Saturday, June 22, 2019

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday June 22, 2019


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 at 93.1 FM in Ottawa and http://www.ckcufm.com/ on the web.

This episode of Saturday Morning can be streamed on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/43530.html

David Newland- No Way to Stay Warm
Northbound: The Northwest Passage in Story and Song (David Newland)

The Afro-Métis Nation (featuring Russ Kelley)- It’s a Wonder
Constitution (The Afro-Métis Nation)
Our Native Daughters (featuring Allison Russell w/Rhiannon Giddens & Leyla McCalla)- You’re Not Alone
Songs of Our Native Daughters (Smithsonian Folkways)
Rising Appalachia- Sassafras
Leylines (Rising Appalachia)
Joel Rafael- Glory Bound
Rose Avenue (Inside)

Brooksie Wells- Maybe Not
In My Pocket (Down Home Diva)
Jay Linden- It’s a Crooked Train
Under the Radar (Jay Linden)
Tom Mitchell- Eastern Beer
1976 live recording – used with permission
Steve Howell & Jason Weinheimer- There’ll Be Some Changes Made
History Rhymes (Out of the Past Music)

Tom Russell- Small Engine Repair
Jamie Andersen- Man in Black
The Truth Appears (Tsunami)
Crowes Pasture- Slow It Down
Slow It Down (Crowes Pasture)
The Lark and the Loon- Take the Stairs
2 (Jeff Rolfzen & Rocky Steen-Rolfzen)
Old Man Luedecke- Wake Up Call
Easy Money (True North)

Extended feature: Songs of Michael Smith – the next 15 songs were written by Michael Smith.

Steve Goodman- Roving Cowboy (Ballad of Dan Moody)
Words We Can Dance To (Red Pajamas)
Claudia Schmidt & Betsy Redhed- Spoon River
Claudia Schmidt (Flying Fish)
Anne Hills- Rondi’s Birthday
October Child (Flying Fish)
Michael Smith- The Ballad of Elizabeth Dark
Such Things are Finely Done (Tales from the Tavern)

Mike Regenstreif & Michael Smith in Tampa (2014)
Jamie O'Reilly- Waving to Picasso
Swimming Deeper (Bird Avenue Publishing)
Tom Rush- Hobo’s Mandolin (This Here Mandolin)
Ladies Love Outlaws (Columbia)
Bonnie Koloc- Crazy Mary
Timeless (Mr. Biscuit)
Michael Smith- Sister Clarissa
Such Things are Finely Done (Tales from the Tavern)

Fourtold- Panther in Michigan
Fourtold (Appleseed)
Skyline with Tony Trischka- Stranded in the Moonlight
Ticket Back: A Retrospective (Flying Fish)
Michael Smith- Coffeehouse Days
Michael Margaret Pat & Kate (Wind River)

Barbara Barrow- A Real Good One
Remembering Fred: A Tribute to Fred Holstein (The Remembering Fred Group)
Small Potatoes- I Brought My Father with Me
Time Flies (Folk Era)
John Gorka- The Dutchman
So Dark You See (Red House)
Michael Smith- Such Things are Finely Done
Such Things are Finely Done (Tales from the Tavern)

Judy Collins- Suzanne
Judy Collins Sings Leonard Cohen: Democracy (Elektra/Rhino)
Steel Rail- Wooden Ships
River Song (Crossties)
Jesse Winchester- I Wave Bye Bye
Gentleman of Leisure (Sugar Hill)

Susan Werner- The Night I Ate New Orleans
NOLA: Susan Werner Goes to New Orleans (Sleeve Dog)
Victor Mecyssne (Victor Anthony)- Going to New Orleans
Hush Money (Sweetfish)
Jennifer Warnes- I Am the Big Easy
Another Time, Another Place (BMG)

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee- Rock Island Line
Blues Masters, Vol. 5 (Storyville)
Stephen Barry Band- Poor Boy
Live (Fix it in the Mix Music)
Stephen Barry Band- Crazy Man
Live (Fix it in the Mix Music)
J. Reissner- Rocks Have Been My Pillow
Fallen Star (J. Reissner)

Stephen Barry Band- Pickin’ the Blues
Live (Fix it in the Mix Music)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on July 20.

Find me on Twitter. @MikeRegenstreif


--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday, June 8, 2019

Canadian Spaces with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday June 8, 2019

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

This particular show is now available for on-demand listening. https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/129/43304.html

Canadian Spaces on CKCU in Ottawa is Canada’s longest-running folk music radio program. It is heard Saturday mornings from 10:00 am until noon (Eastern time).

This week’s show was hosted by Mike Regenstreif (subbing for Chris White).

Guests: Mike Biggar, John Allaire, Missy Burgess.

The Afro-Métis Nation (featuring Chris White & George Elliott Clarke)- Hymn to Portia White
Constitution (The Afro-Métis Nation)
Kaia Kater- New Colossus
Grenades (Smithsonian Folkways)
Michael Jerome Browne- Where is the Song
That’s Where It’s At! (Borealis)
J. Reissner- Follow the Sunshine
Fallen Star (J. Reissner)
Po’ Girl- Abilene
Po’ Girl (Jericho Beach)
Old Man Luedecke- Easy Money
Easy Money (True North)
Wade Hemsworth with the Mountain City Four (lead vocal: Kate McGarrigle)- The Log Driver’s Waltz
Wade Hemsworth with the Mountain City Four (Peter Weldon)
David Newland- Poor William Braine
Northbound: The Northwest Passage in Story and Song (David Newland)
Jamie Andersen- Open Water
The Truth Appears (Tsunami)
Ken Tizzard- Boy from Old Perlican
Irish Mythen- The Bravery
Little Bones (Irish Mythen)
Same Latitude as Rome (with Sean McCann)- Stay the Course
Stay the Course (Same Latitude as Rome)

Mose Scarlett- Lulu’s Back in Town
Precious Seconds (Borealis)
Leon Redbone- Polly Wolly Doodle
On the Track (Warner Bros.)
Dr. John- Didn’t He Ramble
Goin’ Back to New Orleans (Warner Bros.)

Mike Biggar & John Allaire- All the Same
Live in the studio

John Allaire & Mike Biggar- Magnets
Live in the studio

Mike Biggar & John Allaire- What Can I Do
Live in the studio

Missy Burgess- Time
Play Me Sweet (Missy Burgess)

Missy Burgess- Blue Sweater
Lemon Pie (Missy Burgess)

Tom Russell- Play One More
Ian Hanchet- I’ll Fly Away
New Life (Ian Hanchet)

Alana & Leigh Cline- The Black Mill
Alana & Leigh Cline (Scimitar)

My next show on CKCU is June 22 when I’ll be hosting the Saturday Morning program from 7 until 10 am.

Find me on Twitter. @MikeRegenstreif

--Mike Regenstreif

Thursday, May 30, 2019

Leon Redbone 1949-2019


I was deeply saddened today by the news that Leon Redbone passed away this morning. Leon – who retired from performing in 2015 due to health concerns – was a man of self-created mystery who cultivated that mystery from the beginning of his career. He was a unique character, who I never saw break character.

Once, in the 1970s, I went to pick Leon up at the Montreal airport. I watched for him at the international arrivals gate for what seemed like a very long time and finally assumed he was a no-show. Then I felt a tap on my shoulder, turned around, and Leon said, “I hope you arranged to have fan dancers at the show tonight. I can’t do the show without fan dancers.” He had ducked out of Canada Customs through a side door and watched me watching for him for a while.

Leon was a brilliant singer, guitarist and stage performer whose repertoire was pulled from old jazz, blues and Tin Pan Alley songs.


My deepest condolences to Leon’s wife, Beryl Handler, who was already Leon’s manager when I first produced a concert with him in 1974, and to their daughters.

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