Friday, May 15, 2020

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday May 16, 2020


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

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

I was subbing for Alan Surmachynski on this episode of Saturday Morning. It was prerecorded at home and can be streamed on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/47778.html


Corin Raymond- Hamilton
Dirty Mansions (Local Rascal Records)

Archie Fisher & Garnet Rogers- The Outside Track
The Best Times After All: Live (Snow Goose Songs)
Priscilla Herdman- The Drover’s Sweetheart
The Water Lily (Philo)
Erynn Marshall & Carl Jones- Tulse Hill Days
Old Tin (Dittyville Music)
John Doyle- The Path of Stones
The Path of Stones (Compass)
Stephen Mendel- Ready for the Storm
Sing Me a Story (Stephen Mendel)

Valerie Smith featuring Claire Lynch & Irene Kelley- From a Distance
From a Distance – single (Bell Buckle)
Ken Whiteley- Let Me Rest Awhile
Calm in the Eye of the Storm (Borealis)
Sandy Cash- I Don’t Get Memories
More Than Meets the Eye (Sandy Cash)
David Mallett- Hope for One and All
…In the Falling Dark (Vanguard)
Eliza Gilkyson- One More Day
2020 (Red House)

Tom Mitchell- No Time for Me
When the Moon is Right (Truesongs)
Missy Burgess with The Blue Train- Don’t Go to Cincinnati
Live (Missy Burgess)
Andy Cohen & Jack Radcliffe- Cincinnati Flow Rag
Four Hands No Waiting (Wepecket Island)

Claudia Schmidt- Dear Friends
Slow Steady Heart (Pragmavsion Publishing)
Tom Russell & Iris DeMent- Love Abides
The Man from God Knows Where (HighTone) or The Tom Russell Anthology 2: Gunpowder Sunsets (Frontera)

Extended feature: “Songs of The Beatles.” The next 16 songs were originally recorded by The Beatles in the 1960s. These versions were recorded by other artists over the 50 years since John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr broke up.

Mary McCaslin- Things We Said Today
Old Friends (Philo)
Christine Lavin- All My Lovin’
FolkZinger (Appleseed)
Deborah Holland- Norwegian Wood (This Bird has Flown)
Vancouver (Rage On Records)
David Grisman, John Hartford & Mike Seeger- When I’m Sixty-Four
Retrograss (Acoustic Disc)

The Friends of Fiddler's Green- In My Life
Old Inventions (Friends of Fiddler’s Green)
Judy Collins- Yesterday
Judy Collins Sings Lennon & McCartney (Wildflower)
Sarah McLauchlan- Blackbird
I Am Sam (V2)
The Persuasions- Rocky Raccoon
The Persuasions Sing The Beatles (Chesky)
Lucy Kaplansky- I’ve Just Seen a Face
The Tide (Red House)

Caroline Doctorow- Across the Universe
Dreaming in Vinyl (Narrow Lane)
Anne Hills & Michael Smith- I Will
Paradise Lost & Found (Redwing)
The Bobs- Strawberry Fields Forever
Cover the Songs of… (Rounder)
Durham County Poets- With a Little Help from My Friends
Hand Me Down Blues (Durham County Poets)

Jane Lewis- Come Together
Stay with Me (Jane Lewis)
Richie Havens- Here Comes the Sun
Résumé: The Best of Richie Havens (Rhino)
k.d. lang- Golden Slumbers/The End
Recollection (Nonesuch)

Gretchen Peters- The Sailor
The Night You Wrote That Song: The Songs of Mickey Newbury (Scarlet Letter) 
Steve Forbert- Suzanne
Early Morning Rain (Blue Rose Music)
Rachelle Garniez- Anthem
Gone to Glory (StorySound)
Leonard Cohen- Thanks for the Dance
Thanks for the Dance (Columbia/Legacy)
Beth Anne Cole- Song for Leonard
Perhaps the Gods of Love (Beth Anne Cole)

Bruce Murdoch- The Rookie
Shelley Posen- Night Nurse
Ontario Moon (Well Done Music)

Jonathan Byrd- I’ve Been Everywhere
I’ve Been Everywhere – single (Jonathan Byrd)

Jackie Washington- Wham, Re-Bop-Boom-Bam
The World of Jackie Washington (Borealis)
Lew London- Swingtime in Springtime
Swingtime in Springtime (Philo)
Susie Arioli Swing Band featuring Jordan Officer- Honeysuckle Rose
Pennies from Heaven (Justin Time)
Steve Howell, Dan Sumner & Jason Weinheimer- Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen
Long Ago (Out of the Past)
Paul Geremia- Dr. Jazz
Love My Stuff (Red House)
Rory Block- He May Be Your Man
Prove It on Me (Stony Plain)

Nell & Jim Band- Isaac in Kolomej
Western Sun (Whippoorwill Arts)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on May 23.

Find me on Twitter. @MikeRegenstreif


--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday, April 25, 2020

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday April 25, 2020


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

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

This episode of Saturday Morning was prerecorded at home and be streamed on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/47623.html



Rachael Sage- Open the Door
Character (MPress Records)

Tom Russell- Honky Tonk Quarantine
Unreleased – used with permission

Mary Gauthier- Mercy Now
Mercy Now (Lost Highway)
Ian Hanchet- I Shall Be Released
Dealin’ from the Bottom (of My Heart) (Ian Hanchet)
Moore & McGregor- Don’t Let Us Get Sick
Dream with Me (Ivernia)
Eliza Gilkyson- Promises to Keep
2020 (Red House)

Rachelle Garniez- My Sister and I
Gone to Glory (StorySound)
Corin Raymond- Half Past Remembered
Dirty Mansions (Local Rascal Records)
Stephen Mendel- Lucky Old Sun
Sing Me a Story (Stephen Mendel)
Missy Burgess with the Blue Train- If I Fall in Love Again
Live (Missy Burgess)

Diana Jones- Better Times will Come
Steve Forbert- Good Time Charlie’s Got the Blues
Early Morning Rain (Blue Rose Music)
Tracy Grammer- If I Needed You
If I Needed You – single (Tracy Grammer)
Tom Russell & The Norwegian Wind Ensemble- Guadalupe
Aztec Jazz (Frontera)

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

Extended feature: Songs of John Prine (1946-2020). The next 16 songs were written by John Prine, one of our greatest folk-rooted singer-songwriters. John passed away on April 7 from COVID-19. He was 73.

Steve Goodman & John Prine- Souvenirs
Affordable Art (Red Pajamas)
Joan Baez- Hello in There
Diamonds & Rust (A&M)
Tim Grimm- Sam Stone
Names (Wind River)
John Prine- Fish and Whistle
Souvenirs (Oh Boy)

Nicky Mehta- All the Best
Unreleased – used with permission
Valdy & Gary Fjellgaard- Speed of the Sound of Loneliness
Contenders Two: Still in the Running (Stony Plain)
Allison Brown- Angel from Montgomery
Everything That Shined (Allison Brown)
John Prine- Blue Umbrella
Souvenirs (Oh Boy)

Leo Gillespie- Aimless Love
Leo Gillespie (Leo Gillespie)
Tim & Mollie O'Brien- Unwed Fathers
Sugar Hill Records: A Retrospective (Sugar Hill)
Mark Haines & Tom Leighton- That’s the Way the World Goes Round
Hand to Hand (Borealis)
John Prine- Caravan of Fools
The Tree of Forgiveness (Oh Boy)

Rob Lutes- Rocky Mountain Time
Walk in the Dark (Lucky Bear)
Bonnie Koloc- Sabu Visits the Twin Cities Alone
Timeless (Mr. Biscuit)
Johnny Cash- Paradise
Personal File (Columbia/Legacy)
John Prine- When I Get to Heaven
The Tree of Forgiveness (Oh Boy)

Susan Werner- House of the Rising Sun
NOLA: Susan Werner Goes to New Orleans (Sleeve Dog)
Guy Van Duser & Billy Novick- New Orleans Farewell
Lovely Sunday Afternoon (Daring)

Shelley Posen- Long, Long Tunnel
Unreleased – used with permission
Rosalie Sorrels- I Think of You
My Last Go Round (Red House)
Magpie- Old Devil Time
A Tiding (Longtail Records)
Pete Seeger & Arlo Gruthrie- Quite Early Morning
Together In Concert (Rising Son)

Deborah Holland- Will I Ever Be Loved
Fine, Thank You (Rage On Records)
Adam Karch- Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
Everything Can Change (Bros)
Kat Goldman- Harvard Boys
Gypsy Girl (Kat Goldman)

Jackie Washington- The Joint is Jumpin’
The World of Jackie Washington (Borealis)
Martin, Bogan & Armstrong- Let’s Give a Party
That Old Gang of Mine/Martin, Bogan & Armstrong (Flying Fish)
Missy Burgess with the Blue Train- Basket O’ Blues
Live (Missy Burgess)
Rory Block- Prove It on Me
Prove It on Me (Stony Plain)
Katy Hobgood Ray featuring Dave Ray- Little Children’s Blues
I Dream of Water (Out of the Past Music)
Ken Whiteley- Lay My Burden by the River
Calm in the Eye of the Storm (Borealis)

Andy Statman- Raw Ride
Monroe Bus (Shefa)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on May 16 (for Alan Surmachynski) and on May 23.

Find me on Twitter. @MikeRegenstreif

--Mike Regenstreif