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Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – January 24, 2026


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/128/73826.html

Bill Camplin- January Guitar
January Guitar – single (Tool Room)

Sylvia Tyson & Mike Regenstreif (1997)

Ian & Sylvia- January Morning
So Much for Dreaming (Vanguard)
The Refugees- January Sky
Three (Wahubo)
Catherine MacLellan- January Song
Church Bell Blues (True North)
Tommy Makem- The Month of January
Songs of Tommy Makem (Tradition)

Don Williams- If I Were Free
Reflections (Sugar Hill)
Emmylou Harris- Thanks to You
Cowgirl’s Prayer (Asylum)
Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2006)

Jesse Winchester- Humour Me
Humour Me (Sugar Hill)

Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon- The Future
Together Again (Appalsongs)
Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon- Old Dog
Together Again (Appalsongs)
Katie Moore- My Old Dog
Only Thing Worse (Borealis)
Mike Regenstreif & Bill Staines (1993)

Bill Staines- Old Dogs
Old Dogs (Red House)

Woody Guthrie- I’ve Got to Know
Woody At Home – Vol 1 + 2 (Shamus)
Mike Regenstreif & David Amram (2004)

The David Amram Quintet- Peace Pin Boogie
David Amram Honors Guthrie and Ochs: Old Souls (Guthrie Legacy)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2005)

Tom Russell- Salt on the Rim
Mount Olive (Frontera)

Graham Lindsey- Pen Pal Waltz
Tune Machine (Graham Lindsey)
Meredith Moon- East City Blues
From Here to the Sea (New Motor)
Mike Regenstreif & Garnet Rogers (2006)

Garnet Rogers- Edge of the Earth
Sparrow’s Wing (Snow Goose Songs)
Pat Moore & The Vinyl Frontier- Strange
Take It to Heart (Pat Moore)
Over the Moon- Strangers We Meet
Over the Moon (Over the Moon)

Lynne Hanson- Light in Me
Just a Poet (Lynne Hanson)
Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

David Francey- The Waking Hour
Maps (Laker Music)
Amy Speace- God Came to Me
The Blue Rock Session (Windbone)
Josh White, Jr.- It’s Chilly Out Tonight
Live at the Raven Gallery (Silverwolf)
Pete Seeger with Arlo Guthrie & Shenandoah- Precious Friend You Will Be There
Precious Friend (Warner Bros.)

Brian Claflin- ICE on the Road (for Renee Nicole Good)
ICE on the Road (for Renee Nicole Good) – single (Brian Claflin)

Mike Regenstreif & Maria Dunn (2017)

Maria Dunn- Coal is a Thirsty Business
Hardscrabble Hope (Distant Whisper Music)
Mike Regenstreif & Lynn Miles (2017)

Lynn Miles with Keith Glass- Black Flowers 
Road (Lynn Miles)
Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2001) photo: Janice Hanson

Tom Paxton
- Dogs at Midnight 
Tom Paxton 6 (Elektra)

Teilhard Frost- Lynchburgtown
Four and Twenty Blackbirds Dancing on a Deerskin (Wolfe Island)

Ramblin' Jack Elliott & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Ramblin' Jack Elliott & Bob Weir- Friend of the Devil
Friends of Mine (HighTone)
Grateful Dead- Sugar Magnolia
American Beauty (Warner Bros.)

Madeleine Peyroux- Lonesome Road 
Careless Love (Rounder)
Kim Wilson- Kansas City
Slow Burn (M.C.)
Jane Voss & Hoyle Osborne- Gateway Blues (Blues for Bessie)
Get to the Heart (Ripple)
Tinsley Ellis- Long Time
Labor of Love (Alligator)
Clela Errington- Careless Love
Walkin’ Each Other Home (Clela Errington)

Jory Nash & Mike Regenstreif (2024)

Jory Nash- Everybody Knows By Now
The Light Still Shines on the Main (Thin Man)
Bonnie Dobson & The Hanging Stars- Baby’s Got the Blues
Dreams (Loose Music)
John Gorka, Mike Regenstreif & Lucy Kaplansky (2012)

John Gorka- No Time to Cry
unentitled (Red House)
Lucy Kaplansky- Forget-Me-Not
The Lucy Story: unreleased and rare tracks, 1976-2023 (Lucyricky)
Jack Hardy- Singer’s Lament 
Bandolier (Great Divide)

Mike Regenstreif & Mark Rubin on Zoom (2025)

Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma- Nobody’s Pig Foot
Nobody’s Pig Foot – single (Rubinchik)
Shelley Posen & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2023)

Shelley Posen- Akhehr 
Mazel (Well Done Music)
Mavis Staples- We Got to Have Peace
Sad and Beautiful World (Anti-)

Satellite Birdhouse- The Big Reveal
The Big Reveal – single (Satellite Birdhouse)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on February 21. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Thursday, September 11, 2025

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 16, 2025: Pancho & Lefty and Other Songs of Townes Van Zandt


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/595/71992.html

Theme: Pancho & Lefty and Other Songs of Townes Van Zandt.


Townes Van Zandt
– who was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1944 and died in Smyrna, Tennessee on January 1, 1997 at age 52 – was one of the greatest Texas singer-songwriters. Many of his songs are enduring classics still sung by many artists. 

Townes Van Zandt, Freddy Fender, Rubin Ramos & The Texas Revolution, Doug Sahm & Augie Meyer- Pancho & Lefty
Texas Rain: The Texas Hill Country Recordings (Tomato)

Nanci Griffith & Arlo Guthrie- Tecumseh Valley
Other Voices/Other Rooms (Elektra)
Bob Jensen- Colorado Girl 
For the Sake of the Song (Bob Jensen)
Matthew Barber & Jill Barber- If I Needed You
The Family Album (Outside Music)
Catherine MacLennan- When She Don’t Need Me
When the Wind Blows: The Songs of Townes Van Zandt (Appaloosa)
The Wainwright Sisters- Our Mother the Mountain
Songs in the Dark (MapleMusic)

Townes Van Zandt- Kathleen
Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas (Tomato)

David Olney with Daniel Seymour- For the Sake of the Song
Evermore: The Final Live in Holland Sessions I (Strictly Country)
Kate & Edith- Rex’s Blues
Live at Kelso Hall (Kate & Edith)
Saul Broudy- No Lonesome Tune
Travels with Broudy (Saul Broudy)
The Be Good Tanyas- Waiting Around to Die
Chinatown (Nettwerk)
Townes Van Zandt- Columbine
Townes Van Zandt (Tomato)

David Broza- Night Dawn (Silver Dollar)
Night Dawn: The Unpublished Poetry of Townes Van Zandt (S-Curve)
Gretchen Peters & Tom Russell- Snowin’ on Raton
One to the Heart, One to the Head (Frontera/Scarlet Letter)
John Gorka- Snow Don’t Fall
Writing in the Margins (Red House)
Townes Van Zandt- Sad Cinderella
The Late Great Townes Van Zandt (Tomato)

Lucy Kaplansky- No Place to Fall 
The Lucy Story: unreleased and rare tracks, 1976-2023 (Lucyricky)
Steve Earle- (Quicksilver Dreams of) Maria
Townes: The Basics (New West)
Guy Clark- To Live is to Fly
Old Friends (Sugar Hill)
Townes Van Zandt & Kimmie Rhodes- Brother Flower
Texas Rain: The Texas Hill Country Recordings (Tomato)
Colleen Rennison- White Freightliner
See the Sky About to Rain (Black Hen Music)

Emmylou Harris- Pancho & Lefty
Luxury Liner (Warner Bros./Rhino)

Next week: Part 1 – If It Were Up to Me; Part 2 – Songs of Cole Porter.

--Mike Regenstreif

Thursday, August 7, 2025

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 9, 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/128/71495.html

Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

David Francey- Annie’s House
Maps (Laker Music)

Maggie’s Wake- Maid of Fortune
Maggie’s Wake (Maggie’s Wake)
Graham Lindsey- The Islander
Tune Machine (Graham Lindsey)
Cassie & Maggie- Nancy
Gold and Coal (Cassie and Maggie)
Jez Lowe- Oubliette
Oubliette (Tantobie)
Maggie’s Wake- Arcane
Maggie’s Wake (Maggie’s Wake)

Christine Lavin- The Best Summer
Drum School Dropout (Christine Lavin)
Tom Mitchell & Mike Regenstreif (1999)

Tom Mitchell- Nuts for Bolts
Tom Mitchell (Philo)
Mike Regenstreif & Steve Gillette (1994)

Steve Gillette- Home by Dark
Best of (Compass Rose Music)

Rodney Dillard- Let the Rough Side Drag
Let the Rough Side Drag (Flying Fish)
Jim Byrnes- Step By Step
Long Hot Summer Days (Black Hen Music)
Mary Black- Lay Down Your Burden
The Holy Ground (Gifthorse)
Mike Regenstreif & Lucy Kaplansky (2012)

Lucy Kaplansky- Everybody Knows but Me
The Tide (Red House)
Jesse Winchester & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Jesse Winchester- Blow On, Chilly Wind
Let the Rough Side Drag (Stony Plain)

The Limeliters- Until We Can’t Sing Anymore
Until We Can’t Sing Anymore (The Limeliters)
Mike Regenstreif, Anne Hills & Tom Paxton (2001)

Tom Paxton, Anne Hills & Bob Gibson- Sing for the Song
Best of Friends (Appleseed)

Peter Campbell- Emigré
Burden of Hope (Peter Campbell)

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2022)

Eliza Gilkyson- Holy
Dark Ages (Realiza)
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band- My City of Ruins
Land of Hope and Dreams (Columbia)
Kemp Harris- Don’t You Hear Them America
The America Chronicles (Righteous Mischief)
Perla Batalla & Julie Christensen- Anthem
Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man (Verve)

John Wort Hannam- Acres of Elbow Room
Acres of Elbow Room (John Wort Hannam)
Mary Chapin Carpenter- Paint + Turpentine
Personal History (Lambent Light/Thirty Tigers)
Mike Regenstreif & Garnet Rogers (2006)

Garnet Rogers with Doug Long- This Shirt
Summer Lightning: Live (Snow Goose)
Ponyfolk- Midnight on the Water
The Woods Have Shown Us (Hestehus)
Eva Cassidy- Summertime
Walkin’ After Midnight (Blix Street)

Maria Muldaur- My Handy Man
One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey (NOLA Blues)
Victoria Spivey- Black Snake Swing
Queen Victoria (Frank Goldy)
Roy Book Binder & Fats Kaplin- Hesitation Blues
Ragtime Millionaire (Blue Goose)
Rory Block- Me and My Chauffeur Blues
Heavy on the Blues (M.C.)

Dee Robinson- Spike Driver Blues
Dee from Decatur (Riverlark Music)

The Accidentals- Someday We Won’t Live Here Anymore
Time Out 3 (The Accidentals)
David Francey- Lonely Road
Maps (Laker Music)
Sylvia Tyson & Mike Regenstreif (1997)

Ian & Sylvia- Long Lonesome Road
Four Strong Winds (Vanguard)
Special Consensus- I’ve Been All Around This World
Been All Around This World (Compass)

Diana Jones & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2021)

Diana Jones- Pony
My Remembrance of You (Newsong Recordings)
Mike Regenstreif & Orit Shimoni (2025)

Orit Shimoni- Dear Marla
Lorem Ipsum (Orit Shimoni)
Mike Regenstreif & Lisa Gutkin (2025)

Lisa Gutkin & Aaron Halva- Rifkele and Manke Secret Kiss
Indecent: Original Broadway Cast Recording (Yellow Sound Label)
Jill Sobule- I Kissed a Girl
F_ck 7th Grade Original Cast (Pinko)

The Zozo Sisters: Linda Ronstadt & Ann Savoy- Marie Mouri
Adieu False Heart (Vanguard)
Benoît LeBlanc- Lé zoñon
Mô kouzin, mô kouzinn (Benoît LeBlanc)
JP LeBLANC- Wanda’s Bar
All in My Blood/Je l’ai dans l’sang (Acadian Connection)
Preservation Brass- Climax Rag
For Fat Man (Sub Pop)

NEeMA- Eternity
Watching You Think (Neemaste/Sony)
Lennie Gallant- Old Friends
Shelter from the Storms (Gallant Effort Productions)
Patty Griffin- All the Way Home
Crown of Roses (PGM/Thirty Tigers)
Mike Ward- Why Not
The Time That Remains (Psychosongs)

Mary Gick- Michael’s Tune
Six Tunes and a Song (Mary Gick)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on September 6. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – May 20, 2025: Variations on Hallelujah


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/595/70281.html

Theme: Variations on Hallelujah


While the show includes several variations on Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” the theme is not just about the Leonard Cohen song.

Leonard Cohen- (Leonard Cohen’s song called) Hallelujah
Live in London (Columbia)

The Roches- The Hallelujah Chorus
Keep On Doing (Warner Bros.)
Peter, Paul & Mary- Michael Row the Boat Ashore
Around the Campfire (Warner Bros.)
Judy Collins- Sing Hallelujah
Maids & Golden Apples (Wildflower)
Bob Franke- Alleluia, The Great Storm is Over
The Other Evening in Chicago (Waterbug)
Kim & Reggie Harris- Hallelujah I’m a Bum
Resurrection Day (Appleseed)

Canadian Brass- (Leonard Cohen’s song called) Hallelujah 
Canadiana (Linus/Canadian Brass)

Orit Shimoni- (Orit Shimoni’s song called) Hallelujah
Lost and Found on the Road to Nowhere (Orit Shimoni)
The Staple Singers- Glory, Glory, Hallelujah
Freedom Highway (Columbia/Legacy)
Jayme Stone, Moira Smiley, Sumaia Jackson, Joe Phillips, Felicity Williams & Denzal Sinclare- (The Sacred Harp song called) Hallelujah
Jayme Stone’s Folklife (Borealis)
SONiA disappear fear- (Leonard Cohen’s song called) Hallelujah
By My Silence (Disappear)

Boreal- (Katherine Wheatley’s song called) Hallelujah
Winterbirds (Boreal)
Andrew Calhoun- Hallelujah Morning
Living Room (Waterbug) 
Mara Levine- (Nancy Cassidy’s song called) Hallelujah
Jewels and Harmony (Mara’s Creations)
Karyn Oliver- Cry Hallelujah
Cherchez la Femme (Karyn Oliver)
k.d. lang- (Leonard Cohen’s song called) Hallelujah
Hymns of the 49th Parallel (Nonesuch)

Ray Charles- Hallelujah I Love Her So
The Birth of Soul (Atlantic)
American Nomad- (Martha Scanlan’s song called) Hallelujah
Country Mile (Spruce & Maple Music)
John McCutcheon- Hallelujah Morning
Cabin Fever: Songs from the Quarantine (Appalsongs)
Liz Queler- Hallelujah (Sing for the Hope)
Folk Now: Songs for These Times – October 2023 (Hudson Harding)

Lucy Kaplansky- (Leonard Cohen’s song called) Hallelujah
Everyday Street (Lucy Kaplansky)

Next week: “Songs of this kind should not need to be sung.”

--Mike Regenstreif

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – March 22, 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/128/69494.html

Mike Regenstreif & Garnet Rogers (2006)

Gaenet Rogers- First Day of Spring
Shining Thing (Snow Goose Songs)

Ian Tyson- Springtime
Cowboyography (Stony Plain)
Frida’s Brow- Spring
Frida’s Brow (Frida’s Brow)
Wade Hemsworth with The Mountain City Four- The Blackfly Song
Wade Hemsworth with The Mountain City Four (Peter Weldon)

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

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Foolish You
Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Nonesuch)
Katie Moore- Heart Like a Wheel
Montebello (Katie Moore)
Patti LuPone- Saratoga Summer Song
A Life in Notes (Center Stage)
Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Emmylou Harris, Loudon Wainwright III- Green Green Rocky Road
The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)

Dave Van Ronk- Somebody Else, Not Me
Somebody Else, Not Me (Philo)
Chris Walz- Been All Around This World
All I Got and Gone (Chris Walz Music)
Rosalie Sorrels & Mike Regenstreif (1993)

Rosalie Sorrels- Ain’t Nobody Got the Blues Like Me
Moments of Happiness (Philo)

Leonard Cohen- The Old Revolution
Songs from a Room (Columbia/Legacy)
Perla Batalla- Everybody Knows
A Letter to Leonard Cohen: Tribute to a Friend (Mechuda Music)
NEeMA- Unspoken
Watching You Think (Neemaste/Sony)

Kim Beggs- Little Tin Cup
Beneath Your Skin (Out of a Paperbag Productions)

Boreal- Hallelujah
Winterbirds (Boreal)

Manus McGuire- Irish Jig Set
The Copperplate Sessions (Manus McGuire)
La Nef featuring Kate Bevan-Baker- Dark Eyed Sailor
Red Sky at Night (La Nef)
La Bottine Souriante featuring André Marchand- Le rossignol sauvage
Chic & Swell (Mille-Pattes)
La Bottine Souriante featuring Michel Bordeleau- Un coup madame
La Bottine Souriante en Spectacle (Mille-Pattes)

Chris Coole & John Showman- Steamboat Whistle Blues
Much Further Out Than Inevitable: A Fiddle and Banjo Tribute to Some Music of John Hartford (Chris Coole)

Rose Cousins- Denoument
Conditions of Love Vol. 1 (Nettwerk)

Rhiannon Giddens- Shake Sugaree
Tomorrow is My Turn (Nonesuch)

Ladysmith Black Mambazo- Rain Rain Beautiful Rain
Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Shanachie)

Mike Regenstreif & Tim Grimm (2025)


Tim Grimm & The Family Band- Gonna Be Great
A Stranger in This Time (Vault)
Artists for Action- Which Side Are You On? *
Which Side Are You On? – single (Bon Jensen)

*The Artists for Action singers and musicians are, in alphabetical order, Black Umfolosi, Ray Bonneville, Bruce Cockburn, Chris Corrigan, Guy Davis, Ani DiFranco, Maria Dunn, Adam Hill, Bob Jensen, James Keelaghan, Richard Knox, Lucy MacNeil, Tony McManus, Moulettes, Oysterband, Richard Perso, Heather Rankin, Martin Simpson, and Jon Weaver.

Cassie & Maggie- Bow Down
Gold and Coal (Cassie and Maggie)
Rube & Rake- Stephen
Good Time After Bad (LHM)
Rum Ragged- The Road to Lushes Bight (Island Stock)
Gone Jiggin’ (LHM)

The Twangtown Paramours- Stars Without a Heaven
The Wind Will Change Again (Inside Edge)
John McCutcheon- Tikkun Olam
Field of Stars (Appalsongs)
Louise Coombe & Mike Regenstreif (2024(

Louise Coombe- Brothers in Arms
Paris (Zoe Cat Music)
Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2009)

Tom Paxton- If I Pass This Way Again
It Ain’t Easy (Flying Fish)

Alice Howe & Freebo- Twilight
Live (Know Howe Music)
Tom Mitchell & Mike Regenstreif & Tom Mitchell (1999)

Tom Mitchell- Time Piece
Tom Mitchell (Philo)
Mike Regenstreif & Lucy Kaplansky (2012)

Lucy Kaplansky- No Place to Fall
The Lucy Story: unreleased and rare tracks, 1976-2023 (Lucyricky)
Stephen Fearing- The Empathist
The Empathist (Ging)
Willie P. Bennett- Music in Your Eyes
Tryin’ to Start Out Clean (Bnatural Music)
The Seldom Scene- White Line
Remains to Be Scene (Smithsonian Folkways)

Sultans of String featuring Shannon Thunderbird- Black Winged Raven
Walking Through the Fire (Sultans of String)
HuDost- Fire of Eden
The Monkey in the Crown (Open Sesame Music)

Billy Novick & Guy Van Duser- Gershwin Medley
The New Pennywhistle Album (Green Linnet)
Antonio Andrade- Loony Tunes Medley: This is It! (Intro)/The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down/Merrily We Roll Along/This is It! (Outro)
Here We Go! (Life Shakes)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on April 19. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Friday, November 1, 2024

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – November 5, 2024: Addendums to Past Themes


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/595/67577.html

Theme: Addendums to Past Themes.

This is the second of two editions of Stranger Songs airing during CKCU’s 2024 Funding Drive. Your support is meaningful and essential to keeping CKCU’s diverse programming on the air for another year. You can make a donation in support of Stranger Songs and CKCU at this link. Charitable income tax receipts are issued for donations of $20 or more. Thanks for your support. https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/CKCU/p2p/fundingdrive2024/page/stranger-songs

A theme I do every year on the second Stranger Songs funding drive show is Addendums to Past Themes. More often than not, when I choose a theme for Stranger Songs, there are more possible songs to choose from than I can include – and sometimes new music that fits the theme arrives after the show has been produced. So, I’ve chosen a few of the themes from the past year for addendums.

Perla Batalla- A Thousand Kisses Deep
A Letter to Leonard Cohen: Tribute to a Friend (Mechuda Music)
Leonard Cohen- Going Home
Old Ideas (Columbia)
Perla Batalla- Everybody Knows
A Letter to Leonard Cohen: Tribute to a Friend (Mechuda Music)

Scottie Miller- Ah, New York
Carnival Cocoon (Scottie Miller)
Lucy Kaplansky- Love Song/New York
The Red Thread (Red House)
Amy Speace- In New York City
The American Dream (Windbone)

Shelley Posen- The Old Songs Home
The Old Songs Home (Well Done Music)
Madeleine Peyroux- I Hear Music
Careless Love: Deluxe Edition (Rounder)
The Central Park Sheiks- The People’s Key
Honeysuckle Rose (Flying Fish)

Misty Blues- Keep On Movin’ It On
I’m Too Old for Games: A Live Tribute to Odetta (Guitar One)
Eric Bibb & Odetta- ‘Tain’t Such a Much
Friends (Telarc)
Odetta- Look the World Over
Blues Everywhere I Go (M.C.) 

Bob Dylan- My Back Pages
Another Side of Bob Dylan (Columbia)
Ian & Sylvia- You Were On My Mind
Northern Journey (Vanguard)
Sam Cooke- A Change is Gonna Come
Ain’t That Good News (RCA)

Lenka Lichtenberg- Remember the Sun
Feel with Blood (Six Degrees)
Lenka Lichtenberg- After the Flood
Feel with Blood (Six Degrees)

Sid Selvidge- Pearlee
Twice Told Tales (Elektra Nonesuch)
Rosalie Sorrels- One More Next Time
If I Could Be the Rain (Folk-Legacy)
Gordon Lightfoot- Steel Rail Blues
The Original Lightfoot (EMI)

Duke Ellington- Sugar Hill Shim Sham
Ellington in Order, Volume 8 (1937) (Legacy)

Next week: Remembering Barbara Dane (1927-2024).

--Mike Regenstreif

Sunday, August 18, 2024

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 27, 2024: Walking Blues


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/595/66546.html

Theme: “Walking Blues”

Robert Johnson- Walking Blues
The Complete Recordings (Columbia/Legacy)

Kate McGarrigle- Walking Song
Tell My Sister: Dancer with Bruised Knees (Nonesuch)
Mike Regenstreif, Bruce Murdoch & Sneezy Waters (2014)

Bruce Murdoch- I’d Walk a Thousand Miles
Sometimes I Wonder Why the World (Bruce Murdoch)
Ynana Rose- Midlife Walkin’ Blues
Under a Carhedral Sky (Ynana Rose Music)
Sneezy Waters & His Very Fine Band- Walkin’ Round Town
Live (Sneezy Waters)
Ronney Abramson & Mike Regenstreif (2016)

Ronney Abramson- Walking Me Home
Jukebox of Paris (Castor Island Music)
Mike Regenstreif & Arlo Guthrie (1996)

Arlo Guthrie- Walkin’ Down the Line
Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie Together In Concert (Rising Son)

Eddie Pennington- Walking the Strings
Walks the Strings…and Even Sings (Smithsonian Folkways)

Fats Domino- Walking to New Orleans
Fats Rocks (Bear Family)
Mike Regenstreif & Lucy Kaplansky (2012)

Lucy Kaplansky- These Boots are Made for Walking
Last Days of Summer (Lucyricky)
Beth DeSombre- Just Keep Walking
Holding the Threads (Beth DeSombre)
HotCha!- Walkin’ After Midnight
Dust Bowl Roots: Songs for the New Depression (HotCha!)

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee- That’s Why I’m Walking
Back to New Orleans (Fantasy)
Michael Jerome Browne, Mike Regenstreif & Eric Bibb (2005)

Michael Jerome Browne- Walk On
Double (Borealis)
Maria Muldaur- Walkin’ One and Only
Maria Muldaur (Reprise)
Gus Cannon- Walk Right In
Walk Right In (Stax)
Eric Bibb- Out Walkin’
Blues People (Stony Plain)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2018)

Tom Russell- Walking On the Moon
Old Songs Yet to Sing (Frontera)
Mike Regenstreif & Bill Staines (1993)

Bill Staines- Walk Down By the Water
The First Million Miles (Rounder)
Mike Regenstreif & Jimmy LaFave (2017)

Jimmy LaFave & Ruthie Foster
- Walk a Mile in My Shoes
Cimarron Manifesto (Red House)
Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2022)

Eliza Gilkyson- When You Walk On
Paradise Hotel (Red House)

James Keelaghan- Walk On
Second-Hand (Borealis)
The Marigolds- When I’m Walking with You
That’s the State I’m In (The Marigolds)
Mike Regenstreif & Quartette: Caitlin Hanford, Sylvia Tyson, Cindy Church & Gwen Swick (1997)

Quartette- I Walk These Rails
In the Beauty of the Day (Outside Music)
John McCutcheon- The Man Walking His Dog
22 Days (Appalsongs)

Arnie Naiman & Chris Coole- Walking the Dog
5 Strings Attached with No Backing (Merriweather)

Next week: Songs of Work and Jobs, Labour and Labour History, Volume 2.

--Mike Regenstreif