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 – 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

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – June 2, 2026: Songs for International Sex Workers 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/595/75625.html

Theme: Songs for International Sex Workers Day.

International Sex Workers Day is marked annually on June 2 to honour sex workers and call attention to the often inhumane conditions of their work. While some choose sex work voluntarily, too many – too often underaged – are forced into it, by their dire circumstances, because they are being exploited, or because they are victims of human trafficking.

Some of these songs are explicitly about sex workers or are sung from their perspectives, some of them mention sex workers as part of the stories they’re telling, and some of them are implicitly about sex workers.

Nanci Griffith- Lookin’ for the Time (Working Girl)

The Last of the True Believers (Philo)

Lucinda Williams- House of Earth

Ghosts of Highway 20 (Highway 20)

Lynn Miles- High Heels in the Snow

Winter (Lynn Miles)

Odetta- New Orleans (House of the Rising Sun)

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

Hal Cannon- Hurdy Gurdy Girl

Cowboy Sutra (Okehdokee)

Hedy West- Whore’s Lament

Love, Hell and Biscuits (Bear Family)

Si Kahn- Backroom Lady

New Wood (Philo)

Townes Van Zandt- Tecumseh Valley

Live at Union Chapel, London, England (Tomato)

Suzy Thompson- Louise

Suzy Sings Siebel Volume One (Suzy Thompson)

David Bromberg- Sammy’s Song

David Bromberg (Columbia)

Tim Grimm- San Francisco Mabel Joy

Names (Wind River)

Tina Turner- Private Dancer

Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll (Rhino)

Dana Gillespie- Brewer Street Blues

First Love (Fretsore)

Tom Paxton- Cindy’s Cryin’/The Hooker

The Compleat Tom Paxton (Even Compleater) (Rhino Handmade)

Eliza Gilkyson- Dream Lover

Beautiful World (Red House)

Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris with Kate & Anna McGarrigle- 1917

Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions (Asylum)

Heather Masse & Dick Hyman- Love for Sale

Lock My Heart (Red House)

Peter, Paul & Mary- No Other Name

Album 1700 (Warner Bros.)

John Stewart- Josie

Cannons in the Rain/Wingless Angels (One Way)

Guy Clark- Let Him Roll

Keepers: a live recording (Sugar Hill)

Marianne Faithfull- Boulevard of Broken Dreams

20th Century Blues (RCA)

Next week: Songs of Richard Fariña.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – May 5, 2026: 1966

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/595/75251.html

Theme: 1966.

All the recordings on this show were first released 60 years ago in 1966.

Gordon Lightfoot- Early Morning Rain

Lightfoot! (United Artists)

Sylvia Tyson & Mike Regenstreif (1997)

Ian & Sylvia- The French Girl

Play One More (Vanguard)

Noel Paul Stookey & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2023)

Peter, Paul & Mary- Hurry Sundown

Album (Warner Bros.)

Doc Watson- Southbound

Southbound (Vanguard)

Simon & Garfunkel- Homeward Bound

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (Columbia)

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2009)

Tom Paxton- Leaving London

Outward Bound (Elektra/Rhino)

Fred Neil- The Dolphins

Fred Neil (Capitol)

Bob Dylan- I Want You

Blonde On Blonde (Columbia)

Percy Sledge- When a Man Loves a Woman

When a Man Loves a Woman (Atlantic)

The Beach Boys- Good Vibrations

Good Vibrations/Let’s Go Away for Awhile (Capitol)

Judy Collins & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

Judy Collins- Pirate Jenny

In My Life (Elektra) 

Dave Van Ronk- Alabama Song

No Dirty Names (Verve Forecast)

Tom Rush- Joshua Gone Barbados

Take a Little Walk with Me (Elektra)

Eric Andersen & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Eric Andersen- Thirsty Boots 

‘Bout Changes and Things (Vanguard)

Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band (lead vocal: Maria Muldaur)- Richland Woman

See Reverse Side for Title (Vanguard)

Mississippi John Hurt- I’m Satisfied

Today (Vanguard)

The Lovin' Spoonful- Daydream

Daydream (Sony/Legacy)

Tim Hardin- Don’t Make Promises

Tim Hardin 1 (Verve Forecast)

Bobby Darin- If I Were a Carpenter

If I Were a Carpenter (Atlantic)

The Greenbriar Boys- Different Drum

Better Late Than Never (Vanguard)

The Beatles- Eleanor Rigby

Revolver (Parlophone)

The Rolling Stones- Paint It Black

Aftermath (London)

Buffalo Springfield- For What It’s Worth

For What It’s Worth/Do I Have to Come Right Out and Say It (Atco)

The Mamas & The Papas- Monday, Monday

If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears (Dunhill)

Julie Felix- Gifts are for Giving

Changes (Fontana)

Next week: Klezmer Tunes and Yiddish Songs.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – March 21, 2026

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/128/74611.html

Vance Gilbert- Simple Things

The Mother of Trouble (Vance Gilbert)

Mike Regenstreif & Garnet Rogers (2006)

Garnet Rogers- First Day of Spring 

Shining Thing (Snow Goose Songs)

Judy Collins & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

Judy Collins- So Early, Early in the Spring

Fifth Album (Elektra)

John Gorka & Mike Regenstreif (2012)

John Gorka- A Light Exists in Spring

unentitled (Red House)

Kim Wallach- Come, Spring 

Chatter of the Finches (Black Socks Press)

Tommy Makem & Liam Clancy- Rambles of Spring 

The Makem & Clancy Collection (Shanachie)

Kate Weekes- Trace a Constellation

Rideau Roots (Kate Weekes)

Sultans of String- Emerald Swing

Symphony (Sultans of String)

Ken Whiteley- Pallet On Your Floor

Keep Going (Pyramid)

Andy Cohen & Mike Regenstreif (2025)

Andy Cohen & William Lee Ellis- Mr. Furry’s Blues

Whistlin’ Past the Graveyard (Riverlark Music)

Sid Selvidge- Pearlee

Twice Told Tales (Elektra Nonesuch)

Dave Van Ronk- Casey Jones

Somebody Else, Not Me (Philo)

Furry Lewis- Glory Hallelujah, When I Lay My Burden Down

The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions (Sony BMG)

Greg Kelly- Slow Horses

Slow Horses (Greg Kelly)

Jamie Anderson- This Old

The Curves are Still There (Tsunami)

Dave Gunning- Going Nowhere Tonight

Field Notes (Wee House of Music)

Daughters of Donbas- Another Heaven

Songs of Stolen Children (Daughters of Donbas)

Esther Kaiser- Masters of War

Songs of Courage (GLM Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Marc Nerenberg 2009)

Marc Nerenberg- Ain’t Gonna Study War No More (Down By the Riverside)

Times Ain’t Nuthin’ Like They Used to Be (Marc Nerenberg)

Jillian Matundan- Hold On

Hold On – single (Keezamonkee)

Anne Kalmering & Stalhammer Klezmer Classic- Bulbes

Tshiribim (Kakafon)

Roger Davidson & The Frank London Klezmer Orchestra- The Jester

Villages of Old (Soundbrush)

Daniel Kahn & Jake Shulman-Ment- Di Tsukunft (The Future)

The Building and Other Songs (Oriente Musik)

Leonard Cohen- Darkness

Old Ideas (Columbia)

Madeleine Peyroux- Careless Love

Careless Love (Rounder)

Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble featuring Rhiannon Giddens, Michael Ward-Bergeman & Reylon Yount- St. James Infirmary

Sing Me Home (Sony Masterwoorks)

Center of the River- Mississippi

Americana Art Music from the Mississippi (CotR)

Benoît LeBlanc- Kan mo té piti

Mô kouzin, mô kouzinn (Benoît LeBlanc)

Mike Regenstreif & April Verch (2025)

Newberry & Verch- Robin on the Wagon Wheel

Blessing on the Wing (Slab Town)

Andy Hedges- A Cowboy’s Hard Times

The Westerner (Andy Hedges)

Mike Regenstreif & Bill Staines (1993)

Bill Staines- My Sweet Wyoming Home

Miles (Mineral River)

Emily Scott Robinson- Sea of Ghosts

Appalachia (Oh Boy)

Ian Tyson- Sam Bonnifield’s Saloon

Ol’ Eon (Stony Plain)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2005)

Tom Russell- 1946 Martin D18

Mount Olive (Frontera)

Amy Speace- In This Home

The Blue Rock Session (Windbone)

Cliff Eberhardt & Mike Regenstreif (2024)

Cliff Eberhardt- 500 Miles

500 Miles: The Blue Rock Sessions (Red House)

Mary Gauthier- I Drink

Live at Blue Rock (In the Black)

Mike Regenstreif & Missy Burgess (2014)

Missy Burgess- Pilgrim 

Missy Burgess with The Blue Train Live (Missy Burgess)

Tom Chapin & The Chapin Sisters- Quite Early Morning

Songs of Hope (Sundance Music)

Suzanne Nuttall- Dali Never Slept

Live Without a Net (Suzanne Nuttall)

Debi Smith- Vincent Van Gogh’s Mom

Flight of the Robin (Degan Music)

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

Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon- Ran Away with the Circus

Together Again (Appalsongs)

Thea Hopkins- Trouble (Pulled Up a Chair)

Blossoms & Ghosts (Thea Hopkins)

Mativetsky Amiri Pagé- Metamorphose

Metamorphose (Mativetsky Amiri Pagé)

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

--Mike Regenstreif 

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – March 17, 2026: St. Patrick's 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/595/74531.html

Theme: St. Patrick’s Day.

Some songs on this show are by artists who are authentically Irish, and some are by artists who are not, because, as Bowser & Blue tell us, “Everybody’s Irish on St. Patrick’s Day.”

Bowser & Blue- Everybody’s Irish on St. Patrick’s Day

Montreal Souvenirs (You Guys Publishing)

Tom Lewis- St. Patrick’s Song

360º: All Points of the Compass (Borealis)

Altan- The Barley and the Rye

Donegal (Compass)

Doug McArthur- Sleeping in Dublin

The Horses of the Sea: A Personal Exploration of Ireland (dougimac.com)

Sassenach- Star of the County Down/Bus Stop Reel

Passages (Sassenach)

Tara O’Grady- Black Velvet Band

Black Irish (Tara O’Grady)

NRBQ- It’s St. Patrick’s Day

High Noon – A 50 Year Retrospective (Omnivore)

Maggie’s Wake- Grosse Isle (Far Away) 

Maggie’s Wake (Maggie’s Wake)

Dolores Keane- Green Grows the Laurel

Folk Friends 2 (Wundertüte Musik)

Judy Collins- Drink a Round to Ireland

Times of Our Lives (Elektra)

Brendan Nolan- Lanigan’s Ball/The Side Door Jig

Live at the Side Door (Ould Segosha)

The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem- Brennan On the Moor

In Concert at Carnegie Hall: The Complete 1963 Concert (Columbia/Legacy)

Chris Rawlings- Lake Isle of Innisfree/Song of the Wandering Aengus

Two Sides to Your Story (Cooking Fat Music)

Sneezy Waters- In Derry Vale

Live (Sneezy Waters)

Karan Casey- The Rocks of Bawn

Nine Apples of Gold (Crow Valley Music)

Alana & Leigh Cline- Slip Jigs: Whinny Hills of Leitrim/Ryan’s/Humours of Whiskey

Alana & Leigh Cline (Scimitar)

The Makem & Spain Brothers- When We Danced in Donegal

Live (Red Biddy)

Nanci Griffith- From Clare to Here

Other Voices/Other Rooms (Elektra)

Tom Paxton- Corrymeela

Even a Grey Day (Flying Fish)

Tom Russell- All on a Belfast Morning

Folk Hotel (Frontera)

Noel Paul Stookey- Irish Blessing

At Home: The Maine Tour (Neworld)

The Irish Rovers- Hey Boys Sing Us a Song

No End in Sight (Rover)

Next week: Remembering John Hammond, Roy Book Binder, Augie Meyers and Country Joe McDonald.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – February 21, 2026

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/128/74216.html

Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

David Francey- February Morning Drive

Maps (Laker Music)

Judy Collins & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

Judy Collins- Winter Sky

Live at The Town Hall, NYC (Cleopatra)

York Street Thought Process- Winter Walk Part I

Colder (York Street Thought Process)

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

Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Martha Wainwright- Winter Lady

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

Jodi Jean & Aylon- Winterlude

Bobfest (Jodi Jean & Aylon)

Sean Gagnier- Winter in the Mountains

Circle Harbor (Sean Gagnier)

Honey Novick- Steam, Steam, Steam

Rising Towards the Seraphim (Honey Novick)

York Street Thought Process- Winter Walk Part II

Colder (York Street Thought Process)

Terry Tufts- With a Little Help from My Friends

Two Nights Solo (Borealis)

Don Bray- Brother Song

I Bless the Wounds (Don Bray)

Pat Moore- When I Love You

The Time’s Never Been Better (Pat Moore)

Al Wood- Treena Ballerina

Mood Swingin’ Blues (Al Wood)

Lynne Hanson- Every Minute In Between

Just Words (Lynne Hanson)

Norman Doucette- Out on the Street

Dangerous Ground (Norman Doucette)

Mary Gick- Waltz for the Trees

Six Tunes and a Song (Mary Gick)

Jamie Anderson- Guitar on the Wall

The Curves are Still There (Tsunami)

Greg Kelly- I Only See the Sun

Ghosts (Greg Kelly)

Jamie Anderson- Last Tuscon Sunrise

The Curves are Still There (Tsunami)

Mike Regenstreif & Rick Fines (2011)

Rick Fines- That’s What Makes You Strong

Solar Powered Too (Rick Fines)

Jimmy Buffett- Gentleman of Leisure

Quiet About It: A Tribute to Jesse Winchester (Mailboat)

Michael Martin Murphey- Freewheeler

Cowboy Songs Four (Valley Entertainment)

Jesse Winchester & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

 
Jesse Winchester- Sweet Loving Daddy

Gentleman of Leisure (Sugar Hill)

Brenda Lewis- I Wave Bye-Bye

Far & Near (Brenda Lewis)

Over the Moon- Lonesome Bluebird

Chinook Waltz (Borealis)

Amy Speace- In This Home

The Blue Rock Session (Windbone)

NEeMA- Stay

Watching You Think (Neemaste/Sony)

Madeleine Peyroux- (Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night

Half the Perfect World (Rounder)

Eric Kilburn- Antopol 1903

American Prayer (Wellspring)

Roger Davidson & The Frank London Klezmer Orchestra- Villages of Old

Villages of Old (Soundbrush)

Paul Kaplan- I Had an Old Coat

King of Hearts (Old Coat Music)

Emily Scott Robinson- Appalachia

Appalachia (Oh Boy)

Julian Taylor- Under Circumstances Like These

Anthology Vol. 2 (Howling Turtle)

Center of the River- Camp Meeting

Americana Art Music from the Mississippi (CotR)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2018)

Tom Russell- Mount Olive

Mount Olive (Frontera)

Eva Cassidy- Route 66

Walkin’ After Midnight (Blix Street)

Mike Regenstreif & Jimmy LaFave (2017)

Jimmy LaFave- Rt. 66 One More Time

Highway Angels…Full Moon Rain (Night Tribe Music)

Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer- Highway 80 (She’s a Mighty Good Road)

Drum Hat Buddha (Signature Sounds)

Hank Snow- I’ve Been Everywhere

I’ve Been Everywhere (RCA)

Woody Guthrie- Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done

Woody At Home – Vol 1 + 2 (Shamus)

Cole Quest & The City Pickers- Pastures of Plenty

Homegrown (Jalopy)

Mike Regenstreif & David Amram (2017)

The David Amram Quintet- Ramblin’ Round

David Amram Honors Guthrie and Ochs: Old Souls (Guthrie Legacy)

Sons of the Never Wrong- Stand Up, Shout Out

Feather and Starry Crown (Sons 3)

Gina Forsyth of The Malvinas & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

The Malvinas- How Can I Keep from Singing

God Bless the Grass (Soona Songs)

Tom Chapin- Sing for Peace

Songs of Hope (Sundance Music)

Tehrani Drom & Parisa Karimi Molan- Sizeh Salam Getirmishem

Unveiled (Lulaworld)

Suzanne Nuttall- Losing Has Never Felt So Sweet

Live Without a Net (Suzanne Nuttall)

Debi Smith- Nebraska Moon

Flight of the Robin (Degan Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2009)

Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon- Artie’s Last Stand

Together Again (Appalsongs)

Jesse Appelman- Freight Train

Where We Go (Jesse Appelman)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on March 21. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif