Canadian Spaces – CKCU – Saturday September 17, 2022

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). 

It was hosted for more than 33 years by the late Chopper McKinnon and is now hosted by Chris White and a rotating cast of co-hosts. 

This week’s show was hosted by Mike Regenstreif.

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/129/57624.html

Guest: David Eisenstadt

Pharis & Jason Romero- Going Across the Sea

Tell ‘Em You Were Gold (Smithsonian Folkways)

Mountain City Four- The Log Driver’s Waltz

Mountain City Four (Omnivore)

Ian Robb & James Stephens- Charming Molly

Declining …with thanks (Fallen Angle)

Hannah Shira Naiman- Little Black Train

The Wheels Won’t Go (Hannah Shira Naiman)

Morgan Toney- Kwana Li

First Flight (Ishkõdé)

Bob Jensen- Who By Fire

For the Sake of the Song (Bob Jensen)

ES:MO (Elizabeth Shepherd & Michael Occhipinti)- Lovers is a Dangerous Time

The Weight of Hope (ES:MO)

Alec Fraser, Jr- Grandma’s House

On the Wings of the Wind (Alec Fraser, Jr.)

Chris Rawlings & Anne Lederman- Apple Blossom Time

A Whistle, a Tune, a Song and a Dance (Cooking Fat Music)

Ken Tizzard & Amelia Curran- St. John’s Waltz

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

Dennis O’Toole- Man of a Thousand Songs

Lone Gunman at the Assassin’s Hotel (Dennis O’Toole)

Ron Hynes- Boy from Old Perlican

Ron Hynes (Borealis)

Suzie Vinnick- Raino

Fall Back Home (Suzie Vinnick)

James Keelaghan- Walk On

Second-Hand (Borealis)

Windborne- Le Diable et le Fermier

Of Hard Times & Harmony (Wand’ring Feet)

Frida's Brow- Old Friends

Frida’s Brow (Frida’s Brow)

Michael Kaeshammer- How Long Blues

The Warehouse Sessions (Linus)

The next six songs punctuated my conversation with David Eisenstadt, author of Under the Radar: 30 Notable Canadian Jewish Musicians. Visit https://undertheradarbook.com/ for more information about the book.

Aviva Chernick- La Serena

La Serena (Aviva Chernick)

The Travellers- Something to Sing About

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

Oscar Brand- The Derby Ram

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

Ofra Harnoy- Barrett’s Privateers

On the Rock (Analekta)

Danny Marks- Heading Down to New Orleans

Cities in Blue (Danny Marks)

Shelley Posen- Will Their Children Light the Candles

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

Conklin Céilí Band- Shadow Boats

A Three Legged Stool (Conklin Céilí Band)

Wade Hemsworth with The Mountain City Four- The Story of the I’m Alone

Wade Hemsworth with The Mountain City Four (Peter Weldon)

Chaim Tannenbaum- Brooklyn 1955

Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)

I’ll be hosting Canadian Spaces next on October 22. I also host Stranger Songs every Tuesday from 3:30 to 5 pm; and the Saturday Morning show from 7 to 10 am, once every 4 weeks with my next slot on October 8.

Find me on Facebook. facebook.com/mikeregenstreif

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday November 2, 2021: Show Us the Money, Please

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU in Ottawa on Tuesday afternoons from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

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

This episode of Stranger Songs was prerecorded at home and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/53994.html

Theme: Show Us the Money, Please

CKCU is listener-supported community radio and this edition of Stranger Songs will be heard during CKCU’s 2021 Funding Drive. All donations are greatly needed and greatly appreciated. To donate to Stranger Songs and CKCU, visit … https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/CKCU/p2p/CKCU-2021-funding-drive/team/stranger-songs/

Dom Flemons- One Dollar Bill
Dom Flemons Presents Black Cowboys (Smithsonian Folkways)

Sneezy Waters & Mike Regenstreif (2013)

Sneezy Waters- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime
Sneezy Waters (Sneezy Waters)
Derek Lamb- The Money Rolls In
She was Poor but She was Honest (Smithsonian Folkways)
Odetta- Empty Pocket Blues
Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin’ (RCA)

Old Man Luedecke- Easy Money
Easy Money (True North)
John Stewart- Easy Money
Cannons in the Rain/Wingless Angels (One Way)

Dolly Parton- Cash on the Barrelhead
The Grass is Blue (Sugar Hill)
Valerie Smith- A Dollar Looked Mighty Good
Renaissance (Bell Buckle)

Oscar Brand- A Dollar Ain’t a Dollar Anymore
Pie in the Sky (Tradition)
Grit Laskin- Sing for a Penny
Earthly Concerns (Borealis)
Bonnie Dobson- Living on Plastic
Take Me for a Walk in the Morning Dew (Hornbeam)

David Essig & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

David Essig- Quiet Money
A Stone in My Pocket (Peregrin Songs)
Rosalie Sorrels- The Money Crop
No Closing Chord: The Songs of Malvina Reynolds (Red House)
David Francey- Money Boys
Empty Train (Laker Music)

El Coyote- Tip Jar
El Coyote (El Coyote)
Rick Whitelaw- Bottom Dollar
Polishing the Stone (Rick Whitelaw)
Diana Jones- All My Money On You
My Remembrance of You (Newsong Recordings)

Dakota Dave Hull & Sean Blackburn- Money
River of Swing (Arabica)
The Lovin' Spoonful- Money
Everything Playing (Sony/Legacy)
Deborah Holland- Money
Vancouver (RageOn)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2005)

Tom Russell- Throwing Horseshoes at the Moon
Old Songs Yet to Sing (Frontera)
Nanci Griffith- Money Changes Everything
The Loving Kind (Rounder)
Martin Grosswendt- I Will Turn Your Money Green
Pay Day! (Martin Grosswendt)

Hans Theessink & Terry Evans- I Need Money
Delta Time (Delta Groove)
John Lee Hooker- I Need Some Money
Anthology: 50 Years (Shout! Factory)

Lisa Null- Follow the Money
Legacies (Folk-Legacy)

Next week: Addendums to Past Themes (CKCU Funding Drive)

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--Mike Regenstreif

Oscar Brand 1920-2016

I was very saddened to hear that Oscar Brand died last night at age 96. He was probably the last of the great folksingers of his generation.

Let's Sing Out, Oscar's TV program on Canadian TV in the early-1960s helped me find folk music.

I met Oscar a few times over the years and he was always very gracious and he was particularly encouraging in 1994 when I started hosting the Folk Roots/Folk Branches radio program on CKUT in Montreal. Oscar’s own radio program, Folksong Festival, aired weekly for 71 years on WNYC in New York – up until just last week.

Oscar Brand always had “something to sing about.”

What an inspiration. Read Oscar’s New York Times obituary at this link.

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--Mike Regenstreif