Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday March 15, 2022: Jack Kerouac at 100

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/595/55531.html

Theme: Jack Kerouac at 100

This week is the centennial of the birth of Jack Kerouac, the great beat novelist and poet. Kerouac, who died in 1969 at age 47 from a hemorrhage caused by cirrhosis due to long-term alcoholism, was born Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac to French Canadian parents in Lowell, Massachusetts on March 12th, 1922. Kerouac’s parents were among the nearly one million French Canadians who migrated from Quebec to the New England states to find work there between 1840 and 1930. Kerouac’s mother tongue was French and he didn’t learn to speak English until he went to school at age six. And, apparently, despite being born in the U.S., Kerouac identified as Canadian.

In the 1990s, the late Kate McGarrigle worked on – but didn’t finish – a musical about Jack Kerouac. “Jacques et Gilles” is about French Canadians – like Kerouac’s parents – who migrated to New England.

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Jacques et Gilles
Matapedia (Hannibal)

Jack Kerouac with Steve Allen- October in the Railroad Earth
The Kerouac Collection: Poetry for the Beat Generation (Rhino)
Tom Russell- October in the Railroad Earth
October in the Railroad Earth (Frontera)

Mike Regenstreif & Jimmy LaFave (2017)

Jack Kerouac with Steve Allen- MacDougal Street Blues
The Kerouac Collection: Poetry for the Beat Generation (Rhino)
Jimmy LaFave- Bohemian Cowboy Blues
Blue Nightfall (Red House)

Jack Kerouac with Steve Allen- Goofing at the Table
The Kerouac Collection: Poetry for the Beat Generation (Rhino)

Mike Regenstreif & David Amram (2017)

Jack Kerouac with The David Amram Ensemble- Washington D.C. Blues
Jack Kerouac reads On the Road (Rykodisc)
David Amram with Lynn Sheffield- Pull My Daisy
No More Walls (Flying Fish)

Bob Martin- Stella Kerouac
The River Turns the Wheel (Riversong)
Lyle Lovett- Babes in the Woods
Step Inside This House (Curb/MCA)

Tom Waits- Jack & Neal/California Here I Come
Foreign Affairs (Elektra)
Aztec Two-Step- The Persecution and Restoration of Dean Moriarty
Live at Caffé Lena: Music from America’s Legendary Coffeehouse 1967-2013 (Tompkins Square)
Jack Kerouac with Steve Allen- Readings from “On the Road” and “Visions of Cody”
The Kerouac Collection: Poetry for the Beat Generation (Rhino)
Eric Taylor- Intro Dean Moriarty/Dean Moriarty
Live at the Red Shack (Blue Ruby)

Next week: Garden Songs

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday March 8, 2022: Voices of Women

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/595/55453.html

Theme: Voices of Women

Janis Ian- Stranger
The Light at the End of the Line (Rude Girl)

Diana Jones & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2021)

Diana Jones- Ask a Woman
Song to a Refugee (Goldmine)
Allison Russell- All of the Women
Outside Child (Fantasy)
Buffy Sainte-Marie- Little Wheel Spin and Spin
Medicine Songs (True North)

Odetta- Dink’s Blues
Blues Everywhere I Go (M.C.)
Jane Voss- Farther Down the Road
Farther Down the Road (Ripple)

Mama’s Broke- Oh Sun/Pale Night/Forgetting Reel
Narrow Line (Free Dirt)

Laura Smith & Mike Regenstreif (2013)

Laura Smith- I’m a Beauty
As Long As I’m Dreaming (Borealis)
Maria Dunn- Beautiful Fools
Joyful Banner Blazing (Distant Whisper)
SONiA disappear fear- Who I Am
By My Silence (Disappear Records)
Orit Shimoni- My Flying Shoes
Lorem Ipsum (Orit Shimoni)

Eliza Gilkyson- Wind River and You
Songs from the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)
Rosalie Sorrels- The Pine
Live at the Great American Music Hall (Flying Fish)
Penny Lang- Come Across to You
Gather Honey (Borealis)

Lynn Miles- Old Soul
We’ll Look for Stars (Must Have Music)
Linda Morrison- Barcelona
Line By Line (Heartstrung Music)
Missy Burgess- Pour Me a Song
Pour Me a Song (Patio)
Kim Wallach- Hanging the Spoon
Chatter of the Finches (Black Socks Press)

Ronney Abramson & Mike Regenstreif (2016)

Bonnie Dobson- Southern Bound
Take Me for a Walk in the Morning Dew (Hornbeam)
Ronney Abramson- As Time Sneaks By
Stowaway (Castor Island Music)
Jana Pochop- The Hard Part
The Astronaut (Jana Pochop)
The Accidentals- Wide Open
Time Out Sessions #2 (The Accidentals)

Gina Forsyth- Down Yonder
Copper Rooster and Other Tunes and Tales (Waterbug)

Next week: Jack Kerouac @ 100

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday March 1, 2022: Part 1 – Solidarity with the people of Ukraine; Part 2 – I Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans (on Mardi Gras Day).

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/595/55400.html

Themes: Part 1 – Solidarity with the people of Ukraine. Part 2 – I Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans (on Mardi Gras Day).

Part 1 – Solidarity with the people of Ukraine

Paul Konoplenko- Our Ukraine
A Folksong Portrait of Canada (Mercury/Smithsonian Folkways)
The Mando Boys- Ukrainian Medley: Liturgical Music and Dance Tunes
The Mando Boys Live: Holstein Lust (Borderland Productions)

Michael Alpert & Julian Kytasty- Chernobyl
Night Songs from a Neighboring Village: Ballads of the Ukrainian & Yiddish Heartland (Oriente Musik)
Michael Alpert & Julian Kytasty- Night Songs
Night Songs from a Neighboring Village: Ballads of the Ukrainian & Yiddish Heartland (Oriente Musik)
The Malvinas- The Ukrainian Song
God Bless the Grass (Soona Songs)

Finjan- Azoi Tantzt Men Odessa (This is How We Dance in Odessa)
Dancing on Water (Rounder)

Part 2 – I Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans (on Mardi Gras Day)

Brenda Lewis- Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans
Far & Near (Brenda Lewis)
Paul Simon- Take Me to the Mardi Gras
There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (Warner Bros.)
Dr. John- Iko Iko
Dr. John’s Gumbo (Atco)
Kermit Ruffins & Irvin Mayfield featuring Dr. Michael White- Drop Me Off in New Orleans
A Beautiful World (Basin Street)

Mike Regenstreif & Marc Nerenberg (2009)

Marc Nerenberg with Noah Zacharin- On the Street Again, Revisted
On the Street Again, Revisted – single (Marc Nerenberg)
Chris Rawlings & Anne Lederman- Cindy Cindy 2.0
A Whistle, a Tune, a Song and a Dance (Cooking Fat Music)
Susan Werner- NOLA
NOLA: Susan Werner Goes to New Orleans (Sleeve Dog)
Long John Baldry- Midnight in New Orleans
The Best of the Stony Plain Years (Stony Plain)

Jennifer Warnes- I Am the Big Easy
Another Time, Another Place (BMG)
Mark Brine- Wrong Side of Bourbon St. Blues
New Blue Yodel (re:signed)
Victor Mecyssne (Victor Anthony)- Going to New Orleans
Hush Money (Sweetfish)

Larry Johnson- The Beat from Rampart Street
Fast and Funky (Blue Goose)
Little Brother Montgomery’s State Street Swingers- South Rampart St. Parade
Goodbye Mister Blues (Delmark)
David Roe- I Wish I was in New Orleans
Angel of New Orleans (David Roe)

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band & The Del McCoury Band- Milenberg Joys
American Legacies (McCoury)

Next week: Voices of Women.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday February 26, 2022

Saturday Morning is an eclectic roots-oriented program on CKCU in Ottawa heard 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 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/128/55354.html

Bruce Cockburn- Wondering Where the Lions Are
Greatest Hits (1970-2020) (True North)

Mike Regenstreif & Arlo Guthrie (1996)

Arlo Guthrie- Buffalo Gals
Son of the Wind (Rising Son)
Eliza Gilkyson- Buffalo Gals Redux
Songs from the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)
Buffao Gals Band- Little Sugar Creek
Where the Heart Wants to Go (Buffao Gals Band)
Annie & Rod Capps- Build the Fire
When They Fall (Maynard Music)

Tom Mitchell- You Save Everything
When the Moon is Right (Truesongs)
Ronney Abramson- Three O’Clock Ride
Three O’Clock Ride – single (Castor Island Music)
Tom Paxton- What a Friend You Are
Comedians & Angels (Appleseed)
Steel Rail- Paper Girl
Coming Home (Crossties)

Dom Flemons- He’s a Lone Ranger
Dom Flemons Presents Black Cowboys (Smithsonian Folkways)
Over the Moon- John Ware
Chinook Waltz (Borealis)
Odetta- When I was a Cowboy
Lookin’ for a Home: Thanks to Leadbelly (M.C.)

Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne- Stewball
Blues from Chicago to Paris: A Tribute to Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon (Stony Plain)
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon- John Henry
Songs of Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon (Folkways)
Dave Van Ronk & The Ragtime Jug Stompers- K.C. Moan
Ragtime Jug Stompers (Oldays)

Mike Mullins- Hallelujah
8-String Sketches (Rubber Chicken)

James Gordon- Crybabies Caravan
Crybabies Caravan – single (James Gordon)

Bruce Murdoch- (If I Had) Wings
Bruce Murdoch (Radio Canada International)
Eliza Gilkyson- Farthest End
Songs from the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)
Stephen Mendel- Ready for the Storm
Sing Me a Story (Stephen Mendel)

Mike Regenstreif & Garnet Rogers (2006)

Garnet Rogers- Corrina, Corrina
Night Drive (Snow Goose Songs)
Bob Dylan- Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (Columbia/Legacy)
Ralph McTell- West 4th Street and Jones
Hill of Beans (Leola)
Kevin Hearn & Thin Buckle with Garth Hudson- You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
Garth Hudson Presents a Canadian Celebration of The Band: 10th Anniversary Edition (Curve Music)

Janis Ian- Nina
The Light at the End of the Line (Rude Girl)
Nina Simone- Stars
The Montreux Years (BMG)
Tom Russell & The Norwegian Wind Ensemble- Nina Simone
Aztec Jazz (Frontera)

The StorySound All-Stars: Rachelle Garniez, Chaim Tannenbaum, Dick Connette, Ana Egge, Amanda Homi, Connie Kirch, Daisy Press, Terry Radigan, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Suzzy Roche, Loudon Wainwright III & Lorenzo Wolf- Dangerous Business
Dangerous Business – single (StorySound)
Noel Paul Stookey- Fun Police
Fazz: Now & Then (Neworld Multimedia)

RanchWriters- Earl’s Taxi
RanchWriters (True North)

Don Armstrong- Annabelle Teaching Her Daddy to Dance
Mother Don’t Give Up on Me Now (Ronstadt Record Co.)
Annabelle Chvostek- Dance Me to the End of Love
Dance Me to the End of Love – single (Annabelle Chvostek)
Leonard Cohen- Thanks for the Dance
Thanks for the Dance (Columbia/Legacy)
Lynne Hanson- Hip Like Cohen
Hip Like Cohen – single (Lynne Hanson)

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Eliza Gilkyson- Charlie Moore
Songs from the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)
Sally Potter- May the Light of Love
Summer’s Child (Sally Potter)
David Roth- Last Day On This Earth
Last Day On This Earth (Maythelight Music)

Jana Pochop- Head Spin
The Astronaut (Jana Pochop)
Jordi Baizan- Palm Reader
The Love in You (Berkalin)
Maria Dunn- Declan’s Song (The Good Life)
Joyful Banner Blazing (Distant Whisper)

Folkapotamus- We’ll Dance Again
We’ll Dance Again (PhatCat)
Isabel & The Uncommons- Distance
Distance – single (Isabel Fryszberg)
Karen Morand & The Bosco Boys- Ghost Hotel
Ghost Hotel (Karen Morand)
Keith Glass Band- Different World
Different World – single (Stump)

Artie Traum & Pat Alger- From the Heart
From the Heart (Rounder)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on March 26. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday February 22, 2022: A Tribute to Fats Waller

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/595/55286.html

Theme: A Tribute to Fats Waller

Thomas Wright Waller, better known as Fats Waller, died in 1943 at age 39 after an all-too-brief career as an influential pianist, singer, and composer and as one of the most popular performers of his era. Some of the songs and instrumentals I played on this show were written by Waller, some were not, but all of them were performed and recorded by him at some point or another.

Fats Waller- Ain’t Misbehavin’
Happy Birthday Fats (True North)

Jackie Washington & Mike Regenstreif (2008)

Jackie Washington- The Joint is Jumpin’
The World of Jackie Washington (Borealis)
Jeff Healey- I Wish I Were Twins
Among Friends (Stony Plain)
The Hot Sardines- Keepin’ Out of Mischief Now
Welcome Home, Bon Voyage (Eleven)
Fats Waller- The Minor Drag
The Joint is Jumpin’ (Bluebird)

Scarlett, Washington & Whiteley- Sweet Sue
Sitting on a Rainbow (Borealis)
Martin, Bogan & Armstrong- If You’se a Viper
That Old Gang of Mine/Martin, Bogan & Armstrong (Flying Fish)

Allen Toussaint- Viper’s Drag
American Tunes (Nonesuch)

Fats Waller- When You and I Were Young Maggie
Happy Birthday Fats (True North)
Roberta Donnay & The Prohibition Mob Band- I’ve Got A Feeling I’m Falling
A Little Sugar (Motema)
Michael 'Earnie' Taylor- You’re Not the Only Oyster in the Stew
Folk ‘n’ Western (Laughing Cactus Music)
Maria Muldaur- Squeeze Me
Waitress in a Donut Shop (Reprise)
Leon Redbone- I’m Crazy ‘Bout My Baby
Whistling in the Wind (Rounder)

Dinah Washington- (What Did I Do To Be So) Black and Blue
Dinah Washington Sings Fats Waller (EmArcy)
Louis Armstrong & Velma Middleton- All That Meat and No Potatoes
Satch Plays Fats (Columbia)
Susie Arioli Swing Band featuring Jordan Officer- Honeysuckle Rose
Pennies from Heaven (Justin Time)
Fats Waller- Blues
The Joint is Jumpin’ (Bluebird)

Catherine Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2007)

Mose Scarlett- Lulu’s Back in Town
Precious Seconds (Borealis)
Catherine Russell- Everybody Loves My Baby
Strictly Romancin’ (World Village)
Dave Van Ronk- Your Feet’s Too Big
Sweet & Lowdown (Justin Time)
Fats Waller- After You’ve Gone
Happy Birthday Fats (True North)
Time Sparks- The Alligator Crawl
Sidewalk Blues (ToneWood)

Jack Radcliffe & Al Oliveira- S’posin’
Two Hot to Handle (Wepecket Island)
Fats Waller- You’re Slightly Less Than Wonderful
Happy Birthday Fats (True North)
Loudon Wainwright III with Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks- Ain’t Misbehavin’
I’d Rather Lead a Band (Search Party)

Fats Waller- Yacht Club Swing
The Joint is Jumpin’ (Bluebird)

Next week: A musical visit to New Orleans on Mardi Gras Day, Volume 2.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday February 15, 2022: Part 1 – Remembering Tony Barrand and Norma Waterson; Part 2 – Love Songs

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/595/55205.html

Themes: Part 1 – Remembering Tony Barrand and Norma Waterson; Part 2 – Love Songs

In memory of Tony Barrand (1945-2022)

John Roberts & Tony Barrand- Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy
A Present from the Gentlemen (Golden Hind Music)
John Roberts & Tony Barrand- A Smuggler’s Song
A Present from the Gentlemen (Golden Hind Music)
John Roberts & Tony Barrand- A Pilgrim’s Way
Twiddlum Twaddlum (Golden Hind Music)

In memory of Norma Waterson (1939-2022)

The Watersons- I am a Rover
Troubadours of British Folk, Volume 1 (Rhino)
Waterson:Carthy- Polly’s Love
Common Tongue (Topic)
Norma Waterson- Black Muddy River
Norma Waterson (Hannibal)

Love Songs

Dave Van Ronk- Another Time and Place
Down in Washington Square (Smithsonian Folkways)
Reggie Harris & Colleen Kattau- Maybe It’s Love
On Solid Ground (Reggie Harris Music)
Steel Rail- Once in a While
Coming Home (Crossties)
Quartette- First Love Waltz
Rocks and Roses (Outside Music)

Miranda Mulholland- Heart Like a Wheel
By Appointment or Chance (Roaring Girl)
Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Foolish You
Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Nonesuch)
Chaim Tannenbaum- (Talk to Me of) Mendocino
Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2018)

Eliza Gilkyson- Don’t Stop Lovin’ Me
Songs from the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)
Tom Russell & The Norwegian Wind Ensemble- Finding You
Aztec Jazz (Frontera)
HuDost- Deliverance
Anthems of Home (HuDost Music)
Bruce Cockburn- Anything Anytime Anywhere
Greatest Hits (1970-2020) (True North)

Annabelle Chvostek- Dance Me to the End of Love
Dance Me to the End of Love – single (Annabelle Chvostek)
Nina Simone- Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair
Nina Simone for Lovers: Deluxe Edition (Verve)
The Twangtown Paramours- Anyone But You
Double Down on a Bad Thing (Inside Edge)
Josie Bello- Love That’s Real
Resilience (Josie Bello)

Next week: Songs of Fats Waller

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday February 8, 2022: Boogie Men and Boogie Women

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/595/55121.html

Theme: Boogie Men and Boogie Women

Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley- Boogie Train
Scrap Metal Blues (Electro-Fi)

Big Joe Turner- Boogie Woogie Country Girl
Flip, Flop and Fly 1951-1955 (Rev-Ola)
Willie Dixon- Big 3 Boogie
The Big Three Trio (Columbia)
Jay McShann- The Fish Fry Boogie
Goin’ to Kansas City (Stony Plain)
Jimmy Rushing- Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong)
Do You Wanna Jump, Children? 1937-1946 (Jasmine)
Louis Jordan- Choo Choo Ch’Boogie
The Rock ‘n’ Roll Years 1955-1958 (Jasmine)

Lawrence Lebo- Cowboy Swinging Boogie Woogie
Don’t Call Her Larry, Volume 3: American Roots (On the Air)
Driftin’ Doug- Alberta Boogie
A Legend in His Grime (Driftin’ Doug)
Brenda Lewis- Cow Cow Boogie
Far & Near (Brenda Lewis)

The Bebop Cowboys- Cadillac Boogie
Some Kind of Fantasy (Bebop Cowboys)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2006)

Jesse Winchester- Never Forget to Boogie
A Reasonable Amount of Trouble (Appleseed)
The Andrews Sisters- Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
Ultimate Edition (Nostalgic Melody Music Production)
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Bill Kirchen- Guitar Boogie
Voice on the Wind (Rounder)
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen - The Boogie Man Boogie
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen (Wounded Bird)

Stick McGhee- House Warmin’ Boogie
New York Blues and R&B (JSP)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee- You Bring Out the Boogie In Me
Sonny & Brownie (A&M)
Lil Hardin Armstrong- Boogie Me
Chicago: The Living Legends (Riverside)
Jesse Fuller- Memphis Boogie
Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals & Blues (Good Time Jazz)

Michael Jerome Browne- Boogie Chillen
Double (Borealis)
Susie Arioli Swing Band featuring Jordan Officer- Jordan’s Boogie
Pennies from Heaven (Justin Time)
Little Miss Higgins- Broadcast Boogie
Two Nights in March (L.M.H. Music)
Sue Foley- Boogie Real Low
Pinky’s Blues (Stony Plain)

Cab Calloway- The Calloway Boogie
Are You Hep to the Jive? (Columbia/Legacy)
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers- Roll the Boogie
Everybody’s Talkin’ ‘Bout Miss Thing (Fat Note)
Brother John Sellers- Dorothea Boogie
Brother John Sellers Sings Blues and Folk Songs (Vanguard)
Big Mama Thornton- Mischievous Boogie
The Story of My Blues: The Complete Singles As and Bs 1951-1961 (Jasmine)

Little Brother Montgomery- Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie
Classic Piano Blues from Smithsonian Folkways (Smithsonian Folkways)

Next week: Part 1 – Remembering Norma Waterson and Tony Barrand; Part 2 – Love Songs

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday February 1, 2022: Songs of W.C. Handy

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/595/55068.html

Theme: Songs of W.C. Handy. These songs were written or adapted by W.C. Handy (1873-1958). Known as “The Father of the Blues,” Handy was the first composer to publish blues songs.

W.C. Handy (1949)

Ella Fitzgerald- St. Louis Blues
These are the Blues (Verve)

Nat King Cole- Chantez Les Bas
St. Louis Blues (Capitol)
Bessie Smith- The Yellow Dog Blues
Bessie Smith: The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection (Big3)
Louis Armstrong & Velma Middleton- Long Gone (From the Bowlin’ Green)
Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy (Columbia/Legacy)
Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra featuring Catherine Russell- Loveless Love (Careless Love)
Good Time Music: Community Music, Vol. 2 (Royal Potato Family)

W.C. Handy’s Beale Street- Way Down South Where the Blues Began
Where the Blues Began (Inside Memphis)

Louis Armstrong- Atlanta Blues (Make Me One Pallet On Your Floor)
Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy (Columbia/Legacy)
Mississippi John Hurt- Joe Turner
Mr. Hurt Goes to Washington (Sunset Blvd.)
Nat King Cole- Friendless Blues
St. Louis Blues (Capitol)
W.C. Handy’s Beale Street- The Jogo Blues
Where the Blues Began (Inside Memphis)

Eartha Kitt with Shorty Rogers & His Giants- Steal Away
St. Louis Blues (RCA)
Pearl Bailey- Shine Like a Morning Star
St. Louis Blues (Roulette)
Eartha Kitt with Shorty Rogers & His Giants- Hist the Window, Noah
St. Louis Blues (RCA)

Shirley Bassey- Beale Street Blues
Born to Sing the Blues (Philips)
Loudon Wainwright III with Sloan Wainwright- Ramblin’ Blues
High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project (2nd Story Sound)

Jim Kweskin & The Neo-Passé Jazz Band- Memphis Blues
Jump for Joy (Vanguard)
Louis Armstrong & Velma Middleton- Hesitating Blues
Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy (Columbia/Legacy)
W.C. Handy’s Beale Street- Harlem Blues
Where the Blues Began (Inside Memphis)

Louis Armstrong- Aunt Hagar’s Blues
Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy (Columbia/Legacy)
Odetta- Careless Love/St. Louis Blues
Blues Everywhere I Go (M.C.)

Billy Novick’s Blue Syncopators- Yellow Dog Blues
Music from The Great Gatsby (Billy Novick)

Next week: Boogie men and boogie women

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--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday January 29, 2022

Saturday Morning is an eclectic roots-oriented program on CKCU in Ottawa heard 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 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/128/55045.html

Eric Bannan- Start My Day Singing
Sacred Spaces (Reality Check Media)

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (circa 1994)

Bufalo Rose & Tom Paxton- I Give You the Morning
Rabbit (Misra)
Tom Paxton- Jennifer’s Rabbit/I Give You the Morning
The Compleat Tom Paxton (Even Compleater) (Rhino Handmade)
Bufalo Rose & Tom Paxton- Jennifer’s Rabbit
Rabbit (Misra)

Tret Fure- Peanut Butter Toast
Peanut Butter Toast – single (Tomboy girl)
Stringband- Lunenberg Concerto
The Indispensable 1972-2002 (Nick)
Janis Ian- Swannanoa
The Light at the End of the Line (Rude Girl)
Bruce Cockburn- All the Diamonds
Greatest Hits (1970-2020) (True North)
The Wailin’ Jennys- Long Time Traveller
Firecracker (Red House)

Ian Robb & James Stephens- Save Your Money While You’re Young
Declining …with thanks (Fallen Angle Music)
Finest Kind- He Comes Like Rain
Singing Through the Hard Times: A Tribute to Utah Phillips (Righteous Babe)
Utah Phillips & Mark Ross- Story/All Used Up
Loafer’s Glory (Red House)

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

The Easy Riders featuring Terry Gilkyson- Wanderin’
Folk Songs You’ll Like (Jasmine)
Eliza Gilkyson- Wanderin’
Songs from the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)
Ben Sures- Father’s Shoes
The Story That Lived Here (Ben Sures)
Sue Horowitz- Bit of String
Strings, Wings and Curious Things (Sue Horowitz)

Alana & Leigh Cline- Offset
Alana & Leigh Cline (Scimitar)

In memory of Sidney Poitier (1927-2022)

Lulu- To Sir with Love
Love Loves to Love Lulu (EMI)

Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

Liz Miller- The End of the World with You
A Little Life (Liz Miller)
David Francey- Empty Train
Empty Train (Laker Music)
The McDades- The Lonely Road
The Empress (Free Radio)
House of Hamill- Turning Away
Folk Hero (House of Hamill)

Janis Ian- I’m Still Standing
The Light at the End of the Line (Rude Girl)
Heather Sarona- Don’t Want to Let It Go
Head Above Water (Heather Sarona)
Terry Family- Like a Painting by Chagall
Hometown Tragedies (Terry Family Band)

Three songs from a new project creating songs based on the testimonies of Canadian Holocaust Survivors to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27).

Aviva Chernick & Payadora Tango Ensemble- Silent Tears
Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango
Lenka Lichtenberg & Payadora Tango Ensemble- A Victim of Mengele
Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango
Olga Mieleszczuk & Payadora Tango Ensemble- Vi Ahin Zol Ikh Geyn/Buried Underground
Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango

David Wiffen- Coast to Coast Fever
Coast to Coast Fever (EMI)
Stephen Fearing- Sunny
The Unconquerable Past (Fear & Loathing Music)
Ofra Harnoy with Kelly-Ann Evans- Sonny’s Dream
On the Rock (Analekta)

Paul Asbell- Bound for Adamant
From Adamant to Atchafalaya (Busy Hands)

Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Murdoch (2007)

Sean Gagnier- San Mescalito
Circle Harbor (Sean Gagnier)
Bruce Murdoch- Snowdon
Bruce Murdoch (Radio Canada International)
Penny Lang- Spanish Moss
Ain’t Life Sweet (She-Wolf)

The Roches- On the Road to Fairfax Country
Keep On Doing (Warner Bros.)
The Village Dudes- Rider on an Orphan Train
Another Time and Place (Blue Flute Music)
Archie Fisher & Garnet Rogers- My Name Joe
The Best Times After All: Live (Snow Goose Songs)

Dave Van Ronk & The Ragtime Jug Stompers- Stealin’
Ragtime Jug Stompers (Oldays)
Corey Harris- You Gonna Quit Me Baby
The Insurrection Blues (M.C.)
Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra featuring Catherine Russell- You’ve Been a Good Old Wagon
Good Time Music: Community Music, Vol. 2 (Royal Potato Family)

HuDost featuring The Accidentals- How Many Miles
Anthems of Home (HuDost Music)
The Twangtown Paramours- Alright Again
Double Down on a Bad Thing (Inside Edge)
Janis Ian featuring John Cown & Diane Schuur- Better Times Will Come
The Light at the End of the Line (Rude Girl)

Earl "Fatha" Hines- Lonesome Road
A Monday Date (Riverside)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on February 26. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday January 25, 2022: London, Longing for Home

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/595/54959.html

Theme: London, Longing for Home – songs about the city of London, that are set in London, or that reference London in some way.

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2009)

Tom Paxton- Leaving London
The Compleat Tom Paxton (Even Compleater) (Rhino Handmade)

Ian & Sylvia- Handsome Molly
Ian & Sylvia (Vanguard)
Peggy Seeger- London Bridge
Love Call Me Home (Appleseed)
Derroll Adams- Apprenticed in London
Feelin’ Fine (The Village Thing)
Bob Bossin- London
The Roses on Annie’s Table (Nick)
Stringband- Le prisonnier de Londres
The Indispensable 1972-2002 (Nick)

Bonnie Dobson- JB’s Song
Take Me for a Walk in the Morning Dew (Hornbeam)
Mary Hopkin- Streets of London
Earth Song/Ocean Song (Apple)

Jelly Roll Morton- London Blues
An Introduction to Jelly Roll Morton (Fuel 2000)

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

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Tell My Sister
Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Nonesuch)
Chaim Tannenbaum- London, Longing for Home
Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)

James Keelaghan- Sweet Thames Flow Softly
A Few Simple Verses (Jericho Beach Music)
Emily Barker & Lukas Drinkwater- London Still
Room 822 (Everyone Sang)
Gary P. Nunn with Robert Earl Keen & Lyle Lovett- London Homesick Blues
Friends for Life, Volume One (Campfire)

Willie Nelson- A Foggy Day
My Way (Legacy)
Sam Cooke- London By Night
Cooke’s Tour (RCA)
Suzy Bogguss- Piccadilly Circus
Swing (Compadre)
Tom Northcott- Sunny Goodge Street
Sunny Goodge Street: The Warner Bros. Recordings (Wounded Bird)

Sneezy Waters & His Very Fine Band- Sultans of Swing
Sneezy Waters Live (Sneezy Waters)
Warren Zevon- Werewolves of London
A Quiet Normal Life: The Best of Warren Zevon (Elektra)
The Clash- London Calling
London Calling (Epic)

Roger Miller- England Swings
Hits (Drive Entertainment)

Next week: Songs of W.C. Handy

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Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday January 18, 2022: Songs of Leonard Cohen – The Middle Years

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/595/54885.html

Theme: Songs of Leonard Cohen – The Middle Years

This edition of Stranger Songs was inspired by the book, Leonard Cohen Untold Stories: From This Broken Hill by Michael Posner, the second of what will be three volumes of Leonard Cohen’s untold stories. From This Broken Hill covers Leonard Cohen’s life from the early-1970s until the late-1980s and the songs of Leonard Cohen on this show were written during that period.

Colleen Rennison- Why Don’t You Try
See the Sky About to Rain (Black Hen)
Holly Near- A Singer Must Die
2018 (Calico Tracks Music)
Leonard Cohen- Lover Lover Lover
New Skin for the Old Ceremony (Columbia)
Tower of Song- Chelsea House #2
In City and in Forest (Tower of Song)
Judy Collins- Take This Longing
Judy Collins Sings Leonard Cohen: Democracy (Elektra/Rhino)
Rufus Wainwright & Amsterdam Sinfonietta- Who By Fire
Rufus Wainwright & Amsterdam Sinfonietta Live (BMG/Modern)

Perla Batalla- Came So Far for Beauty
Bird on the Wire: The Songs of Leonard Cohen (Mechuda Music)
Leonard Cohen- The Window
Recent Songs (Columbia)
Emmylou Harris- Ballad of a Runaway Horse (Ballad of the Absent Mare)
Cowgirl’s Prayer (Asylum)

The Klezmer Conservatory Band- Dance Me to the End of Love
Dance Me to the End of Love (Rounder)
The Once- Coming Back to You
The Once (Borealis)
Jennifer Warnes- Night Comes On
Famous Blue Raincoat: The Songs of Leonard Cohen – 20th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory)
Leonard Cohen- The Captain
Various Positions (Columbia)
SONiA disappear fear- Hallelujah
By My Silence (Disappear Records)

Jamie O'Reilly & Michael Smith- Song of Bernadette
Songs of a Catholic Childhood (J. O’Reilly Productions)

Mad Pudding- First We Take Manhattan
Grand Hotel (Sliced Bread)
Leonard Cohen- I’m Your Man
I’m Your Man (Columbia)
Tom Russell- Tower of Song
Selections from Love & Fear plus bonus out-takes (HighTone)

Canadian Brass- Hallelujah
Canadiana (Linus/Canadian Brass)

Next week: London, Longing for Home.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday January 11, 2022: Songs of Winter

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/595/54825.html

Theme: Songs of Winter

Mike Regenstrif & Quartette: Caitlyn Hanford, Sylvia Tyson, Cindy Church, Gwen Swick (1997)

Quartette- Song for a Winter’s Night
Rocks and Roses (Outside Music)

Jesse Winchester- Snow
Jesse Winchester (Stony Plain)
Lynn Miles- Wintery Feeling
Winter (Lynn Miles)
Ronney Abramson- Long Lonely Winter
Stowaway (Castor Island Music)
Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop- The Hill
Red Shoes (Borealis)
Sean Gagnier- (Song of the) Wheelhouse Door
Circle Harbor (Sean Gagnier)

Jenny Whiteley- Log Cabin in the Sky
The Original Jenny Whiteley (Black Hen)
RanchWriters- Winter Flood
RanchWriters (True North)

John Gorka & Mike Regenstreif (2012)

Steel Rail- A Thousand Miles of Snow
A Thousand Miles of Snow (Crossties)
John Gorka- Holed Up in Mason City
Bright Side of Down (Red House)
Rosalie Sorrels- Snowing On Raton
Borderline Heart (Green Linnet)

Herdman, Hills & Mangsen- The Druggist
At the Turning of the Year (Hand & Heart Music)
Noel Paul Stookey- Winter Wonderland
Winter Wonderland – single (Neworld Multimedia)
The Roches- My Winter Coat
Where Do I Come From: Selected Songs (StorySound)

Short Sisters- Snow, Snow
A Planet Dancing Slow (Black Socks Press)
Rod MacDonald- The Coming of the Snow
After the War (Blue Flue Music)
Ian Hanchet- Girl from the North Country
Dealin’ from the Bottom (of My Heart) (Ian Hanchet)
Jodi Jean & Aylon- Winterlude
Bobfest (Jodi Jean & Aylon)

Jane Voss & Hoyle Osborne- Witch Hazel
Beyond the Boundaries (Ripple)
Sue Horowitz- January
Strings, Wings and Curious Things (Sue Horowitz)
Laurie MacAllister & David Glaser- Birches
The Lies the Poets Tell (Laurie MacAllister)
Bruce Cockburn- The Coldest Night of the Year
Greatest Hits (1970-2020) (True North)

Molly Mason, Mike Regenstreif & Jay Ungar (2005)

Jay Ungar & Molly Mason- The Snowstorm
The Pleasures of Winter (Fiddle & Dance)

Next week: Songs of Leonard Cohen – The Middle Years.

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Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday January 4, 2022: The Folk Roots of Rock ‘n’ Roll and The Rock ‘n’ Roll Branches of Folk Music

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/595/54758.html

Theme: The Folk Roots of Rock ‘n’ Roll and The Rock ‘n’ Roll Branches of Folk Music – rock ‘n’ roll artists sing folk songs and folk-rooted artists sing rock ‘n’ roll songs.

The Animals- House of the Rising Sun
The Animals (ABCKO)
Dave Van Ronk- Alley Oop
Dave Van Ronk and The Hudson Dusters (Verve Forecast)
Little Richard- Rock Island Line
Folkways: A Vision Shared – A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly (Columbia)
Ian & Sylvia- Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa
Play One More (Vanguard)

David Johansen and the Harry Smiths- James Alley Blues
David Johansen and the Harry Smiths (Chesky)
Last Forever- Duke of Earl
Trainfare Home (StorySound)
Rod Stewart- Man of Constant Sorrow
Handbags and Gladrags: The Essential Rod Stewart (Spectrum)
Original Sloth Band- Get a Job
Whoopee After Midnight (Sloth)

Ronnie Hawkins- John Henry
The Folk Ballads of Ronnie Hawkins (Edsel)

James Stephens, Finest Kind, Tao Rodriguez-Seeger & Mike Regenstreif (2009)

Finest Kind- Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
Silks & Spices (Fallen Angle Music)
John Oates- My Creole Belle
Arkansas (PS)
Chaim Tannenbaum, Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Lily Lanken- Young Love
The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)

The Band- Ain’t No More Cane on the Brazos
The Band: 50th Anniversary Edition (Capitol)
Tom Rush- Too Much Monkey Business
Tom Rush/Take a Little Walk with Me (BGO)
Bruce Springsteen- Jacob’s Ladder
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (Columbia)
Brooksie Wells- I’m a Believer
Stops Time (Down Home Dive)

The Beach Boys- Sloop John B
Fifty Big Ones: Greatest Hits (Capitol)
Jesse Winchester- Whispering Bells
A Reasonable Amount of Trouble (Appleseed)
Creedence Clearwater Revival- Cotton Fields
Willy and the Poor Boys (Fantasy)
Kathy & Carol- Searchin’
The Village Out West: The Lost Tapes of Alan Oakes – Field Recordings of the 1960s California Folk Music Scene (Smithsonian Folkways)

Mike Regenstreif & Mary McCaslin (1999)

Johnny Rivers- Long Time Man
Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk (Imperial)
Doc Watson- Shake, Rattle and Roll
Docabilly (Sugar Hill)
Brook Benton- It Takes a Worried Man
The Boll Weevil Song (Mercury)
Mary McCaslin- Pinball Wizard
Old Friends (Philo)

Sting- Shallow Brown
Rogues’ Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys (Anti-)
Huxtable, Christensen & Hood- Mr. Blue
Melancholy Babies (Front Hall)

The Roches- Come Softly to Me
Another World (Warner Bros.)

Next week: Songs of Winter.

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--Mike Regenstreif