Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday March 1, 2022: Part 1 – Solidarity with the people of Ukraine; Part 2 – I Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans (on Mardi Gras Day).

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/595/55400.html

Themes: Part 1 – Solidarity with the people of Ukraine. Part 2 – I Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans (on Mardi Gras Day).

Part 1 – Solidarity with the people of Ukraine

Paul Konoplenko- Our Ukraine
A Folksong Portrait of Canada (Mercury/Smithsonian Folkways)
The Mando Boys- Ukrainian Medley: Liturgical Music and Dance Tunes
The Mando Boys Live: Holstein Lust (Borderland Productions)

Michael Alpert & Julian Kytasty- Chernobyl
Night Songs from a Neighboring Village: Ballads of the Ukrainian & Yiddish Heartland (Oriente Musik)
Michael Alpert & Julian Kytasty- Night Songs
Night Songs from a Neighboring Village: Ballads of the Ukrainian & Yiddish Heartland (Oriente Musik)
The Malvinas- The Ukrainian Song
God Bless the Grass (Soona Songs)

Finjan- Azoi Tantzt Men Odessa (This is How We Dance in Odessa)
Dancing on Water (Rounder)

Part 2 – I Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans (on Mardi Gras Day)

Brenda Lewis- Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans
Far & Near (Brenda Lewis)
Paul Simon- Take Me to the Mardi Gras
There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (Warner Bros.)
Dr. John- Iko Iko
Dr. John’s Gumbo (Atco)
Kermit Ruffins & Irvin Mayfield featuring Dr. Michael White- Drop Me Off in New Orleans
A Beautiful World (Basin Street)

Mike Regenstreif & Marc Nerenberg (2009)

Marc Nerenberg with Noah Zacharin- On the Street Again, Revisted
On the Street Again, Revisted – single (Marc Nerenberg)
Chris Rawlings & Anne Lederman- Cindy Cindy 2.0
A Whistle, a Tune, a Song and a Dance (Cooking Fat Music)
Susan Werner- NOLA
NOLA: Susan Werner Goes to New Orleans (Sleeve Dog)
Long John Baldry- Midnight in New Orleans
The Best of the Stony Plain Years (Stony Plain)

Jennifer Warnes- I Am the Big Easy
Another Time, Another Place (BMG)
Mark Brine- Wrong Side of Bourbon St. Blues
New Blue Yodel (re:signed)
Victor Mecyssne (Victor Anthony)- Going to New Orleans
Hush Money (Sweetfish)

Larry Johnson- The Beat from Rampart Street
Fast and Funky (Blue Goose)
Little Brother Montgomery’s State Street Swingers- South Rampart St. Parade
Goodbye Mister Blues (Delmark)
David Roe- I Wish I was in New Orleans
Angel of New Orleans (David Roe)

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band & The Del McCoury Band- Milenberg Joys
American Legacies (McCoury)

Next week: Voices of Women.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday March 9, 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 – Episode #5 – was prerecorded at home and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/51142.html

 

 

Part 1: Original songs by a sampling of Canadian women

Orit Shimoni- Strange and Beautiful Things
Strange and Beautiful Things (Orit Shimoni)

Kat Goldman- The One to Dream
The Workingman’s Blues (Kat Goldman)
Lynne Hanson- Every Minute In Between
Just Words (Lynne Hanson)
Laura Smith- Middle America
As Long As I’m Dreaming (Borealis)

Lynn Miles- A Heart Can Only Take So Much
We’ll Look for Stars (Must Have Music)
Kerri Ough- Drawing Board
One Day Soon (Kerri Ough)
Ronney Abramson- Three O’Clock Ride
Three O’Clock Ride – single (Ronney Abramson)

Part 2: Songs of Malvina Reynolds

Pete Seeger- Little Boxes
Headlines & Footnotes: A Collection of Topical Songs (Smithsonian Folkways)
Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Petites boîtes (Little Boxes)
La vache qui pleure (Tribu)
John McCutcheon- Mrs. Clara Sullivan’s Letter
To Everyone in All the World: A Celebration of Pete Seeger (Appalsongs)
Malvina Reynolds- The Money Crop
Ear to the Ground: Topical Songs 1960-1978 (Smithsonian Folkways)

Jane Voss & Hoyle Osborne- On the Rim of the World
Pullin’ Through (Ripple)
Rosalie Sorrels- Rosie Jane
No Closing Chord: The Songs of Malvina Reynolds (Red House)
Robert Resnik & Gigi Weisman- Magic Penny
Sweet Potatoes and Home Grown Tomatoes (Fletcher Free Library)
Charlie Louvin- Turn Around
The Longest Train (Watermelon)

The Malvinas- God Bless the Grass
God Bless the Grass (Soona Songs)
Marianne Faithfull- What Have They Done to the Rain
Marianne Faithfull (Deram)
Malvina Reynolds- Skagit Valley Forever
Ear to the Ground: Topical Songs 1960-1978 (Smithsonian Folkways)
John Roberts & Tony Barrand- The Albatross
Mellow with Ale from the Horn (Golden Hind Music)

Bodie Wagner- The Bankers & the Diplomats (We Hate to See Them Go)
Vintage (Bodie Wagner)
Barbara Dane & The Chambers Brothers- It Isn’t Nice
Hot Jazz, Cool Blues & Hard-Hitting Songs (Smithsonian Folkways)
Spook Handy- From Way Up Here
Dedicated to the Proposition: Pete, Woody & Me, Vol. II (Akashic)
Malvina Reynolds- This World
Ear to the Ground: Topical Songs 1960-1978 (Smithsonian Folkways)
Rosalie Sorrels- No Closing Chord
No Closing Chord: The Songs of Malvina Reynolds (Red House)

Next week – Irish and Irish-inspired songs.

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And on Facebook. facebook.com/mikeregenstreif

--Mike Regenstreif

Canadian Spaces – CKCU – Saturday May 27, 2017

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

This particular show is now available for on-demand listening.

http://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/129/32540.html

Canadian Spaces on CKCU in Ottawa is Canada’s longest-running folk music radio program. It is heard Saturday mornings from 10:00 am until noon (Eastern time).

It was hosted for more than 33 years by the late Chopper McKinnon and is now hosted by Chris White and a rotating cast of co-hosts.

This week’s show was co-hosted by Mike Regenstreif and Chris White.

Guests: Jeff Mills; Tony Turner; Terry Gillespie; Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop

The Malvinas- Crow

God Bless the Grass (Soona Songs)

Jayme Stone, Moira Smiley, Sumaia Jackson & Joe Phillips- Drunken Hiccups

Jayme Stone’s Folklife (Borealis)

The Eisenhauers- Newfoundland Song

The Road We Once Knew (Black Hen)

Michael Earnie Taylor Orchestra- Clyde Beatty

$3 Pants (Laughing Cactus Music)

Jon Brooks- Down by the Dirty Don

The Songs of Tony Quarrington (B. Gladstone/Winterfolk)

David Clayton-Thomas- Suzanne

Canadiana (Antionette/ILS)

Tom Russell- Wild Geese

Play One More: The Songs of Ian & Sylvia (True North)

Joe Newberry & April Verch- Will You Wait for Me?

Going Home (Slab Town)

Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley- Morning Sun

Morning Sun (Electro-Fi)

Durham County Poets- Monday Morning

Grimshaw Road (Durham County Poets)

Doug McArthur- The Big Machine

Tears Like Rain (Doug McArthur)

Lynn Miles- Surrender Dorothy

Black Flowers Volume 1-2 (True North)

Jennifer Noxon- Nothing More

Sweet (Jennifer Noxon)

Tony Turner- Long Way Down

Love & Other Attractions (Tony Turner)

Terry Gillespie- Brother of the Blues

Live in the studio

Terry Gillespie- Magnolia Tree

Live in the studio

Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop- Red Shoes

Red Shoes (Borealis)

I’ll be co-hosting Canadian Spaces again on July 8.

In the meantime, I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning (7-10 am) on June 24.

Find me on Twitter. @MikeRegenstreif

And on Facebook. facebook.com/mikeregenstreif

--Mike Regenstreif