Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday February 28, 2023: A Tribute to Josh White

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/595/59557.html

Theme: A Tribute to Josh White (1914-1969).

Josh White was a highly influential blues, folk and jazz singer and guitarist. He made his first recordings in 1928 at about age 14 or 15 and his 1944 recording of “One Meatball” was the first song by a male, African American artist to sell a million copies. Josh White was honored earlier this month by Folk Alliance International with its Legacy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Two songs on this show – “Goodbye Josh” and “A Natural Man” – are tributes to Josh White. The other songs were all part of Josh White’s repertoire.

Josh White- Good Morning Blues

The Josh White Stories, Vols. I & II (Jasmine)

Josh White, Jr.- One Meatball

Live at the Raven Gallery (Silverwolf)

Madeleine Peyroux- Lonesome Road

Careless Love (Rounder)

Mr. Rick- Two Little Fishes

Mr. Rick Sings About God + Booze (Mr. Rick)

Sister Rosetta Tharpe- Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho

This Train in Concert (Sunset Blvd.)

Josh White- Things About Coming My Way

Spirituals & Blues (Elektra)

Louis Jordan- I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town

The Rock ‘n’ Roll Years 1955-1958 (Jasmine)

Josh White, Jr. with Robin Batteau- You Won’t Let Me Go

Jazz, Ballads & Blues (Ryko)

Peter Yarrow- Goodbye Josh

Peter (Warner Bros.)

Peter, Paul & Mary- Betty and Dupree

See What Tomorrow Brings (Warner Bros.)

Jack Williams- A Natural Man

Walkin’ Dreams (Wind River)

Josh White- Strange Fruit

The Josh White Stories, Vols. I & II (Jasmine)

Crabtree & Mills- Miss Otis Regrets

Flight of Fancy (Free and Easy Music)

Bonnie Dobson- Dink’s Song

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

Odetta- House of the Rising Sun

Livin’ with the Blues (Vanguard)

Dave Van Ronk- St. James Infirmary

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

Josh White- The Story of John Henry

The Story of John Henry: A Musical Narrative (Elektra)

Julian Fauth- Frankie & Johnny

The Weak and the Wicked, the Hard and the Strong (Electro-Fi)

Next week: Songs of Kris Kristofferson.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday February 25, 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 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 recorded and can already be streamed on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/59512.html

Odetta- Mr. Tambourine Man

Odetta Sings Dylan (RCA)

Ben Sures- Cry Like a Flood

The Story That Lived Here (Ben Sures)

Kat Goldman- Gypsy Girl

Gypsy Girl (Kat Goldman)

Jason Lang- Firewater

Handled with Care (Famgroup/Genison Music)

Ken Pearson, Penny Lang & Mike Regenstreif (1976) photo: Felicity Fanjoy

Penny Lang- It’s Not Easy

Stone + Sand + Sea + Sky (Borealis)

Jason Lang- Senses of Your Leave

Handled with Care (Famgroup/Genison Music)

Ramblin' Jack Elliott & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Ramblin' Jack Elliott- South Coast

South Coast (Red House)

Hoyt Axton- Evangelina

The A&M Years (A&M)

Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma- Good Shabbes

The Triumph of Assimilation (Rubinchik)

Bonnie Raitt- Just Like That

Just Like That (Redwing)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2006)

Jesse Winchester- That’s What Makes You Strong

Gentleman of Leisure (Sugar Hill)

Emily White- Stone in Your Pocket

Songs You Didn’t Know I Wrote About You (Squeezed Fresh Productions)

Benny Bleu- Lost Goose

March of the Mollusk (Benny Bleu Haravitch)

Taivi- Ukraiyna

Ukraiyna – single (Taivi)

John McCutcheon- Ukrainian Now

Ukrainian Now – single (Appalsongs)

Artists for Action- Which Side Are You On? *

Which Side Are You On? – single (Figs D Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Eric Bibb (2005)

Eric Bibb- Masters of War

Migration Blues (Stony Plain)

*The Artists for Action singers and musicians are, in alphabetical order, Black Umfolosi, Ray Bonneville, Bruce Cockburn, Chris Corrigan, Guy Davis, Ani DiFranco, Maria Dunn, Adam Hill, Bob Jensen, James Keelaghan, Richard Knox, Lucy MacNeil, Tony McManus, Moulettes, Oysterband, Richard Perso, Heather Rankin, Martin Simpson, and Jon Weaver.

The Vanier Playboys- Reach Out and Touch a Hand

Deux (The Vanier Playboys)

Ball & Chain & The Wreckers- More

Satisfied (Ball & Chain)

Mike Regenstreif & Lynn Miles (2013)

Lynn Miles- Hockey Night in Canada

Black Flowers Vol. 3 (Lynn Miles)

Moore & McGregor- Don’t Let Us Get Sick

Dream with Me (Ivernia)

Eric Kilburn- Waiting at Your Door

Reckonings (Wellspring)

Shelley Posen- Long, Long Tunnel

Old Loves (Well Done Music)

Doug Cox & Linda McRae- Ready for the Times to Get Better

Beyond the Great Pause (42 RPM)

Annie Capps- Two Different Things

How Can I Say This? (Yellow Room)

Jaimee Harris- Love is Gonna Come Again

Boomerang Town (Thirty Tigers)

Danny Britt- Friends and Memories

All Over the Map (Red Dawg Music)

Taraf Syriana- Abdul Karim’s Tango

Taraf Syriana (Lulaworld)

Reggie Garrett- Stagecoach Mary

York’s Lament & other stories (WonderDog)

Dom Flemons- Steel Pony Blues

Dom Flemons Presents Black Cowboys (Smithsonian Folkways)

Odetta- Rock Island Line

Lookin’ for a Home: Thanks to Leadbelly (M.C.)

Preservation Hall Jazz Band & Ani DiFranco- Freight Train

Preservation (Preservation Hall)

Julian Taylor- 100 Proof

Beyond the Reservoir (Howling Turtle)

Mavis Staples & Lucky Peterson- Wade in the Water

Spirituals & Gospel (Gitanes)

Dave Rudolf- Mary Don’t You Weep

Traditional (MoneyTree)

Reggie Harris- Sheep, Sheep/Little David

Ready to Go (Reggie Harris Music)

The Klezmatics & Joshua Nelson- Didn’t It Rain

Brother Moses Smote the Water (Piranha)

Last Forever with John Cohen- Dillard Chandler

No Place Like Home/Last Forever (2nd Story Sound)

John Cohen- The Story That the Crow Told Me

Stories the Crow Told Me (Acoustic Disc)

Grateful Dead- Uncle John’s Band

Workingman’s Dead (Warner Bros./Rhino)

The Dumptrucks- Friend of the Devil

Selections (Laughing Cactus)

The Persuasions- Ripple

Might as Well: The Persuasions Sing Grateful Dead (Grateful Dead)

CornMaiz Stringband- Jubilee

Fresh-Picked Kentucky Music (CornMaiz Stringband)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on March 25. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm. 

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday February 21, 2023: Remembering Dr. John on Mardi Gras Day

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU in Ottawa on 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/595/59458.html

Theme: Remembering Dr. John (1941-2019) on Mardi Gras Day.

Mac Rebennack – whose stage name was Dr. John, and who died in 2019 at age 77 – was a New Orleans musical legend who drew on traditional jazz, blues, folk music, rock ‘n’ roll and even classical motifs, all with a distinctly New Orleans influence, in his music. Dr. John performed a lot of Mardi Gras music over the years, so it seems appropriate that we honor his legacy on Mardi Gras Day.

Dr. John with The Neville Brothers- Litanie des Saints

Goin’ Back to New Orleans (Warner Bros.)

Dr. John- Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya

Gris-Gris (Atco)

Paul Asbell- Such a Night

Steel String Americana (Busy Hands)

Deacon Jones with Dr. John- I Didn’t Want to Do It

Deacon John’s Jump Blues (Vetter Communications)

Odetta with Dr. John- Oh Papa

Blues Everywhere I Go (M.C.)

Odetta & Dr. John- Please Send Me Someone to Love

Blues Everywhere I Go (M.C.)

Dr. John- Didn’t He Ramble

Goin’ Back to New Orleans (Warner Bros.)

Dr. John & The WDR Big Band- My Indian Red

Big Band Voodoo (Orange Music)

Dee Dee Bridgewater & Dr. John with Irvin Mayfield & The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra- Big Chief

Dee Dee’s Feathers (Okeh)

The Wild Magnolias- All on a Mardi Gras Day

Life is a Carnival (Metro Blue)

Dr. John- Iko Iko

Dr. John’s Gumbo (Atco)

Preservation Hall Jazz Band & Dr. John- Winin’ Boy Blues

Preservation (Preservation Hall)

Dr. John & Danny Barker- I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say

Goin’ Back to New Orleans (Warner Bros.)

Dr. John- Milneburg Joys

Goin’ Back to New Orleans (Warner Bros.)  

Maria Muldaur & Dr. John- Layin’ Right Here in Heaven

Louisiana Love Call (Black Top)

Irma Thomas with Dr. John- Be You

Simply Grand (Rounder)

Dr. John & Rickie Lee Jones- Makin’ Whooppee!

In a Sentimental Mood (Warner Bros.)

Dirty Dozen Brass Band & Dr. John- It’s All Over Now

Voodoo (Columbia)

Dr. John with Chris Barber’s Jazz and Blues Band- Right Place Wrong Time

Live from London (The Store for Music)

Dr. John with The Neville Brothers, Al Hirt & Pete Fountain- Goin’ Back to New Orleans

Goin’ Back to New Orleans (Warner Bros.)

Next week: A Tribute to Josh White.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday February 14, 2023: Love 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 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/595/59373.html

Theme: Love Songs.

Randall Kromm- I Gave My Love a Valentine

I Gave My Love a Valentine – single (Randall Kromm)

Priscilla Herdman- The Coast of Marseilles

Forgotten Dreams (Flying Fish)

Mike Regenstreif & James Talley (2005)

James Talley- Sea of Cortez

Journey: The Second Voyage (Cimarron)

Liz Miller- Valentine

Lucky Me (Liz Miller)

Bruce Murdoch- (If I Had) Wings

Bruce Murdoch (Radio Canada International)

Jesse Winchester & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Jesse Winchester- Sham-A-Ling-Dong-Ding

Love Filling Station (Appleseed)

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

The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)

The Roches- You’re the One

Where Do I Come From: Selected Songs (StorySound)

Mara Levine & Si Kahn- The Dutchman

Jewels and Harmony (Mara’s Creations)

Erik Frandsen- The Man Who Fell in Love with Kathleen

Antiques: New & Used (Erik Frandsen)

Mike Regenstreif & Maria Dunn (2017)

Maria Dunn- From Dublin with Love

Joyful Banner Blazing (Distant Whisper Music)

Bruce Brackney A.K.A. Haywire Brack- Another Time and Place

Case History (Pilgrims Rest)

Kate Wolf- Give Yourself to Love

The Wind Blows Wild (Rhino)

Buffy Ford Stewart, Eliza Gilkyson & Shana Morrison- Some Kind of Love

Same Old Heart (Global Recording Artists)

Pat Guadango- Tomorrow is a Long Time

1964 (Campbell Music)

Rosalie Sorrels- I Think of You

My Last Go Round (Red House)

Allison Russell- Persephone

Outside Child (Fantasy)

Shelley Posen- Old Loves

Old Loves (Well Done Music)

Nanci Griffith- Time Alone

Once In a Very Blue Moon (Philo)

Mike Regenstreif & Bill Staines (1993)

Bill Staines- Sueño

Sandstone Cathedrals (Mineral River)

Perla Batalla- Coming Back to You

Bird on the Wire: The Songs of Leonard Cohen (Mechuda Music)

Moore & McGregor- Dream With Me

Dream With Me (Ivernia)

Mike Regenstreif, Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop (2014)

Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop- The Story of Love

Red Shoes (Borealis)

Next week: Remembering Dr. John on Mardi Gras Day.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday February 7, 2023: Songs Mississippi John Hurt Sang for the Library of Congress

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/595/59321.html

Theme: Songs Mississippi John Hurt Sang for the Library of Congress.

Mississippi John Hurt, who died in 1966 at age 73, was one of the most influential and important of the African American blues artists and songsters rediscovered in the 1960s. The songs on this program – some of which were written by Mississippi John Hurt – were all sung and recorded by him for the Library of Congress in 1963.

Mississippi John Hurt- See See Rider

Mr. Hurt Goes to Washington (Sunset Blvd.)

Bruce Cockburn- My Hometown Avalon (Avalon Blues)

Rarities (True North)

Michael Jerome Browne & Mike Regenstreif (2005)

Michael Jerome Browne- Sliding Delta

Sliding Delta (Borealis)

Maria Muldaur with John Sebastian- Richland Woman Blues

Richland Woman Blues (Stony Plain)

Mississippi John Hurt- Coffee Blues

Mr. Hurt Goes to Washington (Sunset Blvd.)

Doc & Merle Watson- Corrina, Corrina

Then and Now (Tomato)

Mississippi John Hurt- Stack O’Lee

Mr. Hurt Goes to Washington (Sunset Blvd.)

Rhiannon Giddens- The Angels Laid Him Away (Louis Collins)

Freedom Highway (Nonesuch)

“Philadelphia” Jerry Ricks- Keep On Knocking

Many Miles of Blues (Rooster Blues)

Tim Williams- Pallet on the Floor

Evenings Among Friends (Cayuse)

Mississippi John Hurt- Trouble I’ve Hall All My Day

Mr. Hurt Goes to Washington (Sunset Blvd.)

Dave Van Ronk- Spike Driver Blues

Down in Washington Square (Smithsonian Folkways)

Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur- Frankie

Penny’s Farm (Kingswood)

David Essig & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

David Essig- Candy Man

Redbird Country & High Ground (Appaloosa)

Mississippi John Hurt- Got the Blues That Can’t Be Satisfied

Mr. Hurt Goes to Washington (Sunset Blvd.)

Rosalie Sorrels- I’m Satisfied

Miscellaneous Abstract Record No. 1 (Green Linnet)

Martin Grosswendt- Pay Day

Pay Day! (Martin Grosswendt)

Peter Keane- Nobody’s Dirty Business

Rural Electrification (Peter Keane)

Mississippi John Hurt- Funky Butt

Mr. Hurt Goes to Washington (Sunset Blvd.)

Happy Traum- Monday Morning Blues

Bright Morning Stars (Lark’s Nest Music)

Andy Cohen- Talkin’ Casey

Tryin’ to Get Home (Earwig)

Eve Goldberg & Mike Regenstreif (2013)

Eve Goldberg- My Creole Belle

Ever Brightening Day (Sweet Patootie)

Mississippi John Hurt- Hot Time in Old Town Tonight

Mr. Hurt Goes to Washington (Sunset Blvd.)

Next week: Love Songs.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday January 31, 2023: Songs I’ve Heard Leon Redbone Sing

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/595/59153.html

Theme: Songs I’ve Heard Leon Redbone Sing.

Leon Redbone, who died in 2019 at age 69, was a mysterious figure who played meticulous arrangements of old blues, jazz and Tin Pan Alley songs. 

Leon Redbone- Sweet Mama Papa’s Gettin’ Mad

Live_The Olympia Theater, Paris, France (Rounder)

The Hot Sardines- Lulu’s Back in Town

Welcome Home, Bon Voyage (Eleven)

Jeff Healey- Some of These Days

The Best of the Stony Plain Years: Vintage Jazz, Swing and Blues (Stony Plain)

Guy Van Duser & Billy Novick- My Blue Heaven

Exactly Like Us (Rounder)

Dawn Tyler Watson & Paul Deslauriers- Shine On Harvest Moon

En Duo (Justin Time)

Leon Redbone- Champagne Charlie

Champagne Charlie (Warner Bros.)

Ry Cooder- Big Bad Bill is Sweet William Now

Jazz (Warner Bros.)

Leon Redbone- Marie

On the Track (Warner Bros.)

The Whiteley Brothers- Crazy Blues

Bluesology (Pyramid)

Mose Scarlett- Somebody Stole My Gal

Precious Seconds (Borealis)

Hotcha!- My Walkin’ Stick

Dust Bowl Roots: Songs for the New Depression (Hotcha!)

Paul Geremia- Nobody’s Sweetheart Now

Gamblin’ Woman Blues (Red House)

Leon Redbone- Louisiana Fairy Tale

Any Time (Rounder)

Mary Coughlan- Seduced

Tired & Emotional (EastWest)

Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik- Your Cheatin’ Heart

Martha Sings & Robert Plays (Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik)

Sneezy Waters, Ken Whiteley, Jackie Washington & Mike Regenstreif (2008)

Sneezy Waters- Lovesick Blues

Sneezy Waters Sings Hank Williams (Borealis)

Jackie Washington with Mose Scarlett & Ken Whiteley- I Ain’t Got Nobody

Sitting on a Rainbow (Borealis)

Leon Redbone- Ghost of the St. Louis Blues

Sugar (Rounder)

Patti Casey with Paul Asbell- Ain’t Misbehavin’

Just an Old Sweet Song (Long Shot Music)

Dave Van Ronk- Your Feets Too Big

Sweet & Lowdown (Justin Time)

Andy Cohen- Step It Up and Go

Tryin’ to Get Home (Earwig)

Roberta Donnay & The Prohibition Mob Band- When I Take My Sugar to Tea

Bathtub Gin (Motema)

Leon Redbone- Alabama Jubilee

Champagne Charlie (Warner Bros.)

Missy Burgess & Michael Burgess- When You Wish Upon a Star

Pour Me a Song (Patio)

Duke Robillard & Kelley Hunt- Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone

Duke Robillard and his Dames of Rhythm (M.C.)

Leon Redbone- Polly Wolly Doodle

On the Track (Warner Bros.)

Next week: Songs Mississippi John Hurt Sang for the Library of Congress in 1963.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday January 28, 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 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 recorded and can already be streamed on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/59164.html

Three songs in memory of David Crosby (1941-2023).

The Byrds- Mr. Tambourine Man

Mr. Tambourine Man (Columbia)

Crosby, Stills & Nash- Long Time Gone

Crosby, Stills & Nash (Atlantic)

David Crosby- Traction in the Rain

If I Could Only Remember My Name (Atlantic)

Ben Bedford- Leaping

Valley of Stars (Hopeful Sky)

Geoff Bartley- Talkin’ Jumping Frog Blues

The Ballad of Billy Bridger (Magic Crow)

Bob Jensen- Sit Down Young Stranger

For the Sake of the Song (Bob Jensen)

J.P. Cormier- Approaching Lavender

The Long River: A Personal Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot (Flash Publishing)

Nicki Parrott- If You Could Read My Mind

If You Could Read My Mind (Arbors)

Gordon Lightfoot- Saturday Clothes

If You Could Read My Mind (Reprise)

The Vanier Playboys- Born in the Country

Deux (The Vanier Playboys)

Ball & Chain & The Wreckers- Come on Up to the House

Satisfied (Ball & Chain)

VickiKristinaBarcelona- Gun Street Girl

Pawn Shop Radio (StorySound)

Mike Regenstreif & David Amram (2004) photo: Ron Petronko

David Amram- Waltz from After the Fall

No More Walls (Flying Fish)

Three songs in memory of Steve James (1950-2023).

Steve James- Stack Lee’s Blues

Boom Chang (Burnside)

Steve James- Buddy Bolden’s Blues

Art & Grit (Discovery)

Steve James & Del Rey- Tappin’ That Thing

Tonight (Hobemian)

Three songs in memory of Thad Beckman (1952-2023).

Thad Beckman- Lay My Burden Down

Blues Gone By (Thadzooks)

Thad Beckman- Street of Disaster

Streets of Disaster (Thadzooks)

Thad Beckman, Mike Regenstreif & Tom Russell (2012)

Thad Beckman & Tom Russell- Blue Wing

Streets of Disaster (Thadzooks)

Tom Russell & The Norwegian Wind Ensemble- St. Olav’s Gate

Aztec Jazz (Frontera)

Danny Britt- Bar Stool

All Over the Map (Red Dawg Music)

Creedence Clearwater Revival- Bad Moon Rising

Green River (Fantasy)

The Dumptrucks- Closing Time

Selections (Laughing Cactus)

Alex Cuba- Quiero Quedarme

Quiero Quedarme – single (Caracol)

Le Vent du Nord- L’auberge

20 Printemps (La Compagnie du Nord)

Christopher Mark Jones / Bernard Pozier- Rendez-vous sous la pluie

Montréal Encore (Small Batch Music)

Pat Guadango & Mary McCrink- Boots of Spanish Leather

1964 (Campbell Music)

Annie Capps- Learning

How Can I Say This? (Yellow Room)

Tim Ball- Sugar in the Gourd

Upstate Crossroads (Irelandville)

The next two songs punctuated my conversation with Christine Graves, recorded on January 17 via Zoom.

Christine Graves- Despite the News

Everyday Life (Christine Graves)

Christine Graves- Here’s My Song

Everyday Life (Christine Graves)

Four songs to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27).

Payadora Tango Ensemble featuring Olga Avigail Mieleszczuk- Sabina’s Letter: Some of Us Must Survive

Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango (Six Degrees)

Brendan Nolan- Parallel Limbs

Beneath White Stars: Holocaust Profiles in Song (AlmondSeed Media)

Lenka Lichtenberg- Our feet are marching, two and two

Thieves of Dreams (Six Degrees)

Shelley Posen- Packed

Mazel (Well Done Music)

The Squirrel Hillbillies- Mama Just Wants to Barrelhouse All Night Long

Rhizomes (The Squirrel Hillbillies)

Bruce Cockburn- Whole Night Sky

Rarities (True North)

Lucie Blue Tremblay- The Paradise Club

So Many Wows (Maggie & Shanti Musique)

The Heart Collectors- Pieces II

Timeless Space (Spins the Gold)

Sue Horowitz- January

Strings, Wings and Curious Things (Sue Horowitz)

Bill Staines- January Snow

The First Million Miles, Volume II (Rounder)

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

Priscilla Herdman- January Thaw

Forgotten Dreams (Flying Fish)

Michael Kaeshammer- Bourbon Street Parade

The Warehouse Sessions (Linus)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on February 25. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm. 

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday January 24, 2023: Songs of – or inspired by – the Spanish Civil War

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/595/59086.html

Theme: Songs of – or inspired by – the Spanish Civil War.

Woody Guthrie- Jarama Valley

Songs of the Spanish Civil War, Volumes 1 & 2 (Smithsonian Folkways)

Shay Black & Aoife Clancy- Viva la Quinte Brigada

Spain in My Heart: Songs of the Spanish Civil War (Appleseed)

Lila Downs- El Quinto Regimiento

Spain in My Heart: Songs of the Spanish Civil War (Appleseed)

Windborne- Viva la Quince Brigada

Of Hard Times & Harmony (Wand’ring Feet)

Jamie O'Reilly & Michael Smith- Song of the International Brigade

Pasiones: Songs of the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 (Bird Avenue)

Jack Hardy- Orphan from Madrid/Guernica

Landmark (Great Divide)

Charlie Haden- Els Segadors (The Reapers)

Ballad of the Fallen (ECM)

Rosalie Sorrels- Eddie’s Song

Strangers in Another Country: The Songs of Bruce “Utah” Phillips (Red House)

John McCutcheon- The Abraham Lincoln Brigade

Spain in My Heart: Songs of the Spanish Civil War (Appleseed)

Pete Seeger, Tom Glazer, Baldwin (Butch) Hawes & Bess Hawes- Si Me Quieres Escribir

Songs of the Spanish Civil War, Volumes 1 & 2 (Smithsonian Folkways)

Jamie O'Reilly & Michael Smith- Freheit!: Song of the Thaelmann Batallion

Pasiones: Songs of the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 (Bird Avenue)

Paul Robeson- The Peat Bog Soldiers

Songs of Free Men: A Paul Robeson Recital (Columbia Masterworks)

Jack Hardy- In Memory of Federico Garcia Lorca

Noir (Great Divide)

Jamie O'Reilly & Michael Smith- Lament for Ignacio Sanchez Mejias

Pasiones: Songs of the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 (Bird Avenue)

Ben Sidran- On Defeating Death/Absent Soul

The Concert for Garcia Lorca (Go Jazz)

Joel & Jamaica Rafael- Los Cuatro Generales

Spain in My Heart: Songs of the Spanish Civil War (Appleseed)

Jamie O'Reilly & Michael Smith- Gunner Name of Bill

Pasiones: Songs of the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 (Bird Avenue)

Laurie Lewis- Taste of Ashes

Spain in My Heart: Songs of the Spanish Civil War (Appleseed)

Charlie Haden- La Pasionaria

Ballad of the Fallen (ECM)

Next week: Songs I’ve Heard Leon Redbone Sing.

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Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday January 17, 2023: Songs and Conversation with Shelley Posen

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/595/59053.html

Theme: Songs and Conversation with Shelley Posen.

Shelley Posen is an Ottawa-based singer, songwriter and folklorist. For many years, he was a member of the acclaimed harmony trio, Finest Kind. Visit https://shelleyposen.com/ for more information about Shelley.

All of the songs on the show, except “The Night Pat Murphey Died,” were written by Shelley Posen.

Shelley Posen & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom.

Shelley Posen- Roseberry Road

Roseberry Road (Well Done Music)

Finest Kind- The Night Pat Murphey Died

Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle Music)

Jane Voss & Hoyle Osborne- Having a Drink with Jane

Sparkle and Shine (Front Hall)

Shelley Posen- So How Come You Don’t Have Tongue?

Manna (Well Done Music)

Shelley Posen- Akhehr

Mazel (Well Done Music)

Shelley Posen- Packed

Mazel (Well Done Music)

Shelley Posen- We’ll Get Through This

Old Loves (Well Done Music)

Shelley Posen- Long, Long Tunnel

Old Loves (Well Done Music)

Shelley Posen- I Want to Write a Standard

Old Loves (Well Done Music)

Shelley Posen- I Missed You in My Dreams Last Night

Old Loves (Well Done Music)

Shelley Posen with Erik Frandsen- It’s for You

Old Loves (Well Done Music)

Shelley Posen- Pompeii, Pompeii

Old Loves (Well Done Music)

Next week: Songs of – or inspired by – the Spanish Civil War.

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Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday January 10, 2023: Remembering Ian Tyson

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 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/595/58976.html

Theme: Remembering Ian Tyson (1933-2022).

Ian Tyson, who died on December 29th at age 89, was one of Canada’s greatest and most influential singers and songwriters – from his days in the 1960s and early-‘70s as half of the legendary folk duo Ian & Sylvia, through his focus on country music in the later Ian & Sylvia years and the early part of his solo career, and to his revitalization and virtual reinvention of cowboy music from the early-1980s through the 2000s. 

Two of the songs on the show were inspired by Ian Tyson, the rest were written, or co-written, by him.

Ian & Sylvia- Four Strong Winds

Four Strong Winds (Vanguard)

Fourtold- Four Rode By

Fourtold (Appleseed)

Judy Collins- Someday Soon

Who Knows Where the Time Goes (Elektra)

Bill Garrett- Red Velvet

Bill Garrett (Borealis)

Tom Russell- Short Grass

Play One More: The Songs of Ian & Sylvia (True North)

Bill Staines- The French Girl

Beneath Some Lucky Star (Red House)

Ian & Sylvia- Lonely Girls

Play One More (Vanguard)

“The Cowboy and the Umbrella” was written by Kim Wallach. In the liner notes to “Chatter of the Finches,” Kim writes that the song is “a fictionalized account of watching Ian Tyson judge the Kerrville Folk Festival in the ‘80s. I moved the setting to the bar at YO Ranch Hilton.”

Kim Wallach- The Cowboy and the Umbrella

Chatter of the Finches (Black Socks Press)

Wanda Fischer- Friends of Mine

Singing Along with the Radio (Wanda Fischer)

Tom Russell- Play One More

Play One More: The Songs of Ian & Sylvia (True North)

Anne Hills & Jan Burda- Wild Geese

Don’t Panic (Flying Fish)

Bill Morrissey & Greg Brown- Summer Wages

Friend of Mine (Philo)

Ian & Sylvia- Long Long Time to Get Old

Great Speckled Bird (Stony Plain)

Ian Tyson- Cowboys Don’t Cry

I Outgrew the Wagon (Stony Plain)

David Rea- The Gift

X 7 (Gitsu)

Ramblin' Jack Elliott- Will James

South Coast (Red House)

Michael Martin Murphey- Cowboy Pride

Cowboy Songs (Warner Bros.)

Corb Lund- Road to Las Cruces

Songs My Friends Wrote (New West)

Over the Moon- Moondancer

Moondancer (Over the Moon)

Ian Tyson- Lost Herd

Lost Herd (Stony Plain)

“I’ll Never Leave These Old Horses” was written by Tom Russell, a frequent songwriting collaborator of Ian Tyson’s. It was inspired by a conversation Tom had with Ian.

Tom Russell- I’ll Never Leave These Old Horses

Folk Hotel (Frontera)

Tom Russell & Ian Tyson- Navajo Rug

Cowboy’d All to Hell (Frontera)

Ian Tyson- Wolves No Longer Sing

Carnero Vaquero (Stony Plain)

Ian Tyson- ‘Til the Circle is Through

All the Good’Uns (Stony Plain)

Next week: Songs and Conversation with Shelley Posen.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday January 3, 2023: Songs of Tom Paxton

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 iNn 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/595/58909.html

Theme: Songs of Tom Paxton.

Note: On January 1st, from 7-10 pm (ET), the Greenwich Village Folk Festival is presenting a free, on-line concert celebrating Tom Paxton featuring Dan Boling; Tom Chapin; Judy Collins; The Don Juans; Cliff Eberhardt; Jackson Emmer; Eric Erickson; Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer; Tim Grimm; Janis Ian; Christine Lavin; Chris Lowe; Kathy Mattea; Amanda McBroom; John McCutcheon; Holly Near; Noel Paul Stookey & Peter Yarrow; Josh White, Jr.; and Tom Paxton – with MCs Ron Olesko of the Folk Music Notebook and Mike Regenstreif. You can watch the concert at … https://greenwichvillagefolkfestival.org/

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2009)

Tom Paxton- Wish I Had a Troubadour

The Compleat Tom Paxton (Even Compleater) (Rhino Handmade)

Nanci Griffith- Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound

Other Voices/Other Rooms (Elektra)

Doc Watson- Leaving London

Portrait (Sugar Hill)

Cindy Mangsen- Outward Bound

Long Time Traveling (Compass Rose Music)

Tom Paxton- Victoria Dines Alone

Morning Again (Elektra)

Peter, Paul & Mary- The Last Thing On My Mind

See What Tomorrow Brings (Warner Bros.)

Pete Seeger- (My) Ramblin’ Boy

We Shall Overcome: The Complete Carnegie Hall Concert, June 8, 1963 (Columbia)

Tom Paxton- Has Annie Been in Tonight

Up & Up (Mountain Railroad)

Bob Dylan- Annie’s Going to Sing Her Song

Another Self Portrait 1969-1971: The Bootleg Series Vol. 10 (Columbia/Legacy)

Tom Paxton- When Annie Took Me Home

New Songs for Old Friends (Reprise)

Geoff Bartley- Central Square

Blackbirds in the Pie (Geoff Bartley)

Judy Collins- The Hostage

True Stories and Other Dreams (Elektra)

Magpie- What If, No Matter

A Tiding (Longtail)

Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- When the Big Bad Books Go ‘Boo!’

All New (Community Music)

Mike Regenstreif, Anne Hills & Tom Paxton (2001)

Anne Hills- Mother

The Things I Notice Now: Anne Hills sings the songs of Tom Paxton (Appleseed)

Tim Grimm- Fare Thee Well, Cisco

Thank You Tom Paxton (Vault)

Dave Van Ronk- Did You Hear John Hurt?

Somebody Else, Not Me (Philo)

Tom Paxton & The DonJuans- Bottle of Wine

Live (Pax)

Josh White, Jr.- (Coming Through) And Loving You

By Request (Silverwolf)

Kate Wolf- Hold on to Me, Babe

Looking Back at You (Rhino)

Patrick Sky- Everytime

Patrick Sky (Vanguard)

Tom Paxton- Comedians and Angels

Comedians & Angels (Appleseed)

Tom Paxton- The Honor of Your Company

Wearing the Time (Sugar Hill)

Next week: Remembering Ian Tyson

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--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday December 31, 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 recorded and can already be streamed on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/58855.html

Herdman, Hills & Mangsen- At the Turning of the Year

At the Turning of the Year (Hand & Heart Music)

Perla Batalla- Famous Blue Raincoat

Bird on the Wire: The Songs of Leonard Cohen (Mechuda Music)

Jamie O’Reilly & Michael Smith- Song of Bernadette

Songs of a Catholic Childhood (J. O’Reilly Productions)

Rachelle Garniez- Anthem

Gone to Glory (StorySound)

Leonard Cohen- Leaving the Table

You Want It Darker (Columbia)

Brendan Nolan- The Old Year

Where Do I Go from Here (Ould Segosha Music)

Jennifer Cutting & Lisa Moscatiello- The Turning Year: A New Year’s Toast

The Turning Year: Pandemic Sessions Unplugged (SunSign)

Tim Radford- New Year

Home from Home (Fallen Angle Music)

Tret Fure- New Years

Roses in November (Tomboy Girl)

Steve Lundquist- Brand New Year’s Day

Acting a Fool (Steve Lundquist)

Annie Capps- My Eden

How Can I Say This? (Yellow Room)

Joyce Andersen- For What Was Gained

Tribute to a Songpoet: Songs of Eric Andersen (Y&T Music)

The Longest Johns- The Mary Ellen Carter

Smoke + Oakum (Decca)

Paul Mills- Clank Remembers

The Other Side of the Glass (Borealis)

Shirley Eikhard- My Final Chapter

On My Way to You (Shirley Eikhard)

Bonnie Raitt- Something to Talk About

Luck of the Draw (Capitol)

Shirley Eikhard- Emily Remembers

Going Home (Artisan Music)

Emmylou Harris- Good News

White Shoes (Reprise)

Shirley Eikhard- On My Way to You

On My Way to You (Shirley Eikhard)

Quartette- Hobo Girl

20 Years of Quartette (Outside Music)

Fred Holstein- Here’s to You Rounders

Fred Holstein: A Collection (Fred Holstein)

Rosalie Sorrels & Mike Regenstreif (1993)

Rosalie Sorrels- I Remember Loving You

Travelin’ Lady Rides Again (Green Linnet)

Utah Phillips & Mark Ross- Walking Through Your Town in the Snow

Loafer’s Glory (Red House)

The Wainwright Sisters- Hobo’s Lullaby

Songs in the Dark (MapleMusic)

Tom Paxton- Home to Me (is Anywhere You Are)

Comedians & Angels (Appleseed)

Dave Van Ronk- Ramblin’ Boy

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

Ian & Sylvia- The Last Thing On My Mind

The Lost Tapes (Stony Plain)

Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- The Freedom of Forgiving

All New (Community Music)

The Persuasions- What are You Doing New Year’s Eve

No Frills (Rounder)

Chris Coole & John Showman- Steamboat Whistle Blues

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

Sam Bush- In Tall Buildings

Radio John: Songs of John Hartford (Smithsonian Folkways)

John Hartford- My Rag

Morning Bugle (Rounder)

Toasted Westerns- Second Fiddle to an Old Guitar

Out to Lunch! (Moo Music)

Payadora Tango Ensemble featuring Lenka Lichtenberg- A Victim of Mengele

Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango (Six Degrees)

Payadora Tango Ensemble featuring Lenka Lichtenberg & Marta Kosiorek- Bitter Winter

Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango (Six Degrees)

Martin Grosswendt- Mournin’ Blues

Pay Day! (Martin Grosswendt)

Dakota Dave Hull- Geremia’s Wobble

Under the North Star (Arabica)

Paul Geremia & Mike Regenstreif (2012)

Paul Geremia- The Truth is on the Streets

Self Portrait in Blues (Red House)

Shelley Posen- Old Loves

Old Loves (Well Done Music)

Lucie Blue Tremblay- So Many Wows

So Many Wows (Maggie & Shanti Musique)

Ferron- Ain’t Life a Brook

Not a Still Life (Cherrywood Station)

Mark Yan- Please Come Home

Just as One (Mark Yan)

Kate Taylor featuring James Taylor- Auld Lang Syne

Beautiful Road (Front Door)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on January 28. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm. 

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Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday December 27, 2022: Songs from Mike Regenstreif’s top 10 folk-rooted and folk-branched albums of 2022

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/595/58799.html

Theme: Songs from Mike Regenstreif’s top 10 folk-rooted and folk-branched albums of 2022. 

Visit https://frfb.blogspot.com/2022/12/top-10-for-2022.html to see the annotated and illustrated list.

#10 – Tuscon by Amy Speace

Amy Speace- Cottonwood

Tuscon (Windbone)

Amy Speace- If You Fall

Tuscon (Windbone)

#9 – Blues from Chicago to Paris: A Tribute to Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon by Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne

Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne- Rock and Rolling This House

Blues from Chicago to Paris: A Tribute to Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon (Stony Plain)

Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne- Stewball

Blues from Chicago to Paris: A Tribute to Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon (Stony Plain)

#8 – Second-Hand by James Keelaghan

James Keelaghan- La Cattiva Strada

Second-Hand (Borealis)

James Keelaghan- Just a Letter

Second-Hand (Borealis)

#7 – Tribute to a Songpoet: Songs of Eric Andersen by Various Artists

Bob Dylan- Thirsty Boots

Tribute to a Songpoet: Songs of Eric Andersen (Y&T Music)

Janis Ian- Hills of Tuscany

Tribute to a Song Poet: Songs of Eric Andersen (Y&T Music)

#6 – Lifetime Achievement by Loudon Wainwright III

Loudon Wainwright III- One Wish

Lifetime Achievement (StorySound)

Loudon Wainwright III- Lifetime Achievement

Lifetime Achievement (StorySound)

#5 – There’s a Bright Side Somewhere by Happy Traum

Happy Traum- Dry Bones

There’s a Bright Side Somewhere (Lark’s Nest Music)

Happy Traum- Love Song to a Girl in an Old Photograph

There’s a Bright Side Somewhere (Lark’s Nest Music)

#4 – Leap! by John McCutcheon

John McCutcheon- Third Way

Leap! (Appalsongs)

John McCutcheon- Everyday

Leap! (Appalsongs)

#3 – Mountain City Four by Mountain City Four

Mountain City Four- Erev Shel Shoshanim

Mountain City Four (Omnivore)

Mountain City Four- Mean Old Frisco

Mountain City Four (Omnivore)

#2 – Songs from the River Wind by Eliza Gilkyson

Eliza Gilkyson- Bristlecone Pine

Songs From the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)

Eliza Gilkyson- Don’t Stop Lovin’ Me

Songs From the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)

#1 – Thieves of Dreams by Lenka Lichtenberg

Lenka Lichtenberg- It was a cold dusk, my love

Thieves of Dreams (Six Degrees)

Lenka Lichtenberg- I wanted to curse you, bitter land

Thieves of Dreams (Six Degrees)

Next week: Songs of Tom Paxton

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