Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday June 7, 2022: Disney Songs

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 at 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/595/56478.html

Theme: Disney Songs

This theme was inspired by Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida, and other Florida Republicans who picked a fight with Disney because Disney ultimately stood up for the LGBTQ+ community in the wake of Florida’s so-called Don’t Say Gay law.

Ken Nordine, Bill Frisell, Wayne Horvitz, Natalie Merchant, Michael Stipe, Mark Bingham, The Roches/Los Lobos- Opening Medley: Hi Diddle Dee Dee (An Actor’s Life for Me)/Little April Shower/I Wanna Be Like You
Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films (A&M)

Louis Armstrong- Whistle While You Work
Disney Songs the Satchmo Way (Buena Vista)
Mary Martin with Tutti Camarata & His Orchestra- Heigh-Ho
Disney’s Jazz Album: Big Band & Swing (Disneyland)
Imany- Someday My Prince Will Come
Jazz Loves Disney (Verve)

Dakota Dave Hull & Sean Blackburn- Blue Shadows on the Trail
River of Swing (Arabica)
Louis Armstrong- Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo
Disney Songs the Satchmo Way (Buena Vista)
Scatman Crothers, Phill Harris, Thurl Ravenscroft & Liz English- Ev’rybody Wants to Be a Cat
Disney’s Jazz Album: Big Band & Swing (Disneyland)

The Amazing Keystone Big Band- Steamboat Willie
Jazz Loves Disney (Verve)

Louis Prima- Chim Chim Cher-ee
Let’s Fly with Mary Poppins (Walt Disney)
Julie Andrews- A Spoonful of Sugar
Disney’s Jazz Album: Big Band & Swing (Disneyland)
Gia Malone- Sister Suffragette
Let’s Fly with Mary Poppins (Walt Disney)
Duke Ellington- Let’s Go Fly a Kite
Mary Poppins (Reprise)
Louis Prima & Gia Malone- Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Let’s Fly with Mary Poppins (Walt Disney)

Mary Martin with Tutti Camarata & His Orchestra- I’m Late
Disney’s Jazz Album: Big Band & Swing (Disneyland)
Bill Lee- Cruella De Vil
Disney’s Jazz Album: Big Band & Swing (Disneyland)
Melody Gardot- He’s a Tramp
Jazz Loves Disney (Verve)
Missy Burgess & Michael Burgess- When You Wish Upon a Star
Pour Me a Song (Patio)

Phil Harris- Thomas O’Malley Cat
Disney’s Jazz Album: Big Band & Swing (Disneyland)
Eliza Gilkyson- Bare Necessities
Your Town Tonight (Red House)

Bonnie Raitt & Was (Not Was)- Baby Mine
Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films (A&M)
Guy Van Duser with Leon Collins- When I See an Elephant Fly
Stride Guitar (Rounder)

Madeleine Peyroux- The Golden Touch
Jazz Loves Disney (Verve)
Maria Muldaur with Dan Hicks- Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
Swingin’ in the Rain (Music for Little People)
Aaron Neville- Mickey Mouse March
Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films (A&M)

The Dave Brubeck Quartet- Give a Little Whistle
Dave Digs Disney (Columbia)

Next week: Songs of Wade Hemsworth and Songs of Bill Morrissey

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Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday May 31, 2022: Reflections on Freedom

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 at home and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/56423.html

Theme: Reflections on Freedom.

The very idea of Freedom is not something we can be complacent about. As one of the songs on this show notes, Freedom is a Constant Struggle.

Lois Deloatch- Hymn to Freedom
Hymn to Freedom: Homage to Oscar Peterson (Improv Media)

Ken Whiteley- Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Freedom Blues (Borealis)

Billy Bragg, SONiA disappear fear & Mike Regenstreif (2017)

James Gordon- Crybabies Caravan
Crybabies Caravan – single (James Gordon)
Billy Bragg- Freedom Doesn’t Come for Free
The Million Things That Never Happened (Cooking Vinyl)

Kim & Reggie Harris- Follow the Drinking Gourd
Steal Away: Songs of the Underground Railroad (Appleseed)
Khari Wendell McClelland- No More Auction Block
Freedom Singer (Khari Wendell McClelland)

Odetta- Freedom Trilogy: Oh Freedom, Come & Go with Me, I’m On My Way
Gonna Let It Shine (M.C.)
Crabtree & Mills- The Price of Freedom
Freedom (Free & Easy Music)
Reggie Harris- Standing in Freedom’s Name
On Solid Ground (Reggie Harris Music)
Peter, Paul & Mary- No Easy Walk to Freedom
No Easy Walk to Freedom (Gold Castle)

The video of this performance of “Ukrainian Now” is at this link. 

John McCutcheon with Tom Paxton, Noel Paul Stookey, Peter Yarrow, Bill Miller, Tret Fure, Holly Near Joe Jencks, Emma's Revolution, Rebel Voices, Crys Matthews, Carrie Newcomer & Christine Lavin- Ukrainian Now
Ukrainian Now – single (Appalseed)
Lenka Lichtenberg- Ženeme ?as/We’re chasing time
Thieves of Dreams (Six Degrees)
SONiA disappear fear- By My Silence
By My Silence (Disappear)

Mike Regenstreif & Eric Bibb (2005)

Ladysmith Black Mambazo- Long Walk to Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom (Heads Up International)
Eric Bibb- Stayed On Freedom
Get Onboard (Telarc)

Rosalie Sorrels- Rosie Jane
No Closing Chord: The Songs of Malvina Reynolds (Red House)
Eric Bogle- Roll Call
A Toss of the Coin (Greentrax)

Judy Collins- Liberté
Portrait of an American Girl (Wildflower)

Oscar Peterson- Hymn to Freedom
Night Train (Verve)

Next week: Disney Songs.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday May 24, 2022: More Songs of Bob Dylan

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 at home and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/56363.html

Theme: More Songs of Bob Dylan.

A year ago, in the week surrounding Bob Dylan’s 80th birthday, I presented three shows of Dylan songs on CKCU: two editions of Stranger Songs and one of the Saturday Morning Show. Given his prolific output over the past 60 years, I only scratched the surface of Dylan’s great songs. So, our theme on this edition of Stranger Songs – which falls on Dylan’s birthday – is More Songs of Bob Dylan – all of them interpretations by other artists.

Mike Regenstreif & Joan Baez (2003)

Tom Russell- Seven Curses
Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs (HighTone)
Martin Simpson- North Country Blues
Vagrant Stanzas (Topic)
Joan Baez- Love is Just a Four-Letter Word
Any Day Now (Vanguard)

Tim O'Brien- Tombstone Blues
Red On Blonde (Sugar Hill)
Richie Havens- Maggie’s Farm
Something Else Again (Verve Forecast)
Sneezy Waters & His Very Fine Band- I Threw It All Away
Live (Sneezy Waters)

Jack Williams & Mike Regenstreif (2016)

Barney Bentall & Valentino Trapani- You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
Cosmic Dreamer (True North)
Ben Sidran- Tangled Up in Blue
Dylan Different (Bonsai)
Andrea Von Kampen- If You See Her, Say Hello
Old Country (Tone Tree Music)
Jack Williams- Buckets of Rain
Laughing in the Face of the Blues (Wind River)

Julie Felix- Romance in Durango
Starry Eyed and Laughing… Songs by Bob Dylan (Remarkable)
Tom Jones- One More Cup of Coffee
Surrounded By Time (S-Curve)
Cowboy Junkies- I’ve Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You
Dylan …Revisited (Uncut)

Guy Davis & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Durham County Poets- Not Dark Yet
Out of the Woods (Durham County Poets)
Ian Hanchet- Everything is Broken
Dealin’ from the Bottom (of My Heart) (Ian Hanchet)
Guy Davis- Sweetheart Like You
A Nod to Bob (Red House)
Bettye LaVette- Going, Going, Gone
Things Have Changed (Verve)

The Copper Ponies- Ring Them Bells
Ring Them Bells (Hudson Harding)
Happy Traum- Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here with You
I Walk the Road Again (Roaring Stream)

Elana James- I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight
Black Beauty (Snarf)

Next week: Reflections on Freedom.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday May 21, 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/128/56352.html

Ian Tamblyn- Tiger Lily Road
Voice in the Wilderness (North Track)

OXLIP- Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies
Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies (World Peach)
Ian Robb & James Stephens- Bold Riley
Declining …with thanks (Fallen Angle)
Séan McCann- Deep Blue Sea
Shantyman (Séan McCann)

Tom Mitchell & Mike Regenstreif (1999)

Edie Carey- Georgia
The Veil (Edie Carey)
Barney Bentall- Potter’s Wheel
Cosmic Dreamer (True North)
Chuck Brodsky- It Takes Two Wings
Gravity, Wings, and Heavy Things (Chuck Brodsky)
Barry Oreck- Wounded
Leap Year (Barry Oreck)
Tom Mitchell- Old Blue Train
When the Moon is Right (Truesongs)

Amy Speace- Little Red
Tuscon (Windbone)
Kim Beggs- Not a Man of God
Steel and Wool (Out of a Paper Bag Productions)
Allison Russell- Poison Arrow
Outside Child (Fantasy)
Amanda Rheaume- Red Dress
Holding Patterns (Amanda Rheaume)

Mike Stevens- Watermelon Pie
Breathe In the World Breathe Out Music (Stony Plain)

The video of this performance of “Ukrainian Now” is at this link. 

John McCutcheon with Tom Paxton, Noel Paul Stookey, Peter Yarrow, Bill Miller, Tret Fure, Holly Near, Joe Jencks, Emma's Revolution, Rebel Voices, Crys Matthews, Carrie Newcomer & Christine Lavin- Ukrainian Now
Ukrainian Now – single (Appalseed) 

Lenka Lichtenberg- Kam jsme to zašli?/What is this place?
Thieves of Dreams (Six Degrees)
Lily Henley- La Galud (The Exile)
Oras Dezaoradas (Lior Éditions)

Gathering Sparks- Many Sparks Make a Fire
All That’s Real (Borealis)
Vanessa Lively- (Truth Is) I Am Found
Truth Is (Animada)
Martyn Joseph- Born Too Late
1960 (Pipe)

Marc Jordan & Amy Sky- Dimming of the Day
He Sang She Sang (Linus)
Susan Cattaneo- Diamond Days
All is Quiet (Jersey Girl Music)
Steve Lundquist- You Got Gold
My Life in Song (Steve Lundquist)

Nina Simone- I Shall Be Released
To Love Somebody (RCA)
Dalia Davis- My Back Pages
Keep a Clean Engine (Teal Power)
James Lee Baker- Just Like a Woman
Impressions (James Lee Baker)
Bob Dylan- I Contain Multitudes
Rough and Rowdy Ways (Columbia)

Oscar Peterson- Liza
The Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson (Verve)

Mike Regenstreif & The Durham County Poets (2014)

Durham County Poets- Working On It
Out of the Woods (Durham County Poets)
The Hogtown Allstars- Mr. Lucky
Hog Wild (Stony Plain)
Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus- Austin Night
Going the Distance (Berkalin)

Mike Regenstreif & Barbara Dane (2017)

Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder- Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee
Get On Board: The Songs of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (Nonesuch)
Guy Davis & Fabrizio Poggi- Louise, Louise
Sonny & Brownie’s Last Train (M.C.)
Barbara Dane with Earl ‘Fatha’ Hines & His Orchestra- Livin’ with the Blues
Livin’ with the Blues (Dreadnaught)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee- Walk On
Working Man Blues (Sunset Blvd.)

Bonnie Dobson- Who are These Men?
Take Me for a Walk in the Morning Dew (Hornbeam)
Rain Perry featuring Mark Hallman- (Walk Me Out in the) Morning Dew
A White Album (Precipitous)

Jenny Reynolds- Before I Know You’re Gone
Any Kind of Angel (Jenny Reynolds)
Steve Madewell- Hometown Blues
Hometown Blues (Barnsongs)
Courtney Hale Revia- One Way Out
Growing Pains (Courtney Hale Revia)
Doug Kolmar- Black Cloud
So Said Life (Doug Kolmar)

Wolf & Clover- O’Carolan’s Farewell to Music
Twelvemonth and a Day (Wolf & Clover)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on June 18. 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 May 17, 2022: These Songs are for the Birds

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/595/56250.html

Theme: These Songs are for the Birds.

Some of these songs are literal in their avian imagery. Some are metaphorical.

Bruce Cockburn- For the Birds
Sunwheel Dance: Deluxe Edition (True North)

Mike Regenstreif & Marc Nerenberg (2009)

Mike Stevens & Polly Harris- Like a Little Bird
Breathe In the World Breathe Out Music (Stony Plain)
Don Armstrong- Hey Little Bird
Mother Don’t Give Up on Me Now (Ronstadt Record Co.)
Marc Nerenberg- Little Birdie: A Reimagined Traditional Song
Little Birdie: Birds, Beasts & Banjo Blues (Marc Nerenberg)
Happy & Artie Traum- Golden Bird
Happy and Artie Traum (Capitol)
Judy Henske- High Flying Bird
The Elektra Albums (Ace)

Lynn Miles- All the Birds
Black Flowers Vol. 4 (Lynn Miles)
Michael ‘Earnie’ Taylor- Swans Upon the Avon
Folk ‘n’ Western (Laughing Cactus Music)
Finest Kind- I Heard the Bluebird Sing
Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle)

Bill Staines- This Song is for the Birds
Third Time Around (Catfish)

Kim Wallach- Settle In (Chatter of the Finches)
Chatter of the Finches (Black Socks Press)
Vanessa Lively- I am a Skylark
Truth Is (Animada)
Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik- Skylark
Martha Sings & Robert Plays (Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik)
Perla Batalla- Cucurrucucu Paloma
Discoteca Batalla (Mechuda Music)

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- Redwinged Blackbird
Get Up and Do Right (Community Music)
Ian Tamblyn- The Birds
Voice in the Wilderness (North Track)
Julie Felix- The Heron
Rock Me Goddess (Remarkable)
Sneezy Waters- Bird of Paradise
A Letter Home (Sneezy Waters)

Mike Regenstreif & Michael Smith (2014)

Brian QTN- To Be Done
OsculEARiosophy (Brian QTN)
Anya Hinkle- My Faithful Sparrow
Eden and Her Borderlands (Organic)
Michael Smith- We Become Birds
Love Letter on a Fish (Tales from the Tavern)

Diana Jones- Love Song to a Bird
Song to a Refugee (Goldmine)
Tom Russell- Wild Geese
Play One More: The Songs of Ian & Sylvia (True North)
Last Forever- The Nightingale’s Song
No Place Like Home/Last Forever (2nd Story Sound)

Natalie MacMaster- The Golden Eagle
Sketches (Linus)

Next week: More Songs of Bob Dylan.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday May 10, 2022: “Rooty Toot Toot for the Moon”

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/595/56173.html

Theme: “Rooty Toot Toot for the Moon”

Tom Paxton- Looking for the Moon
Looking for the Moon (Appleseed)

Over the Moon- Over the Moon
Moondancer (Over the Moon)
Shelley Posen- Ontario Moon
Ontario Moon (Well Done Music)
Leon Redbone- Shine On Harvest Moon
Double Time (Warner Bros.)
Chaim Tannenbaum- It’s Only a Paper Moon
Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)

Patti Casey with Paul Asbell- Blue Moon
Just an Old Sweet Song (Long Shot Music)
Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik- Blue Moon of Kentucky
Martha Sings & Robert Plays (Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik)
Pat Alger- Once in a Very Blue Moon
True Love & Other Short Stories (Sugar Hill)

Noel Paul Stookey- I’ll Be Seeing You
Fazz: Now & Then (Neworld Multimedia)

Mike Regenstreif & Erik Frandsen (1976) photo: Felicity Fanjoy

Erik Frandsen- Dig That Moon
Antiques: New & Used (Erik Frandsen)
Nanci Griffith- Grapefruit Moon
Ruby’s Torch (Rounder)
Billie Holiday- I Wished On the Moon
Songs for Distingué Lovers (Verve)
Durham County Poets- The Moon Won’t Go Down
Hand Me Down Blues (Durham County Poets)

Ben Bullington- Ring Around the Moon
White Sulphur Springs (Ben Bullington)
Lily Henley- Alta Alta Va La Luna
Oras Dezaoradas (Lior Éditions)
Perla Batalla- Cuando Sale la Luna
Discoteca Batalla (Mechuda Music)
Tom Russell- Walking On the Moon
Old Songs Yet to Sing (Frontera)

Maggie & Terre Roche- Underneath the Moon
Where Do I Come From: Selected Songs (StorySound)
Kevin Head- Full Moon
Hear Them Callin’ (Kevin Head)
Ian Tyson- Horsethief Moon
Eighteen Inches of Rain (Stony Plain)

Mike Regenstreif, Tom Paxton & Joel Mabus (2001) phto: Janice Hanson

Joel Mabus- The Moon May Never Shine This Way Again
Time & Truth (Fossil)
Vance Gilbert- Unfamiliar Moon
Unfamiliar Moon (Disismye Music)
Missy Burgess- Drive to the Moon
Play Me Sweet (Missy Burgess)
David Francey- Big Texas Moon
Empty Train (Laker Music)

Lui Collins- Rooty Toot Toot for the Moon
Baptism of Fire (Green Linnet)

Next week: These Songs are for the Birds.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday May 3, 2022: Songs of – or inspired by – Jesse Winchester (1944-2014)

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/595/56097.html

Theme: Songs of – or inspired by – Jesse Winchester  (1944-2014)

Jesse Winchester- Nothing but a Breeze
Nothing but a Breeze (Stony Plain)

Bob Stark describes “I Can’t Be Sure” as a fictional sequel to Jesse Winchester’s “Yankee Lady.”

Jesse Winchester- Yankee Lady
Jesse Winchester (Stony Plain)
Bob Stark- I Can’t Be Sure
Sculpted Pieces of Love (Bob Stark)
Lisa Moscatiello- Biloxi
Second Avenue (Machine Heart)
Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Emmylou Harris- Skip Rope Song
The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)
Rick Fines- That’s What Makes You Strong
Solar Powered Too (Rick Fines)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2006)

Jesse Winchester- It’s a Shame About Him
Love Filling Station (Appleseed)

Myles Goodwyn- Isn’t That So
And Friends of the Blues (Linus)
Bailey Bigger- Mississippi You’re On My Mind
Coyote Red (Madjack)
William Bell- All of Your Stories
This is Where I Live (Stax) 

Jesse Winchester & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Mimi Fariña with Lowell Levinger- Defying Gravity
Live in Germany: To Benefit Bread & Roses (Dogfish Music)
Jesse Winchester- Black Dog
Seems Like Only Yesterday – Live in Montreal 1976 (Real Gone Music)

Steve Lundquist’s “Tennessee Kid” was inspired by Jesse Winchester. The title is a reference to a line in Jesse’s “Brand New Tennessee Waltz.”

Steve Lundquist- Tennessee Kid
My Life in Song (Steve Lundquist)
Ralph Stanley & Del McCoury- Brand New Tennessee Waltz
Man of Constant Sorrow (Cracker Barrel)
Christine Albert- L’air de la Louisiane
Paris, Texafrance (MoonHouse)
Susie Burke & David Surette- I Turn to My Guitar
Waiting for the Sun (Madrina Music)
Jesse Winchester- Sham-A-Ling-Dong-Ding
Love Filling Station (Appleseed)

Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers- My Songbird
Ramble in Music City: The Lost Concert 1990 (Nonesuch)
Chris Smither- Thanks to You
Small Revelations (HighTone)
Lucy Kaplansky- Everybody Knows but Me
The Tide (Red House)
Jesse Winchester- Blow On, Chilly Wind
Let the Rough Side Drag (Stony Plain)
Steve Lundquist & Mike Fjerstad- I Wave Bye Bye
Unreleased recording – used with permission

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2006)

Jesse Winchester- Just So Much
A Reasonable Amount of Trouble (Appleseed)

Next week: Rooty Toot Toot for the Moon.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday April 26, 2022: Inspired by Harry Smith’s Anthology of American 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/595/56020.html

Theme: Inspired by Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music

Harry Smith was a filmmaker who compiled 84 songs recorded commercially by various artists between 1926 and 1933. The Anthology of American Folk Music was released by Folkways Records in 1952 and reissued as a 6-CD boxed set by Smithsonian Folkways in 1997. Generations of artists have been inspired and influenced by the Anthology over the past 70 years. This show showcases contemporary versions of some of the songs from the Anthology recorded between the 1960s and 2020s. Some of these versions are faithful to the ones included on the Anthology while others take the songs in new directions.

Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Roma Baran- Willie Moore
Tell My Sister (Nonesuch)
Michael Jerome Browne- The Coo Coo
Michael Jerome Browne & The Twin Rivers String Band (Borealis)
Ian & Sylvia- Old Blue
Ian & Sylvia (Vanguard)
Happy & Artie Traum- Penny’s Farm
Hard Times in the Country (Rounder)

Peter Keane- Stack O’Lee
Blues/Ballads/Cowboy Songs (Peter Keane)
Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur- Frankie
Penny’s Farm (Kingswood)
Odetta- Sail Away Ladies
Movin’ It On (Rose Quartz)

Colin James- See That My Grave is Kept Clean
Miles to Go (True North)

“Philadelphia” Jerry Ricks- James Alley Blues
Deep in the Well (Rooster Blues)
Robin Greenstein- The Wagoner’s Lad
Images of Women, Vol. 1 (Windy)
Marc Nerenberg- I Wish I was a Mole in the Ground
On the Street Again (Marc Nerenberg)
Buffy Sainte-Marie- House Carpenter
Little Wheel Spin and Spin (Vanguard)

Arnie Naiman & Chris Coole- John Hardy
5 Strings Attached with No Backing (Merriweather)
Hannah Shira Naiman- Train On the Island
Know the Mountain (Merriweather)
Dave Van Ronk & The Ragtime Jug Stompers- K.C. Moan
Ragtime Jug Stompers (Oldays)
Rory Block- Spike Driver Blues
Avalon: A Tribute to Mississippi John Hurt (Stony Plain)

David Johansen & The Harry Smiths- Kassie Jones
Shaker (Chesky)
The Haden Triplets- Single Girl, Married Girl
The Haden Triplets (Third Man)
Guy Davis- Minglewood Blues
Call Down the Thunder (Red House)
Taj Mahal & The Hula Blues Band- Fishin’ Blues
Live from Kauai (Kuleana)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Sugar Baby
The Harry Smith Project: Anthology of American Folk Music Revisited (Shout! Factory)

Next week: Songs of – and songs inspired by – Jesse Winchester.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday April 23, 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/128/55987.html

Anne Hills- Follow That Road
Angle of the Light (Flying Fish)

Steve Lundquist- Slow Down Sonny
My Life in Song (Steve Lundquist)
Jerry Jeff Walker- Then Came the Children
Too Old to Change (Elektra)
Paul Siebel- Jasper & the Miners
Jack-Knife Gypsy (Elektra)

Utah Phillips & Mike Regenstreif (1976) photo: Felicty Fanjoy

Steve Madewell- Early On In Life
Hometown Blues (Barnsongs)
Mary Chapin Carpenter- I Am a Town
One Night Lonely (Lambent Light)
Jefferson Ross- You Can’t Go Home Again
Southern Currency (Jefferson Ross)
Utah Phillips- Starlight on the Rails
Good Though! (Philo)

Willie Dunn- Broker
Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology (Light in the Attic)
James Keelaghan- Cold Missouri Waters
History: The First 25 Years (Borealis)

Amy Speace- Cottonwood
Tuscon (Windbone)
Allison Russell- The Hunters
Outside Child (Fantasy)
Amy Speace- If You Fall
Tuscon (Windbone)

Dave Clarke- Simonne
The Healing Garden (Crossties)

John McCutcheon- Ukrainian Now
Ukrainian Now – single (Appalsongs)
Lee Oskar- Never Forget
Never Forget (Dreams We Share Productions)
Ina May Wool- Time of Trouble
Rewrite the Ending (Voice of Binky Music)
Susan Cattaneo- Hold Onto Hope
All is Quiet (Jersey Girl Music)

Bill Bourne- Seven Angels
Sally’s Dream (Ragged Pup)

Bruce Cockburn- Pacing the Cage
Greatest Hits (1970-2020) (True North)
Geneviève Racette- The Tide
Satellite (Geneviève Racette)
Lynne Hanson- This Heart of Mine
Ice Cream in November (Panda Cave)

Mike Regenstreif & Lynn Miles (2013)

Rick Fines- One Lone Loon
Solar Powered Too (Rick Fines)
Susan Crowe- I was Handsome, I was Young
A Pilgrim’s Mirror (Corvus)
Shari Ulrich- Canada
Back to Shore (Borealis)
Lynn Miles- My Road
Downpour (Lynn Miles)

Pat Moore & The Vinyl Frontier- Strange
Take It to Heart (Pat Moore)
Ball & Chain & The Wreckers- Graveyard Shift
Live at the Bayou (Ball & Chain)
Shane Cook & The Woodchippers- The Little Contortionist
Be Here for a While (Shane Cook)

Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues- Counter Intuitive – Op. 24 Part Two
Different Voices (Dawnserly)

Rain Perry- Melody and Jack
A White Album (Precipitous)
Tom Prasada-Rao- Tenderness
Tenderness – single (Tom Prasada-Rao)
Josie Bello- The Sound of Guitars
Resilience (Josie Bello)

Mike Regenstreif & Priscilla Herdman (1978) photo: Ron Petronko

Amy Bishop- Five Minutes
Perfect & Broken (Amy Bishop)
Priscilla Herdman- Millworker
Forgotten Dreams (Flying Fish)
Annie Gallup- Harvey Moved to Queens
Harvey Moved to Queens – single (Galway Bay Music)

Martyn Joseph- Down to the Well
1960 (Pipe)
Stéphane Wrembel- Swing de Paris
The Django Experiment VI (Water is Life)
Sophie Milman- La Vie en Rose
Sophie Milman (Linus)
Ann Savoy & Her Sleepless Knights- Getting Some Fun Out of Life
If Dreams Come True (Memphis International)
Susie Arioli featuring Jordan Officer- Blue Skies
Night Lights (Spectra)

Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne- The Way She Loves a Man
Blues from Chicago to Paris: A Tribute to Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon (Stony Plain)
Kenny Neal featuring Rockin' Dopsie Jr. & The Zydeco Twisters- Bon Temps Rouler
Straight from the Heart (Ruf)
The Duke Robillard Band with Sue Foley- No Good Lover
They Called It Rhythm & Blues (Stony Plain)

Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters- Blues for Duke Robillard
Mercy Me (Stony Plain)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on May 21. 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 April 19, 2022: Part 1 – “Ukrainian Now,” More Songs in Solidarity with the People of Ukraine; Part 2 – Remembering Paul Siebel (1937-2022)

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/595/55937.html

Themes: Part 1 – “Ukrainian Now,” More Songs in Solidarity with the People of Ukraine; Part 2 – Remembering Paul Siebel (1937-2022)

Part 1 – “Ukrainian Now,” More Songs in Solidarity with the People of Ukraine. An earlier set of songs in solidarity with the people of Ukraine was heard on the March 1, 2022 edition of Stranger Songs.

John McCutcheon- Ukrainian Now
Ukrainian Now – single (Appalsongs)
Hudaki Village Band- Dorule
Vandruj! (Extra Estrada)
Odetta- Masters of War
Odetta Sings Dylan (RCA)

Pushkin Klezmer Band- Kyiv Bulgar
Klezmer Uber Alles! (Oriente Musik)
Lemon Bucket Orkestra- Odessa Bulgarish
Lume, Lume (Fedora Upside-Down)
Eliza Gilkyson, Patty Griffin, Mary Chapin Carpenter & Iris DeMent- Peace Call
Land of Milk and Honey (Red House)

Part 2 – Remembering Paul Siebel (1937-2022). Paul Siebel was a great singer and songwriter who made just two studio albums, Woodsmoke and Oranges, released in 1970, and Jack-Knife Gypsy, released in 1971. He performed intermittently in the 1970s and then walked away from the music business. Paul died on April 5th, at age 84, from pulmonary fibrosis.

Marley's Ghost- She Made Me Lose My Blues
Jubilee (Sage Arts)
Paul Siebel- Miss Cherry Lane
Woodsmoke and Oranges (Elektra)
Suzy & Eric Thompson- Nashville Again
Unreleased home recording – used with permission
The Flatlanders- The Ballad of Honest Sam
Treasure of Life (Rack ‘Em)
Kate Wolf- Then Came the Children
Carry It On (Flat Rock)

The Village Dudes- Tomorrow’s Train
Another Time and Place (Blue Flute Music)
Staber & Chasnoff- Spanish Johnny
Free To Dream (Bubkes)
Bill Garrett- You Don’t Need a Gun
Bill Garrett (Borealis)
Paul Siebel- Jeremiah’s Song
Jack-Knife Gypsy (Elektra)

Dave Fry- Louise
Troubadour (Dave Fry)
Rosalie Sorrels- Bride 1945
Then Came the Children – Live (Green Linnet)
Paul Siebel- My Town
Woodsmoke and Oranges (Elektra)
Katie Moore- Any Day Woman
Only Thing Worse (Borealis)
Jerry Jeff Walker- Long Afternoons
A Man Must Carry On (MCA)

Happy Traum- Pinto Pony
I Walk the Road Again (Roaring Stream)
Paul Siebel- Legend of the Captain’s Daughter
Jack-Knife Gypsy (Elektra)

Paul Siebel- Prayer Song
Jack-Knife Gypsy (Elektra)

Next week: Inspired by Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music.

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Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday April 12, 2022: Songs and Conversation with Eliza Gilkyson

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/595/55847.html

Theme: Songs and Conversation with Eliza Gilkyson.

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2022)

Eliza Gilkyson is a veteran singer and songwriter, and traveling performer whose albums have frequently been on my Top 10 lists in the years they’ve come out. Eliza and I got together on Zoom on March 23, 2022.

These songs punctuated my conversation with Eliza.

Eliza Gilkyson- Wind River and You
Songs From the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)

The Easy Riders featuring Terry Gilkyson- The Cry of the Wild Goose
Folk Songs You’ll Like (Jasmine)

The Easy Riders featuring Terry Gilkyson- Wanderin’
Folk Songs You’ll Like (Jasmine)
Eliza Gilkyson- Wanderin’
Songs From the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)

Eliza Gilkyson- Bare Necessities
Your Town Tonight (Red House)

Eliza Gilkyson- Farthest End
Songs from the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)

Eliza Gilkyson- Charlie Moore
Songs from the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)

Eliza Gilkyson- Colorado Trail
Songs from the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)

Eliza Gilkyson- The Hill Behind This Town
Songs From the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)

Eliza Gilkyson- Before the Great River was Tamed
Songs From the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)

Eliza Gilkyson- At the Foot of the Mountain
Songs From the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Eliza Gilkyson- Promises to Keep
2020 (Red House)

Eliza Gilkyson- Beach Haven
2020 (Red House)

Eliza Gilkyson- Buffalo Gals Redux
Songs from the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)

Next week: Remembering Paul Siebel (1937-2022).

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday April 5, 2022: Remembering John Prine

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/595/55771.html

Theme: Remembering John Prine (1946-2020). John died on April 7, 2020 from COVID-19 at age 73 – an early victim of the pandemic.

John Prine- Souvenirs
Souvenirs (Oh Boy)

Steve Goodman- Blue Umbrella
Jessie’s Jig & Other Favorites (Red Pajamas)
Bonnie Koloc- Clocks & Spoons
Timeless (Mr. Biscuit)
Tim Grimm- Sam Stone
Names (Wind River)
John Prine- Boundless Love
The Tree of Forgiveness (Oh Boy)

Reggie Harris- Hello In There
On Solid Ground (Reggie Harris Music)
Nanci Griffith with John Prine- Speed of the Sound of Loneliness
Other Voices/Other Rooms (Elektra)

John McCutcheon- The Night That John Prine Died
Cabin Fever: Songs from the Quarantine (Appalsongs)
Ellis Paul- Angel from Montgomery
Ellis Paul’s Traveling Medicine Show Vol. 1 (Rosella)
Leo Gillespie- Aimless Love
Leo Gillespie (Leo Gillespie)
John Prine & Iris DeMent- In Spite of Ourselves
In Spite of Ourselves (Oh Boy)

Rob Lutes- Rocky Mountain Time
Walk in the Dark (Lucky Bear)
Tim & Mollie O'Brien- Unwed Fathers
Sugar Hill Records: A Retrospective (Sugar Hill)
John Prine- Egg & Daughter Night, Lincoln Nebraska, 1967 (Crazy Bone)
The Tree of Forgiveness (Oh Boy)

Bonnie Koloc- Sabu Visits the Twin Cities Alone
Timeless (Mr. Biscuit)
John Prine- Please Don’t Bury Me
Souvenirs (Oh Boy)
Mark Haines & Tom Leighton- That’s the Way the World Goes Round
Hand to Hand (Borealis)
Keith Sykes & John Prine- Everybody Wants to Feel Like You
Don’t Count Us Out (Syren)
John Prine- Spanish Pipedream
Live at The Other End, December 1975 (Rhino)

Folkapotamus- I Remember Everything
We’ll Dance Again (PhatCat)
John Prine- Fish and Whistle
Souvenirs (Oh Boy)
Johnny Cash- Paradise
Personal File (Columbia/Legacy)

John Prine- When I Get to Heaven
The Tree of Forgiveness (Oh Boy)

Next week: Songs and Conversation with Eliza Gilkyson

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Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday March 29, 2022: The Art of the Long Song

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/595/55701.html

Theme: The Art of the Long Song

While most songs fall somewhere in the range of 2 to 5 minutes, the songs on this show are in the range of 6 to 15 minutes.

Garnet Rogers with Doug Long- Frankie & Johnny
Summer Lightning: Live (Snow Goose Songs)
Laura Smith- One Woman
As Long As I’m Dreaming (Borealis)

Bob Dylan- Desolation Row
Highway 61 Revisited (Columbia/Legacy)

Doug McArthur & Jeffra- Montaña de Oro
Angels of the Mission Trail (Doug McArthur & Jeffra)
Tom Russell- Gallo del Cielo
Old Songs Yet to Sing (Frontera)

Jackson Browne & Rob Wasserman- You Know the Night
Note of Hope (429)

Chaim Tannenbaum- Belfast Louis Falls in Love
Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)
Wade Hemsworth with the Mountain City Four- The Story of The I’m Alone
Wade Hemsworth with the Mountain City Four (Peter Weldon)

Janis Ian featuring John Cowan & Diane Schur- Better Times Will Come
The Light at the End of the Line (Rude Girl)

Kim & Reggie Harris- Tree of Life
Resurrection Day (Appleseed)

Next week: Remembering John Prine

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--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday March 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/128/55682.html

Richie Havens- Here Comes the Sun
Résumé: The Best of Richie Havens (Rhino)

Pete Seeger & Tao Rodriguez Seeger- Maple Syrup Time
Seeds: The Songs of Pete Seeger, Volume 3 (Appleseed)
Le Vent du Nord- Dans l’eau-de-vie de l’arbre
20 Printemps (La Compagnie du Nord)
Tamarack- Maple Syrup
Leaving Inverarden (Folk Era)
Trent Severn- Stealin’ Syrup
Trillium (Trent Severn)

Jesse Winchester & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Jesse Winchester- Yankee Lady
Live From Mountain Stage (Blue Plate Music)
Bob Stark- I Can’t Be Sure
Sculpted Pieces of Love (Bob Stark)
Colleen Peterson- Brand New Tennessee Waltz
Beginning to Feel Like Home (Capitol)
Michael Miland- Isn’t That So
Michael Miland (Michael Miland)
Jennifer Warnes- You Remember Me
Shot Through the Heart (Arista)

Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- When the Big Bad Books Go Boo
When the Big Bad Books Go Boo – single (Community Music)
Carla Ulbrich- From the Bible
Twang (Romantic Devil)

Rupert Wates- For the People
For the People (Rupert Wates)
Greg Greenway- Let It Roll
Songs From the Beginning (Sheen of Heat Music)
Johnsmith- Virgil’s Sweet Six String
Backroads (Blue Pine Music)

Mike Mullins- Beneath the Skye the Water is Wide
8-String Sketches (Rubber Chicken)

Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Cockburn (2017)

Psoy Korolenko- Babi Yar
Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II (Six Degrees)
Sophie Milman- Tulchin
Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II (Six Degrees)
Tom Paxton- Silent Night
New Songs for Old Friends (Reprise)
Leonard Cohen- The Partisan
Songs from a Room (Columbia/Legacy)
Bruce Cockburn- If I Had a Rocket Launcher
Greatest Hits (1970-2020) (True North)

Lisa Null- Sweet Dove of Peace
Legacies (Folk-Legacy)
Sue Horowitz- Peace Song
Notes From the Garrison (Sue Horowitz)
Noel Paul Stookey featuring Theresa Thomason- In Reverence
Fazz: Now & Then (Neworld Multimedia)
Priscilla Herdman- Peace Must Come
Darkness Into Light (Flying Fish)

Eliza Gilkyson- Colorado Trail
Songs from the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)
Tom Russell & Ian Tyson- Navajo Rug
Cowboy’d All to Hell (Frontera)
Over the Moon- Someday Soon
Chinook Waltz (Borealis)
Bill Staines- My Sweet Wyoming Home
Miles (Mineral River)
Willie P. Bennett- Blackie and the Rodeo King
Blackie and the Rodeo King (Bnatural Music)

Hoyle Osborne- Can-Can
Ragtime Cowboy Joe: Piano Music from an Old West Saloon (Ripple)

Shari Ulrich & Mike Regenstreif (2019)

Rick Fines- Live Forever
Solar Powered Too (Rick Fines)
Susan Crowe- Still, You Do Not Come
The Door to the River (Corvus)
Shari Ulrich- Busy
Back to Shore (Borealis)
Lynn Miles- Main St.
We’ll Look for Stars (Must Have Music)

The Duke Robillard Band with Michelle Willson- Trouble in Mind
They Called It Rhythm & Blues (Stony Plain)
Barbara Dane- Prescription for the Blues
Trouble In Mind (Dreadnaught)
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon- Chicago House Rent Party
Songs of Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon (Folkways)
Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne- Rock and Rolling This House
Blues from Chicago to Paris: A Tribute to Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon (Stony Plain)

Pierce Turner- Don’t Get Too Fallen
Terrible Good (StorySound)
The Band- I Shall Be Released
Music from Big Pink: 50th Anniversary (Capitol)
Cowboy Junkies with Garth Hudson- Clothes Line Saga
Garth Hudson Presents a Canadian Celebration of The Band: 10th Anniversary Edition (Curve Music)
The Brothers & Sisters- My Back Pages
Dylan’s Gospel (Columbia)
Bob Dylan- Visions of Johanna
The Real Royal Albert Hall 1966 Concert! (Columbia/Legacy)

Wynton Marsalis- The Pearls  
Selections from Swinging into the 21st (Columbia)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on April 23. 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 March 22, 2022: Garden 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/595/55612.html

Theme: Garden Songs

David Mallett- Garden Song
Parallel Lives (Flying Fish)

Sharon Goldman- A Garden
Every Trip Around the Sun (Sharon Goldman)
Deborah Robins- Crows in the Garden
Lone Journey (Zippety Whippet Music)
Kat Eggleston- My Father’s Garden
Second Nature (Waterbug)
Claudia Russell & Bruce Kaplan- Winter Garden
Lover’s Tree (Radio Rhythm)

Ruth Moody- The Garden
The Garden (Red House)
Debi Smith- The Garden
Deep Tracks (Degan Music)

Oliver Schroer- The Garden of Birds and Flowers
Camino (Borealis)

Mike Regenstreif, Anne Hills & Tom Paxton (2001)

Tom Paxton- Whose Garden Was This
The Compleat Tom Paxton (Even Compleater) (Rhino Handmade)
Anne Hills- Gardens
Points of View (Appleseed)
Alice Di Micele- Every Seed
Every Seed We Plant (Alice Otter Music)
Irene Kelley- Garden of Dreams
Pennsylvania Coal (Patio)
Dave Clarke- The Healing Garden
The Healing Garden (Crossties)

Shelley Posen- Fork Garden
Menorah: Songs from a Jewish Life (Well Done Music)
Frpm Both Ends of the Earth- In Mayn Garten
Klezmer (Arc)
Night Sun- Gardening Song
Home (Night Sun)
Fran Avni- Down in the Garden
Eretz (Tara Music)
Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars featuring Marjana Sadowska- In Your Garden Twenty Fecund Fruit Trees
Carnival Conspiracy (Piranha)

Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley- In My Garden
Morning Sun (Electro-Fi)
Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges- Royal Garden Blues
Back to Back: Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges Play the Blues (Verve)

Rosalie Sorrels & Mike Regenstreif (1993)

Rosalie Sorrels- The Bells of Ireland
Report from Grimes Creek (Green Linnet)
Mara Levine- A Perfect Rose
Facets of Folk (Mara’s Creations)
Susan Crowe- I Stole into a Garden
The Door to the River (Corvus)
Brendan Nolan- If I Had a Garden
Live at the Side Door (Ould Segosha)

Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen- Concertina Garden Medley
Being There (Compass Rose)

Next week: The Art of the Long Song

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