Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday October 5, 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/128/67154.html

Bill Staines- October Winds

The First Million Miles (Rounder)

Ann Savoy- Who Knows Where the Time Goes

Another Heart (Smithsonian Folkways)

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)

Dave Van Ronk- Urge for Going

…and the tin pan bended, and the story ended… (Smithsonian Folkways)

Susie Burke- Will You Come Home

The Seasons Project: Autumn (Christine Lavin)

David Buskin- When I Need You Most of All

The Seasons Project: Autumn (Christine Lavin)

Christine Lavin- Getting Used to Leavin’

The Seasons Project: Autumn (Christine Lavin)

John Gorka & Mike Regenstreif (2012)

John Gorka- Out of My Mind

The Seasons Project: Autumn (Christine Lavin)

Sussex- Take You Back

Shine (Lucky Bear)

Jesse Winchester- Yankee Lady

Seems Like Only Yesterday – Live in Montreal 1976 (Real Gone Music)

Priscilla Herdman- Talk to Me of Mendocino

Forgotten Dreams (Flying Fish)

Mike Regenstreif & Anne Hills (2001)

Anne Hills- Brown Leaves

Angle of the Light (Flying Fish)

Cindy Mangsen- October Roses

Songs of Experience (Redwing Music)

Jenny Burtis- I Won’t Chase You Down

Woodbird (Ploodepesh)

Ray Bonneville- Oh the Night is Long

On the Blind Side (Stonefly) 

James Gordon- Wrinkles and Scars

Wrinkles and Scars (James Gordon)

Katherine Wheatley- Great Big Guitar

Landed (The Hoot Music Company)

Corin Raymond- There will Always be a Small Time

There will Always be a Small Time (Corin Raymond)

Gathering Sparks- Many Sparks Make a Fire

All That’s Real (Borealis)

Terra Spencer- At Your Service

Old News (Terra Spencer & Ben Caplan)

Sussex- I’ll See You in My Dreams

Shine (Lucky Bear)

Graham Nash- Marrakesh Express (demo)

Over the Years (Rhino)

Pink Martini- Hang On Little Tomato

A Retrospective (Heinz)

Ben Caplan- What Love Can Heartache Allow

Old Stock (Rhyme and Reason)

Mike Regenstreif & Old Man Luedecke (2015)

Old Man Luedecke- Le Ciel est Noir (A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall)

Easy Money (True North)

Carla Sciaky- Standing by a River

Heart of the Swan (Propinquity)

Moira Smiley- Awake Awake

The Rhizome Project (Moira Smiley Music)

Anna McGarrigle, Chaim Tannenbaum, Lily Lanken, Rufus Wainwright & Martha Wainwright- Dink’s Song

Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle (Nonesuch)

Andy Statman- Brown County Breakdown

Bluegrass Tracks (Shefa)

Sonya Cohen Cramer- Oh the Wind and Rain

You’ve Been a Friend to Me (Smithsonian Folkways)

Ren Harvieu- I Used to be So Pretty

Linda Thompson: Proxy Music (StorySound)

Carolyn Shulman- Heart on a Wire

Heart on a Wire (Carolyn Shulman)

Amy Speace- Homecoming Queen

The American Dream (Windbone)

Philadelphia Jerry Ricks- Casey Jones

True Blues (Traditional Line)

Moses Crouch- Falling Down Blues/Good Morning Judge

Earth Music (Riverlark)

Furry Lewis- Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor

Blues Magician (Lucky Seven)

Steve Lundquist- Up in the Cascades

The Great Northwest (Steve Lundquist)

Erin Ash Sullivan- Rest Stop Bird

Signposts and Marks (Erin Ash Sullivan)

Julian Taylor- Love Letters

Pathways (Howling Turtle)

Claire Lynch- I Give You the Morning

Bluegrass Sings Paxton (Mountain Home)

Tom Paxton- Wish I Had a Troubadour

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

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

  
Joel Mabus- Old Man River

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

Tom Russell & The Norwegian Wind Esemble- Mississippi River Running Backwards

Aztec Jazz (Frontera)

Sussex- Bye Bye Blues

Shine (Lucky Bear)

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

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday October 8, 2022

Saturday Morning is an eclectic roots-oriented program on CKCU in Ottawa heard 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 Saturday Morning and base my programming on the Folk Roots/Folk Branches format I developed at CKUT in Montreal.

CKCU can be heard live at 93.1 FM in Ottawa and https://www.ckcufm.com/ on the web.

This episode of Saturday Morning was recorded on October 3 and can already be streamed on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/57847.html

Tom Rush, Jamie Hartford, Odetta, Emmylou Harris, Carolyn Hester, Nanci Griffith, Frank Christian- Wasn’t That a Mighty Storm

Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) (Elektra)

The Once- Sail Away to the Sea

The Once (Borealis)

Mike Regenstreif & Old Man Luedecke (2015)

Old Man Luedecke- The Mermaid

Easy Money (True North)

Mountain City Four- Reuben Ranzo

Mountain City Four (Omnivore)

Tom Russell- Isaac Lewis

The Tom Russell Anthology: Veteran’s Day (Shout! Factory)

Shelley Posen- I’ll See You Rosh Hashana

Mazel (Well Done Music)

Shelley Posen- A Mazeldikek Yor

Mazel (Well Done Music)

Frank London & Lorin Sklamberg- A Sukkah of Branches

Tsuker-zis (Tzadik)

Claudia Schmidt- Hard Love

Reimagining (Claudia Schmidt)

Bob Franke- Thanksgiving Eve

The Other Evening in Chicago (Waterbug)

Lynn Miles with Keith Glass- When My Ship Comes In

Road (Lynn Miles)

Ball & Chain & The Wreckers- I Love the Life

Live at the Bayou (Ball & Chain)

Missy Burgess- Blue Sweater

Lemon Pie (Missy Burgess)

Happy Traum- Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies

There’s a Bright Side Somewhere (Lark’s Nest Music)

Sarah Cade- Dear Pasha

Dear Pasha – single (Sarah Cade)

Brendan Nolan- Bowl of Soup

Beneath White Stars: Holocaust Profiles in Song (AlmondSeed Media)

Dropkick Murphys with Woody Guthrie- Dig a Hole

This Machine Still Kills Fascists: Lyrics of Woody Guthrie (Dummy Luck Music)

Artists for Action- Which Side Are You On? *

Which Side Are You On? – single (Figs D Music)

*The Artists for Action singers and musicians are, in alphabetical order, Black Umfolosi, Ray Bonneville, Bruce Cockburn, Chris Corrigan, Guy Davis, Ani DiFranco, Maria Dunn, Adam Hill, Bob Jensen, James Keelaghan, Richard Knox, Lucy MacNeil, Tony McManus, Moulettes, Oysterband, Richard Perso, Heather Rankin, Martin Simpson, and Jon Weaver.

Lynne Hanson- Orion’s Belt

Ice Cream in November (Panda Cave)

Paul Weber- Ode to Gerry Barber

Ode to Gerry Barber (Paul Weber)

Julian Taylor- Ballad of a Young Troubadour

The Ridge (Howling Turtle)

Ry Cooder & Lalo Guerreo- Barrio Viejo

Feels Like Home: Songs from the Sonoran Borderlands – Linda Ronstadt’s Musical Odyssey (Putomayo)

Linda Ronstadt- El Sueño

Feels Like Home: Songs from the Sonoran Borderlands – Linda Ronstadt’s Musical Odyssey (Putomayo)

Los Cenzontles- Palomas Que Andan Volando

Feels Like Home: Songs from the Sonoran Borderlands – Linda Ronstadt’s Musical Odyssey (Putomayo)

Anne Hills- Witness

Witness – single (Hand & Heart Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Murdoch (2007)

Bruce Murdoch- I Keep You in My Heart

Matters of the Heart (Bruce Murdoch)

John McCutcheon- Every Day

Leap! (Appalsongs)

Suzie Vinnick- The Pie That My Baby Makes

Fall Back Home (Suzie Vinnick)

Terra Spencer & Ben Caplan- Brick and Mortar

Old News (Terra Spencer & Ben Caplan)

Windborne- The Terror Time

Of Hard Times & Harmony (Wand’ring Feet)

Ian Robb & James Stephens- Daft Annie

Declining …with thanks (Fallen Angle Music)

James Keelaghan- Gathering Storm

Second-Hand (Borealis)

Loudon Wainwright III- Back in Your Town

Lifetime Achievement (StorySound)

Chaim Tannenbaum- London, Longing for Home

Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)

Peter Mulvey & SistaStrings- Shenendoah

Love is the Only Thing (Righteous Babe)

Last Forever- Wild Goose

No Place Like Home/Last Forever (2nd Story Sound)

Cheryl Wheeler- Mrs. Pinocci’s Guitar

Mrs. Pinocci’s Guitar (Philo)

Tom Mitchell & Mike Regenstreif (1999)

Tom Mitchell- Old Dan

When the Moon is Right (Truesongs)

Geoff Bartley- Talkin’ on Top of His Game

Keep Your Eyes on the Road (Magic Crow)

Rory Block- Lovin’ Whiskey

Ain’t Nobody Worried (Stony Plain)

Steve Lundquist- Simple and Silly

My Life in Song (Steve Lundquist)

Paul Mills- The Ukulele March

The Other Side of the Glass (Borealis)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on November 5. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm. And, I’ll be hosting Canadian Spaces on Saturday October 22 from 10 am-noon.  

Find me on Facebook. facebook.com/mikeregenstreif

--Mike Regenstreif

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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--Mike Regenstreif

Canadian Spaces – CKCU – Saturday August 10, 2019

CKCU can be heard at 93.1 FM in Ottawa and http://www.ckcufm.com/ on the web.

This particular show is now available for on-demand listening. https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/129/44224.html

Canadian Spaces on CKCU in Ottawa is Canada’s longest-running folk music radio program. It is heard Saturday mornings from 10:00 am until noon (Eastern time). 


This week’s show was hosted by Mike Regenstreif (subbing for Chris White).

Guests: Ronney Abramson & Jerry Golland; Shari Ulrich.

Moore & McGregor- Summertime 
Dream with Me (Ivernia)

Jessica Heine- Captain My Captain

Goodbye Party (Fallen Tree Records)

Graham Lindsey w/Westmannafolk- From Away

Tradhead (Wavelength Media)

David Newland- Under Forever Skies

Northbound: The Northwest Passage in Story and Song (David Newland)

Orit Shimoni- When You Are a Wanderer

Lost and Found on the Road to Nowhere (Orit Shimoni)

Lucas Choi Zimbel- What Owns Who

Tempered Tantrum (Lucas Choi Zimbel)

Jamie Anderson- Run to the Darkness

The Truth Appears (Tsunami)

Old Man Luedecke- Lonely County

Easy Money (True North)

El Coyote- Leaving Thunder

El Coyote (El Coyote)

Tomato Tomato- Ophelia

Canary in a Coal Mine (Tomato Tomato)

James Gordon- Fall and Rise

The Heritage Hall Sessions (Borealis)

Meg Tennant- Sunny Shore Café

Echoed Light (Meg Tennant)

Marc Nerenberg- Delia’s Gone

Delia’s Gone: Murder Ballads & Other Songs of Love & Death (Marc Nerenberg)

Ken Tizzard- Man of a Thousand Songs

A Good Dog is Lost: A Collection of Ron Hynes Songs (Ken Tizzard)

Ray Harris- Late Night Phone Calls

Kinda Sets the Tone (Ray Harris)

Ronney Abramson & Mike Regenstreif (2016)

Ronney Abramson & Jerry Golland- Your Love Gets Me Around

Live in the Studio

Ronney Abramson & Jerry Golland- Down to the River

Live in the Studio

Ronney Abramson & Jerry Golland- Three O’Clock Ride

Live in the Studio

Ronney Abramson & Jerry Golland- Light Up Your Love

Live in the Studio

Shari Ulrich & Mike Regenstreif (2019)

Shari Ulrich- Canada

Back to Shore (Borealis)

Shari Ulrich- A Bit of Forgiveness

Back to Shore (Borealis)

Chaim Tannenbaum- Belfast Louis Falls in Love

Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)

My next show on CKCU is August 17 when I’ll be hosting the Saturday Morning program from 7 until 10 am.

Find me on Twitter. @MikeRegenstreif

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--Mike Regenstreif

Claire Lynch – North By South

CLAIRE LYNCH

North By South

Compass Records

clairelynch.com

Writing about Claire Lynch’s album New Day in Sing Out! magazine in 2006, I referred to her as “one of the finest bluegrass vocalists of the modern era.” And, indeed, she was/is that. But, as early as that album, if not before, she was also finding inspiration in contemporary folk-rooted styles, singers and songwriters.

On her new album, North By South, Claire specifically finds inspiration in Canadian songwriters – nine of the 10 songs were written by Canadians, most of them familiar to readers of the Folk Roots/Folk Branches blog and to listeners of the radio programs I’ve done over the years in Montreal and Ottawa.

An album of Canadian songs might seem an odd choice for an artist long based in Nashville but Claire was inspired by her recent marriage to a Canadian man – and the other song on North By South is “Milo,” an up tempo tune inspired by her new husband.

Canada, of course, is known for many great songwriters (Canadian Spaces, a radio program on CKCU in Ottawa that I co-host every couple of months or so, is primarily dedicated to Canadian singer-songwriters) and Claire has picked some gems to sing on this album.

Perhaps my favorite track on North By South is Claire’s haunting version of Lynn Miles’ “Black Flowers,” whose narrator is a young mother whose husband was recently killed in a coal mine accident. As I’ve mentioned before, “Black Flowers” is one of the best coal mining songs of recent years. 

Other favorites include Old Man Luedecke’s “Kingdom Come,” an infectious melody that has Claire’s voice weaving in and around virtuoso playing by the likes of Béla Fleck on banjo, Bryan McDowell on fiddle, and David Grier on guitar; “Molly May,” J.P. Cormier’s seafaring ballad; Willie P. Bennett’s lovely “Andrew’s Waltz”; “Empty Train,” the compelling title track from David Francey’s latest album; and “All the Diamonds in This World,” Bruce Cockburn’s gentle song of spiritual belief.

“In all honesty, this collection of Canadian songs only touches the tip of the iceberg,” writes Claire in the liner notes. So, hopefully, this is just the first in a series of North By South albums by Claire Lynch.

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--Mike Regenstreif