Showing posts with label Klezmer Conservatory Band. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Klezmer Conservatory Band. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – May 12, 2026: Klezmer Tunes and (Mostly) Yiddish Songs


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/595/75320.html

Theme: Klezmer Tunes and (Mostly) Yiddish Songs.

Klezmer musicians in Ukraine, circa 1925

Schmaltz & Pepper
- Stirring the Pot
Schmaltz & Pepper (Schmaltz & Pepper)

Socalled with The Kaiser Quartett- Yiddish Meydl
Di Frosh and other Yiddish Songs (Membran)
Shtreiml- Sirba Amen Sela
Har Meron (I.J. Rosenblatt)
Abby Rosenblatt- Mayn Rue Platz
What’s New Bobenyu (Abigail Rosenblatt)
Jeff Warschauer- A Slow Hora for Those Who Wait for Freedom
The Singing Waltz: Klezmer Guitar & Mandolin (Omega)
Honey Novick- Di Mezinke Oysgegebn
Rising Towards the Seraphim (Honey Novick)
Beyond the Pale- Roumanian Fantasy
Routes (Borealis)
Shelley Posen- Sheyne Punim
Manna (Well Done Music)

Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band- Golem Nights
Sweet Return (Flying Bulgar Recordings)

Daniel Kahn & Jake Shulman-Ment- Yeder Eyner Veys (Everybody Knows)
The Building and Other Songs (Oriente Musik) 

The Klezmatics featuring Janis Siegel- Ich Ken Nit Zogn Vitsn (I Can’t Tell Jokes)
We Were Made for These Times (Shamus)
Roger Davidson & The Frank London Klezmer Orchestra- Dance of the Five Olives
Villages of Old (Soundbrush)
Anne Kalmering & Stahlhammer Klezmer Classic- Dire-Gelt (The Rent)
Tshiribim (Kakafon)
Brave Old World- The Band
Blood Oranges (Red House)
The Klezmer Conservatory Band- Tsatske Kazatske
A Touch of Klez! (Vanguard)

Alice Zawadzki- Karlovke
Yiddish Glory: The Silenced Songs of World War II (Six Degrees)
Aviva Chernick & Payadora Tango Ensemble- Silent Tears 
Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango (Six Degrees)

Margot Leverett & The Klezmer Mountain Boys- Zaydn’s Tants
2nd Avenue Square Dance (Traditional Crossroads)
Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma- Berish Katz Breakdown
Dispatches: Songs from a World Gone Mad (Rubinchik)
Theodore Bikel- Yossel der Klezmer
Theodore Bikel Sings Yiddish Theatre & Folk Songs (Elekta)
The Klezmorim- Af Shabes in Vilna
First Recordings 1976-78 (Arhoolie)
Nikitov- A Glezele Yash
Vanderlust (Chamsa)
Metropolitan Klezmer- Metropolitan Raisins
Yiddish for Travelers (Rhythm Media)
Sasha Lurje & Lorin Sklamberg- A idisher kvartet 
Jac Weinstein’s Helsinki Yiddish Cabaret (Global Music Centre)
Michael Winograd- Tipsy
Michael Winograd Plays Tanz! Live in New York City (Borscht Beat)

Isle of Klezbos- Abi Gezunt: Molly’s Cautionary Tale
Yiddish Silver Screen (Rhythm Media)

Next week: Songs and Conversation with Judy Collins.

--Mike Regenstreif

Thursday, October 14, 2021

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday October 19, 2021: Eating Songs


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/595/53829.html

Theme: Eating Songs

Le Chat Mort- Mama’s Got a Baby
Roses (Le Chat Mort)

Steve Goodman- Chicken Cordon Bleus
Somebody Else’s Troubles (Sequel)
Papa John Kolstad with Wildman Mike Turk- Beans Taste Fine
Beans Taste Fine (Wampus Cat)
Christine Lavin- Cold Pizza for Breakfast Redux
Cold Pizza for Breakfast (Yellow Tail)
Bowser & Blue- The Night They Invented Poutine
Crackpots (You Guys Publishing)

Robert Resnik & Mike Regenstreif (2019)

Christine Lavin- Peanut Butter Soup
Spaghettification (Christine Lavin)
Chris Rawlings- Soupe du Jour
Pearl Soup (Cooking Fat Music)
Allan Sherman- Strange Things in My Soup
Togetherness (Warner Bros.)
Robert Resnik & Gigi Weisman- Home Grown Tomatoes
Sweet Potatoes and Home Grown Tomatoes (Fletcher Free Library)

Ronny Cox- Hot Water Cornbread
Live at the Kitchen Sink (Ronny Cox)

Shelley Posen- Finders, Kippers
Menorah: Songs from a Jewish Life (Well Done Music)
Slim Gaillard & His Flat Foot Floogie Boys- Matzoh Balls
From Avenue A to the Great White Way: Yiddish & American Popular Songs from 1914-1950 (Columbia/Legacy)
Mickey Katz- Come-On-A-My House
Strictly Kosher: The Singles Collection 1950-1962 (Jasmine)
The Klezmer Conservatory Band- Dos Geshrey Fun Der Vilder Katshke
Live! The Thirteenth Anniversary Album (Rounder)
Shelley Posen- So How Come You Don’t Have Tongue?
Manna (Well Done Music)

Mike Regenstreif & David Amram (2017)

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee- Cornbread, Peas and Black Molasses
London, 1958 (Jasmine)
Victor Anthony- Chittlin’ Cookin’ Time in Cheatham County
Those Nashville Blues (Victor Anthony)
David Amram- Louisiana Crawfish Etouffee
Southern Stories (Chrome)
Susan Werner- The Night I Ate New Orleans
NOLA: Susan Werner Goes to New Orleans (Sleeve Dog)

Colin Linden- Ain’t That Gravy Good
The World of Jackie Washington (Borealis)
Jackie Washington- Save the Bones for Henry Jones
Midnight Choo Choo (Borealis)
Josh White, Jr..- One Meatball
Live at the Raven Gallery (Silverwolf)

Jamie Anderson- Ice Cream
The Truth Appears (Tsunami)
Roberta Donnay & the Prohibition Mob Band- Kitchen Man
Bathtub Gin (Motema)
Tom Russell & Barrence Whitfield- The Cuban Sandwich
Wounded Heart of America (HighTone)

Chris Rawlings & Mike Regenstreif (2007)

Chris Rawlings & Anne Lederman- An Apple a Day
A Whistle, a Tune, a Song and a Dance (Cooking Fat Music)
Little Richard- I Got It
Rocks (Bear Family)
Dawn Tyler Watson- Smoked Meat
Jawbreaker (Dawn Tyler Watson)

The Confabulation- Late for Lunch
Tunnels and Visions (Woodhead Music)

Next week: Songs of Randy Newman

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--Mike Regenstreif