Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – April 19, 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/128/69882.html

Mike Regenstreif & Tony Turner (2018)

Tony Turner- Prairie Railroad

The Lost Sketches (Tony Turner)

Mike Regenstreif & Lynn Miles (2013)

Lynn Miles- Drunks and Fools

Black Flowers Vol. 3 (Lynn Miles)

Vince Halfhide- Sleepy Little Town

Vince Halfhide (Vince Halfhide)

Arthur McGregor- Dancing Shoes

Moore & McGregor: Dream with Me (Ivernia)

Ray Harris- Late Night Phone Calls

Kinda Sets the Tone (Ray Harris)

Mary Gick- The Grassroots Waltz

Six Tunes and a Song (Mary Gick)

Suzy Thompson- Lose My Blues

Suzy Sings Siebel Volume One (Suzy Thompson)

Paul Siebel- Miss Cherry Lane

Woodsmoke and Oranges (Elektra)

Suzy Thompson- Nashville Again

Suzy Sings Siebel Volume One (Suzy Thompson)

Suzy Thompson- The Ballad of Honest Sam

Suzy Sings Siebel Volume One (Suzy Thompson)

Paul Siebel- Then Came the Children

Woodsmoke and Oranges (Elektra)

Maggie’s Wake- Bridget O’Brien

Maggie’s Wake (Maggie’s Wake)

Stan Rogers- Scarborough Settler’s Lament

Songs of a Lifetime: For the Family (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis) 

Laura Smith & Mike Regenstreif (2013)

Laura Smith- Magdalen McGillivray

Everything is Moving (Borealis)

Chris Walz- See See Rider

All I Got and Gone (Chris Walz Music)

Amanda Rheaume- #44

The Truth We Hold (Ishkõdé)

Rhiannon Giddens- We Could Fly

Freedom Highway (Nonesuch)

Louis Armstrong- Go Down, Moses

Louis and the Good Book (Verve)

The Short Sisters- Moses

A Planet Dancing Slow (Black Socks Press)

The Sojourners- Brother Moses Smote the Water

The Sojourners (Black Hen Music)

Jesse Winchester & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Jesse Winchester- Pharaoh’s Army 

Learn to Love It (Stony Plain) 

Shelley Posen & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2023)

Shelley Posen- And We Sang ‘Ha Lakhma Anya’ 

Manna (Well Done Music) 

Andy Cohen & Mike Regenstreif (2025)

Andy Cohen- Crucifixion

Oh Glory, How Happy I Am: The Sacred Songs of Rev. Gary Davis (Riverlark Music)

Mahalia Jackson- Were You There

In Concert Easter Sunday 1967 (Columbia/Legacy)

Ralph McTell- Jesus Wept

Sand in Your Shoes (Red House)

NEeMA- Romeo and Juliet

Watching You Think (Neemaste/Sony)

Perla Batalla- Ain’t No Cure for Love

A Letter to Leonard Cohen: Tribute to a Friend (Mechuda Music)

Louise Coombe & Mike Regenstreif (2024)

Louise Coombe- The Girl Upstairs

Paris (Zoe Cat Music)

Kora Feder- In a Young Person’s Body

Some Kind of Truth (Kora Feder)

Danny Marks- I’m Ready

I’m Ready – single (Danny Marks)

Ellen Bukstel & Nick Annis- By My Silence

Legacy of Love (Ellen Bukstel)

Allison Russell & Annie Lennox- Superlover

Superlover – single (Fantasy)

Eric Andersen & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Eric Andersen- No Man’s Land

Eric Andersen in (Spoken) Pieces (EARecords)

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Eliza Gilkyson- Beach Haven

2020 (Red House)

Mike Regenstreif & Tim Grimm (2025)

Tim Grimm- Woody’s Landlord Revisited

Bones of Trees (Vault)

James Gordon- Liberation Day

Liberation Day – single (James Gordon)

Rees Shad with Kemp Harris, Wanda Houston & Natalia Zukerman- Ain’t That the Way

Porcelain Angel (Shadville Music)

C. Daniel Boling- It Matters

It Matters (Berkalin)

Mr. O’Muck- Gone Train Blues

Home Field Recordings: The Ancient Blues of Mr. O’Muck (Muck-O-Phone)

Jim Ringer- Mrs. Delion’s Lament

Any Old Wind That Blows (Philo)

Preservation Brass- Bagatelle

For Fat Man (Sub Pop)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on May 17. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday January 25, 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/128/68698.html

Mike Regenstreif & Garnet Rogers (2006)

Garnet Rogers- Small Victory

The Best Times After All: Live (Snow Goose Songs)

John McCutcheon & Carrie Newcomer- Field of Stars

Field of Stars (Appalsongs)

Chris Rawlings- Deep Blue Sea

Two Sides to Your Story (Cookingfat Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Priscilla Herdman (1978)

Priscilla Herdman- The Coast of Marseilles

Forgotten Dreams (Flying Fish)

The Twangtown Paramours- A Room in Bordeaux

The Wind will Change Again (Inside Edge)

Melón Jimenez & Lara Wong- Paraná

Confluencias (Scatcat Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2009)

Jesse Winchester- Wintry Feeling

A Touch on the Rainy Side (Stony Plain)

Mike Regenstreif, Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop (2014)

Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop- The Hill

Red Shoes (Borealis)

Neale Eckstein- January Thaw

Never Too Late (Neale Eckstein)

Nanci Griffith- Ten Degrees and Getting Colder

Other Voices/Other Rooms (Elektra)

Amy Speace- I Break Things

The American Dream (Windbone)

Cindy Kallet- The Poet

Ride in the Light (Sleepy Creek Music)

Boreal- Winterbirds

Winterbirds (Boreal)

Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens- Rainy Day

American Railroad (Nonesuch)

John McCutcheon- MS St. Louis

Field of Stars (Appalsongs)

Perla Batalla- The Partisan

A Letter to Leonard Cohen: Tribute to a Friend (Mechuda Music)

The Klezmatics & Susan McKeown- Gonna Get Through This World

Wonder Wheel: Lyrics by Woody Guthrie (Jewish Music Group)

Rosalie Sorrels- Mehitabel’s Theme

Always a Lady (Green Linnet)

Peggy Lee- The Alley Cat Song

I’m a Woman: Expanded Edition (Capitol)

Phil Harris- Thomas O’Malley Cat

Disney’s Jazz Album: Big Band & Swing (Disneyland)

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2022)

Eliza Gilkyson- Bare Necessities

Your Town Tonight (Red House)

Doug McArthur & Jeffra- Angels of the Mission Trail

Angels of the Mission Trail (Tableaux Vivants)

Eric Taylor with Nanci Griffith- Mission Door

Live at the Red Shack (Blue Ruby)

Ana Egge- Mission Bells Moan

Sharing in the Spirit (StorySound)

Rosanne Cash- Girl from the North Country

The List (Manhattan)

Ian & Sylvia- Tomorrow is a Long Time

Four Strong Winds (Vanguard)

Penny Lang & Mike Regenstreif (1976) photo: Felicity Fanjoy

Penny Lang- One Too Many Mornings

Stone + Sand + Sea + Sky (Borealis)

Moses Crouch- Banjo Blues

Earth Music (Riverlark)

The airdate for this show, January 25, is Robbie Burns Day. The next nine songs were written or collected by the great Scottish poet, Robert Burns, who was born on January 25, 1759 and died at 37 on July 21, 1796.

Jean Redpath- A Parcel of Rogues in a Nation

The Songs of Robert Burns, Volumes 1 & 2 (Philo)

Dougie MacLean- Scots Wha’ Hae

Tribute to Robert Burns, Neil Gow and Robert Tannahill (Dunkeld)

The Short Sisters- Ca’ the Yowes

Downsized (Black Socks Press)

Andrew & Casey Calhoun- A Rosebud By My Early Walk

Skeins (Waterbug)

Mike Regenstreif & Brendan Nolan (2023)

Brendan Nolan- Green Grow the Rashes O’

Familiar Brew (Ould Sagosha)

Bett Padgett- Ae Fond Kiss

Beneath Blue Water (Ceildhe’s Music)

Mallory Chipman- A Red, Red Rose

Songs to a Wild God (Tunnel Mountain)

Bobby Watt- Westlin’ Winds

Watt Next? (Glenashdale Music)

Highland Weavers- Auld Lang Syne

Going Home (Highland Weavers)

Christine Lavin featuring Robin Batteau- Mercury & Mars (Jan. 28, 1977)

Drum School Dropout (Christine Lavin)

Tom Mitchell- Sing to Me Now

Outamongum Again (Cowlick)

Laura Smith & Mike Regenstreif (2013)

Laura Smith- Gypsy Dream

As Long As I’m Dreaming (Borealis)

Christopher Kearney- Rocking Chair Ride

Christopher Kearney (Capitol)

Carol Crittenden- The Fields of Athenry

Glimmer (Carol Crittenden)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on February 22. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday October 5, 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/128/67154.html

Bill Staines- October Winds

The First Million Miles (Rounder)

Ann Savoy- Who Knows Where the Time Goes

Another Heart (Smithsonian Folkways)

Tommy Makem & Liam Clancy- White Swans and Black/Grey October Clouds

Two for the Early Dew (Shanachie)

Laura Smith & Mike Regenstreif (2013)

Laura Smith- My Bonny

As Long As I’m Dreaming (Borealis)

Dave Van Ronk- Urge for Going

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

Susie Burke- Will You Come Home

The Seasons Project: Autumn (Christine Lavin)

David Buskin- When I Need You Most of All

The Seasons Project: Autumn (Christine Lavin)

Christine Lavin- Getting Used to Leavin’

The Seasons Project: Autumn (Christine Lavin)

John Gorka & Mike Regenstreif (2012)

John Gorka- Out of My Mind

The Seasons Project: Autumn (Christine Lavin)

Sussex- Take You Back

Shine (Lucky Bear)

Jesse Winchester- Yankee Lady

Seems Like Only Yesterday – Live in Montreal 1976 (Real Gone Music)

Priscilla Herdman- Talk to Me of Mendocino

Forgotten Dreams (Flying Fish)

Mike Regenstreif & Anne Hills (2001)

Anne Hills- Brown Leaves

Angle of the Light (Flying Fish)

Cindy Mangsen- October Roses

Songs of Experience (Redwing Music)

Jenny Burtis- I Won’t Chase You Down

Woodbird (Ploodepesh)

Ray Bonneville- Oh the Night is Long

On the Blind Side (Stonefly) 

James Gordon- Wrinkles and Scars

Wrinkles and Scars (James Gordon)

Katherine Wheatley- Great Big Guitar

Landed (The Hoot Music Company)

Corin Raymond- There will Always be a Small Time

There will Always be a Small Time (Corin Raymond)

Gathering Sparks- Many Sparks Make a Fire

All That’s Real (Borealis)

Terra Spencer- At Your Service

Old News (Terra Spencer & Ben Caplan)

Sussex- I’ll See You in My Dreams

Shine (Lucky Bear)

Graham Nash- Marrakesh Express (demo)

Over the Years (Rhino)

Pink Martini- Hang On Little Tomato

A Retrospective (Heinz)

Ben Caplan- What Love Can Heartache Allow

Old Stock (Rhyme and Reason)

Mike Regenstreif & Old Man Luedecke (2015)

Old Man Luedecke- Le Ciel est Noir (A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall)

Easy Money (True North)

Carla Sciaky- Standing by a River

Heart of the Swan (Propinquity)

Moira Smiley- Awake Awake

The Rhizome Project (Moira Smiley Music)

Anna McGarrigle, Chaim Tannenbaum, Lily Lanken, Rufus Wainwright & Martha Wainwright- Dink’s Song

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

Andy Statman- Brown County Breakdown

Bluegrass Tracks (Shefa)

Sonya Cohen Cramer- Oh the Wind and Rain

You’ve Been a Friend to Me (Smithsonian Folkways)

Ren Harvieu- I Used to be So Pretty

Linda Thompson: Proxy Music (StorySound)

Carolyn Shulman- Heart on a Wire

Heart on a Wire (Carolyn Shulman)

Amy Speace- Homecoming Queen

The American Dream (Windbone)

Philadelphia Jerry Ricks- Casey Jones

True Blues (Traditional Line)

Moses Crouch- Falling Down Blues/Good Morning Judge

Earth Music (Riverlark)

Furry Lewis- Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor

Blues Magician (Lucky Seven)

Steve Lundquist- Up in the Cascades

The Great Northwest (Steve Lundquist)

Erin Ash Sullivan- Rest Stop Bird

Signposts and Marks (Erin Ash Sullivan)

Julian Taylor- Love Letters

Pathways (Howling Turtle)

Claire Lynch- I Give You the Morning

Bluegrass Sings Paxton (Mountain Home)

Tom Paxton- Wish I Had a Troubadour

The Compleat Tom Paxton (Even Compleater) (Rhino Handmade)

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

  
Joel Mabus- Old Man River

Lonesome Road: Suite for Solo Guitar and Voice – Songs of the Lost Generation 1924-1928 (Fossil)

Tom Russell & The Norwegian Wind Esemble- Mississippi River Running Backwards

Aztec Jazz (Frontera)

Sussex- Bye Bye Blues

Shine (Lucky Bear)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on November 2. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

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 

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday September 19, 2023: September Songs – That’s How the Summer Slips Away

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/595/61962.html

Theme: September Songs – That’s How the Summer Slips Away.

Steel Rail- That’s How the Summer Slips Away

River Song (Crossties)

Cheryl Wheeler- Summer’s Almost Over

Defying Gravity (Philo)

Peter, Paul & Mary- 75 Septembers

LifeLines (Warner Bros.)

Eric Bibb- Done Laid Around (Gotta Travel On)

Good Stuff (Earthbeat!)

Rosanne Cash- September When It Comes

Rules of Travel (Capitol)

Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

David Francey- Far End of Summer

Far End of Summer (Laker)

Night Sun- Summer Songs

One Moment of Grace (Borealis)

Rickie Lee Jones- September Song

Pieces of Treasure (BMG Modern)

Bill Morrissey- When Summer’s Ended

You’ll Never Get to Heaven (Philo)

Randall Kromm- Late September

Late September (Randall Kromm)

Mike Regenstreif & Garnet Rogers (2006)

Garnet Rogers- Summer’s End

The Best Times After All: Live (Snow Goose Songs)

Julie Gold- It’s Hard to Love September

Try Love (Gadfly)

Bruce Murdoch- September 4 – 4 East

Unreleased 1969 tape – used with permission

Kate Wolf- September Song

Safe at Anchor (Rhino)

Jay Linden- Blue Skies of September

Satchel (Jay Linden)

Laura Smith & Mike Regenstreif (2013)

Laura Smith- My Bonny

As Long As I’m Dreaming (Borealis)

Rod Stewart- Maggie May

Every Picture Tells a Story (Mercury)

The Kennedys- Late September Breeze

Headwinds (The Kennedys)

Jesse DeNatale- Late September

The Hands of Time (Blue Arrow)

Lynn Miles- Deep September Blue

Winter (Lynn Miles)

Klezmer-ish- September Sun

Dusty Roads (Riverboat)

Next week: Remembering Gram Parsons (1946-1973).

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday March 29, 2022: The Art of the Long Song

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/595/55701.html

Theme: The Art of the Long Song

While most songs fall somewhere in the range of 2 to 5 minutes, the songs on this show are in the range of 6 to 15 minutes.

Garnet Rogers with Doug Long- Frankie & Johnny
Summer Lightning: Live (Snow Goose Songs)
Laura Smith- One Woman
As Long As I’m Dreaming (Borealis)

Bob Dylan- Desolation Row
Highway 61 Revisited (Columbia/Legacy)

Doug McArthur & Jeffra- Montaña de Oro
Angels of the Mission Trail (Doug McArthur & Jeffra)
Tom Russell- Gallo del Cielo
Old Songs Yet to Sing (Frontera)

Jackson Browne & Rob Wasserman- You Know the Night
Note of Hope (429)

Chaim Tannenbaum- Belfast Louis Falls in Love
Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)
Wade Hemsworth with the Mountain City Four- The Story of The I’m Alone
Wade Hemsworth with the Mountain City Four (Peter Weldon)

Janis Ian featuring John Cowan & Diane Schur- Better Times Will Come
The Light at the End of the Line (Rude Girl)

Kim & Reggie Harris- Tree of Life
Resurrection Day (Appleseed)

Next week: Remembering John Prine

Find me on Facebook. facebook.com/mikeregenstreif

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday March 8, 2022: Voices of Women

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/595/55453.html

Theme: Voices of Women

Janis Ian- Stranger
The Light at the End of the Line (Rude Girl)

Diana Jones & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2021)

Diana Jones- Ask a Woman
Song to a Refugee (Goldmine)
Allison Russell- All of the Women
Outside Child (Fantasy)
Buffy Sainte-Marie- Little Wheel Spin and Spin
Medicine Songs (True North)

Odetta- Dink’s Blues
Blues Everywhere I Go (M.C.)
Jane Voss- Farther Down the Road
Farther Down the Road (Ripple)

Mama’s Broke- Oh Sun/Pale Night/Forgetting Reel
Narrow Line (Free Dirt)

Laura Smith & Mike Regenstreif (2013)

Laura Smith- I’m a Beauty
As Long As I’m Dreaming (Borealis)
Maria Dunn- Beautiful Fools
Joyful Banner Blazing (Distant Whisper)
SONiA disappear fear- Who I Am
By My Silence (Disappear Records)
Orit Shimoni- My Flying Shoes
Lorem Ipsum (Orit Shimoni)

Eliza Gilkyson- Wind River and You
Songs from the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)
Rosalie Sorrels- The Pine
Live at the Great American Music Hall (Flying Fish)
Penny Lang- Come Across to You
Gather Honey (Borealis)

Lynn Miles- Old Soul
We’ll Look for Stars (Must Have Music)
Linda Morrison- Barcelona
Line By Line (Heartstrung Music)
Missy Burgess- Pour Me a Song
Pour Me a Song (Patio)
Kim Wallach- Hanging the Spoon
Chatter of the Finches (Black Socks Press)

Ronney Abramson & Mike Regenstreif (2016)

Bonnie Dobson- Southern Bound
Take Me for a Walk in the Morning Dew (Hornbeam)
Ronney Abramson- As Time Sneaks By
Stowaway (Castor Island Music)
Jana Pochop- The Hard Part
The Astronaut (Jana Pochop)
The Accidentals- Wide Open
Time Out Sessions #2 (The Accidentals)

Gina Forsyth- Down Yonder
Copper Rooster and Other Tunes and Tales (Waterbug)

Next week: Jack Kerouac @ 100

Find me on Facebook. facebook.com/mikeregenstreif

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday October 5, 2021: Songs of Autumn

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/595/53657.html

Theme: Songs of Autumn

Martin Simpson- October Song
Home Recordings (Topic)

David Mallett- Autumn
This Town (Vanguard)
Ian & Sylvia- Changes
Play One More (Vanguard)
Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Talk to Me of Mendocino
Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Nonesuch)
Jesse Winchester- Yankee Lady
Jesse Winchester (Stony Plain)
Sally Rogers & Claudia Schmidt- Who Knows Where the Time Goes
We are Welcomed (Pragmavision)

Terry Tufts- October Gold
Two Nights Solo (Borealis)

Laura Smith & Mike Regenstreif (2013)

Laura Smith- My Bonny
As Long As I’m Dreaming (Borealis)
Tommy Makem & Liam Clancy- White Swans and Black/Grey October Clouds
Two for the Early Dew (Shanachie)
Archie Fisher & Garnet Rogers- Waltz Into Winter
The Best Times After All: Live (Snow Goose Songs)
Joni Mitchell- Urge for Going
Archives – Volume 1: The Early Years (1963-1967) (Rhino)

Bill Garrett & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

Bill Garrett- Thanksgiving Eve
Seems to Me (Borealis)
Nanci Griffith- October Reasons
Poet In My Window (Philo)
Amy Speace with The Orphan Brigade- There Used to Be Horses Here
There Used to Be Horses Here (Windbone)
Nina Ricci- Goodbye Sandals, Hello Boots
Goodbye Sandals, Hello Boots – single (Nina Ricci)

Eva Cassidy- Autumn Leaves
Simply Eva (Blix Street)
John McCutcheon- Finally
Bucket List (Appalseed)
Sharon Goldman- Lone Black Crow
Every Trip Around the Sun (Sharon Goldman)
Steel Rail- Winter Wren
Coming Home (Crossties)
Vance Gilbert- The Day Before November
Good Good Man (Disismye Music)

David Broza- Autumn Longing
En Casa Limón (S-Curve)

Next week: Drinking Songs

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Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday August 10, 2021

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/595/53007.html

Theme: The Legacy of Stan Rogers: A postage stamp celebration

My friend Stan Rogers was already one of Canada’s greatest folksingers and songwriters when he died tragically at the young age of 33 on June 2, 1983. On July 21, Canada Post issued a postage stamp honouring Stan Rogers and his contributions to Canadian folk music.

Stan Rogers- Barrett’s Privateers
Between the Breaks…Live! (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Paul Mills- 45 Years
The Other Side of the Glass (Borealis)
Dave Fry- Giant
Troubadour (Dave Fry)
Archie Fisher & Garnet Rogers- Make and Break Harbour
The Best Times After All: Live (Snow Goose Songs)
Stan Rogers- Fogarty’s Cove
Fogarty’s Cove (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)
Tom Lewis- Northwest Passage
Poles Apart (Self-Propelled Music)

Stan Rogers- Plenty of Hornpipe
Fogarty’s Cove (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Lui Collins- Second Effort
Baptism of Fire (Green Linnet)
Priscilla Herdman- Turnaround
Forgotten Dreams (Flying Fish)
Laura Smith- Song of the Candle
Remembering Stan Rogers: An East Coast Tribute (Brookes Diamond Productions)
Stan Rogers- The Jeannie C.
Turnaround (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

John Gorka- Lock-keeper
Writing in the Margins (Red House)
Short Sisters- Tiny Fish for Japan
Live from Four States (Black Socks Press)
Stan Rogers- White Squall
From Fresh Water (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Stan Rogers- The Field Behind the Plow
Northwest Passage (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)
Priscilla Herdman- Lies
Seasons of Change (Flying Fish)
Garnet Rogers- Sailor’s Rest
Summer’s End (Snow Goose Songs)
Stan Rogers- The Mary Ellen Carter
Between the Breaks…Live! (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Ofra Harnoy- Barrett’s Privateers
On the Rock (Analekta)

Next week: Music from my high school years: 1967-1971

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--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday April 24, 2021

Saturday Morning is an eclectic roots-oriented program on CKCU in Ottawa heard live on Saturday mornings from 7 until 10 am (Eastern time) and then available for on-demand streaming. I am one of the four rotating hosts of Saturday Morning and base my programming on the Folk Roots/Folk Branches format I developed at CKUT in Montreal.

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

This episode of Saturday Morning was prerecorded at home and can already be streamed on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/51715.html

 

John Hartford- Gentle On My Mind
Gentle On My Mind and Other Originals (RCA)

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings- Ginseng Sullivan
All the Good Times Are Past and Gone (Acony)
Marc Nerenberg- Ma Creole Belle
On the Street Again (Marc Nerenberg)
Moira Smiley & Voco- Oh Susannah
In Our Voices (Moira Smiley Music)

Last Forever- Pay Day at Coal Creek
No Place Like Home/Last Forever (2nd Story Sound)
Crys Matthews- How Many More
Changemakers (Crys Matthews)
Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi- I Shall Not Be Moved
They’re Calling Me Home (Nonesuch)

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

Joni Mitchell- Fare Thee Well (Dink’s Song)
Archives – Volume 1: The Early Years 1963-1967 (Rhino)
Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Heart Like a Wheel
Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Nonesuch)
Chaim Tannenbaum- Belfast Louis Falls in Love
Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)

Laura Smith- Souther’s Faithless Love (Just What I Need)
As Long As I’m Dreaming (Borealis)
JD Souther- Faithless Love
Natural History (Eone)
Craig Cardiff- Emm & May
All This Time Running (True North)

Tim Grimm- Carry Us Away
Gone (Vault)
Peggy Seeger- Tree of Love
First Farewell (Red Grape Music)
Reggie Harris- Come What May
On Solid Ground (Reggie Harris Music)
Ronney Abramson- Your Love Gets Me Around
Stowaway (Castor Island Music)

Darryl Purpose- Gentle Arms of Eden
Gentle Arms of Eden – single (Gamblers Grace Music)
Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer- Farewell to Saint Delores
Tanglewood Tree (Signature Sounds)
Katy Moffatt- Sister Angelina
Chrysalis (Sunset Blvd. Records)
Gretchen Peters with Tom Russell- Guadalupe
One to the Heart, One to the Head (Scarlet Letter/Frontera)
Tom Russell- Angel of Lyon
Old Songs Yet to Sing (Frontera)

Jon Lawton- Goin’ to California
Virginny Sessions: Vol. 1 (Bigtone)
Thad Beckman- Mama, ‘Taint Long for Day
Blues Gone By (Thadzooks)
Lauren Sheehan- Statesboro Blues
Two Wings (Wilson River)
Guy Davis & Lea Gilmore- Some Cold Rainy Day
Juba Dance (M.C.)
Veronika Jackson- Go Down Sunshine
The Woman I Am (Acoustic with Heart Productions)

Anne Hills- Elusive Chemistry
Accidental August (Hand & Heart Music)
Dave Clarke- Lucinda
The Healing Garden (Crossties)
Rings & Things- Smoker’s Lullaby
Pearl Soup (Cooking Fat Music)
Montreal- What About the Wind?
A Summer’s Night (Stormy Forest)
Ian Tamblyn- Tiger Lily Road
Voice in the Wilderness (North Track)

Noel Paul Stookey- Jean Claude
Just Causes (Neworld)
Frank London with Karim Sulayman & Cantor Sveta Kundish- Nirdi Natan Reiho
Ghetto Songs (Felmay)

Maria Muldaur with Tuba Skinny- Let’s Get Happy Together
Let’s Get Happy Together (Stony Plain)
Jeff Healey- Some of These Days
The Best of the Stony Plain Years: Vintage Jazz, Swing and Blues (Stony Plain)
Annabelle Chvostek- String of Pearls
String of Pearls (Annabelle Chvostek)
Sussex- Don’t Wanna Wait
The Ocean Wide (Lucky Bear)
The Hot Sardines- Running Wild
French Fries + Champagne (Decca)

Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges- St. Louis Blues
Back to Back: Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges Play the Blues (Verve)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on May 22. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

Find me on Twitter. www.twitter.com/mikeregenstreif

And on Facebook. facebook.com/mikeregenstreif

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday April 10, 2021

Saturday Morning is an eclectic roots-oriented program on CKCU in Ottawa heard live on Saturday mornings from 7 until 10 am (Eastern time) and then available for on-demand streaming. I am one of the four rotating hosts of Saturday Morning and base my programming on the Folk Roots/Folk Branches format I developed at CKUT in Montreal.

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

This episode of Saturday Morning was prerecorded at home and can already be streamed on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/51567.html

Note: I was subbing for Stephen Neale on this edition of Saturday Morning. I will be back in my regular Saturday Morning slot on April 24. Steve should be back in his next slot in the rotation on May 8.

The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem- Early Morning Rain
The Bold Fenian Men (Columbia)

Marc Nerenberg- I Wish I was a Mole in the Ground
On the Street Again (Marc Nerenberg)
Hannah Shira Naiman- Train On the Island
Know the Mountain (Merriweather)
Joachim Cooder- Over That Road I’m Bound to Go
Over That Road I’m Bound: The Songs of Uncle Dave Macon (Nonesuch)

Reggie Harris- My Working Bones
On Solid Ground (Reggie Harris Music)
Crys Matthews- Exactly Where You Are
Changemakers (Crys Matthews)
Tret Fure- Monuments
Stone by Stone (Tomboy girl Records)
Noel Paul Stookey- In These Times
Just Causes (Neworld)
Tim Grimm- A Dream
Gone (Vault)

Michael J. Miles- Mississippi Overture
Mississippi River Suite/Which Side Are You On? (Right Turn On Red Music)
Leon Bibb- Ol’ Man River
Praising Peace: A Tribute to Paul Robeson (Stony Plain)
Michael J. Miles featuring Zahra Glenda Baker- Mississippi River Suite, Part 1
Mississippi River Suite/Which Side Are You On? (Right Turn On Red Music)
Dave Brubeck Quartet featuring Jimmy Rushing- River Stay ‘Way From My Door
Brubeck & Rushing (Columbia)
Michael J. Miles featuring Zahra Glenda Baker- Mississippi River Suite, Part 2
Mississippi River Suite/Which Side Are You On? (Right Turn On Red Music)
Tom Russell & Iris DeMent- Big Water
The Long Way Around (HighTone)

Anne Hills- Golden Arms
Accidental August (Hand & Heart Music)
Katie Oates- Here in Gastonia
We Go On: Si Kahn’s Songs of Hope in Hard Times (Hollow Reed Arts Recordings)
Dave Clarke- A Thousand Days Like This
The Healing Garden (Crossties)
Steel Rail- The Last Time
Coming Home (Crossties)

Peggy Seeger- How I Long for Peace
First Farewell (Red Grape Music)
Frank London with Cantor Yaakov 'Yanky' Lemmer- Oseh Shalom
Ghetto Songs (Felmay)
Christopher Mark Jones- Call Back Your Soldiers
Looking for the Light (Small Batch Music)
Eliza Gilkyson, Patty Griffin, Mary Chapin Carpenter & Iris DeMent- Peace Call
Land of Milk and Honey (Red House)
Reggie Harris- On Solid Ground
On Solid Ground (Reggie Harris Music)

Dave Alvin- Bus Station
King of California (HighTone)
David Francey- Ankle Tattoo
The Waking Hour (Jericho Beach Music)
Michael Jerome Browne- Somebody Have Mercy
That’s Where It’s At! (Borealis)

Maria Dunn- Waltzing with the Angels
Joyful Banner Blazing (Distant Whisper)
Willie Dunn- Peruvian Dream (Part 1)
Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology (Light in the Attic)
Anna Elizabeth Laube- Jardim da Estrela
Annamania (Continental Song City)

Mike Regenstreif & David Amram (2004) photo: Ron Petronko

David Amram & Ramblin' Jack Elliott- Going North
No More Walls (Flying Fish)

Last Forever- Buddy’s Blues
No Place Like Home/Last Forever (2nd Story Sound)
Wynton Marsalis & Catherine Russell- Buddy’s Horn
Bolden: Music from the Original Soundtrack (Blue Engine)
Bill Morrissey- Buddy Bolden’s Blues
Something I Saw or Thought I Saw (Philo)

Maria Muldaur with Tuba Skinny- I Like You Best of All
Let’s Get Happy Together (Stony Plain)
Annabelle Chvostek- Belleville rendez-vous
String of Pearls (Annabelle Chvostek)
The Slowlinks- I Ain’t Got Nobody
Stay With Me Awhile (weewerk)
Samoa Wilson with The Jim Kweskin Band- Me, Myself and I
I Just Want to Be Horizontal (Kingswood)
Le Chat Mort- Bye Bye Baby Bye
Roses (Le Chat Mort)

Laura Smith & Mike Regenstreif (2013)

Rachelle Garniez- Don’t You Know
Gone to Glory (StorySound)
Laura Smith- I’m a Beauty
As Long As I’m Dreaming (Borealis)

David Broza- Night Dawn (Silver Dollar)
Night Dawn: The Unpublished Poetry of Townes Van Zandt (S-Curve)
Bob Jensen- Colorado Girl
For the Sake of the Song (Bob Jensen)
Matthew Barber & Jill Barber- If I Needed You
The Family Album (Outside)
Townes Van Zandt- Snowin’ On Raton
At My Window (Sugar Hill)
Orit Shimoni- Song for Townes
Strange and Beautiful Things (Orit Shimoni)

Shtreiml- Sirba Amen Sela
Har Meron (I.J. Rosenblatt)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on April 24. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

Find me on Twitter. www.twitter.com/mikeregenstreif

And on Facebook. facebook.com/mikeregenstreif

--Mike Regenstreif