Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – October 15, 2024: Finest Kind's Kind of 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/595/67256.html

Theme: Finest Kind’s Kind of Songs

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)

Next week: Remembering Nick Gravenites, Kris Kristofferson, JD Souther, and Billy Edd Wheeler.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday April 20, 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/128/64837.html

Finest Kind- April Morning

Heart’s Delight (Fallen Angle)

Annie Patterson & Mike Regenstreif (2018)

Annie Patterson- Gone, Gonna Rise Again

Mountain Side (Annie Patterson)

The Spain Brothers- Wild Rose of the Mountain

Bright and Better Morning (The Spain Brothers)

Katie Oates- When the Morning Breaks

We Go On: Si Kahn’s Songs of Hope in Hard Times (Hollow Reed Arts Recordings)

Mike Regenstreif & Si Kahn (1995)

Si Kahn & The Looping Brothers- Aragon Mill

Aragon Mill: The Bluegrass Sessions (Strictly Country)

Jay Linden- Boat on a River

Ordinary Sunrise (Americana North) 

Simon & Garfunkel- Old Friends/Bookends Theme

Bookends (Columbia)

Tom Rush- The Circle Game

The Circle Game (Elektra)

Chris Smither- Leave the Light On

Leave the Light On (Signature Sounds/True North)

Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl- Marblehead Morning

Recordings Celebrating 50 Years of a Musical Partnership (Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl)

Stan Rogers- Three Fishers

Songs of a Lifetime: For the Family (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis) 

Wendy Grossman- The Jeannie C.

The Last Trip Home (Riverlark)

The Short Sisters- Home Dearie Home

A Little Gracefulness (Black Socks Press)

Tom Lewis & Mike Regenstreif (2006) photo: David Shapiro

Tom Lewis- Rolling Home

Mixed Cargo (Borealis)

Tim Grimm- Broken Truth

Broken Truth – single (Vault)

Connie Kaldor- Not a Sentimental Song

Keep Going (Coyote Entertainment)

Gentle Sparrow- Only Love in My Heart

River (Heart Alchemy Music)

Vince Halfhide- Memphis Rounder

Vince Halfhide (Vince Halfhide)

Annie Patterson- Shady Grove

Meet Me By the Moonlight (Annie Patterson)

Arnie Naiman & Chris Coole- Willie Moore

5 Strings Attached – Volume 2 (Merriweather)`

Judy Collins & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

Judy Collins- The Bells of Rhymney

3 & 4: Judy Collins #3 (Wildflower)

American Patchwork Quartet- Cuckoo Bird

American Patchwork Quartet (Carolina Jasmine)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Goin’ Back to Harlan

Matapedia (Hannibal)

Kim & Reggie Harris- Go Down Moses

Steal Away: Songs of the Underground Railroad (Appleseed)

Peter, Paul & Mary- Tell It on the Mountain

In the Wind (Warner Bros.)

The Klezmatics- Moses Smote the Water

Brother Moses Smote the Water (Piranha)

Mike Regenstreif & David Clayton-Thomas (2006)

David Clayton-Thomas- Holy Moses

A Blues for the New World (Antoinette Music Productions)

Jesse Winchester- Pharaoh’s Army

Learn to Love It (Stony Plain)

Shelley Posen- And We Sang ‘Ha Lakhma Anya’

Manna (Well Done Music)

Kiran Ahluwalia- Jaane Jahan

Comfort Food (Kiran Ahluwalia)

Bill Hearne- Snowin’ on Raton

Always Trust Your Cape (Howlin’ Dog)

Sue Foley- Oh Babe, It Ain’t No Lie

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

Mike Regenstreif & Eric Bibb (2005)

Eric Bibb- Bring Me Little Water, Sylvie

Live at the Scala Theatre (Stony Plain)

Nick Gravenites- Poor Boy

Rogue Blues (M.C.)

Todd Burge- Weed

Seed (Todd Burge)

James Gordon- Wild Wind Blows

Wrinkles and Scars (James Gordon)

Kristen Grainger & True North- Oceans Rising

Oceans Rising – single (Kristen Grainger & True North)

Annie Patterson- The L&N Don’t Stop Here Anymore

Mountain Side (Annie Patterson)

Eve Goldberg & Mike Regenstreif (2013)

Eve Goldberg- Sweet Sorrow in the Wind

Ever Brightening Day (Sweet Patootie Music)

Jean Ritchie & Sons- One More Mile

Mountain Born (Greenhays)

Evenchick & Hucul- Where Alexandra Goes

This is My Story (Melissa Hucul & Mark Evenchick)

Anne Hills- Alexandra Leaving

Points of View (Appleseed)

Ana Egge- We Lay Roses

Between Us (StorySound)

Rob Lutes- Shediac Bridge

Come Around (Lucky Bear)

Lisa Redfern- The Best Part

The Best Part (Lisa Redfern)

Rachael Sage- Deepest Dark

Another Side (MPress)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on May 18. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday November 1, 2022: Radio

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 prerecorded and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/58131.html

Theme: Radio.

This show airs during CKCU’s Annual Funding Drive for 2022. Please visit https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/75976 to make your charitable donation to help us continue bringing you creative, volunteer-programmed, listener-supported community radio for another year.

Joni Mitchell- You Turn Me On, I’m a Radio

The Asylum Years 1972-1975: Miles of Aisles (Rhino)

Danny Marks- Man on the Radio

Man on the Radio – single (Danny Marks)

Nanci Griffith- Listen to the Radio

Winter Marquee (Rounder)

Tom Lewis & Mike Regenstreif (2006) photo: David Shapiro

Tom Lewis- Radio Times

360º: All Points of the Compass (Borealis)

Jamie Anderson- Public Radio

Better Than Chocolate (Tsunami)

The LYNNeS- Heartbreak Song for the Radio

Heartbreak Song for the Radio (The LYNNeS)

Small Potatoes- Turn Your Radio On

Raw (Small Potatoes)

Emily White- Radio

Radio – single (Emily White)

Amelia Curran- Song on the Radio

They Promised You Mercy (Six Shooter)

Blackie & The Rodeo Kings- Song on the Radio

Bark (True North)

Wanda Fischer & Mike Regenstreif (2017)

Wanda Fischer, Eric Erickson & Matt Watroba- Late Night Radio

Singing Along with the Radio (Wanda Fischer)

Katy Moffatt- Midnight Radio

Midnight Radio (True North)

Dave Alvin- Border Radio

Live from Austin TX (New West)

Aengus Finnan- One Hand on the Radio

North Wind (Borealis)

The Short Sisters- Ten Pound Radio

Live from Four States (Black Socks Press)

Rod MacDonald- Distant Radios

Highway to Nowhere (Shanachie)

Clela- Angels on the Radio

More Love and Happiness (Clela)

Matt Patershuk- Turn the Radio Up

An Honest Effort (Black Hen)

Susan Werner- Barn Radio

Flyover Country (Susan Werner)

Erin Ash Sullivan- Radio Show

We Can Hear Each Other (Willoughby)

Bruce Cockburn- Radio Shoes

Inner City Front: Deluxe Edition (True North)

Next week: Addendums to Past Themes.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday August 10, 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/595/53007.html

Theme: The Legacy of Stan Rogers: A postage stamp celebration

My friend Stan Rogers was already one of Canada’s greatest folksingers and songwriters when he died tragically at the young age of 33 on June 2, 1983. On July 21, Canada Post issued a postage stamp honouring Stan Rogers and his contributions to Canadian folk music.

Stan Rogers- Barrett’s Privateers
Between the Breaks…Live! (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Paul Mills- 45 Years
The Other Side of the Glass (Borealis)
Dave Fry- Giant
Troubadour (Dave Fry)
Archie Fisher & Garnet Rogers- Make and Break Harbour
The Best Times After All: Live (Snow Goose Songs)
Stan Rogers- Fogarty’s Cove
Fogarty’s Cove (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)
Tom Lewis- Northwest Passage
Poles Apart (Self-Propelled Music)

Stan Rogers- Plenty of Hornpipe
Fogarty’s Cove (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Lui Collins- Second Effort
Baptism of Fire (Green Linnet)
Priscilla Herdman- Turnaround
Forgotten Dreams (Flying Fish)
Laura Smith- Song of the Candle
Remembering Stan Rogers: An East Coast Tribute (Brookes Diamond Productions)
Stan Rogers- The Jeannie C.
Turnaround (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

John Gorka- Lock-keeper
Writing in the Margins (Red House)
Short Sisters- Tiny Fish for Japan
Live from Four States (Black Socks Press)
Stan Rogers- White Squall
From Fresh Water (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Stan Rogers- The Field Behind the Plow
Northwest Passage (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)
Priscilla Herdman- Lies
Seasons of Change (Flying Fish)
Garnet Rogers- Sailor’s Rest
Summer’s End (Snow Goose Songs)
Stan Rogers- The Mary Ellen Carter
Between the Breaks…Live! (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Ofra Harnoy- Barrett’s Privateers
On the Rock (Analekta)

Next week: Music from my high school years: 1967-1971

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And on Facebook. facebook.com/mikeregenstreif

--Mike Regenstreif

This week in Folk Roots/Folk Branches history (August 24-31)

Folk Roots/Folk Branches with Mike Regenstreif was a Thursday tradition on CKUT in Montreal for nearly 14 years from February 3, 1994 until August 30, 2007 (and around the world via the web for most of those years). Folk Roots/Folk Branches continued for some time as occasional features on CKUT, and is now a blog. Here’s the 52nd and final instalment of “This week in Folk Roots/Folk Branches,” a weekly, year-long look back at some of the most notable guests, features and moments in Folk Roots/Folk Branches history.

August 25, 1994: Extended feature- Judy Small.
August 24, 1995: Extended feature- Guy Clark.
August 28, 1997: Show theme- A tribute to Pete Seeger.
August 27, 1998: Guests- Tom Lewis; Angela Page.

August 26, 1999: Guests- John Roberts & Tony Barrand.

August 24, 2000: Guests- Kim & Reggie Harris.

August 31, 2000: Guest- Rosalie Sorrels.

August 28, 2003: Extended feature- The 40th anniversary of the March on Washington.
August 26, 2004: Guest- Michael Pickett.

August 25, 2005: Guests- Jay Ungar & Molly Mason.
August 24, 2006: Guest- Tommy Emmanuel; Extended feature- Tribute to the late Kirk MacGeachy.
August 31, 2006- Guest- Riley Baugus.
August 30, 2007: The final regular edition of Folk Roots/Folk Branches after almost 14 years.
August 28, 2008 (Folk Roots/Folk Branches feature): New recordings and new reissues by James Talley.

Pictured: (Top) Rosalie Sorrels and Mike Regenstreif at the 1993 Champlain Valley Folk Festival; (bottom) Molly Mason, Mike Regenstreif and Jay Ungar at the 2005 Champlain Valley Folk Festival.

--Mike Regenstreif

This week in Folk Roots/Folk Branches history (August 17-23)

Folk Roots/Folk Branches with Mike Regenstreif was a Thursday tradition on CKUT in Montreal for nearly 14 years from February 3, 1994 until August 30, 2007 (and around the world via the web for most of those years). Folk Roots/Folk Branches continued for some time as occasional features on CKUT, and is now a blog. Here’s the 51st instalment of “This week in Folk Roots/Folk Branches,” a weekly look back, continuing through the end of this month, at some of the most notable guests, features and moments in Folk Roots/Folk Branches history.

August 18, 1994: Show theme- A tribute to Woody Guthrie.
August 17, 1995: Extended feature- Brother acts.
August 20, 1998: Guests- Doug McArthur & Jeffra.
August 19, 1999: Guest- Spider John Koerner.
August 17, 2000: Extended feature- Songs of Malvina Reynolds.
August 22, 2002: Guest- Mae Moore.
August 18, 2005: Extended feature- Tribute to the late Vassar Clements.

August 17, 2006: Guest- Tom Lewis.
August 23, 2007: Guest- Noah Zacharin.
August 21, 2008 (Folk Roots/Folk Branches feature): Tribute to the late Artie Traum.

Pictured:  (Top) Artie Traum and Mike Regenstreif on October 12, 2006; (Bottom)  Tom Lewis and Mike Regenstreif at CKUT during Folk Roots/Folk Branches on August 17, 2006.

--Mike Regenstreif