Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – October 20, 2026: The Leonard Cohen Deep Dive, Part 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/595/77581.html

Theme: The Leonard Cohen Deep Dive, Part 3.

The Leonard Cohen Deep Dive, Part 3 is the third show in a series that is continuing every four to six weeks on Stranger Songs until we’ve heard virtually all of Leonard Cohen’s songs and some of his poems. Part 1 was heard on August 4, and Part 2 was heard on September 8, 

 and are available to stream on-demand. Part 4 will be heard on November 17.

Leonard Cohen- Minute Prologue

Live Songs (Columbia)

Leonard Cohen- Passing Through

Live Songs (Columbia)

Leonard Cohen- Improvisation

Live Songs (Columbia)

Leonard Cohen- Queen Victoria

Live Songs (Columbia)

Lee Hazlewood- Come Spend the Morning

Hallelujah: The Songs of Leonard Cohen (Ace)

Leonard Cohen- Is This What You Wanted

New Skin for the Old Ceremony (Columbia)

Tower of Song- Chelsea Hotel # 2

In City and in Forest (Tower of Song)

David Blue- Lover Lover Lover

Hallelujah: The Songs of Leonard Cohen (Ace)

Leonard Cohen- Field Commander Cohen

New Skin for the Old Ceremony (Columbia)

Colleen Rennison- Why Don’t You Try

See the Sky About to Rain (Black Hen Music)

Leonard Cohen- There is a War

New Skin for the Old Ceremony (Columbia)

Perla Batalla- A Singer Must Die

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

Leonard Cohen- I Tried to Leave You

New Skin for the Old Ceremony (Columbia)

Rufus Wainwright & Amsterdam Sinfonietta- Who By Fire

Rufus Wainwright & Amsterdam Sinfonietta Live (BMG/Modern)

Judy Collins- Take This Longing

Judy Collins Sings Leonard Cohen: Democracy (Elektra/Rhino)

Leonard Cohen- Leaving Greensleeves

New Skin for the Old Ceremony (Columbia)

Tom Northcott- True Love Leaves No Traces

Joyful Songs of Leonard Cohen (Full Circle)

Leonard Cohen- Iodine

Death of a Ladies’ Man (Columbia)

Leonard Cohen- Paper-Thin Hotel

Death of a Ladies’ Man (Columbia)

Leonard Cohen- Memories

Death of a Ladies’ Man (Columbia)

Leonard Cohen- Warning

Six Montreal Poets (Folkways)

Leonard Cohen- Les Vieux

Six Montreal Poets (Folkways)

Leonard Cohen- I Left a Woman Waiting

Death of a Ladies’ Man (Columbia)

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 29, 2026: They Want Canadian 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/595/77288.html

Theme: They Want Canadian Songs.

I got the idea for this theme listening to Donald Trump repeatedly making the absurd and ignorant claim that Canada has nothing the United States wants or needs. So, the songs on this show were all written by Canadians and performed by Americans. The Canadian songwriters' names are in parentheses after the song titles.

Dave Van Ronk- Four Strong Winds (Ian Tyson)

Live in Monterey (Omnivore)

Sylvia Tyson & Mike Regenstreif (1997)

Gathering Time- You Were On My Mind (Sylvia Tyson)

Old Friends (Triple-G)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2018)

Tom Russell- Dance Hall Girls (Allan Fraser)

Song of the West: The Cowboy Collection (HMG)

Mara Levine- Bitter Green (Gordon Lightfoot)

Facets of Folk (Mara’s Creations)

John Gorka, Mike Regenstreif & Lucy Kaplansky (2012)

John Gorka- Lock-keeper (Stan Rogers)

Writing in the Margins (Red House)

Caroline Doctorow- Snowbird (Gene MacLellan)

Dreaming in Vinyl (Narrow Lane)

Pete Seeger- Both Sides Now (Joni Mitchell)

Young vs. Old (Columbia)

Peter Keane- Cool Water (Bob Nolan)

Blues/Ballads/Cowboy Songs (Peter Keane)

Judy Collins & Mike Regenstreif (2026)

Judy Collins- The Dealer (Down and Losin’) (Bob Ruzika)

True Stories and Other Dreams (Elektra)

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

Linda Ronstadt- Heart Like a Wheel (Anna McGarrigle)

Heart Like a Wheel (Capitol)

Mike Regenstreif & Robert Resnik (2025)

Robert Resnik with Mary McGinness & Kristina Stykos- Come a Long Away (Kate McGarrigle) 

Playing Favorites (Thunder Ridge)

Mike Regenstreif & Bill Staines (1993)

Bill Staines- The Black Fly Song (Wade Hemsworth)

Just Play One Tune More (Folk-Legacy)

Mike Regenstreif & Cathy Fink (2025)

Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- Redwinged Blackbird (David Francey)

Get Up and Do Right (Community Music)

Mike Regenstreif & James Keelaghan (2017)

Cry Cry Cry: Dar Williams, Lucy Kaplansky & Richard Shindell- Cold Missouri Waters (James Keelaghan)

Cry Cry Cry (Razor & Tie)

Vince Martin & Fred Neil- Morning Dew (Bonnie Dobson)

Tear Down the Walls (Elektra)

Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Cockburn (2017)

Grace Griffith- Wondering Where the Lions Are (Bruce Cockburn)

Minstrel Song (Blix Street)

Eric Andersen & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Eric Andersen- More Often Than Not (David Wiffen)

Blue River Live in Tokyo (EARecords) 

Jesse Winchester & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Jennifer Warnes- You Remember Me (Jesse Winchester)

Shot Through the Heart (Arista)

Mike Regenstreif & Priscilla Herdman (1978)

Mike Regenstreif & Connie Kaldor (2015)

Priscilla Herdman- Wood River (Connie Kaldor)

Darkness into Light (Flying Fish)

Mike Regenstreif & Murray McLauchlan on Zoom (2021)

Tom Rush- Old Man’s Song (Murray McLauchlan)

Tom Rush/Wrong End of the Rainbow (BGO)

Shelley Posen & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2023)

Jane Voss & Hoyle Osborne- Having a Drink with Jane (Shelley Posen)

Sparkle and Shine (Front Hall)

The Staple Singers- The Weight (Robbie Robertson)

Stax Profiles (Stax)

--Mike Regenstreif

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 – September 1, 2026: Remembering Dolly Parton; Graceland 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/595/76938.html

Themes: Part 1 – Remembering Dolly Parton (1946-2026); Part 2 – Graceland Revisited.

Part 1 – Remembering Dolly Parton (1946-2026)

Dolly Parton – who died on August 25 at age 80 – was a legendary and beloved singer, songwriter, actor and philanthropist.

Dolly Parton- 9 to 5

The Hits (Camden)

Maria Muldaur- My Tennessee Mountain Home

Maria Muldaur (Reprise)

Eva Cassidy- Coat of Many Colors

Somewhere (Blix Street)

Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton- Daddy was an Old Time Preacher Man

RCA Sessions 1968-1976 (RCA/Legacy)

The Wailin' Jennys- Light of a Clear Blue Morning

Fifteen (True North)

Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris- Wildflowers

The Complete Trio Collection (Rhino)

Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris- My Blue Tears

The Complete Trio Collection (Rhino)

Nicki Parrott- Jolene

If You Could Read My Mind (Arbors)

Dolly Parton with Mary Hopkin & Porter Wagoner- Those Were the Days

Those Were the Days (Sugar Hill)

Dolly Parton- I Will Always Love You

The Hits (Camden)

Part 2 – Graceland Revisited

Paul Simon’s monumental album, Graceland, mostly recorded in South Africa with South African musicians and singers, was released 40 years ago on August 25, 1986.

John Stewart & Darwin’s Army- Boy in the Bubble 

John Stewart & Darwin’s Army (Appleseed)

Melody Walker & Jacob Groopman- Graceland

We Made It Home (Maker/Mender)

Paul Simon- I Know What I Know

Graceland (Warner Bros.)

Paul Simon- Gumboots

Graceland (Warner Bros.)

Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Melissa Etheridge & Joe McBride- Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes

Long Walk to Freedom (Heads Up International)

Peter Sprague & Lisa Hightower- You Can Call Me Al

Spinning in Infinity: Peter Sprague Plays Paul Simon (Peter Sprague)

Amber Rubarth- Under African Skies

Cover Crop (Camblum)

Ladysmith Black Mambazo & Sarah McLauchlan- Homeless

Long Walk to Freedom (Heads Up International)

Paul Simon- Crazy Love, Vol. 2

The Concert in Hyde Park (Legacy)

Rockin’ Dopsie, Jr. & The Zydeco Twisters- That was Your Mother

More Fun with Rockin’ Dopsie, Jr. & The Zydeco Twisters (ATO)

Paul Simon- All Around the World or The Myth of Fingerprints

Graceland (Warner Bros.)

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 25, 2026: Restaurants, Cafés, Diners – and the people who work and eat in them

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/595/76856.html

Theme: Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 25, 2026

David Essig & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

David Essig- Flo’s Café

A Stone in My Pocket (Peregrin)

Mike Regenstreif & Garnet Rogers (2026)

Garnet Rogers- Bird on a Wing

Garnet Rogers (Snow Goose Songs)

Sylvia Tyson & Mike Regenstreif (1997)

Sylvia Tyson- Trucker’s Café

You Were On My Mind (Stony Plain)

Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks featuring Maryann Price- Sweetheart (Waitress in a Donut Shop)

Last Train to Hicksville…the home of happy feet (MCA)

Gretchen Peters- Five Minutes

The Show: Live from The UK (Scarlet Letter)

Bobby Bare- Rosalie’s Good Eats Café

Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends and Lies (RCA)

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2009)

Tom Paxton- Victoria Dines Alone

Morning Again (Elektra)

Martin Sexton- Diner

Black Sheep (Koch)

Tom Waits- Eggs and Sausage (In a Cadillac with Susan Michelson)

Nighthawks at the Diner (Asylum)

Suzanne Vega- Tom’s Diner

An Evening of New York Songs and Stories (Cooking Vinyl)

Josh White, Jr..- One Meatball 

Live at the Raven Gallery (Silverwolf)

Susan Werner- The Night I Ate New Orleans 

NOLA: Susan Werner Goes to New Orleans (Sleeve Dog)

Donna Adler- Emily’s Café

Remembering Butterflies (Donna Adler)

Mike Regenstreif & Bill Staines (1993)

Bill Staines- Buffy’s Quality Café 

Going to the West (Red House)

Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl- Is Everything OK Here

Marblehead Morning – Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl: 50 Years in Harmony (Daring) 

David Massengill- My Name Joe

Coming Up for Air (Flying Fish)

Shelley Posen & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2023)

Shelley Posen- So How Come You Don’t Have Tongue?

Manna (Well Done Music)

Malvina Reynolds- The New Restaurant

Sings the Truth (Columbia)

Eve Goldberg & Mike Regenstreif (2013)

Eve Goldberg- Union Street Café

Crossing the Water (Borealis)

Michael ‘Earnie’ Taylor- I’m Having Dinner with My Wife

Folk ‘n’ Western (Laughing Cactus Music)

Louis Prima- Angelina/Zooma Zooma 

The Wildest Show at Tahoe (Capitol)

--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 – August 11, 2026: Finest Kind's Kind of Songs - repeat

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/595/76658.html

Theme: Finest Kind’s Kind of Songs – repeat of show originally broadcast on October 15, 2024.

Due to a computer issue, I was unable to produce a new episode of Stranger Songs this week. I hope to have a new show for broadcast on August 18.

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

Finest Kind- The Faded Roses of December

Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle Music)

Utah Phillips- The Goodnight Loving Trail

The Telling Takes Me Home (Philo)

Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin- Blue Mountain

Stay Awhile (Rounder)

Blue Murder- The Banks of Sweet Primroses

No One Stands Alone (Topic)

Windborne- Gimme Just a Little More Time

Recollections/Revolutions (Wand’ring Feet)

Finest Kind- The Storms May Roll the Ocean

Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle Music)

Peggy Seeger- Going to the West

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

Derek Lamb- The Miner’s Dream of Home

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

Sneezy Waters- I Heard the Bluebirds Sing

Sneezy Waters (Sneezy Waters)

Martyn Wyndham-Read- Sussex Drinking Song

A Rose from the Bush (Greenwich Village)

David Parry- In Praise of Alcohol

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

Coope, Boyes & Simpson- John Barleycorn

Coope, Boyes & Simpson (World Music Network)

Finest Kind- John Barleycorn Deconstructed

For Honour & For Gain (Fallen Angle Music)

Bill Staines- Only Remembered

Looking for the Wind (Red House)

John Roberts & Tony Barrand- A Pilgrim’s Way

Twiddlum Twaddlum (Golden Hind Music)

Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop- No More Fish

Red Shoes (Borealis)

Finest Kind- Lowlands Low

For Honour & For Gain (Fallen Angle Music)

The Carter Family- Fond Affection

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

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

Best of the Vanguard Years (Vanguard)

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

Dylan’s Gospel (Columbia)

Ben E. King- Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow

Ben E. King Sings for Soulful Lovers (Rhino)

Finest Kind- Jack the Jolly Tar

Silks & Spices (Fallen Angle Music)

Tom Lewis- Bully in the Alley

Tinker Tailor Soldier Singer (Self Propelled Music)

Finest Kind- Who will Sing for Me

Heart’s Delight (Fallen Angle Music)

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 4, 2026: The Leonard Cohen Deep Dive, Part 1

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/595/76527.html

Theme: The Leonard Cohen Deep Dive, Part 1.

The Leonard Cohen Deep Dive, Part 1 is the first show in a series that will be happening every four to six weeks on Stranger Songs until we’ve heard virtually all of Leonard Cohen’s songs and some of his poems.

Fred Holstein- Suzanne

Live at the Earl of Old Town (Eddie Holstein)

Leonard Cohen- Master Song

Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia/Legacy)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Martha Wainwright- Winter Lady

Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man (Verve Forecast)

Leonard Cohen- Beside the Shepherd

Six Montreal Poets (Folkways)

Martin Simpson- The Stranger Song 

Vagrant Stanzas (Topic)

Serena Ryder- Sisters of Mercy

If Your Memory Serves You Well (EMI)

Leonard Cohen- Blessed is the Memory

Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia/Legacy)

First Aid Kit, Frida Hyvönen, Loney Dear, Jesper Lindell, Annika Norlin, Maja Francis, Nina Zanjani & Maia Hansson-Bergqvist- So Long, Marianne

Who By Fire: Live Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Sony Sweden/Columbia)

Luciana Souza- Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye

Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Blue Note)

Leonard Cohen- Stories of the Street 

Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia/Legacy)

Leonard Cohen- For Wilf and His House

Six Montreal Poets (Folkways)

Judy Collins- Priests

In Concert: Wildflowers at The Town Hall (Cleopatra)

Leonard Cohen- Teachers

Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia/Legacy)

Leonard Cohen- One of Us Cannot Be Wrong

Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia/Legacy)

Leonard Cohen- Store Room

Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia/Legacy)

Johnny Cash- Bird On a Wire

American Recordings (American Recordings)

Judy Collins- Story of Isaac

Who Knows Where the Time Goes (Elektra)

Leonard Cohen- Poem 

Six Montreal Poets (Folkways)

Leonard Cohen- A Bunch of Lonesome Heroes 

Songs from a Room (Columbia/Legacy)

Perla Batalla- The Partisan 

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

Perla Batalla- Seems So Long Ago, Nancy 

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

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – July 28, 2026: Baseball

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/595/76427.html

Theme: Baseball.

Robert Resnik, Carol Scrimgeour & Gigi Weisman- Take Me Out to the Ballgame

A Little Bit Jumbled and Jivey (Fletcher Free Library)

Doc & Merle Watson- Take Me Out to the Ballgame

Songs Doc Didn’t Sing (FLI)

Tom Paxton- My Favorite Spring

Live For the Record (Sugar Hill)

Chuck Brodsky- Lefty

A Fingerpainter’s Murals (Waterbug)

David Olney- Baseball

Real Lies (Philo)

Sam Baker- Baseball

Mercy (Bull Creek)

Mabel Scott- Baseball Boogie

Fine, Baby Fine (Jukebox Lil)

Erik Balkey- Baseball in My Blood

Everything is Great (Hudson Harding)

Artie Traum & Pat Alger- The Home Run Kid

From the Heart (Rounder)

John Fogerty- Centerfield

Centerfield (Warner Bros.)

Tom Russell- Kid from Spavinaw

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

Bob Dylan- Catfish

The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 [Rare & Unreleased] 1961-1991 (Columbia)

Kim Harris- The Stars That Didn’t Shine

Rock of Ages (Appleseed)

Bob Bossin- The Secret of Life According to Satchel Paige

Gabriola V0R 1X0 (Nick)

Chaim Tannenbaum- Brooklyn 1955

Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)

Tom Russell- Closin’ Sunny’s Diner

Museum of Memories 1972-2002 (Dark Angel)

Christine Lavin- Ballad of a Ballgame

Beau Woes and Other Problems of Modern Life (Philo)

Peter, Paul & Mary- Right Field

No Easy Walk to Freedom (Gold Castle)

Rod MacDonald- Mojo & The St. Luke’s Flukes

Recognition (Wind River)

Steve Goodman- A Dying Cub Fan’s Last Request

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

Vince Guaraldi Trio- Baseball Theme

Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown (Craft)

Next week: The Leonard Cohen Deep Dive, Part 1.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – July 21, 2026: Dave Van Ronk 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/595/76339.html

Theme: Dave Van Ronk at 90.

Dave Van Ronk – who died in 2002 at age 65 while battling cancer – would have turned 90 three weeks ago on June 30. Dave – who grew up in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens – arrived in Greenwich Village in the 1950s where he began playing in the early folk clubs. He was a great guitarist and influential singer with a wide-ranging repertoire that moved seamlessly between folk, blues, jazz, cabaret and much more. He was a friend and mentor to generations of musicians who followed him in the village – most notably, Bob Dylan. And, not just musicians. I consider the late nights I spent on Dave’s couch in the Village, and the nights I spent with him in my apartment in Montreal in the 1970s and ‘80s, talking about music and arguing about politics to be essential parts of my education.

MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village was the center of the Greenwich Village folk scene and Dave became affectionately known as The Mayor of MacDougal Street – which was also the title of the memoir that Dave was working on with Elijah Wald at the time of his death. Elijah finished the book writing in Dave’s voice and I think it’s one of the best books ever about the ‘60s folk scene.

Dave Van Ronk- Losers

Going Back to Brooklyn (HighTone)

Jim Byrnes- He was a Friend of Mine

Everywhere West (Black Hen Music)

Susan Werner- House of the Rising Sun

NOLA: Susan Werner Goes to New Orleans (Sleeve Dog)

Bill Morrissey & Greg Brown- Hang Me, Oh Hang Me

Inside (Philo)

Dave Van Ronk- The Pearls 

Sunday Street (Philo)

Deborah Robins- Tell Old Bill

Lone Journey (Zippety Whippet Music) 

Dave Van Ronk- Teddy Bears’ Picnic

Songs for Ageing Children (Cadet)

David Massengill- Dave Van Ronk’s Last Cigar

Dave on Dave: A Tribute to Dave Van Ronk (Gadfly)

Dave Van Ronk- Somebody Else, Not Me

Somebody Else, Not Me (Philo)

Elijah Wald- That’ll Never Happen No More

Street Corner Cowboys (Black Rose)

Durham County Poets- St. James Infirmary 

Hand Me Down Blues (Durham County Poets)

Dave Van Ronk & Christine Lavin- I Can’t Give You Anything But Love

Hummin’ to Myself (Gazell)

Bruce Brackney A.K.A. Haywire Brack- Another Time and Place

Case History (Pilgrims Rest)

Dave Van Ronk & The Red Onion Jazz Band- Hesitation Blues

Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk (Fantasy)

Tom Russell- Van Ronk (with Dave Van Ronk singing a fragment of Sportin’ Life Blues)

Hotwalker (HighTone)

Dave Van Ronk- Mack the Knife 

Let No One Deceive You: Songs of Bertolt Brecht (Flying Fish)

Dave Van Ronk- That Song About the Midway 

Sunday Street (Philo)

Peter, Paul & Mary featuring Dave Van Ronk- Wanderin’/Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out

LifeLines (Warner Bros.)

Hans Theessink- Green, Green Rocky Road

Songs from the Southland (Blue Groove)

Dave Van Ronk- Did You Hear John Hurt?

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

Tom Paxton- The Mayor of MacDougal Street 

Redemption Road (Pax)

Dave Van Ronk- Last Call 

Going Back to Brooklyn (HighTone)

Next week: Baseball.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – July 14, 2026: 'Round Midnight

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/595/76229.html

Theme: ‘Round Midnight.

Linda Ronstadt with Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra- ‘Round Midnight

For Sentimental Reasons (Asylum)

Mike Regenstreif & Cathy Fink (2025)

Cathy Fink- The Midnight Prayerlight

Doggone My Time (Sugar Hill)

Tish Hinojosa- Midnight Moonlight

Taos to Tennessee (Watermelon)

Sylvia Tyson & Mike Regenstreif (1997)

Ian & Sylvia- Midnight

The Beginning of the End (Bear Family)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Tom Russell- The Santa Fe at Midnight 

Borderland (HighTone)

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

Tom Paxton- Dogs at Midnight

Tom Paxton 6 (Elektra)

Andrew Collins Trio- Sunlight at Midnight

Groove (Andrew Collins Trio)

Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt- Midnight Sun

Esperanza (Crooked Cyclone)

HotCha!- Walkin’ After Midnight

Dust Bowl Roots: Songs for the New Depression (HotCha!)

Nanci Griffith- Tequila After Midnight

The Loving Kind (Rounder)

David Mallett- Midnight on the Water

Midnight on the Water (North Road)

Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

David Francey- Nearly Midnight

Maps (Laker Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2009)

Jesse Winchester- Midnight Bus

Third Down, 110 to Go (Stony Plain)

Odetta- Midnight Special 

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

Paul Geremia & Mike Regenstreif (2012)

Paul Geremia- Midnight Hour Blues

Self Portrait in Blues (Red House)

Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley- Midnight Stroll

DeltaPhonic (Elrctro-Fi)

Long John Baldry- Midnight in New Orleans

The Best of the Stony Plain Years (Stony Plain)

Maria Muldaur- Midnight at the Oasis 

Maria Muldaur (Reprise)

Tom Waits- Midnight Lullaby

Closing Time (Elektra) 

Paul Winter Consort- Minuit

Icarus (Living Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Marc Nerenberg (2009)

Marc Nerenberg- The Midnight Sky is Boiling

Lies, Butterflies, and Tyrants (Marc Nerenberg)

Doug McArthur- Almost Midnight

Letters from the Coast/Sisteron (Snow Goose Songs)

Thelonious Monk- ‘Round Midnight

Thelonious Himself (Riverside)

Next week: Dave Van Ronk at 90.

--Mike Regenstreif