Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – July 14, 2026: 'Round Midnight

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/595/76229.html

Theme: ‘Round Midnight.

Linda Ronstadt with Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra- ‘Round Midnight

For Sentimental Reasons (Asylum)

Mike Regenstreif & Cathy Fink (2025)

Cathy Fink- The Midnight Prayerlight

Doggone My Time (Sugar Hill)

Tish Hinojosa- Midnight Moonlight

Taos to Tennessee (Watermelon)

Sylvia Tyson & Mike Regenstreif (1997)

Ian & Sylvia- Midnight

The Beginning of the End (Bear Family)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Tom Russell- The Santa Fe at Midnight 

Borderland (HighTone)

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

Tom Paxton- Dogs at Midnight

Tom Paxton 6 (Elektra)

Andrew Collins Trio- Sunlight at Midnight

Groove (Andrew Collins Trio)

Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt- Midnight Sun

Esperanza (Crooked Cyclone)

HotCha!- Walkin’ After Midnight

Dust Bowl Roots: Songs for the New Depression (HotCha!)

Nanci Griffith- Tequila After Midnight

The Loving Kind (Rounder)

David Mallett- Midnight on the Water

Midnight on the Water (North Road)

Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

David Francey- Nearly Midnight

Maps (Laker Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2009)

Jesse Winchester- Midnight Bus

Third Down, 110 to Go (Stony Plain)

Odetta- Midnight Special 

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

Paul Geremia & Mike Regenstreif (2012)

Paul Geremia- Midnight Hour Blues

Self Portrait in Blues (Red House)

Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley- Midnight Stroll

DeltaPhonic (Elrctro-Fi)

Long John Baldry- Midnight in New Orleans

The Best of the Stony Plain Years (Stony Plain)

Maria Muldaur- Midnight at the Oasis 

Maria Muldaur (Reprise)

Tom Waits- Midnight Lullaby

Closing Time (Elektra) 

Paul Winter Consort- Minuit

Icarus (Living Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Marc Nerenberg (2009)

Marc Nerenberg- The Midnight Sky is Boiling

Lies, Butterflies, and Tyrants (Marc Nerenberg)

Doug McArthur- Almost Midnight

Letters from the Coast/Sisteron (Snow Goose Songs)

Thelonious Monk- ‘Round Midnight

Thelonious Himself (Riverside)

Next week: Dave Van Ronk at 90.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – June 2, 2026: Songs for International Sex Workers 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/595/75625.html

Theme: Songs for International Sex Workers Day.

International Sex Workers Day is marked annually on June 2 to honour sex workers and call attention to the often inhumane conditions of their work. While some choose sex work voluntarily, too many – too often underaged – are forced into it, by their dire circumstances, because they are being exploited, or because they are victims of human trafficking.

Some of these songs are explicitly about sex workers or are sung from their perspectives, some of them mention sex workers as part of the stories they’re telling, and some of them are implicitly about sex workers.

Nanci Griffith- Lookin’ for the Time (Working Girl)

The Last of the True Believers (Philo)

Lucinda Williams- House of Earth

Ghosts of Highway 20 (Highway 20)

Lynn Miles- High Heels in the Snow

Winter (Lynn Miles)

Odetta- New Orleans (House of the Rising Sun)

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

Hal Cannon- Hurdy Gurdy Girl

Cowboy Sutra (Okehdokee)

Hedy West- Whore’s Lament

Love, Hell and Biscuits (Bear Family)

Si Kahn- Backroom Lady

New Wood (Philo)

Townes Van Zandt- Tecumseh Valley

Live at Union Chapel, London, England (Tomato)

Suzy Thompson- Louise

Suzy Sings Siebel Volume One (Suzy Thompson)

David Bromberg- Sammy’s Song

David Bromberg (Columbia)

Tim Grimm- San Francisco Mabel Joy

Names (Wind River)

Tina Turner- Private Dancer

Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll (Rhino)

Dana Gillespie- Brewer Street Blues

First Love (Fretsore)

Tom Paxton- Cindy’s Cryin’/The Hooker

The Compleat Tom Paxton (Even Compleater) (Rhino Handmade)

Eliza Gilkyson- Dream Lover

Beautiful World (Red House)

Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris with Kate & Anna McGarrigle- 1917

Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions (Asylum)

Heather Masse & Dick Hyman- Love for Sale

Lock My Heart (Red House)

Peter, Paul & Mary- No Other Name

Album 1700 (Warner Bros.)

John Stewart- Josie

Cannons in the Rain/Wingless Angels (One Way)

Guy Clark- Let Him Roll

Keepers: a live recording (Sugar Hill)

Marianne Faithfull- Boulevard of Broken Dreams

20th Century Blues (RCA)

Next week: Songs of Richard Fariña.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – February 24, 2026: The Legacy of Lead Belly

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/595/74248.html

Theme: The Legacy of Lead Belly.

Lead Belly – whose real name was Huddie Ledbetter – was one of the most important and influential blues and folk singers of all time. Lead Belly was born in Louisiana in 1888 or 1889 and died in 1949 at age 60 or 61. Lead Belly was known as the King of the 12-String Guitar, and he recorded and performed prolifically in the 1930s and ‘40s, Many of his  songs – both songs he wrote – and many traditional songs he adapted, have been recorded and sung by countless artists. 

This show includes some of Lead Belly’s recordings, versions of songs from his repertoire by many other artists, and a couple of tribute songs to him.

Lead Belly- Good Morning Blues #2

Bourgeois Blues: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 2 (Smithsonian Folkways)

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee- Rock Island Line

Blues Masters, Vol. 5 (Storyville)

Guy Davis & Fabrizio Poggi- Take This Hammer

Sonny & Brownie’s Last Train (M.C.)

Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder- Pick a Bale of Cotton

Get On Board: The Songs of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (Nonesuch)

Harry Belafonte- Cotton Fields

Belafonte Sings the Blues (RCA)

Lead Belly- Governor Pat Neff (Sweet Mary)

Shout On: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 3 (Smithsonian Folkways)

Pete Seeger- Huddie Ledbetter was Helluva Man

Pete (Living Music)

Odetta- In the Pines

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

Dave Van Ronk- Old Hannah

Somebody Else, Not Me (Philo)

Sweet Honey in the Rock- The Midnight Special 

A Tribute: Live! Jazz at Lincoln Centre (Appleseed)

Eric Bibb & JJ Milteau- Bring a Little Water, Sylvie

Lead Belly’s Gold (Stony Plain)

Lead Belly with The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet- Alabama Bound

Take This Hammer – When the Sun Goes Down, Vol. 5 (Bluebird)

Howard Armstrong- John Henry

Louie Bluie (Blue Suit)

Ian & Sylvia- Ella Speed

Four Strong Winds (Vanguard)

Elijah Wald- Duncan and Brady

Street Corner Cowboys (Black Rose)

Andy Hedges featuring Dom Flemons- When I was a Cowboy

Roll On, Cowboys (Andy Hedges)

Lead Belly with Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee- Diggin’ My Potatoes

Bourgeois Blues: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 2 (Smithsonian Folkways)

Cathy Winter- House of the Rising Sun

Next Sweet Time (Flying Fish)

Nina Simone- Silver City Bound

Folksy Nina (Colpix)

Long John Baldry- We’re in the Same Boat Brother

Remembering Lead Belly (Stony Plain)

Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, Sonny Terry & Cisco Houston- We Shall Be Free

Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection (Smithsonian Folkways)

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee- Best of Friends

Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry Sing (Smithsonian Folkways)

Lead Belly- Irene (Goodnight Irene)

Where Did You Sleep Last Night: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 1 (Smithsonian Folkways)

Next week: The Water Lily and Other Song/Poems of Henry Lawson.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – February 10, 2026: Songs of – or inspired by – the Civil Rights Movement

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/595/74038.html

Theme: Songs of – or inspired by – the Civil Rights Movement.

Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the March on Washington, Aug. 28, 1963

, 
As Julius Lester sings in our opening song, “freedom is a constant struggle.” This is especially true now when the current American president and his administration is working to undo decades of progress made by the Civil Rights Movement.

Julius Lester- Freedom is a Constant Struggle

Freedom is a Constant Struggle (Folk Era)

Fannie Lou Hamer- Woke Up This Morning

Songs My Mother Taught Me (Smithsonian Folkways)

SNCC Freedom Singers- Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round

Voices of the Civil Rights Movement (Smithsonian Folkways)

The Sojourners- Eyes On the Prize 

Hold On (Black Hen Music)

Harry Belafonte- Michael Row the Boat Ashore 

The Midnight Special (RCA)

Mavis Staples with Ladysmith Black Mambazo- We Shall Not Be Moved

We’ll Never Turn Back (Anti-)

Nina Simone- Mississippi Goddam 

The Best of Broadside 1962-1988 (Smithsonian Folkways)

Reggie Harris- Been Down Into the South

Ready to Go (Reggie Harris Music)

Sally Rogers & Claudia Schmidt- Still on the Bridge

We are Welcomed (Pragmavision)

The Staple Singers- Freedom Highway

Freedom Highway (Columbia/Legacy)

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

Gonna Let It Shine (M.C.)

Joan Baez- All My Trials

Joan Baez (Vanguard)

Bob Dylan- Only a Pawn in Their Game

The Times They Are A-Changin’ (Columbia/Legacy)

Peter, Paul & Mary- If I Had a Hammer

Peter, Paul and Mary (Warner Bros.)

Mahalia Jackson- How I Got Over

Sunday Morning Prayer Meeting with Mahalia Jackson (Columbia/Legacy)

Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr..- Excerpt from “I Have a Dream” speech delivered on August 28, 1963 at The March on Washington

Kim & Reggie Harris- Free At Last

Steal Away: Songs of the Underground Railroad (Appleseed)

Sam Cooke- A Change is Gonna Come 

Ain’t That Good News (RCA)

The Impressions- People Get Ready

People Get Ready (ABC Paramount)

Pete Seeger- We Shall Overcome

We Shall Overcome: The Complete Carnegie Hall Concert (Columbia)

Charlie Haden & Hank Jones- We Shall Overcome

Steal Away: Spirituals, Hymns and Folk Songs (Verve)

Next week: A Mardi Gras Day Tribute to Louis Prima.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – December 23, 2025: A Christmas Concert with Odetta and More Songs for the Holiday

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/595/73359.html

Theme: A Christmas Concert with Odetta and More Songs for the Holiday.

Odetta – who died in 2008 less than a month before her 78th birthday – was one of the most influential folksingers of her time. In the late-1950s, a teenaged rock singer in Minnesota named Robert Zimmerman decided to pursue folk music after hearing an Odetta album, and later arrived in New York City calling himself Bob Dylan. Others, among many, who have cited Odetta’s influence include Joan Baez, Nina Simone, Janis Joplin and Harry Belafonte. Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. referred to Odetta as “the voice of the civil rights movement.

Odetta was accompanied throughout the concert by pianist Seth Farber and, on a couple of songs, by The Holmes Brothers.

Odetta with The Holmes Brothers- This Little Light of Mine

Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)

Odetta- Rise Up Shepherd and Follow

Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)

Odetta- Mary had a Baby

Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)

Odetta- What Month was Jesus Born In

Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)

Odetta- Shout for Joy

Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)

Odetta- Virgin Mary Had One Son

Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)

Odetta with The Holmes Brothers- Down By the Riverside

Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)

Odetta- Poor Little Jesus

Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)

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

Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)

Odetta- Somebody Talking ‘Bout Jesus

Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)

Odetta- Keep On Movin’ It On

Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)

Odetta- O Jerusalem

Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)

Odetta- If Anybody Asks You

Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)

Odetta- Midnight Special

Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)

Chris White- That’s Christmas

That’s Christmas – single (Chris White)

Maggie’s Wake- It Ain’t Christmas Without You

Close to Home (Maggie’s Wake)

Chaim Tannenbaum- A Winter Tale

A Winter Tale – single (StorySound)

Good Lovelies- The Chipmunk Song

Under the Mistletoe (Good Lovelies)

Erik Frandsen- Christmas in Brooklyn

Antiques: New & Used (Erik Frandsen)

Shelley Posen- You are All the Christmas That I Need

Old Loves (Well Done Music)

Rosalie Sorrels- Hot Buttered Rum

An Imaginary Christmas in Idaho (Limberlost)

Stan Rogers- At Last, I’m Ready for Christmas

Songs of a Lifetime: From Coffeehouse to Concert Hall (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

David Massengill- Jesus, the Fugitive Prince 

The Return (Plump)

Next week: My Top 10 Folk-Rooted or Folk-Branched albums of 2025.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – November 25, 2025: If It Wasn’t for the Work of the Weavers

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/595/72951.html

Theme: If It Wasn’t for the Work of the Weavers.

The Weavers – who came together in 1948 – were Pete Seeger (1919-2014) and Lee Hays (1914-1981), who had sung together earlier in The Almanac Singers, Ronnie Gilbert (1926-2015) and Fred Hellerman (1927-2016). Despite being victims of the McCarthy Era blacklist, The Weavers were the folk group that inspired The Kingston Trio, Peter, Paul & Mary, and all the other folk groups of the 1950s and ‘60s who fueled the folk boom. Pete left the group in 1958 and was replaced by Erik Darling (1933-2008) for four years, and then briefly by Frank Hamilton (1934-) and Bernie Krause (1938-) before disbanding in 1964. The original Weavers continued to come together occasionally – most notably in 1963 and 1980 – for reunion concerts.

The Weavers- Kisses Sweeter Than Wine

The Weavers at Carnegie Hall (Vanguard)

Bruce Springsteen & The Sessions Band- When the Saints Go Marching In

Live in Dublin (Columbia)

The Travellers- Lonesome Traveller

The Travellers 1960-1966: This Land is Your Land (Sony)

The Balladeers- Darlin’ Corey

It’s About Time (The Balladeers)

The Weavers- Erie Canal

Traveling On with The Weavers (Vanguard)

Peter, Paul & Mary- If I Had a Hammer

Peter Paul and Mary (Warner Bros.)

Chaim Tannenbaum, Dane Lanken, Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Dig My Grave

The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)

The Wainwright Sisters- Go Tell Aunt Rhody

Songs in the Dark (MapleMusic)

The Weavers- Wasn’t That a Time

The Weavers On Tour (Vanguard)

Kim & Reggie Harris- Follow the Drinking Gourd

Steal Away: Songs of the Underground Railroad (Appleseed)

John McCutcheon with Finest Kind- Die Gedanken Sind Frei

To Everyone in All the World: A Celebration of Pete Seeger (Appalsongs)

Perla Batalla- Guantanamera

Discoteca Batalla (Mechuda Music)

Weavermania- Wimoweh

Live (Depot)

Bruce Cockburn- Twelve Gates to the City

Bone on Bone (True North)

Arlo Guthrie- Run Come See Jerusalem

Precious Friend (Warner Bros.)

The Weavers- Wreck of the “John B”

The Weavers On Tour (Vanguard)

Lead Belly- Old Riley

Where Did You Sleep Last Night: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 1 (Smithsonian Folkways)

The Wailin' Jennys- Bring Me Little Water Sylvie 

Live at The Mauch Chunk Opera House (Outside Music)

Long John Baldry- Rock Island Line

Remembering Leadbelly (Stony Plain)

Odetta- Midnight Special

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

The Weavers- Goodnight Irene

The Weavers at Carnegie Hall (Vanguard)

Woody Guthrie- Jackhammer John

Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection (Smithsonian Folkways)

Ramblin' Jack Elliott- Hard, Ain’t Hard

Best of the Vanguard Years (Vanguard)

James Talley- The Sinking of the Reuben James

Woody Guthrie and Songs of My Oklahoma Home (Cimarron)

Work O' The Weavers- Roll On, Columbia

Live in Concert (WorldWind)

The Weavers- So Long, It’s Been Good to Know Yuh

Best of the Vanguard Years (Vanguard)

The Weavers- Michael Row the Boat Ashore

The Weavers On Tour (Vanguard)

Next week: Many Rivers to Cross.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – November 1, 2025

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/128/72669.html

Presley Halle- Someday Soon

Off to Find a Sunny Day (Columbia)

Judy Collins & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

Judy Collins- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime

Judith (Elektra)

Clela Errington- I Know You Rider

Walkin’ Each Other Home (Clela Errington)

Guy Davis & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Guy Davis- Statesboro Blues

Juba Dance (M.C.)

John Stewart- Chilly Winds

Cannons in the Rain/Wingless Angels (One Way)

Waylon Jennings- Brand New Tennessee Waltz

Songbird (Son of Jessi/Thirty Tigers)

Lily Sazz- Isn’t That So

What Just Happened (Lily Sazz)

Jesse Winchester & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Jesse Winchester- All of Your Stories

Third Down, 110 to Go (Stony Plain)

Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Murdoch (2007)

Bruce Murdoch- Fool Like Me 

Bruce Murdoch (Radio Canada International)

Chris Rawlings & Mike Regenstreif (2007)

Chris Rawlings- Songbird and Rainbow

Two Sides to Your Story (Cookingfat Music)

Jory Nash & Mike Regenstreif (2024)

Jory Nash- Me & You

The Light Still Shines on the Main (Thin Man)

Mike Regenstreif & Anne Hills (2001)

Anne Hills- Portland Fancy

Every Town: More Songs by Michael Smith (Hand & Heart Music)

Kate MacLeod- Fair Winds and Following Seas

Perennial (Westmoon)

Cosy Sheridan- The Breathing Room

The Breathing Room (Cosy Sheridan)

Paul Mills- The London Scratch

The Other Side of the Glass (Borealis)

Mike Regenstreif & The Durham County Poets (2014)

Durham County Poets- St. James Infirmary

Hand Me Down Blues (Durham County Poets)

Sheesham & Lotus & 'Son- Michigan Water

Clear the Table (Sepiaphone)

Dave Van Ronk & The Red Onion Jazz Band- Sister Kate

Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk (Fantasy)

Maria Muldaur- Down Hill Pull

One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey (NOLA Blues)

Mike Regenstreif & Connie Kaldor (2015)

Connie Kaldor- Hitched Together

Wide Open Spaces (Coyote Entertainment)

Tom Mitchell & Mike Regenstreif (1999)

Tom Mitchell- The Pine

Outamongum Again (Cowlick)

Rosalie Sorrels & Mike Regenstreif (1993)

Rosalie Sorrels- The Caterpillar and the Butterfly

Always a Lady (Green Linnet)

John Gorka & Mike Regenstreif (2012)

John Gorka- First Snow on the Mountains

unentitled (Red House)

Becky Buller- A Hazy Shade of Winter

Songs That Sing Me (Dark Shadow Recording)

Mike Regenstreif & Tony Turner (2018)

Tony Turner- Pine Beach

Survivor Tree (Bon Esprit Music) 

Kate Greenland- Longing & Dreaming of You

Longing and Dreaming (Kate Greenland)

Kate Weekes- Rideau Roots

Rideau Roots (Kate Weekes)

Bobby Dove- Golden Years

Hopeless Romantic (Bobby Dove)

Odetta, pianist Dave Keyes & Mike Regenstreif (2008)

Odetta- Dink’s Blues

Blues Everywhere I Go (M.C.)

Mike Regenstreif & Tim Grimm (2025)

Tim Grimm- Broken Truth

Bones of Trees (Vault)

Jez Lowe- Frozen Roman

Oubliette (Tantobie)

Mike Regenstreif & Mark Rubin on Zoom (2025)

Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma- Dog Whistle

Dispatches: Songs from a World Gone Mad (Rubinchik)

Ellen Hamilton- I Don’t Need a Flag

Mending (Ellen Hamilton)

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Eliza Gilkyson- Dark Night of the Soul

Dark Ages (Realiza)

Mike Regenstreif & Lynn Miles (2013)

Lynn Miles- Million Brilliant

Downpour (Lynn Miles)

Sylvia Tyson & Mike Regenstreif (997)

Ian & Sylvia- Changes

Play One More (Vanguard)

Louise Coombe & Mike Regenstreif (2024)

Louise Coombe- October

Paris (Zoe Cat Music)

Stacey Kent- Tis Autumn

The Boy Next Door (Candid)

Chris McKhool- Little Leaf

Little Leaf (Chris McKhool)

Leslie Jordan- The Agonist

The Agonist (Leslie Jordan Music)

Gretchen Peters- Five Minutes

The Show: Live from The UK (Scarlet Letter)

Caroline Marie Brooks- Vitamin

Everything at the Same Time (Caroline Brooks)

Joel Mabus & Mike Regenstreif (2001)

Joel Mabus- The Lonesome Road

Lonesome Road: Suite for Solo Guitar and Voice – Songs of the Lost Generation 1924-1928 (Fossil)

Alison Brown & Steve Martin- Friend of Mine

Safe Sensible and Sane (Compass)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on November 29. 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 – June 17, 2025: Music for 88 Keys

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/595/70697.html

Theme: Music for 88 Keys – all of the songs and instrumentals feature the piano as a primary instrument.

Philip Dyson- The Entertainer

Scott Joplin, The King of Ragtime: Complete Piano Works (Decca)

Perla Batalla- Sisters of Mercy

A Letter to Leonard Cohen: Tribute to a Friend (Mechuda Music)

Chaim Tannenbaum- Time On My Hands

The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Talk to Me of Mendocino

Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Nonesuch)

Pink Martini with Rufus Wainwright & The Von Trapps- Kitty Come Home

Get Happy (Audiogram)

Last Forever- Lonesome Day

Acres of Diamonds (StorySound)

Hoyle Osborne- The Baltimore Todalo

Panazon: Pan American Café Music (Ripple)

Odetta & Dr. John- Oh Papa

Blues Everywhere I Go (M.C.)

Jay McShann with Johnnie Johnson- Kansas City (Revisited)

Goin’ to Kansas City (Stony Plain)

Alberta Hunter- Always

Amtrak Blues (Columbia)

Tom Waits- Tom Traubert’s Blues

Small Change (Asylum)

Mary Chapin Carpenter with Anais Mitchell- Home is a Song

Personal History (Lambent Light/Thirty Tigers)

Rosalie Sorrels- Moments of Happiness

Moments of Happiness (Philo)

Suzie Brown- Songs are My Tears

Songs Worth Saving (Suzie Brown)

Jesse Winchester- The Easy Way

Third Down, 110 to Go (Stony Plain)

Lee Hunter & The Gatherers- Farewell, Farewell

Beneath My Feet (Birds Tale)

Penny Lang- Nama Says

Yes (She-Wolf)

Julian Fauth- Bad John

The Weak and the Wicked, the Hard and the Strong (Electro-Fi)

Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon- Chicago House Rent Party

Songs of Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon (Folkways)

Count Basie & Oscar Peterson- S & J Blues

Satch and Josh (Pablo)

Next week: 1965.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – April 15, 2025: “All God’s Critters Got a Place in the Choir”

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/595/69786.html

Theme: “All God’s Critters Got a Place in the Choir” – all the songs have something or other to do with animals.

Bill Staines- A Place in the Choir

The First Million Miles (Rounder)

Ian & Sylvia- Old Blue

Ian & Sylvia (Vanguard)

Ron Hynes- A Good Dog is Lost

Get Back Change (Borealis)

James Talley- Somewhere in the Stars (A Song for Diego)

Ballads, Bandits and Blues (Cimarron)

Bob Dylan with Hilda Harris, Albertine Robinson & Maeretha Stewart- All the Tired Horses

Another Self Portrait 1969-1971: The Bootleg Series Vol. 10 (Columbia/Legacy)

Garnet Rogers- Small Victory

The Best Times After All: Live (Snow Goose Songs)

Amy Speace- There Used to Be Horses Here

There Used to Be Horses Here (Windbone)

Priscilla Herdman- Waltzing with Bears

Stardreamer (Alacazam)

Rosalie Sorrels- Mehitabel’s Theme

Always a Lady (Green Linnet)

Phil Harris- Thomas O’Malley Cat

Disney’s Jazz Album: Big Band & Swing (Disneyland)

Cisco Houston- The Cat Came Back

The Folkways Years 1944-1961 (Smithsonian Folkways)

Tom Russell- Gallo del Cielo

Old Songs Yet to Sing (Frontera)

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- Man Gave Names to All the Animals

Get Up and Do Right (Community Music)

Odetta- The Fox

At the Gate of Horn (Tradition)

Paul Geremia- Foolish Frog

I Really Don’t Mind Livin’/My Kinda Place (Flying Fish)

Dave Van Ronk, Anne Hills & Cindy Mangsen- Froggy Went A-Courting

Never Grow Up (Flying Fish)

Ladysmith Black Mambazo- Mbube (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)

Gift of the Tortoise (Music for Little People)

Amelia Hogan- The Snow Hare

Burnished (Amelia Hogan)

The Marigolds- Inchworm

The Marigolds (The Marigolds)

Oscar Brand- The Derby Ram

The Riverside Folklore Series, Volume Three: Singing the New Traditions (Riverside)

Deborah Robins- The Three Ravens

Lone Journey (Zippety Whippet Music) 

James Keelaghan- Red-Winged Blackbird

Home (Jericho Beach Music)

Jackie Washington- The Snake

Midnight Choo Choo (Borealis)

Dave Van Ronk- I’m Proud to Be a Moose

Peter and the Wolf (Alacazam)

Next week: Songs for Earth Day.

--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

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – November 5, 2024: Addendums to Past Themes

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/595/67577.html

Theme: Addendums to Past Themes.

This is the second of two editions of Stranger Songs airing during CKCU’s 2024 Funding Drive. Your support is meaningful and essential to keeping CKCU’s diverse programming on the air for another year. You can make a donation in support of Stranger Songs and CKCU at this link. Charitable income tax receipts are issued for donations of $20 or more. Thanks for your support. https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/CKCU/p2p/fundingdrive2024/page/stranger-songs

A theme I do every year on the second Stranger Songs funding drive show is Addendums to Past Themes. More often than not, when I choose a theme for Stranger Songs, there are more possible songs to choose from than I can include – and sometimes new music that fits the theme arrives after the show has been produced. So, I’ve chosen a few of the themes from the past year for addendums.

Perla Batalla- A Thousand Kisses Deep

A Letter to Leonard Cohen: Tribute to a Friend (Mechuda Music)

Leonard Cohen- Going Home

Old Ideas (Columbia)

Perla Batalla- Everybody Knows

A Letter to Leonard Cohen: Tribute to a Friend (Mechuda Music)

Scottie Miller- Ah, New York

Carnival Cocoon (Scottie Miller)

Lucy Kaplansky- Love Song/New York

The Red Thread (Red House)

Amy Speace- In New York City

The American Dream (Windbone)

Shelley Posen- The Old Songs Home

The Old Songs Home (Well Done Music)

Madeleine Peyroux- I Hear Music

Careless Love: Deluxe Edition (Rounder)

The Central Park Sheiks- The People’s Key

Honeysuckle Rose (Flying Fish)

Misty Blues- Keep On Movin’ It On

I’m Too Old for Games: A Live Tribute to Odetta (Guitar One)

Eric Bibb & Odetta- ‘Tain’t Such a Much

Friends (Telarc)

Odetta- Look the World Over

Blues Everywhere I Go (M.C.) 

Bob Dylan- My Back Pages

Another Side of Bob Dylan (Columbia)

Ian & Sylvia- You Were On My Mind

Northern Journey (Vanguard)

Sam Cooke- A Change is Gonna Come

Ain’t That Good News (RCA)

Lenka Lichtenberg- Remember the Sun

Feel with Blood (Six Degrees)

Lenka Lichtenberg- After the Flood

Feel with Blood (Six Degrees)

Sid Selvidge- Pearlee

Twice Told Tales (Elektra Nonesuch)

Rosalie Sorrels- One More Next Time

If I Could Be the Rain (Folk-Legacy)

Gordon Lightfoot- Steel Rail Blues

The Original Lightfoot (EMI)

Duke Ellington- Sugar Hill Shim Sham

Ellington in Order, Volume 8 (1937) (Legacy)

Next week: Remembering Barbara Dane (1927-2024).

--Mike Regenstreif