Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 5, 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/128/77014.html

Scott Cook- Troubadourly Yours

Troubadourly Yours (Scott Cook)

Chris Rawlings & Mike Regenstreif (2007)

Chris Rawlings & Anne Lederman- Cindy Cindy 2.0

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

Danny Marks- Heading Down to New Orleans

Cities in Blue (Danny Marks)

Susan Werner- What He Said in Jackson Square

NOLA: Susan Werner Goes to New Orleans (Sleeve Dog)

Mike Regenstreif & Marc Nerenberg (2009)

Marc Nerenberg- On the Street Again

On the Street Again (Marc Nerenberg)

Tom Waits- I Wish I was in New Orleans

Small Change (Asylum)

Kermit Ruffins- When the Saints Go Marching In

We Partyin’ Traditional Style (Basin Street)

Amy Speace- The Reckoning

The Reckoning – single (Windbone)

Mike Regenstreif & Anne Hills (2001)

Anne Hills- Here Comes Love

The Benevolence of Trees (Hand & Heart Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Tim Grimm (2025)

Tim Grimm- Broken Truth 

Bones of Trees (Vault)

John McCutcheon- If I Had a Hammer

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

Penny Lang & Mike Regenstreif (1976) photo: Felicity Fanjoy

Penny Lang- Never Turning Back

Carry On Children (She-Wolf)

The Kennedys- Seeds of Peace

Smoketree (The Kennedys)

Hank Alrich- The Perfect Hat

Broken River (Walkinay Music Media)

Kate MacLeod’s Mind the Gap- I Will Sing My Heart Out

Home-Brewed (Kate MacLeod’s Mind the Gap)

Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Cockburn (2017)

Bruce Cockburn- King of the Bolero

O Sun O Moon (True North)

Deborah Holland- Walking the Dog in the Rain

Unadorned (Deborah Holland)

Mike Regenstreif & Orit Shimoni (2025)

Dan Bern & Orit Shimoni- New Song

Birds (Dan Bern & Orit Shimoni)

Satellite Birdhouse- One More Afternoon

Satellite Birdhouse (Satellite Birdhouse)

Felicity Hamer & Black Leather Rose- At Your Door

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

Dave Clarke & Lucinda Chodan (co-writers of That's How the Summer Slips Away), Mike Regenstreif (2025)

Steel Rail- That’s How the Summer Slips Away 

River Song (Crossties)

Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

David Francey- Far End of Summer

Far End of Summer (Laker)

Mike Regenstreif & Eric Bibb (2005)

Eric Bibb- Done Laid Around (Gotta Travel On)

Good Stuff (Earthbeat!)

Mike Regenstreif & Bill Morrissey (2005)

Bill Morrissey- When Summer’s Ended

You’ll Never Get to Heaven (Philo)

Tex König- Wild Winds

Königsblende (Music Cellar)

Cindy Mangsen- Shallow Brown

Songs of Experience (Redwing Music)

Rod MacDonald & Mike Regenstreif (2005)

Rod MacDonald- A Sailor’s Prayer

No Commercial Traffic (Solstice)

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

Wade Hemsworth with the Mountain City Four (Peter Weldon)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Mike Regenstreif (1976) photo: Felicity Fanjoy

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Come a Long Way

Tell My Sister – Dancer with Bruised Knees (Nonesuch)

Allison Russell featuring Norah Jones- Really Real

In the Hour of Chaos (Fantasy)

Kitka- Oj Ty Misjacju

Kolo (Diaphonoca)

Mike Regenstreif & Lisa Gutkin of The Klezmatics (2025)

The Klezmatics featuring Enver Izmaylov- Crimean Freylekhs

We Were Made for These Times (Shamus)

Ranky Tanky- Stomp It in the Ground

This Village (Ranky Tanky)

Frank London & The Loisaida Fife and Drum Corps- Empty Pockets

Touzle Your Kurchy (Adhyâropa)

Terry Gillespie- The Devil Likes to Win

Home Boy: Live at the Granary (Terry Gillespie)

Vince Halfhide- Devil Made Rock & Roll

Vince Halfhide (Vince Halfhide)

Kris Kristofferson- To Beat the Devil 

Me and Bobby McGee (Monument)

Claudia Schmidt- Old Devil Time

Out of the Dark/New Goodbyes, Old Helloes (Flying Fish)

Carla Gover & Friends- William Branch is Hard to Find

William Branch is Hard to Find (Joe Hill Music)

Mama’s Broke- Failing

Reunion (Free Dirt)

Doug McArthur- The Old Country Singer

Smoke & Whiskey (Doug McArthur)

Dennis O’Toole- Man of a Thousand Songs

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

Bob Gibson- Living Legend

The Living Legend Years (Bob Gibson Legacy)

Nat Adderley- Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

Much Brass (Riverside)

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

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – June 30, 2026: A Tribute to Rosalie Sorrels

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/595/76033.html

Theme: A Tribute to Rosalie Sorrels (1933-2017).

Rosalie Sorrels & Mike Regenstreif (1993)

Rosalie Sorrels, who died in 2017 at age 83, was a great, highly influential and legendary singer, songwriter and storyteller.

I was still a teenager when I met Rosalie for the first time when she played a four- or five-night stand at the Back Door Coffee House in Montreal, sometime around 1970. It was while she was in Montreal for that gig that Rosalie wrote “Travelin’ Lady,” which quickly became her signature song. Rosalie became a great friend and I worked with her often presenting her in concerts in Montreal and at The Golem, the folk club I ran in the ‘70s and ‘80s. In the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, I ran a small booking agency for about five years and Rosalie was one of my clients.

The show includes some of Rosalie’s recordings and versions of songs from her repertoire – some of which she wrote and some of which she made her own – as performed by many other artists; as well as a couple of songs written in tribute to her.

Rosalie Sorrels- Travelin’ Lady

Travelin’ Lady (Sire)

Penny Lang- If I Could be the Rain

Stone + Sand + Sea + Sky (Borealis)

John Gorka- I Think of You

So Dark You See (Red House)

Bonnie Koloc- Up is a Nice Place to Be

Wild and Recluse (Epic)

Peter Rowan- Go with Me

Tribute to the Travelin’ Lady Rosalie Sorrels (Tribute to Rosalie Sorrels)

Rosalie Sorrels- One More Next Time

If I Could Be the Rain (Folk-Legacy)

Nanci Griffith- Ford Econoline

Tribute to the Travelin’ Lady Rosalie Sorrels (Tribute to Rosalie Sorrels)

Rosalie Sorrels- Then Came the Children

Then Came the Children (Green Linnet)

Utah Phillips- The Telling Takes Me Home

The Telling Takes Me Home (Philo)

Finest Kind- The Goodnight-Loving Trail

Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle)

The Short Sisters- Rock Salt and Nails

Love and Transportation (Black Socks Press)

Rosalie Sorrels- Rock Me to Sleep

Travelin’ Lady (Sire)

Robin & Linda Williams- Borderline Heart

Tribute to the Travelin’ Lady Rosalie Sorrels (Tribute to Rosalie Sorrels)

Terry Garthwaite- Apple of My Eye

Tribute to the Travelin’ Lady Rosalie Sorrels (Tribute to Rosalie Sorrels)

Rosalie Sorrels- Hitchhiker in the Rain

Borderline Heart (Green Linnet)

As I was preparing this show, I got the sad news that Jane Voss died on June 20 at age 78. So, I’ll be remembering Jane on Part 1 of next week’s edition of Stranger Songs.

Jane Voss & Hoyle Osborne- Postcard from India (Keep On Rockin’)

Sparkle and Shine (Front Hall)

Tom Russell- Pork Roast and Poetry

Tribute to the Travelin’ Lady Rosalie Sorrels (Tribute to Rosalie Sorrels)

Rosalie Sorrels- The Caterpillar and the Butterfly 

Always a Lady (Green Linnet)

Penny Lang- My Last Go Round

Stone + Sand + Sea + Sky (Borealis)

Rosalie Sorrels- Rosalie, You Can’t Go Home Again

Travelin’ Lady (Sire)

Next week: Part 1 – Remembering Jane Voss (1948-2026); Part 2 – Remembering David Clayton-Thomas (1941-2026).

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – June 23, 2026: Remembering Bruce Murdoch (1947-2026)

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/595/75929.html

Theme: Remembering Bruce Murdoch (1947-2026).

Special thanks to Bill Garrett for his assistance in assembling several of the recordings heard on this show.

Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Murdoch (2007)

Bruce Murdoch, a great singer-songwriter and dear friend, passed away on June 11 at age 78. I kept in touch with Bruce – most recently just last month – and although I knew his time was short, it was still difficult to hear the news that he’d died.

I was still a teenager and Bruce was in his early 20s when we first met on the Montreal folk scene, circa 1970. I loved his songs and took every opportunity I could to see him perform at venues like the Back Door, the Yellow Door and Montreal Folk Workshop. By that time, Bruce was back in Montreal after five years or so of performing primarily in the U.S. where he was active in the Civil Rights and anti-war movements.

In the fall of 1972, when I started my first concert series at Dawson College in Montreal, I asked Bruce to headline the first concert. Then, in the spring of 1974 when I took over running The Golem, a Montreal folk club that had been founded in 1973 by Saul Markowicz, Bruce was the artist I booked for my opening weekend. Bruce played there often during my first stint at the Golem from 1974 to 1976.

Bruce’s first recordings were made in the U.S. In 1965, at age 17, Bruce was one of four performers whose first recordings were featured on an LP called the Singer Songwriter Project. The others were Richard Fariña, Patrick Sky and David Blue – who was then still known by his real name: David Cohen.

Bruce Murdoch- Farewell My Friend 

Singer Songwriter Project (Elektra)

Bill Staines- Rompin’ Rovin’ Days 

Journey Home (Red House)

Bruce Murdoch- Down in Mississippi

Singer Songwriter Project (Elektra)

Bruce Murdoch- Try an’ Ask

Singer Songwriter Project (Elektra)

Bruce’s first full-length album was 33 1/3 Revolutions per Minute released in 1970. Unfortunately, the LP suffered from poor sound quality and some questionable sound effects, which Bruce told me were imposed against his will. But, despite those issues, there were some great songs on the album – including the next six songs. 

The first two 33 1/3 RPM songs are from a 1968 concert tape that Bill Garrett has in his collection. The next two are from a recording of a 1969 interview on KPFA in Berkeley, California that Bruce gave me many years ago.

Bruce Murdoch- Spanish Songs of Spain (Letters to Lucille #2)

1968 live tape from New York City – courtesy of Bill Garrett

Bruce Murdoch- Justines Blues

1968 live tape from New York City – courtesy of Bill Garrett

Bruce Murdoch- September 4 – 4 East

From a 1969 radio show on KPFA in Berkeley

Bruce Murdoch- To Angela

From a 1969 radio show on KPFA in Berkeley

Penny Lang- (Can I) Come Across to You

Live at the Yellow Door (She-Wolf)

Bruce Murdoch- Let’s Lay Down Our Drums

33 1/3 Revolutions per Minute (Stormy Forest)

As mentioned earlier, Bruce Murdoch returned to Montreal around 1970 and quickly became one of the city’s best-loved folk artists. He performed regularly on the Montreal scene, including a couple of concerts at Dawson College and many gigs at the Golem that I presented.

However, by late in the 1970s, Bruce decided to stop performing and put his guitar away for about 25 years. He moved to Alberta, went back to school and got his teaching credentials and became a high school teacher and volunteer firefighter in Hinton, a small town about 280 km west of Edmonton.

However, before he moved to Alberta, he recorded a self-titled LP for the CBC with producers Bill Garrett and Paul Mills that included many of the songs he’d been singing in Montreal during the ‘70s.

Bruce Murdoch- Joshua (Rough Night in Jericho)

Bruce Murdoch (Radio Canada International)

Bruce Murdoch- Fool Like Me 

Bruce Murdoch (Radio Canada International)

Bruce Murdoch- (The Plains of) Jericho 

Bruce Murdoch (Radio Canada International)

Wings was another of Bruce Murdoch’s songs that was on the Bruce Murdoch LP. In 1971, years before Bruce’s own recording of Wings, it was done as single by Bill & Sharon – the duo of Bill Garrett & his then partner Sharon Ryan – and I’d like to thank Bill for digitizing it so that I could play it on this show.

Bill & Sharon- Wings

Wings – single (Much)

Bruce Murdoch- Snowdon

Bruce Murdoch (Radio Canada International)

As mentioned, Bruce Murdoch gave up performing in the late 1970s. For reasons that I fully understood, Bruce was done with the music scene. He needed to get away from it, to go somewhere where he had no history and start over. So he moved out west, went back to school, and became a high school teacher and volunteer firefighter in Hinton, Alberta. His guitar sat unplayed in its case for about 25 years.

When I spoke to him in 1994, after I started the Folk Roots/Folk Branches radio show on CKUT, I told him there was a guest spot for him on the show as soon as he was ready to make music again. Ten or 11 years later, Bruce let me know that the guitar was starting to come out of the case again, that songs were starting to come again. Bruce promised that as soon as he was ready, mine would be the first radio show he’d play his songs on. As fate would have it, Bruce accepted Adrien Doucette’s invitation to perform at the 2007 Branches & Roots Festival in Ormstown, Quebec and made it to Montreal in time to be my final studio guest on CKUT before I left Montreal to move to Ottawa.

In 2008, Bruce released a CD of new songs called Matters of the Heart, and a year or so later, he left Alberta and settled in Ormstown, a small town about 45 minutes south of Montreal.

Bruce’s new songs were different than the ones he was writing in the 1960s and ‘70s. They were generally more personal and less obviously political, but they were every bit as compelling. 

Bruce Murdoch- Angels in My Heart

Matters of the Heart (Bruce Murdoch)

Bruce Murdoch- Daly’s Song 

Matters of the Heart (Bruce Murdoch)

Bruce Murdoch- I Sit and Count the Stars

Matters of the Heart (Bruce Murdoch)

Bruce Murdoch- I Keep You in My Heart

Matters of the Heart (Bruce Murdoch)

In 2011, Bruce released another CD of new songs called Sometimes I Wonder Why the World. 

Bruce Murdoch- The Rookie

Sometimes I Wonder Why the World (Bruce Murdoch)

Bruce Murdoch- I’m at the Mercy of Your Smile

Sometimes I Wonder Why the World (Bruce Murdoch)

Bruce Murdoch- I’d Walk a Thousand Miles 

Sometimes I Wonder Why the World (Bruce Murdoch)

I mentioned that Bruce’s newer songs were less political than the ones he was writing in the 1960s and ‘70s – which is not to say that he didn’t still write political songs. In 2015, Bill Garrett produced a recording of a new political song by Bruce.

Bruce Murdoch with Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop- Begone You Neocons

Begone You Neocons – single (Bruce Murdoch)

Mandy, Bruce’s partner, asked me to say that anyone with memories of Bruce that they’d like to share with the family can send them to… brucemurdochmusic@gmail.com

Bruce Murdoch- Amanda

Sometimes I Wonder Why the World (Bruce Murdoch)

Next week: A Tribute to Rosalie Sorrels.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – May 16, 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/128/75390.html

Jay Linden- Coming Through

Under the Radar (Jay Linden)

Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl- Circle of Friends

Marblehead Morning – Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl: 50 Years in Harmony (Daring)

Shelley Posen & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2023)

Shelley Posen- Walking in the Rain

Ontario Moon (Well Done Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Maria Dunn (2017)

Maria Dunn- West Cork Hills

Hardscrabble Hope (Distant Whisper Music)

Tom Mitchell & Mike Regenstreif (1999)

Tom Mitchell- Camp Hambone

Tom Mitchell (Philo)

Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Murdoch (2007)

Bruce Murdoch- Joshua (Rough Night in Jericho)

Bruce Murdoch (Radio Canada International)

Mike Regenstreif & Bill Staines (1993)

Bill Staines- Rompin’ Rovin’ Days 

Journey Home (Red House)

Penny Lang & Mike Regenstreif (1976) photo: Felicity Fanjoy

Penny Lang- (Can I) Come Across to You

Live at the Yellow Door (She-Wolf)

Bruce Murdoch- I’m at the Mercy of Your Smile

Sometimes I Wonder Why the World (Bruce Murdoch)

Le Vent du Nord- La Lettre

Voisinages (La Compagnie du Nord)

Satellite Birdhouse- Some Kind of Armour

Some Kind of Armour – single (Satellite Birdhouse)

Irish Millie- So Gone

Grace (Irish Millie)

Abigail Lapell- Sing a Rainbow

Shadow Child (Outside Music)

Sultans of String- A Place to Call Home

Symphony (Sultans of String)

Moonfruits- Carousel

Salt (Co-Op)

Hank Alrich- Don’t You Listen to That Man

Broken River (Walkinay Music Media)

Tom Chapin, John Forster & Friends- No Kings, No Kings

No Kings, No Kings – single (Ditties & Diatribes)

Tom Chapin & John Forster’s friends singing on No Kings,  No Kings include Abigail Chapin, Adam Falcon, Christine Lavin, David Amram, Guy Davis, Jessica Craven, Jessica Fishenfeld, John McCutcheon, Jon Cobert, Judy Collins, Lily Chapin, Michael Mark, Noel Paul Stookey, Reggie Harris, Shirley Crabbe & The Nyack Community Choir.

Hannah & Nathan- Little Bird

Love and Labour (Just Right Music)

Mary Gick- Waltz for Shelagh

Six Tunes and a Song (Mary Gick)

Amy Melissen & Lee Stivers- Cornbread and Butterbeans

Something Tells Me Everything Will Be Alright (AMCTR)

Tony Rice- Banks of the Ohio

Tony Rice (Craft)

Ed Snodderly- Coming Down This Road

Baggage Flies Free (Majestic/Need to Know Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Anne Hills (2001)

Anne Hills- Follow That Road 

Angle of the Light (Flying Fish)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2018)

Tom Russell- Into the Wild

Mount Olive (Frontera)

Tracy Grammer- Blue Wing

Book of Sparrows (Tracy Grammer)

Nanci Griffith & Ian Tyson- Canadian Whiskey

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

Katy Moffatt- Amelia’s Railroad Flat

The Evangaline Hotel (Philo)

Nani Vazana- No Kero Madre (No Mother I Don’t Want)

Ke Haber (Noam Vazana) 

Mike Regenstreif & Orit Shimoni (2025)

Orit Shimoni- Strange and Beautiful Things 

Strange and Beautiful Things (Orit Shimoni)

Bobby Dove- Dreamt I Met John Prine

Fortune Teller (New Motor)

John Prine- Egg & Daughter Night, Lincoln Nebraska, 1967 (Crazy Bone)

The Tree of Forgiveness (Oh Boy)

Mike Regenstreif & Lisa Gutkin of The Klezmatics (2025)

The Klezmatics- Forty Year Freylekhs

We Were Made for These Times (Shamus)

The Klezmatics featuring Sofia Rei- Plane Wreck at Los Gatos (Deportee)

We Were Made for These Times (Shamus)

Mike Regenstreif & David Amram (2017)

The David Amram Quintet- Talking Subway

David Amram Honors Guthrie and Ochs: Old Souls (Guthrie Legacy)

Janis Ian- I Hear You Sing Again

From Me to You: Live in Bremen 2004 (MIG)

Judy Collins & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

Judy Collins- Story of Isaac

Who Knows Where the Time Goes (Elektra)

Sariyah Idan- Dance Me to the End of Love

Live in Berlin (Sariyah Idan)

Leonard Cohen- You Got Me Singing

Popular Problems (Columbia)

NEeMA- Sidewalk

Watching You Think (Neemaste/Sony)

Mike Regenstreif & Garnet Rogers (2006)

Garnet Rogers- Corrina, Corrina

Night Drive (Snow Goose Songs)

Andy Cohen & Mike Regenstreif (2025)

Eleanor Ellis, William Lee Ellis & Andy Cohen- Memphis Minnie and Me

Whistlin’ Past the Graveyard (Riverlark Music)

Todd Albright- Death of Ella Speed

Blues for Dexter Linwood (Misfortune)

Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band- Wild About My Lovin’

Time (Resonatin’/Thirty Tigers)

John Gorka & Mike Regenstreif (2012)

John Gorka- Welcome Home

unentitled (Red House)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on June 13. 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

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday January 25, 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/128/68698.html

Mike Regenstreif & Garnet Rogers (2006)

Garnet Rogers- Small Victory

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

John McCutcheon & Carrie Newcomer- Field of Stars

Field of Stars (Appalsongs)

Chris Rawlings- Deep Blue Sea

Two Sides to Your Story (Cookingfat Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Priscilla Herdman (1978)

Priscilla Herdman- The Coast of Marseilles

Forgotten Dreams (Flying Fish)

The Twangtown Paramours- A Room in Bordeaux

The Wind will Change Again (Inside Edge)

Melón Jimenez & Lara Wong- Paraná

Confluencias (Scatcat Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2009)

Jesse Winchester- Wintry Feeling

A Touch on the Rainy Side (Stony Plain)

Mike Regenstreif, Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop (2014)

Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop- The Hill

Red Shoes (Borealis)

Neale Eckstein- January Thaw

Never Too Late (Neale Eckstein)

Nanci Griffith- Ten Degrees and Getting Colder

Other Voices/Other Rooms (Elektra)

Amy Speace- I Break Things

The American Dream (Windbone)

Cindy Kallet- The Poet

Ride in the Light (Sleepy Creek Music)

Boreal- Winterbirds

Winterbirds (Boreal)

Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens- Rainy Day

American Railroad (Nonesuch)

John McCutcheon- MS St. Louis

Field of Stars (Appalsongs)

Perla Batalla- The Partisan

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

The Klezmatics & Susan McKeown- Gonna Get Through This World

Wonder Wheel: Lyrics by Woody Guthrie (Jewish Music Group)

Rosalie Sorrels- Mehitabel’s Theme

Always a Lady (Green Linnet)

Peggy Lee- The Alley Cat Song

I’m a Woman: Expanded Edition (Capitol)

Phil Harris- Thomas O’Malley Cat

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

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2022)

Eliza Gilkyson- Bare Necessities

Your Town Tonight (Red House)

Doug McArthur & Jeffra- Angels of the Mission Trail

Angels of the Mission Trail (Tableaux Vivants)

Eric Taylor with Nanci Griffith- Mission Door

Live at the Red Shack (Blue Ruby)

Ana Egge- Mission Bells Moan

Sharing in the Spirit (StorySound)

Rosanne Cash- Girl from the North Country

The List (Manhattan)

Ian & Sylvia- Tomorrow is a Long Time

Four Strong Winds (Vanguard)

Penny Lang & Mike Regenstreif (1976) photo: Felicity Fanjoy

Penny Lang- One Too Many Mornings

Stone + Sand + Sea + Sky (Borealis)

Moses Crouch- Banjo Blues

Earth Music (Riverlark)

The airdate for this show, January 25, is Robbie Burns Day. The next nine songs were written or collected by the great Scottish poet, Robert Burns, who was born on January 25, 1759 and died at 37 on July 21, 1796.

Jean Redpath- A Parcel of Rogues in a Nation

The Songs of Robert Burns, Volumes 1 & 2 (Philo)

Dougie MacLean- Scots Wha’ Hae

Tribute to Robert Burns, Neil Gow and Robert Tannahill (Dunkeld)

The Short Sisters- Ca’ the Yowes

Downsized (Black Socks Press)

Andrew & Casey Calhoun- A Rosebud By My Early Walk

Skeins (Waterbug)

Mike Regenstreif & Brendan Nolan (2023)

Brendan Nolan- Green Grow the Rashes O’

Familiar Brew (Ould Sagosha)

Bett Padgett- Ae Fond Kiss

Beneath Blue Water (Ceildhe’s Music)

Mallory Chipman- A Red, Red Rose

Songs to a Wild God (Tunnel Mountain)

Bobby Watt- Westlin’ Winds

Watt Next? (Glenashdale Music)

Highland Weavers- Auld Lang Syne

Going Home (Highland Weavers)

Christine Lavin featuring Robin Batteau- Mercury & Mars (Jan. 28, 1977)

Drum School Dropout (Christine Lavin)

Tom Mitchell- Sing to Me Now

Outamongum Again (Cowlick)

Laura Smith & Mike Regenstreif (2013)

Laura Smith- Gypsy Dream

As Long As I’m Dreaming (Borealis)

Christopher Kearney- Rocking Chair Ride

Christopher Kearney (Capitol)

Carol Crittenden- The Fields of Athenry

Glimmer (Carol Crittenden)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on February 22. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – June 18, 2024: 50 years ago, I took over The Golem, Part 2

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/595/65644.html

Theme: 50 years ago, I took over The Golem, Part 2.

Mike Regenstreif at The Golem (1987) (Montreal Gazette photo)

It was just over 50 years ago, on May 24, 1974, that I took over running The Golem, Montreal folk club. 

The Golem had been established in 1973 in the McGill Hillel building at 3460 Stanley Street by Saul Markowicz. I had done my basic training in folk club management with Chuck Baker at the Yellow Door, and had been producing concerts in Montreal at Dawson College and McGill University for about two years when Saul approached me in the spring of 1974 and asked if I’d be interested in taking over The Golem.

I actually ran The Golem twice – from 1974 until 1976 and from 1981 until 1987. The Golem was also run for about a year after my first tenure by Marc Nerenberg (who, by the way, is responsible for keeping the Yellow Door going still). The Golem was closed between 1977 and when I returned and re-opened it in 1981. And, after my second tenure, a committee including Helen Fortin and Dave Clarke of Steel Rail fame kept the Golem going until 1991.

All of the songs on this show were played back in the day by artists who performed during my two tenures running the Golem.

Mike Regenstreif & Garnet Rogers (2006)

Garnet Rogers- Ain’t Goin’ Home

The Outside Track (Snow Goose Songs)

Humphrey & The Dumptrucks- Calgary Song

Six Days of Paper Ladies (Boot)

Penny Lang & Mike Regenstreif (1976) photo: Felicity Fanjoy

Penny Lang- Barrelhouse Blues

Live at the Yellow Door (She-Wolf)

Paul Geremia & Mike Regenstreif (2012)

Paul Geremia- The Truth is on the Streets

Self Portrait in Blues (Red House)

Terry Garthwaite- Hoy Hoy Hoy

Live at the Great American Music Hall (Flying Fish)

Dakota Dave Hull & Sean Blackburn- Deep Water

River of Swing (Arabica)

Bill Garrett- Northshore Train

Bill Garrett (Borealis)

Valdy- Peter & Lou

Classic Collection (A&M)

Roger McGuinn- Gate of Horn

Peace On You (Columbia)

Ramblin' Jack Elliott & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Ramblin' Jack Elliott- Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right

Kerouac’s Last Dream (Appleseed)

Eric Andersen & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Eric Andersen- Violets of Dawn

Woodstock Under the Stars (Y&T Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Loudon Wainwright III (2015)

Loudon Wainwright III- The Swimming Song

Attempted Moustache (Columbia/Legacy)

Diana Marcovitz- Don’t Call It Love

Recent unreleased version of song from Joie de Vivre (Diana Marcovitz)

David Mallett- Open Doors & Windows

Open Doors & Windows (Flying Fish)

Rory Block- Lovin’ Whiskey

I’ve Got a Rock in My Sock (Rounder)

Josh White, Jr..- One Meatball

Live at the Raven Gallery (Silverwolf)

Roy Forbes (known as Bim in the Golem years)- Woh Me

Almost Overnight (AKA)

David Essig & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

David Essig- Flo’s Café

A Stone in My Pocket (Peregrin)

Linda Morrison- Left Foot Slide

Line By Line (Heartstrung Music)

Guy Van Duser & Billy Novick- Sweet Georgia Brown

American Finger-Style Guitar (Rounder)

Jackie Washington & Mike Regenstreif (2008)

Jackie Washington- Gotta Go

The World of Jackie Washington (Borealis)

Mike Regenstreif & Marc Nerenberg (2009)

Marc Nerenberg- On the Street Again

On the Street Again (Marc Nerenberg)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- The Redtail Hawk

Back Roads (Rhino)

Mike Regenstreif & Murray McLauchlan on Zoom (2021)

Murray McLauchlan- Sweeping the Spotlight Away

Sweeping the Spotlight Away (True North)

50 years ago, I took over The Golem, Part 1 – with many more artists and songs from my Golem years – was heard on the May 28 edition of Stranger Songs and can be streamed at this link. https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/65341.html

Next week: 50 years ago, I took over The Golem, Part 3 in the first half-hour; and then, Songs and Conversation with Michael Jerome Browne and Mary Flower.

--Mike Regenstreif