Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – June 9, 2026: Songs of Richard Fariña

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.

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Theme: Songs of Richard Fariña.

Richard Fariña was a folksinger, songwriter, dulcimer player and novelist, who died in a motorcycle crash in 1966 at age 29. Richard was married twice – first to folksinger Carolyn Hester, and then to folksinger Mimi Fariña, the younger sister of Joan Baez, with whom he recorded three albums, the third of which was released in his memory two years after his death, which, tragically, happened on Mimi’s 21st birthday. While I never met Richard, I did become friends with Mimi when she came to play several times at the Golem, the folk club I ran in Montreal in the 1970s and ‘80s.

Mimi & Richard Fariña

Mimi & Richard Fariña- Dandelion River Run

Celebrations for a Grey Day (Vanguard)

Judy Collins- Pack Up Your Sorrows

Fifth Album (Elektra)

Caroline Doctorow- Another Country

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

Moore & McGregor- Reno Nevada

Dream with Me (Ivernia)

Rhiannon Giddens- Birmingham Sunday

Freedom Highway (Nonesuch)

Mimi & Richard Fariña- Michael, Andrew and James

Celebrations for a Grey Day (Vanguard)

Mimi & Richard Fariña- Tommy Makem Fantasy

Celebrations for a Grey Day (Vanguard)

Mimi Fariña- Quiet Joys of Brotherhood

Solo (Philo)

Caroline Doctorow- Reflections in a Crystal Wind

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

Stevie Coyle- The Falcon

Ten in One (Tuna Mine Music)

Grace Griffith- A Swallow Song

MinstrelSong (Blix Street)

Mimi & Richard Fariña- Raven Girl

Celebrations for a Grey Day (Vanguard)

Plainsong- One Way Ticket

Reinventing Richard: The Songs of Richard Fariña (Omnivore)

Ben & Dom- Children of Darkness

His Head Lies Heavy (Ben & Dom)

Eric Andersen- Bold Marauder

Waves (Appleseed)

Mimi & Richard Fariña- Morgan the Pirate

Memories (Vanguard)

Joan Baez- All the World Has Gone By

Memories (Vanguard)

Mimi & Richard Fariña- Joy ‘Round My Brain

Memories (Vanguard)

Judy Collins- Hard Lovin’ Loser

In My Life (Elektra)

Plainsong- Mainline Prosperity Blues

Reinventing Richard: The Songs of Richard Fariña (Omnivore)

Mimi & Richard Fariña- Pack Up Your Sorrows

Celebrations for a Grey Day (Vanguard)

Next week: Blonde on Blonde Revisited.

--Mike Regenstreif

Sing Out! Magazine – Spring 2010

My copy of the latest issue of Sing Out! Magazine arrived in today’s mail. It’s the Diamond Anniversary issue of the most venerable of folk music publications. I’ve been honoured to be one of the contributing writers for about half of Sing Out’s 60 years (and a subscriber for a fair bit longer). It remains an essential read for anyone interested in folk music. Congratulations to Sing Out! editor Mark Moss and everyone else connected to the magazine.

As usual, this issue of Sing Out! has a bunch of my CD reviews including:

Beyond the Pale- Postcards
Guy Clark- Somedays the Song Writes You
Stevie Coyle- Ten in One
Caroline Herring- Golden Apples of the Sun
James Keelaghan- House of Cards
Kris Kristofferson- Closer to the Bone
Frank London & Lorin Sklamberg- Tsuker-zis
Corb Lund- Losin’ Lately Gambler
Maria Muldaur- Maria Muldaur and Her Garden of Joy
Nathan Rogers- The Gauntlet
Tom Russell- Blood and Candle Smoke

Sadly, there’s also an obituary I wrote about my old friend Kate McGarrigle.

--Mike Regenstreif