This week in Folk Roots/Folk Branches history (October 6-12)

Folk Roots/Folk Branches with Mike Regenstreif was a Thursday tradition on CKUT in Montreal for nearly 14 years from February 3, 1994 until August 30, 2007. Folk Roots/Folk Branches continued as occasional features on CKUT and is now also a blog. Here’s the sixth instalment of “This week in Folk Roots/Folk Branches,” a weekly look back continuing through next August at some of the most notable guests, features and moments in Folk Roots/Folk Branches history.

October 6, 1994: Show theme- A retrospective of 21 years of recordings on the Philo label.
October 12, 1995: Show theme- The Greatest Folk Concert Ever – All Live Recordings.
October 8, 1998: Guests- Oscar Lopez; David Essig.
October 7, 1999: Guest- Lucy Kaplansky.
October11, 2001: Guest- Mark Viator of Rue La-La.
October 7, 2004: Guests- Mose Scarlett; Dave Clarke & Ellen Shizgal of Steel Rail.
October 6, 2005: Guests- Susie Arioli & Jordan Officer.
October 12, 2006: Guest- Artie Traum.
October 11, 2007 (Folk Roots/Folk Branches feature): Songs of Paul Siebel.

Pictured: The late Artie Traum and me after his Folk Roots/Folk Branches visit on October 12, 2006.

--Mike Regenstreif

This week in Folk Roots/Folk Branches history (September 29-October 5)

Folk Roots/Folk Branches with Mike Regenstreif was a Thursday tradition on CKUT in Montreal for nearly 14 years from February 3, 1994 until August 30, 2007. Folk Roots/Folk Branches continued as occasional features on CKUT and is now also a blog. Here’s the fifth instalment of “This week in Folk Roots/Folk Branches,” a weekly look back continuing through next August at some of the most notable guests, features and moments in Folk Roots/Folk Branches history.

September 29, 1994: Show theme- Songs of the Old West: Real and Mythological.
October 5, 1995: Extended feature- Dave Van Ronk.
October 1, 1998: Guest- Arlo Guthrie.
September 30, 1999: Guest- Bill Morrissey.
October 4, 2001: Guest- Guy Clark.
October 3, 2002: Guest- Michele Greene.
September 30, 2004: Guests- Kevin House, Arlo Guthrie.
September 29, 2005: Guests- Dave Clarke & Ellen Shizgal of Steel Rail.
October 4, 2007 (Folk Roots/Folk Branches feature): Songs of Kris Kristofferson.

Pictured: Arlo Guthrie, guest on FR/FB this week in 1998 and 2004, and me backstage at his Folk Roots/Folk Branches concert that I produced at the Concordia Concert Hall on December 6, 1996.

--Mike Regenstreif