Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – May 7, 2024: Songs for Mothers

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/595/65085.html

Theme: Songs for Mothers.

Some of these songs are written about mothers, some are written from the perspectives of mothers.

Rachel Bissex- Dancing with My Mother

In White Light (One Take Music)

Bob Dylan did not write “Mama You Been On My Mind” about his mother, but Bettye LaVette turned it into one about hers.

Bettye LaVette- Mama, You Been On My Mind

Things Have Changed (Verve)

Eric Bogle- Leaving Nancy

By Request (Greentrax)

Jesse Winchester & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Jesse Winchester- Ghosts

A Reasonable Amount of Trouble (Appleseed)

Anne Hills- Mother

The Things I Notice Now: Anne Hills sings the songs of Tom Paxton (Appleseed)

Lucy Kaplansky- Mother’s Day

Reunion (Red House)

Dave Clarke- Simonne

The Healing Garden (Crossties)

Rosalie Sorrels & Mike Regenstreif (1993)

Rosalie Sorrels- Baby Rocking Medley

Always a Lady (Green Linnet)

Rosalie Sorrels- Song for David

Always a Lady (Green Linnet)

Rosalie Sorrels- Apple of My Eye

Always a Lady (Green Linnet)

Nancy White- Momnipotent

Momnipotent (The Children’s Group)

Nancy White- Open That Can

Momnipotent (The Children’s Group)

Christine Albert- Are We There Yet Mama

Underneath the Lone Star Sky (Dos)

Connie Kaldor- God Made Mamas to Cry

Vinyl Songbook (Coyote Entertainment)

Connie Kaldor- Mother’s Prayer

Out of the Blue (Coyote Entertainment)

Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard- Mama’s Gonna Stay

Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard (Rounder)

David Massengill- Song to Mother

Morgana’s Sleepover and the Witch’s Hand (David Massengill)

Steel Rail- What My Mother Saw

The Road Less Travelled (Crossties)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Song for Gaby

Matapedia (Hannibal)

Shelley Posen- Fork Garden

Menorah: Songs from a Jewish Life (Well Done Music)

Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop- Red Shoes

Red Shoes (Borealis)

Nanci Griffith- Last Song for Mother

Clock Without Hands (Elektra)

Mike Regenstreif & Arlo Guthrie (1996)

Arlo Guthrie- Mother’s Voice (I Hear You Sing Again)

Here Come the Kids (Rising Son)

Odetta- Mother’s Blues

Lookin’ for a Home: Thanks to Leadbelly (M.C.)

Next week: Songs of Jacques Brel.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday September 6, 2022: Songs of Work and Jobs, Labour and Labour History

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/595/57488.html

Theme: Songs of Work and Jobs, Labour and Labour History.

Judy Collins- Bread and Roses

Bread and Roses (Elektra)

Joe Jencks- Winnipeg 1919

The Coming of the Years (Turtle Bear Music)

Windborne- Pie in the Sky

Of Hard Times & Harmony (Wand’ring Feet)

Sue Massek- Down on the Picket Line

Precious Memories: An Original Play by Si Kahn (Strictly Country)

Magpie- Which Side Are You On?

When We Stand Together (Longtail)

Sue Jeffers- Solidarity Forever

Up with the Masses (FBI)

James Keelaghan- Cold Missouri Waters

History: The First 25 Years (Borealis)

Utah Phillips & Mike Regenstreif (2005)

The Short Sisters- Schoolday’s Over

A Little Gracefulness (Black Socks Press)

John Hartford- In Tall Buildings

Essential Recordings: Good’le Days (Rounder)

John McCutcheon- Work

Leap! (Appalsongs)

Utah Phillips- All Used Up

The Long Memory (Red House)

Shelley Posen- Night Nurse

Ontario Moon (Well Done Music)

Nancy White- Mrs. Linda

Unexpected (Borealis)

Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

Grit Laskin- Sewing Machines

Unabashedly Folk (Borealis)

Maria Dunn- Speed Up

Piece By Piece (Distant Whisper)

Priscilla Herdman- Millworker

Forgotten Dreams (Flying Fish)

David Francey- Working Poor

Torn Screen Door (Laker Music)

James Talley- Workin’ for Wages

Nashville City Blues (Cimmaron)

Tom Russell, Mike Regenstreif & Priscilla Herdman (2000)

Rosalie Sorrels- Aragon Mill

The Long Memory (Red House)

Tom Russell- U.S. Steel

Old Songs Yet to Sing (Frontera)

Odetta- Unemployment Blues

Blues Everywhere I Go (M.C.)

Kat Goldman- Put Your Toolbox Down

The Workingman’s Blues (Kat Goldman)

Oscar Brown, Jr.- Hymn to Friday

The Voice of Cool (Not Now Music)

Stan Rogers- Working Joe

Northwest Passage (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Leon Bibb- Joe Hill

Praising Peace: A tribute to Paul Robeson (Stony Plain)

Next week: Songs of Gordon Lightfoot.

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--Mike Regenstreif

This week in Folk Roots/Folk Branches history (May 18-May 24)

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 for some time as occasional features on CKUT, and is now a blog. Here’s the 38th 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.

May 19, 1994: Guest- Connie Kaldor; Extended feature- Priscilla Herdman.
May 18, 1995: Extended feature- Songs about the Canadian Prairies.
May 23, 1996: Guest- Penny Lang.
May 22, 1997: Show theme- Songs about politicians, the political process and current issues.
May 18, 2000: Guest- Nancy White.
May 24, 2001: Show theme- "A nod to Bob Dylan" on his 60th birthday.
May 22, 2003: Guest- Maria Dunn; Extended feature- Tribute to the late Freyda Epstein.
May 19, 2005: Guest- Sue Foley.
May 24, 2007: Show theme- Songs of Bob Dylan on his 66th birthday.

--Mike Regenstreif

This week in Folk Roots/Folk Branches history (September 22-28)

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 fourth 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 22, 1994: Extended feature- Nancy White.
September 26, 1996: Show theme- A tribute to Woody Guthrie.
September 24, 1998: Extended feature- Robert Johnson.
September 23, 1999: Guest- Martin Grosswendt.
September 26, 2002: Guests- Jack Nissenson & Stephanie Beneteau.
September 23, 2004: Leonard Cohen Special with guests Judy Collins and Perla Batalla.
September 22, 2005: Show theme- The folk roots of Bob Dylan.
September 28, 2006: Guest- Eve Goldberg.
September 27, 2007 (Folk Roots/Folk Branches feature): Songs inspired by the devastation of New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina.
September 25, 2008 (Folk Roots/Folk Branches feature): Songs of Son House.

--Mike Regenstreif