Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 2, 2025: "Crazy Blues" and Other Crazy Songs

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/595/71788.html

Theme: “Crazy Blues” and other Crazy Songs.

Mamie Smith- Crazy Blues

The Rough Guide to Blues Women (World Music Network)

Patsy Cline- Crazy

The Unforgettable Patsy Cline (Polygram)

Steven Fromholz- I’d Have to Be Crazy

A Rumor in My Own Time (Capitol)

Rosalie Sorrels- We Were Kinda Crazy Then 

Travelin’ Lady Rides Again (Green Linnet)

Lennie Gallant- She’s Gonna Drive You Crazy

Shelter from the Storms (Lennie Gallant)

J.J. Cale- Crazy Mama

Naturally (Mercury)

Ball & Chain & The Wreckers- Crazy Arms

Live at the Bayou (Ball & Chain)

Durham County Poets- Good Kind of Crazy

Out of the Woods (Durham County Poets)

Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band- Crazy Words, Crazy Tune

Greatest Hits (Vanguard)

Leon Redbone- I’m Crazy ‘Bout My Baby

Whistling in the Wind (Rounder)

John Prine- Egg & Daughter Night, Lincoln Nebraska, 1967 (Crazy Bone)

The Tree of Forgiveness (Oh Boy)

Bebop Cowboys- Crazy Rhythm

Début (Bebop Cowboys)

Tom Paxton- Crazy John

Tom Paxton 6 (Elektra)

Michael Smith- Crazy Mary

Love Letter on a Fish (Tales from the Tavern)

Carla Gover & Brett Ratliff- Crazy

Kentucky Queen (Redbird)

Russ Kelley- Crazy Shades of Blue

Crazy Shades of Blue (Ark Road Music Productions)

Billie Holiday- Crazy He Calls Me

Lady’s Decca Days, Volume One (Decca)

Sunny and Her Joy Boys- You’re Driving Me Crazy

Introducing Sunny and Her Joy Boys (Stony Plain)

J. Reissner- Crazy Swing

Portrait in Blue (J. Reissner)

Ana Gasteyer- Crazy People

I’m Hip (Henry’s Girl)

Ian Robb- Champion at Driving ‘Em Crazy

Ian Robb & Hang the Piper (Folk-Legacy)

Leonard Cohen- Crazy to Love You

Old Ideas (Columbia)

Shirley Eikhard- Crazy from the Heat

Going Home (Artisan Music)

Tom Russell- The Other Side of Crazy

Who’s Gonna Build Your Wall? (HighTone)

Barbara Dane- Crazy Blues

On My Way (Dreadnaught Music)

Next week: Part 1 – Songs and Conversation with author David Eisenstadt; Part 2 – Riding in My Car.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – April 1, 2025: Remembering Jesse Colin Young; April Fools; 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/595/69610.html

Themes: Part 1 – Remembering Jesse Colin Young (1941-2025); Part 2 – April Fools’ Day.

Part 1 – Remembering Jesse Colin Young (1941-2025)

Jesse Colin Young – whose real name was Perry Miller and who died at age 83 on March 16 – was a singer and songwriter originally from New York City who was lead singer of The Youngbloods from 1966 to 1971 and who recorded as a solo artist before and after his tenure with The Youngbloods.

Jesse Colin Young- Four in the Morning

The Soul of a City Boy (One Way)

Jesse Colin Young- Same Old Man

The Soul of a City Boy (One Way)

Jesse Colin Young- Rider

Young Blood (Mercury)

Jesse Colin Young- Doc Geiger

Young Blood (Mercury)

The Youngbloods- Get Together

The Youngbloods (RCA)

The Youngbloods- Light Shine

Good and Dusty (Racoon/Warner Bros.)

Jesse Colin Young- California Child

Light Shine (Warner Bros.)

Jesse Colin Young- Songbird

Songbird (Warner Bros.)

Part 2 – April Fools’ Day

Shel Silverstein- Folk Singer’s Blues

Inside Folk Songs (Water)

Stan Rogers- The White Collar Holler

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

Ian Robb with The Friends of Fiddler's Green- Garnet’s Home-Made Beer

From Different Angels (Fallen Angle)

Bowser & Blue- The Night They Invented Poutine

Crackpots (You Guys Publishing)

Spike Jones & His City Slickers- Yes! We Have No Bananas

Musical Deprecation Revue! The Spike Jones Anthology (Rhino)

Steve Goodman- Vegematic

No Big Surprise: The Steve Goodman Anthology (Red Pajamas)

Nancy White- Leonard Cohen’s Never Gonna Bring My Groceries In

Momnipotent (The Children’s Group)

Christine Lavin- What Was I Thinking?

Live at the Cactus Café: What Was I Thinking? (Philo)

Grit Laskin- The Photographers

Unabashedly Folk: Songs and Tunes 1979-1985 (Borealis)

Al Mamlet- Five Thousand Years of Folk Music

Bring It On Home Volume 1 (Legacy)

Michael Smith- Dead Egyptian Blues

Love Letter on a Fish (Tales from the Tavern)

Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers- King Tut

Red Bird Alert (Rounder)

Dave Van Ronk- Garden State Stomp

Going Back to Brooklyn (Gazell)

Erik Frandsen- I’ve the Blues

Antiques: New & Used (Erik Frandsen)

Shelley Posen with Erik Frandsen- It’s for You

Old Loves (Well Done Music)

Martin Mull & His Fabulous Furniture- Dueling Tubas

In Your Living Room (Capricorn)

John Prine & Iris DeMent- In Spite of Ourselves

In Spite of Ourselves (Oh Boy)

Next week: A Tribute to Doc Watson.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – March 11, 2025: Remembering David Johansen; “Hello in There”

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/595/69289.html

Themes: Part 1 – Remembering David Johansen (1950-2025); Part 2 – “Hello in There” and other songs that reference the elderly.

Part 1 – Remembering David Johansen (1950-2025)

David Johansen, who died on February 28 at age 75, was a singer and actor who first gained fame in the early-1970s as lead singer of the proto-punk glam band, The New York Dolls. In the mid-1980s, he began performing jazz, jump blues and novelty songs as his lounge singer alter-ego Buster Poindexter. And, in the 1990s, he started performing traditional folk and blues and formed a band called David Johansen & The Harry Smiths.

Buster Poindexter- Hot Hot Hot

Buster Poindexter (RCA)

Buster Poindexter & Soozie Tyrell- Saturday Night Fish Fry

Buster’s Happy Hour (Rhino)

Buster Poindexter- Screwy Music

Buster Poindexter (RCA)

Bill Morrissey & David Johansen- Love Arrives

Night Train (Philo)

David Johansen & The Harry Smiths- James Alley Blues

David Johansen and the Harry Smiths (Chesky)

David Johansen & The Harry Smiths- Kassie Jones

Shaker (Chesky)

David Johansen & The Harry Smiths- I Can’t Be Satisfied

Shaker (Chesky)

Part 2 – “Hello in There” and other songs that reference the elderly.

Reggie Harris- Hello In There

On Solid Ground (Reggie Harris Music)

Pete Seeger- Get Up and Go

Together In Concert (Rising Son)

Nancy White- Seamless Dance of the Old Folks

Gaelic Envy and Other Torch Songs (Borealis)

Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- Grandpa Danced the Charleston

All New (Community Music)

Shirley Eikhard- Emily Remembers

Going Home (Artisan Music)

Kathy Mattea- Where’ve You Been

Willow in the Wind (Mercury)

Judy Collins- In the Twilight

Bohemian (Wildflower)

Anne Hills & Michael Smith- The Dutchman

Paradise Lost and Found (Redwing Music)

Finest Kind- The Goodnight-Loving Trail

Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle)

Utah Phillips- All Used Up

The Long Memory (Red House)

Rosalie Sorrels- Feather Ben

Travelin’ Lady Rides Again (Green Linnet)

Eric Bogle- Now I’m Easy

Scraps of Paper (Flying Fish)

Stan Rogers- Sailor’s Rest Intro/Sailor’s Rest

Songs of a Lifetime: Home in Halifax (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Murray McLauchlan- Old Man’s Song

Songs from the Street: The Best of Murray McLauchlan (True North)

Next week: Canadian Places.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – June 11, 2024: Songs for Fathers

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/595/65476.html

Theme: Songs for Fathers

Al Regenstreif 1926-2016 (father) & Mike Regenstreif (son)

Judy Collins- My Father

Forever: An Anthology (Elektra)

Amy Speace- Father’s Day

There Used to Be Horses Here (Windbone)

Michael ‘Earnie’ Taylor- What My Father Taught Me

Folk ‘n’ Western (Laughing Cactus Music)

Ben Sures- Father’s Shoes

The Story That Lived Here (Ben Sures)

Boreal- Warm Hands

Recorded for a future album release

Michael Smith- I Brought My Father With Me

Songs of a Catholic Childhood (J. O’Reilly Productions)

Nanci Griffith- Daddy Said

Once In a Very Blue Moon (Philo)

Steve Howell, Dan Sumner & Jason Weinheimer- Song for My Father

Long Ago (Out of the Past)

Guy Clark- Randall Knife

Craftsman (Philo)

The Smith Sisters- My Father was a Quiet Man

A Canary’s Song (Flying Fish)

Tom Russell- Throwing Horseshoes at the Moon

Old Songs Yet to Sing (Frontera)

Chaim Tannenbaum- My Old Man

Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl (Compass)

Rosanne Cash- My Old Man

Rhythm & Romance (Columbia)

Ron Hynes- My Old Man

Get Back Change (Borealis)

Steve Goodman- My Old Man

No Big Surprise: The Steve Goodman Anthology (Red Pajamas)

Jamie Anderson- My Dad Loves to Sing

Better Than Chocolate (Tsunami)

Heather Anne Lomax- Bits and Pieces

The Doman Tracks (Blackbird)

Brian Lemco- For EL

Seasons (Brian Lemco Music)

Loudon Wainwright III- Older Than My Old Man Now

Older Than My Old Man Now (StorySound)

Ruby Lovett- A Father’s Love

It’s a Hard Life (Puff Bunny)

Tim Grimm- Reverend Mr. Black

Names (Wind River).

James Talley- The Dreamer (A Song for My Father)

Bandits, Ballads and Blues (Cimarron)

Next week: 50 years ago, I took over The Golem, part 2.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – April 9, 2024: Songs I’ve Heard Tom Rush Sing

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/595/64667.html

Theme: Songs I’ve Heard Tom Rush Sing.

Tom Rush – who is now 83 years old – has been performing and recording for more than 60 years. This show includes songs from Tom’s new album, “Gardens Old, Flowers New,” as well as other artists doing songs Tom has recorded over the years.

Tom Rush- Sailing

Gardens Old, Flowers New (Appleseed) 

Woody Guthrie- Do Re Mi

This Land is Your Land: The Asch Recordings Vol. 1 (Smithsonian Folkways)

Ian Tyson- Windy Bill

Old Corrals and Sagebrush & Other Cowboy Culture Classics (Stony Plain)

Eric Von Schmidt- Joshua Gone Barbados

Baby, Let Me Lay It On You (Gazell)

Blind Willie McTell- Statesboro Blues

The Rough Guide to Blind Willie McTell (World Music Network)

Tom Rush- Gimme Some of It

Gardens Old, Flowers New (Appleseed) 

The Duhks- Mighty Storm

Fast Paced World (Sugar Hill)

Lauren Sheehan- I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate

The Light Still Burns (Wilson River)

Emmylou Harris- No Regrets

Bluebird (Reprise)

Bruce Cockburn- One Day I Walk

Greatest Hits (1970-2020) (True North)

Jesse Winchester- Biloxi 

Jesse Winchester (Stony Plain) 

Tom Rush- The Harbor

Gardens Old, Flowers New (Appleseed) 

Joni Mitchell- Urge for Going

Archives – Volume 2: The Reprise Years (1968-1971) (Rhino)

Murray McLauchlan- Old Man’s Song

Songs from the Street: The Best of Murray McLauchlan (True North)

Eddie Holstein- Jazzman

Eddie Holstein (Eddie Holstein)

David Wiffen- Driving Wheel

David Wiffen (Fantasy)

Tom Rush- It All Comes Down to Love

Gardens Old, Flowers New (Appleseed) 

3’s a Crowd- Gnostic Serenade

Christopher’s Movie Matinee (Dunhill)

Michael Smith- This Here Mandolin (Hobo’s Mandolin)

There (Flying Fish)

Bonnie Koloc- Colors of the Sun

Rediscovered (Mr. Biscuit)

Guy Clark- Desperados Waiting for a Train

Keepers: a live recording (Sugar Hill)

Tom Rush- Glory Road 

Gardens Old, Flowers New (Appleseed) 

Tom Rush- One More Time Around the Sun

Gardens Old, Flowers New (Appleseed) 

Next week: New York State of Mind.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – March 5, 2024: Title Characters

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/595/64157.html

Theme: Title Characters

Willie P. Bennett- Blackie and the Rodeo King

Blackie and the Rodeo King (Bnatural Music)

Jerry Jeff Walker- Mr. Bojangles

Gypsy Songman (Rykodisc)

Rosalie Sorrels- Feather Ben

Travelin’ Lady Rides Again (Green Linnet)

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2022)

Eliza Gilkyson- Charlie Moore

Songs from the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)

Guy Clark- Sis Draper

Cold Dog Soup (Sugar Hill)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Tom Russell- Isaac Lewis

The Tom Russell Anthology: Veteran’s Day (Shout! Factory)

James Talley- The Love Song of Billy the Kid

Bandits, Ballads and Blues (Cimarron)

Furry Lewis- Billy Lyons and Stack O’Lee

Furry’s Blues: The Complete Vintage Recordings 1927-1929 (Document)

Emmylou Harris- Pancho and Lefty

Luxury Liner (Warner Bros./Rhino)

James Keelaghan- Jenny Bryce

Then Again (Jericho Beach Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2006)

Jesse Winchester- Eulalie

Love Filling Station (Appleseed)

Crabtree & Mills- Miss Otis Regrets

Flight of Fancy (Free and Easy Music)

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

Tom Paxton- Victoria Dines Alone

Morning Again (Elektra)

Shelley Posen & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2023)

Shelley Posen- Having a Drink with Jane

The Old Songs Home (Well Done Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Michael Smith (2014)

Michael Smith- The Dutchman

Such Things are Finely Done (Tales from the Tavern)

Over the Moon- Darcy Farrow

Chinook Waltz (Borealis)

Staber & Chasnoff- Spanish Johnny

|Free to Dream (Bubkes)

Tom Mitchell & Mike Regenstreif (1999)

Tom Mitchell- Old Dan

When the Moon is Right (Truesongs)

John Prine- Sam Stone

Souvenirs (Oh Boy)

Tim Sparks- Me and Bobby McGee

Lost and Found (Acoustic Music)

Next week: The Art of the Long Song, Volume 2.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday July 25, 2023: Name That Tune

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/595/61281.html

Theme: Name That Tune – every song includes a proper name in its title.

Bonnie Dobson- Peter Amberley

Take Me for a Walk in the Morning Dew (Hornbeam)

David Massengill- My Name Joe

Coming Up for Air (Flying Fish)

Christine Lavin- My Sister Mary & My Mother

On My Way to Hooterville (Christine Lavin)

Rod MacDonald- Come Out, Annie

Rants and Romance (Blue Flute Music)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Linda Ronstadt- Gentle Annie

The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)

Tom Mitchell- Old Dan

When the Moon is Right (Truesongs)

Dave Clarke- Lucinda

The Healing Garden (Crossties)

The Dumptrucks- Jean Harlow

Selections (Laughing Cactus)

The Wailin' Jennys- Bring Me Little Water Sylvie

Live at The Mauch Chunk Opera House (Outside Music)

Ken Whiteley- Michael Row

Long Time Travelling (Ken Whiteley)

Tom Russell- Annette

Box of Visions (Stony Plain)

Nanci Griffith- Julie Anne

Poet In My Window (Philo)

Paul Siebel- Louise

Woodsmoke and Oranges (Elektra)

Katy Moffatt- Sister Angelina

Chrysalis (Sunset Blvd. Records)

Ball & Chain & The Wreckers- Merle

Satisfied (Moo Music)

Lynn Miles- Johnny Without June

tumbleWeedyWorld (True North)

Ian Hanchet- To Ramona

Dealin’ from the Bottom (of My Heart) (Ian Hanchet)

Bob Dylan- Visions of Johanna

The Real Royal Albert Hall 1966 Concert! (Columbia/Legacy)

Noel Paul Stookey- Jean Claude

Just Causes (Neworld)

Mike Regenstreif & Michael Smith (2014)

Michael Smith- The Ballad of Elizabeth Dark

Such Things are Finely Done (Tales from the Tavern)

Jesse Winchester- Eulalie

Live from Mountain Stage (Blue Plate Music)

Next week: Art & Artists.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday January 24, 2023: Songs of – or inspired by – the Spanish Civil War

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/595/59086.html

Theme: Songs of – or inspired by – the Spanish Civil War.

Woody Guthrie- Jarama Valley

Songs of the Spanish Civil War, Volumes 1 & 2 (Smithsonian Folkways)

Shay Black & Aoife Clancy- Viva la Quinte Brigada

Spain in My Heart: Songs of the Spanish Civil War (Appleseed)

Lila Downs- El Quinto Regimiento

Spain in My Heart: Songs of the Spanish Civil War (Appleseed)

Windborne- Viva la Quince Brigada

Of Hard Times & Harmony (Wand’ring Feet)

Jamie O'Reilly & Michael Smith- Song of the International Brigade

Pasiones: Songs of the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 (Bird Avenue)

Jack Hardy- Orphan from Madrid/Guernica

Landmark (Great Divide)

Charlie Haden- Els Segadors (The Reapers)

Ballad of the Fallen (ECM)

Rosalie Sorrels- Eddie’s Song

Strangers in Another Country: The Songs of Bruce “Utah” Phillips (Red House)

John McCutcheon- The Abraham Lincoln Brigade

Spain in My Heart: Songs of the Spanish Civil War (Appleseed)

Pete Seeger, Tom Glazer, Baldwin (Butch) Hawes & Bess Hawes- Si Me Quieres Escribir

Songs of the Spanish Civil War, Volumes 1 & 2 (Smithsonian Folkways)

Jamie O'Reilly & Michael Smith- Freheit!: Song of the Thaelmann Batallion

Pasiones: Songs of the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 (Bird Avenue)

Paul Robeson- The Peat Bog Soldiers

Songs of Free Men: A Paul Robeson Recital (Columbia Masterworks)

Jack Hardy- In Memory of Federico Garcia Lorca

Noir (Great Divide)

Jamie O'Reilly & Michael Smith- Lament for Ignacio Sanchez Mejias

Pasiones: Songs of the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 (Bird Avenue)

Ben Sidran- On Defeating Death/Absent Soul

The Concert for Garcia Lorca (Go Jazz)

Joel & Jamaica Rafael- Los Cuatro Generales

Spain in My Heart: Songs of the Spanish Civil War (Appleseed)

Jamie O'Reilly & Michael Smith- Gunner Name of Bill

Pasiones: Songs of the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 (Bird Avenue)

Laurie Lewis- Taste of Ashes

Spain in My Heart: Songs of the Spanish Civil War (Appleseed)

Charlie Haden- La Pasionaria

Ballad of the Fallen (ECM)

Next week: Songs I’ve Heard Leon Redbone Sing.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday July 5, 2022: Just Who Was It Who Wrote That Song?

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/595/56819.html

Theme: Just Who Was It Who Wrote That Song?

These are songs that have been widely covered by other artists, or that were hits by other artists, but these versions are by the original songwriters.

Kris Kristofferson- Me and Bobby McGee
Me and Bobby McGee (Monument)

Sylvia Tyson & Mike Regenstreif (1997)

Ian & Sylvia- Four Strong Winds (Ian Tyson)
Four Strong Winds (Vanguard)
Ian & Sylvia- You Were On My Mind (Sylvia Tyson)
Northern Journey (Vanguard)
Steve Gillette- Darcy Farrow
Steve Gillette (Vanguard)
Gordon Lightfoot- Early Morning Rain
Songbook (Warner Archives/Rhino)

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

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Heart Like a Wheel (Anna McGarrigle)
Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Nonesuch)
Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Talk to Me of Mendocino (Kate McGarrigle)
Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Nonesuch)
Fred Neil- Everybody’s Talkin’
The Many Sides of Fred Neil (Collectors’ Choice Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Michael Smith (2014)

Shel Silverstein- The Unicorn
Inside Folk Songs (Water)
Steve Goodman- City of New Orleans
No Big Surprise: The Steve Goodman Anthology (Red Pajamas)
Michael Smith- The Dutchman
Michael Smith/Love Stories (Flying Fish)

Elizabeth Cotten- Freight Train
Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes (Smithsonian Folkways)
Jesse Fuller- San Francisco Bay Blues
San Francisco Bay Blues (Good Time Jazz)
John Hartford- Gentle On My Mind
Gentle On My Mind and Other Originals (RCA)
Jerry Jeff Walker- Mr. Bojangles
Five Years Gone (Atco)

Ron Hynes & Mike Regenstreif (2007)

Jesse Winchester- The Brand New Tennessee Waltz
Jesse Winchester (Stony Plain)
Ron Hynes- Sonny’s Dream
Face to the Gale (Artisan Music)
Bonnie Dobson- Morning Dew
Take Me for a Walk in the Morning Dew (Hornbeam)
Joni Mitchell- Both Sides Now
Clouds (Reprise)
Leonard Cohen- Hallelujah
Various Positions (Columbia)

John Stewart- Daydream Believer
The Lonesome Picker Rides Again (Collectors’ Choice Music)
Townes Van Zandt- Pancho & Lefty
Sunshine Boy: The Unheard Studio Sessions and Demos (Omnivore)

Tom Paxton- The Last Thing On My Mind
The Compleat Tom Paxton (Even Compleater) (Rhino Handmade)

Next week: Songs of Woody Guthrie, Part 1: Classic Songs

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday May 17, 2022: These Songs are for the Birds

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/595/56250.html

Theme: These Songs are for the Birds.

Some of these songs are literal in their avian imagery. Some are metaphorical.

Bruce Cockburn- For the Birds
Sunwheel Dance: Deluxe Edition (True North)

Mike Regenstreif & Marc Nerenberg (2009)

Mike Stevens & Polly Harris- Like a Little Bird
Breathe In the World Breathe Out Music (Stony Plain)
Don Armstrong- Hey Little Bird
Mother Don’t Give Up on Me Now (Ronstadt Record Co.)
Marc Nerenberg- Little Birdie: A Reimagined Traditional Song
Little Birdie: Birds, Beasts & Banjo Blues (Marc Nerenberg)
Happy & Artie Traum- Golden Bird
Happy and Artie Traum (Capitol)
Judy Henske- High Flying Bird
The Elektra Albums (Ace)

Lynn Miles- All the Birds
Black Flowers Vol. 4 (Lynn Miles)
Michael ‘Earnie’ Taylor- Swans Upon the Avon
Folk ‘n’ Western (Laughing Cactus Music)
Finest Kind- I Heard the Bluebird Sing
Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle)

Bill Staines- This Song is for the Birds
Third Time Around (Catfish)

Kim Wallach- Settle In (Chatter of the Finches)
Chatter of the Finches (Black Socks Press)
Vanessa Lively- I am a Skylark
Truth Is (Animada)
Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik- Skylark
Martha Sings & Robert Plays (Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik)
Perla Batalla- Cucurrucucu Paloma
Discoteca Batalla (Mechuda Music)

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- Redwinged Blackbird
Get Up and Do Right (Community Music)
Ian Tamblyn- The Birds
Voice in the Wilderness (North Track)
Julie Felix- The Heron
Rock Me Goddess (Remarkable)
Sneezy Waters- Bird of Paradise
A Letter Home (Sneezy Waters)

Mike Regenstreif & Michael Smith (2014)

Brian QTN- To Be Done
OsculEARiosophy (Brian QTN)
Anya Hinkle- My Faithful Sparrow
Eden and Her Borderlands (Organic)
Michael Smith- We Become Birds
Love Letter on a Fish (Tales from the Tavern)

Diana Jones- Love Song to a Bird
Song to a Refugee (Goldmine)
Tom Russell- Wild Geese
Play One More: The Songs of Ian & Sylvia (True North)
Last Forever- The Nightingale’s Song
No Place Like Home/Last Forever (2nd Story Sound)

Natalie MacMaster- The Golden Eagle
Sketches (Linus)

Next week: More Songs of Bob Dylan.

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Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday January 18, 2022: Songs of Leonard Cohen – The Middle Years

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/595/54885.html

Theme: Songs of Leonard Cohen – The Middle Years

This edition of Stranger Songs was inspired by the book, Leonard Cohen Untold Stories: From This Broken Hill by Michael Posner, the second of what will be three volumes of Leonard Cohen’s untold stories. From This Broken Hill covers Leonard Cohen’s life from the early-1970s until the late-1980s and the songs of Leonard Cohen on this show were written during that period.

Colleen Rennison- Why Don’t You Try
See the Sky About to Rain (Black Hen)
Holly Near- A Singer Must Die
2018 (Calico Tracks Music)
Leonard Cohen- Lover Lover Lover
New Skin for the Old Ceremony (Columbia)
Tower of Song- Chelsea House #2
In City and in Forest (Tower of Song)
Judy Collins- Take This Longing
Judy Collins Sings Leonard Cohen: Democracy (Elektra/Rhino)
Rufus Wainwright & Amsterdam Sinfonietta- Who By Fire
Rufus Wainwright & Amsterdam Sinfonietta Live (BMG/Modern)

Perla Batalla- Came So Far for Beauty
Bird on the Wire: The Songs of Leonard Cohen (Mechuda Music)
Leonard Cohen- The Window
Recent Songs (Columbia)
Emmylou Harris- Ballad of a Runaway Horse (Ballad of the Absent Mare)
Cowgirl’s Prayer (Asylum)

The Klezmer Conservatory Band- Dance Me to the End of Love
Dance Me to the End of Love (Rounder)
The Once- Coming Back to You
The Once (Borealis)
Jennifer Warnes- Night Comes On
Famous Blue Raincoat: The Songs of Leonard Cohen – 20th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory)
Leonard Cohen- The Captain
Various Positions (Columbia)
SONiA disappear fear- Hallelujah
By My Silence (Disappear Records)

Jamie O'Reilly & Michael Smith- Song of Bernadette
Songs of a Catholic Childhood (J. O’Reilly Productions)

Mad Pudding- First We Take Manhattan
Grand Hotel (Sliced Bread)
Leonard Cohen- I’m Your Man
I’m Your Man (Columbia)
Tom Russell- Tower of Song
Selections from Love & Fear plus bonus out-takes (HighTone)

Canadian Brass- Hallelujah
Canadiana (Linus/Canadian Brass)

Next week: London, Longing for Home.

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Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday November 16, 2021: The Guitar

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/595/54163.html

Theme: The Guitar

Guy Clark- The Guitar
Somedays the Song Writes You (Dualtone)

John Gorka- Nazarene Guitar
True in Time (Red House)
Mary Chapin Carpenter- Old D-35
One Night Lonely (Lambent Light)
Jamie Anderson- Linda’s Guitar
Songs from Home (Jamie Anderson)

Mike Regenstreif & Michael Smith (2014)

Michael Smith- Gamble’s Guitar
Time (Flying Fish)
Fink, Marxer & Gleaves- Maybelle Played Guitar
Maybelle Played Guitar – single (Community Music)
Amos Garrett- Always Got Your Hands On That Guitar
Acoustic Album (Stony Plain)

Paul Mills- Doc’s Guitar
The Other Side of the Glass (Borealis)

Mike Regenstreif & Steve Gillette (1994)

Susie Burke & David Surette- I Turn to My Guitar
Waiting for the Sun (Madrina Music)
Kinky Friedman- Me & My Guitar
Circus of Life (Echo Hill)
Alex Cuba- En Mi Guitarra
Lo Unico Constante (Caracol)
Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen- La Guitarra
Live in Concert (Compass Rose)

Hans Theessink- Big Bill’s Guitar
Hard Road Blues (Minor Music)
Eric Bibb- Booker’s Guitar
Booker’s Guitar (Telarc)
Roy Book Binder- The Preacher Picked the Guitar
Singer-Songwriter Bluesman (PEGleg)

Michael Jerome Browne, Mike Regenstreif & Eric Bibb (2005)

Magpie- This Guitar
Of Changes and Dreams (Long Tail)
Toasted Westerns- Second Fiddle to an Old Guitar
Out to Lunch!  (Moo Music)
Michael Jerome Browne- I’m a Guitar King
Sliding Delta (Borealis)
Kate Campbell- Yellow Guitar
Monuments (Large River Music)

Cheryl Wheeler- Mrs. Pinocci’s Guitar
Mrs. Pinocci’s Guitar (Philo)
Tish Hinojosa- Voice of the Big Guitar
Homeland (A&M)
Stephen Fearing- This Guitar
Yellow Jacket (True North)

Judy Collins & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

Judy Collins & Jona Fjeld with Chatham County Line- Bury Me with My Guitar On
Winter Stories (Wildflower/Cleopatra)
Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick- Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar
Together (Rounder)

Jeff Healey- Guitar Duet Stomp
The Best of the Stony Plain Years: Vintage Jazz, Swing and Blues (Stony Plain)

Next week: Songs and Conversation with Si Kahn

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Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday March 27, 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/128/51381.html

 

Michael Johnathon- Sunday Morning
The Painter (PoetMan)

Jesse Winchester- I Wave Bye Bye
Gentleman of Leisure (Sugar Hill)
Steel Rail- Flow River Flow
Coming Home (Crossties)
Dave Clarke- Until We Meet Again
The Healing Garden (Crossties)
Chris Rawlings & Anne Lederman- I Want to Hear You Sing
A Whistle, a Tune, a Song and a Dance (Cooking Fat Music)

Liz Simmons- Night in the City
Poets (Morgana Music)
Becky Buller- Woodstock
Distance and Time (Dark Shadow Recording)
Joni Mitchell- Born to Take the Highway
Archives – Volume 1: The Early Years (1963-1967) (Rhino)
Alice Howe- A Case of You
A Case of You – single (Alice Howe)
Lisa Jeanette- Darling of the Muses
Jellyfish on the Moon (Lisa Jeanette Music)

Michael Smith- The Dutchman
Such Things are Finely Done (Tales from the Tavern)
Eric Taylor- Visitors from Indiana
Eric Taylor (Watermelon)
David Olney- Jerusalem Tomorrow
The Stone (Deadbeet)
Tim Grimm- Dreaming of King Lear
Gone (Vault)

Magpie- Which Side Are You On?
When We Stand Together (Longtail Records)
Michael J. Miles featuring Zahra Glenda Baker- Which Side Are You On? Dilemma
Mississippi River Suite/Which Side Are You On? (Right Turn On Red Music)
Ellis Paul- $20 Bill (For George Floyd)
Ellis Paul’s Traveling Medicine Show Vol. 1 (Rosella)
Michael J. Miles featuring Zahra Glenda Baker- Which Side Are You On? Enough
Mississippi River Suite/Which Side Are You On? (Right Turn On Red Music)
Marc Nerenberg- Ain’t Gonna Study War No More (Down By the Riverside)
Times Ain’t Nuthin’ Like They Used to Be (Marc Nerenberg)

New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers- Blues for Yesterday
Volume 2 (Stony Plain)
Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley- Careless Love
Blues Stories (Big City Blues)
Vince Halfhide- Memphis Rounder
Vince Halfhide (Vince Halfhide)
Katie Oates- Bury Me On Beale Street
We Go On: Si Kahn’s Songs of Hope in Hard Times (Hollow Reed Arts Recordings)
Junior Wells- Cha Cha Cha in Blue
Junior’s Wails: Singles As & Bs 1953-1961 (Jasmine)

Maggie & Terre Roche- Jill of All Trades
Where Do I Come From: Selected Songs (StorySound)
Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche- Jane
I Can Still Hear You (StorySound)
Laura Smith- One Woman
As Long As I’m Dreaming (Borealis)
Jane Voss- Free at Last (Let Me Find My Wings)
Farther Down the Road (Ripple)

Anne Hills- Acquainted with the Night
Accidental August (Hand & Heart Music)
Dulcie Taylor- First Kiss
Rediscovered (Mesa/Bluemoon Recordings)
Annabelle Chvostek- Je t’ai vue hier soir (I Saw You Last Night)
String of Pearls (Annabelle Chvostek)
Rod Abernethy- Just Around the Corner
Normal Isn’t Normal Anymore (Songs From Downstairs Records)

Willie Dunn- The Ballad of Crowfoot
Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology (Light in the Attic)

Frank London with Karim Sulayman- Amore en
Ghetto Songs (Felmay)
Frank London with Karim Sulayman & Cantor Seta Kundish- O dolcezz’amarissime
Ghetto Songs (Felmay)
Frank London with Cantor Seta Kundish – Minutn fun bitokhn
Ghetto Songs (Felmay)
Bob Jensen- The Partisan
For the Sake of the Song (Bob Jensen)

Rod MacDonald- In Every Dream
Boulevard (Blue Flute Music)
John Gorka- I Can’t Do Crazy (Anymore)
Willie Nile Uncovered (Paradiddle)
Anna Elizabeth Laube- Sweet Boy from Minnesota
Annamania (Continental Song City)
Reid Jamieson- Everyday People
Songs of 69 (Reid Jamieson)

Jimmy Yancey- Yancey Stomp
Blues & Boogie (Cherry Red)

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

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Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday February 23, 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 #3 – was prerecorded at home and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/50965.html

 

 

Today’s theme: Chanteys and Other Songs of the Sea

Leonard Cohen- fragment of The Stranger Song
Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia/Legacy)
Stan Rogers- Barrett’s Privateers
Between the Breaks…Live! (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Alan Mills & The Shanty Men- Haul Away Joe
Songs of the Sea (Folkways)
Pressgang Mutiny- So Early in the Morning
Across the Western Ocean (Pressgang Mutiny)
Maddy Prior & The Girls- Blow the Man Down
Bib & Tuck (Park)
Finest Kind- From Dover to Calais
For Honour & For Gain (Fallen Angle)
Chris Rawlings- North by Northwest (AKA Franklin’s Shanty)
Northern Spirits (Cooking Fat Music)

Judy Collins & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

Michael Peter Smith- Fast to the Mast
Fifteen Songs from Moby Dick (Michael Peter Smith)
Reggie Harris- Hunt the Whale
Ready to Go (Reggie Harris Music)
Judy Collins- Farewell to Tarwathie
Forever: An Anthology (Elektra)

Happy & Artie Traum, Bill Keith- Off to Sea Once More
Mud Acres: Music Among Friends (Rounder)
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)
Wade Hemsworth with The Mountain City Four- The Story of the I’m Alone
Wade Hemsworth with The Mountain City Four (Peter Weldon)

Coope, Boyes & Simpson- Sea Must Have an Ending
Coope, Boyes & Simpson (World Music Network)
Windborne- Grey Funnel Line
Recollections/Revolutions (Wand’ring Feet Records)
Cindy Mangsen- Shallow Brown
Songs of Experience (Redwing Music)
Rod MacDonald- A Sailor’s Prayer
No Commercial Traffic (Solstice)

Odetta- The Golden Vanity
Odetta Sings Folk Songs (RCA)
Dave Van Ronk- Haul On the Bowline
Down in Washington Square (Smithsonian Folkways)
Tex König- Wild Winds
Königsblende (Music Cellar)
Terri Hendrix- Mingulay Boat Song
Love You Strong: Project 5.1 (Wilory)
Bruce Springsteen- Pay Me My Money Down
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (Columbia)

The Friends of Fiddler’s Green- When the Hauling’s Over
Old Inventions (Friends of Fiddler’s Green)
Tom Lewis- Last Shanty
Poles Apart Too (Self Propelled Music)                                                                                                 The Johnson Girls- Goodbye, Fare You Well
The Johnson Girls (Folk-Legacy)

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

Next week – The Tom Russell Tributes

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Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday August 15, 2020

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/128/48677.html

Dennis Warner- Potter’s Wheel

Pilot Me (Main Trail Productions)

In memory of John R. Lewis (1940-2020)

Sally Rogers & Claudia Schmidt- Still on the Bridge

We are Welcomed (Pragmavision)

Odetta- Freedom Trilogy: Oh Freedom, Come & Go with Me, I’m On My Way

Gonna Let It Shine (M.C.)

Kim & Reggie Harris- Eyes on the Prize

Rock of Ages (Appleseed)

In memory of Michael Smith (1941-2020). I wrote about Michael at this link.

Michael Smith- Spoon River

Love Letter on a Fish (Tales from the Tavern)

Jamie O'Reilly & Michael Smith- Sister Clarissa

Songs of a Catholic Childhood (J. O’Reilly Productions)

Anne Hills & Michael Smith- The Dutchman

Paradise Lost and Found (Red Wing)

Michael Smith- We Become Birds

Love Letter on a Fish (Tales from the Tavern)

Josie Bello- Have Purpose Live Long

Have Purpose Live Long (Josie Bello)

Graham Lindsay with The Small Glories, April Verch, Joe Phillips & Ian Foster- The Next Best Thing

The Next Best Thing (Graham Lindsay)

Ronny Cox- Silver City

Live at the Kitchen Sink (Ronny Cox)

David Bromberg Band- Take This Hammer

Big Road (Red House)

Extended Feature: Summer Songs. The next 16 songs are about summer or set during the summer.

Moore & McGregor- Summertime

Dream with Me (Ivernia)

Tom Mitchell- Nuts for Bolts

Unreleased 1976 live recording – used with permission

Steel Rail- Rain

Coming Home (Crossties)

Antonio Andrade- Steve Forbert’s Midsummer Night’s Toast

Lucky in Love (Life Shakes Records)

Chaim Tannenbaum- Brooklyn 1955

Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Swimming Song

Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Nonesuch)

Lisa Moscatiello- Biloxi

Second Avenue (Machine Heart)

Taj Mahal- Fishin’ Blues

The Real Thing (Columbia/Legacy)

The Barbaloots- Catfish Wish

Possum Came to Town (Anything is Possumable)

Shelley Posen- Canoeing My Troubles Away

Roseberry Road (Well Done Music)

David Francey- Blue Skies

So Say We All (Laker Music)

Nina Ricci- Donna Donna

Fare Thee Well: A Joan Baez Tribute (Nina Ricci)

Mandy Marylane- Summer Lovin’ Blues

Mandy Marylane (Y&T Music)

David Mallett- Summer of My Dreams

Midnight on the Water (North Road)

Night Sun- Summer Songs

One Moment of Grace (Borealis)

Sultans of String- Summer in Tehranto

Refuge (Sultans of String)

Arlo Guthrie & Jim Wilson featuring Vanessa Bryan- Hard Times Come Again No More

Hard Times Come Again No More – single (Rising Son)

Kronos Quartet with Sam Amidon, Brian Carpenter, Lee Knight & Aoife O'Donovan- Where Have All the Flowers Gone

Long Time Passing: Kronos Quartet & Friends Celebrate Pete Seeger (Smithsonian Folkways)

Eric Andersen- Thirsty Boots

Woodstock Under the Stars (Y&T Music)

Scott Cook- Passin’ Through

Tangle of Souls (Scott Cook)

Mary Chapin Carpenter- It’s OK to Be Sad

The Dirt and the Stars (Lambent Light/Thirty Tigers)

Lynn Miles- The Saddest Song I Ever Wrote

We’ll Look for Stars (Must Have Music)

Emma Swift- I Contain Multitudes

Blonde on the Tracks (Tiny Ghost/CRS)

Ken Tizzard & Music for Goats- One Too Many Mornings

Living the Dream: Live at the Little Pub (Ken Tizzard)

Charlie Barnett- Corrina, Corrina

All By His Own Self (Modern Songbook Records)

Kris Delmhorst- The Horses

Long Day in the Milky Way (Big Bean Music)

David Wiffen- Mr. Wiffen

David Wiffen (Fantasy)

Orit Shimoni- Strange and Beautiful Things

Strange and Beautiful Things (Orit Shimoni)

VickiKristinaBarcelona- Tango Till They’re Sore

Pawn Shop Radio (StorySound)

Don Armstrong- Hey Little Bird

Mother Don’t Give Up on Me Now (Ronstadt Record Co.)

Vincent Beaulne- Joe’s Guitar

The Voice is Mine (Blues Del Records)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on September 12 when my extended feature will be “A Hundred Floors above in the Tower of Song: A tribute to Hank Williams.”

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--Mike Regenstreif