Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 9, 2025: Part 1 – Songs and Conversation with author David Eisenstadt; Part 2 – Riding in My Car

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/595/71924.html

Part 1 – Songs and Conversation with author David Eisenstadt

The next three songs punctuated my conversation with David Eisenstadt, author of Jazz Musicians Under the Radar: 18 Notable Canadian Jewish Performers. Visit https://undertheradarbook.com/ for more information on David’s four Under the Radar books.

The Moe Koffman Quartette- The Swingin’ Shepherd Blues

The Swingin’ Shepherd Blues/Hambourg Bound (Quality)

Sophie Milman- No More Blues (Chega de Saudade)

In the Moonlight (Eone)

Nikki Yanofsky- West Coast Blues

Nikki By Starlight (MNRK Music Group)

Part 2 – Riding in My Car – featuring songs that have something or other to do with cars.

Woody Guthrie- Riding in My Car

Woody’s 20 Grow Big Songs (Rising Son)

Connie Kaldor- This Car

Wide Open Spaces (Coyote Entertainment)

David Mallett- Daddy’s Oldsmobile

Parallel Lives (Flying Fish)

Judy Mayhan- Morning and an Oldsmobile

Judy Mayhan (Decca)

Bruce Springsteen- Used Cars

Nebraska (Columbia)

Vance Gilbert- Cousin Shelly’s Station Wagon

Good Good Man (Disismye Music)

Joni Mitchell- Ray’s Dad’s Cadillac

Night Drive Home (Geffen)

Rosanne Cash- Black Cadillac

Black Cadillac (Capitol)

Eric Bibb- Pink Dream Cadillac

Blues People (Stony Plain)

The Blasters- Long White Cadillac

Mandatory: The Best of The Blasters (Liberation Hall)

Dropkick Murphys- Cadillac, Cadillac

This Machine Still Kills Fascists: Lyrics of Woody Guthrie (Dummy Luck Music)

The Beach Boys- Little Deuce Coupe

Fifty Big Ones: Greatest Hits (Capitol)

Asleep at the Wheel- Hot Rod Lincoln

Western Standard Time (Epic)

Chuck Berry- Jaguar and Thunderbird

Best of the Chess Years (Not Now Music)

Ray Harris- Big Old American Cars

Kinda Sets the Tone (Ray Harris)

Sass Jordan- Chevrolet

Bitches Blues (Stony Plain)

Victor Mecyssne- Ragtop Automobile

Personal Mercury (Villa Vee Music)

Hans Theessink- Mercury Blues

Songs from the Southland (Blue Groove)

Rod Abernathy- Just Get in the Car

Normal Isn’t Normal Anymore (Songs from Downstairs)

Next week: Songs of Townes Van Zandt.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 2, 2025: "Crazy Blues" and Other Crazy 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/595/71788.html

Theme: “Crazy Blues” and other Crazy Songs.

Mamie Smith- Crazy Blues

The Rough Guide to Blues Women (World Music Network)

Patsy Cline- Crazy

The Unforgettable Patsy Cline (Polygram)

Steven Fromholz- I’d Have to Be Crazy

A Rumor in My Own Time (Capitol)

Rosalie Sorrels- We Were Kinda Crazy Then 

Travelin’ Lady Rides Again (Green Linnet)

Lennie Gallant- She’s Gonna Drive You Crazy

Shelter from the Storms (Lennie Gallant)

J.J. Cale- Crazy Mama

Naturally (Mercury)

Ball & Chain & The Wreckers- Crazy Arms

Live at the Bayou (Ball & Chain)

Durham County Poets- Good Kind of Crazy

Out of the Woods (Durham County Poets)

Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band- Crazy Words, Crazy Tune

Greatest Hits (Vanguard)

Leon Redbone- I’m Crazy ‘Bout My Baby

Whistling in the Wind (Rounder)

John Prine- Egg & Daughter Night, Lincoln Nebraska, 1967 (Crazy Bone)

The Tree of Forgiveness (Oh Boy)

Bebop Cowboys- Crazy Rhythm

Début (Bebop Cowboys)

Tom Paxton- Crazy John

Tom Paxton 6 (Elektra)

Michael Smith- Crazy Mary

Love Letter on a Fish (Tales from the Tavern)

Carla Gover & Brett Ratliff- Crazy

Kentucky Queen (Redbird)

Russ Kelley- Crazy Shades of Blue

Crazy Shades of Blue (Ark Road Music Productions)

Billie Holiday- Crazy He Calls Me

Lady’s Decca Days, Volume One (Decca)

Sunny and Her Joy Boys- You’re Driving Me Crazy

Introducing Sunny and Her Joy Boys (Stony Plain)

J. Reissner- Crazy Swing

Portrait in Blue (J. Reissner)

Ana Gasteyer- Crazy People

I’m Hip (Henry’s Girl)

Ian Robb- Champion at Driving ‘Em Crazy

Ian Robb & Hang the Piper (Folk-Legacy)

Leonard Cohen- Crazy to Love You

Old Ideas (Columbia)

Shirley Eikhard- Crazy from the Heat

Going Home (Artisan Music)

Tom Russell- The Other Side of Crazy

Who’s Gonna Build Your Wall? (HighTone)

Barbara Dane- Crazy Blues

On My Way (Dreadnaught Music)

Next week: Part 1 – Songs and Conversation with author David Eisenstadt; Part 2 – Riding in My Car.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 26, 2025: Songs of August & Highway 61 Revisited – Revisited

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/595/71687.html

Themes: Part 1 – Songs of August; Part 2 – Highway 61 Revisited – Revisited.

Part 1 – Songs of August

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tran- August Flower

From China to Appalachia (Community Music)

Emily Triggs- Beautiful August

The Great Escape (Emily Triggs)

Jay Linden- August Night

Satchel (Jay Linden)

The Lucky Sisters- On an August Night

So Lucky (Patio)

Preservation Hall Jazz Band- August Nights

That’s It (Legacy)

Joan Baez- The 33rd of August

Blessed Are (Vanguard)

Jeanie Stahl- The August of Our Years

Mysteries (Daring)

Benny Carter- August Moon

Aspects (United Artists)

Part 2 – Highway 61 Revisited – Revisited.

It was 60 years ago, on August 30, 1965, that Bob Dylan released his monumental folk-rock album, Highway 61 Revisited.

Rory Block- Like a Rolling Stone

Positively 4th Street: A Tribute to Bob Dylan (Stony Plain)

Tim O’Brien- Tombstone Blues

Red On Blonde (Sugar Hill)

Ian Hanchet- It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry

Dealin’ from the Bottom (of My Heart) (Ian Hanchet)

Bob Dylan- From a Buick 6

Highway 61 Revisited (Columbia)

Ben Sidran- Ballad of a Thin Man

Dylan Different (Bonsai)

Emma Swift- Queen Jane Approximately

Blonde on the Tracks (Tiny Ghost/CRS)

Ray Benson- Highway 61 Revisited

Swingin’ and Skankin’ (Primary Wave Music)

Tom Russell & Joe Ely- Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues

Folk Hotel (Frontera)

Bill Camplin- Desolation Row

Bob Dylan Project One (Bill Camplin)

Bob Dylan recorded versions of the next three songs during the sessions for Highway 61 Revisited but did not include them on the album.

Lucinda Williams- Positively 4th Street

The Village: A Celebration of the Music of Greenwich Village (429)

Bob Dylan & The Hawks- Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window (single version)

Side Tracks (Columbia/Legacy)

Bob Dylan- Sitting On a Barbed Wire Fence

The Best of the Cutting Edge 1965-1966 (Columbia/Legacy)

Next week: Crazy Blues and Other Crazy Songs.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 19, 2025: The Original Sloth Band 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/595/71585.html

Theme: The Original Sloth Band at 60.

The Original Sloth Band – teenaged brothers Chris Whiteley and Ken Whiteley and their friend Tom Evans – played their first gig in 1965. Their band name for that gig was Tubby Fats Original Allstar Downtown Syncopated Big Rock Jug Band but they soon evolved into the Original Sloth Band. Sadly, Tom Evans passed away from cancer in 2009, but, in June, Chris and Ken with some guest musicians played a concert at Hugh’s Room in Toronto to mark the milestone anniversary.

Original Sloth Band- The New Heartbreak Blues

Whoopee After Midnight (Sloth)

Samoa Wilson with The Jim Kweskin Band- (I Just Want to Be) Horizontal

I Just Want to Be Horizontal (Kingswood)

Tony Rice- Temperance Reel

Tony Rice (Rounder)

Jeff Healey- Sheik of Araby

The Best of the Stony Plain Years: Vintage Jazz, Swing and Blues (Stony Plain)

Amos Milburn- Johnson Rag

Rockin’ and Drinkin’: Greatest Hits and More 1946-1959 (Jasmine)

Original Sloth Band- Heaven

Whoopee After Midnight (Sloth)

The Dumptrucks- Stealin’

Selections (Laughing Cactus)

Original Sloth Band- I’m a Vulture (for Horticulture)

Whoopee After Midnight (Sloth)

Leon Redbone- Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone

Champagne Charlie (Warner Bros.)

Jenny Whiteley- Things are Coming My Way

The Original Jenny Whiteley (Black Hen Music)

Jay McShann- Sunny Side of the Street

Still Jumpin’ the Blues (Stony Plain)

Mose Scarlett- How Long Blues

The Fundamental Things (Pyramid)

Original Sloth Band- Get a Job 

Whoopee After Midnight (Sloth)

Maria Muldaur- Organ Grinder Blues

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

Duke Ellington & Ivie Anderson- Get Yourself a New Broom (and Sweep the Blues Away)

Ellington in Order, Volume 5 (1932-33) (Legacy)

Duke Ellington & The Mills Brothers- Diga Diga Do

Ellington in Order, Volume 5 (1932-33) (Legacy)

Jimmy Bracken's Toe Ticklers- It’s Tight Like That

Jack Teagarden: The Definitive Collection (Master Tape)

Original Sloth Band- Shout Baby Shout

Hustlin’ & Bustlin’ (Woodshed)

The Boswell Sisters- Cheek to Cheek

Cheek to Cheek (Classic)

The Central Park Sheiks- Honeysuckle Rose

Honeysuckle Rose (Flying Fish)

Bessie Smith- Gimme a Pigfoot (and a Bottle of Beer)

Bessie Smith: The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection (Big3)

Carolina Chocolate Drops- Memphis Shakedown

Carolina Chocolate Drops & Joe Thompson (Music Makers Recordings)

Original Sloth Band- Hustlin’ and Bustlin’ for Baby

Hustlin’ & Bustlin’ (Woodshed)

Ken Whiteley- Fast Freight Train

Unseen Hands: 12 Songs 12 Strings (Ken Whiteley)

Chris Whiteley- I’ve Got to Split

It’s the Natural Thing to Do (Electro-Fi)

Next week: Songs for August and Highway 61 Revisited – Revisited.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 5, 2025: Songs of Steve Gillette and John Stewart

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/595/71387.html

Theme: Songs of Steve Gillette and John Stewart.

The songs in the first half of the show were written or co-written by Steve Gillette (born 1942). 

Mike Regenstreif & Steve Gillette (1994)

Steve Gillette- The Old Trail

Best of (Compass Rose Music)

Stephen Mendel- Darcy Farrow

Sing Me a Story (Stephen Mendel)

Ian & Sylvia- Molly and Tenbrooks

Play One More (Vanguard)

Chuck Pyle- Share Me with Texas

Keepin’ Time By the River (Bee ‘n’ Flower)

Steve Gillette- Down Where the River Meets the Road

Best of (Compass Rose Music)

Ted Hawkins- Happy Hour 

Happy Hour (Rounder)

Don Williams- Healing Hands

Reflections (Sugar Hill)

Fourtold- Two Men in the Building

Fourtold (Appleseed)

Linda Ronstadt- A Number and a Name

Hand Sown…Home Grown (Capitol)

Marty Morrissey- Grapes on the Vine

The Ancient Ground (Marty Morrissey)

Carolyn Hester- 2:10 Train

At Town Hall (Bear Family)

Steve Gillette- Back on the Street Again

Best of (Compass Rose Music)

The songs in the second half of the show were written or co-written by John Stewart (1939-2008).

John Stewart (1975)

The Kingston Trio- Hope You Understand

Nick Bob John (Folk Era)

John Stewart & Buffy Ford- Mucky Truckee River

Signals Through the Glass (Folk Era)

Dave Alvin- California Bloodlines

West of the West (Yep Roc)

Josh White, Jr..- July, You’re a Woman

By Request (Silverwolf)

Eddy Arnold- Some Lonesome Picker

Standing Alone (RCA)

John Stewart- Mother Country

California Bloodlines (Capitol)

Anne Murray- Daydream Believer

The Ultimate Collection (Universal)

John Stewart- Anna on a Memory

Cannons in the Rain (RCA)

Kate Wolf- Some Kind of Love

Give Yourself to Love (Rhino)

Bill Staines- Chilly Winds

Going to the West (Red House)

Buffy Ford Stewart- Same Old Heart

Same Old Heart (Global Recording Artists)

Nanci Griffith & John Stewart- Sweet Dreams Will Come

Little Love Affairs (MCA)

John Stewart- Shackles and Chains

California Bloodlines (Capitol)

Next week: The Original Sloth Band at 60.

--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 – July 22, 2025: Flood Water

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/595/71197.html

Theme: Flood Water.

There have always been floods but, with climate change, they’re happening more often and in more places. I began to think about this theme earlier this month as I watched the news coverage about the tragic floods in Texas.

Eric Bibb- Flood Water

Booker’s Guitar (Telarc)

Roomful of Blues- Texas Flood

The First Album (Hyena)

Josh White- Backwater Blues

Empty Bed Blues (Elektra)

Guy Davis- Georgia Flood

You Don’t Know My Mind (Red House)

Big Bill Broonzy- Southern Flood Blues

Big Bill’s Blues (Portrait)

Michael Jerome Browne- Louisiana 1927

That’s Where It’s At! (Borealis)

Joan Baez- Money for Floods

Gone from Danger (Guardian)

The Fairfield Four- Noah

I Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray (Warner Bros.)

Joel Mabus- The Preacher & the Flood

Retold (Fossil)

Murray McLauchlan- Red River Flood

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

Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley- Manitoba Flood

Scrap Metal Blues (Electro-Fi)

Johnny Cash- Five Feet High and Rising

Change of Address: The Singles As and Bs, 1958-1962 (Jasmine)

Tom Russell & Iris DeMent- Big Water

The Long Way Around (HighTone)

Ramblin' Jack Elliott- Rising High Water Blues

A Stranger Here (Anti-)

Martin Grosswendt- Mississippi Heavy Water Blues

Call and Response (Les Moore Productions)

Bill Staines- Louisiana Storm

The Second Million Miles (Red House)

John McCutcheon- Hell and High Water

Field of Stars (Appalsongs)

Muireann Bradleu- When the Levee Breaks

I Kept These Old Blues (Decca/Verve Forecast)

Happy Traum- Crash on the Levee (Down in the Flood)

Just for the Love of It (Lark’s Nest Music)

Joe Ely- A Flood On Our Hands

Streets of Sin (Rounder)

Michael Jerling- After the Flood

Halfway Home (Fool’s Hill Music)

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)

Next week: Remembering Robert Resnik (1953-2025).

--Mike Regenstreif

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

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/70985.html

Theme: Peggy Seeger at 90.

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

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

Peggy Seeger- Sing About These Hard Times

Teleology (Red Grape)

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

Folk Songs with The Seegers (Prestige)

Sheesham & Lotus & ‘Son- I Truly Understand

Clear the Table (Sepiaphone)

Kate & Edith- Pretty Saro

Live at Kelso Hall (Kate & Edith)

Ian & Sylvia- Lady of Carlisle

Four Strong Winds (Vanguard)

Peggy Seeger- When I was Single

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

Linda Ronstadt with Dolly Parton- I Never Will Marry

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

Mike Seeger & Peggy Seeger- Little Birdie

Fly Down Little Bird (Appleseed)

Bonnie Dobson- The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

Philadelphia Folk Festival – 40th Anniversary (Sliced Bread)

Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger- Dirty Old Town

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

Peggy Seeger- On This Very Day

An Odd Collection (Rounder)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Roma Baran- Willie Moore

Tell My Sister (Nonesuch)

Peggy Seeger- Tell My Sister

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

Rufus Wainwright & John Legend- Heading for Home

Folkocracy (BMG)

Sue Foley- Freight Train

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

Rosalie Sorrels with Peggy Seeger- Schofield Mine Disaster

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

Fourtold- Ballad of Springhill

Fourtold (Appleseed)

Peggy Seeger- It’s a Free World

An Odd Collection (Rounder)

Robin Greenstein- I’m Gonna Be an Engineer

Images of Women, Vol. 2 (Windy)

Peggy Seeger with Irene Pyper-Scott- Fatal Flower Garden

Live (Appleseed)

Peggy Seeger- Bring Me Home

Bring Me Home (Appleseed)

Next week: Blues in the Night.

--Mike Regenstreif

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 – June 24, 2025: 1965

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/595/70807.html

Theme: 1965.

All the recordings on this show were first released 60 years ago in 1965.

The Byrds- Mr. Tambourine Man

Mr. Tambourine Man (Columbia)

The Beatles- In My Life

Rubber Soul (Parlophone)

Donovan- Sunny Goodge Street

Fairy Tale (Elite)

Martin Carthy- The Queen of Hearts

Martin Carthy (Topic)

Bert Jansch- Rambling’s Gonna Be the Death of Me

Bert Jansch (Castle)

Tom Jones- It’s Not Unusual

Along Came Jones (Decca)

Petula Claek- I Know a Place

The EP Collection (See for Miles)

The Zombies- She’s Not There

The Zombies (Parrot)

The Rolling Stones- (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction

Out of Our Heads (London)

The Lovin’ Spoonful- Do You Believe in Magic

Do You Believe in Magic (Sony/Legacy)

The Beach Boys- California Girls

Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!) (Capitol)

Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Murdoch (2014)

Bruce Murdoch- Rompin’ Rovin’ Days

Singer-Songwriter Project (Elektra)

Carolyn Hester- Outward Bound

At Town Hall (Bear Family)

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2001) photo: Janice Hanson

Tom Paxton- Hold On to Me Babe

Ain’t That News (Elektra)

Noel Paul Stookey & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2023)

Peter, Paul & Mary- Early Morning Rain

See What Tomorrow Brings (Warner Bros.)

Sylvia Tyson & Mike Regenstreif (1997)

Ian & Sylvia- Red Velvet

Early Morning Rain (Vanguard)

Phil Ochs Dodger Rag

I Ain’t Marching Anymore (Elektra)

Judy Collins & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

Judy Collins- Carry It On

Fifth Album (Elektra)

Mimi & Richard Fariña- Pack Up Your Sorrows

Celebrations for a Grey Day (Vanguard)

Mike Regenstreif & Joan Baez (2003)

Joan Baez- It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue

Farewell, Angelina (Vanguard)

Barry McGuire- Eve of Destruction

Eve of Destruction (Dunhill)

David Wiffen- Times are Getting Hard

At the Bunkhouse Coffeehouse, Vancouver BC (Universal International)

Tom Rush- Solid Gone

Tom Rush (Elektra)

Fred Neil- Blues on the Ceiling

Bleecker & MacDougal (Elektra)

Jackson C. Frank- Blues Run the Game

Blues Run the Game (Mooncrest)

Aretha Franklin- Muddy Water

Yeah!!! (Columbia)

B.B. King- Every Day I Have the Blues

Live at The Regal (ABC)

Nina Simone- Trouble in Mind

Pastel Blues (Philips)

Oscar Peterson- Blues of the Prairies

Canadiana Suite (Verve)

Next week: Songs for Canada Day.

--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 – June 3, 2025: Busking

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/595/70492.html

Theme: Busking

All the songs have something or other to do with busking – playing music on the street or in places like bus or train stations for whatever passersby might want to throw in the hat or basket or instrument case.

Joni Mitchell- For Free

Ladies of the Canyon (Reprise)

Daniel Kahn with Vanya Zhuk- Busking Vagabond

Bulat Blues (Oriente Musik)

Ron Hynes- Boy from Old Perlican

Ron Hynes (Borealis)

Sue & Dwight- For a Moment (Subway Busker Song)

For a Moment (Sue & Dwight)

Connie Kaldor- Singer of the Sacred Heart

Out of the Blue (Coyote Entertainment)

Jerry Jeff Walker- Gypsy Songman

Mr. Bojangles (Rhino)

Michael ‘Earnie’ Taylor- I Just Fiddle All Day (The Busking Song)

Folk ‘n’ Western (Laughing Cactus)

Ray Bonneville- Street Singer

Rough Luck (Prime CD)

Eric Andersen- Singin’ Man

Dance of Love and Death (EARecords)

Kate Wolf- The Old Street Singer

Looking Back at You (Rhino)

Guy Clark- A Nickel for the Fiddler

Old No. 1 (Sugar Hill)

Steve Forbert- Grand Central Station, March 18, 1977

Alive on Arrival (Nemperor)

Sylvia Tyson- No Crowd, No Show

At the End of the Day (Stony Plain)

Ronny Cox- Cortelia Clark

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

Andrew Calhoun- Buskers

Grapevine (Waterbug)

Marc Nerenberg- On the Street Again, Revisited

Lies, Butterflies, and Tyrants (Marc Nerenberg)

Bodie Wagner- Wooly Bum Man

Vintage (Bodie Wagner)

Tom Lewis- The Busker

Tinker Tailor Soldier Singer (Self Propelled Music)

Orit Shimoni- Playing Chelsea Hotel

Soft Like Snow (MW Music)

The Irish Rovers- Whiskey on a Sunday

Years May Come, Years May Go (MCA)

Bill Staines- The Streets of Old Quebec

Tracks and Trails (Philo)

Creedence Clearwater Revival- Down on the Corner

Willy and the Poor Boys (Fantasy)

The Bill Hilly Band (The Bills)- The Berlin Busker’s Polka

All Day Every Day (Borealis)

Next week: Dreams.

--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

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – May 20, 2025: Variations on Hallelujah

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/595/70281.html

Theme: Variations on Hallelujah

While the show includes several variations on Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” the theme is not just about the Leonard Cohen song.

Leonard Cohen- (Leonard Cohen’s song called) Hallelujah

Live in London (Columbia)

The Roches- The Hallelujah Chorus

Keep On Doing (Warner Bros.)

Peter, Paul & Mary- Michael Row the Boat Ashore

Around the Campfire (Warner Bros.)

Judy Collins- Sing Hallelujah

Maids & Golden Apples (Wildflower)

Bob Franke- Alleluia, The Great Storm is Over

The Other Evening in Chicago (Waterbug)

Kim & Reggie Harris- Hallelujah I’m a Bum

Resurrection Day (Appleseed)

Canadian Brass- (Leonard Cohen’s song called) Hallelujah 

Canadiana (Linus/Canadian Brass)

Orit Shimoni- (Orit Shimoni’s song called) Hallelujah

Lost and Found on the Road to Nowhere (Orit Shimoni)

The Staple Singers- Glory, Glory, Hallelujah

Freedom Highway (Columbia/Legacy)

Jayme Stone, Moira Smiley, Sumaia Jackson, Joe Phillips, Felicity Williams & Denzal Sinclare- (The Sacred Harp song called) Hallelujah

Jayme Stone’s Folklife (Borealis)

SONiA disappear fear- (Leonard Cohen’s song called) Hallelujah

By My Silence (Disappear)

Boreal- (Katherine Wheatley’s song called) Hallelujah

Winterbirds (Boreal)

Andrew Calhoun- Hallelujah Morning

Living Room (Waterbug) 

Mara Levine- (Nancy Cassidy’s song called) Hallelujah

Jewels and Harmony (Mara’s Creations)

Karyn Oliver- Cry Hallelujah

Cherchez la Femme (Karyn Oliver)

k.d. lang- (Leonard Cohen’s song called) Hallelujah

Hymns of the 49th Parallel (Nonesuch)

Ray Charles- Hallelujah I Love Her So

The Birth of Soul (Atlantic)

American Nomad- (Martha Scanlan’s song called) Hallelujah

Country Mile (Spruce & Maple Music)

John McCutcheon- Hallelujah Morning

Cabin Fever: Songs from the Quarantine (Appalsongs)

Liz Queler- Hallelujah (Sing for the Hope)

Folk Now: Songs for These Times – October 2023 (Hudson Harding)

Lucy Kaplansky- (Leonard Cohen’s song called) Hallelujah

Everyday Street (Lucy Kaplansky)

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

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – May 13, 2025: A Tribute to The Klezmatics

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/595/70184.html

Theme: A Tribute to The Klezmatics as they mark their 40th year as a band.

The show features music by The Klezmatics, including some of their many collaborations with other artists, as well as some non-Klezmatics recordings by members and former members of the band.

The Klezmatics- Man in a Hat

Live at Town Hall (Klezmatics Disc)

The Klezmatics- Ale Brider

Shvaygn = Toyt: Heimatklänge of the Lower East Side (Rounder)

The Klezmatics with Alan Bern- NY Psycho Freylekhs

Rhythm + Jews (Rounder)

Alicia Svigals- Dem Trisker Rebns Khosid

Fidl (Traditional Crossroads)

The Klezmatics featuring Margot Leverett- Bobe Tanz

Live at Town Hall (Klezmatics Disc)

Margot Leverett & The Klezmer Mountain Boys- Lonesome Fiddle Blues & Sid’s Bulgars

Margot Leverett & The Klezmer Mountain Boys (Traditional Crossroads)

The Klezmatics- Dzhankoye

Shvaygn = Toyt: Heimatklänge of the Lower East Side (Rounder)

The Klezmatics- Bukoviner Freylekhs

Rhythm + Jews (Rounder)

Itzhak Perlman & The Klezmatics- Fisherlid

In the Fiddler’s House (Angel)

The Klezmatics- Come When I Call You

Wonder Wheel: Lyrics by Woody Guthrie (Jewish Music Group)

The Klezmatics- Mermaid’s Avenue

Wonder Wheel: Lyrics by Woody Guthrie (Jewish Music Group)

The Klezmatics- Holy Ground

Wonder Wheel: Lyrics by Woody Guthrie (Jewish Music Group)

Lisa Gutkin- Gonna Get Through This World

From Here On In (Lisa Gutkin)

Natalie Merchant with The Klezmatics- The Dancing Bear

Leave Your Sleep (Nonesuch)

Chava Alberstein & The Klezmatics- Di Krenitse (The Well)

The Well (Rounder)

Susan McKeown & Lorin Sklamberg- Heart’s Blood: Fort a yidele fort arroys (A Young Man Rode Out)/The Cruel Brother

Saints & Tzadiks (World Village)

Sasha Lurje & Lorin Sklamberg- A idisher kvartet

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

The Klezmatics with Joshua Nelson & Kathryn Farmer- Oh Mary Don’t You Weep

Brother Moses Smote the Water (Piranha)

Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars featuring Michel “Mesach” Nestor- Unity (Carnival in Crown Heights) 

Chronika (Borscht Beat) 

Frank London with Karim Sulayman- Amore en

Ghetto Songs (Felmay)

The Klezmatics- Shushan Purim

Apikorsim/Heretics (World Village)

Next week: Variations on Hallelujah.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – April 29, 2025: “Dublin Blues” and Other Songs of Guy Clark

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/595/69984.html

Theme: “Dublin Blues” and Other Songs of Guy Clark.

Guy Clark – who died in 2016 at age 74 – was a great Texas singer-songwriter who began releasing albums in 1974. In the liner notes to Old No. 1, Guy’s first album, Jerry Jeff Walker referred to Guy’s songs as “the natural music of the acoustic guitar.” These songs were all written or co-written by Guy.

Guy Clark- Dublin Blues

Dublin Blues: 30th Anniversary Edition (Compass)

Nanci Griffith- She Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere

Blue Roses from the Moons (Elektra)

Jerry Jeff Walker- Like a Coat from the Cold

Ridin’ High (MCA Nashville)

Rick Robbins & Ramblin' Jack Elliott- Desperados Waiting for a Train

Walkin’ Down the Line (Seeds of Man)

Guy Clark- That Old Time Feeling

Old No. 1 (Sugar Hill)

Johnny Cash- Let Him Roll

Johnny Cash is Coming to Town (Mercury)

Asleep At the Wheel- Blowin’ Like a Bandit

10 (Epic)

Rosanne Cash- Better Days

This One’s for Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark (Icehouse Music)

Ramblin' Jack Elliott- The Guitar

This One’s for Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark (Icehouse Music)

Guy Clark- Ramblin’ Jack & Mahan

Boats to Build (Asylum)

Bill Hearne- The Cape

Always Trust Your Cape (Howlin’ Dog) 

Willie Nelson- Stuff That Works

Oh What a Beautiful World (Legacy)

Guy Clark- Cold Dog Soup

Cold Dog Soup (Sugar Hill)

Terri Hendrix- The Dark

This One’s for Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark (Icehouse Music)

John Prine & Emmylou Harris- Magnolia Wind

This One’s for Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark (Icehouse Music)

Bill Staines- Lone Star Hotel Café

Old Dogs (Red House)

Emmylou Harris- New Cut Road

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

Guy Clark- The South Coast of Texas

Craftsman (Philo)

Suzy Bogguss- Instant Coffee Blues

This One’s for Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark (Icehouse Music)

Doug Cox & Sam Hurrie- Old Friends

Old Friends (Black Hen Music)

Steve Earle- The Randall Knife

Guy (New West)

Guy Clark- Once More With Caution

Dublin Blues: 30th Anniversary Edition (Compass)

Next week: The Banjo Special.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – April 22, 2025: Songs for Earth 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/595/69923.html

Theme: Songs for Earth Day.

Earth Day has been observed on April 22 since 1970.

Tom Paxton- Whose Garden Was This

Tom Paxton 6 (Elektra)

Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- Dry Times

All New (Community Music)

Tom Paxton & Anne Hills- There Goes the Mountain

Under American Skies (Appleseed)

Lynn Miles with Keith Glass- Black Flowers

Road (Lynn Miles)

The Rifters- The Dollar Worth of Mother Earth

The Enchanted World (Howlin’ Dog)

Mary Gick- Waltz for the Trees

Six Tunes and a Song (Mary Gick)

Laurie Lewis- Trees

Trees (Spruce & Maple Music)

Kronos Quartet & Lee Knight- Garbage

Long Time Passing: Kronos Quartet & Friends Celebrate Pete Seeger (Smithsonian Folkways)

Malvina Reynolds- Skagit Valley Forever

Ear to the Ground: Topical Songs 1960-1978 (Smithsonian Folkways)

The Malvinas- God Bless the Grass

God Bless the Grass (Soona Songs)

Pete Seeger- If It Can’t Be Reduced

At 89 (Appleseed)

Pat Humphries- To My Old Brown Earth

Seeds: The Songs of Pete Seeger, Volume 3 (Appleseed)

Kim & Reggie Harris & Magpie- We Belong to the Earth

Spoken in Love: Kim & Reggie Harris and Magpie in Concert (Long Tail)

Susan Werner- Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)

Classics (Sleeve Dog)

Tom Jones- Ol’ Mother Earth

Surrounded By Time (S-Curve)

HuDost- Fire of Eden

The Monkey in the Crown (Open Sesame Music)

Deb Seymour- Heart of the Earth

Sometimes You Gotta Wear Boots (Herkimer Productions)

Roy Zimmerman- Big Yellow Taxi

Road Map (Roy Zimmerman)

John McCutcheon- Earth

Cabin Fever: Songs from the Quarantine (Appalsongs)

Penny Lang- Power of the Earth

Somebody Else (She-Wolf)

Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer- Gentle Arms of Eden

Drum Hat Buddha (Signature Sounds)

Moonfruits- Brittle Earth

Salt (Co-Op)

Louis Armstrong- What a Wonderful World

What a Wonderful World (MCA)

Next week: “Dublin Blues” and Other Songs of Guy Clark.

--Mike Regenstreif