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.
Folk-rooted and folk-branched reviews, commentaries, radio playlists and suggestions from veteran music journalist and broadcaster Mike Regenstreif.
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday June 15, 2024
Saturday Morning is an eclectic roots-oriented program on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Saturday mornings from 7 until 10 am (Eastern time) and available for on-demand streaming anytime. I am one of the four rotating hosts of the Saturday Morning show.
Thursday, April 28, 2022
Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday May 3, 2022: Songs of – or inspired by – Jesse Winchester (1944-2014)
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/595/56097.html
Theme: Songs of – or inspired by – Jesse Winchester (1944-2014)
Jesse Winchester- Nothing but a Breeze
Nothing but a Breeze (Stony Plain)
Bob Stark describes “I Can’t Be Sure” as a fictional sequel to Jesse Winchester’s “Yankee Lady.”
Jesse Winchester- Yankee Lady
Jesse Winchester (Stony Plain)
Bob Stark- I Can’t Be Sure
Sculpted Pieces of Love (Bob Stark)
Lisa Moscatiello- Biloxi
Second Avenue (Machine Heart)
Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Emmylou Harris- Skip Rope Song
The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)
Rick Fines- That’s What Makes You Strong
Solar Powered Too (Rick Fines)
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Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2006) |
Jesse Winchester- It’s a Shame About Him
Love Filling Station (Appleseed)
Myles Goodwyn- Isn’t That So
And Friends of the Blues (Linus)
Bailey Bigger- Mississippi You’re On My Mind
Coyote Red (Madjack)
William Bell- All of Your Stories
This is Where I Live (Stax)
Jesse Winchester & Mike Regenstreif (2000)
Mimi Fariña with Lowell Levinger- Defying Gravity
Live in Germany: To Benefit Bread & Roses (Dogfish Music)
Jesse Winchester- Black Dog
Seems Like Only Yesterday – Live in Montreal 1976 (Real Gone Music)
Steve Lundquist’s “Tennessee Kid” was inspired by Jesse Winchester. The title is a reference to a line in Jesse’s “Brand New Tennessee Waltz.”
Steve Lundquist- Tennessee Kid
My Life in Song (Steve Lundquist)
Ralph Stanley & Del McCoury- Brand New Tennessee Waltz
Man of Constant Sorrow (Cracker Barrel)
Christine Albert- L’air de la Louisiane
Paris, Texafrance (MoonHouse)
Susie Burke & David Surette- I Turn to My Guitar
Waiting for the Sun (Madrina Music)
Jesse Winchester- Sham-A-Ling-Dong-Ding
Love Filling Station (Appleseed)
Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers- My Songbird
Ramble in Music City: The Lost Concert 1990 (Nonesuch)
Chris Smither- Thanks to You
Small Revelations (HighTone)
Lucy Kaplansky- Everybody Knows but Me
The Tide (Red House)
Jesse Winchester- Blow On, Chilly Wind
Let the Rough Side Drag (Stony Plain)
Steve Lundquist & Mike Fjerstad- I Wave Bye Bye
Unreleased recording – used with permissionMike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2006)
Jesse Winchester- Just So Much
A Reasonable Amount of Trouble (Appleseed)
Next week: Rooty Toot Toot for the Moon.
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--Mike Regenstreif
Friday, March 19, 2021
Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday March 23, 2021
Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU in Ottawa on Tuesday afternoons from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.
CKCU can be heard live at 93.1 FM in Ottawa and https://www.ckcufm.com/ on the web.
This episode of Stranger Songs – Episode #7 – was prerecorded at home and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/51327.html
Theme: A tribute to Ottawa folk music volunteer extraordinaire Bob Nesbitt, the founder and director of the Ottawa Grassroots Festival. Bob died of lung cancer at age 81 on February 27 and all of the music on this edition of Stranger Songs is by just some of the artists that Bob presented at the Ottawa Grassroots Festival over the years. Click here to read Bob's obituary in the Ottawa Citizen.
Lynn Miles- Million Brilliant
Downpour (Lynn Miles)
Moore & McGregor- Dancing Shoes
Dream with Me (Ivernia)
Connie Kaldor- Singer of the Sacred Heart
Out of the Blue (Coyote)
Sneezy Waters- Little Bird
Sneezy Waters Live (Sneezy Waters)
Shawna Caspi- Oleaster
Forest Fire (Shawna Caspi)
Old Man Luedecke- I Skipped a Stone
Easy Money (True North)
Ana Miura- Only One
Cool is the Daylight (Ana Miura)
Howie Hooper- A Telephone Ring
The Art of Procrastination (Howie Hooper)
Bob Nesbitt at the Ottawa Grassroots Festival (2017) |
Durham County Poets- Chikkaboodah Stew
Chikkaboodah Stew (Durham County Poets)
Missy Burgess- Trouble in Mind
Missy Burgess with The Blue Train Live (Missy Burgess)
Vince Halfhide- Sonny Boy Said
Vince Halfhide (Vince Halfhide)
James Keelaghan- Cold Missouri Waters
History: The First 25 Years (Borealis)
Jessica Pearson & The East Wind- Think of Me
Grave and Garden Songs (Jessica Pearson & The East Wind)
Greg Kelly- I Only See the Sun
Ghosts (Greg Kelly)
Toasted Westerns- I Can’t Stop
Out to Lunch (Moo Music)
Russ Kelley- Whiskey Stone Blues
In Plain Sight (Ark Road Music Productions)
Tannis Slimmon- In and Out of Harmony
In and Out of Harmony (Tannis Slimmon)
Garnet Rogers- Old Campfires
Summer’s End (Snow Goose Songs)
Jamie Anderson- Remember Me
Songs from Home (Jamie Anderson)
Rick Fines- One Lone Loon
Solar Powered Too (Rick Fines)
Amanda Rheaume- Wolf of Time
Holding Patterns (Amanda Rheaume)
Ken Whiteley and the Beulah Band- Feel Just Like Goin’ On
Ken Whiteley and the Beulah Band (Borealis)
Chris White- Circle of Song
Music All Around (Chris White)
Next week – Songs Inspired by Bible Stories
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--Mike Regenstreif
Saturday, January 30, 2021
Canadian Spaces – CKCU – Saturday January 30, 2021
CKCU can be heard at 93.1 FM in Ottawa and www.ckcufm.com/ on the web.
This particular show is now available for on-demand listening. https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/129/50686.html
Canadian Spaces on CKCU in Ottawa is Canada’s longest-running folk music radio program. It is heard Saturday mornings from 10:00 am until noon (Eastern time).
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 co-hosted by Mike Regenstreif and Chris White.
Guests: Marc Nerenberg; Jim Hurcomb (author of Rockin’ on the Rideau: Ottawa’s Golden Age of Rock and Roll). We also recorded interviews with Orit Shimoni and Kat Goldman which, I believe, Chris will be playing on next week's episode of Canadian Spaces.
El Coyote- Come Around
El Coyote (El Coyote)
Corin Raymond- Rec Room
Dirty Mansions (Local Rascal Records)
Susan Ellenton- Yukon Women
Learning to Listen (Susan Ellenton)
Maria Dunn- Ontario Song
Joyful Banner Blazing (Distant Whisper)
Marc Nerenberg- This Time Around: A Banjo-Harmonica Duet
Little Birdie: Birds, Beasts & Banjo Blues (Marc Nerenberg)
Orit Shimoni- Strange and Beautiful Things
Strange and Beautiful Things (Orit Shimoni)
Rick Fines- Scared to Dance
Solar Powered Too (Rick Fines)
Suzie Vinnick- Drift Away
Shake the Love Around (Suzie Vinnick)
Rob Lutes- Rabbit
Walk in the Dark (Lucky Bear)
Kat Goldman- The Workingman’s Blues (Kat Goldman)
The Workingman’s Blues (Kat Goldman)
Shelley Posen- The Best Song Ever Written
Ontario Moon (Well Done Music)
Steel Rail- Flow River Flow
Coming Home (Crossties)
Three Sheets to the Wind- Woodsmoke and Oranges
Canoesongs, Volume 1 (Portage)
Marc Nerenberg- The Fox
Little Birdie: Birds, Beasts & Banjo Blues (Marc Nerenberg)
Lynn Miles- Something Beautiful
Fall for Beauty (True North)
Linda Morrison- Line By Line
Line By Line (Heartstrung Music)
Don Norman & The Other Four- Low Man
Low Man – single (Sir John A.)
Doris Folkens- Across the Sea
Doris Folkens (Doris Folkens)
Eugene Ruffalo- Fool for Every Season
Fool for Every Season (Continental Song City)
Jennifer Noxon- The Bottomless Cup
Watch As You Walk (Jennifer Noxon)
Announcement: I have a new weekly show on CKCU called Stranger Songs that will debut on Tuesday, February 9 from 3:30 until 5 pm. Expect an eclectic, roots-based show that will often revolve around a specific theme. Like all CKCU shows, Stranger Songs will be available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.
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--Mike Regenstreif
Thursday, November 5, 2020
Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday November 7, 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 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/128/49670.html
This episode of Saturday Morning was during CKCU’s annual funding drive. Thanks to all the generous listeners who support Saturday Morning and CKCU. It’s never too late to make a donation online at CKCU’s secure website. https://www.ckcufm.com/donate
Joni Mitchell- House of the Rising Sun
Archives – Volume 1: The Early Years (1963-1967) (Rhino)
In memory of Billy Joe Shaver (1939-2020). Billy Joe died on October 28 at age 81.
Billy Joe Shaver- Old Five and Dimers Like Me
Greatest Hits (Compadre)
In memory of Jerry Jeff Walker (1942-2020). Jerry Jeff died on October 23 at age 78.
Jerry Jeff Walker- Mr. Bojangles
Gypsy Songman (Tried & True)
Citing health concerns, Arlo Guthrie has announced his retirement as a touring artist after more than a half-century on the road.
Arlo Guthrie- City of New Orleans
Here Come the Kids (Rising Son)
Resistance Revival Chorus featuring Rhiannon Giddens- All You Fascists Bound to Lose
This Joy (Righteous Babe)
Kronos Quartet featuring Sam Amidon- If I Had a Hammer
Long Time Passing: Kronos Quartet & Friends Celebrate Pete Seeger (Smithsonian Folkways)
Daniel Kahn with Vanya Zhuk- To Friends
Bulat Blues (Oriente Musik)
Priscilla Herdman- Brother Can You Spare a Dime
Forgotten Dreams (Flying Fish)
Ofra Harnoy- Barrett’s Privateers
On the Rock (Analekta)
Stan Rogers- The Mary Ellen Carter
Between the Breaks…Live! (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)
Rick Fines- That’s What Makes You Strong
Solar Powered Too (Rick Fines)
Jesse Winchester- I Turn to My Guitar
Love Filling Station (Appleseed)
Leyla McCalla- Mèsi Bondye
Vari-Colored Songs: A Tribute to Langston Hughes (Smithsonian Folkways)
Joachim Cooder- Morning Blues
Over That Road I’m Bound: The Songs of Uncle Dave Macon (Nonesuch)
Rick Fines- Scared to Dance
Solar Powered Too (Rick Fines)
Doc & Merle Watson- Guitar Polka
Songs Doc Didn’t Sing (FLI Records)
Dave Van Ronk- Green, Green Rocky Road
…and the tin pan bended, and the story ended… (Smithsonian Folkways)
Joni Mitchell- Tell Old Bill
Archives – Volume 1: The Early Years (1963-1967) (Rhino)
Jamie Anderson- Linda’s Guitar
Songs from Home (Jamie Anderson)
Linda Ronstadt- It Doesn’t Matter Anymore
Heart Like a Wheel (Capitol)
Lynn Miles- Merle
We’ll Look for Stars (Must Have Music)
Merle Haggard- Silver Wings
Live from Austin TX (New West)
Mary Lee Partington & Ed Sweeney- Times a Getting Hard Boys
Commonplaces (Ed Sweeney Music)
Mike Craver- Goodbye Big Jim
Mould’s Undertaking (Sapsucker)
Adam Hurt- Waiting for the Boatsman
Back to the Earth (Ubiquitone)
Pharis & Jason Romero- Hometown Blues
Bet on Love (Lula)
Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche- I Can Still Hear You
I Can Still Hear You (StorySound)
Steel Rail- When Are You Coming Home
Coming Home (Crossties)
Rosalie Sorrels- Postcard from India
Travelin’ Lady (Sire)
Caroline Doctorow- Lonesome Dark-Eyed Beauty
Willie Nile Uncovered (Paradiddle)
Willie Nile- You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
Positively Bob: Willie Nile Sings Bob Dylan (River House)
Wynton Marsalis Septet featuring Bob Dylan- It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
United We Swing: Best of the Lincoln Center Galas (Blue Engine)
Christine Lavin- On My Way to Hooterville (pt. 2)
On My Way to Hooterville (Christine Lavin)
Jimmy LaFave- The Loneliness of America
Highway Angels…Full Moon Rain (Night Tribe Music)
Braden Gates- New in Town
Kitchen Days (Borealis)
Eric Andersen- Close the Door Lightly
Woodstock Under the Stars (Y&T Music)
Joni Mitchell- Urge for Going
Archives – Volume 1: The Early Years (1963-1967) (Rhino)
Orit Shimoni- One Voice
Strange and Beautiful Things (Orit Shimoni)
Russ Kelley- Sometimes It’s So Simple
Crazy Shades of Blue (Ark Road Music Productions)
Ronney Abramson- Three O’Clock Ride
Three O’Clock Ride – single (Ronney Abramson)
Missy Burgess with The Blue Train- Picture in a Frame
Live (Missy Burgess)
VickiKristinaBarcelona- Way Down in the Hole
Pawn Shop Radio (StorySound)
Rosanne Cash- Time
Come On Up to the House: Women Sing Waits (Dualtone)
Sylvie Simmons- Stay Awhile
Blue on Blue (Compass)
Howard Gladstone- Someday
The Promise (Sonic Peach Music)
Susan Werner- In Lieu of Flowers
Flyover Country (Susan Werner)
David Grisman- Dawgma
Quintet ’80 (Warner Bros.)
I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on December 5.
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--Mike Regenstreif
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Playlist: Folk Roots/Folk Branches - March 29-April 4, 2014
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Saturday, October 19, 2013
Canadian Spaces – CKCU – Saturday October 19, 2013
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Kevin Head & Mike Regenstreif (Photo: Vanessa Burnett) |