Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday July 13, 2021

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU in Ottawa on Tuesday afternoons 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 prerecorded at home and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/52675.html

Theme: Songs About Refugees

Guest: Diana Jones

Moira Smiley SMILEY- Refugee
Unzip the Horizon (Moira Smiley Music)

Murray McLauchlan- Lying By the Sea (For Alan Kurdi)
Hourglass (True North)
Eric Bibb- Refugee Moan
Migration Blues (Stony Plain)
Kim Wallach- Refugee’s Lullaby
Chatter of the Finches (Black Socks Press)

Guy Davis- I’ve Looked Around
Be Ready When I Call You (M.C.)
Jabbour- Je tournais la clé
Carling Lake (Jabbour)
Eric Bogle- Refugee
At This Stage (Greentrax)

 

The next five songs punctuated my conversation with Diana Jones. The conversation was recorded on June 17 via Zoom.

Diana Jones- Song to a Refugee
Song to a Refugee (Goldmine)

Diana Jones- El Chaparral
Song to a Refugee (Goldmine)

Diana Jones, Steve Earle, Richard Thompson, Peggy Seeger & Zahara Phillips- We Believe You
Song to a Refugee (Goldmine)

Diana Jones- The Life I Left Behind
Song to a Refugee (Goldmine)

Diana Jones- The Sea is My Mother
Song to a Refugee (Goldmine)

Tom Russell- Across the Border
Appleseed’s 21st Anniversary: Roots and Branches (Appleseed)
Guy Clark- El Coyote
The Best of the Dualtone Years (Dualtone)
Los Texmaniacs with Rick Treviño- I am a Mexican
Cruzando Borders (Smithsonian Folkways)

Eric Andersen- Rain Falls Down in Amsterdam
Woodstock Under the Stars (Y&T Music)
Sultans of String featuring Ifrah Mansour- I Am a Refugee
Refuge (Sultans of String)

Sultans of String featuring Edmar Castaneda- Refuge
Refuge (Sultans of String)

Next week – Remembering Mimi Fariña

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--Mike Regenstreif

2012 Canadian Folk Music Awards

The Eighth Annual Canadian Folk MusicAwards took place last night at the Imperial Theatre in Saint John, New Brunswick.

The awards went to:

TRADITIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Metis Fiddler Quartet - Northwest Voyage Nord Ouest

CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE YEAR

The Deep Dark Woods - The Place I Left Behind

CHILDREN’S ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Henri Gordon - Chansons pour toutes sortes d’enfants

TRADITIONAL SINGER OF THE YEAR

Lenka Lichtenberg - Songs for the Breathing Walls

CONTEMPORARY SINGER OF THE YEAR

Rose Cousins - We Have Made a Spark

INSTRUMENTAL SOLO ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Trent Freeman - Rock Paper Scissors

INSTRUMENTAL GROUP OF THE YEAR

The Fretless - Waterbound

ENGLISH SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

Catherine MacLellan - Silhouette

FRENCH SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

Mes Aïeux - À l’aube du prinetemps

VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR

The Once – Row Upon Row of the People They Know

 

ENSEMBLE OF THE YEAR

The Fretless - Waterbound

SOLO ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Michael Jerome Browne – The Road is Dark

WORLD GROUP OF THE YEAR

Sultans of String - MOVE

 

NEW/EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Pharis & Jason Romero - A Passing Glimpse

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

Rob Szabo - A Natural Fact (Steve Strongman)

PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES

Sagapool - Sagapool

YOUNG PERFORMER OF THE YEAR

Lucas Chiasson - Growing Pains

UNSUNG HERO

Gerry Taylor

Congratulations to all the nominees and recipients and to the Canadian Folk Music Awards organizers.

--Mike Regenstreif