Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 15, 2026: The Yellow Door at 60

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/595/77110.html

Theme: The Yellow Door at 60.

The Yellow Door Coffee House in Montreal – now Canada’s longest running folk venue – started presenting folk music performers in the fall of 1966 – 60 years ago.

I first got to the Yellow Door as a high school student in 1969.

One night, after I’d been a Yellow Door regular for a while, Chuck Baker – who ran the Yellow Door from the late-1960s until well into the 1980s – drafted me to be a Yellow Door volunteer. Over the next few years, I sold tickets at the door, or served coffee behind the counter, or MCed the show – particularly the Sunday night hootenannies.

All the music on this show is by artists that I saw and got to know back in the day at the Yellow Door. It is but a small sampling.

Jesse Winchester- The Brand New Tennessee Waltz 

Jesse Winchester (Stony Plain)

John Foley- Walk with Me in the Sunshine

Words & Music 1975-1990 (Christine Foley)

Penny Lang- Ain’t Life Sweet

Ain’t Life Sweet (She-Wolf)

Tex König- Sea Fever 

Königsblende (Music Cellar)

Jack Nissenson- Shenandoah 

Mountain City Four (Omnivore)

Sean Gagnier- San Mescalito

Circle Harbor (Sean Gagnier)

Bruce Murdoch- Snowdon

Bruce Murdoch (Radio Canada International)

Ronney Abramson- Three O’Clock Ride

Three O’Clock Ride – single (Ronney Abramson)

Bill Staines- Highway North

Somebody Blue (Champlain)

Bill Garrett- Crossties on a Railroad

Bill Garrett (Borealis)

Caitlin Hanford- Red Clay Halo

Bluer Skies (Denon)

Linda Morrison- Barcelona

Line By Line (Heartstrung Music)

Christopher Kearney- Rocking Chair Ride 

Christopher Kearney (Capitol)

Saul Broudy- No Lonesome Tune

Travels with Broudy (Saul Broudy)

Marc Nerenberg- I Wish I was a Mole in the Ground 

On the Street Again (Marc Nerenberg)

Doug McArthur- Tears Like Rain

Smoke & Whiskey (Doug McArthur)

Paul Geremia- Travelin’ Man 

Just Enough (Folkways)

Humphrey & The Dumptrucks- Calgary Song

Six Days of Paper Ladies (Boot)

Danny Greenspoon- Ragged but Right

Unreleased live track – used with permission

Kevin Head- Everyone Needs a Backyard 

Hear Them Callin’ (Kevin Head)

Chris Rawlings- Pearl River Turnaround 

Pearl Soupe (Cooking Fat Music)

Stan Rogers- The Mary Ellen Carter

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

--Mike Regenstreif 

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 18, 2026: A Cappella Again

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/595/76752.html

Theme: A Cappella Again.

Our theme this week on Stranger Songs is A Cappella Again building on our a cappella show from August 9, 2022.

The Persuasions- Mr. Tambourine Man

Knockin’ On Bob’s Door (Zoho)

Tom Lewis- Northwest Passage

Poles Apart (Self-Propelled Music)

The Wellermen- Barrett’s Privateers

1778 (Tenwest)

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

From Different Angels (Fallen Angle)

Stan Rogers- The White Collar Holler 

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

Ian & Sylvia- The Greenwood Sidie (The Cruel Mother)

Four Strong Winds (Vanguard)

Finest Kind- The Night Pat Murphey Died

Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle Music)

Mountain City Four- Motherless Children 

Mountain City Four (Omnivore)

The Longest Johns- The Grey Funnel Line

Written in Salt (Decca)

Coope, Boyes & Simpson- Sea Must Have an Ending

Coope, Boyes & Simpson (World Music Network)

Maddy Prior & The Girls- Blow the Man Down

Bib & Tuck (Park)

Pressgang Mutiny- So Early in the Morning 

Across the Western Ocean (Pressgang Mutiny)

The Johnson Girls- Goodbye, Fare You Well

The Johnson Girls (Folk-Legacy)

The Wellermen- Torn Screen Door

1778 (Tenwest)

David Francey- Money Boys

Empty Train (Laker Music)

John Roberts & Debra Cowan- Drive Dull Care Away

Ballads Long & Short: The Best of Every Sort (Golden Hind Music)

Amy Melissen & Lee Stivers- Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor

Something Tells Me Everything Will Be Alright (AMCTR)

The Wailin' Jennys- Bring Me Little Water Sylvie

Live at The Mauch Chunk Opera House (Outside Music)

Kitka- Loomine

Kolo (Diaphonoca)

The Short Sisters- Moses

A Planet Dancing Slow (Black Socks Press)

The Klezmatics- Moses Smote the Water

Brother Moses Smote the Water (Piranha)

Ken Whiteley- Michael Rowh

Long Time Travelling (Ken Whiteley)

Reggie Harris- Sheep, Sheep/Little David

Ready to Go (Reggie Harris Music)

Hannah & Nathan- Turtle Dove

Love and Labour (Just Right Music)

Bessie Jones & The Georgia Sea Island Singers- Sign of the Judgement

Get in Union (Tompkins Square)

The Manhattan Transfer- A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

The Manhattan Transfer Anthology: Down in Birdland (Rhino)

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – April 28, 2026: The Art of the Long Song, Volume 3

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/595/75126.html

Theme: The Art of the Long Song, Volume 3.

While most songs are in the 2-to-5-minute range, the songs on this show range from more than 6 minutes to more than 10 minutes in length. The previous Art of the Long Songs editions of Stranger Songs shows were heard on March 29, 2022 and March 12, 2024 and those shows are available for streaming on demand.

Ramblin' Jack Elliott & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Ramblin' Jack Elliott- South Coast 

South Coast (Red House)

Mike Regenstreif & Joan Baez (2003)

Joan Baez- Gulf Winds

Gulf Winds (A&M)

Al Grierson- The Petals

The Petals (Folkin’ Eh)

Perla Batalla- So Long, Marianne 

Bird on the Wire: The Songs of Leonard Cohen (Mechuda Music)

Noel Paul Stookey & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2023)

Noel Paul Stookey- Come Away Suite

State of the Heart (Neworld)

Maz O'Connor- Come and I Will Sing You

Love It is a Killing Thing (Restless Head)

John Gorka & Mike Regenstreif (2012)

John Gorka- Harris and the Mare

unentitled (Red House)

Stan Rogers- Song of the Candle

Turnaround (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Mike Regenstreif & Garnet Rogers (2006)

Garnet Rogers- Night Drive

Night Drive (Snow Goose Songs)

Shorty Rogers & Stan Freberg- The Three Little Bops

You Shorty, Me Tarzan (Giant Steps)

Richard Harris- MacArthur Park

A Tramp Shining (MCA)

Next week: 1966.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – December 23, 2025: A Christmas Concert with Odetta and More Songs for the Holiday

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/595/73359.html

Theme: A Christmas Concert with Odetta and More Songs for the Holiday.

Odetta – who died in 2008 less than a month before her 78th birthday – was one of the most influential folksingers of her time. In the late-1950s, a teenaged rock singer in Minnesota named Robert Zimmerman decided to pursue folk music after hearing an Odetta album, and later arrived in New York City calling himself Bob Dylan. Others, among many, who have cited Odetta’s influence include Joan Baez, Nina Simone, Janis Joplin and Harry Belafonte. Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. referred to Odetta as “the voice of the civil rights movement.

Odetta was accompanied throughout the concert by pianist Seth Farber and, on a couple of songs, by The Holmes Brothers.

Odetta with The Holmes Brothers- This Little Light of Mine

Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)

Odetta- Rise Up Shepherd and Follow

Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)

Odetta- Mary had a Baby

Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)

Odetta- What Month was Jesus Born In

Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)

Odetta- Shout for Joy

Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)

Odetta- Virgin Mary Had One Son

Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)

Odetta with The Holmes Brothers- Down By the Riverside

Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)

Odetta- Poor Little Jesus

Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)

Odetta- Freedom Trilogy: Oh Freedom, Come & Go With Me and I’m On My Way

Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)

Odetta- Somebody Talking ‘Bout Jesus

Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)

Odetta- Keep On Movin’ It On

Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)

Odetta- O Jerusalem

Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)

Odetta- If Anybody Asks You

Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)

Odetta- Midnight Special

Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (M.C.)

Chris White- That’s Christmas

That’s Christmas – single (Chris White)

Maggie’s Wake- It Ain’t Christmas Without You

Close to Home (Maggie’s Wake)

Chaim Tannenbaum- A Winter Tale

A Winter Tale – single (StorySound)

Good Lovelies- The Chipmunk Song

Under the Mistletoe (Good Lovelies)

Erik Frandsen- Christmas in Brooklyn

Antiques: New & Used (Erik Frandsen)

Shelley Posen- You are All the Christmas That I Need

Old Loves (Well Done Music)

Rosalie Sorrels- Hot Buttered Rum

An Imaginary Christmas in Idaho (Limberlost)

Stan Rogers- At Last, I’m Ready for Christmas

Songs of a Lifetime: From Coffeehouse to Concert Hall (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

David Massengill- Jesus, the Fugitive Prince 

The Return (Plump)

Next week: My Top 10 Folk-Rooted or Folk-Branched albums of 2025.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – November 11, 2025: Remembrance Day; Remembering Archie Fisher

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/595/72781.html

Themes: Part 1 – Remembrance Day; Part 2 – Remembering Archie Fisher (1939-2025).

Part 1 – Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day, the anniversary of the end of the First World War in 1918, is observed annually in Canada on November 11.

Garnet Rogers- 11:11

Sparrow’s Wing (Snow Goose Songs)

Eric Bogle- In Flanders Fields 

A Toss of the Coin (Greentrax)

Jimmy Rankin- Missing at the Somme

Harvest Highway (Song Dog Music/Linus)

Bobby Watt- Remembrance Day/Flowers of the Forest

Watt Next? (Glenashdale Music)

Priscilla Herdman- No Man’s Land 

Forgotten Dreams (Flying Fish)

Mason Daring- The Great War

The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century (Daring)

Part 2 – Remembering Archie Fisher (1939-2025)

Archie Fisher, who died on November First at age 86 from lung cancer, was one of Scotland’s greatest and most influential interpreters of traditional and contemporary folk songs and a great songwriter whose original material was decidedly in the tradition. He was also a folk music radio host for many years on the BBC.

Archie Fisher- Reynardine

Archie Fisher (XTRA)

Andrew & Casey Calhoun- Open the Door Softly

Skeins (Waterbug)

Small Potatoes- The Terror Time

Time Flies (Folk Era)

Archie Fisher- Farewell She

Archie Fisher (XTRA)

Eva Cassidy- Dark Eyed Molly

American Tune (Blix Street)

Stan Rogers- The Witch of the Westmorland

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

Maria Dunn- Jock Stewart

Gathering (Distant Whisper)

Red Horse (John Gorka, Eliza Gilkyson & Lucy Kaplansky)- Coshieville

Red Horse (Red House)

Archie Fisher- South Wind

The Man with a Rhyme (Folk-Legacy)

Archie Fisher & Garnet Rogers- Borderland

Off the Map (Snow Goose Songs)

Archie Fisher- Gunsmoke & Whisky

Sunsets I’ve Galloped Into… (Snow Goose Songs)

Archie Fisher & Garnet Rogers- Make and Break Harbour

The Best Times After All: Live (Snow Goose Songs)

Archie Fisher & Garnet Rogers- The Final Trawl

The Best Times After All: Live (Snow Goose Songs)

Bill Staines- Bill Hosie

Looking for the Wind (Red House)

Archie Fisher- Windward Away

Windward Away (Red House)

Archie Fisher- The Parting Glass

A Silent Song (Red House)

Next week: Toms, Dicks and Harrys.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – October 28, 2025: Remembering Bob Franke and Danny Thompson

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/595/72570.html

Theme: Remembering Bob Franke (1947-2025) and Danny Thompson (1939-2025).

This is the first of two editions of Stranger Songs during CKCU’s annual funding drive for 2025, a funding drive falling just before CKCU celebrates 50 years of broadcasting on air – an incredible milestone for independent, listener-supported media in a day and age when independent, community-oriented media with programming curated, produced and hosted by a dedicated corps of volunteers, often experts in our fields, is harder and harder to come by. Please visit this link to support CKCU and Stranger Songs. https://www.canadahelps.org/me/6rUTtTVJ

Bob Franke was a great singer-songwriter who I knew as a friend for well over 50 years. When I took over running The Golem, a folk club in Montreal, in 1974, Bob was the third performer to play there and the first American. A few months ago, Bob and his wife, Joan Sherman, decided to leave Donald Trump’s America to make a new home for themselves in Guatemala. On October 13, Bob was crossing the street in Antigua, Guatemala when he was hit by a speeding motorcycle and suffered a broken pelvis. Bob had successful surgery to repair his pelvis but suffered two heart attacks while recovering in the ICU and died on October 16 at age 78.

The next 11 songs were written by Bob Franke.

Bob Franke- For Real

The Other Evening in Chicago (Waterbug)

Claudia Schmidt- Hard Love 

Reimagining (Claudia Schmidt)

Stan Rogers- Love Can’t Be Bitter All the Time

Songs of a Lifetime: Discoveries – Rare Live Recordings (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Bob Franke- Love Bravely, Elizabeth

The Other Evening in Chicago (Waterbug)

Susie Burke & David Surette- A Healing In This Night

Sometimes In the Evening (Madrina Music)

Kim & Reggie Harris- Walkin’ in the Wilderness

Rock of Ages (Appleseed)

Short Sisters- Straw Against the Chill

A Planet Dancing Slow (Black Socks Press)

Bob Franke & Noel Paul Stookey- Turn Back, O Man

The Heart of the Flower (Daring)

Garnet Rogers- Hallelujah! The Great Storm is Over 

Speaking Softly in the Dark (Snow Goose Songs)

Bill Garrett- Thanksgiving Eve 

Seems to Me (Borealis)

Bob Franke- The Roads are Long in Canada

Long Roads, Short Visits (Daring)

Danny Thompson – who died on September 23 at age 86 – was probably the definitive bass player of the British folk revival, first as a member of the group Pentangle, and then as bassist for countless concert and recording artists. The rest of the show features Danny’s superb musicianship.

Pentangle- Let No Man Steal Your Thyme

Finale: An Evening with Pentangle (Topic)

Marianne Faithfull- Sally Free and Easy

North Country Maid (Decca)

Maddy Prior & June Tabor- The Grey Funnel Line

Silly Sisters (Shanachie)

Richard Thompson & Danny Thompson- Sweetheart on the Barricade

Industry (Hannibal)

Savourna Stevenson, June Tabor & Danny Thompson- Broom of Cowdenknowes

Singing the Storm (Cooking Vinyl/True North)

Eric Bibb & North Country Fair with Danny Thompson- Tell Ol’ Bill

The Happiest Man in the World (Stony Plain)

Darrell Scott- Urge for Going

Modern Hymns (Appleseed)

Pentangle- Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

Finale: An Evening with Pentangle (Topic)

Next week: Conversation and Songs with Connie Kaldor.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – October 4, 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/128/72258.html

Sandy Denny- Who Knows Where the Time Goes

Where the Time Goes (Castle)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2006)

Jesse Winchester- I’m Gonna Miss You Girl

Love Filling Station (Appleseed)

Norah Jones- (Talk to Me of) Mendocino

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

Darrell Scott- Urge for Going

Modern Hymns (Appleseed)

Archie Fisher- The Witch of the West-mer-lands

The Man with a Rhyme (Folk-Legacy)

The Longest Johns- Barrett’s Privateers

Caught in the Net (The Longest Johns)

Ben Sands- First Christmas Away from Home

Roots & Branches (Spring)

Highland Weavers- The Mary Ellen Carter

Going Home (Highland Weavers)

Stan Rogers- The White Collar Holler 

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

Sweet Absalon- The Flowers of Bermuda

Remembering Stan Rogers: An East Coast Tribute II (Brookes Diamond Productions)

Ian Robb- Rolling Down to Old Maui

Ian Robb & Hang the Piper (Folk-Legacy)

Willie Watson- Harris and the Mare

Willie Watson (Little Operation)

Peter, Paul & Mary- Delivery Delayed

Such is Love (Warner Bros.)

Jory Nash & Mike Regenstreif (2024)

Jory Nash- The Light Still Shines on the Main

The Light Still Shines on the Main (Thin Man)

Martha Wainwright- Whither Must I Wander

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

Sylvia Tyson & Mike Regenstreif (1997)

Ian & Sylvia- Rambler Gambler

Ian & Sylvia (Vanguard)

Donald WG Lindsay- Wild Rover

Two Boats Under the Moon (Donald WG Lindsay)

The Pairs- Everything Ends

Together on a Rock (The Pairs)

Lennie Gallant- Shelter from the Storms

Shelter from the Storms (Gallant Effort Productions)

Kate Greenland- Concrete Cowboy

Longing and Dreaming (Kate Greenland)

Mike Regenstreif & Connie Kaldor (2015)

Connie Kaldor- Down the Road to Lonesome

Wide Open Spaces (Coyote Entertainment)

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

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- You Tell Me That I’m Falling Down

Oddities (Querbeservice)

Rags Rosenberg- Catherine’s Song

Song of the Bricoleur (Coyote Gulch)

Sarah Segal-Lazar- This Old House

Valleys (Sarah Segal-Lazar)

The Whispering Tree- Bones of Better Days

Bones of Better Days (Eyelash Soup Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Joan Baez (2003)

Joan Baez- Gulf Winds

Gulf Winds (A&M)

Le Vent du Nord- Par-Dessus le Pont

Voisinages (La Compagnie du Nord)

Teni Rane- Killing the Blues

Goldenrod (Teni Rane)

Eva Cassidy- Autumn Leaves

Simply Eva (Blix Street)

Mike Regenstreif & Michael Smith (2014)

Michael Smith- Rondi’s Birthday

Love Letter on a Fish (Tales from the Tavern)

Mike Regenstreif & Anne Hills (2001)

Anne Hills- First Day of Autumn

Bittersweet Street (Redwing Music)

Jubal Lee Young- Hand-Painted Portuguese Punch Bowl

Squirrels (7Bridges Entertainment)

Steve Young- The Year That Clayton Delaney Died

Stars in the Southern Sky (Omnivore)

Tom Russell, Mike Regenstreif & Andrew Hardin (2005)

Tom Russell- The Angel of Lyon

The Tom Russell Anthology: Veteran’s Day (Shout! Factory)

Andrew Hardin with Eliza Gilkyson- Puerto Peñasco

Blue Acoustic (Andrew Hardin)

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2022)

Eliza Gilkyson- Stranger

Dark Ages (Realiza)

Karen Dalton- Katie Cruel

In My Own Time: 50th Anniversary Edition (Light in the Attic)

Rory Block- Mississippi Blues

Heavy on the Blues (M.C.)

Juanita Hall- Hold That Train

Juanita Hall Sings the Blues (Counterpoint)

Louis Armstrong & Velma Middleton- Hesitating Blues

Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy (Columbia/Legacy)

Mallory Chipman- Sing Me Home

Songs to a Wild God (Tunnel Mountain)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on November 1. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – July 1, 2025: Songs for Canada 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/595/70878.html

Theme: Songs for Canada Day.

Stan Rogers- Northwest Passage

Northwest Passage (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Ian & Sylvia- Four Strong Winds

Four Strong Winds (Vanguard)

Maria Dunn- In the Shadow of the Rockies/As I Walk Through Canada

We Were Good People (Distant Whisper)

James Keelaghan- My Skies

History: The First 25 Years (Borealis)

Bonnie Dobson- Peter Amberley

Take Me for a Walk in the Morning Dew (Hornbeam)

Finest Kind- The Maple Leaf Forever

Silks & Spices (Fallen Angle Music)

Wade Hemsworth with The Mountain City Four (lead vocal: Kate McGarrigle)- The Log Driver’s Waltz

Wade Hemsworth with the Mountain City Four (Peter Weldon)

Gordon Lightfoot- Canadian Railroad Trilogy

Songbook (Warner Archives/Rhino)

Leonard Cohen- Suzanne

Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia/Legacy)

Steel Rail- Wooden Ships

River Song (Crossties)

Jesse Winchester- I Wave Bye Bye

Gentleman of Leisure (Sugar Hill)

Connie Kaldor- Wood River

Wood River (Coyote Entertainment)

Shelley Posen- Canoeing My Troubles Away

Roseberry Road (Well Done Music)

Durham County Poets & Michael Jerome Browne- Diamonds on the Water

Grimshaw Road (Durham County Poets)

Yonder Hill- Northern Lights

Yonder Hill (Yonder Hill)

Notre Dame de Grass- New Canada Road

New Canada Road (Notre Dame de Grass)

Willie Dunn- Louis Riel

Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology (Light in the Attic)

Amanda Rheaume- Unforgettable

The Truth We Hold (Ishkõdé)

Prairie Comeau- Un Canadien errant

L’emprunt(e) (La Compagnie du Nord)

Chris Rawlings- Song of the Old Bush Pilot

Northern Spirits (Cooking Fat Music)

David Bradstreet- The Land Beyond

Hindsight (David Bradstreet)

Night Sun- A Canadian Song

Drive (Borealis)

Next week: Peggy Seeger at 90.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – June 14, 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/128/70676.html

Mike Regenstreif & Steve Gillette (1994)

Steve Gillette- Grapes on the Vine

Best of (Compass Rose)

Ian & Sylvia- Darcy Farrow

Early Morning Rain (Vanguard)

Linda Ronstadt- A Number and a Name

Hand Sown…Home Grown (Capitol)

Steve Gillette- Back on the Street Again

Best of (Compass Rose)

Grayson Capps- Early Morning Rain

Heartbreak, Misery & Death (Royal Potato Family)

The Kennedys- Cotton Jenny

Ladies Sing Lightfoot (Sunset Blvd.)

Seldom Scene- Steel Rail Blues

Changes (Rounder)

Gordon Lightfoot- A Painter Passing Through

A Painter Passing Through (Reprise)

Payadora- Prologue

The Legend of  Carau (Payadora)

Payadora with Elbio Ferenandez & Elmer Ferrer- Gaucho de las Pampas

The Legend of Carau (Payadora)

Payadora- Remember What’s Important

The Legend of Carau (Payadora)

Payadora- The Call of the Bandoneón

The Legend of Carau (Payadora)

Lucie Blue Tremblay- No Esta Solo

So Many Wows (Maggie & Shanti Musique)

NEeMA- Running

Watching You Think (Neemaste/Sony)

Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl- Across the Great Divide

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

Mary Chapin Carpenter- What Did You Miss

Personal History (Lambent Light/Thirty Tigers)

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2022)

Eliza Gilkyson- Song to You

Dark Ages (Realiza)

Schmaltz & Pepper- Stirring the Pot

Schmaltz & Pepper (Schmaltz & Pepper)

Mike Regenstreif & Tim Grimm (2025)

Tim Grimm- In the U.S.A.

Bones of Trees (Vault)

Mike Regenstreif & Mark Rubin on Zoom (2025)

Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma- Bear at the Door

Dispatches: Songs from a World Gone Mad (Rubinchik)

Eliza Gilkyson- Dark Ages

Dark Ages (Realiza)

Bethany & Rufus- Isn’t That So

900 Miles (Hyena)

Rodney Crowell with Emmylou Harris & Vince Gill- Dangerous Fun

Quiet About It: A Tribute to Jesse Winchester (Mailboat)

Jesse Winchester & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Jesse Winchester- Glory to the Day

Third Down, 110 to Go (Stony Plain)

William Bell- All of Your Stories

This is Where I Live (Stax)

Tom Prasada-Rao- Maria

Beautiful You: The Songs of Tom Prasada-Rao (Tom Prasada-Rao)

Suzie Brown- I Love Missing You

Songs Worth Saving (Suzie Brown)

Nathan Sloniowski- Archie’s Good Night

The Lost Love Letter to a Small Town (Rocketchimp)

Jim Wurster- Transcendental Inclinations

Transcendental Inclinations (Y&T Music)

Muireann Bradley- Stag O Lee

I Kept These Old Blues (Decca/Verve Forecast)

Guy Davis & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Guy Davis- Long Gone Riley Brown

The Legend of Sugarbelly (M.C.)

Dee Robinson- One Dime Blues

Dee from Decatur (Riverlark Music)

Roy Book Binder- Travelin’ Man

Goin’ Back to Tampa (Flying Fish)

Sue Foley- Freight Train

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

Dee Robinson- Washington Blues

Dee from Decatur (Riverlark Music)

Lotus Wight- Dear Old Five String

Original Works for Voice and Banjo Volume One (Lotus Wight)

Original Sloth Band- Diga Diga Do

Hustlin’ & Bustlin’ (Woodshed)

Benoît LeBlanc- Éy laba (Eh la bas)

Mô kouzin, mô kouzinn (Benoît LeBlanc)

Sheesham & Lotus & ‘Son- Leaving Home (Frankie and Johnny)

1929 (Sepiaphone)

Suzy Thompson- If I Could Stay

Suzy Sings Siebel Volume One (Suzy Thompson)

Paul Siebel- Jasper & the Miners

Jack-Knife Gypsy (Elektra)

Happy Traum- Pinto Pony

I Walk the Road Again (Roaring Stream)

Suzy Thompson- Uncle Dudley

Suzy Sings Siebel Volume One (Suzy Thompson)

Paul Siebel- Legend of the Captain’s Daughter

Jack-Knife Gypsy (Elektra)

Cassie & Maggie- Fool’s Gold

Gold and Coal (Cassie and Maggie)

Stan Rogers- The Rawdon Hills

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

Mike Regenstreif & Priscilla Herdman (2000)

Priscilla Herdman- Old Jack Ryan

Darkness into Light (Flying Fish)

Donald WG Lindsay- Tramps & Hawkers

Two Boats Under the Moon (Donald WG Lindsay)

Sarah Segal-Lazar- Earlier

Valleys (Sarah Segal-Lazar)

The Heart Collectors- Shenandoah

Alchymie (Spins the Gold)

Dave & Kristi- All are Welcome Here

The Chickadees (Paris Chili)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on July 12. 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 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 14, 2025: Remembering Peter Yarrow

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/595/68573.html

Theme: Remembering Peter Yarrow (1938-2025).

The theme on this edition of Stranger Songs is Remembering Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary. Peter died on January 7 at age 86 following a four-year battle with bladder cancer.

This program includes songs performed by Peter and Peter, Paul & Mary, as well as some songs from his or their repertoire performed by several other artists.

Peter Yarrow- Don’t Ever Take Away My Freedom

Peter (Warner Bros.)

Peter, Paul & Mary- Puff (The Magic Dragon)

Moving (Warner Bros.)

Dave Van Ronk- River Come Down (Bamboo)

Down in Washington Square (Smithsonian Folkways)

Priscilla Herdman- Autumn to May

Stardreamer (Stardreamer Music)

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)

Bethany Yarrow with Peter Yarrow- The Cruel War

Rock Island (Little Monster)

Peter, Paul & Mary- Blowin’ in the Wind

In the Wind (Warner Bros.)

Peter Yarrow & Richie Havens- The Great Mandala (The Wheel of Life)

Lifelines Live (Warner Bros.)

Cliff Eberhardt- 500 Miles

500 Miles (Red House)

Grayson Capps- Early Morning Rain

Heartbreak, Misery & Death (Royal Potato Family)

Penny Lang- If I Had a Hammer

Live at the Yellow Door (She-Wolf)

Peter, Paul & Mary- Rich Man Poor Man

Late Again (Warner Bros.)

Tom Paxton- The Last Thing On My Mind

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

Peter Yarrow- Tall Pine Trees

Peter (Warner Bros.)

Stan Rogers- Delivery Delayed

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

Peter, Paul & Mary- Day is Done

The Very Best of Peter, Paul & Mary (Warner Bros./Rhino)

Noel Paul Stookey & Peter Yarrow with The Paul Winter Consort- Et Misericordia

Something New and Fresh (Neworld)

Peter Yarrow- Freedom Medley: Woke Up This Morning with My Mind on Freedom/Oh Freedom/This Train is Bound for Glory/Twelve Gates to the City/Down by the Riverside/We Shall Overcome

Lifelines Live (Warner Bros.)

Peter Yarrow- Weave Me the Sunshine

Peter (Warner Bros.)

Peter, Paul & Mary with Tom Paxton, Fred Hellerman, Ronnie Gilbert, Odetta, Richie Havens, Dave Van Ronk, Susan Werner, Buddy Mondlock & John Sebastian- River of Jordan

Lifelines Live (Warner Bros.)

Next week: Blood on the Tracks Revisited.

--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