Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday August 29, 2023: “Nebraska” and Other Songs of Bruce Springsteen

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/61669.html

Theme: “Nebraska” and Other Songs of Bruce Springsteen.

Bruce Springsteen (photo: Bell Ebbesen)

Bruce Springsteen- House of a Thousand Guitars

Letter to You (Columbia)

Erik Balkey- Born in the U.S.A.

Everything is Great (Hudson Harding)

Harry Manx & Kevin Breit- I’m On Fire

In Good We Trust (Stony Plain)

Dale Boyle- My Hometown

Small Town Van Gogh (Route 132 Productions)

Lucinda Williams- Factory

The Ghosts of Highway 20 (Highway 20)

Joy Zimmerman & Katie Dahl- If I Should Fall Behind

Where the Light Lives (Cultivate Joy)

Bruce Springsteen- Land of Hope and Dreams

Springsteen on Broadway (Columbia)

Bruce Springsteen- Nebraska

Nebraska (Columbia)

Finny McConnell- Atlantic City

The Dark Streets of Love (True North)

Aoife O’Donovan- Mansion on the Hill

Aoife O’Donovan Plays Nebraska (Yep Roc)

Tim Grimm- Johnny 99

Names (Wind River)

Johnny Cash- Highway Patrolman

Johnny 99 (Columbia)

Fafard & Schwartz- State Trooper

Borrowed Horses (Joël Fafard & Joel Schwartz)

Bruce Springsteen- Used Cars

Nebraska (Columbia)

Bruce Springsteen- Open All Night

Nebraska (Columbia)

Amy Speace- My Father’s House

Tuscon (Windbone)

The Blue Warblers- Reason to Believe

Birds (BorderBag Productions)

Bruce Springsteen- The Ghost of Tom Joad

The Ghost of Tom Joad (Columbia)

Tom Russell- Across the Border

Appleseed’s 21st Anniversary: Roots and Branches (Appleseed)

Lucy Kaplansky- Thunder Road

Everyday Street (Lucy Kaplansky)

Bruce Springsteen- Hitch Hikin’

Western Stars (Columbia)

Next week: Joni Mitchell and Others at the Newport Folk Festival.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday August 22, 2023: Remembering Robbie Robertson

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/61634.html

Theme: Remembering Robbie Robertson (1943-2023).

Robbie Robertson (photo: Don Dixon/The Band website)

Robbie Robertson, the great guitarist and principal songwriter of The Band, died on Aguust 9, at age 80, following what his family said was a long illness.

The Band- Caledonia Mission

Music from Big Pink (Capitol)

The Staple Singers- The Weight

Stax Profiles (Stax)

Colin Linden (with Rick Danko)- Chest Fever

When the Spirit Comes (True North)

The Band- To Kingdom Come

Music from Big Pink (Capitol)

Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks- Come Love

Testimony (Universal)

The Band & Ronnie Hawkins- Who Do You Love

The Last Waltz (Rhino)

Happy & Artie Traum- Going Down to See Bessie (Bessie Smith)

Double-Back (Capitol)

Bob Dylan & The Band- Highway 61 Revisited

Before the Flood (Columbia/Legacy)

The Band- Up on Cripple Creek

Before the Flood (Columbia/Legacy)

Jack Williams- The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

Four Good Days (Wind River)

Rosanne Cash- The Unfaithful Servant

Endless Highway: The Music of The Band (429)

The Band- Rockin’ Chair

The Band (Capitol)

The Band- The Shape I’m In

Stage Fright (Capitol)

Barrence Whitfield & Tom Russell- Daniel and the Sacred Harp

Cowboy Mambo (Stony Plain)

Colleen Rennison- Stage Fright

See the Sky About to Rain (Black Hen)

Robbie Robertson- Somewhere Down the Crazy River

Testimony (Universal)

David Clayton-Thomas- Ophelia

Canadiana (Antoinette/ILS)

The Roches- Acadian Driftwood

Endless Highway: The Music of The Band (429)

The Band- The Saga of Pepote Rouge

Islands Cross (Capitol)

The Band- The Weight

Music from Big Pink (Capitol)

Next week: Songs of Bruce Springsteen.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday August 15, 2023: Remembering Tony Bennett

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.

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/595/61550.html

Theme: Remembering Tony Bennett (1926-2023).

Tony Bennett (photo: Mark Seliger)

Tony Bennett, the great jazz and pop singer, died on July 21, less than two weeks before his 97th birthday. All the songs on this show were part of Bennett’s repertoire.

Tony Bennett- Let’s Begin

The Beat of My Heart (Columbia)

Peggy Lee- I Left My Heart in San Francisco

I’m a Woman: Expanded Edition (Capitol)

Willie Nelson- Let’s Face the Music and Dance

Let’s the Face the Music and Dance (Legacy)

Diana Krall- East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)

When I Look in Your Eyes (Verve)

Tony Bennett & Bonnie Raitt- I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues

Playin’ with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues (RPM/Columbia)

Tony Bennett & The Count Basie Orchestra- Anything Goes

Count Basie Swings/Tony Bennett Sings (Roulette)

Mariane Faithfull- Boulevard of Broken Dreams

20th Century Blues (RCA)

David Clayton-Thomas- When I Fall in Love

Combo (Antionette)

Tony Bennett- Just One of Those Things

Love for Sale (Columbia/Interscope)

Susie Arioli Swing Band featuring Jordan Officer- Pennies from Heaven

Pennies from Heaven (Justin Time)

Jackie Washington, Ken Whiteley & Mose Scarlett- A Little Street Where Old Friends Meet

Where Old Friends Meet (Pyramid)

Holly Cole- Whatever Lola Wants

Montreal (Universal)

Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga- Love for Sale

Love for Sale (Columbia/Interscope)

Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse- Body and Soul

Duets II (Columbia)

Missy Burgess- Smile

Play Me Sweet (Missy Burgess)

Chaim Tannenbaum- It’s Only a Paper Moon

Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)

Sophie Milman- I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby

Sophie Milman (Linus)

Dave Van Ronk- As Time Goes By

Sweet & Lowdown (Justin Time)

Tony Bennett- Play It Again, Sam

I’ve Gotta Be Me (Columbia)

Tony Bennett- Blues in the Night

Playin’ with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues (RPM/Columbia)

Catherine Russell- I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart

Bring It Back (Jazz Village)

Steve Howell, Dan Sumner & Jason Weinheimer- Do Nothing ‘til You Hear From Me

Long Ago (Out of the Past)

Tony Bennett & K.D. Lang- Keep the Faith Baby

Playin’ with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues (RPM/Columbia)

Tony Bennett & The Count Basie Orchestra- Are You Having Any Fun

Strike Up the Band (Roulette)

Next week: Remembering Robbie Robertson (1943-2023). 

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday August 12, 2023

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 the Saturday Morning show.

This episode of Saturday Morning was recorded and can already be streamed on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/61559.html

Mike Regenstreif & Jimmy LaFave (2017)

Jimmy LaFave- Mr. Tambourine Man

Trail Three (Music Road)

In memory of Sinéad O’Connor (1966-2023)

Sinéad O’Connor- Rivers of Babylon

Theology: Dublin Sessions (Koch)

Kris Kristofferson- Sister Sinéad

Closer to the Bone (New West)

Sinéad O’Connor- The Parting Glass

Sean-Nós Nua (Vanguard)

John Hartford- The Tall Tall Grass

Gentle On My Mind and Other Originals (RCA)

Chris Coole & John Showman- The Long Hot Summer Days

Much Further Out Than Inevitable: A Fiddle and Banjo Tribute to Some Music of John Hartford (Chris Coole)

Too Sad for the Public featuring Rob Moose- Uncle Bunting (pt 1)

Vol.2 – Yet and Still: Traditional American Folk Song-Stirring by Dick Connette (StorySound)

Katie Dahl- Temperance River

Seven Stones (Leaky Boat)

Ed Snodderley- Just Like You River

Chimney Smoke (Need to Know Music)

Michael Jerome Browne with Mary Flower- I’ve Got the Big River Blues

Gettin’ Together (Borealis/Stony Plain)

Mara Levine- River

Jewels and Harmony (Mara’s Creations)

Buffy Sainte-Marie- Cripple Creek

Best of the Vanguard Years (Vanguard)

Shannon Leigh Reynolds- The Piney Wood Hills

Triple Shot (Good Bygone)

Eva Cassidy with The London Symphony Orchestra- Tall Trees in Georgia

I Can Only Be Me (Blix Street)

Penny Lang- Spanish Moss

Ain’t Life Sweet (She-Wolf)

Too Sad for the Public featuring Rayna Gellert & Chaim Tannenbaum- Uncle Bunting (pt 2)

Vol.2 – Yet and Still: Traditional American Folk Song-Stirring by Dick Connette (StorySound)

Eliza Gilkyson- Sunflowers

Home (Realiza)

Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi- Song of Berhomet

The Wolf and the Lamb: Live at The Shakh (Arc)

Annie & Rod Capps- Anything but You

Love and Rain (Yellow Room)

The Bombadils- Through and Through

Dear Friend (The Bombadils)

Raye Zaragoza- Bittersweet

Hold That Spirit (Rebel River)

Aleksi Campagne- Prairie Wind

For the Giving/Sans Rien Donner (Aleksi Campagne)

Connie Kaldor- Bigger Than Anywhere Else

Out of the Blue (Coyote)

Hart Rouge- Destination

Beaupré’s Home (Highway 13 Musique)

Al Qahwa- Salma Ya Salama (Peace and Safety)

Weyn Allah (Al Qahwa)

Aviva Chernick- La Serena

La Serena (Aviva Chernick)

Dave Gunning- The Same Storm

The Same Storm (Wee House of Music)

Allison Lupton- Away

Words of Love (Allison Lupton Music)

Rachel Anne Goodman- Waiting for the Rain

California Morning (Coastridge)

Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi- Melody from Livonia

The Wolf and the Lamb: Live at The Shakh (Arc)

Joy Zimmerman- How Shall We Sing

Where the Light Lives (Cultivate Joy)

Kari Bremnes- Anna Olsen

The Man from God Knows Where (HighTone)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Tom Russell- Rider on an Orphan Train

The Man from God Knows Where (HighTone)

Kari Bremnes- Anna Olsen’s Letter Home

The Man from God Knows Where (HighTone)

Mountain City Four- This Train

Mountain City Four (Omnivore)

Eric Bibb- Sinner Man

Ridin’ (Stony Plain)

Bob & Sarah Amos- Wayfaring Stranger

Ever Onward (Bristlecone)

Samoa Wilson with The Jim Kweskin Band- He Ain’t Got Rhythm

I Just Want to Be Horizontal (Kingswood)

Maria Muldaur with Tuba Skinny- Road of Stone

Let’s Get Happy Together (Stony Plain)

Geoff Muldaur's Futuristic Ensemble featuring Martha Wainwright- There Ain’t No Sweet Man That’s Worth the Salt of My Tears

Private Astronomy: A Vision of the Music of Bix Beiderbecke (Edge Music)

Too Sad for the Public- Uncle Bunting (pt 3)

Vol.2 – Yet and Still: Traditional American Folk Song-Stirring by Dick Connette (StorySound)

Teeyum Smith- Crash and Burn

Participating at Last (Teeyum Smith)

Joe Crookston- Blue Light

Nine Becomes One (Chapters 9 & 8) (Milagrito)

Crowes Pasture- If I Should Fall Behind

Don’t Blink (Crowes Pasture)

Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Murdoch (2007)

Bruce Murdoch- I’d Walk a Thousand Miles

Sometimes I Wonder Why the World (Bruce Murdoch)

Steve Howell- Dallas Rag

Gallery of Echoes (Out of the Past Music)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on September 9. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm. 

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday August 8, 2023: He was a Friend of Mine – Thinking of Dave Van Ronk

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.

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/595/61381.html

Theme: He was a Friend of Mine: Thinking of Dave Van Ronk.

Dave – who died of cancer on February 10, 2002 at age 65 – was a tremendously influential artist, both to his contemporaries on the folk scene in the late 1950s and ‘60s – and to countless others who came along later.

Dave Van Ronk- St. James Infirmary

…and the tin pan bended, and the story ended… (Smithsonian Folkways)

Bob Dylan- House of the Rising Sun

Bob Dylan (Columbia/Legacy)

Dave Van Ronk- Song to Woody

Somebody Else, Not Me (Philo)

Peter, Paul & Mary- Bamboo

Peter, Paul and Mary (Warner Bros.)

Peter Keane- Sunday Street

Another Kind of Blue (Broken White)

Dakota Dave Hull- Sheridan Square Rag

Under the North Star (Arabica)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Emmylou Harris, Loudon Wainwright III- Green Green Rocky Road

The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)

Tex König- Zen Koans Gonna Rise Again

Königsblende (Music Cellar)

Hans Theessink- He was a Friend of Mine

Songs from the Southland (Blue Groove)

Dave Van Ronk & The Ragtime Jug Stompers- Stealin’

Ragtime Jug Stompers (Oldays)

Tom Russell- Van Ronk

Hotwalker (HighTone)

Dave Van Ronk- Bird on the Wire

Van Ronk (Polydor)

Dave Van Ronk- Four Strong Winds

Live in Monterey (Omnivore)

Dave Van Ronk- Urge for Going

…and the tin pan bended, and the story ended… (Smithsonian Folkways)

David Massengill- Dave Van Ronk’s Last Cigar

Dave on Dave: A Tribute to Dave Van Ronk (Gadfly)

The Village Dudes- Another Time and Place

Another Time and Place (Blue Flute Music)

Dave Van Ronk & Christine Lavin- Two Sleepy People

Hummin’ to Myself (Gazell)

Dave Van Ronk- Cocaine

Live at Sir George Williams University (Just a Memory)

Dave Van Ronk- Gaslight Rag

Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk (Fantasy)

Tom Paxton- The Mayor of MacDougal Street

Redemption Road (Pax)

Dave Van Ronk- The Entertainer

Somebody Else, Not Me (Philo)

Next week: Remembering Tony Bennett (1926-2023).

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday August 1, 2023: Art & Artists

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/595/61330.html

Theme: Art & Artists.

Bob Dylan- When I Paint My Masterpiece

Shadow Kingdom (Columbia/Legacy)

Joni Mitchell- The Gallery

Clouds (Reprise)

Mike Regenstreif & Murray McLauchlan on Zoom (2021)

Murray McLauchlan- A Thomson Day (For Tom Thomson)

Hourglass (True North)

Ian Tamblyn- A.Y.

Walking in the Footsteps: Celebrating the Group of Seven (Art Gallery of Sudbury)

David Mallett- Phil Brown

Inches & Miles 1977-1980 (Flying Fish)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Hommage à Grungie

Tell My Sister – Dancer with Bruised Knees (Nonesuch)

Nikki Parrott- Mona Lisa

Unforgettable: The Nat King Cole Songbook (Venus)

Jay Linden- Salvador Dali

Ordinary Sunrise (Americana North)

Rain Perry- René and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog After the War

Internal Combustion (Precipitous)

John McCutcheon- Monet Refuses the Operation

Cabin Fever: Songs from the Quarantine (Appalsongs)

Michael Johnathon- The Painter

The Painter (PoetMan)

Mike Regenstreif & Anne Hills (2001)

Anne Hills- My Daughter and Vincent Van Gogh

Points of View (Appleseed)

Priscilla Herdman- Vincent

Into the Stars (Stardreamer Music)

Gretchen Peters- Picasso and Me

Gretchen Peters (Valley Entertainment)

Guy Clark- Picasso’s Mandolin

Boats to Build (Asylum)

Jamie O'Reilly- Waving to Picasso

Swimming Deeper (Bird Avenue Publishing)

June Tabor- Paint Me, Redouté

Rosa Mudi (Green Linnet)

Judy Collins- Gauguin

Paradise (Wildflower)

Doug McArthur- The Painter’s Song

Letters from the Coast/Sisteron (Snow Goose Songs)

Ian Tyson- The Gift

All the Good’Uns (Stony Plain)

R. Crumb & His Cheap Suit Serenaders- Fine Artiste

R. Crumb’s Music Sampler (MQ Publications)

Next week: He was a Friend of Mine: Thinking of Dave Van Ronk.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday July 25, 2023: Name That Tune

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/595/61281.html

Theme: Name That Tune – every song includes a proper name in its title.

Bonnie Dobson- Peter Amberley

Take Me for a Walk in the Morning Dew (Hornbeam)

David Massengill- My Name Joe

Coming Up for Air (Flying Fish)

Christine Lavin- My Sister Mary & My Mother

On My Way to Hooterville (Christine Lavin)

Rod MacDonald- Come Out, Annie

Rants and Romance (Blue Flute Music)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Linda Ronstadt- Gentle Annie

The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)

Tom Mitchell- Old Dan

When the Moon is Right (Truesongs)

Dave Clarke- Lucinda

The Healing Garden (Crossties)

The Dumptrucks- Jean Harlow

Selections (Laughing Cactus)

The Wailin' Jennys- Bring Me Little Water Sylvie

Live at The Mauch Chunk Opera House (Outside Music)

Ken Whiteley- Michael Row

Long Time Travelling (Ken Whiteley)

Tom Russell- Annette

Box of Visions (Stony Plain)

Nanci Griffith- Julie Anne

Poet In My Window (Philo)

Paul Siebel- Louise

Woodsmoke and Oranges (Elektra)

Katy Moffatt- Sister Angelina

Chrysalis (Sunset Blvd. Records)

Ball & Chain & The Wreckers- Merle

Satisfied (Moo Music)

Lynn Miles- Johnny Without June

tumbleWeedyWorld (True North)

Ian Hanchet- To Ramona

Dealin’ from the Bottom (of My Heart) (Ian Hanchet)

Bob Dylan- Visions of Johanna

The Real Royal Albert Hall 1966 Concert! (Columbia/Legacy)

Noel Paul Stookey- Jean Claude

Just Causes (Neworld)

Mike Regenstreif & Michael Smith (2014)

Michael Smith- The Ballad of Elizabeth Dark

Such Things are Finely Done (Tales from the Tavern)

Jesse Winchester- Eulalie

Live from Mountain Stage (Blue Plate Music)

Next week: Art & Artists.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday July 18, 2023: Seven Psalms and Other Songs of Paul Simon

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/595/61226.html

Theme: Seven Psalms and Other Songs of Paul Simon.

Simon & Garfunkel- The Sound of Silence

Wednesday Morning 3 A.M. (Columbia)

Lucy Wainwright Roche & Suzzy Roche- Bleecker Street

Mud & Apples (Lucy Wainwright Roche & Suzzy Roche)

Dawn Tyler Watson & Paul Deslauriers-Homeward Bound

En Duo (Justin Time)

Caroline Doctorow- The Dangling Conversation

Dreaming in Vinyl (Narrow Lane)

Kate Campbell- America

The K.O.A. Tapes (Vol.1) (Large River Music)

Dave Van Ronk- Punky’s Dilemma

To All My Friends in Far-Flung Places (Gazell)

Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers- The Boxer

Ramble in Music City: The Lost Concert 1990 (Nonesuch)

Morgane Imbeaud & Elias Dris- Bridge Over Troubled Water

Homeward Bound: The Songs of Simon & Garfunkel (Fredonia)

Mara Levine- Song for the Asking

Facets of Folk (Mara’s Creations)

The Wailin' Jennys- Loves Me Like a Rock

Fifteen (True North)

John Stewart & Darwin’s Army- Boy in the Bubble

John Stewart & Darwin’s Army (Appleseed)

Melody Walker & Jacob Groopman- Graceland

We Made It Home (Maker/Mender Records)

Ladysmith Black Mambazo- Homeless

Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Shanachie)

Carrie Elkin- American Tune

The Penny Collector (Carrie Elkin)

Paul Simon’s new album, Seven Psalms, consists of just one track. Simon’s vision is that it is something to be listened to in its entirety so he weaves the seven psalms together into one piece. The seven psalms are The Lord, Love is Like a Braid, My Professional Opinion, Your Forgiveness, Trail of Volcanos, The Sacred Harp, and Wait. The second vocalist heard occasionally in the piece is Edie Brickell.

Paul Simon- Seven Psalms

Seven Psalms (Owl Legacy)

Paul Simon & Phoebe Snow- Gone at Last

Still Crazy After All These Years (Warner Bros.)

Next week: Name That Tune.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday July 15, 2023

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 the Saturday Morning show.

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 recorded and can already be streamed on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/61213.html

Bill Camplin- Mr. Tambourine Man

Bob Dylan Project One (Bill Camplin)

Saul Broudy & Mike Regenstreif (1993)

Saul Broudy- Cool Colorado

Ten Great Years at Kerrville, Volume One (Silverwolf)

Rosalie Sorrels- Then Came the Children

Then Came the Children (Green Linnet)

John Stewart- July, You’re a Woman

California Bloodlines (Capitol)

Ed Snodderly- Better Just Ride the Mule

Chimney Smoke (Need to Know Music)

Montreal- A Summer’s Night

A Summer’s Night (Stormy Forest)

Johnny Rivers- Summer Rain

A Touch of Gold/Wild Night (BGO)

Kat Goldman- Summersong

Gypsy Girl (Kat Goldman)

The Lovin’ Spoonful- Summer in the City

Hums of The Lovin’ Spoonful (Sony/Legacy)

Lara Wong with Melón Jiménez- A compás en Usera

Rosa de los Vientos (Lara Wong)

James Talley- La Rosa Montaña

The Road to Torreon (Cimarron)

Perla Batalla- Cuando Sale la Luna

Discoteca Batalla (Mechuda Music)

Michael Jerome Browne- Reverend Strut

Gettin’ Together (Borealis/Stony Plain)

Bruce Cockburn- To Keep the World We Know

O Sun O Moon (True North)

Tim Grimm- Sowin’ on the Mountain

Heart Land Again (Vault)

Aleksi Campagne- Rome

For the Giving/Sans Rien Donner (Aleksi Campagne)

The Scooches- Stop This Climate Change

Lift You Up (On the Bol)

Crowes Pasture- Barranco

Don’t Blink (Crowes Pasture)

David Bradstreet- The Land Beyond

Hindsight (David Bradstreet)

Johnny Eaton- This is Migration

here’s the thing (Johnny Eaton)

The Klezmatics- Dzhankoye

Live at Town Hall (Klezmatics Disc)

Rod MacDonald- Heal the World

Rants and Romance (Blue Flute Music)

Eliza Gilkyson- World Keeps on Singing

Home (Realiza)

Stephen Fearing- Christine

Vejpoesi (Stephen Fearing)

Christine Graves- Hitting My Stride

Everyday Life (Christine Graves)

Matt Andersen- Shoes

The Big Bottle of Joy (Sonic)

Jason Lang- Handle with Care

Handled with Care (Famgroup/Genison Music)

Anat Cohen & Marcello Gonçalves- Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer

Reconvexo (Anzic)

Too Sad for the Public featuring Ana Egge- Railroad Bill (pt 1)

Too Sad for the Public, Vol.2 – Yet and Still: Traditional American Folk Song-Stirring by Dick Connette (StorySound)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Roma Baran- Willie Moore

Tell My Sister (Nonesuch)

Peggy Seeger- Tell My Sister

Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle (Nonesuch)

Rufus Wainwright & John Legend- Heading for Home

Folkocracy (BMG)

Too Sad for the Public featuring Chaim Tannenbaum- Railroad Bill (pt 2)

Too Sad for the Public, Vol.2 – Yet and Still: Traditional American Folk Song-Stirring by Dick Connette (StorySound)

Vance Gilbert- Black Rochelle

The Mother of Trouble (Vance Gilbert)

Katie Dahl- Both Doors Open

Seven Stones (Leaky Boat)

Terre & Maggie Roche- Moonruns

Kin Ya See That Sun (Earth Rock Wreckerds)

Owen Walsh-Well Well, Hey Hey, Bye Bye

On My Way (Wrong Road)

Allison Brown- Tomorrow Night

Just Another Memory (Allison Brown)

Bob Dylan- Queen Jane Approximately

Shadow Kingdom (Columbia/Legacy)

Duke Robillard- Watching the River Flow

Six Strings of Steel (M.C.)

The Silas Powell Band- All Along the Watchtower

Makin’ a Run (East Run)

Socalled (Josh Dolgin) with The Kaiser Quartett- Roumanishe Kretchme

Di Frosh and other Yiddish Songs (Membran)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on August 12. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm. 

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday July 11, 2023: Hit Songs – Alternate Visions

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/595/61133.html

Theme: Hit Songs – Alternate Visions.

Chances are you’re familiar with most, if not all, of the songs on this show – but some of these versions might be new to you.

Toots & The Maytals- (Take Me Home) Country Roads

Funky Kingston (Mango)

Karen Dalton- When a Man Loves a Woman

In My Own Time: 50th Anniversary Edition (Light in the Attic)

Zazu- Stand By Me

S(w)inging Love (Temps)

Matthew Alexander- Spanish Harlem

Midnight Dream Station (Caravan)

Bruce Springsteen- Don’t Play That Song (You Lied)

Only the Strong Survive (Columbia)

Finest Kind- Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?

Silks & Spices (Fallen Angle Music)

Chaim Tannenbaum, Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Lily Lanken- Young Love

The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)

Original Sloth Band- Get a Job

Whoopee After Midnight (Sloth)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2005)

Tom Russell- El Paso

Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs (HighTone)

Mary McCaslin- Pinball Wizard

Old Friends (Philo)

The Refugees- Good Vibrations

California (Wahubo/Longhouse)

Gordon Lightfoot- The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

The Original Lightfoot (EMI)

David Clayton-Thomas- (Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay

Soul Ballads (Antoinette)

Bettye LaVette- A Change is Gonna Come

Change is Gonna Come Sessions (Anti-)

Jesse Winchester & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Jesse Winchester- Candida

A Touch on the Rainy Side (Stony Plain)

Bonnie Dobson- Everybody’s Talkin’

Bonnie Dobson (RCA)

Caroline Doctorow- Snowbird

Dreaming in Vinyl (Narrow Lane)

Queen Esther- Bohemian Rhapsody

Rona (EL)

Eva Cassidy with The London Symphony Orchestra- People Get Ready

I Can Only Be Me (Blix Street)

Arlo Guthrie- Can’t Help Falling in Love

More Together Again in Concert (Rising Son)

Duke Robillard- I’m Gonna Be a Wheel Someday

Six Strings of Steel (M.C.)

Next week: Seven Psalms and Other Songs of Paul Simon.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday July 4, 2023: Songs and Conversation with Sneezy Waters

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 done live in the CKCU studio can be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/61117.html

Theme: Songs and Conversation with Sneezy Waters.

Sneezy and I reminisced about working together in Montreal, starting 49 years ago, and talked extensively about his career and about the book, Sneezy Waters: A Very Fine Biography by Peter B. Hodgson.The book is available at Sneezy’s website. 

These six songs punctuated our conversation.

Sneezy Waters & His Very Fine Band- Walkin’ Round Town

Live (Sneezy Waters)

Sneezy Waters- The Last Letter 

Live in the CKCU studio

Sneezy Waters- I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry

Live in the CKCU studio

Sneezy Waters- (You’ve Got) Sawdust on the Floor of Your Heart

Live in the CKCU studio

Sneezy Waters- A Letter Home

Live in the CKCU studio

Sneezy Waters- Bird of Paradise

A Letter Home (Watershed)

Sneezy Waters & Mike Regenstreif (2013)

Next week: Hit Songs – Alternate Visions.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday June 27, 2023: Songs of Bruce Cockburn

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/595/60977.html

Theme: Songs of Bruce Cockburn.

The show features songs from Bruce Cockburn’s new album, O Sun O Moon, and versions of some of his songs by other artists.

Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Cockburn (2017)

Bruce Cockburn- On a Roll

O Sun O Moon (True North)

3's a Crowd- Bird Without Wings

Christopher’s Movie Matinee (Dunhill)

Tom Rush- One Day I Walk

Ladies Love Outlaws (Columbia)

Teresa Ennis- Going to the Country

Space (BeaverBank Empire)

Claire Lynch- All the Diamonds in the World

North By South (Compass)

Claudia Schmidt combines Bruce Cockburn’s song, “For the Birds,” with her poem, “Replenish.”

Claudia Schmidt- For the Birds/Replenish

Reimagining (Claudia Schmidt)

Bruce Cockburn- When You Arrive

O Sun O Moon (True North)

Canadian Brass- 13th Mountain

Canadiana (Linus/Canadian Brass)

Bruce Cockburn- To Keep the World We Know

O Sun O Moon (True North)

ES:MO (Elizabeth Shepherd & Michael Occhipinti)- Lovers is a Dangerous Time

The Weight of Hope (ES:MO)

David Wiffen- Up on the Hillside

Coast to Coast Fever (EMI)

Colin Linden- Anything, Anytime, Anywhere

Raised By Wolves (True North)

Bruce Cockburn- Colin Went Down to the Water

O Sun O Moon (True North)

Grace Griffith- Wondering Where the Lions Are

Minstrel Song (Blix Street)

Salamander Crossing- Child of the Wind

Henry Street – A Retrospective (Signature Sounds)

Special Consensus- Mighty Trucks of Midnight

Great Blue North (Compass)

The Squirrel Hillbillies Mama Just Wants to Barrelhouse All Night Long

Rhizomes (The Squirrel Hillbillies)

Bruce Cockburn- Into the Now

O Sun O Moon (True North)

Judy Collins- Pacing the Cage

Portrait of an American Girl (Wildflower)

Maria Muldaur- Southland of the Heart

Southland of the Heart (Telarc)

Christine Collister- The Whole Night Sky

The Dark Gift of Time (Koch)

Bruce Cockburn- O Sun By Day O Moon By Night

O Sun O Moon (True North)

Bruce Cockburn- Haiku

O Sun O Moon (True North)

Next week: Songs and Conversation with Sneezy Waters.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday June 20, 2023: The Philosophy of Modern Song, Part 2

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/595/60948.html

Theme: The Philosophy of Modern Song, Part 2.

Bob Dylan wrote about each of the songs on this show in his book, The Philosophy of Modern Song. Except where noted, these tracks are the versions of the songs that Dylan cites.

Dylan cites the 1956 version of “Ruby, Are You Mad at Your Man?” by The Osborne Brothers.

Carolina Chocolate Drops- Ruby, Are You Mad at Your Man?

Leaving Eden (Nonesuch)

Dylan cites the 1958 version of “Volare” by Domenico Modugno.

The Gipsy Kings- Volare

The Best of The Gipsy Kings (Nonesuch/Elektra)

The Clash- London Calling

London Calling (Epic)

Hank Williams- Your Cheatin’ Heart

40 Greatest Hits (Polydor)

Roy Orbison- Blue Bayou

In Dreams (Monument)

Dylan cites the 1970 version of “Midnight Rider” by The Allman Brothers.

Greg Allman- Midnight Rider

T-Bone Burnett presents The Speaking Clock Revue: Live from The Beacon Theatre (Shout! Factory)

Carl Perkins- Blue Suede Shoes

The Rockin’ Guitar Man: The Singles 1955-1962 (Jasmine)

Little Richard- Long Tall Sally

18 Greatest Hits (Rhino)

Warren Zevon- Dirty Life and Times

The Wind (Artemis)

Mose Allison- Everybody Cryin’ Mercy

I’ve Been Doin’ Some Thinkin’ (Atlantic)

Johnny Cash- Big River

The Legend of Johnny Cash (American Recordings)

Ernie K-Doe- A Certain Girl

Finger Poppin’ and Stompin’ Feet: 20 Classic Allen Toussaint Productions for Minit Records 1960-1962 (Crescent City Soul)

Dylan cites the 1964 version of “Blue Moon” by Dean Martin.

Ian Tyson- Blue Moon

Live at Longview (Stony Plain)

Waylon Jennings- I’ve Always Been Crazy

Nashville Rebel (RCA/Legacy)

Judy Garland- Come Rain or Come Shine

Judy (Capitol)

Jimmy Reed- Big Boss Man

Found Love (Vee-Jay)

Dylan cites the 1928 version of “Old and Only in the Way” by Charlie Poole.

Loudon Wainwright III- Old and Only in the Way

High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project (2nd Story Sound)

Nina Simone- Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood

Broadway-Blues-Ballads (Philips)

Pete Seeger- Waist Deep in the Big Muddy

Waist Deep in the Big Muddy and Other Love Songs (Columbia)

Elvis Presley- Viva Las Vegas

Viva Las Vegas (RCA)

Dylan cites the 1996 version of “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” by Jimmy Webb.

Susie Arioli Band featuring Jordan Officer- By the Time I Get to Phoenix

Learn to Smile Again (Justin Time)

Frank Sinatra- Strangers in the Night

Greatest Love Songs (Reprise)

Santana- Black Magic Woman

Abraxis (Columbia)

Next week: Songs of Bruce Cockburn.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday June 17, 2023

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 the Saturday Morning show.

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 recorded and can already be streamed on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/60881.html

 

The Persuasions- Mr. Tambourine Man

Knockin’ On Bob’s Door (Zoho)

Stan Rogers- The Last Watch

From Fresh Water (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Tex König- Northwest Passage

Königsblende (Music Cellar)

Ian Robb- Make and Break Harbour

From Different Angels (Fallen Angle)

Priscilla Herdman- Forty-Five Years

Forgotten Dreams (Flying Fish)

Stan Rogers- The Flowers of Bermuda

Between the Breaks…Live! (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Artisan- Mary Ellen Carter

Driving Home (Bedspring Music)

Mountain City Four- The Log Driver’s Waltz

Mountain City Four (Omnivore)

Chaim Tannenbaum- Moonshiner

Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)

Rufus Wainwright with Anna McGarrigle, Chaim Tannenbaum, Lily Lanken, Lucy Wainwright Roche & Martha Wainwright- Wild Mountain Thyme

Folkocracy (BMG)

Terre & Maggie Roche- Apostrophe to the Wind

Kin Ya See That Sun (Earth Rock Wreckerds)

Vance Gilbert- Honeysuckle Fences

The Mother of Trouble (Vance Gilbert)

Rod MacDonald & Mike Regenstreif (2005)

Rod MacDonald- Enough About Me

Rants and Romance (Blue Flute Music)

Terre & Maggie Roche- Kin Ya See That Sun

Kin Ya See That Sun (Earth Rock Wreckerds)

Larry & Joe- Los Doce

Nuevo South Train (Larry & Joe)

The Refugees- Monday Monday

California (Wahubo/Longhouse)

Rufus Wainwright with Susanna Hoffs, Chris Stills & Sheryl Crow- Twelve-Thirty (Young Girls are Coming to the Canyon)

Folkocracy (BMG)

The Mamas & The Papas- Dancing Bear

The Mamas & The Papas (MCA)

Natalie Merchant & The Klezmatics- The Dancing Bear

Leave Your Sleep (Nonesuch)

Dave Van Ronk- Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear

To All My Friends in Far-Flung Places (Gazell)

Ball & Chain & The Wreckers- Merle

Satisfied (Ball & Chain)

Tom Russell- Tulare Dust/They’re Tearing the Labor Camps Down

Tulare Dust: a songwriters’ tribute to Merle Haggard (RockBeat)

Preservation Hall Jazz Band & Merle Haggard- Basin Street Blues

Preservation (Preservation Hall)

Terra Spencer & Ben Caplan- Good Friends

Old News (Terra Spencer & Ben Caplan)

Bruce Cockburn- King of the Bolero

O Sun O Moon (True North)

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Eliza Gilkyson- Here Comes the Night

Home (Realiza)

William Prince- Tanqueray

Stand in the Joy (Six Shooter)

Bob Dylan- Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues

Shadow Kingdom (Columbia/Legacy)

Eliza Gilkyson & Mary Chapin Carpenter- Sparrow

Home (Realiza)

Chris Vallillo- Ma Belle

Forgottonia (Go Ridge Music)

Tim O'Brien- Cup of Sugar

Cup of Sugar (Howdy Skies)

Queen Esther- All That We Are

Rona (EL)

Tim Grimm- Stirrin’ Up Trouble

The Little In-Between (Vault)

Jaspar Lepak- Ever Gonna Fly

Desert Ghosts (Jaspar Lepak)

Michael Jerome Browne, Mike Regenstreif & Eric Bibb (2005)

Michael Jerome Browne with J.J. Milteau & Eric Bibb- Shake ‘Em on Down

Gettin’ Together (Borealis/Stony Plain)

Eric Bibb with Taj Mahal & Jontavious Willis- Blues Funky Like Dat

Ridin’ (Stony Plain)

Taj Mahal- Summertime

Savoy (Stony Plain)

Aaron Smith & The Coal Biters- The Way to Sam’s Throne

The Legend of Sam Davis and Other Stories of Newton County, Arkansas (Aaron Smith)

The Sherpas- A Ways to Go

Promise to Harry (Trifecta)

John & Sheila Ludgate- The Gift of an Ordinary Day

The Kitchen Sessions (John & Sheila Ludgate)

Matthew Alexander- My Children’s Children

Midnight Dream Station (Caravan)

The Bombadils- Bicycle

Dear Friend (The Bombadils)

Jay Linden- I Wish

Ordinary Sunrise (Americana North)

Lea Michele- Don’t Rain On My Parade

Funny Girl – New Broadway Cast Recording (Sony Masterworks Broadway)

Lea Michele & Ramin Karimloo- Sadie, Sadie

Funny Girl – New Broadway Cast Recording (Sony Masterworks Broadway)

Tovah Feldshuh & Jared Grimes- Who Taught Her Everything She Knows

Funny Girl – New Broadway Cast Recording (Sony Masterworks Broadway)

Meredith Moon- Needlecase Medley

Constellations (True North)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on July 15. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm. 

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday June 13, 2023: Train Songs, Volume II

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/595/60788.html

Theme: Train Songs, Volume II.

Bill Garrett & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

Bill Garrett- Railroad Line

Bill Garrett (Borealis)

Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl- Chattanooga Choo Choo

Forty (Daring)

Jackie Washington- Sleepy Town Train

Keeping Out of Mischief (Pyramid)

Rory Block- Midnight Train to Georgia

Ain’t Nobody Worried: Celebrating Great Women of Song (Stony Plain)

The Whiteley Brothers- When the Train Comes Along 

Bluesology (Pyramid)

Doc & Merle Watson- Freight Train Boogie

Elementary Doctor Watson (Tomato)

Ball & Chain & The Wreckers- Golden Rails

Satisfied (Ball & Chain)

Paul Mills- Last Steam Engine Train

The Other Side of the Glass (Borealis)

Stan Rogers- Guysborough Train

From Coffee House to Concert Hall (Fogarty’s Cove)

Anne Hills- Maria Took the Train to Town

Tracks (Hand & Heart Music)

Steel Rail- (Just) Waiting for a Train

Coming Home (Crossties)

David Mallett- Dulcimer

Inches & Miles 1977-1980 (Flying Fish)

Doug McArthur- Tears Like Rain

Tears Like Rain (Doug McArthur)

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee- Southern Train

London, 1958 (Jasmine)

Erynn Marshall & Carl Jones- Southern Special

Old Tin (Dittyville Music)

Larry & Joe- Nuevo South Train

Nuevo South Train (Larry & Joe)

Bill Staines- Railroad Blues

Third Time Around (Catfish)

Eric Bibb- 500 Miles

Ridin’ (Stony Plain)

Tom Russell- The Santa Fe at Midnight

Borderland (HighTone)

Caitlin Hanford- That Lonesome Whistle Sound

Bluer Skies (Denon)

Priscilla Herdman & Utah Phillips- I Remember Loving You

Darkness into Light (Flying Fish)

Mike Regenstreif & Ronny Cox (2013)

Ronny Cox- Cortelia Clark

How I Love Them Old Songs: Ronny Cox Sings Mickey Newbury (Bay Sound)

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy- Whistle Stop

Louie Louie Louie (Savoy Jazz)

NRBQ- Next Stop Brattleboro

High Noon – A 50-Year Retrospective (Omnivore)

Next week: The Philosophy of Modern Song, Part 2.

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--Mike Regenstreif