Phillips- I Remember Loving You
Darkness into Light (Flying Fish)

Fred Holstein- Nevada Jane
Fred Holstein: A Collection (Fred Holstein)
Rosalie Sorrels- Ashes on the Sea
Strangers in Another Country: The Songs of Bruce “Utah” Phillips (Red House)
Margaret Christl & Simon Christl- The Green Rolling Hills of West Virginia
House of Song (Margaret Christl)
Utah Phillips- Eddy’s Song
The Telling Takes Me Home (Philo)

Magpie, Dan Schatz, Emma's Revolution- Singing Through the Hard Times
Singing Through the Hard Times: A Tribute to Utah Phillips (Righteous Babe)

Next week: Songs and Conversation with Noel Paul Stookey.

--Mike Regenstreif 

Thursday, September 2, 2021

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday September 7, 2021: A Tribute to The Everly Brothers


Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU in Ottawa on Tuesday afternoons 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 prerecorded at home and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/53344.html

Theme: A Tribute to The Everly Brothers

The Everly BrothersPhil Everly, who died in 2014 at age 74, and Don Everly, who died on August 21st at age 84 – were a highly influential duo whose music encompassed rock ‘n’ roll, country and folk music. All the songs on this show were recorded, at one time or another, by The Everly Brothers.


The Everly Brothers
- This Little Girl of Mine
Cadence Classics: Their 20 Greatest Hits (Rhino)

Madeleine Peyroux- Bye Bye Love
The Blue Room (Decca)
Simon & Garfunkel- Wake Up Little Susie
The Concert in Central Park (Warner Bros.)
Kate Brislin & Katy Moffatt- Sleepless Nights
Sleepless Nights (Rounder)
The Persuasions- All I Have to Do is Dream
Good News (Rounder)
The Everly Brothers- Sweet Dreams
Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. 1960 to 1969 (Warner Archives)

Gram Parsons with Emmylou Harris- Love Hurts
Grievous Angel (Reprise)
Linda Ronstadt- When Will I Be Loved
Heart Like a Wheel (Capitol)
The Everly Brothers- (‘Til) I Kissed You
Cadence Classics: Their 20 Greatest Hits (Rhino)


Andy Hedges
- Roving Gambler
Cowboy Songster (Yellowhouse)
Ian & Sylvia- Down By the Willow Garden
Ian & Sylvia (Vanguard)
Tim Grimm & Carrie Newcomer- Barbara Allen
Names (Wind River)
Billie Joe + Norah- Who’s Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet?
Foreverly (Reprise)
The Everly Brothers- I’m Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail
Songs Our Daddy Taught Us (Rhino)

Nanci Griffith- Walk Right Back
Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) (Elektra)
The Everly Brothers- On the Wings of a Nightingale
EB 84 (Mercury)

John Sebastian- Stories We Could Tell
Faithful Virtue: The Reprise Recordings (Rhino)
The Everly Brothers- The Brand New Tennessee Waltz
Stories We Could Tell (RCA)
Jesse Winchester- Bowling Green
Seem Like Only Yesterday: Live in Montreal 1976 (Real Gone Music)

Kate Brislin & Katy Moffatt- So Sad
Sleepless Nights (Rounder)
Roberta Flack- Let It Be Me
Chapter Two (Atlantic)
Gram Parsons with Emmylou Harris- Brand New Heartache
Sleepless Nights (A&M)
Doc Watson- Bird Dog
Docabilly (Sugar Hill)
The Everly Brothers- I’m Movin’ On
Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. 1960 to 1969 (Warner Archives)

The Everly Brothers- Asleep
EB 84 (Mercury)

Next week: Strange Songs and Stranger Songs

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--Mike Regenstreif