Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 6, 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/128/71897.html

Mike Regenstreif & Connie Kaldor (2015)

Connie Kaldor- Wide Open Spaces

Wide Open Spaces (Coyote Entertainment)

Mike Regenstreif, Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop (2014)

Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop- That’s How the Summer Slips Away

Red Shoes (Borealis)

Rags Rosenberg- Flower Time

Song of the Bricoleur (Coyote Gulch)

The Weavers- Gotta Travel On

Greatest Hits (Vanguard)

Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

David Francey- Far End of Summer

Maps (Laker Music)

The songs in the next set are played in memory of Chris Gage, who died on August 24 at age 71; Flaco Jimenez, who died on July 31 at age 86; Rick Scott, who died on August 1 at age 77; Tom Lehrer, who died on July 26 at age 97; Joe Hickerson, who died on August 17 at age 89; and Harvey Glatt, who died on August 20 at age 91.

Albert & Gage- Burnin’ Moonlight

Burnin’ Moonlight (MoonHouse)

Flaco Jimenez- El Perdido

San Antonio Soul (Rounder)

David Essig & Rick Scott- Tears and Laughter

Double Vision (Woodshed)

Tom Lehrer- The Folk Song Army

That Was the Year That Was (Reprise)

Joe Hickerson- I’m On My Way

Joe Hickerson with a Gathering of Friends (Folk-Legacy)

Night Sun- Harvey & Louise

One Moment of Grace (Borealis)

Shelley Posen & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2023)

Shelley Posen- A Mazeldikek Yor

Mazel (Well Done Music)

Shelley Posen- I’ll See You Rosh Hashana

Mazel (Well Done Music)

Rufus Wainwright & Amsterdam Sinfonietta- Who By Fire

Rufus Wainwright & Amsterdam Sinfonietta Live (BMG/Modern)

The Onlies- Roll On Buddy

You Climb the Mountain (The Onlies)

Kyle Carey- The Last Bough

The Last Bough (Americelta)

Graham Lindsey- Tune Machine

Tune Machine (Graham Lindsey)

Maggie’s Wake- Maggie’s Wake

Maggie’s Wake (Maggie’s Wake)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2009)

Jesse Winchester- Nothing but a Breeze

Nothing but a Breeze (Stony Plain)

Emmylou Harris- My Songbird

Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town (Warner Bros./Rhino)

Jennifer Warnes- You Remember Me 

Shot Through the Heart (Arista)

Susie Burke- Rhumba Woman

Lucky Stars (Madrina Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2009)

Tom Paxton- No Kings Here

No Kings Here – single (Pax)

Mike Regenstreif & Mark Rubin on Zoom (2025)

Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma- (Don’t Be a) Good German

Don’t Be a Good German – single (Rubinchik)

Kemp Harris- Tulsa

The America Chronicles (Righteous Mischief)

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Eliza Gilkyson- Man in the Moon

Dark Ages (Realiza)

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band- Chimes of Freedom

Land of Hope and Dreams (Columbia)

Rory Block- Down the Dirt Road Blues

Heavy on the Blues (M.C.)

Maria Muldaur- No, Papa, No!

One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey (NOLA Blues)

Dee Robinson- Monday Morning Blues

Dee from Decatur (Riverlark Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Brendan Nolan (2023)

Brendan Nolan- The Bodhran Song

Where Do I Go from Here (Ould Segosha Music)

Debi Smith- The Bodhran Lesson Song

Deep Tracks (Degan Music)

Christine Lavin- Drum School Dropout

Drum School Dropout (Christine Lavin)

Martha Wainwright- Far Away

Martha Wainwright: 20th Anniversary Edition (Report Card Music)

Eli West- Hearts and Bones

The Shape of a Sway (Tender & Mild)

Mary Chapin Carpenter- The Night We Never Met

Personal History (Lambent Light/Thirty Tigers)

Peter Campbell- A Little Grace

Burden of Hope (Peter Campbell)

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

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Kiss and Say Goodbye

Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Nonesuch)

Steel Rail- Kate’s Song

Coming Home (Crossties)

NEeMA- Escape

Watching You Think (Neemaste/Sony)

Perla Batalla- A Singer Must Die

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

Leonard Cohen- So Long, Marianne

Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia/Legacy)

Nana Mouskouri- Adieu Angelina

Every Grain of Sand: Nana Mouskouri Sings Bob Dylan (Mercury)

Schmaltz & Pepper- Manischewitz Mazurka

Schmaltz & Pepper (Schmaltz & Pepper)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on October 4. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – July 29, 2025: Remembering Robert Resnik

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/595/71321.html

Theme: Remembering Robert Resnik (1953-2025).

Mike Regenstreif & Robert Resnik (2025)

My dear and close friend Robert Resnik of Burlington, Vermont. Robert passed away on July 21 at age 72 after struggling with several health issues including Parkinson’s disease. Robert was a singer and musician who played many different instruments in many styles of folk music. For the past 29 years, Robert hosted All the Traditions, a great folk music show on Vermont Public Radio. In 2023, Robert was inducted into the Folk Radio Hall of Fame sponsored by Folk Alliance International. Professionally, Robert was a librarian for about 30 years at the Fletcher Free Library in Burlington, Vermont.

Robert Resnik- O’Carolan Medley

Playing Favorites (Thunder Ridge)

The Highland Weavers were Robert Resnik, Marty Morrissey and Tim Whiteford.

Highland Weavers - The Road to Mandalay

Going Home (Highland Weavers)

Highland Weavers - Old Rose & Crown

Going Home (Highland Weavers)

Highland Weavers - Mary Ellen Carter

Going Home (Highland Weavers)

Robert Resnik with Mary McGinness- Them Dance Hall Girls

Playing Favorites (Thunder Ridge)

Robert Resnik with Mary McGinness & Kristina Stykos- Come a Long Away

Playing Favorites (Thunder Ridge)

Robert Resnik & Gigi Weisman- Sing When the Spirit Says Sing

Sweet Potatoes and Home Grown Tomatoes (Fletcher Free Library)

Robert Resnik & Marty Morrissey- Inland Waterways

Vermont Songs Old & New (Robert Resnik & Marty Morrissey)

Robert Resnik & Marty Morrissey- All Kinds of Weather

Old & New Songs of Lake Champlain (Robert Resnik & Marty Morrissey)

Robert Resnik & Gigi Weisman- Magic Penny

Sweet Potatoes and Home Grown Tomatoes (Fletcher Free Library)

Swing & Tears was Robert Resnik, Gigi Weisman and Marty Morrissey.

Swing & Tears- The Coffee Set: Coffee in the Morning and Kisses in the Night/Let’s Have Another Cup of Coffee/Java Jive

Swing & Tears (Swing & Tears)

Swing & Tears- Black Fly Song

Swing & Tears (Swing & Tears)

Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik- Tennessee Blues

Martha Sings & Robert Plays (Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik)

Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik- Farewell to the Gold

Martha Sings & Robert Plays (Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik)

Robert and I spent countless hours over the course of more than 30 years talking about the music we loved. The rest of the show is a very small sampling of songs and artists Robert loved.

Dave Van Ronk- St. James Infirmary

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

Martin Grosswendt- Mournin’ Blues

Payday! (Martin Grosswendt)

Jesse Winchester- Yankee Lady

Live from Mountain Stage (Blue Plate)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Jacques et Gilles

Matapedia (Hannibal)

Patti Casey- Down from Canada

Under Different Skies (Long Shot Music)

La Bottine Souriante- Le gourmand

Appelation d’origine contrôlée (Borealis)

Shelley Posen- Finders, Kippers

Menorah: Songs from a Jewish Life (Well Done Music)

Finest Kind- A Pilgrim’s Way

Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle Music)

Next week: Songs of Steve Gillette and John Stewart.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – June 10, 2025: Dreams

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/595/70583.html

Theme: Dreams.

All the songs have something or other to do with dreams: dreams we dream at night, or daydreams, or, in many cases, aspirational dreams, broken dreams and dreams fulfilled.

Missy Burgess- Sweet Dreams

Lemon Pie (Missy Burgess)

Ken Tizzard- Sonny’s Dream

A Good Dog is Lost: A Collection of Ron Hynes Songs (Booth Street)

Ian & Sylvia- So Much for Dreaming

So Much for Dreaming (Vanguard)

Kim Beggs- Alive and Well in My Dreams

Beneath Your Skin (Out of a Paperbag Productions)

Tom Russell- Blue Wing

Old Songs Yet to Sing (Frontera)

Swing & Tears- The Dreamin’

Swing & Tears (Swing & Tears)

Bob Dylan- Bob Dylan’s Dream

The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (Columbia/Legacy)

Dakota Dave Hull & Sean Blackburn- I’ll See You in My Dreams

North By Southwest (Arabica)

Doug McArthur- Dreams and Visions

Letters from the Coast/Sisteron (Snow Goose Songs)

Rob Siegel- I Dreamed I Said to Sisyphus

I’m from Here (Rob Siegel)

The Puppini Sisters- Mr, Sandman

Betcha Bottom Dollar (Verve)

Garnet Rogers- John O’Dreams

The Outside Track (Snow Goose Songs)

Eliza Gilkyson- Impossible Dreams

Dark Ages (Realiza)

Kat Goldman- The One to Dream

The Workingman’s Blues (Kat Goldman)

Jamie Anderson- The Dream

Dare (Tsunami)

Jimmy LaFave- Land of Hope and Dreams

Depending on the Distance (Music Road)

Bette Midler- A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes

Broken Blossom (Atlantic)

Shelley Posen- I Missed You in My Dreams Last Night

Old Loves (Well Done Music)

Moore & McGregor- Dream With Me

Dream With Me (Ivernia)

David Myles- Dreaming

Real Love (Little Tiny)

The Lovin’ Spoonful- Daydream

Daydream (Sony/Legacy)

John Stewart- Daydream Believer

The Lonesome Picker Rides Again (Collectors’ Choice Music)

Anne Hills- Dreamcatcher

Angle of the Light (Flying Fish)

Eric Bogle- Don’t Throw Away Your Dreams

A Toss of the Coin (Greentrax)

Priscilla Herdman- Dreams

Forgotten Dreams (Flying Fish)

Next week: Music for 88 Keys.

--Mike Regenstreif 

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – May 27, 2025: “Songs of this kind should not need to be sung” with guest Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma

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/595/70383.html

Theme: “Songs of this kind should not need to be sung.”

Guest: Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma.

Tim Grimm- Broken Truth

Bones of Trees (Vault)

The line, “Songs such as these should not need to be sung,” comes from “Let’s Lay Down Our Drums,” a song written by Canadian songwriter Bruce Murdoch during the Vietnam War.

Bruce Murdoch- Let’s Lay Down Our Drums

33 1/3 Revolutions per Minute (Stormy Forest)

Eric Bibb- Masters of War

Migration Blues (Stony Plain)

Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon- Ukrainian Now 

Together (Appalsongs)

Artists for Action- Which Side Are You On? *

Which Side Are You On? – single (Bob Jensen)

*The Artists for Action singers and musicians are, in alphabetical order: Black Umfolosi, Ray Bonneville, Bruce Cockburn, Chris Corrigan, Guy Davis, Ani DiFranco, Maria Dunn, Adam Hill, Bob Jensen, James Keelaghan, Richard Knox, Lucy MacNeil, Tony McManus, Moulettes, Oysterband, Richard Perso, Heather Rankin, Martin Simpson, and Jon Weaver.

Ian Robb & James Stephens- God and the Orange Clown

Declining …with thanks (Fallen Angle Music)

Resistance Revival Chorus featuring Rhiannon Giddens- All You Fascists Bound to Lose

This Joy (Righteous Babe)

The next three songs punctuated my conversation with Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma, recorded on May 2 via Zoom.

Mike Regenstreif & Mark Rubin on Zoom (2025)

Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma- Dog Whistle

Dispatches: Songs from a World Gone Mad (Rubinchik)

Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma- Blues for the Innocent

Dispatches: Songs from a World Gone Mad (Rubinchik)

Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma- Goon with a Hammer (digital only bonus track)

Dispatches: Songs from a World Gone Mad (Rubinchik)

Brendan Nolan- Packing Her Bag

Beneath White Stars: Holocaust Profiles in Song (AlmondSeed Media)

Shelley Posen- Packed

Mazel (Well Done Music)

Diana Jones with Steve Earle, Richard Thompson, Peggy Seeger & Zahara Phillips- We Believe You

Song to a Refugee (Goldmine)

Liz Miller- New Normal

Love Bubble (Liz Miller)

James Talley- In These Times

Ballads, Bandits and Blues (Cimarron)

Next week: Busking.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – April 19, 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/128/69882.html

Mike Regenstreif & Tony Turner (2018)

Tony Turner- Prairie Railroad

The Lost Sketches (Tony Turner)

Mike Regenstreif & Lynn Miles (2013)

Lynn Miles- Drunks and Fools

Black Flowers Vol. 3 (Lynn Miles)

Vince Halfhide- Sleepy Little Town

Vince Halfhide (Vince Halfhide)

Arthur McGregor- Dancing Shoes

Moore & McGregor: Dream with Me (Ivernia)

Ray Harris- Late Night Phone Calls

Kinda Sets the Tone (Ray Harris)

Mary Gick- The Grassroots Waltz

Six Tunes and a Song (Mary Gick)

Suzy Thompson- Lose My Blues

Suzy Sings Siebel Volume One (Suzy Thompson)

Paul Siebel- Miss Cherry Lane

Woodsmoke and Oranges (Elektra)

Suzy Thompson- Nashville Again

Suzy Sings Siebel Volume One (Suzy Thompson)

Suzy Thompson- The Ballad of Honest Sam

Suzy Sings Siebel Volume One (Suzy Thompson)

Paul Siebel- Then Came the Children

Woodsmoke and Oranges (Elektra)

Maggie’s Wake- Bridget O’Brien

Maggie’s Wake (Maggie’s Wake)

Stan Rogers- Scarborough Settler’s Lament

Songs of a Lifetime: For the Family (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis) 

Laura Smith & Mike Regenstreif (2013)

Laura Smith- Magdalen McGillivray

Everything is Moving (Borealis)

Chris Walz- See See Rider

All I Got and Gone (Chris Walz Music)

Amanda Rheaume- #44

The Truth We Hold (Ishkõdé)

Rhiannon Giddens- We Could Fly

Freedom Highway (Nonesuch)

Louis Armstrong- Go Down, Moses

Louis and the Good Book (Verve)

The Short Sisters- Moses

A Planet Dancing Slow (Black Socks Press)

The Sojourners- Brother Moses Smote the Water

The Sojourners (Black Hen Music)

Jesse Winchester & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Jesse Winchester- Pharaoh’s Army 

Learn to Love It (Stony Plain) 

Shelley Posen & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2023)

Shelley Posen- And We Sang ‘Ha Lakhma Anya’ 

Manna (Well Done Music) 

Andy Cohen & Mike Regenstreif (2025)

Andy Cohen- Crucifixion

Oh Glory, How Happy I Am: The Sacred Songs of Rev. Gary Davis (Riverlark Music)

Mahalia Jackson- Were You There

In Concert Easter Sunday 1967 (Columbia/Legacy)

Ralph McTell- Jesus Wept

Sand in Your Shoes (Red House)

NEeMA- Romeo and Juliet

Watching You Think (Neemaste/Sony)

Perla Batalla- Ain’t No Cure for Love

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

Louise Coombe & Mike Regenstreif (2024)

Louise Coombe- The Girl Upstairs

Paris (Zoe Cat Music)

Kora Feder- In a Young Person’s Body

Some Kind of Truth (Kora Feder)

Danny Marks- I’m Ready

I’m Ready – single (Danny Marks)

Ellen Bukstel & Nick Annis- By My Silence

Legacy of Love (Ellen Bukstel)

Allison Russell & Annie Lennox- Superlover

Superlover – single (Fantasy)

Eric Andersen & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Eric Andersen- No Man’s Land

Eric Andersen in (Spoken) Pieces (EARecords)

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Eliza Gilkyson- Beach Haven

2020 (Red House)

Mike Regenstreif & Tim Grimm (2025)

Tim Grimm- Woody’s Landlord Revisited

Bones of Trees (Vault)

James Gordon- Liberation Day

Liberation Day – single (James Gordon)

Rees Shad with Kemp Harris, Wanda Houston & Natalia Zukerman- Ain’t That the Way

Porcelain Angel (Shadville Music)

C. Daniel Boling- It Matters

It Matters (Berkalin)

Mr. O’Muck- Gone Train Blues

Home Field Recordings: The Ancient Blues of Mr. O’Muck (Muck-O-Phone)

Jim Ringer- Mrs. Delion’s Lament

Any Old Wind That Blows (Philo)

Preservation Brass- Bagatelle

For Fat Man (Sub Pop)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on May 17. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – April 1, 2025: Remembering Jesse Colin Young; April Fools; 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/595/69610.html

Themes: Part 1 – Remembering Jesse Colin Young (1941-2025); Part 2 – April Fools’ Day.

Part 1 – Remembering Jesse Colin Young (1941-2025)

Jesse Colin Young – whose real name was Perry Miller and who died at age 83 on March 16 – was a singer and songwriter originally from New York City who was lead singer of The Youngbloods from 1966 to 1971 and who recorded as a solo artist before and after his tenure with The Youngbloods.

Jesse Colin Young- Four in the Morning

The Soul of a City Boy (One Way)

Jesse Colin Young- Same Old Man

The Soul of a City Boy (One Way)

Jesse Colin Young- Rider

Young Blood (Mercury)

Jesse Colin Young- Doc Geiger

Young Blood (Mercury)

The Youngbloods- Get Together

The Youngbloods (RCA)

The Youngbloods- Light Shine

Good and Dusty (Racoon/Warner Bros.)

Jesse Colin Young- California Child

Light Shine (Warner Bros.)

Jesse Colin Young- Songbird

Songbird (Warner Bros.)

Part 2 – April Fools’ Day

Shel Silverstein- Folk Singer’s Blues

Inside Folk Songs (Water)

Stan Rogers- The White Collar Holler

Between the Breaks…Live! (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Ian Robb with The Friends of Fiddler's Green- Garnet’s Home-Made Beer

From Different Angels (Fallen Angle)

Bowser & Blue- The Night They Invented Poutine

Crackpots (You Guys Publishing)

Spike Jones & His City Slickers- Yes! We Have No Bananas

Musical Deprecation Revue! The Spike Jones Anthology (Rhino)

Steve Goodman- Vegematic

No Big Surprise: The Steve Goodman Anthology (Red Pajamas)

Nancy White- Leonard Cohen’s Never Gonna Bring My Groceries In

Momnipotent (The Children’s Group)

Christine Lavin- What Was I Thinking?

Live at the Cactus Café: What Was I Thinking? (Philo)

Grit Laskin- The Photographers

Unabashedly Folk: Songs and Tunes 1979-1985 (Borealis)

Al Mamlet- Five Thousand Years of Folk Music

Bring It On Home Volume 1 (Legacy)

Michael Smith- Dead Egyptian Blues

Love Letter on a Fish (Tales from the Tavern)

Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers- King Tut

Red Bird Alert (Rounder)

Dave Van Ronk- Garden State Stomp

Going Back to Brooklyn (Gazell)

Erik Frandsen- I’ve the Blues

Antiques: New & Used (Erik Frandsen)

Shelley Posen with Erik Frandsen- It’s for You

Old Loves (Well Done Music)

Martin Mull & His Fabulous Furniture- Dueling Tubas

In Your Living Room (Capricorn)

John Prine & Iris DeMent- In Spite of Ourselves

In Spite of Ourselves (Oh Boy)

Next week: A Tribute to Doc Watson.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – March 18, 2025: Canadian Places

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/595/69388.html

Theme: Canadian Places

This show is a celebration of just some of the many places in our country, and a response to the despicable behaviour of the orange felon in regard to Canada. As so many have reiterated, Canada is not for sale and will never be his 51st state. We have our elbows up.

Shari Ulrich & Mike Regenstreif (2019)

Shari Ulrich- Canada

Back to Shore (Borealis)

Shelley Posen & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2023)

Shelley Posen- Ontario Moon

Ontario Moon (Well Done Music)

Over the Moon- Old Alberta Moon

Moondancer (Over the Moon)

Mike Regenstreif & Connie Kaldor (2015)

Connie Kaldor & Roy Forbes- Saskatoon Moon

Wood River (Coyote)

Orit Shimoni- Winnipeg 

Winnipeg (Orit Shimoni) 

Doug McArthur- The Lunenburg Shift

Letters from the Coast/Sisteron (Snow Goose Songs)

Deborah Holland- East Porpoise Bay

I Made It This Far (Deborah Holland)

Oscar Peterson- Place St. Henri

Canadiana Suite (Verve)

Bill Garrett & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

Bill Garrett- Lillooet

Bill Garrett (Borealis)

James Keelaghan- Hope Princeton Road

My Skies (Green Linnet)

Humphrey & The Dumptrucks- Calgary Song

Six Days of Paper Ladies (Boot)

Mike Regenstreif & April Verch (2025)

April Verch & Cody Walters- Up in the Ottawa Valley

Passages and Pairings (Slab Town)

Kevun Head & Mike Regenstreif (2013) photo: Vanessa Burnett

Kevin Head- Saturday Night in South Margarree

Live (Kevin Head Music)

Dave Clarke of Steel Rail & Lucinda Chodan (co-writers of Argyle Street) and Mike Regenstreif (2025)

 
Steel Rail- Argyle Street

Coming Home (Crossties)

Allison Russell- Montreal

Outside Child (Fantasy)

Chris Rawlings & Mike Regenstreif (2007)

Chris Rawlings- Vieux Montréal

Pearl Soup (Cooking Fat Music)

Ken Tizzard & Amelia Curran- St. John’s Waltz

A Good Dog is Lost: A Collection of Ron Hynes Songs (Booth Street)

Bob Stark- Patterson Creek Bridge

Sculpted Pieces of Love (Bob Stark)

Paul Weber- Ottawa Lament

Ode to Gerry Barber (Paul Weber)

Ray Harris- Pontiac County Blues

Kinda Sets the Tone (Ray Harris)

Night Sun- Petawawa River

Drive (Borealis)

Stan Rogers- The Rawdon Hills

Fogarty’s Cove (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

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

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Matapedia

Matapedia (Hannibal)

Mike Regenstreif & Murray McLauchlan on Zoom (2021)

Murray McLauchlan- Out Past the Timberline

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

Next week: Part 1 – Songs of Laura Nyro; Part 2 – Bringing It All Back Home Revisited.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – November 5, 2024: Addendums to Past Themes

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/595/67577.html

Theme: Addendums to Past Themes.

This is the second of two editions of Stranger Songs airing during CKCU’s 2024 Funding Drive. Your support is meaningful and essential to keeping CKCU’s diverse programming on the air for another year. You can make a donation in support of Stranger Songs and CKCU at this link. Charitable income tax receipts are issued for donations of $20 or more. Thanks for your support. https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/CKCU/p2p/fundingdrive2024/page/stranger-songs

A theme I do every year on the second Stranger Songs funding drive show is Addendums to Past Themes. More often than not, when I choose a theme for Stranger Songs, there are more possible songs to choose from than I can include – and sometimes new music that fits the theme arrives after the show has been produced. So, I’ve chosen a few of the themes from the past year for addendums.

Perla Batalla- A Thousand Kisses Deep

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

Leonard Cohen- Going Home

Old Ideas (Columbia)

Perla Batalla- Everybody Knows

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

Scottie Miller- Ah, New York

Carnival Cocoon (Scottie Miller)

Lucy Kaplansky- Love Song/New York

The Red Thread (Red House)

Amy Speace- In New York City

The American Dream (Windbone)

Shelley Posen- The Old Songs Home

The Old Songs Home (Well Done Music)

Madeleine Peyroux- I Hear Music

Careless Love: Deluxe Edition (Rounder)

The Central Park Sheiks- The People’s Key

Honeysuckle Rose (Flying Fish)

Misty Blues- Keep On Movin’ It On

I’m Too Old for Games: A Live Tribute to Odetta (Guitar One)

Eric Bibb & Odetta- ‘Tain’t Such a Much

Friends (Telarc)

Odetta- Look the World Over

Blues Everywhere I Go (M.C.) 

Bob Dylan- My Back Pages

Another Side of Bob Dylan (Columbia)

Ian & Sylvia- You Were On My Mind

Northern Journey (Vanguard)

Sam Cooke- A Change is Gonna Come

Ain’t That Good News (RCA)

Lenka Lichtenberg- Remember the Sun

Feel with Blood (Six Degrees)

Lenka Lichtenberg- After the Flood

Feel with Blood (Six Degrees)

Sid Selvidge- Pearlee

Twice Told Tales (Elektra Nonesuch)

Rosalie Sorrels- One More Next Time

If I Could Be the Rain (Folk-Legacy)

Gordon Lightfoot- Steel Rail Blues

The Original Lightfoot (EMI)

Duke Ellington- Sugar Hill Shim Sham

Ellington in Order, Volume 8 (1937) (Legacy)

Next week: Remembering Barbara Dane (1927-2024).

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – October 15, 2024: Finest Kind's Kind of Songs

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/595/67256.html

Theme: Finest Kind’s Kind of Songs

Finest Kind is the now mostly-retired trio of Ottawa based singers Ann Downey, Shelley Posen and Ian Robb – a trio best known for its superb vocal harmonies. All the songs on this show were recorded by Finest Kind over the years.

Finest Kind- The Faded Roses of December

Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle Music)

Utah Phillips- The Goodnight Loving Trail

The Telling Takes Me Home (Philo)

Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin- Blue Mountain

Stay Awhile (Rounder)

Blue Murder- The Banks of Sweet Primroses

No One Stands Alone (Topic)

Windborne- Gimme Just a Little More Time

Recollections/Revolutions (Wand’ring Feet)

Finest Kind- The Storms May Roll the Ocean

Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle Music)

Peggy Seeger- Going to the West

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

Derek Lamb- The Miner’s Dream of Home

She was Poor but She was Honest: Nice, Naughty and Nourishing Songs of the London Music Hall and Pubs (Folkways)

Sneezy Waters- I Heard the Bluebirds Sing

Sneezy Waters (Sneezy Waters)

Martyn Wyndham-Read- Sussex Drinking Song

A Rose from the Bush (Greenwich Village)

David Parry- In Praise of Alcohol

The Man from Eldorado: Songs and Stories of Robert W. Service (Borealis)

Coope, Boyes & Simpson- John Barleycorn

Coope, Boyes & Simpson (World Music Network)

Finest Kind- John Barleycorn Deconstructed

For Honour & For Gain (Fallen Angle Music)

Bill Staines- Only Remembered

Looking for the Wind (Red House)

John Roberts & Tony Barrand- A Pilgrim’s Way

Twiddlum Twaddlum (Golden Hind Music)

Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop- No More Fish

Red Shoes (Borealis)

Finest Kind- Lowlands Low

For Honour & For Gain (Fallen Angle Music)

The Carter Family- Fond Affection

When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland: Their Complete Victor Recordings 1929-1930 (Rounder)

The Greenbriar Boys- At the End of a Long Lonely Day

Best of the Vanguard Years (Vanguard)

The Brothers & Sisters- The Times They are A-Changin’

Dylan’s Gospel (Columbia)

Ben E. King- Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow

Ben E. King Sings for Soulful Lovers (Rhino)

Finest Kind- Jack the Jolly Tar

Silks & Spices (Fallen Angle Music)

Tom Lewis- Bully in the Alley

Tinker Tailor Soldier Singer (Self Propelled Music)

Finest Kind- Who will Sing for Me

Heart’s Delight (Fallen Angle Music)

Next week: Remembering Nick Gravenites, Kris Kristofferson, JD Souther, and Billy Edd Wheeler.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 3, 2024: Songs of Work and Jobs, Labour and Labour History, Volume 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/595/66651.html

Theme: Songs of Work and Jobs, Labour and Labour History, Volume 2.

Mike Regenstreif & Si Kahn (1995)

Si Kahn- Back When Times Were Hard

Labor Day: A tribute to hardworking people everywhere (Strictly Country)

John McCutcheon- Go to Work On Monday One More Time

Labor Day: A tribute to hardworking people everywhere (Strictly Country)

Joe Jencks- The Old Labor Hall

Labor Day: A tribute to hardworking people everywhere (Strictly Country)

The Longest Johns- The Workers Song

Smoke + Oakum (Decca)

Herdman, Hills & Mangsen- Silken Dreams

Voices (Flying Fish)

Mike Regenstreif & James Talley (2005)

James Talley- Forty Hours

Journey: The Second Voyage (Cimarron)

Peggy Seeger- Gonna Be an Engineer

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

Diana Jones & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2021)

Diana Jones- Song for a Worker

Museum of Appalachia Recordings (Proper)

Mike Regenstreif & Maria Dunn (2017)

Maria Dunn- The Lingan Strike

For a Song (Distant Whisper Music)

Mountain City Four- Dark as a Dungeon

Mountain City Four (Omnivore)

Rosalie Sorrels- Aunt Molly Jackson Defines Folk Songs Once and For All/I Am a Union Woman

The Long Memory (Red House)

Utah Phillips & Mike Regenstreif (2005)

Utah Phillips- The Charge on Mother Jones

The Long Memory (Red House)

Tom Russell- The Most Dangerous Woman in America

Blood and Candle Smoke (Shout! Factory)

Jesse Winchester- Working in the Vineyard

Let the Rough Side Drag (Stony Plain)

Sylvia Tyson- Trucker’s Café

You Were On My Mind (Stony Plain)

Murray McLauchlan- Farmer’s Song

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

Stan Rogers- The Field Behind the Plow

Northwest Passage (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Shelley Posen & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2023)

Shelley Posen- No More Fish, No Fishermen

The Old Songs Home (Well Done Music)

John McCutcheon- There is Power in a Union

Joe Hill’s Last Will (Appalsongs)

Magpie- The Rebel Girl

Endless River (Long Tail)

Country Cooking with The Fiction Brothers- Joe Hill’s Will

Country Cooking with The Fiction Brothers (Flying Fish)

Nat Adderley- Work Song

Work Song (Riverside)

Next week: Conversation and Songs with Reggie Harris.

-Mike Regenstreif