Showing posts with label Maggie's Wake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maggie's Wake. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – March 17, 2026: St. Patrick's Day


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/595/74531.html

Theme: St. Patrick’s Day.


Some songs on this show are by artists who are authentically Irish, and some are by artists who are not, because, as Bowser & Blue tell us, “Everybody’s Irish on St. Patrick’s Day.”

Bowser & Blue- Everybody’s Irish on St. Patrick’s Day
Montreal Souvenirs (You Guys Publishing)
Tom Lewis- St. Patrick’s Song
360º: All Points of the Compass (Borealis)
Altan- The Barley and the Rye
Donegal (Compass)
Doug McArthur- Sleeping in Dublin
The Horses of the Sea: A Personal Exploration of Ireland (dougimac.com)
Sassenach- Star of the County Down/Bus Stop Reel
Passages (Sassenach)
Tara O’Grady- Black Velvet Band
Black Irish (Tara O’Grady)
NRBQ- It’s St. Patrick’s Day
High Noon – A 50 Year Retrospective (Omnivore)
Maggie’s Wake- Grosse Isle (Far Away) 
Maggie’s Wake (Maggie’s Wake)

Dolores Keane- Green Grows the Laurel
Folk Friends 2 (Wundertüte Musik)

Judy Collins- Drink a Round to Ireland
Times of Our Lives (Elektra)
Brendan Nolan- Lanigan’s Ball/The Side Door Jig
Live at the Side Door (Ould Segosha)
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem- Brennan On the Moor
In Concert at Carnegie Hall: The Complete 1963 Concert (Columbia/Legacy)
Chris Rawlings- Lake Isle of Innisfree/Song of the Wandering Aengus
Two Sides to Your Story (Cooking Fat Music)
Sneezy Waters- In Derry Vale
Live (Sneezy Waters)

Karan Casey- The Rocks of Bawn
Nine Apples of Gold (Crow Valley Music)
Alana & Leigh Cline- Slip Jigs: Whinny Hills of Leitrim/Ryan’s/Humours of Whiskey
Alana & Leigh Cline (Scimitar)

The Makem & Spain Brothers- When We Danced in Donegal
Live (Red Biddy)
Nanci Griffith- From Clare to Here
Other Voices/Other Rooms (Elektra)
Tom Paxton- Corrymeela
Even a Grey Day (Flying Fish)
Tom Russell- All on a Belfast Morning
Folk Hotel (Frontera)
Noel Paul Stookey- Irish Blessing
At Home: The Maine Tour (Neworld)

The Irish Rovers- Hey Boys Sing Us a Song
No End in Sight (Rover)

Next week: Remembering John Hammond, Roy Book Binder, Augie Meyers and Country Joe McDonald.

--Mike Regenstreif

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – December 23, 2025: A Christmas Concert with Odetta and More Songs for the Holiday


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/595/73359.html

Theme: A Christmas Concert with Odetta and More Songs for the Holiday.


Odetta
– who died in 2008 less than a month before her 78th birthday – was one of the most influential folksingers of her time. In the late-1950s, a teenaged rock singer in Minnesota named Robert Zimmerman decided to pursue folk music after hearing an Odetta album, and later arrived in New York City calling himself Bob Dylan. Others, among many, who have cited Odetta’s influence include Joan Baez, Nina Simone, Janis Joplin and Harry Belafonte. Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. referred to Odetta as “the voice of the civil rights movement.

Odetta was accompanied throughout the concert by pianist Seth Farber and, on a couple of songs, by The Holmes Brothers.

Odetta with The Holmes Brothers- This Little Light of Mine
Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)
Odetta- Rise Up Shepherd and Follow
Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)
Odetta- Mary had a Baby
Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)
Odetta- What Month was Jesus Born In
Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)
Odetta- Shout for Joy
Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)
Odetta- Virgin Mary Had One Son
Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)
Odetta with The Holmes Brothers- Down By the Riverside
Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)
Odetta- Poor Little Jesus
Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)

Odetta- Freedom Trilogy: Oh Freedom, Come & Go With Me and I’m On My Way
Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)
Odetta- Somebody Talking ‘Bout Jesus
Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)
Odetta- Keep On Movin’ It On
Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)
Odetta- O Jerusalem
Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)
Odetta- If Anybody Asks You
Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)
Odetta- Midnight Special
Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)

Chris White- That’s Christmas
That’s Christmas – single (Chris White)
Maggie’s Wake- It Ain’t Christmas Without You
Close to Home (Maggie’s Wake)
Chaim Tannenbaum- A Winter Tale
A Winter Tale – single (StorySound)
Good Lovelies- The Chipmunk Song
Under the Mistletoe (Good Lovelies)
Erik Frandsen- Christmas in Brooklyn
Antiques: New & Used (Erik Frandsen)

Shelley Posen- You are All the Christmas That I Need
Old Loves (Well Done Music)
Rosalie Sorrels- Hot Buttered Rum
An Imaginary Christmas in Idaho (Limberlost)
Stan Rogers- At Last, I’m Ready for Christmas
Songs of a Lifetime: From Coffeehouse to Concert Hall (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

David Massengill- Jesus, the Fugitive Prince 
The Return (Plump)

Next week: My Top 10 Folk-Rooted or Folk-Branched albums of 2025.

--Mike Regenstreif

Thursday, September 4, 2025

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 6, 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/128/71897.html

Mike Regenstreif & Connie Kaldor (2015)

Connie Kaldor- Wide Open Spaces
Wide Open Spaces (Coyote Entertainment)

Mike Regenstreif, Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop (2014)

Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop- That’s How the Summer Slips Away
Red Shoes (Borealis)
Rags Rosenberg- Flower Time
Song of the Bricoleur (Coyote Gulch)
The Weavers- Gotta Travel On
Greatest Hits (Vanguard)
Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

David Francey- Far End of Summer
Maps (Laker Music)

The songs in the next set are played in memory of Chris Gage, who died on August 24 at age 71; Flaco Jimenez, who died on July 31 at age 86; Rick Scott, who died on August 1 at age 77; Tom Lehrer, who died on July 26 at age 97; Joe Hickerson, who died on August 17 at age 89; and Harvey Glatt, who died on August 20 at age 91.

Albert & Gage- Burnin’ Moonlight
Burnin’ Moonlight (MoonHouse)
Flaco Jimenez- El Perdido
San Antonio Soul (Rounder)
David Essig & Rick Scott- Tears and Laughter
Double Vision (Woodshed)
Tom Lehrer- The Folk Song Army
That Was the Year That Was (Reprise)
Joe Hickerson- I’m On My Way
Joe Hickerson with a Gathering of Friends (Folk-Legacy)
Night Sun- Harvey & Louise
One Moment of Grace (Borealis)

Shelley Posen & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2023)

Shelley Posen- A Mazeldikek Yor
Mazel (Well Done Music)
Shelley Posen- I’ll See You Rosh Hashana
Mazel (Well Done Music)
Rufus Wainwright & Amsterdam Sinfonietta- Who By Fire
Rufus Wainwright & Amsterdam Sinfonietta Live (BMG/Modern)

The Onlies- Roll On Buddy
You Climb the Mountain (The Onlies)

Kyle Carey- The Last Bough
The Last Bough (Americelta)
Graham Lindsey- Tune Machine
Tune Machine (Graham Lindsey)
Maggie’s Wake- Maggie’s Wake
Maggie’s Wake (Maggie’s Wake)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2009)

Jesse Winchester- Nothing but a Breeze
Nothing but a Breeze (Stony Plain)
Emmylou Harris- My Songbird
Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town (Warner Bros./Rhino)
Jennifer Warnes- You Remember Me 
Shot Through the Heart (Arista)
Susie Burke- Rhumba Woman
Lucky Stars (Madrina Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2009)

Tom Paxton- No Kings Here
No Kings Here – single (Pax)
Mike Regenstreif & Mark Rubin on Zoom (2025)

Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma- (Don’t Be a) Good German
Don’t Be a Good German – single (Rubinchik)
Kemp Harris- Tulsa
The America Chronicles (Righteous Mischief)
Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Eliza Gilkyson- Man in the Moon
Dark Ages (Realiza)
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band- Chimes of Freedom
Land of Hope and Dreams (Columbia)

Rory Block- Down the Dirt Road Blues
Heavy on the Blues (M.C.)
Maria Muldaur- No, Papa, No!
One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey (NOLA Blues)

Dee Robinson- Monday Morning Blues
Dee from Decatur (Riverlark Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Brendan Nolan (2023)

Brendan Nolan- The Bodhran Song
Where Do I Go from Here (Ould Segosha Music)
Debi Smith- The Bodhran Lesson Song
Deep Tracks (Degan Music)
Christine Lavin- Drum School Dropout
Drum School Dropout (Christine Lavin)

Martha Wainwright- Far Away
Martha Wainwright: 20th Anniversary Edition (Report Card Music)
Eli West- Hearts and Bones
The Shape of a Sway (Tender & Mild)
Mary Chapin Carpenter- The Night We Never Met
Personal History (Lambent Light/Thirty Tigers)
Peter Campbell- A Little Grace
Burden of Hope (Peter Campbell)

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

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Kiss and Say Goodbye
Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Nonesuch)
Steel Rail- Kate’s Song
Coming Home (Crossties)
NEeMA- Escape
Watching You Think (Neemaste/Sony)
Perla Batalla- A Singer Must Die
A Letter to Leonard Cohen: Tribute to a Friend (Mechuda Music)
Leonard Cohen- So Long, Marianne
Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia/Legacy)

Nana Mouskouri- Adieu Angelina
Every Grain of Sand: Nana Mouskouri Sings Bob Dylan (Mercury)

Schmaltz & Pepper- Manischewitz Mazurka
Schmaltz & Pepper (Schmaltz & Pepper)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on October 4. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif