Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday May 16, 2023: Remembering Gordon Lightfoot

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 recorded and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/60419.html

Theme: Remembering Gordon Lightfoot (1938-2023).

One of our greatest singer-songwriters – whose songs have done much to help define Canadian identity and culture – Gordon Lightfoot passed away on May 1st at age 84.

Gordon Lightfoot- Long River

The Original Lightfoot (EMI)

Bruce Cockburn- Ribbon of Darkness

Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot (Borealis/NorthernBlues)

Matthew Alexander- Steel Rail Blues

Soul River (Caravan)

Ilsey Juber- The Way I Feel

Ladies Sing Lightfoot (Sunset Blvd.)

Gordon Lightfoot- Bitter Green

Songbook (Warner Archives/Rhino)

Johnny Cash- For Lovin’ Me

The Man in Black 1963-’69, Plus (Bear Family)

George Hamilton IV- Did She Mention My Name

In the 4th Dimension (RCA)

Stephen Fearing- Early Morning Rain

Vejpoesi (Stephen Fearing)

Gordon Lightfoot- Alberta Bound

Songbook (Warner Archives/Rhino)

Murray McLauchlan- Home from the Forest

Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot (Borealis/NorthernBlues)

Katy Moffatt- Canadian Railroad Trilogy

Ladies Sing Lightfoot (Sunset Blvd.)

Connie Kaldor- If You Could Read My Mind

Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot (Borealis/NorthernBlues)

Gordon Lightfoot- Cold on the Shoulder

Songbook (Warner Archives/Rhino)

The Kennedys- Cotton Jenny

Ladies Sing Lightfoot (Sunset Blvd.)

Special Consensus- Brave Mountaineers

Great Blue North (Compass)

John McLachlan with Marc Atkinson & Scott White- The Patriot’s Dream

50 Years Since Don Quixote: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot (John McLachlan)

Gordon Lightfoot- The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Songbook (Warner Archives/Rhino)

Darling West- Sundown

Ladies Sing Lightfoot (Sunset Blvd.)

Tony Rice- Walls

Tony Rice Sings Gordon Lightfoot (Rounder) 

Quartette- Song for a Winter’s Night

Rocks and Roses (Outside Music)

Gordon Lightfoot- A Painter Passing Through

A Painter Passing Through (Reprise)

Next week: The traditional folk and blues songs of Bob Dylan.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday January 30, 2021

Saturday Morning is an eclectic roots-oriented program on CKCU in Ottawa heard live on Saturday mornings from 7 until 10 am (Eastern time) and then available for on-demand streaming. I am one of the four rotating hosts of Saturday Morning and base my programming on the Folk Roots/Folk Branches format I developed at CKUT in Montreal.

CKCU can be heard live at 93.1 FM in Ottawa and https://www.ckcufm.com/ on the web.

This episode of Saturday Morning was prerecorded at home and can already be streamed on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/50641.html

 

Missy Burgess with The Blue Train- Blue Dog Man
Live (Missy Burgess)

In memory of Tony Rice (1951-2020).

J.D. Crowe & The New South- Summer Wages
J.D. Crowe & The New South (Rounder)
The David Grisman Quintet- Swing 51
The David Grisman Quintet (Kaleidescope)
Tony Rice- Home from the Forest
Tony Rice Sings Gordon Lightfoot (Rounder)

Andy Cohen- Uncle Stinky
Small But Mighty (Earwig)
Marc Nerenberg- Leave Behind My Bones: Three Birds and Me
Little Birdie: Birds, Beasts & Banjo Blues (Marc Nerenberg)
Rick Fines- Laundry on the Line
Solar Powered Too (Rick Fines)
Christine Lavin- My Sister Mary & My Mother
On My Way to Hooterville (Christine Lavin)

Happy & Artie Traum- Love Song to a Girl in an Old Photograph
Double-Back (Capitol)
Huxtable, Christensen & Hood- Oldest of Friends
Wallflowers (Philo)
Tom Mitchell- When Nobody’s Looking
Old Cloth (Yabut Music)
Kim Wallach- Settle In (Chatter of the Finches)
Chatter of the Finches (Black Socks Press)

Bill Staines- Rompin’ Rovin’ Days
Journey Home (Red House)
Penny Lang- Come Across to You
Gather Honey (Borealis)
Bruce Murdoch- Fool Like Me
Bruce Murdoch (Radio Canada International)
Bill Staines- River
Going to the West (Red House)

Extended Feature – A salute to Borealis Records. The next 16 songs are drawn from a small sampling of albums released by Borealis Records over a 25-year period from 1995 to 2020.

Gathering Sparks- Bringing in the Light
All That’s Real (Borealis)
Jon Brooks- Todos Caminamos Por Este Caminito
No One Travels Alone (Borealis)
Shari Ulrich- Canada
Back to Shore (Borealis)
Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project- Lazy John
Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project (Borealis)

Ron Hynes- Get Back Change
Get Back Change (Borealis)
Paul Mills- Stubbs Stomp
The Other Side of the Glass (Borealis)
James Keelaghan- Safe Home
House of Cards (Borealis)
Mighty Popo- Gakondo
Gakondo (Borealis)

Grit Laskin- A Few Simple Words
A Few Simple Words (Borealis)
Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop- The Hill
Red Shoes (Borealis)
Braden Gates- Lipstick on a Coffee Cup
Kitchen Days (Borealis)
Laura Smith- On the Road to Glory
As Long As I’m Dreaming (Borealis)

Michael Jerome Browne- If Memphis Don’t Kill Me
The Road is Dark (Borealis)
Ken Whiteley- Hands On That Guitar
Ken Whiteley and the Beulah Band (Borealis)
Jackie Washington- You Meet the Nicest People in Your Dreams
The World of Jackie Washington (Borealis)
Beyond the Pale- Ruckus in Ralja
Ruckus (Borealis)

Ana Egge- This Time
This Time – single (StorySound)
The Afro-Métis Nation (featuring Russ Kelley)- We Need a Lot More Love
Constitution (The Afro-Métis Nation)
Len Seligman- Love is the Answer
Our Time Now (Emerging Light Music)
Maria Dunn- Love Carries Me
Joyful Banner Blazing (Distant Whisper)

Tret Fure- Far Too Fast
Stone by Stone (Tomboy girl Records)
Crowes Pasture- Quarantine
Quarantine – single (Crowes Pasture)
Mike Glick- The Bear (COVID Blues)
The Bear (COVID Blues) – single (Mike Glick)
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- Hold Each Other Up
Hold Each Other Up – single (Community Music)

SONiA disappear fear- Best Part of Kissing You
Small House No Secrets Composer’s Cut (Disappear)
Katy Moffatt- Whistlin’ in the Dark
Chrysalis (Sunset Blvd. Records)
Tom Russell- St. Olav’s Gate
Old Songs Yet to Sing (Frontera)
Ball and Chain & The Wreckers- Infinite Blue
Surrender (Ball and Chain)

Don Armstrong- Going to Paris
Mother Don’t Give Up on Me Now (Ronstadt Record Co.)
Kat Goldman- Letter from Paris
Gypsy Girl (Kat Goldman)
Nikki Matheson- It’s Still Raining in Paris
Invisible Angel (Nikki Matheson)

Hoyle Osborne- Rum and Soda
Panazon (Ripple)

Announcement: I have a new weekly show on CKCU called Stranger Songs that will debut on Tuesday, February 9 from 3:30 until 5 pm. Expect an eclectic, roots-based show that will often revolve around a specific theme. Like all CKCU shows, Stranger Songs will be available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on February 27.

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--Mike Regenstreif