Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – June 18, 2024: 50 years ago, I took over The Golem, Part 2

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/595/65644.html

Theme: 50 years ago, I took over The Golem, Part 2.

Mike Regenstreif at The Golem (1987) (Montreal Gazette photo)

It was just over 50 years ago, on May 24, 1974, that I took over running The Golem, Montreal folk club. 

The Golem had been established in 1973 in the McGill Hillel building at 3460 Stanley Street by Saul Markowicz. I had done my basic training in folk club management with Chuck Baker at the Yellow Door, and had been producing concerts in Montreal at Dawson College and McGill University for about two years when Saul approached me in the spring of 1974 and asked if I’d be interested in taking over The Golem.

I actually ran The Golem twice – from 1974 until 1976 and from 1981 until 1987. The Golem was also run for about a year after my first tenure by Marc Nerenberg (who, by the way, is responsible for keeping the Yellow Door going still). The Golem was closed between 1977 and when I returned and re-opened it in 1981. And, after my second tenure, a committee including Helen Fortin and Dave Clarke of Steel Rail fame kept the Golem going until 1991.

All of the songs on this show were played back in the day by artists who performed during my two tenures running the Golem.

Mike Regenstreif & Garnet Rogers (2006)

Garnet Rogers- Ain’t Goin’ Home

The Outside Track (Snow Goose Songs)

Humphrey & The Dumptrucks- Calgary Song

Six Days of Paper Ladies (Boot)

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

Penny Lang- Barrelhouse Blues

Live at the Yellow Door (She-Wolf)

Paul Geremia & Mike Regenstreif (2012)

Paul Geremia- The Truth is on the Streets

Self Portrait in Blues (Red House)

Terry Garthwaite- Hoy Hoy Hoy

Live at the Great American Music Hall (Flying Fish)

Dakota Dave Hull & Sean Blackburn- Deep Water

River of Swing (Arabica)

Bill Garrett- Northshore Train

Bill Garrett (Borealis)

Valdy- Peter & Lou

Classic Collection (A&M)

Roger McGuinn- Gate of Horn

Peace On You (Columbia)

Ramblin' Jack Elliott & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Ramblin' Jack Elliott- Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right

Kerouac’s Last Dream (Appleseed)

Eric Andersen & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Eric Andersen- Violets of Dawn

Woodstock Under the Stars (Y&T Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Loudon Wainwright III (2015)

Loudon Wainwright III- The Swimming Song

Attempted Moustache (Columbia/Legacy)

Diana Marcovitz- Don’t Call It Love

Recent unreleased version of song from Joie de Vivre (Diana Marcovitz)

David Mallett- Open Doors & Windows

Open Doors & Windows (Flying Fish)

Rory Block- Lovin’ Whiskey

I’ve Got a Rock in My Sock (Rounder)

Josh White, Jr..- One Meatball

Live at the Raven Gallery (Silverwolf)

Roy Forbes (known as Bim in the Golem years)- Woh Me

Almost Overnight (AKA)

David Essig & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

David Essig- Flo’s Café

A Stone in My Pocket (Peregrin)

Linda Morrison- Left Foot Slide

Line By Line (Heartstrung Music)

Guy Van Duser & Billy Novick- Sweet Georgia Brown

American Finger-Style Guitar (Rounder)

Jackie Washington & Mike Regenstreif (2008)

Jackie Washington- Gotta Go

The World of Jackie Washington (Borealis)

Mike Regenstreif & Marc Nerenberg (2009)

Marc Nerenberg- On the Street Again

On the Street Again (Marc Nerenberg)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- The Redtail Hawk

Back Roads (Rhino)

Mike Regenstreif & Murray McLauchlan on Zoom (2021)

Murray McLauchlan- Sweeping the Spotlight Away

Sweeping the Spotlight Away (True North)

50 years ago, I took over The Golem, Part 1 – with many more artists and songs from my Golem years – was heard on the May 28 edition of Stranger Songs and can be streamed at this link. https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/65341.html

Next week: 50 years ago, I took over The Golem, Part 3 in the first half-hour; and then, Songs and Conversation with Michael Jerome Browne and Mary Flower.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday October 31, 2023: Halloween

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/595/62553.html

Theme: Halloween and CKCU Funding Drive.

I’ve been involved in community radio, first in Montreal at CKUT, and now in Ottawa at CKCU, for almost 30 years and I truly love the diversity of programming that you only find on community radio stations like CKCU. 

It’s only at community radio stations that people like me have the freedom to curate and host our shows without regard to commercial concerns. CKCU has shows that reflect very rare diversity in genres, artists, songs, and communities – and we’re only able to do that with your support. 

All of us who create programs at CKCU are dedicated volunteers. I know that I work hard to create interesting programs each week on CKCU and I think my programming is unique. But that’s one of the great things about community radio – all of the programs are unique. 

So, please click on this link to show your support for Stranger Songs and CKCU, and help us stay on the air for another year. https://www.canadahelps.org/me/6rEQFU7Z

Bodie Wagner- Halloween

Vintage (Bodie Wagner)

Fourtold- Panther in Michigan

Fourtold (Appleseed)

Fourtold- The Nine Little Goblins

Fourtold (Appleseed)

Erynn Marshall & Carl Jones- Halloween Wedding March

Old Tin (Dittyville Music)

Jack Hardy- The Halloween Parade

The Passing (Prime CD)

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross- Halloween Spooks

The Hottest New Group in Jazz (Columbia/Legacy)

Skinner & T’witch- Halloween

The Fool’s Journey (Skinner & T’witch)

Laurie MacAllister- Are You Happy Now?

The Lies the Poets Tell (Laurie MacAllister)

John & Sheila Ludgate- Halloween Dad

The Kitchen Sessions (John & Sheila Ludgate) 

Loudon Wainwright III- Halloween 2009

10 Songs for the New Depression (Proper)

David Massengill- Come Take a Ride on My Broom

Mogana’s Sleepover and the Witch’s Hand (David Massengill)

David Massengill- The Witch’s Menu

Mogana’s Sleepover and the Witch’s Hand (David Massengill)

Stan Rogers- The Witch of the Westmorland

Between the Breaks…Live! (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Donovan- Season of the Witch

Donovan’s Greatest Hits (Epic)

Ella Fitzgerald- Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is Dead

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook (Verve)

Rockapella- Zombie Jamboree

Modern A Cappella (Rhino)

Vance Gilbert- Zombie Pattycake

Good Good Man (Disismye Music)

Vance Gilbert- The Day Before November

Good Good Man (Disismye Music)

Cab Calloway- The Ghost of Smokey Joe

St. James Infirmary (CTS)

Ray Bierl- Big Joe and Phantom 309

Any Place I Hang My Hat (Greasy String Productions)

The Balladeers- Tiptoe Through the Ghosties

It’s About Time (The Balladeers)

Count Basie- Trick or Treat

Hall of Fame (Verve)

Next week: Addendums to Past Themes.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday June 20, 2023: The Philosophy of Modern Song, Part 2

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/595/60948.html

Theme: The Philosophy of Modern Song, Part 2.

Bob Dylan wrote about each of the songs on this show in his book, The Philosophy of Modern Song. Except where noted, these tracks are the versions of the songs that Dylan cites.

Dylan cites the 1956 version of “Ruby, Are You Mad at Your Man?” by The Osborne Brothers.

Carolina Chocolate Drops- Ruby, Are You Mad at Your Man?

Leaving Eden (Nonesuch)

Dylan cites the 1958 version of “Volare” by Domenico Modugno.

The Gipsy Kings- Volare

The Best of The Gipsy Kings (Nonesuch/Elektra)

The Clash- London Calling

London Calling (Epic)

Hank Williams- Your Cheatin’ Heart

40 Greatest Hits (Polydor)

Roy Orbison- Blue Bayou

In Dreams (Monument)

Dylan cites the 1970 version of “Midnight Rider” by The Allman Brothers.

Greg Allman- Midnight Rider

T-Bone Burnett presents The Speaking Clock Revue: Live from The Beacon Theatre (Shout! Factory)

Carl Perkins- Blue Suede Shoes

The Rockin’ Guitar Man: The Singles 1955-1962 (Jasmine)

Little Richard- Long Tall Sally

18 Greatest Hits (Rhino)

Warren Zevon- Dirty Life and Times

The Wind (Artemis)

Mose Allison- Everybody Cryin’ Mercy

I’ve Been Doin’ Some Thinkin’ (Atlantic)

Johnny Cash- Big River

The Legend of Johnny Cash (American Recordings)

Ernie K-Doe- A Certain Girl

Finger Poppin’ and Stompin’ Feet: 20 Classic Allen Toussaint Productions for Minit Records 1960-1962 (Crescent City Soul)

Dylan cites the 1964 version of “Blue Moon” by Dean Martin.

Ian Tyson- Blue Moon

Live at Longview (Stony Plain)

Waylon Jennings- I’ve Always Been Crazy

Nashville Rebel (RCA/Legacy)

Judy Garland- Come Rain or Come Shine

Judy (Capitol)

Jimmy Reed- Big Boss Man

Found Love (Vee-Jay)

Dylan cites the 1928 version of “Old and Only in the Way” by Charlie Poole.

Loudon Wainwright III- Old and Only in the Way

High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project (2nd Story Sound)

Nina Simone- Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood

Broadway-Blues-Ballads (Philips)

Pete Seeger- Waist Deep in the Big Muddy

Waist Deep in the Big Muddy and Other Love Songs (Columbia)

Elvis Presley- Viva Las Vegas

Viva Las Vegas (RCA)

Dylan cites the 1996 version of “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” by Jimmy Webb.

Susie Arioli Band featuring Jordan Officer- By the Time I Get to Phoenix

Learn to Smile Again (Justin Time)

Frank Sinatra- Strangers in the Night

Greatest Love Songs (Reprise)

Santana- Black Magic Woman

Abraxis (Columbia)

Next week: Songs of Bruce Cockburn.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday December 27, 2022: Songs from Mike Regenstreif’s top 10 folk-rooted and folk-branched albums of 2022

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/595/58799.html

Theme: Songs from Mike Regenstreif’s top 10 folk-rooted and folk-branched albums of 2022. 

Visit https://frfb.blogspot.com/2022/12/top-10-for-2022.html to see the annotated and illustrated list.

#10 – Tuscon by Amy Speace

Amy Speace- Cottonwood

Tuscon (Windbone)

Amy Speace- If You Fall

Tuscon (Windbone)

#9 – Blues from Chicago to Paris: A Tribute to Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon by Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne

Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne- Rock and Rolling This House

Blues from Chicago to Paris: A Tribute to Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon (Stony Plain)

Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne- Stewball

Blues from Chicago to Paris: A Tribute to Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon (Stony Plain)

#8 – Second-Hand by James Keelaghan

James Keelaghan- La Cattiva Strada

Second-Hand (Borealis)

James Keelaghan- Just a Letter

Second-Hand (Borealis)

#7 – Tribute to a Songpoet: Songs of Eric Andersen by Various Artists

Bob Dylan- Thirsty Boots

Tribute to a Songpoet: Songs of Eric Andersen (Y&T Music)

Janis Ian- Hills of Tuscany

Tribute to a Song Poet: Songs of Eric Andersen (Y&T Music)

#6 – Lifetime Achievement by Loudon Wainwright III

Loudon Wainwright III- One Wish

Lifetime Achievement (StorySound)

Loudon Wainwright III- Lifetime Achievement

Lifetime Achievement (StorySound)

#5 – There’s a Bright Side Somewhere by Happy Traum

Happy Traum- Dry Bones

There’s a Bright Side Somewhere (Lark’s Nest Music)

Happy Traum- Love Song to a Girl in an Old Photograph

There’s a Bright Side Somewhere (Lark’s Nest Music)

#4 – Leap! by John McCutcheon

John McCutcheon- Third Way

Leap! (Appalsongs)

John McCutcheon- Everyday

Leap! (Appalsongs)

#3 – Mountain City Four by Mountain City Four

Mountain City Four- Erev Shel Shoshanim

Mountain City Four (Omnivore)

Mountain City Four- Mean Old Frisco

Mountain City Four (Omnivore)

#2 – Songs from the River Wind by Eliza Gilkyson

Eliza Gilkyson- Bristlecone Pine

Songs From the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)

Eliza Gilkyson- Don’t Stop Lovin’ Me

Songs From the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)

#1 – Thieves of Dreams by Lenka Lichtenberg

Lenka Lichtenberg- It was a cold dusk, my love

Thieves of Dreams (Six Degrees)

Lenka Lichtenberg- I wanted to curse you, bitter land

Thieves of Dreams (Six Degrees)

Next week: Songs of Tom Paxton

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--Mike Regenstreif

Top 10 for 2022

Here are my picks for the Top 10 folk-rooted or folk-branched albums of 2022. As in past years, I started with the list of hundreds of new albums (including reissues) that I listened to over the past year and narrowed it down to a short list of about 30. I’ve been over the short list several times over the past couple of weeks and came up with several similar – not identical – Top 10 lists. Today’s list is the final one. The order might have been slightly different, and there are several other worthy albums that might have been included, had one of the other lists represented the final choice. 

1. Lenka Lichtenberg – Thieves of Dreams/Zloději snů (Six Degrees). The songs on Lenka Lichtenberg’s very poignant and very powerful album, Thieves of Dreams/Zloději snů are settings of poems written by Anna Hana Friesová, her maternal grandmother, while she was a prisoner in the Terezin concentration camp in what was then Czechoslovakia during the Second World War and the Holocaust. 

2. Eliza Gilkyson – Songs from the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog). On Songs from the River Wind, Eliza Gilkyson sings songs – some newly written, some older, and some adapted from traditional folksongs – about the part of the West where she’s spent much of her life. She visits such themes as the life of woman who is a travelling musician, and the environment. 

3. Mountain City Four – Mountain City Four (Omnivore). The Mountain City Four – Anna McGarrigle, the late Kate McGarrigle, the late Jack Nissenson, and Peter Weldon – is a legendary Montreal folk group of the 1960s. The Mountain City Four never recorded an album back in the day but Peter Weldon has assembled this CD from live recordings and home demos that show how compelling the Four were as a group and where Kate and Anna came from, musically, when they emerged as superb singer-songwriters in the ‘70s. 

4. John McCutcheon – Leap! (Appalsongs). In Leap! veteran folksinger, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist John McCutcheon offers a superb collection of insightful, often-poignant and occasionally-funny songs that have much to say about the state of the world and human relations. Among the highlights is “The Third Way,” the true story of a refugee – John’s father-in-law – and his brilliant and funny response to a conundrum with a wise lesson for us all. Another is “Second Hand,” inspired by the passing of Holocaust survivor and educator Esther Cohen, a stark reminder that as survivors pass on, it becomes our collective responsibility to keep their memories and lessons alive as antisemitism and fascism rise again in the contemporary world. 

5. Happy Traum – There’s a Bright Side Somewhere (Lark’s Nest Music). On There’s a Bright Side Somewhere, Happy Traum, a six-decade veteran of the folk scene offers a great set that encompasses several instrumentals, traditional folksongs, and songs of Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Eric Andersen, Brownie McGhee and Blind Willie McTell. One of my favorites is “Love Song to a Girl in an Old Photograph,” an original song he first recorded with his late brother, Artie Traum, more than a half-century ago. 

6. Loudon Wainwright III – Lifetime Achievement (StorySound). 53 years since he released his first LP, Loudon Wainwright III has released one of his best albums of original material: a witty, poignant look at life, relationships, regrets, and, yes, achievement, from a mature perspective of someone who has reached age 75, an age that neither of his parents achieved. While there’s occasionally a full band sound, most of the songs are presented with the kind acoustic arrangements that bring out the best in the lyrics and folk-rooted melodies. 

7. Various Artists – Tribute to a Songpoet: Songs of Eric Andersen (Y&T Music). A finely curated 3-CD, 42-track set, including a few previously released recordings, Tribute to a Songpoet: Songs of Eric Andersen is a great homage to the veteran singer-songwriter Eric Andersen. The repertoire ranges from folk-era classics like “Thirsty Boots,” sung by Bob Dylan, “Waves of Freedom,” sung by The Kennedys, and “Violets of Dawn,” sung by Mary Chapin Carpenter, to contemporary topical songs like “Rain Falls Down in Amsterdam,” sung by Willie Nile, “Eyes of the Immigrant,” sung by Lucy Kaplansky, and “Trouble in Paris,” sung by Robert Aaron. Other highlights include Dom Flemons’ version of “Song to J.C.B.” and versions of many of the songs from Eric’s classic album, Blue River. 

8. James Keelaghan – Second-Hand (Borealis). Long one of Canada’s finest, and most dynamic singer-songwriters, Second-Hand is an outstanding collection that finds James offering original songs, including co-writes with Lynn Miles, Catherine MacLennan, JD Edwards and Cara Luft (The Small Glories), Dave Gunning, Coco Love Alcorn and his old Compadres partner Oscar Lopez. There is also James’ excellent translation of the Italian song, “La Cattiva Strada,” and a wonderful version of Jesse Winchester’s nostalgic “Eulalie.” 

9. Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne – Blues from Chicago to Paris: A Tribute to Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon (Stony Plain). There were several great blues albums released in 2022, but my favorite is pianist-singer Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne’s tribute to the wonderful and enduring classic duo recordings of pianist Memphis Slim and bassist Willie Dixon from the early-1960s. With the strong collaboration of Russell Jackson on acoustic bass and vocals, and drummer Joey DiMarco, Wayne’s versions of these songs are compelling, infectious, and delightful. 

10. Amy Speace- Tuscon (Windbone). This short album – seven songs, 28 minutes – is Amy Speace’s profoundly moving coming-to-terms with the trauma she suffered from sexual assault when she was young. While there are understandable expressions of anger resulting from the harrowing experience, this is ultimately an album of healing and redemption. 

I will be featuring songs from each of these albums on Stranger Songs, Tuesday December 27, 3:30-5 pm (ET), on CKCU. The program is already available 24/7 for on-demand streaming at this link.

And on Facebook. facebook.com/mikeregenstreif 

–Mike Regenstreif

 

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday September 20, 2022: At the Intersection of Folk Street and Jazz Avenue

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 prerecorded and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/57659.html

Theme: At the Intersection of Folk Street and Jazz Avenue.

Paul Geremia & Mike Regenstreif (2012)

Paul Geremia- Dr. Jazz

Love My Stuff (Red House)

Louis Armstrong & Velma Middleton- Loveless Love

Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy (Columbia/Legacy)

Preservation Hall Jazz Band & Ani DiFranco- Freight Train

Preservation (Preservation Hall)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk- Make Me a Pallet on the Floor

Boogie Woogie String Along for Real (Warner Bros.)

Oscar Brown, Jr..- Go Down Moses

The Voice of Cool (Not Now Music)

Nat Adderley- Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

Much Brass (Riverside)

Mike Regenstreif & Erik Frandsen (1976) photo: Felicity Fanjoy

Erik Frandsen- Bopsville

Antiques: New & Used (Erik Frandsen)

Dave Van Ronk- The Fresno Shuffle

Hummin’ to Myself (Gazell)

Leon Redbone- Sweet Substitute

Any Time (Rounder)

Dakota Dave Hull & Sean Blackburn- River of Swing

River of Swing (Arabica)

Last Forever- Buddy’s Blues

No Place Like Home/Last Forever (2nd Story Sound)

Loudon Wainwright III with Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks- Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

I’d Rather Lead a Band (Search Party) 

Geoff Muldaur's Futuristic Ensemble & Martha Wainwright- Singin’ the Blues

Private Astronomy: A Vision of the Music of Bix Beiderbecke (Edge Music)

Jim Kweskin & The Neo-Passé Jazz Band- Staggerlee

Jump for Joy (Vanguard)

Maria Muldaur with Tuba Skinny- I Like You Best of All

Let’s Get Happy Together (Stony Plain)

David Grisman- Naima

Quintet ’80 (Warner Bros.)

Annabelle Chvostek- Belleville rendez-vous

String of Pearls (Annabelle Chvostek)

Sussex- Drive

The Ocean Wide (Lucky Bear)

Michael Jerome Browne- He Ain’t Got Rhythm

Drive On (Borealis)

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

David Amram with Ramblin' Jack Elliott & Odetta- Home on the Range

At Home/Around the World (Flying Fish)

Reggie Harris- Harlem Renaissance

Ready to Go (Reggie Harris Music)

Jackie Washington- Gotta Go

The World of Jackie Washington (Borealis)

Charlie Haden & Hank Jones- Wade in the Water

Steal Away: Spirituals, Hymns and Folk Songs (Verve)

Next week: Songs of The Mountain City Four and Kate & Anna McGarrigle.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday September 10, 2022

Saturday Morning is an eclectic roots-oriented program on CKCU in Ottawa heard 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 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 recorded at home and can already be streamed on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/57551.html
 
Tom Chapin- Listen Close
Hold Our Ground (Sundance Music)
 
James Keelaghan- Second-Hand
Second-Hand (Borealis)
John McCutcheon- The Ride

Leap! (Appalsongs)
Claudia Schmidt- Broken Glass
Reimagining (Claudia Schmidt)
David Olney with Daniel Seymour- Evermore
Evermore: The Final Live in Holland Sessions I (Strictly Country)
 

Mike Regenstreif & Loudon Wainwright III (2015)

Mountain City Four- Jesulein Süss/Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Mountain City Four (Omnivore)
Loudon Wainwright III- One Wish
Lifetime Achievement (StorySound)
Kate McGarrigle, Martha Wainwright & Lily Lanken with Anna McGarrigle, Rufus & Loudon Wainwright, Chaim Tannenbaum, Dane & Sylvan Lanken- Johnny’s Gone to Hilo
The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)
 
Lucy Kaplansky- Last Days of Summer
Last Days of Summer (Lucyricky)
Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop- That’s How the Summer Slips Away
Red Shoes (Borealis)
Steel Rail- Once in a While
Coming Home (Crossties)
Happy Traum- Love Song to a Girl in an Old Photograph
There’s a Bright Side Somewhere (Lark’s Nest Music)
 
Peter Lehndorff- The Huntington’s Waltz
Don’t Be Discouraged (Peter Lehndorff)
The Wailin' Jennys- Keep Me in Your Heart
Fifteen (True North)
Ben Bullington- I’ve Got to Leave You Now
Ben Bullington (Ben Bullington)
 
Merle Travis- Sixteen Tons
Folk Songs of the Hills (Bear Family)
Mountain City Four- Dark as a Dungeon
Mountain City Four (Omnivore)
Peter Keane- I am a Pilgrim
Blues/Ballads/Cowboy Songs (Peter Keane)
 
Grit Laskin- The End of a Pointed Gun
Unabashedly Folk (Borealis)
Max Ferguson- Black September (Munich ’72)
Black September (Munich ’72) – single (Max Ferguson)
 
Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues featuring Cantor Pavel Roytman- Hine Ma Tov Blues
More Different Voices (Dawnserly)
Moira Smiley & Voco- Days of War
In Our Voices (Moira Smiley Music)
 
Sid Selvidge- Pearlee
Twice Told Tales (Elektra Nonesuch)
Furry Lewis- Kassie Jones
Furry Lewis in Memphis/Matchbox Bluesmaster Series – Set 8: Big Road Blues 1966-1972 The Tradition Continues (Nimbus Matchbox Bluesmaster)
Spanky & Our Gang- Prescription for the Blues
Like to Get to Know You (Mercury)
Little Brother Montgomery- Lonesome Mama Blues
Home Again/Matchbox Bluesmaster Series – Set 8: Big Road Blues 1966-1972 The Tradition Continues (Nimbus Matchbox Bluesmaster)
 
Brian Lemco- For EL
Seasons (Brian Lemco Music)
Amy Speace- The Offering
Tuscon (Windbone)
 
John McCutcheon- Third Way
Leap! (Appalsongs)
 
Paul Colombino- God Bless Americana
Hello Old Friend (Sweet Allen Farm Music)
 
Buffy Sainte-Marie- Little Wheel Spin and Spin
Medicine Songs (True North)
Geoff Bartley- When the Few Have Much and the Many Have None
Keep Your Eyes on the Road (Magic Crow)
Windborne- The Song of Hard Times
Of Hard Times & Harmony (Wand’ring Feet)
 

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2009)

James Keelaghan- Eulalie
Second-Hand (Borealis)
Susie Burke & David Surette- I Turn to My Guitar
Waiting for the Sun (Madrina Music)
Bailey Bigger- Mississippi You’re On My Mind
Coyote Red (Madjack)
Jesse Winchester- It’s a Shame About Him
Love Filling Station (Appleseed)
 
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup- Rock Me Mama
Mean Ole Frisco (Collectables)
Mountain City Four- Mean Old Frisco
Mountain City Four (Omnivore)
Elvis Presley- That’s All Right
For LP Fans Only! (RCA)
 
Happy Traum- Living with the Blues
There’s a Bright Side Somewhere (Lark’s Nest Music)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee- Love, Truth and Confidence
At the Bunkhouse (BGO)
Michael Jerome Browne- Walk On
Double (Borealis)
 
Loudon Wainwright III- It Takes 2
Lifetime Achievement (StorySound)
Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche- Talkin’ Like You (Two Tall Mountains)
I Can Still Hear You (StorySound)
 
Helen Townsend with Shannon Smith- If You Were Real
Love Lies ‘n’ Leaving (Apra Amcos)
 
I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on October 8. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm. And, I’ll be hosting Canadian Spaces on Saturday September 17 from 10 am-noon.
 
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Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday February 1, 2022: Songs of W.C. Handy

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/595/55068.html

Theme: Songs of W.C. Handy. These songs were written or adapted by W.C. Handy (1873-1958). Known as “The Father of the Blues,” Handy was the first composer to publish blues songs.

W.C. Handy (1949)

Ella Fitzgerald- St. Louis Blues
These are the Blues (Verve)

Nat King Cole- Chantez Les Bas
St. Louis Blues (Capitol)
Bessie Smith- The Yellow Dog Blues
Bessie Smith: The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection (Big3)
Louis Armstrong & Velma Middleton- Long Gone (From the Bowlin’ Green)
Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy (Columbia/Legacy)
Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra featuring Catherine Russell- Loveless Love (Careless Love)
Good Time Music: Community Music, Vol. 2 (Royal Potato Family)

W.C. Handy’s Beale Street- Way Down South Where the Blues Began
Where the Blues Began (Inside Memphis)

Louis Armstrong- Atlanta Blues (Make Me One Pallet On Your Floor)
Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy (Columbia/Legacy)
Mississippi John Hurt- Joe Turner
Mr. Hurt Goes to Washington (Sunset Blvd.)
Nat King Cole- Friendless Blues
St. Louis Blues (Capitol)
W.C. Handy’s Beale Street- The Jogo Blues
Where the Blues Began (Inside Memphis)

Eartha Kitt with Shorty Rogers & His Giants- Steal Away
St. Louis Blues (RCA)
Pearl Bailey- Shine Like a Morning Star
St. Louis Blues (Roulette)
Eartha Kitt with Shorty Rogers & His Giants- Hist the Window, Noah
St. Louis Blues (RCA)

Shirley Bassey- Beale Street Blues
Born to Sing the Blues (Philips)
Loudon Wainwright III with Sloan Wainwright- Ramblin’ Blues
High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project (2nd Story Sound)

Jim Kweskin & The Neo-Passé Jazz Band- Memphis Blues
Jump for Joy (Vanguard)
Louis Armstrong & Velma Middleton- Hesitating Blues
Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy (Columbia/Legacy)
W.C. Handy’s Beale Street- Harlem Blues
Where the Blues Began (Inside Memphis)

Louis Armstrong- Aunt Hagar’s Blues
Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy (Columbia/Legacy)
Odetta- Careless Love/St. Louis Blues
Blues Everywhere I Go (M.C.)

Billy Novick’s Blue Syncopators- Yellow Dog Blues
Music from The Great Gatsby (Billy Novick)

Next week: Boogie men and boogie women

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Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday September 28, 2021: A Tribute to Louis Armstrong

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/595/53586.html

Theme: A Tribute to Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)

All the songs on this show were recorded by Louis Armstrong sometime between 1926 and 1968.

Louis Armstrong (circa 1930)

Louis Armstrong- Where the Blues Were Born in New Orleans
Memories of New Orleans (Saga Jazz)

Jackie Washington & Mike Regenstreif (2008)

Jackie Washington- All of Me
The World of Jackie Washington (Borealis)
Samoa Wilson with The Jim Kweskin Band- After You’ve Gone
I Just Want to Be Horizontal (Kingswood)
Hotcha!- Ol’ Man Mose
Dust Bowl Roots: Songs for the New Depression (Hotcha!)
Durham County Poets- St. James Infirmary
Hand Me Down Blues (Durham County Poets)
Louis Armstrong & Edmond Hall- My Bucket’s Got a Hole In It
The Great Chicago Concert 1956 (Columbia/Legacy)

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy- Struttin’ With Some Barbecue
Louie Louie Louie (Savoy Jazz)

Eartha Kitt with Shorty Rogers & His Giants- Hesitating Blues
St. Louis Blues (RCA)
Nat King Cole- Yellow Dog Blues
St. Louis Blues (Capitol)
Louis Armstrong & Velma Middleton- Loveless Love
Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy (Columbia/Legacy)

Catherine Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2007)

Catherine Russell- Back O’ Town Blues
Cat (World Village)
Mose Scarlett- Sweet Georgia Brown
The Fundamental Things (Pyramid)
Billy Novick’s Blue SyncopatorsS- Wild Man Blues
Music from The Great Gatsby (Billy Novick)
Roberta Donnay & The Prohibition Mob Band- I’m a Ding Dong Daddy (from Dumas)
My Heart Belongs to Satchmo (Blujazz)
Louis Armstrong & Trummy Young- Now You Has Jazz
Armstrong Comes Alive (Jazz2Jazz)

Mike Regenstreif & Loudon Wainwright III (2015)

Loudon Wainwright III with Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks- You Rascal You
I’d Rather Lead a Band (Search Party)
Wynton Marsalis- Tiger Rag
Bolden: Music from the Original Soundtrack (Blue Engine)
Kermit Ruffins- When It’s Sleepy Time Down South
We Partyin’ Traditional Style! (Basin Street)
Louis Armstrong- Down By the Riverside
Louis and the Good Book (Verve)

Dave Van Ronk- Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans
Hummin’ to Myself (Gazell)
Priscilla Herdman- What a Wonderful World
Daydreamer (Music for Little People)
Louis Armstrong- When the Saints Go Marching In
The Great Chicago Concert 1956 (Columbia/Legacy)

Louis Armstrong- Dr. Jazz
Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jellyroll (Audio Fidelity)

Next week: Songs of Autumn

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Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday September 21, 2021: Relatively Speaking

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/595/53515.html

Theme: Relatively Speaking

Mike Regenstreif & Arlo Guthrie (1996)

Woody Guthrie- Ramblin’ Round
Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection (Smithsonian Folkways)
Arlo Guthrie- Pretty Boy Floyd
Here Come the Kids (Rising Son)
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion- Folksong
Folksong (RTE 8)
Annie GuthrieE- Packin’ Light
Dragonfly (Rising Son)
Folk Uke- California Stars
Starfucker (Folk Uke)
Willie Nelson- One More Song to Write
Ride Me Back Home (Legacy)

Tim Grimm- Down the Road
Heart Land Again (Vault)
Jackson Grimm- Katie Did Holler
Sober Again (Vault)

Doc & Merle Watson- Windy & Warm
Songs Doc Didn’t Sing (FLI)

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

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- My Town
Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Nonesuch)
Rufus Wainwright- Going to a Town
Vibrate: The Best of Rufus Wainwright (Interscope)
Martha Wainwright- Falaise de Malaise
Love Will Be Reborn (Peremone)
Sloan Wainwright- (I Love the Folks in) My Hometown
Bright Side of a Rainy Day (Sloan Wainwright)
Loudon Wainwright III- Older Than My Old Man Now
Older Than My Old Man Now (StorySound)
Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche- I Can Still Hear You
I Can Still Hear You (StorySound)
Maggie & Terre Roche- Malachy’s
Where Do I Come From: Selected Songs (StorySound)

Peter Yarrow- Tall Pine Trees
Peter (Warner Bros.)
Bethany & Rufus- 900 Miles
900 Miles (Hyena)

Short Sisters- Snow, Snow
A Planet Dancing Slow (Black Socks Press)
Pete Seeger- Old Devil Time
Singalong, Sanders Theatre, 1980 (Smithsonian Folkways)
Last Forever- Dillard Chandler
No Place Like Home/Last Forever (2nd Story Sound)
Mike Seeger- Freight Train
True Vine (Smithsonian Folkways)
Peggy Seeger- Gotta Get Home by Midnight
First Farewell (Red Grape Music)

James Taylor- Wandering
Gorilla (Warner Bros.)
Kate Taylor- (You Don’t Know) How Glad I Am
Why Wait! (Red House)
Livingston Taylor- Good Friends
The Best of Live: 50 Years of Livingston Taylor (Whistling Dog Music)

Next week: A Tribute to Louis Armstrong

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--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday November 24, 2018

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

This episode of Saturday Morning can be streamed on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/40368.html

Extended feature: Songs of Bob Dylan, Part 2.

Larry Hanks- South Coast

The Last Wagon (Zippety Whippet Music)

Catherine & Ronny Cox- Jesus Velarde

Jesus Velarde – single (Ronny Cox)

Eric Bibb- Hoist Up the Banner

Global Griot (Stony Plain)

Yale Strom's Broken Consort- The Fool Over Yonder *

Shimmering Lights (Arc)

Chris White- Hold Fast to Your Memories

Music All Around (Chris White)

*Due to a faulty CD only part of “The Fool Over Yonder” was heard.

The Roches- Pretty and High

Where Do I Come From: Selected Songs (StorySound)

Debi Smith- Gone, Gone

Deep Tracks (Degan Music)

Doc & Merle Watson- Deep River Blues

Sittin’ Here Pickin’ the Blues (Rounder)

Michael Jerling- When Words Still Mattered

Family Recipe (Fool’s Hill Music)

Noah Zacharin- No Oxygen

A Startle of Wings (Noah Zacharin)

Ken Tizzard- 1962

A Good Dog is Lost: A Collection of Ron Hynes Songs (Ken Tizzard)

Kat Danser- Goin’ Gone

Goin’ Gone (Black Hen)

Three O'Clock Train- Bluer Than You

Cuatro de Los Angeles (Three O’Clock Train)

The Ennis Sisters- Wheels

Keeping Time (The Ennis Sisters)

The rest of the show was the extended feature: Songs of Bob Dylan, Part 2.

Loudon Wainwright III w/Kate McGarrigle- You Ain’t Going Nowhere

Years in the Making (StorySound)

Ian & Sylvia- Tomorrow is a Long Time

Four Strong Winds (Vanguard)

Robin & Linda Williams- Boots of Spanish Leather

Back 40 (Red House)

David Wiffen- Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right

At the Bunkhouse Coffeehouse, Vancouver BC (Universal International)

Bob Dylan- Bob Dylan’s Dream

The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (Columbia/Legacy)

The Balladeers- Blowin’ in the Wind

It’s About Time (Balladeers Productions)

Jane Lewis- I Shall Be Released

Stay with Me (Jane Lewis)

Andrew & Casey Calhoun- When the Ship Comes In

Skeins (Waterbug)

Jenny Whiteley- Oxford Town

The Original Jenny Whiteley (Black Hen)

Bob Dylan- Farewell, Angelina

The Best of the Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 (Columbia/Legacy)

Jimmy LaFave- My Back Pages

Peace Town (Music Road)

The Brothers & Sisters- Chimes of Freedom

Dylan’s Gospel (Columbia)

Finest Kind- The Times They Are A-Changin’

Silks & Spices (Fallen Angle)

Bob Dylan- It Ain’t Me Babe

Another Side of Bob Dylan (Columbia/Legacy)

Penny Lang- One Too Many Mornings

Stone + Sand + Sea + Sky (Borealis)

Happy & Artie Traum- It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry

The Test of Time (Roaring Stream)

Sneezy Waters- Visions of Johanna

Sneezy Waters Live (Sneezy Waters)

Tom Russell & Joe Ely- Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues

Folk Hotel (Frontera)

Bob Dylan- Mr. Tambourine Man

Bringing It All Back Home (Columbia/Legacy)

Mariane Faithfull- It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue

Negative Capability (BMG)

Ben Sidran- Ballad of a Thin Man

Dylan Different (Bonsai)

Joan Baez- Love is Just a Four-Letter Word

Any Day Now (Vanguard)

Dawn Tyler Watson- Forever Young

Jawbreaker (Dawn Tyler Watson)

Bob Dylan- Desolation Row

The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 (Columbia/Legacy)

J.D. Crowe & the New South- Nashville Skyline Rag

Flashback (Rounder)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on January 5.

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--Mike Regenstreif