Showing posts with label Missy Burgess. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Missy Burgess. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – March 21, 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/128/74611.html

Vance Gilbert- Simple Things
The Mother of Trouble (Vance Gilbert)

Mike Regenstreif & Garnet Rogers (2006)

Garnet Rogers- First Day of Spring 
Shining Thing (Snow Goose Songs)
Judy Collins & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

Judy Collins- So Early, Early in the Spring
Fifth Album (Elektra)
John Gorka & Mike Regenstreif (2012)

John Gorka- A Light Exists in Spring
unentitled (Red House)
Kim Wallach- Come, Spring 
Chatter of the Finches (Black Socks Press)
Tommy Makem & Liam Clancy- Rambles of Spring 
The Makem & Clancy Collection (Shanachie)

Kate Weekes- Trace a Constellation
Rideau Roots (Kate Weekes)
Sultans of String- Emerald Swing
Symphony (Sultans of String)

Ken Whiteley- Pallet On Your Floor
Keep Going (Pyramid)
Andy Cohen & Mike Regenstreif (2025)

Andy Cohen & William Lee Ellis- Mr. Furry’s Blues
Whistlin’ Past the Graveyard (Riverlark Music)
Sid Selvidge- Pearlee
Twice Told Tales (Elektra Nonesuch)
Dave Van Ronk- Casey Jones
Somebody Else, Not Me (Philo)
Furry Lewis- Glory Hallelujah, When I Lay My Burden Down
The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions (Sony BMG)

Greg Kelly- Slow Horses
Slow Horses (Greg Kelly)
Jamie Anderson- This Old
The Curves are Still There (Tsunami)

Dave Gunning- Going Nowhere Tonight
Field Notes (Wee House of Music)

Daughters of Donbas- Another Heaven
Songs of Stolen Children (Daughters of Donbas)
Esther Kaiser- Masters of War
Songs of Courage (GLM Music)
Mike Regenstreif & Marc Nerenberg 2009)

Marc Nerenberg
- Ain’t Gonna Study War No More (Down By the Riverside)
Times Ain’t Nuthin’ Like They Used to Be (Marc Nerenberg)
Jillian Matundan- Hold On
Hold On – single (Keezamonkee)

Anne Kalmering & Stalhammer Klezmer Classic- Bulbes
Tshiribim (Kakafon)
Roger Davidson & The Frank London Klezmer Orchestra- The Jester
Villages of Old (Soundbrush)
Daniel Kahn & Jake Shulman-Ment- Di Tsukunft (The Future)
The Building and Other Songs (Oriente Musik)
Leonard Cohen- Darkness
Old Ideas (Columbia)

Madeleine Peyroux- Careless Love
Careless Love (Rounder)
Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble featuring Rhiannon Giddens, Michael Ward-Bergeman & Reylon Yount- St. James Infirmary
Sing Me Home (Sony Masterwoorks)
Center of the River- Mississippi
Americana Art Music from the Mississippi (CotR)
Benoît LeBlanc- Kan mo té piti
Mô kouzin, mô kouzinn (Benoît LeBlanc)

Mike Regenstreif & April Verch (2025)

Newberry & Verch- Robin on the Wagon Wheel
Blessing on the Wing (Slab Town)

Andy Hedges- A Cowboy’s Hard Times
The Westerner (Andy Hedges)
Mike Regenstreif & Bill Staines (1993)

Bill Staines- My Sweet Wyoming Home
Miles (Mineral River)
Emily Scott Robinson- Sea of Ghosts
Appalachia (Oh Boy)
Ian Tyson- Sam Bonnifield’s Saloon
Ol’ Eon (Stony Plain)
Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2005)

Tom Russell- 1946 Martin D18
Mount Olive (Frontera)

Amy Speace- In This Home
The Blue Rock Session (Windbone)
Cliff Eberhardt & Mike Regenstreif (2024)

Cliff Eberhardt- 500 Miles
500 Miles: The Blue Rock Sessions (Red House)
Mary Gauthier- I Drink
Live at Blue Rock (In the Black)
Mike Regenstreif & Missy Burgess (2014)

Missy Burgess- Pilgrim 
Missy Burgess with The Blue Train Live (Missy Burgess)
Tom Chapin & The Chapin Sisters- Quite Early Morning
Songs of Hope (Sundance Music)

Suzanne Nuttall- Dali Never Slept
Live Without a Net (Suzanne Nuttall)
Debi Smith- Vincent Van Gogh’s Mom
Flight of the Robin (Degan Music)
Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2001) photo: Janice Hanson

Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon
- Ran Away with the Circus
Together Again (Appalsongs)
Thea Hopkins- Trouble (Pulled Up a Chair)
Blossoms & Ghosts (Thea Hopkins)

Mativetsky Amiri Pagé- Metamorphose
Metamorphose (Mativetsky Amiri Pagé)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on April 18. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif 

Monday, October 20, 2025

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – October 21, 2025: Songs I’ve Heard Missy Burgess 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/595/72459.html

Theme: Songs I’ve Heard Missy Burgess Sing.

Mike Regenstreif & Missy Burgess (2014)

Missy Burgess
is a wonderful singer and songwriter who I met shortly after I moved to Ottawa in 2007. Although she’s currently living in Sarnia, Missy remains a treasured part of the Ottawa folk scene. These are all songs I’ve heard Missy sing.

Missy Burgess- Pour Me a Song 
Pour Me a Song (Patio)

Po’ Girl Ain’t Life Sweet
Home to You (Nettwerk)
Martin Grosswendt- Come On In My Kitchen
Dog On a Dance Floor (Philo)
Odetta- Make Me a Pallet On Your Floor
Odetta and the Blues (Fantasy)
Missy Burgess- Basket of Blues
Lemon Pie (Missy Burgess)
Penny Lang- Trouble in Mind
Gather Honey (Borealis)

Mary Gauthier- Mercy Now 
Mercy Now (Lost Highway)
Rosanne Cash- Time
Come On Up to the House: Women Sing Waits (Dualtone)
Missy Burgess- Don’t Go to Cincinnati
Play Me Sweet (Missy Burgess)
Pete Wernicks Live Five & Joan (Nondi) Wernick- My Buddy
Up All Night (Niwot)
Mose Scarlett, Jackie Washington & Ken Whiteley- We’ll Meet Again
We’ll Meet Again (Borealis)

Kimmie Rhodes & Willie Nelson- Picture in a Frame
Picture in a Frame (Sunbird)
Missy Burgess- My Blue Sweater
Lemon Pie (Missy Burgess)
Jay Linden- That Lucky Old Sun
Under the Radar (Jay Linden)
Missy Burgess & Michael Burgess- When You Wish Upon a Star
Pour Me a Song (Patio)
Ball & Chain & The Wreckers- Come on Up to the House 
Satisfied (Moo Music)

Missy Burgess- Missy’s Blues
Pour Me a Song (Patio)
Steve Earle & The Del McCoury Band- Pilgrim
The Mountain (New West)
Madeleine Peyroux- Smile
Half the Perfect World (Rounder)

Missy Burgess- Dance Me Slow
Play Me Sweet (Missy Burgess)

Next week: Remembering Bob Franke and Danny Thompson.

--Mike Regenstreif

Monday, February 17, 2025

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – February 25, 2025: A Tribute to Nina Simone


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/595/69011.html

Theme: A Tribute to Nina Simone (1933-2003).


Nina Simone
– who died in 2003 at age 70 – was a singer, songwriter, and pianist whose music encompassed classical, jazz, blues, folk, gospel and pop styles. She was also an activist and was often referred to as “the High Priestess of Soul.”

Nina Simone- Suzanne
To Love Somebody (RCA)

Nina Simone- Rags and Old Iron
Forbidden Fruit (Colpix)
Oscar Brown, Jr.- Work Song
The Voice of Cool (Not Now Music)
Nina Simone- Forbidden Fruit
Forbidden Fruit (Colpix)

Nina Simone- Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
To Love Somebody (RCA)
Tom Russell & The Norwegian Wind Ensemble- Nina Simone
Aztec Jazz (Frontera)

Linda Tillery & The Cultural Heritage Choir- See Line Woman
Front Porch Music (EarthBeat!)
Susan Werner- House of the Rising Sun
NOLA: Susan Werner Goes to New Orleans (Sleeve Dog)
Missy Burgess- Trouble in Mind
Missy Burgess with The Blue Train Live (Missy Burgess)
Sneezy Waters- Solitude
Sneezy Waters (Sneezy Waters)
Nina Simone- The Gal from Joe’s
Nina Simone Sings Ellington (Colpix)

Odetta- When I was a Young Girl
Odetta at Carnegie Hall (Vanguard)
Rufus Wainwright- Hush Little Baby
Folkocracy (BMG)
Nina Simone- Silver City Bound
Folksy Nina (Colpix)

Nina Simone- Mississippi Goddam
The Best of Broadside 1962-1988 (Smithsonian Folkways)

Nina Simone- Stars
The Montreux Years (BMG)
Janis Ian- Nina
The Light at the End of the Line (Rude Girl)

Willie Nelson- Come Ye
Last Leaf on the Tree (Legacy)
Nina Simone- Balm in Gilead
Baltimore (Epic/Legacy)
Ledisi- I’m Going Back Home
Ledisi Sings Nina (BMG)

Nina Simone- I Shall Be Released
To Love Somebody (RCA)

Next week: A Tribute to Fats Domino on Mardi Gras Day.

--Mike Regenstreif

Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday June 15, 2024


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/128/65590.html

Kyle Carey- June Day
North Star (Americelta)

Terre Roche- Fish Out of Water
Inner Adult (Terre Roche)
Bill Hearne- Bluebird
Always Trust Your Cape (Howlin’ Dog) 
Laurie Lewis- Just a Little Ways Down the Road
Trees (Spruce & Maple Music)
Adam Karch- Some Awkward Country Ahead
Some Awkward Country Ahead (Adam Karch)
Lynne Hanson- Just a Poet
Just a Poet (Lynne Hanson)

John Gorka- She’s That Kind of Mystery
Bright Side of Down (Red House)
John Gorka, Mike Regenstreif & Lucy Kaplansky (2012)

Lucy Kaplansky- Texas Blues
The Tide (Red House)
Mike Regenstreif & Bill Morrissey (2005)

Bill Morrissey- Barstow
Bill Morrissey (Philo)
Laurie Lewis- Long Gone
Trees (Spruce & Maple Music)
Jon Shain- Old Bill (for Bill Morrissey)
Restless Soul Syndrome (Flyin’)

Rory Block- Everything is Broken
Positively 4th Street: A Tribute to Bob Dylan (Stony Plain)
Christian Parker- Chimes of Freedom
Change is Now: A Tribute to The Byrds (Subcat)
Cat Power- It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert (Domino)
Bob Dylan- Forever Young
Shadow Kingdom (Columbia/Legacy)
Rory Block- Ring Them Bells
Positively 4th Street: A Tribute to Bob Dylan (Stony Plain)

The Dumptrucks- Blackstrap Breakdown
Selections (Laughing Cactus).

Michael Jerome Browne- Sliding Delta
Sliding Delta (Borealis)
Mary Flower- Monday Morning Blues
Ragtime Gal (Bluesette) 
Michael Jerome Browne & Mary Flower with John Sebastian- Coffee Blues
Gettin’ Together (Borealis/Stony Plain)
Mississippi John Hurt- I’m Satisfied
Mr. Hurt Goes to Washington (Sunset Blvd.)

Ana Egge- Sharing in the Spirit
Sharing in the Spirit (StorySound)
Alex Martin & Jess Eliot Myhre- Into the Desert
Appalachian Fall: The Song Poems of Michael Martin (Pajarito Verde)
Sue Foley- Lonesome Homesick Blues
One Guitar Woman: A Tribute to the Female Pioneers of Guitar (Stony Plain) 
Mike Regenstreif & Missy Burgess (2014)

Missy Burgess- Make Me a Pallet On Your Floor
Lemon Pie (Missy Burgess)
Kate McGarrigle- Blues in D
Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Nonesuch)

Anna McGarrigle, Sylvan Lanken & Lily Lanken- On My Way to Town
Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle (Nonesuch)
Chaim Tannenbaum- Time On My Hands
The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)
Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Emmylou Harris- Skip Rope Song
The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)
Mike Regenstreif & Rick Fines (2011)

Rick Fines- That’s What Makes You Strong
Solar Powered Too (Rick Fines)
Jesse Winchester- I Can’t Stand Up Alone
Learn to Love It (Stony Plain)

Jim Kweskin & Fiona Kweskin- What Does the Deep Sea Say
Never Too Late: Duets with My Friends (StorySound)
Eric Bibb- Mole in the Ground
Live at the Scala Theatre (Stony Plain)

Shtreiml- Uncle Tibor’s Spicy Paprikash
Spicy Paprikash (I.J. Rosenblatt)

Miranda Hardy- Strawberry Moon
The Price of Happiness (Great Divide)
Ynana Rose- Strawberry Moon
Under a Cathedral Sky (Ynana Rose Music)
Tom Russell- Strawberry Moon
The Rose of the San Joaquin (HighTone)
The Whiteley Brothers- Full Moon in June
Taking Our Time (Borealis)

Dave Van Ronk- Old Hannah
Somebody Else, Not Me (Philo)
Cris Jacobs- Work Song (I Can Still Sing)
One of These Days (Soundly Music)
Benny Bleu- Death of John Henry
Banjo Jubilations (Benny Bleu Haravitch)

Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl- The Mermaid
Recordings Celebrating 50 Years of a Musical Partnership (Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl) 
Finest Kind- Squid Jiggin’ Ground
Heart’s Delight (Fallen Angle) 
Mike Regenstreif, Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop (2014)

Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop- No More Fish
Red Shoes (Borealis)
Muriel Anderson & Suzy Bogguss- Sailing Dream
Sailing Dreams (Muriel Anderson)

Nastasia Y- Stolen Green
Kyiv Soul (Lulaworld)
Eliza Gilkyson- Sunflowers
Home (Realiza)

Lisa Gutkin- Gonna Get Through This World
From Here On In (Lisa Gutkin)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on July 13. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Monday, October 30, 2023

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday November 4, 2023


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/128/62598.html

Julie Felix- Mr. Tambourine Man
Starry Eyed and Laughing… Songs by Bob Dylan (Remarkable)

Orit Shimoni- Winnipeg
Winnipeg (Orit Shimoni)
The Fugitives- (No Help)
No Help Coming (Fallen Tree)
The Fugitives- Edge of the Sea
No Help Coming (Fallen Tree)
Bob & Sarah Amos- The Hills That I Call Home
Ever Onward (Bristlecone) 
Kathy Kallick Band- It’s Lonesome Everywhere I Go
The Lonesome Chronicles (Live Oak)

Daniel Kahn & Jake Shulman-Ment- Yeder Eyner Veys (Everybody Knows)
The Building and Other Songs (Oriente Musik)
Leonard Cohen- Everybody Knows
I’m Your Man (Columbia)
Art of Time Ensemble featuring Steven Page- A Singer Must Die
Songs of Leonard Cohen Live (Art of Time Recordings)
Jennifer Warnes- First We Take Manhattan
Famous Blue Raincoat: The Songs of Leonard Cohen 20th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory)

Connie Kaldor- Leads to a Kiss
Keep Going (Coyote Entertainment)
Shelley Posen- I Want to Write a Standard
Old Loves (Well Done Music)
Mike Regenstreif & Missy Burgess (2014)

Missy Burgess- Smile
Play Me Sweet (Missy Burgess) 

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

Too Sad for the Public featuring Ana Egge- G. Burns in the Bottom (pt 1)
Vol.2 – Yet and Still: Traditional American Folk Song-Stirring by Dick Connette (StorySound)
Orit Shimoni- What Does It Matter
Winnipeg (Orit Shimoni)
Colin Cutler with Laura Jane Vincent, Dashawn & Wendy Hickman, Aaron Pants, Rebekah Todd, David Childers- Temple of the Holy Ghost
Tarwater (Colin Cutler)
Too Sad for the Public- G. Burns in the Bottom (pt 2)
Vol.2 – Yet and Still: Traditional American Folk Song-Stirring by Dick Connette (StorySound)

Deborah Holland- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime
The Panic is On: Songs from the Great Depression (Gadfly)
Deborah Holland- Do Re Mi
The Panic is On: Songs from the Great Depression (Gadfly)
Wenzel- I Don’t Feel at Home on the Bowery No More
Ticky Tock: Wenzel Sings Woody Guthrie (Conträr Musik)
Woody Guthrie- This Land is Your Land – alternate version
This Land is Your Land: The Asch Recordings Vol. 1 (Smithsonian Folkways)
Daniel Kahn & Jake Shulman-Ment- Dos Land iz Dayn Land (This Land is Your Land)
The Building and Other Songs (Oriente Musik)

Ray Bonneville- Night Cab
On the Blind Side (Stonefly)
Last Birds- After Dark
Endless Turn of Day into Night (Last Birds)
Kerri Powers- Someone Else’s Prayer
Love is Why (Must Have Music)
Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon- Do the Work
Together (Appalseed)

Alice Gerrard- Sun to Sun
Sun to Sun (Sleepy Cat)

Misty Blues- How Long Blues
Tell Me Who You Are: A Live Tribute to Odetta (Guitar One)
Odetta, Dave Keyes & Mike Regenstreif (2008)

Odetta- Careless Love/St. Louis Blues
Blues Everywhere I Go (M.C.)

I will be joining Ron Olesko of the Folk Music Notebook to MC the Greenwich Village Folk Festival's free online concert on Sunday, November 5, 7 pm (ET). You can watch the concert live at this link. It will also be archived for later viewing.

Andrew Calhoun- John’s Wife
Staring at the Sun: Songs 1973-1981 (Waterbug)
Mary Flower- Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
Ragtime Gal (Bluesette)
Cliff Eberhardt- Man in the Moon
Knew Things (Tin Pan Ally)
Tret Fure- The Language of Love
Lavender Moonshine (Tomboy girl)
Dean Friedman- Ariel
Dean Friedman (Real Life)

Windborne- Grey Funnel Line
Recollections/Revolutions (Wand’ring Feet)
David Francey- Harbour
The Breath Between (Laker Music)
Orit Shimoni- Witness
Winnipeg (Orit Shimoni)
Tom Waits- Tom Traubert’s Blues
Small Change (Asylum)
Daniel Kahn & Jake Shulman-Ment- Tom Trauberts Kloglid (Tom Traibert’s Blues)
The Building and Other Songs (Oriente Musik)

Finest Kind- Give Me Just a Little More Time
Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on December 2. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm. 

--Mike Regenstreif

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday October 10, 2023: Songs of Tom Waits


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/595/62260.html

Theme: Songs of Tom Waits.

Tom Waits- A Sight for Sore Eyes
Foreign Affairs (Elektra)


Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer- Ol ‘55
Come On Up to the House: Women Sing Waits (Dualtone)
David Bradstreet- Grapefruit Moon 
Hindsight (David Bradstreet) 
Priscilla Herdman- I Hope That I Don’t Fall in Love with You 
Forgotten Dreams (Flying Fish) 
Tom Waits- Little Trip to Heaven (On the Wings of Your Love)
Closing Time (Elektra) 

Sneezy Waters- Invitation to the Blues
Sneezy Waters (Sneezy Waters)

Happy & Artie Traum- The Heart of Saturday Night
The Test of Time (Roaring Stream)
Claudia Schmidt- San Diego Serenade
Out of the Dark/New Goodbyes, Old Helloes (Flying Fish)
Tom Lewis- Shiver Me Timbers
Tinker Tailor Soldier Singer (Self Propelled Music)
Tom Waits- Semi Suite
The Heart of Saturday Night (Elektra)

VickiKristinaBarcelona- Cold Cold Ground
Pawn Shop Radio (StorySound)
Dave Van Ronk- Jersey Girl
To All My Friends in Far-Flung Places (Gazell)
The Once- The Briar and the Rose
The Once (Borealis)
Ball & Chain & The Wreckers- Come on Up to the House
Satisfied (Moo Music)
Tom Waits- Long Way Home
Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards (Anti-)

Tom Russell- Downtown Train
Road to Bayamon (Philo)
Kimmie Rhodes & Willie Nelson- Picture in a Frame
Picture in a Frame (Sunbird)
Missy Burgess- Time
Play Me Sweet (Missy Burgess)
Tom Waits- Tom Traubert’s Blues
Small Change (Asylum)

Tom Waits- Closing Time
Closing Time (Elektra) 

Next week: Remembering Kate Wolf (1942-1986).

Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday August 15, 2023: Remembering Tony Bennett


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.

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/595/61550.html

Theme: Remembering Tony Bennett (1926-2023).

Tony Bennett (photo: Mark Seliger)

Tony Bennett, the great jazz and pop singer, died on July 21, less than two weeks before his 97th birthday. All the songs on this show were part of Bennett’s repertoire.

Tony Bennett- Let’s Begin
The Beat of My Heart (Columbia)

Peggy Lee- I Left My Heart in San Francisco
I’m a Woman: Expanded Edition (Capitol)
Willie Nelson- Let’s Face the Music and Dance
Let’s the Face the Music and Dance (Legacy)
Diana Krall- East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)
When I Look in Your Eyes (Verve)
Tony Bennett & Bonnie Raitt- I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
Playin’ with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues (RPM/Columbia)

Tony Bennett & The Count Basie Orchestra- Anything Goes
Count Basie Swings/Tony Bennett Sings (Roulette)
Mariane Faithfull- Boulevard of Broken Dreams
20th Century Blues (RCA)
David Clayton-Thomas- When I Fall in Love
Combo (Antionette)

Tony Bennett- Just One of Those Things
Love for Sale (Columbia/Interscope)
Susie Arioli Swing Band featuring Jordan Officer- Pennies from Heaven
Pennies from Heaven (Justin Time)
Jackie Washington, Ken Whiteley & Mose Scarlett- A Little Street Where Old Friends Meet
Where Old Friends Meet (Pyramid)
Holly Cole- Whatever Lola Wants
Montreal (Universal)
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga- Love for Sale
Love for Sale (Columbia/Interscope)

Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse- Body and Soul
Duets II (Columbia)
Missy Burgess- Smile
Play Me Sweet (Missy Burgess)
Chaim Tannenbaum- It’s Only a Paper Moon
Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)
Sophie Milman- I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby
Sophie Milman (Linus)
Dave Van Ronk- As Time Goes By
Sweet & Lowdown (Justin Time)
Tony Bennett- Play It Again, Sam
I’ve Gotta Be Me (Columbia)

Tony Bennett- Blues in the Night
Playin’ with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues (RPM/Columbia)
Catherine Russell- I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
Bring It Back (Jazz Village)
Steve Howell, Dan Sumner & Jason Weinheimer- Do Nothing ‘til You Hear From Me
Long Ago (Out of the Past)
Tony Bennett & K.D. Lang- Keep the Faith Baby
Playin’ with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues (RPM/Columbia)

Tony Bennett & The Count Basie Orchestra- Are You Having Any Fun
Strike Up the Band (Roulette)

Next week: Remembering Robbie Robertson (1943-2023). 

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday, March 11, 2023

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday March 21, 2023: “Shout, Sister, Shout” and Other Songs from the Repertoire of Sister Rosetta Tharpe


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.

111 episodes of Stranger Songs are listed and available to stream on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/index.html

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/595/59755.html

Theme: “Shout, Sister, Shout” and Other Songs from the Repertoire of Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915-1973).


Sister Rosetta Tharpe
, who died in 1973 at age 58, primarily – but not exclusively – sang and played gospel and African-American spirituals. She played electric guitar and has been called “the godmother of rock ‘n’ roll.”

Sister Rosetta Tharpe with Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra- Shout, Sister, Shout!
Bring Back Those Happy Days: Greatest Hits and Selected Recordings 1938-1957 (Jasmine)

Odetta with The Holmes Brothers- Two Little Fishes and Five Loaves of Bread
Shout, Sister, Shout! A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe (M.C.)
Bobby McFerrin- Joshua (Fit the Battle of Jericho)
Spirityouall (Sony Masterworks)
Mountain City Four- This Train
Mountain City Four (Omnivore)
Ken Whiteley- Precious Memories
Long Time Travelling (Ken Whiteley)
Phoebe Snow with The Holmes Brothers- Beams of Heaven
Shout, Sister, Shout! A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe (M.C.)

Sister Rosetta Tharpe- Is Everyone Happy
This Train in Concert (Sunset Blvd.)

Rory Block- Stand By Me
Shout, Sister, Shout! A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe (M.C.)
Ronnie Hawkins- Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
The Folk Ballads of Ronnie Hawkins (Edsel)
Mavis Staples & Lucky Peterson- Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen
Spirituals & Gospel (Gitanes)
Eliza Gilkyson & Jimmy LaFave- Down by the Riverside
Secularia (Red House)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe- That’s All
Bring Back Those Happy Days: Greatest Hits and Selected Recordings 1938-1957 (Jasmine)

Missy Burgess- Trouble in Mind
Missy Burgess with The Blue Train Live (Missy Burgess)
Marcia Ball with Tracy Nelson, Maria Muldaur & Angela Strehli- I Want a Tall Skinny Papa
Shout, Sister, Shout! A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe (M.C.)

Rhiannon Giddens- Up Above My Head
Tomorrow is My Turn (Nonesuch)
Bruce Cockburn- Twelve Gates to the City
Bone on Bone (True North)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe- Travelin’ Shoes
This Train in Concert (Sunset Blvd.)
Bernice Johnson Reagon, Kim & Reggie Harris- Oh Mary, Don’t You Weep
Get On Board: Underground Railroad & Civil Rights Freedom Songs, Volume 2 (Appleseed)
Marie Knight- Didn’t It Rain
Shout, Sister, Shout! A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe (M.C.)

Margaret Glaspy, Bruce Molsky, Brittnay Haas, Julian Lage, Joe Phillips & Jayme Stone- What is the Soul of Man?
Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project (Borealis)
Lonnie Johnson- That Lonesome Road
The Complete Folkways Recordings (Smithsonian Folkways)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe- Jonah in the Whale
This Train in Concert (Sunset Blvd.)

Maria Muldaur, Marcia Ball, Angela Strehli & Tracy Nelson- Shout, Sister, Shout
Shout, Sister, Shout! A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe (M.C.)

Next week: Cowboys & Cowgirls.

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Friday, August 26, 2022

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday August 30, 2022: Festival of Flowers


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/595/57439.html

Theme: Festival of Flowers – all of the songs have something or other to do with flowers.


Tish Hinojosa- Festival of Flowers
Where Have All the Flowers Gone: The Songs of Pete Seeger, Volume 1 (Appleseed)

Mike Regenstreif & Priscilla Herdman (1978) photo: Ron Petronko
Priscilla Herdman- The Water Lily
The Water Lily (Philo)
Chris Rawlings- Iris of Flowers
Pearl Soupe (Cooking Fat Music)
Finest Kind- The Faded Roses of December
Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle)
Lynn Miles with Keith Glass- Black Flowers
Road (Lynn Miles)

The Haden Triplets- Wildwood Flower
The Family Songbook (Trimeter/Thirty Tigers)
The Smith Sisters- The Bramble and the Rose
Roadrunner (Flying Fish)

Kimmie Rhodes- Wild Roses
West Texas Heaven (Justice)

Mountain City Four- Erev Shel Shoshanim
Mountain City Four (Omnivore)
Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Sunflower
La vache qui pleure (Tribu)

Eric Andersen & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Eric Andersen- Violets of Dawn
Woodstock Under the Stars (Y&T Music)
Last Forever- Who’ll Water My Flowers
No Place Like Home/Last Forever (2nd Story Sound)
Anne Hills- Thoughts in Flowers
Beauty Attends: The Heartsongs of Opal Whiteley (Collective Works)

Tiny Tim- Tiptoe Through the Tulips
God Bless Tiny Tim (Now Sounds)
Peter Rowan- Lotus Flower
My Aloha (Omnivore)
Caroline Doctorow- Cactus Flower
Little Lovin’ Darling (Narrow Lane)
Martyn Joseph- Flower Lady
Days of Decision: A Tribute to Phil Ochs (Pipe)

The Wailin' Jennys- Wildflowers
Fifteen (True North)

Mike Regenstreif & Missy Burgess (2014)

Missy Burgess- Just Like Roses Do
Lemon Pie (Missy Burgess)
Quartette- Rocks and Roses
Rocks and Roses (Outside Music)
Deirdre McCalla- Amaryllis
Endless Grace (MaidenRock)
Stan Rogers- The Flowers of Bermuda
Between the Breaks…Live! (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Hoyle Osborne- The Chrysanthemum
Live at the Diamond Belle (Ripple)

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

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--Mike Regenstreif

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday June 7, 2022: Disney Songs


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 at 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/595/56478.html

Theme: Disney Songs


This theme was inspired by Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida, and other Florida Republicans who picked a fight with Disney because Disney ultimately stood up for the LGBTQ+ community in the wake of Florida’s so-called Don’t Say Gay law.

Ken Nordine, Bill Frisell, Wayne Horvitz, Natalie Merchant, Michael Stipe, Mark Bingham, The Roches/Los Lobos- Opening Medley: Hi Diddle Dee Dee (An Actor’s Life for Me)/Little April Shower/I Wanna Be Like You
Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films (A&M)

Louis Armstrong- Whistle While You Work
Disney Songs the Satchmo Way (Buena Vista)
Mary Martin with Tutti Camarata & His Orchestra- Heigh-Ho
Disney’s Jazz Album: Big Band & Swing (Disneyland)
Imany- Someday My Prince Will Come
Jazz Loves Disney (Verve)

Dakota Dave Hull & Sean Blackburn- Blue Shadows on the Trail
River of Swing (Arabica)
Louis Armstrong- Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo
Disney Songs the Satchmo Way (Buena Vista)
Scatman Crothers, Phill Harris, Thurl Ravenscroft & Liz English- Ev’rybody Wants to Be a Cat
Disney’s Jazz Album: Big Band & Swing (Disneyland)

The Amazing Keystone Big Band- Steamboat Willie
Jazz Loves Disney (Verve)

Louis Prima- Chim Chim Cher-ee
Let’s Fly with Mary Poppins (Walt Disney)
Julie Andrews- A Spoonful of Sugar
Disney’s Jazz Album: Big Band & Swing (Disneyland)
Gia Malone- Sister Suffragette
Let’s Fly with Mary Poppins (Walt Disney)
Duke Ellington- Let’s Go Fly a Kite
Mary Poppins (Reprise)
Louis Prima & Gia Malone- Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Let’s Fly with Mary Poppins (Walt Disney)

Mary Martin with Tutti Camarata & His Orchestra- I’m Late
Disney’s Jazz Album: Big Band & Swing (Disneyland)
Bill Lee- Cruella De Vil
Disney’s Jazz Album: Big Band & Swing (Disneyland)
Melody Gardot- He’s a Tramp
Jazz Loves Disney (Verve)
Missy Burgess & Michael Burgess- When You Wish Upon a Star
Pour Me a Song (Patio)

Phil Harris- Thomas O’Malley Cat
Disney’s Jazz Album: Big Band & Swing (Disneyland)
Eliza Gilkyson- Bare Necessities
Your Town Tonight (Red House)

Bonnie Raitt & Was (Not Was)- Baby Mine
Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films (A&M)
Guy Van Duser with Leon Collins- When I See an Elephant Fly
Stride Guitar (Rounder)

Madeleine Peyroux- The Golden Touch
Jazz Loves Disney (Verve)
Maria Muldaur with Dan Hicks- Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
Swingin’ in the Rain (Music for Little People)
Aaron Neville- Mickey Mouse March
Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films (A&M)

The Dave Brubeck Quartet- Give a Little Whistle
Dave Digs Disney (Columbia)

Next week: Songs of Wade Hemsworth and Songs of Bill Morrissey

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--Mike Regenstreif

Friday, July 2, 2021

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday July 6, 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 was prerecorded at home and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/52602.html

Theme: The Fourth Stranger Songs Fantasy Concert, a whole show of music recorded live in concert while we look forward to returning to concerts, clubs and festivals.

Eric Andersen- Blue River
Woodstock Under the Stars (Y&T Music)

Ian & Sylvia- Summer Wages
The Lost Tapes (Stony Plain)
Tom Russell & The Norwegian Wind Ensemble- St. Olav’s Gate
Aztec Jazz (Frontera)
Rosalie Sorrels- Girls In Our Town
Then Came the Children (Green Linnet)

Joseph Spence- Out on the Rolling Sea
Encore: Unheard Recordings of Bahamian Guitar and Singing (Smithsonian Folkways)
Bill Staines- I Bid You Goodnight
Bridges (Red House)

Hoyle Osborne- Maple Leaf Rag
Live at The Diamond Belle (Ripple)

David Amram- Pull My Daisy
Pull My Daisy (Premier)
Asleep at the Wheel- Route 66
Live at Billy Bob’s Texas (Smith)

Anna McGarrigle & Lily Lanken- Jacques et Gilles
Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle (Nonesuch)
Linda Thompson & Richard Thompson- Go Leave
Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle (Nonesuch)
Anna McGarrigle, Chaim Tannenbaum, Lily Lanken, Rufus Wainwright & Martha Wainwright- Dink’s Song
Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle (Nonesuch)

The Wailin' Jennys- Bring Me Little Water Sylvie
Live at The Mauch Chunk Opera House (Outside)
Saul Broudy- Cool Colorado
Ten Great Years at Kerrville, Volume One (Silverwolf)
Eric Taylor with Nanci Griffith- Mission Door
Live at the Red Shack (Blue Ruby)

Mike Regenstreif & Missy Burgess (2014)

Debi Smith
- Intertwined
Deep Tracks (Degan Music)
Missy Burgess- Picture in a Frame
Missy Burgess with The Blue Train Live (Missy Burgess)
Lynn Miles with Keith Glass- Rust
Road (Lynn Miles)
Bob Franke- A Healing in This Night
The Other Evening in Chicago (Waterbug)

Hoyle Osborne- The Entertainer
Live at The Diamond Belle (Ripple)

Next week – Songs About Refugees with guest Diana Jones

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Thursday, June 24, 2021

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday June 29, 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 was prerecorded at home and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/52513.html

 

Theme: Dance Music

Shelley Posen- Dance With Me
Roseberry Road (Well Done Music)

Wade Hemsworth with the Mountain City Four (lead vocal: Kate McGarrigle)- The Log Driver’s Waltz
Wade Hemsworth with the Mountain City Four (Peter Weldon)
Garnet Rogers- Under the Summer Moonlight
Sparrow’s Wing (Snow Goose Songs)
Bill Staines- Roseville Fair
The First Million Miles (Rounder)
Moore & McGregor- Dancing Shoes
Dream with Me (Ivernia)

Missy Burgess- Dance Me Slow
Play Me Sweet (Missy Burgess)
Bebop Cowboys with Chris Whiteley- Dancing on a Saturday Night
Canadian Dance Hall (Bebop Cowboys)
Nat King Cole- Let’s Face the Music and Dance
The Extraordinary Nat King Cole (Capitol)

Eric Bibb- Juke Dance
Blues, Ballads & Work Songs (Opus 3)

Sylvie Simmons- Keep Dancing
Blue on Blue (Compass)
Tower of Song- Take This Waltz
In City and in Forest (Tower of Song)
Perla Batalla featuring Bill Gable- Dance Me to the End of Love
Bird on the Wire: The Songs of Leonard Cohen (Mechuda Music)
Leonard Cohen- Thanks for the Dance
Thanks for the Dance (Columbia/Legacy)

Mike Regenstreif & Priscilla Herdman (1978) photo: Ron Petronko
Priscilla Herdman- Waltzing with Bears
Stardreamer (Alacazam)
Natalie Merchant with The Klezmatics- The Dancing Bear
Leave Your Sleep (Nonesuch)
Don Armstrong- Annabelle Teaching Her Daddy to Dance
Mother Don’t Give Up on Me Now (Ronstadt Record Co.)
Rick Fines- Scared to Dance
Solar Powered Too (Rick Fines)

Jerry Jeff Walker- Mr. Bojangles
Gypsy Songman (Rykodisc)
Kim Wallach- The Poor Boys Dance
Chatter of the Finches (Black Socks Press)
Ken Tizzard & Amelia Curran- St. John’s Waltz
A Good Dog is Lost: A Collection of Ron Hynes Songs (Ken Tizzard)

Papa John Kolstad with Wildman Mike Turk- Barnyard Dance
Beans Taste Fine (Wampus Cat)
Jackie Washington- I’m Happy Darling Dancing with You
The World of Jackie Washington (Borealis)
Carole Laure- Save the Last Dance for Me
Western Shadows (Trans-Canada)

Barry Mtterhoff- Polkas
Silk City (Flying Fish)

Next week – The Fourth Stranger Songs Fantasy Concert

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Thursday, May 27, 2021

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday June 1, 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 was prerecorded at home and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/52165.html

Theme: The Third Stranger Songs Fantasy Concert, a whole show of music recorded live in concert. We will have a “Stranger Songs Fantasy Concert” on our first show of every month until it’s safe for us to return to live music in person.

Josh White, Jr..- Say a Prayer for a Stranger
Live at the Raven Gallery (Silverwolf)

Ronny Cox- Hot Water Cornbread
Live at the Kitchen Sink (Ronny Cox)
Kate & Edith- Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor
Live at Kelso Hall (Kate & Edith)
Corin Raymond & The Sundowners- Postcard from Winnipeg
Paper Nickels (Local Rascals)

Rosalie Sorrels & Mike Regenstreif (1993)

Diana Jones
- Better Times Will Come
Live in Concert (Proper)
Judy Collins- Four Strong Winds
Living (Elektra)
Rosalie Sorrels- Then Came the Children
Then Came the Children (Green Linnet)

Perla Batalla- Bird On a Wire
Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man (Verve Forecast)
Leonard Cohen- Suzanne
Live in London (Columbia)

Noel Paul Stookey- Not That Kind of Music
Just Causes (Neworld)
Pete Seeger- L’Internationale
Singalong, Sanders Theatre, 1980 (Smithsonian Folkways)
Bruce Springsteen with The Sessions Band- When the Saints Go Marching In
Live in Dublin (Columbia)
Hans Theessink & Blue Groove- I Shall Not Be Moved
Live (Minor Music)

Guy Clark- Dublin Blues
Songs and Stories (Dualtone)
Bonnie Dobson- Bonnie’s Blues
At Folk City (Prestige)
Missy Burgess- Time
Missy Burgess with The Blue Train Live (Missy Burgess)

The Band- The Weight
Stage Fright: 50th Anniversary Edition [Live at the Royal Albert Hall, June 1971] (Capitol)
Wynton Marsalis Septut featuring The Blind Boys of Alabama- The Last Time
United We Swing: Best of the Lincoln Center Galas (Blue Engine)

Stephane Grappelli & David Grisman- Swing 42
Live (Warner Bros.)

Next week – Thinking About Elvis

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Friday, March 19, 2021

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday March 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 #7 – was prerecorded at home and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/51327.html

Theme: A tribute to Ottawa folk music volunteer extraordinaire Bob Nesbitt, the founder and director of the Ottawa Grassroots Festival. Bob died of lung cancer at age 81 on February 27 and all of the music on this edition of Stranger Songs is by just some of the artists that Bob presented at the Ottawa Grassroots Festival over the years. Click here to read Bob's obituary in the Ottawa Citizen.

Lynn Miles- Million Brilliant
Downpour (Lynn Miles)

Moore & McGregor- Dancing Shoes
Dream with Me (Ivernia)
Connie Kaldor- Singer of the Sacred Heart
Out of the Blue (Coyote)
Sneezy Waters- Little Bird
Sneezy Waters Live (Sneezy Waters)

Shawna Caspi- Oleaster
Forest Fire (Shawna Caspi)
Old Man Luedecke- I Skipped a Stone
Easy Money (True North)
Ana Miura- Only One
Cool is the Daylight (Ana Miura)
Howie Hooper- A Telephone Ring
The Art of Procrastination (Howie Hooper)
Bob Nesbitt at the Ottawa Grassroots Festival (2017)

 

Durham County Poets- Chikkaboodah Stew
Chikkaboodah Stew (Durham County Poets)
Missy Burgess- Trouble in Mind
Missy Burgess with The Blue Train Live (Missy Burgess)
Vince Halfhide- Sonny Boy Said
Vince Halfhide (Vince Halfhide)

James Keelaghan- Cold Missouri Waters
History: The First 25 Years (Borealis)
Jessica Pearson & The East Wind- Think of Me
Grave and Garden Songs (Jessica Pearson & The East Wind)
Greg Kelly- I Only See the Sun
Ghosts (Greg Kelly)
Toasted Westerns- I Can’t Stop
Out to Lunch (Moo Music)

Russ Kelley- Whiskey Stone Blues
In Plain Sight (Ark Road Music Productions)
Tannis Slimmon- In and Out of Harmony
In and Out of Harmony (Tannis Slimmon)
Garnet Rogers- Old Campfires
Summer’s End (Snow Goose Songs)
Jamie Anderson- Remember Me
Songs from Home (Jamie Anderson)

Rick Fines- One Lone Loon
Solar Powered Too (Rick Fines)
Amanda Rheaume- Wolf of Time
Holding Patterns (Amanda Rheaume)
Ken Whiteley and the Beulah Band- Feel Just Like Goin’ On
Ken Whiteley and the Beulah Band (Borealis)

Chris White- Circle of Song
Music All Around (Chris White)

Next week – Songs Inspired by Bible Stories

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