Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – December 9, 2025: The Dark

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/595/73159.html

Theme: The Dark.

This time of year – the weeks leading to the winter solstice – is the darkest time of the year. As well, with the erosion of democracy and human rights, the spread of racism, antisemitism, Islamophobia and homophobia, ongoing wars and the waning belief in proven science typified by climate change denial and vaccine conspiracy theories, we are living in dark times. So, these songs all relate in some way or another to the dark.

Guy Clark- The Dark

The Dark (Sugar Hill)

Steel Rail- Darkest Night

Coming Home (Crossties)

Kate Campbell- Dark Night of the Soul

For the Living of These Days (Large River Music)

Slaid Cleaves- Through the Dark

Together Through the Dark (Candy House Music)

Ana Egge- Ready for the Darkness

Sharing in the Spirit (StorySound)

Arlo Guthrie- Darkest Hour

Amigo (Rising Son)

Gram Parsons with Emmylou Harris- In My Hour of Darkness

Grievous Angel (Reprise)

Tuba Sknny- Echo in the Dark

Some Kind-a-Shake (Tuba Sknny)

Eliza Gilkyson- Dark Ages

Dark Ages (Realiza)

Caroline Doctorow- Children of Darkness

Another Country: The Songs of Mimi and Richard Fariña (Narrow Lane)

Eric Andersen- Darkness

Eric Andersen in (Spoken) Pieces (EARecords)

Leonard Cohen with Cantor Gideon Zelermyer & The Shaar Hashomayim Choir- You Want It Darker 

You Want It Darker (Columbia)

Chris Rusin & Katie Wise- The Dark

Songs from a Secret Room (Rushing River)

Michael Jerome Browne- The Road is Dark

The Road is Dark (Borealis)

Clela Errington- Full Moon Dark Time

Walkin’ Each Other Home (Clela Errington)

Tom Russell- Darkness Visible

Blood and Candle Smoke (Shout! Factory)

Jamie Anderson- Run to the Darkness

The Truth Appears (Tsunami)

Johnny Cash- I See a Darkness

American III: Solitary Man (American)

Rob Lutes- Walk in the Dark

Walk in the Dark (Lucky Bear)

Carrie Newcomer- Singing in the Dark

A Great Wild Mercy (Available Light)

Chris Rawlings- Lifting the Darkness 

Two Sides to Your Story (Cookingfat Music)

Dave Clarke- In the Falling Dark

The Healing Garden (Crossties)

Next week: A Hanukkah Concert with Nefesh Mountain and More Songs for the Holiday.

--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

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

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – February 22, 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/128/69061.html

Humphrey & The Dumptrucks- Merry Mansion Quadrology: Merry Mansion; Magician; Front Door; Red White & Blue

Six Days of Paper Ladies (Boot)

Boreal- Song for a Winter’s Night

Winterbirds (Boreal)

Mike Regenstreif & Lynn Miles (2013)

Lynn Miles- Just Let It Snow

Winter (Lynn Miles)

Steel Rail- A Thousand Miles of Snow

A Thousand Miles of Snow (Crossties)

Rosalie Sorrels & Mike Regenstreif (1993)

Rosalie Sorrels- Snowing On Raton

Borderline Heart (Green Linnet)

Ronney Abramson & Mike Regenstreif (2016)

Ronney Abramson- Long Lonely Winter

Stowaway (Castor Island Music)

Laurie MacAllister & David Glaser- Birches

The Lies the Poets Tell (Laurie MacAllister)

Mike Regenstreif & Bill Morrissey (2005)

Bill Morrissey- Ice Fishing

North (Philo)

Joel Mabus & Mike Regenstreif (2001)

Joel Mabus- Five Kinds of Snow

Promised Land (Fossil)

Herdman, Hills & Mangsen- The Druggist

At the Turning of the Year (Hand & Heart Music)

The Roches- My Winter Coat

Where Do I Come From: Selected Songs (StorySound)

Crys Matthews- In Her House

Reclamation (Crys Matthews)

Bradstreet & Keesee- The Land Beyond

Live in London (Street)

Kim Beggs- Miles & Miles Away

Beneath Your Skin (Out of a Paperbag Productions)

Cindy Kallet- Ride in the Light

Ride in the Light (Sleepy Creek Music)

Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart- Send Love

Looking for the Thread (Lambent Light/Thirty Tigers)

In memory of John Roberts (1944-2025)

John Roberts- Rambleaway

Spencer the Rover is Alive and Well… (Swallowtail)

John Roberts & Tony Barrand- We Have Fed Our Sea

Naulakha Redux: Songs of Rudyard Kipling (Golden Hind Music)

John Roberts & Debra Cowan- Drive Dull Care Away

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

John Roberts & Tony Barrand- Row On

Twiddlum Twaddlum (Golden Hind Music)

Rosanne Cash- My Old Man

Rhythm & Romance (Columbia)

Rhiannon Giddens- Up Above My Head

Tomorrow is My Turn (Nonesuch)

Laura Cortese- Into the Dark

Into the Dark (Laura Cortese)

Roy Zimmerman- Big Yellow Taxi

Road Map (Roy Zimmerman)

Tim Grimm- Broken Truth 

Broken Truth – single (Vault) 

Ian Robb & James Stephens- God and The Orange Clown

Declining …with thanks (Fallen Angle Music)

Lemon Bucket Orkestra- Da Ishly Divky

Cuckoo (Lemon Bucket Orkestra)

Alice Howe & Freebo- A Case of You

Live (Know Howe Music)

Perla Batalla- A Thousand Kisses Deep

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

Orit Shimoni- My Flying Shoes

Lorem Ipsum (Orit Shimoni)

Lisa Gutkin- For All of You

From Here On In (Lisa Gutkin)

The Twangtown Paramours- Old Friends

The Wind will Change Again (Inside Edge)

NEeMA with Emmylou Harris- For You

Painting My Wall Gold (Neemaste Productions)

John McCutcheon with Windborne- Blessing

Field of Stars (Appalsongs)

Jim Brewer- Corrina, Corrina

Take It Easy Greasy (Earwig/Riverlark Music)

Odetta- Rock Island Line

Lookin’ for a Home: Thanks to Leadbelly (M.C.)

Guy Davis & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Guy Davis- Don’t Know Where I’m Bound

The Legend of Sugarbelly (M.C.)

Fabrizio Poggi with Shar White- I Want Jesus to Walk with Me

Healing Blues (Appaloosa)

Mike Regenstreif & Priscilla Herdman (2000)

Priscilla Herdman- Waltzing with Bears

Stardreamer (Alacazam)

Natalie Merchant with The Klezmatics- The Dancing Bear

Leave Your Sleep (Nonesuch)

Dave Van Ronk- Teddy Bears’ Picnic

Songs for Ageing Children (Cadet)

Jenny Scheinman- Every Bear That Ever There Was

All Species Parade (Royal Potato Family)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on March 22. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday September 7, 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. 

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/128/66757.html

Jay Linden- Blue Skies of September

Satchel (Jay Linden)

Steel Rail- That’s How the Summer Slips Away

River Song (Crossties)

Garnet Rogers- Summer’s End

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

David Francey- Far End of Summer

Far End of Summer (Laker)

Jim Rooney with Happy Traum, Bill Keith & Tony Brown- Done Laid Around (Gotta Travel On)

Mud Acres: Music Among Friends (Rounder)

Aaron Burdett- The Same River Twice

Bluegrass Sings Paxton (Mountain Home)

Della Mae & Tom Paxton- I Can’t Help but Wonder Where I’m Bound

Bluegrass Sings Paxton (Mountain Home)

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tran- Little Betty Ann/Kitchen Girl/Midu Mountain Song

From China to Appalachia (Community Music)

Carolyn Shulman- Little Sparrow

Heart on a Wire (Carolyn Shulman)

Kate McDonnell- Hard Heart

Trapeze (Dog Eared Discs)

Bill & Colleen Cade- Saturday Morning

Bill & Colleen Cade (Bill & Colleen Cade)

Bill Staines- Lone Star Hotel Café

Old Dogs (Red House)

Bill Hearne- The Cape

Always Trust Your Cape (Howlin’ Dog) 

Guy Clark- Picasso’s Mandolin

Boats to Build (Asylum)

Portage- Mrs. Belle’s Set

Portage (Portage)

Greg Blake- Leaving London

Bluegrass Sings Paxton (Mountain Home)

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

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Tell My Sister

Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Nonesuch)

Chaim Tannenbaum- London, Longing for Home

Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)

Jack Nissenson/Mountain City Four- Shenendoah

Mountain City Four (Omnivore)

Rufus Wainwright- Darling This Will Never Do

Linda Thompson: Proxy Music (StorySound)

Mike Regenstreif & Priscilla Herdman (1978) photo: Ron Petronko

Priscilla Herdman- No Telling

The Road Home (Redwing Music)

Robin Holcomb- Kind Treatment

One Way or Another, Vol. 2 (Westerlies)

Teni Rane- Goldenrod

Goldenrod (Teni Rane)

Hana Zara- Anabelle

Bloom Where You Fall (People of Orphalese)

Cat Power- Desolation Row

Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert (Domino)

Larry & Joe featuring Mati Mormandi- Adiós Muchacho

Manos Panamericanos (Larry & Joe)

Durham County Poets- Hand Me Down Blues

Hand Me Down Blues (Durham County Poets)

Guy Davis & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Guy Davis- Kokomo Alley

The Legend of Sugarbelly (M.C.)

Duke Robillard- Boogie Woogie Country Girl

Roll With Me (Stony Plain)

Colin James- In My Own Dream

Chasing the Sun (Stony Plain)

Mike Regenstreif & Durham County Poets (2014)

Durham County Poets- I’ve Been Living with the Blues

Hand Me Down Blues (Durham County Poets)

Elvis Presley- That’s All Right

Memphis (RCA/Legacy)

Mountain City Four- Mean Old Frisco

Mountain City Four (Omnivore)

Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup- Greyhound Bus

Mean Ole Frisco (Collectables)

Elvis Presley- My Baby Left Me

Memphis (RCA/Legacy)

Lynne Hanson- Weeds

Just a Poet (Lynne Hanson)

Larry Folk- Madeira Way

Lessen the Blue (Folkscript Music)

Rosanne Cash- Biloxi

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

Bailey Bigger- Mississippi You’re On My Mind

Coyote Red (Madjack)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2009)

Jesse Winchester- Midnight Bus

Third Down, 110 to Go (Stony Plain)

Alice Gerrard- The Things I Notice Now

Bluegrass Sings Paxton (Mountain Home)

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2009)

Tom Paxton- Peace Will Come

Politics Live (Flying Fish)

Alison Brown- Leaving Cottondale

Simple Pleasures (Compass)

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

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – May 7, 2024: Songs for Mothers

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/595/65085.html

Theme: Songs for Mothers.

Some of these songs are written about mothers, some are written from the perspectives of mothers.

Rachel Bissex- Dancing with My Mother

In White Light (One Take Music)

Bob Dylan did not write “Mama You Been On My Mind” about his mother, but Bettye LaVette turned it into one about hers.

Bettye LaVette- Mama, You Been On My Mind

Things Have Changed (Verve)

Eric Bogle- Leaving Nancy

By Request (Greentrax)

Jesse Winchester & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Jesse Winchester- Ghosts

A Reasonable Amount of Trouble (Appleseed)

Anne Hills- Mother

The Things I Notice Now: Anne Hills sings the songs of Tom Paxton (Appleseed)

Lucy Kaplansky- Mother’s Day

Reunion (Red House)

Dave Clarke- Simonne

The Healing Garden (Crossties)

Rosalie Sorrels & Mike Regenstreif (1993)

Rosalie Sorrels- Baby Rocking Medley

Always a Lady (Green Linnet)

Rosalie Sorrels- Song for David

Always a Lady (Green Linnet)

Rosalie Sorrels- Apple of My Eye

Always a Lady (Green Linnet)

Nancy White- Momnipotent

Momnipotent (The Children’s Group)

Nancy White- Open That Can

Momnipotent (The Children’s Group)

Christine Albert- Are We There Yet Mama

Underneath the Lone Star Sky (Dos)

Connie Kaldor- God Made Mamas to Cry

Vinyl Songbook (Coyote Entertainment)

Connie Kaldor- Mother’s Prayer

Out of the Blue (Coyote Entertainment)

Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard- Mama’s Gonna Stay

Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard (Rounder)

David Massengill- Song to Mother

Morgana’s Sleepover and the Witch’s Hand (David Massengill)

Steel Rail- What My Mother Saw

The Road Less Travelled (Crossties)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Song for Gaby

Matapedia (Hannibal)

Shelley Posen- Fork Garden

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

Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop- Red Shoes

Red Shoes (Borealis)

Nanci Griffith- Last Song for Mother

Clock Without Hands (Elektra)

Mike Regenstreif & Arlo Guthrie (1996)

Arlo Guthrie- Mother’s Voice (I Hear You Sing Again)

Here Come the Kids (Rising Son)

Odetta- Mother’s Blues

Lookin’ for a Home: Thanks to Leadbelly (M.C.)

Next week: Songs of Jacques Brel.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday January 27, 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. 

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/128/63707.html

Jamie Anderson- January

Better Than Chocolate (Tsunami)

Bob Dylan- Girl from the North Country

The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (Columbia/Legacy)

Cat Power- She Belongs to Me

Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert (Domino)

Peter Keane- I Want You

Walkin’ Around (Flying Fish)

Nanci Griffith- Boots of Spanish Leather

Other Voices/Other Rooms (Elektra)

Iris DeMent- Banks of the Pontchartrain

More Than a Whisper: Celebrating the Music of Nanci Griffith (Rounder)

Amos Lee- Bus to Baton Rouge

Honeysuckle Switches: The Songs of Lucinda Williams (Hoagiemouth/Thirty Tigers)

Lucinda Williams- Mississippi You’re On My Mind

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

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2006)

Jesse Winchester- How Far to the Horizon?

Learn to Love It (Stony Plain)

Penny Lang- I Can’t Stand Up Alone

Ain’t Life Sweet (She-Wolf)

Suzie Vinnick- Raino

Fall Back Home (Suzie Vinnick)

Sylvia Tyson- No Crowd, No Show

At the End of the Day (Stony Plain)

Murray McLauchlan- Sweeping the Spotlight Away

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

Isle of Klezbos- Noiresque

Yiddish Silver Screen (Rhythm Media)

Mike Regenstreif, Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop (2014)

Bill Garrett, Sue Lothrop & Shelley Posen- The Price of Gasoline

The Price of Gasoline – single (Willymac Productions)

Orit Shimoni- Numbers

Winnipeg (Orit Shimoni)

Daniel Kahn & Jake Shulman-Ment- Der Binyen/The Building

The Building and Other Songs (Oriente Musik) 

Sasha Lurje & Lorin Sklamberg- A idisher kvartet

Jac Weinstein’s Helsinki Yiddish Cabaret (Global Music Centre)

Dave Van Ronk- Another Time and Place

The Seasons Project: Winter (Christine Lavin)

Christine Lavin- The Kind of Love You Never Recover From

The Seasons Project: Winter (Christine Lavin)

David Buskin & Robin Batteau- Lancelot’s Tune (Guinevere)

The Seasons Project: Winter (Christine Lavin)

Priscilla Herdman, Anne Hills, Cindy Mangsen & Steve Gillette- Stars

The Seasons Project: Winter (Christine Lavin)

Free Wheelin’ Fools- Witch Hazel

The Songs of Tom Gala (Free Wheelin’ Fools)

Small Potatoes- The Terror Time

Time Flies (Folk Era)

Sean Gagnier- (Song of the) Wheelhouse Door

Circle Harbor (Sean Gagnier)

Steel Rail- (Just) Waiting for a Train

Coming Home (Crossties)

Bill Staines- Railroad Blues

Third Time Around (Catfish)

JackDaw- New York Central Line

Ghost in the Big House (Cutthroat)

David Francey featuring Terra Spencer- Narrow Boats

The Breath Between (Laker Music) 

Amanda Rheaume- Supposed to Be

The Spaces In Between (Ishkõdé)

Ian Tamblyn- Arc of Dreams and Prayers

Scenes Through a Mirror (North Track)

Noam “Nani” Vazana- Gracias a la Vida (Thanks to Life)

Ke Haber (Noam Vazana) 

Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars featuring Michel "Meshach" Nestor- Unity (Carnival in Crown Heights)

Chronika (Borscht Beat)

Leon Redbone- Shine On Harvest Moon

Double Time (Warner Bros.)

Alice Di Micele- Harvest Moon

Interpretations Vol 1 (Alice Otter Music)

Zoe Muth & The High Rollers- Harvest Moon Blues

Starlight Hotel (Signature Sounds)

Taj Mahal- I’m Just a Lucky So-and-So

Savoy (Stony Plain)

Susie Arioli Swing Band featuring Jordan Officer- Pennies from Heaven

Pennies from Heaven (Justin Time)

Jay McShann with Johnnie Johnson- Kansas City (Revisited)

Goin’ to Kansas City (Stony Plain)

Ian & Sylvia- Handsome Molly

Ian & Sylvia (Vanguard)

Mustard's Retreat- Gather the Family

By Request (Yellow Room)

Hank Woji featuring Jaimee Harris- I’ll Be Here in the Morning

Highways, Gamblers, Devils and Dreams (KZRecords)

Mike Regenstreif & Marc Nerenberg (2009)

Marc Nerenberg- Come By Here

Lies, Butterflies, and Tyrants (Marc Nerenberg)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on February 24. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – November 28, 2023: Stormy Weather

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/595/62871.html

Theme: Stormy Weather.

All of the songs on this show have something or other to do with stormy weather. Some of them are literally about storms and some use storms as metaphors.

Doc & Merle Watson- Stormy Weather

Sittin’ Here Pickin’ the Blues (Rounder)

Stephen Mendel- Ready for the Storm

Sing Me a Story (Stephen Mendel)

Sylvia Tyson & Mike Regenstreif (1997)

Sylvia Tyson- Leaves in the Storm

At the End of the Day (Stony Plain)

Ian Tamblyn- Storm on the Mountain

Scenes Through a Mirror (North Track)

The Wailin' Jennys- Storm Comin’

Bright Morning Stars (True North)

Steel Rail- A Thousand Miles of Snow

A Thousand Miles of Snow (Crossties)

John Gorka & Mike Regenstreif (2012)

John Gorka- Holed Up in Mason City

Bright Side of Down (Red House)

Anna & Elizabeth- Don’t Want to Die in the Storm

Anna & Elizabeth (Free Dirt)

Christine Lavin- Here Comes Hurricane Season

Happydance of the Xenophobe (Yellow Tail)

Don Armstrong- Raging Storm

Mother Don’t Give Up on Me Now (Ronstadt Record Co.)

Christine Albert- Under a Stormy Sky

TexaFrance-Encore! (MoonHouse)

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2022)

Eliza Gilkyson- Calm Before the Storm

Paradise Hotel (Red House)

Sean Gagnier- (Song of the) Wheelhouse Door

Circle Harbor (Sean Gagnier)

Stan Rogers- White Squall

From Fresh Water (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Guy Clark- Blowin’ Like a Bandit

Craftsman (Philo)

Michael Jerome Browne & Mike Regenstreif (2005)

Michael Jerome Browne- Louisiana 1927

That’s Where It’s At! (Borealis)

Bill Staines- Louisiana Storm

The Second Million Miles (Red House)

Tom Rush, Jamie Hartford, Odetta, Emmylou Harris, Carolyn Hester, Nanci Griffith, Frank Christian- Wasn’t That a Mighty Storm

Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) (Elektra)

Garnet Rogers- Hallelujah! The Great Storm is Over

Speaking Softly in the Dark (Snow Goose Songs)

Chris Rawlings- Lillooet

Pearl Soup (Cooking Fat Music)

David Mallett- Snowbound

Open Doors & Windows (Flying Fish)

Judy Collins & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

Judy Collins & Jonas Fjeld- The Blizzard

Winter Stories (Wildflower/Cleopatra)

Molly Mason, Mike Regenstreif & Jay Ungar (2005)

Jay Ungar & Molly Mason- The Snowstorm

The Pleasures of Winter (Fiddle & Dance)

Next week: My top 10 folk-rooted or folk-branched albums of 2023.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday September 19, 2023: September Songs – That’s How the Summer Slips Away

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/595/61962.html

Theme: September Songs – That’s How the Summer Slips Away.

Steel Rail- That’s How the Summer Slips Away

River Song (Crossties)

Cheryl Wheeler- Summer’s Almost Over

Defying Gravity (Philo)

Peter, Paul & Mary- 75 Septembers

LifeLines (Warner Bros.)

Eric Bibb- Done Laid Around (Gotta Travel On)

Good Stuff (Earthbeat!)

Rosanne Cash- September When It Comes

Rules of Travel (Capitol)

Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

David Francey- Far End of Summer

Far End of Summer (Laker)

Night Sun- Summer Songs

One Moment of Grace (Borealis)

Rickie Lee Jones- September Song

Pieces of Treasure (BMG Modern)

Bill Morrissey- When Summer’s Ended

You’ll Never Get to Heaven (Philo)

Randall Kromm- Late September

Late September (Randall Kromm)

Mike Regenstreif & Garnet Rogers (2006)

Garnet Rogers- Summer’s End

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

Julie Gold- It’s Hard to Love September

Try Love (Gadfly)

Bruce Murdoch- September 4 – 4 East

Unreleased 1969 tape – used with permission

Kate Wolf- September Song

Safe at Anchor (Rhino)

Jay Linden- Blue Skies of September

Satchel (Jay Linden)

Laura Smith & Mike Regenstreif (2013)

Laura Smith- My Bonny

As Long As I’m Dreaming (Borealis)

Rod Stewart- Maggie May

Every Picture Tells a Story (Mercury)

The Kennedys- Late September Breeze

Headwinds (The Kennedys)

Jesse DeNatale- Late September

The Hands of Time (Blue Arrow)

Lynn Miles- Deep September Blue

Winter (Lynn Miles)

Klezmer-ish- September Sun

Dusty Roads (Riverboat)

Next week: Remembering Gram Parsons (1946-1973).

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday June 13, 2023: Train Songs, Volume II

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU in Ottawa on Tuesdays 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 recorded and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/60788.html

Theme: Train Songs, Volume II.

Bill Garrett & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

Bill Garrett- Railroad Line

Bill Garrett (Borealis)

Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl- Chattanooga Choo Choo

Forty (Daring)

Jackie Washington- Sleepy Town Train

Keeping Out of Mischief (Pyramid)

Rory Block- Midnight Train to Georgia

Ain’t Nobody Worried: Celebrating Great Women of Song (Stony Plain)

The Whiteley Brothers- When the Train Comes Along 

Bluesology (Pyramid)

Doc & Merle Watson- Freight Train Boogie

Elementary Doctor Watson (Tomato)

Ball & Chain & The Wreckers- Golden Rails

Satisfied (Ball & Chain)

Paul Mills- Last Steam Engine Train

The Other Side of the Glass (Borealis)

Stan Rogers- Guysborough Train

From Coffee House to Concert Hall (Fogarty’s Cove)

Anne Hills- Maria Took the Train to Town

Tracks (Hand & Heart Music)

Steel Rail- (Just) Waiting for a Train

Coming Home (Crossties)

David Mallett- Dulcimer

Inches & Miles 1977-1980 (Flying Fish)

Doug McArthur- Tears Like Rain

Tears Like Rain (Doug McArthur)

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee- Southern Train

London, 1958 (Jasmine)

Erynn Marshall & Carl Jones- Southern Special

Old Tin (Dittyville Music)

Larry & Joe- Nuevo South Train

Nuevo South Train (Larry & Joe)

Bill Staines- Railroad Blues

Third Time Around (Catfish)

Eric Bibb- 500 Miles

Ridin’ (Stony Plain)

Tom Russell- The Santa Fe at Midnight

Borderland (HighTone)

Caitlin Hanford- That Lonesome Whistle Sound

Bluer Skies (Denon)

Priscilla Herdman & Utah Phillips- I Remember Loving You

Darkness into Light (Flying Fish)

Mike Regenstreif & Ronny Cox (2013)

Ronny Cox- Cortelia Clark

How I Love Them Old Songs: Ronny Cox Sings Mickey Newbury (Bay Sound)

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy- Whistle Stop

Louie Louie Louie (Savoy Jazz)

NRBQ- Next Stop Brattleboro

High Noon – A 50-Year Retrospective (Omnivore)

Next week: The Philosophy of Modern Song, Part 2.

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--Mike Regenstreif