Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – May 6, 2025: The Banjo Special

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/595/70088.html

Theme: The Banjo Special.

Pete Seeger holding his banjo.

All the songs and tunes on this show feature the banjo.

Doc Watson- Rambling Hobo

Memories (Sugar Hill)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Foolish You

Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Nonesuch)

Michael Jerome Browne- Reverend Strut

Gettin’ Together (Borealis/Stony Plain)

John Hartford- Gentle on My Mind

Live from Mountain Stage (Blue Plate Music)

The Be Good Tanyas- Reuben

Chinatown (Nettwerk)

Mary Gick- Hills of Home

Six Tunes and a Song (Mary Gick)

Finest Kind- Going to the West

Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle)

Marc Nerenberg- Little Birdie: A Reimagined Traditional Song

Little Birdie: Birds, Beasts & Banjo Blues (Marc Nerenberg)

The Dumptrucks- Qu’Appelle

Selections (Laughing Cactus)

Pete Seeger- Monsieur Banjo

American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 4 (Smithsonian Folkways)

Last Forever with John Cohen- Dillard Chandler

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

Arnie Naiman- My Lucy Stars

My Lucky Stars (Merriweather)

Robert Thomas & the sessionmen- Springhill

The Way We Roll (Gas)

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- Redwinged Blackbird

Get Up and Do Right (Community Music)

Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five- Put ‘Em Down Blues

The Hot Fives & Hot Sevens, Vol. III (Columbia)

Paul Barbarin with Danny Barker- Eh La Bas

Paul Barbarin and His New Orleans Jazz (Collectables)

Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma- Berish Katz Breakdown

Dispatches: Songs from a World Gone Mad (Rubinchik)

Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson- Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss

What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow (Nonesuch)

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings- Howdy Howdy

Woodland (Acony)

Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn- Railroad

Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn (Rounder)

Pharis & Jason Romero- Train on the Island

Tell ‘Em You Were Gold (Smithsonian Folkways)

Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project- Lazy John

Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project (Borealis)

Derroll Adams- The Mountain

Songs of the Banjoman (Wundertutte) 

Suzy Thompson- Lose My Blues

Suzy Sings Siebel Volume One (Suzy Thompson)

Jenny Whiteley- Banjo Girl

The Original Jenny Whiteley (Black Hen Music)

Tony Trischka & Steve Martin- Plunkin’ Rag

Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular (Rounder)

Next week: A Tribute to The Klezmatics.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – April 22, 2025: Songs for Earth 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/595/69923.html

Theme: Songs for Earth Day.

Earth Day has been observed on April 22 since 1970.

Tom Paxton- Whose Garden Was This

Tom Paxton 6 (Elektra)

Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- Dry Times

All New (Community Music)

Tom Paxton & Anne Hills- There Goes the Mountain

Under American Skies (Appleseed)

Lynn Miles with Keith Glass- Black Flowers

Road (Lynn Miles)

The Rifters- The Dollar Worth of Mother Earth

The Enchanted World (Howlin’ Dog)

Mary Gick- Waltz for the Trees

Six Tunes and a Song (Mary Gick)

Laurie Lewis- Trees

Trees (Spruce & Maple Music)

Kronos Quartet & Lee Knight- Garbage

Long Time Passing: Kronos Quartet & Friends Celebrate Pete Seeger (Smithsonian Folkways)

Malvina Reynolds- Skagit Valley Forever

Ear to the Ground: Topical Songs 1960-1978 (Smithsonian Folkways)

The Malvinas- God Bless the Grass

God Bless the Grass (Soona Songs)

Pete Seeger- If It Can’t Be Reduced

At 89 (Appleseed)

Pat Humphries- To My Old Brown Earth

Seeds: The Songs of Pete Seeger, Volume 3 (Appleseed)

Kim & Reggie Harris & Magpie- We Belong to the Earth

Spoken in Love: Kim & Reggie Harris and Magpie in Concert (Long Tail)

Susan Werner- Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)

Classics (Sleeve Dog)

Tom Jones- Ol’ Mother Earth

Surrounded By Time (S-Curve)

HuDost- Fire of Eden

The Monkey in the Crown (Open Sesame Music)

Deb Seymour- Heart of the Earth

Sometimes You Gotta Wear Boots (Herkimer Productions)

Roy Zimmerman- Big Yellow Taxi

Road Map (Roy Zimmerman)

John McCutcheon- Earth

Cabin Fever: Songs from the Quarantine (Appalsongs)

Penny Lang- Power of the Earth

Somebody Else (She-Wolf)

Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer- Gentle Arms of Eden

Drum Hat Buddha (Signature Sounds)

Moonfruits- Brittle Earth

Salt (Co-Op)

Louis Armstrong- What a Wonderful World

What a Wonderful World (MCA)

Next week: “Dublin Blues” and Other Songs of Guy Clark.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – March 11, 2025: Remembering David Johansen; “Hello in There”

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/595/69289.html

Themes: Part 1 – Remembering David Johansen (1950-2025); Part 2 – “Hello in There” and other songs that reference the elderly.

Part 1 – Remembering David Johansen (1950-2025)

David Johansen, who died on February 28 at age 75, was a singer and actor who first gained fame in the early-1970s as lead singer of the proto-punk glam band, The New York Dolls. In the mid-1980s, he began performing jazz, jump blues and novelty songs as his lounge singer alter-ego Buster Poindexter. And, in the 1990s, he started performing traditional folk and blues and formed a band called David Johansen & The Harry Smiths.

Buster Poindexter- Hot Hot Hot

Buster Poindexter (RCA)

Buster Poindexter & Soozie Tyrell- Saturday Night Fish Fry

Buster’s Happy Hour (Rhino)

Buster Poindexter- Screwy Music

Buster Poindexter (RCA)

Bill Morrissey & David Johansen- Love Arrives

Night Train (Philo)

David Johansen & The Harry Smiths- James Alley Blues

David Johansen and the Harry Smiths (Chesky)

David Johansen & The Harry Smiths- Kassie Jones

Shaker (Chesky)

David Johansen & The Harry Smiths- I Can’t Be Satisfied

Shaker (Chesky)

Part 2 – “Hello in There” and other songs that reference the elderly.

Reggie Harris- Hello In There

On Solid Ground (Reggie Harris Music)

Pete Seeger- Get Up and Go

Together In Concert (Rising Son)

Nancy White- Seamless Dance of the Old Folks

Gaelic Envy and Other Torch Songs (Borealis)

Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- Grandpa Danced the Charleston

All New (Community Music)

Shirley Eikhard- Emily Remembers

Going Home (Artisan Music)

Kathy Mattea- Where’ve You Been

Willow in the Wind (Mercury)

Judy Collins- In the Twilight

Bohemian (Wildflower)

Anne Hills & Michael Smith- The Dutchman

Paradise Lost and Found (Redwing Music)

Finest Kind- The Goodnight-Loving Trail

Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle)

Utah Phillips- All Used Up

The Long Memory (Red House)

Rosalie Sorrels- Feather Ben

Travelin’ Lady Rides Again (Green Linnet)

Eric Bogle- Now I’m Easy

Scraps of Paper (Flying Fish)

Stan Rogers- Sailor’s Rest Intro/Sailor’s Rest

Songs of a Lifetime: Home in Halifax (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Murray McLauchlan- Old Man’s Song

Songs from the Street: The Best of Murray McLauchlan (True North)

Next week: Canadian Places.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – January 21, 2025: Blood on the Tracks Revisited and A Complete Unknown

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/595/68626.html

Themes: Blood on the Tracks Revisited and A Complete Unknown.

Blood on the Tracks Revisited

It was 50 years ago this week, on January 20, 1975, that Bob Dylan released Blood on the Tracks, one of his greatest albums. On this program, we revisit the songs from Blood on the Tracks, in order, played by various artists.

Ben Sidran- Tangled Up in Blue

Dylan Different (Bonsai)

Dave's True Story- Simple Twist of Fate

Simple Twist of Fate: DTS Does Dylan (BePop)

Emma Swift- You’re a Big Girl Now

Blonde on the Tracks (Tiny Ghost/CRS)

Lucinda Williams- Idiot Wind

Bob’s Back Pages: A Night of Bob Dylan Songs (Highway 20)

Barney Bentall & Valentino Trapani- You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go

Cosmic Dreamer (True North)

Sloan Wainwright- Meet Me in the Morning

Rediscovery (Derby Disc Music)

Tom Russell, Eliza Gilkyson & Joe Ely- Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts

Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs (HighTone)

Erik Balkey- If You See Her, Say Hello

If You See Her, Say Hello – single (Hudson Harding)

Crowe’s Pasture- Shelter from the Storm

Edge of America (Crowe’s Pasture)

Dave Van Ronk- Buckets of Rain

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

Bob Dylan recorded two other songs during the sessions for Blood on the Tracks that he left of the original album. "Call Letter Blues" and "Up to Me" were included, though, on More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14, a 2018 box set that included every take of every song Dylan recorded for Blood on the Tracks.

Bob Dylan- Call Letter Blues

More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 (Columbia/Legacy)

Bob Dylan- Up to Me

More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 (Columbia/Legacy)

A Complete Unknown

A Complete Unknown is a partly true, partly fictional account of Bob Dylan from his arrival in New York City in 1961 until his first electric performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.

As a movie, I really enjoyed A Complete Unknown and thought the main cast members –  Timothée Chalamet as Dylan, Edward Norton as Pete Seeger, Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez, Elle Fanning as the Suze Rotolo character renamed Sylvie Russo, and the rest – were all very good. 

Fo the most part, I didn’t mind the many historical inaccuracies I recognized in the film and thought A Complete Unknown did a good job of capturing the essence of Dylan’s rise in the first half of the 1960s.

Timothée Chalamet- Song to Woody

A Complete Unknown soundtrack (Columbia)

Monica Barbaro- Silver Dagger

A Complete Unknown soundtrack (Columbia)

Edward Norton- Wimoweh (Mbube)

A Complete Unknown soundtrack (Columbia)

Timothée Chalamet & Edward Norton- When the Ship Comes In

A Complete Unknown soundtrack (Columbia)

Monica Barbaro &  Timothée Chalamet- It Ain’t Me, Babe

A Complete Unknown soundtrack (Columbia)

Timothée Chalamet- Like a Rolling Stone

A Complete Unknown soundtrack (Columbia)

Next week: Harmonica.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – November 12, 2024: Remembering Barbara Dane (1927-2024)

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/595/67642.html

Theme: Remembering Barbara Dane (1927-2024).

Barbara Dane, the folk, blues and jazz singer – and political activist – died at home in Oakland, California on October 20 at age 97. Barbara was born in Detroit in 1927 and began singing at demonstrations for racial equality and labor rights while still a teenager. She remained an activist for those causes, as well as for peace and women’s rights all of her life.

In 2017, I had the honor of interviewing Barbara on stage during the Wisdom of the Elders panel at the Folk Alliance International conference in Kansas City. She truly had a remarkable and inspiring life.

Mike Regenstreif & Barbara Dane (2017)

Barbara Dane- Stranger’s Blues

Barbara Dane Sings the Blues (Folkways)

Barbara Dane- Nine Hundred Miles

Anthology of American Folk Songs (Tradition)

Barbara Dane- When I was a Young Girl

Anthology of American Folk Songs (Tradition)

Barbara Dane & Doc Watson- You Don’t Know Me/You Don’t Know My Mind

Hot Jazz, Cool Blues & Hard-Hitting Songs (Smithsonian Folkways)

Barbara Dane & Pete Seeger- Solidarity Forever

Hot Jazz, Cool Blues & Hard-Hitting Songs (Smithsonian Folkways)

Barbara Dane with Jesse Cahn, Pablo Menendez & Johnny Harper- Oh, Had I a Golden Thread

Hot Jazz, Cool Blues & Hard-Hitting Songs (Smithsonian Folkways)

Barbara Dane & The Chambers Brothers- It Isn’t Nice

Hot Jazz, Cool Blues & Hard-Hitting Songs (Smithsonian Folkways)

Barbara Dane & The Chambers Brothers- Come By Here

Hot Jazz, Cool Blues & Hard-Hitting Songs (Smithsonian Folkways)

Barbara Dane with Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon- Walking Blues

Hot Jazz, Cool Blues & Hard-Hitting Songs (Smithsonian Folkways)

Barbara Dane & Lightnin' Hopkins- Sometimes I Believe She Loves Me

Hot Jazz, Cool Blues & Hard-Hitting Songs (Smithsonian Folkways)

Barbara Dane- Ain’t Nobody Got the Blues Like Me

Trouble In Mind (Dreadnaught)

Barbara Dane- Prescription for the Blues

Trouble In Mind (Dreadnaught)

Barbara Dane with Earl 'Fatha' Hines & His Orchestra- Livin’ with the Blues

Livin’ with the Blues (Dreadnaught)

Barbara Dane- Basin Street Blues

Hot Jazz, Cool Blues & Hard-Hitting Songs (Smithsonian Folkways)

Barbara Dane- Mama Yancey’s Advice

Hot Jazz, Cool Blues & Hard-Hitting Songs (Smithsonian Folkways)

Barbara Dane with Earl 'Fatha' Hines & His Orchestra- Mecca Flat Blues

Livin’ with the Blues (Dreadnaught)

Barbara Dane- Deportees (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)

Hot Jazz, Cool Blues & Hard-Hitting Songs (Smithsonian Folkways)

Barbara Dane & Pete Seeger- We Shall Not Be Moved

Hot Jazz, Cool Blues & Hard-Hitting Songs (Smithsonian Folkways)

Barbara Dane & The Chambers Brothers- This Little Light of Mine

Hot Jazz, Cool Blues & Hard-Hitting Songs (Smithsonian Folkways)

Next week: Immigration, Part 1 – The Man from God Knows Where.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 6, 2024: Remembering Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon

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/595/66262.html

Theme: Remembering Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon (1942-2024).

Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, who died on July 16 at age 81, was a noted singer – probably best known for founding and leading the a cappella group Sweet Honey in the Rock. She was a prominent civil rights activist and a member of The SNCC Freedom Singers in the 1960s. Later, she served as cultural historian in music history at the Smithsonian Institution, curator of music history for the National Museum of American History, and as a distinguished professor of history at American University.

Bernice Johnson Reagon- River of Life

River of Life: Harmony One (Flying Fish)

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

Voices of the Civil Rights Movement (Smithsonian Folkways)

The SNCC Freedom Singers- We Shall Not Be Moved

Voices of the Civil Rights Movement (Smithsonian Folkways)

The SNCC Freedom Singers- Woke Up This Morning with My Mind on Freedom

Voices of the Civil Rights Movement (Smithsonian Folkways)

Len Chandler & Bernice Johnson Reagon- I’m Going to Get My Baby Out of Jail

The Best of Broadside 1962-1988 (Smithsonian Folkways)

Bernice Johnson Reagon & Pete Seeger- Backlash Blues

Pete Seeger Now (Columbia)

Bernice Johnson Reagon & Pete Seeger - Michael, Row the Boat Ashore

Pete Seeger Now (Columbia)

Bernice Johnson Reagon & Pete Seeger- Taint But Me One

Pete Seeger Now (Columbia)

Bernice Johnson Reagon- There is More Love Somewhere

River of Life: Harmony One (Flying Fish)

Bernice Johnson Reagon- Cotton Needed Pickin’ So Bad

Pete Seeger Now (Columbia)

Bernice Johnson Reagon, Kim & Reggie Harris- Oh Mary, Don’t You Weep

Get On Board: Underground Railroad & Civil Rights Freedom Songs, Volume 2 (Appleseed)

Sweet Honey in the Rock- Joan Little

Selections 1976-1988 (Flying Fish)

Sweet Honey in the Rock- Echo

Selections 1976-1988 (Flying Fish)

Sweet Honey in the Rock- As Long As I Have Breath in My Body

Selections 1976-1988 (Flying Fish)

Sweet Honey in the Rock- My Way

Selections 1976-1988 (Flying Fish)

Bernice Johnson Reagon & Toshi Reagon- Your Country

Africans in America: America’s Journey Through Slavery (Rykodisc)

Bernice Johnson Reagon & Toshi Reagon- Remember Me

Africans in America: America’s Journey Through Slavery (Rykodisc)

Bernice Johnson Reagon & Toshi Reagon- Long Way Journey Home

Africans in America: America’s Journey Through Slavery (Rykodisc)

Bernice Johnson Reagon & Toshi Reagon- Venture’s Song

Africans in America: America’s Journey Through Slavery (Rykodisc)

Sweet Honey in the Rock- Come Unto Me

Africans in America: America’s Journey Through Slavery (Rykodisc)

Bernice Johnson Reagon & Toshi Reagon- What Kind of Land

Africans in America: America’s Journey Through Slavery (Rykodisc)

Bernice Johnson Reagon- Balm in Gilead

Africans in America: America’s Journey Through Slavery (Rykodisc)

Bernice Johnson Reagon- Since I Laid My Burden Down

River of Life: Harmony One (Flying Fish)

Next week: “Kin Ya See That Sun.”

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – May 21, 2024: Even More Songs of Bob Dylan

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/595/65281.html

Theme: Even More Songs of Bob Dylan.

Bob Dylan – who turns 83 this week on May 24 – is, arguably, but certainly in my opinion, the most important and influential songwriter ever. All of the songs on this show have never been heard on any previous edition of Stranger Songs.

Bob Dylan- Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again

Blonde On Blonde (Columbia)

The Clancy Brothers with Louis Killen- Girl from the North Country

Save the Land! (Audio Fidelity)

Joan Baez- Love Minus Zero/No Limit

Any Day Now (Vanguard)

Pete Seeger- Who Killed Davey Moore?

We Shall Overcome: The Complete Carnegie Hall Concert, June 8, 1963 (Columbia)

Happy Traum with Bob Dylan- Let Me Die in My Footsteps

The Best of Broadside 1962-1988 (Smithsonian Folkways)

Bob Dylan- Ballad of Hollis Brown

The Times They Are A-Changin’ (Columbia)

J.D. Crowe & The New South- Nashville Skyline Rag

Flashback (Rounder)

Odetta- Walkin’ Down the Line

Odetta Sings Dylan (RCA)

The Brothers & Sisters- Just Like a Woman

Dylan’s Gospel (Columbia)

Julie Felix- It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)

Starry Eyed and Laughing… Songs by Bob Dylan (Remarkable)

Bob Dylan- Blind Willie McTell

The Bootleg Series, Volume 3 (Columbia)

Tom Russell- John Wesley Harding

Tonight We Ride EP (HighTone)

Ian & Sylvia- Tears of Rage

Long Long Time (Vanguard)

Peter, Paul & Mary- Too Much of Nothing

Late Again (Warner Bros.)

Bob Dylan- If Dogs Run Free

New Morning (Columbia)

Jimmy LaFave- You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go

Peace Town (Music Road)

Ian Hanchet- If Not for You

Dealin’ from the Bottom (of My Heart) (Ian Hanchet)

Caroline Doctorow- Time Passes Slowly

Dreaming in Vinyl (Narrow Lane)

Bob Dylan- Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands

Blonde On Blonde (Columbia)[MR1]

Next week: 50 years ago I took over The Golem.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – April 30, 2024: Remembering Pete Seeger

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/595/64978.html

Theme: Remembering Pete Seeger (1919-2014)

Pete Seeger – who died in 2014 at age 94 – was a folksinger, musician, songwriter, author and activist at the vanguard of the folk revival from the 1940s until his death. Virtually all of us who came into the folk scene over the past seven decades or more, stand on Pete’s shoulders.

Pete Seeger- Tomorrow is a Highway

If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope and Struggle (Smithsonian Folkways)

The Weavers- Kisses Sweeter Than Wine

The Weavers at Carnegie Hall (Vanguard)

Nanci Griffith with Odetta, The Indigo Girls, Kennedy Rose, John Prine, James Hooker, Barry & Holly Tashian, John Gorka, David Mallett, Marlin Griffith & Jim Rooney- Wimoweh (Mbube)

Other Voices/Other Rooms (Elektra)

Perla Batalla- Guantanamera

Discoteca Batalla (Mechuda Music)

Peter Paul & Mary- If I Had a Hammer

Peter Paul and Mary (Warner Bros.)

Noel Paul Stookey- Not That Kind of Music

At Home: The Maine Tour (Neworld)

Pete Seeger with Arlo Guthrie & Shenendoah- Precious Friend You Will Be There

Precious Friend (Warner Bros.)

Bruce Cockburn- Turn, Turn, Turn

Rarities (True North)

Kronos Quartet with Sam Amidon, Brian Carpenter, Lee Knight & Aoife O'Donovan- Where Have All the Flowers Gone

Long Time Passing: Kronos Quartet & Friends Celebrate Pete Seeger (Smithsonian Folkways)

Magpie- Last Train to Nuremburg

Endless River (Long Tail)

Ken Whiteley- Quite Early Morning

Ken Whiteley and the Beulah Band (Borealis)

Pete Seeger- One Grain of Sand

Dangerous Songs!? (Columbia/Legacy)

Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer (The Power of Song)

All New (Community Music)

Annie Patterson- Pastures of Plenty

Meet Me By the Moonlight (Annie Patterson)

Arlo Guthrie with Shenendoah- Sailing Down This Golden River

Outlasting the Blues (Rising Son)

Pete Seeger- Of Time and Rivers Flowing

Pete (Living Music)

Reggie Harris- High Over the Hudson

On Solid Ground (Reggie Harris Music)

Happy Traum- Empty Pocket Blues

I Walk the Road Again (Roaring Stream)

Rosalie Sorrels- Old Devil Time

Report from Grimes Creek (Green Linnet)

Penny Lang- Oh, Had I a Golden Thread

Carry On Children (She-Wolf)

Pete Seeger- Both Sides Now

Young vs. Old (Columbia)

John McCutcheon with Hot Rize- Well May the World Go

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

Next week: Songs for Mothers.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday October 24, 2023: Conversation and Songs with Terri Thal

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/595/62442.html

Primary Theme: Conversation and Songs with Terri Thal.

Terri Thal is the author of the newly published memoir, My Greenwich Village: Dave, Bob and Me. She became involved in the folk music scene while still a teenager in New York and was the first wife and manager of Dave Van Ronk. She was also the first manager of Bob Dylan and a number of other artists in the 1960s. I spoke with Terri on October 13 via Zoom.

The next five songs punctuated my conversation with Terri.

Pete Seeger- Solidarity Forever

If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope & Struggle (Smithsonian Folkways)

Dave Van Ronk- Cocaine Blues

Inside Dave Van Ronk (Fantasy)

Bob Dylan- Masters of War

The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (Columbia/Legacy)

Dave Van Ronk- Mack the Knife

Let No One Deceive You: Songs of Bertolt Brecht (Flying Fish)

Terre & Maggie Roche- Malachy’s

Kin Ya See That Sun (Earth Rock Wreckerds) 

Note: This is the first edition of Stranger Songs that I’ve recorded since the day of horrific and unfathomable terrorism committed by Hamas in Israel on October 7, and the entirely predictable consequences that followed in Gaza. I despair for the innocent victims in Israel and in Gaza who have been injured and killed these last few weeks. May there soon be peace, shalom, salaam, in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank; in Ukraine, and everywhere else on Earth torn apart by war. These are just a few of the songs I was reminded of in the days that followed October 7.

Leonard Cohen- Story of Isaac

Songs from a Room (Columbia/Legacy)

Kronos Quartet with Sam Amidon, Brian Carpenter, Lee Knight & Aoife O'Donovan- Turn, Turn, Turn

Long Time Passing: Kronos Quartet & Friends Celebrate Pete Seeger (Smithsonian Folkways)

Nanci Griffith- From a Distance

Lone Star State of Mind (MCA)

The Klezmatics with Adrienne Cooper- I Ain’t Afraid

Live at Town Hall (Klezmatics Disc) 

Fran Avni with Rachelle Mingail Shubert & Jeffrey Simons- Sim Shalom/Bring the Peace

Kulanu: All of Us in Harmony (Fran Avni)

Next week: Halloween and CKCU Funding Drive.

--Mike Regenstreif 

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday June 20, 2023: The Philosophy of Modern Song, Part 2

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 recorded and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/60948.html

Theme: The Philosophy of Modern Song, Part 2.

Bob Dylan wrote about each of the songs on this show in his book, The Philosophy of Modern Song. Except where noted, these tracks are the versions of the songs that Dylan cites.

Dylan cites the 1956 version of “Ruby, Are You Mad at Your Man?” by The Osborne Brothers.

Carolina Chocolate Drops- Ruby, Are You Mad at Your Man?

Leaving Eden (Nonesuch)

Dylan cites the 1958 version of “Volare” by Domenico Modugno.

The Gipsy Kings- Volare

The Best of The Gipsy Kings (Nonesuch/Elektra)

The Clash- London Calling

London Calling (Epic)

Hank Williams- Your Cheatin’ Heart

40 Greatest Hits (Polydor)

Roy Orbison- Blue Bayou

In Dreams (Monument)

Dylan cites the 1970 version of “Midnight Rider” by The Allman Brothers.

Greg Allman- Midnight Rider

T-Bone Burnett presents The Speaking Clock Revue: Live from The Beacon Theatre (Shout! Factory)

Carl Perkins- Blue Suede Shoes

The Rockin’ Guitar Man: The Singles 1955-1962 (Jasmine)

Little Richard- Long Tall Sally

18 Greatest Hits (Rhino)

Warren Zevon- Dirty Life and Times

The Wind (Artemis)

Mose Allison- Everybody Cryin’ Mercy

I’ve Been Doin’ Some Thinkin’ (Atlantic)

Johnny Cash- Big River

The Legend of Johnny Cash (American Recordings)

Ernie K-Doe- A Certain Girl

Finger Poppin’ and Stompin’ Feet: 20 Classic Allen Toussaint Productions for Minit Records 1960-1962 (Crescent City Soul)

Dylan cites the 1964 version of “Blue Moon” by Dean Martin.

Ian Tyson- Blue Moon

Live at Longview (Stony Plain)

Waylon Jennings- I’ve Always Been Crazy

Nashville Rebel (RCA/Legacy)

Judy Garland- Come Rain or Come Shine

Judy (Capitol)

Jimmy Reed- Big Boss Man

Found Love (Vee-Jay)

Dylan cites the 1928 version of “Old and Only in the Way” by Charlie Poole.

Loudon Wainwright III- Old and Only in the Way

High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project (2nd Story Sound)

Nina Simone- Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood

Broadway-Blues-Ballads (Philips)

Pete Seeger- Waist Deep in the Big Muddy

Waist Deep in the Big Muddy and Other Love Songs (Columbia)

Elvis Presley- Viva Las Vegas

Viva Las Vegas (RCA)

Dylan cites the 1996 version of “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” by Jimmy Webb.

Susie Arioli Band featuring Jordan Officer- By the Time I Get to Phoenix

Learn to Smile Again (Justin Time)

Frank Sinatra- Strangers in the Night

Greatest Love Songs (Reprise)

Santana- Black Magic Woman

Abraxis (Columbia)

Next week: Songs of Bruce Cockburn.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday April 11, 2023: Old Friends

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 recorded and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/60053.html

Theme: Old Friends – all the songs relate, in one way or another – to friendship. The five songs on the show called “Old Friends” are all different songs.

Guy Clark- Old Friends

Old Friends (Sugar Hill)

Andy Cohen- Bob Dylan’s Dream

Tryin’ to Get Home (Earwig)

Tom Russell- These Friends of Mine

Play One More: The Songs of Ian & Sylvia (True North)

Nanci Griffith, Dave Van Ronk & Eric Taylor- He was a Friend of Mine

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

Sneezy Waters- Circle of Friends

Sneezy Waters (Sneezy Waters)

Tom Mitchell, Mike Regenstreif & Mary McCaslin (1999)

Mary McCaslin- Old Friends

Old Friends (Philo)

Ronney Abramson- Three O’Clock Ride

Three O’Clock Ride – single (Ronney Abramson)

Jane Voss & Hoyle Osborne- To All My Friends in Far-Flung Places

Sparkle and Shine (Front Hall)

Shelley Posen- Having a Drink with Jane

The Old Songs Home (Well Done Music)

Tom Mitchell- You Save Everything

When the Moon is Right (Truesongs)

Huxtable, Christensen & Hood- Oldest of Friends

Wallflowers (Philo)

Frida’s Brow- Old Friends

Frida’s Brow (Frida’s Brow)

John McCutcheon- That’s All

Cabin Fever: Songs from the Quarantine (Appalsongs)

Bill Staines- Dear Friend

The Second Million Miles (Red House)

Mike Regenstreif, Bruce Murdoch & Sneezy Waters (2014)

Bruce Murdoch- Farewell My Friend

Singer-Songwriter Project (Elektra)

Tom Paxton- Comedians and Angels

Comedians & Angels (Appleseed)

Lucy Kaplansky- Old Friends

Everyday Street (Lucy Kaplansky)

Terra Spencer & Ben Caplan- Good Friends

Old News (Terra Spencer & Ben Caplan)

Durham County Poets- With a Little Help from My Friends

Hand Me Down Blues (Durham County Poets)

Rosalie Sorrels & Mike Regenstreif (1993)

Rosalie Sorrels- Sweet Loving Friendship

Borderline Heart (Green Linnet)

Pete Seeger with Arlo Guthrie & Shenendoah- Precious Friend You Will Be There

Precious Friend (Warner Bros.)

Gathering Time- Old Friends

Old Friends (Triple-G Records)

Next week: The Philosophy of Modern Song.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday January 24, 2023: Songs of – or inspired by – the Spanish Civil War

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 recorded and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/59086.html

Theme: Songs of – or inspired by – the Spanish Civil War.

Woody Guthrie- Jarama Valley

Songs of the Spanish Civil War, Volumes 1 & 2 (Smithsonian Folkways)

Shay Black & Aoife Clancy- Viva la Quinte Brigada

Spain in My Heart: Songs of the Spanish Civil War (Appleseed)

Lila Downs- El Quinto Regimiento

Spain in My Heart: Songs of the Spanish Civil War (Appleseed)

Windborne- Viva la Quince Brigada

Of Hard Times & Harmony (Wand’ring Feet)

Jamie O'Reilly & Michael Smith- Song of the International Brigade

Pasiones: Songs of the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 (Bird Avenue)

Jack Hardy- Orphan from Madrid/Guernica

Landmark (Great Divide)

Charlie Haden- Els Segadors (The Reapers)

Ballad of the Fallen (ECM)

Rosalie Sorrels- Eddie’s Song

Strangers in Another Country: The Songs of Bruce “Utah” Phillips (Red House)

John McCutcheon- The Abraham Lincoln Brigade

Spain in My Heart: Songs of the Spanish Civil War (Appleseed)

Pete Seeger, Tom Glazer, Baldwin (Butch) Hawes & Bess Hawes- Si Me Quieres Escribir

Songs of the Spanish Civil War, Volumes 1 & 2 (Smithsonian Folkways)

Jamie O'Reilly & Michael Smith- Freheit!: Song of the Thaelmann Batallion

Pasiones: Songs of the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 (Bird Avenue)

Paul Robeson- The Peat Bog Soldiers

Songs of Free Men: A Paul Robeson Recital (Columbia Masterworks)

Jack Hardy- In Memory of Federico Garcia Lorca

Noir (Great Divide)

Jamie O'Reilly & Michael Smith- Lament for Ignacio Sanchez Mejias

Pasiones: Songs of the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 (Bird Avenue)

Ben Sidran- On Defeating Death/Absent Soul

The Concert for Garcia Lorca (Go Jazz)

Joel & Jamaica Rafael- Los Cuatro Generales

Spain in My Heart: Songs of the Spanish Civil War (Appleseed)

Jamie O'Reilly & Michael Smith- Gunner Name of Bill

Pasiones: Songs of the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 (Bird Avenue)

Laurie Lewis- Taste of Ashes

Spain in My Heart: Songs of the Spanish Civil War (Appleseed)

Charlie Haden- La Pasionaria

Ballad of the Fallen (ECM)

Next week: Songs I’ve Heard Leon Redbone Sing.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday January 3, 2023: Songs of Tom Paxton

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 iNn Ottawa and https://www.ckcufm.com/ on the web.

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/58909.html

Theme: Songs of Tom Paxton.

Note: On January 1st, from 7-10 pm (ET), the Greenwich Village Folk Festival is presenting a free, on-line concert celebrating Tom Paxton featuring Dan Boling; Tom Chapin; Judy Collins; The Don Juans; Cliff Eberhardt; Jackson Emmer; Eric Erickson; Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer; Tim Grimm; Janis Ian; Christine Lavin; Chris Lowe; Kathy Mattea; Amanda McBroom; John McCutcheon; Holly Near; Noel Paul Stookey & Peter Yarrow; Josh White, Jr.; and Tom Paxton – with MCs Ron Olesko of the Folk Music Notebook and Mike Regenstreif. You can watch the concert at … https://greenwichvillagefolkfestival.org/

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2009)

Tom Paxton- Wish I Had a Troubadour

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

Nanci Griffith- Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound

Other Voices/Other Rooms (Elektra)

Doc Watson- Leaving London

Portrait (Sugar Hill)

Cindy Mangsen- Outward Bound

Long Time Traveling (Compass Rose Music)

Tom Paxton- Victoria Dines Alone

Morning Again (Elektra)

Peter, Paul & Mary- The Last Thing On My Mind

See What Tomorrow Brings (Warner Bros.)

Pete Seeger- (My) Ramblin’ Boy

We Shall Overcome: The Complete Carnegie Hall Concert, June 8, 1963 (Columbia)

Tom Paxton- Has Annie Been in Tonight

Up & Up (Mountain Railroad)

Bob Dylan- Annie’s Going to Sing Her Song

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

Tom Paxton- When Annie Took Me Home

New Songs for Old Friends (Reprise)

Geoff Bartley- Central Square

Blackbirds in the Pie (Geoff Bartley)

Judy Collins- The Hostage

True Stories and Other Dreams (Elektra)

Magpie- What If, No Matter

A Tiding (Longtail)

Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- When the Big Bad Books Go ‘Boo!’

All New (Community Music)

Mike Regenstreif, Anne Hills & Tom Paxton (2001)

Anne Hills- Mother

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

Tim Grimm- Fare Thee Well, Cisco

Thank You Tom Paxton (Vault)

Dave Van Ronk- Did You Hear John Hurt?

Somebody Else, Not Me (Philo)

Tom Paxton & The DonJuans- Bottle of Wine

Live (Pax)

Josh White, Jr.- (Coming Through) And Loving You

By Request (Silverwolf)

Kate Wolf- Hold on to Me, Babe

Looking Back at You (Rhino)

Patrick Sky- Everytime

Patrick Sky (Vanguard)

Tom Paxton- Comedians and Angels

Comedians & Angels (Appleseed)

Tom Paxton- The Honor of Your Company

Wearing the Time (Sugar Hill)

Next week: Remembering Ian Tyson

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday December 13, 2022: Songs of Joni Mitchell

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 recorded and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/58616.html

Theme: Songs of Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell is one of the most influential and popular of all the artists who came out of the 1960s folk scene.

Joni Mitchell- Marcie

Archives – Volume 2: The Reprise Years (1968-1971) (Rhino)

Tom Rush- Tin Angel

The Circle Game (Elektra)

Caroline Herring- Cactus Tree

Golden Apples of the Sun (Signature Sounds)

Tigger Outlaw- Songs to Aging Children

Alice’s Restaurant soundtrack (Ryko)

Joni Mitchell- Roses Blue

Clouds (Reprise)

Pete Seeger- Both Sides Now

Young vs. Old (Columbia)

Buffy Sainte-Marie- The Circle Game

Best of the Vanguard Years (Vanguard)

Joni Mitchell- Rainy Night House

Ladies of the Canyon (Reprise)

Herbie Hancock & Leonard Cohen- The Jungle Line

River: The Joni Letters (Verve)

Judy Collins- That Song About the Midway

Portrait of an American Girl (Wildflower)

Colleen Kattau- The Last Time I Saw Richard

The Last Time I Saw Richard – single (Windlight Studios)

Joni Mitchell- For the Roses

For the Roses (Asylum)

Dave Van Ronk- Urge for Going

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

Lilli Lewis- River

River – single (Louisiana Red Hot)

Herbie Hancock & Norah Jones- Court and Spark

River: The Joni Letters (Verve)

Joni Mitchell- Help Me

Court and Spark (Asylum)

Marianne Trudel & Karen Young- Cherokee Louise

Portraits: Songs of Joni Mitchell (Productions Marianne Trudel)

Terri Camilari- Magdalene Laudries

Magdalene Laundries – single (Terri Camilari)

Joni Mitchell- Little Green

Blue (Reprise)

Joni Mitchell- The Silky Veils of Ardor

Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter (Asylum)

Next week: Happy Holidays.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday June 18, 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 prerecorded at home and can already be streamed on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/56601.html

Mike Regenstreif & Maria Dunn (2017)

Maria Dunn- Heart in Hand
Joyful Banner Blazing (Distant Whisper)

Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- Pete’s Shoulders (The Power of Song)
All New (Community Music)
Noel Paul Stookey- Not That Kind of Music
Just Causes (Neworld Multimedia)
Reggie Harris- High Over the Hudson
On Solid Ground (Reggie Harris Music)
Pete Seeger with Arlo Guthrie & Shenendoah- Precious Friend You Will Be There
Precious Friend (Warner Bros.)

Conklin Céilí Band- Augustus and Catherine
A Three Legged Stool (Conklin Céilí Band)
Bill Gallaher & Jake Galbraith- The Hold Up
The Last Battle: The Best of Bill Gallaher & Jake Galbraith (Theatre Erebus)

Geoff Bartley- Bird with a Broken Wing
Keep Your Eyes on the Road (Magic Crow)
Jack Williams- We’re All Alike
A Tickle in My Soul (Wind River)
Mollie O'Brien & Rich Moore- Central Square
Love Runner (Remington Road)

Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop- Red Shoes
Red Shoes (Borealis)
Bruce Murdoch- I Sit and Count the Stars
Matters of the Heart (Bruce Murdoch)
Ronney Abramson- The Best Friend I’ve Ever Known
Stowaway (Castor Island Music)

Diana Jones- Crossing Borders
Crossing Borders – single (Diana Jones)
Lenka Lichtenberg- Utíkej, utíkej ?lov??e/Run, run, you little human
Thieves of Dreams (Six Degrees)
Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- To the Ones Who Gave It All
All New (Community Music)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2005)

Corb Lund- Blue Wing
Songs My Friends Wrote (New West)
Nanci Griffith- St. Olav’s Gate (Tom Russell)
The Last of the True Believers (Philo)
Tom Russell- The Sparrow of Swansea (For Dylan Thomas)
Folk Hotel (Frontera)
The Wardens- Sold Out at the Ironwood
Sold Out at the Ironwood (The Wardens)

Deirdre McCalla- I Do Not Walk This Path Alone
Endless Grace (MaidenRock)
Reggie Harris- Hickory Hill
Ready to Go (Reggie Harris Music)
Theresa Thomason, Henrique Eisenmann & Paul Winter- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Paul Winter Consort: Concert in the Barn (Living Music)
Catherine Russell- Juneteenth Jamboree/Royal Garden Blues
Cat (World Village)

Mama's Broke- Just Pick One
Narrow Line (Free Dirt)
Hilary Hawke with Reed Stutz- Crossing the River
Lilygild (Hilary Hawke)
Kim Beggs- Down By the River
Steel and Wool (Out of a Paper Bag Productions)
Steve Lundquist- Appalachian Style
My Life in Song (Steve Lundquist)

Edie Carey- The Cypress and the Oak
The Veil (Edie Carey)

Ken Whiteley- Long Time Travelling
Long Time Travelling (Ken Whiteley)
Marianne Flemming- Small Hope Bay
Across the Hemisphere (Marianne Flemming Music)
Barney Bentall- Cody Road
Cosmic Dreamer (True North)

Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- Guild D25
All New (Community Music)
Peter Lehndorff- Reunion
Don’t Be Discouraged (Peter Lehndorff)
John Gorka- Arroyo Seco
True in Time (Red House)
Eliza Gilkyson- The Hill Behind This Town
Songs From the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)

Lucy Kaplansky- Independence Day
Last Days of Summer (Lucyricky)
Amy Speace- Blues for Joy
Tuscon (Windbone)
Amanda Rheaume- The Spaces In Between
The Spaces In Between (Ishkõdé)

Judy Collins & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

Judy Collins- Pacing the Cage
Portrait of an American Girl (Wildflower)
Durham County Poets- What We Got Going On
Out of the Woods (Durham County Poets)
Lynne Hanson- Hundred Mile Wind
Ice Cream in November (Panda Cave)

Mitch Greenhill- The Places Where Friends Used to Be
Mitchology (Mitch Greenhill)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on July 16. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday March 26, 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 prerecorded at home and can already be streamed on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/55682.html

Richie Havens- Here Comes the Sun
Résumé: The Best of Richie Havens (Rhino)

Pete Seeger & Tao Rodriguez Seeger- Maple Syrup Time
Seeds: The Songs of Pete Seeger, Volume 3 (Appleseed)
Le Vent du Nord- Dans l’eau-de-vie de l’arbre
20 Printemps (La Compagnie du Nord)
Tamarack- Maple Syrup
Leaving Inverarden (Folk Era)
Trent Severn- Stealin’ Syrup
Trillium (Trent Severn)

Jesse Winchester & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Jesse Winchester- Yankee Lady
Live From Mountain Stage (Blue Plate Music)
Bob Stark- I Can’t Be Sure
Sculpted Pieces of Love (Bob Stark)
Colleen Peterson- Brand New Tennessee Waltz
Beginning to Feel Like Home (Capitol)
Michael Miland- Isn’t That So
Michael Miland (Michael Miland)
Jennifer Warnes- You Remember Me
Shot Through the Heart (Arista)

Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- When the Big Bad Books Go Boo
When the Big Bad Books Go Boo – single (Community Music)
Carla Ulbrich- From the Bible
Twang (Romantic Devil)

Rupert Wates- For the People
For the People (Rupert Wates)
Greg Greenway- Let It Roll
Songs From the Beginning (Sheen of Heat Music)
Johnsmith- Virgil’s Sweet Six String
Backroads (Blue Pine Music)

Mike Mullins- Beneath the Skye the Water is Wide
8-String Sketches (Rubber Chicken)

Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Cockburn (2017)

Psoy Korolenko- Babi Yar
Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II (Six Degrees)
Sophie Milman- Tulchin
Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II (Six Degrees)
Tom Paxton- Silent Night
New Songs for Old Friends (Reprise)
Leonard Cohen- The Partisan
Songs from a Room (Columbia/Legacy)
Bruce Cockburn- If I Had a Rocket Launcher
Greatest Hits (1970-2020) (True North)

Lisa Null- Sweet Dove of Peace
Legacies (Folk-Legacy)
Sue Horowitz- Peace Song
Notes From the Garrison (Sue Horowitz)
Noel Paul Stookey featuring Theresa Thomason- In Reverence
Fazz: Now & Then (Neworld Multimedia)
Priscilla Herdman- Peace Must Come
Darkness Into Light (Flying Fish)

Eliza Gilkyson- Colorado Trail
Songs from the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)
Tom Russell & Ian Tyson- Navajo Rug
Cowboy’d All to Hell (Frontera)
Over the Moon- Someday Soon
Chinook Waltz (Borealis)
Bill Staines- My Sweet Wyoming Home
Miles (Mineral River)
Willie P. Bennett- Blackie and the Rodeo King
Blackie and the Rodeo King (Bnatural Music)

Hoyle Osborne- Can-Can
Ragtime Cowboy Joe: Piano Music from an Old West Saloon (Ripple)

Shari Ulrich & Mike Regenstreif (2019)

Rick Fines- Live Forever
Solar Powered Too (Rick Fines)
Susan Crowe- Still, You Do Not Come
The Door to the River (Corvus)
Shari Ulrich- Busy
Back to Shore (Borealis)
Lynn Miles- Main St.
We’ll Look for Stars (Must Have Music)

The Duke Robillard Band with Michelle Willson- Trouble in Mind
They Called It Rhythm & Blues (Stony Plain)
Barbara Dane- Prescription for the Blues
Trouble In Mind (Dreadnaught)
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon- Chicago House Rent Party
Songs of Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon (Folkways)
Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne- Rock and Rolling This House
Blues from Chicago to Paris: A Tribute to Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon (Stony Plain)

Pierce Turner- Don’t Get Too Fallen
Terrible Good (StorySound)
The Band- I Shall Be Released
Music from Big Pink: 50th Anniversary (Capitol)
Cowboy Junkies with Garth Hudson- Clothes Line Saga
Garth Hudson Presents a Canadian Celebration of The Band: 10th Anniversary Edition (Curve Music)
The Brothers & Sisters- My Back Pages
Dylan’s Gospel (Columbia)
Bob Dylan- Visions of Johanna
The Real Royal Albert Hall 1966 Concert! (Columbia/Legacy)

Wynton Marsalis- The Pearls  
Selections from Swinging into the 21st (Columbia)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on April 23. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

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--Mike Regenstreif