Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – July 2, 2024: 1964

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/595/65805.html

Theme: 1964.

All the recordings on this show were first released 60 years ago in 1964.

Ian & Sylvia- Someday Soon

Northern Journey (Vanguard)

Bob Dylan- Boots of Spanish Leather

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

Odetta- Paths of Victory

Odetta Sings of Many Things (RCA)

Phil Ochs- The Bells

All the News That’s Fit to Sing (Elektra)

Mike Regenstreif & Joan Baez (2003)

Joan Baez- There But for Fortune

Joan Baez/5 (Vanguard)

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (1994)

Tom Paxton- I Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound

Ramblin’ Boy (Elektra)

Judy Colins- The Last Thing on My Mind

3 & 4: The Judy Colins Concert (Wildflower)

Stan Getz & Joäo Gilberto with Astrid Gilberto- The Girl from Ipanema

Getz/Gilberto (Verve)

Mike Regenstreif & Ramblin' Jack Elliott (2010)

Ramblin’ Jack Elliott- Will the Circle Be Unbroken

Jack Elliott (Vanguard)

Doc Watson- Deep River Blues

Doc Watson (Vanguard)

The Greenbriar Boys- Ragged But Right

Ragged But Right (Vanguard)

Johnny Cash- Big River

I Walk the Line (Columbia)

Roy Orbison- Oh, Pretty Woman

The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison (Monument)

Tom Rush- Duncan and Brady

Got a Mind to Ramble (Prestige/Folklore)

Nina Simone- Silver City Bound

Folksy Nina (Colpix)

Dave Van Ronk and The Ragtime Jug Stompers- K.C. Moan

Dave Van Ronk and The Ragtime Jug Stompers (Oldays)

The Animals- House of the Rising Sun

The Animals (ABCKO)

The Rolling Stones- Route 66

The Rolling Stones (Decca)

The Beatles- A Hard Day’s Night

A Hard Day’s Night (Parlophone)

The Hollies- Mr. Moonlight

Stay with The Hollies (Parlophone)

Gerry & The Pacemakers- Ferry Cross the Mersey

The EP Collection (See for Miles)

Peter & Gordon- A World Without Love

The EP Collection (See for Miles)

Otis Redding- Pain in My Heart

Pain in My Heart (Atco)

Vince Martin & Fred Neil- Morning Dew

Tear Down the Walls (Elektra/East West Japan)

Judy Henske- High Flying Bird

The Elektra Albums: High Flying Bird (Ace)

Simon & Garfunkel- The Sound of Silence

Wednesday Morning 3 A.M. (Columbia)

Next week: Remembering Kinky Friedman (1944-2024).

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday February 29, 2020

Saturday Morning is an eclectic roots-oriented program on CKCU in Ottawa heard live on Saturday mornings from 7 until 10 am (Eastern time) and then available for on-demand streaming. 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 http://www.ckcufm.com/ on the web.

This episode of Saturday Morning can be streamed on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/47124.html

Amy Helm- Mandolin Wind

This Too Shall Light (Yep Roc)

Rose Cousins- Stray Birds

Stray Birds (Old Farm Pony)

The Haden Triplets- Gray Mother Dreaming

The Family Songbook (Trimeter/Thirty Tigers)

Ian Hanchet- No More Worries

New Life (Ian Hanchet)

Miranda Mulholland- The Old Churchyard

By Appointment or Chance (Roaring Girl)

Claudia Schmidt- Weather

Slow Steady Heart (Pragmavsion Publishing)

Tom Russell- Sam Bonnifield’s Saloon

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

Ian & Sylvia- Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies

The Lost Tapes (Stony Plain)

Stephen Mendel- Darcy Farrow

Sing Me a Story (Stephen Mendel)

Steve Gillette- Back on the Street Again

Steve Gillette (Vanguard)

Nanci Griffith- Banks of the Pontchartrain

The Last of the True Believers (Philo)

Susan Werner- Nobody Loves You Like Me

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

Paul Barbarin w/Danny Barker- Eh La Bas

Paul Barbarin and His New Orleans Jazz (Collectables)

Socalled with The Kaiser Quartett- Roumanishe Kretchme

Di Frosh and other Yiddish Songs (Membran)

Daniel Kahn with Vanya Zhuk- Busking Vagabond

Bulat Blues (Oriente Musik)

Leonard Cohen- The Night of Santiago

Thanks for the Dance (Columbia/Legacy)

Laura Smith- My Gate’s Wide Open

It’s a Personal Thing (Cornermuse)

Extended Feature: Songs of Phil Ochs (1940-1976). The next 16 songs were written by Phil Ochs.

Pete Seeger- The Draft Dodger Rag

Dangerous Songs (Columbia/Legacy)

Joan Baez- There but for Fortune

75th Birthday Celebration (Razor & Tie)

Martyn Joseph- Knock on the Door

Days of Decision: A Tribute to Phil Ochs (Pipe)

Phil Ochs- Bound for Glory

Farewells & Fantasies (Elektra/Rhino)

Judy Collins- In the Heat of the Summer

Forever: an anthology (Elektra)

Arlo Guthrie- I Ain’t Marching Anymore

What’s That I Hear: The Songs of Phil Ochs (Sliced Bread)

Phil Ochs- One More Parade

Farewells & Fantasies (Elektra/Rhino)

Pat Wictor- I’m Tired

This is Absolutely Real: Visions and Versions of Phil Ochs (Risky Disc)

disappear fear- Outside a Small Circle of Friends

Get Your Phil (Disappear Records)

Magpie- That’s What I Want to Hear

A Tiding (Longtail Records)

Phil Ochs- Too Many Martyrs

Farewells & Fantasies (Elektra/Rhino)

Kim & Reggie Harris- What’s That I Hear

Let My People Go! (Appleseed)

Gordon Lightfoot- Changes

The Original Lightfoot (EMI)

Phil Ochs- Links on the Chain

Farewells & Fantasies (Elektra/Rhino)

Karen Savoca- No More Songs

What’s That I Hear: The Songs of Phil Ochs (Sliced Bread)

Theodore Bikel- When I’m Gone

While I’m Here (Red House)

John Prine with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band- Grandpa was a Carpenter

Will the Circle Be Unbroken Volume Two (MCA)

Lyle Lovett- If I had a Boat

Pontiac (Curb/MCA)

John Hiatt with Rosanne Cash & The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band- One Step Over the Line

Will the Circle Be Unbroken Volume Two (MCA)

Jud Caswell- 1952 Vincent Black Lightning

Live at the Seagull Shop (Jud Caswell)

Ken Tizzard- For the USA

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

Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop- St. John’s Waltz

Red Shoes (Borealis)

Christy Moore- Sonny’s Dream

Magic Nights (Sony)

Ron Hynes- Love and Hunger

Stealing Genius (Borealis)

Vance Gilbert- Brunswick County

Good Good Man (Disismye Music)

Annette Wasilik- Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right

Love & Fire (Azalea City)

The Small Glories- Secondhand

Assiniboine & the Red (Red House)

The New Customs- Hey Little Bird

Selling Religion on Government Street (The New Customs)

The Lonesome Ace Stringband- Highlanders Farewell/Monroe’s Farewell to Long Hollow

Modern Old-Time Sounds for the Bluegrass & Folksong Jamboree (Lonesome Ace Stringband)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on April 25.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Theodore Bikel – While I’m Here

THEODORE BIKEL

While I’m Here

Red House Records

redhouserecords.com/artists/Theodore-bikel

(This is an expanded version of a review published in the September 26, 2016 issue of the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin.)

There is no doubt that Theodore Bikel – who died last year at age 91 – was one of the greatest Jewish actors and folksingers of our time. This new 2-CD collection highlights both aspects of Theo’s distinguished career.

The first CD is a compelling 62-minute set of spoken word pieces, recorded not long before he died, in which Theo – with his actor’s skill – tells stories from his long life and career. Among other stories, we hear about his relationship to Judaism, his move as a young man to pre-state Palestine, his early years as an actor in Israel and London, his move to America, his passion for social justice causes, his love of Yiddish language and culture and more.

The second CD is a collection of folk and Broadway songs – more than half of them specifically Jewish folksongs sung in Yiddish, Hebrew and Ladino – drawn from various sources recorded over many years. Many of them are recent recordings, which show that Theo never lost any of his ability to communicate the essence of a song, while some date back to the 1960s.

“Partizaner-Marsh,” “Erev Shel Shoshanim,” “Un Az Der Rebi Tantz,” and “Oh Freedom,” the African-American civil rights anthem Theo recorded at a 1965 synagogue concert, are just a few of the many highlights from these songs. Others include “Wasn’t That a Might Day,” Theo’s song about Hurricane Katrina that he based on “Wasn’t That a Mighty Storm,” a song about the hurricane and flood in Galveston, Texas in 1900 that killed thousands of people, and “When I’m Gone,” Phil Ochs’ song about needing to get things done and living life to its fullest while we can. The album’s title, While I’m Here, comes from the refrain to Phil’s song.

Theodore Bikel accomplished so much while he was here and these two CDs are a wonderful summation.

Kudos to producers Michael Stein, Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer for assembling this excellent set and to music historian Mary Katherine Aldin for her excellent notes.

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--Mike Regenstreif