Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – October 3, 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/128/77380.html

Martin Simpson- October Song

Home Recordings (Topic)

Vikki Clayton- Who Knows Where the Time Goes

It Suits Me Well: The Songs of Sandy Denny (Castle)

Linda Ronstadt & The Stone Poneys- Driftin’

Evergreen, Vol. 2 (Capitol)

Tommy Makem & Liam Clancy- White Swans and Black/Grey October Clouds

Two for the Early Dew (Shanachie)

Laura Smith & Mike Regenstreif (2013)

Laura Smith- My Bonny

As Long As I’m Dreaming (Borealis)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2006)

Jesse Winchester- Yankee Lady

Jesse Winchester (Stony Plain)

Karine Polwart & Dave Milligan- Talk to Me of Mendocino

Still As You’re Sleeping (Hudson)

Dave Clarke, Lucinda Chodan & Mike Regenstreif (2025)

Dave Clarke- October 

GuitarSongs (Crossties)

Satellite Birdhouse- October

Satellite Birdhouse (Satellite Birdhouse)

Buddy Miller featuring The War & Treaty- Lay Down the Burden of Your Heart

Buddy Miller (New West)

The Kennedys- Smoketree

Smoketree (The Kennedys)

Dida Pelled- Hesitation Blues

I Wish You Would (La Reserve)

Donna Herula- Wish I Could See You Again

Cold Feet (Donna Herula)

Mary Gauthier- Black Ice

Reckoning (Soundly Music/Thirty Tigers)

Doug McArthur- Lean into the Wind

Smoke & Whiskey (Doug McArthur)

AJ Lee & Blue Summit- Glendale Train

Cover to Cover (Signature Sounds)

Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Cockburn (2017)

Bruce Cockburn- Goin’ Down the Road

Rarities (True North)

Woody Guthrie with Cisco Houston & Sonny Terry- Going Down the Road Feeling Bad

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

Mike Regenstreif & Lisa Gutkin of The Klezmatics (2025)

The Klezmatics- I Wanna Ride

Wonder Wheel – Lyrics by Woody Guthrie: 20th Anniversary Edition (Shamus)

Carla Sciaky- Dear Mr. Bowers 

Heart of the Swan (Propinquity)

Shelley Posen & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2023)

Shelley Posen- Packed 

Mazel (Well Done Music)

Shari Ulrich & Mike Regenstreif (2019)

Shari Ulrich- The Sweater

Back to Shore (Borealis)

Mike Regenstreif & Missy Burgess (2014)

Missy Burgess- My Blue Sweater

Lemon Pie (Missy Burgess)

Kate Greenland- Bittersweetheart

Longing and Dreaming (Kate Greenland)

Margo Price- Rita Ballou

Old No. 1 Revisited (Truly Handmade)

Jade Bird- L.A. Freeway

Old No. 1 Revisited (Truly Handmade)

Guy Clark- Dublin Blues 

Dublin Blues: 30th Anniversary Edition (Compass)

Doc Watson- Columbus Stockade Blues

Memories (Sugar Hill)

Carla Gover & Friends featuring Jeri Katherine Howell- Plant a Seed, Write a Song

William Branch is Hard to Find (Joe Hill Music)

Allison Russell featuring Ruby Amanfu- Just Like Saturday

In the Hour of Chaos (Fantasy)

Mama's Broke- Failing

Reunion (Free Dirt)

Rising Appalachia- Sugar Blue

Trade My Troubles (Rising Appalachia)

Frank London & The Loisaida Fife and Drum Corps- My Babe

Touzle Your Kurchy (Adhyâropa)

Harrison Kennedy- Mountain Stomp

Old Fashion Plain (Electro-Fi)

Rhiannon Giddens- High on a Mountain

Hope is the Thing with Feathers (Nonesuch)

Jake Blount- Shady Grove

Single-Footed Horse (Jake Blount)

Mike Regenstreif & Anne Hills (2001)

Anne Hills- The Benevolence of Trees

The Benevolence of Trees (Hand & Heart Music)

Deborah Holland- Your Safe Haven

Unadorned (Deborah Holland)

Mike Regenstreif & Orit Shimoni (2025)

Dan Bern & Orit Shimoni- Pain

Birds (Dan Bern & Orit Shimoni)

Ian Tamblyn- The Road to Ramona

The Fragile Tangent (North Track)

NEeMA- Jealousy

Watching You Think (Neemaste/Sony)

Felicity Hamer & Black Leather Rose- Heavy Hitter

Felicity Hamer & Black Leather Rose (Felicity Hamer & Black Leather Rose)

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Russell (2012)

Tom Russell- October in the Railroad Earth

October in the Railroad Earth (Frontera)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on October 31. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

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 

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 Wernick’s 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

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

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

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

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).

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

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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--Mike Regenstreif

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

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