Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – December 2, 2025: Many Rivers to Cross

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/595/73081.html

Theme: Many Rivers to Cross.

Jimmy Cliff- Many Rivers to Cross

The Harder They Come (Island)

Veronneau- River

Blue Tapestry (Antidote Sounds)

Tom Russell- Down the Rio Grande

Borderland (HighTone)

Kurt Anderson- Kern River

Life on Interstate 40 (Riverlark Music) 

Ronney Abramson- Purify My River

Ronney Abramson (Capitol)

J.P. Cormier- Long River

The Long River: A Personal Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot (Flash Publishing)

Steve Gillette- That Song About the River

Best of (Compass Rose) 

Steel Rail- Flow River Flow

Coming Home (Crossties)

James Keelaghan- Sweet Thames Flow Softly

A Few Simple Verses (Jericho Beach Music)

Tamarack- The Grand River Canal

On the Grand: The Story of a River (Folk Era)

William Pint & Felicia Dale- The Essakeeba River (Essequibo River)

Hearts of Gold (Waterbug)

Peter, Paul & Mary- Bamboo (River Come Down) 

Peter, Paul and Mary (Warner Bros.)

Happy Traum- Boat’s Up the River

Relax Your Mind (Kicking Mule)

Sean Gagnier- Big River

Circle Harbor (Sean Gagnier)

Sheesham & Lotus & ‘Son- Mississippi River Blues

The High Stepping Music of Sheesham & Lotus & ‘Son (Sepiaphone)

Leon Bibb- Ol’ Man River

Praising Peace: A Tribute to Paul Robeson (Stony Plain)

Jane Siberry- O Shenandoah

Hush (Sheba)

Bill Staines- So Sang the River

One More River (Red House)

Tom Paxton- Deep Fork River

How Come the Sun/Tom Paxton EP (BGO)

Eliza Gilkyson- Before the Great River was Tamed

Songs From the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)

Mia Kelly- Kitchissippi

Garden Through the War (Mia Kelly)

The Persuasions- Black Muddy River

Might as Well: The Persuasions Sing Grateful Dead (Grateful Dead)

Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl- River

Recordings Celebrating 50 Years of a Musical Partnership (Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl)

Next week: The Dark.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – July 8, 2025: Peggy Seeger at 90

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/595/70985.html

Theme: Peggy Seeger at 90.

Peggy Seeger – who I’ve known for many years – turned 90 on June 17. Peggy was born in 1935 to a musical and activist family. Her father, Charles Seeger, was a musicologist, composer and folklorist. Her mother, Ruth Crawford Seeger, was a composer and musicologist. Her older half-brother was Pete Seeger, and her other siblings were Mike Seeger, Barbara Seeger and Penny Seeger. Peggy’s life partner from the 1950s until his death in 1989 was the preeminent British folksinger and songwriter Ewan MacColl.

The show includes some of Peggy’s original songs, as well as traditional folksongs and songs written by other songwriters that were part of her repertoire from some of Peggy’s many recordings and collaborations, and by other artists.

Peggy Seeger- Sing About These Hard Times

Teleology (Red Grape)

Peggy Seeger with Barbara Seeger & Penny Seeger - Five Nights Drunk

Folk Songs with The Seegers (Prestige)

Sheesham & Lotus & ‘Son- I Truly Understand

Clear the Table (Sepiaphone)

Kate & Edith- Pretty Saro

Live at Kelso Hall (Kate & Edith)

Ian & Sylvia- Lady of Carlisle

Four Strong Winds (Vanguard)

Peggy Seeger- When I was Single

The Folkways Years 1955-1992: Songs of Love and Politics (Smithsonian Folkways)

Linda Ronstadt with Dolly Parton- I Never Will Marry

Simple Dreams: 40th Anniversary Edition (Elektra/Rhino)

Mike Seeger & Peggy Seeger- Little Birdie

Fly Down Little Bird (Appleseed)

Bonnie Dobson- The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

Philadelphia Folk Festival – 40th Anniversary (Sliced Bread)

Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger- Dirty Old Town

Black and White: The Ewan MacColl Definitive Collection (Cooking Vinyl)

Peggy Seeger- On This Very Day

An Odd Collection (Rounder)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Roma Baran- Willie Moore

Tell My Sister (Nonesuch)

Peggy Seeger- Tell My Sister

Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle (Nonesuch)

Rufus Wainwright & John Legend- Heading for Home

Folkocracy (BMG)

Sue Foley- Freight Train

One Guitar Woman: A Tribute to the Female Pioneers of Guitar (Stony Plain)

Rosalie Sorrels with Peggy Seeger- Schofield Mine Disaster

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

Fourtold- Ballad of Springhill

Fourtold (Appleseed)

Peggy Seeger- It’s a Free World

An Odd Collection (Rounder)

Robin Greenstein- I’m Gonna Be an Engineer

Images of Women, Vol. 2 (Windy)

Peggy Seeger with Irene Pyper-Scott- Fatal Flower Garden

Live (Appleseed)

Peggy Seeger- Bring Me Home

Bring Me Home (Appleseed)

Next week: Blues in the Night.

--Mike Regenstreif