Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday May 2, 2023: Stompin’ at the Savoy

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/595/60257.html

Theme: Stompin’ at the Savoy.

The Savoy Ballroom in the Harlem section of New York City was a major music venue from 1926 until 1958, and in the liner notes to Savoy by Taj Mahal, Holger Peterson notes that 13 of the 14 songs on the album would likely have been heard at the Savoy during its long run. And that’s what gave me the idea for this theme. All the songs on this show were performed during that period and might well have been heard at the Savoy at some point.

Taj Mahal- Stompin’ at the Savoy

Savoy (Stony Plain)

Ella Fitzgerald with The Chick Webb Orchestra- A-Tisket, A-Tasket

Swingsation (Verve)

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy- Diga Diga Do

Rattle Them Bones (Savoy Jazz)

Howard Armstrong- Lady Be Good

Louie Bluie (Blue Suit)

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

I Just Want to Be Horizontal (Kingswood)

Taj Mahal- Baby Won’t You Please Come Home

Savoy (Stony Plain)

Catherine Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2007)

Catherine Russell- Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby?

Alone Together (Dot Time)

Taj Mahal- Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me

Savoy (Stony Plain)

Barney Bigard & Orchestra- C Jam Blues

The Great Ellington Units (BMG)

Ella Fitzgerald with The Duke Ellington Orchestra- I’m Just a Lucky So-and-So

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (Verve)

Jackie Washington & Mike Regenstreif (2008)

Jackie Washington- Take the “A” Train

Keeping Out of Mischief (Pyramid)

Nina Simone- Mood Indigo

Let It All Out (Liberty)

Taj Mahal- Caldonia

Savoy (Stony Plain)

Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown- Salt Pork, West Virginia

Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Sings Louis Jordan (Black & Blue)

Asleep at the Wheel- Choo Ch’Boogie

Having a Party: Live (Goldenlane)

Louis Jordan- Let the Good Times Roll

Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five (JSP)

Taj Mahal- Sweet Georgia Brown

Savoy (Stony Plain)

Dave Van Ronk- Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You

Hummin’ to Myself (Gazell)

Oscar Brown, Jr.- One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)

The Voice of Cool (Not Now Music)

Count Basie & His Orchestra- Jumpin’ at the Woodside

The Count Basie Story, Vol. 1 (Columbia)

Cab Calloway- Minnie the Moocher

Are You Hep to the Jive? (Columbia/Legacy)

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong- Stompin’ at the Savoy

Ella and Louis Again (Verve)

Next week: Remembering Harry Belafonte (1927-2023).

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday April 25, 2023: Willie Nelson at 90

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/595/60138.html

Theme: Willie Nelson at 90.

Willie Nelson will turn 90 on April 29th and as Bob Dylan wrote in his book, The Philosophy of Modern Song, “Willie Nelson could, as they say, sing the phone book and make you weep – he could also write the phonebook.”

Willie Nelson- My Own Peculiar Way

My Own Peculiar Way (RCA)

Patsy Cline- Crazy

The Unforgettable Patsy Cline (PolyTel)

Lucinda Williams- Funny How Time Slips Away

Funny How Time Slips Away: A Night of ‘60s Country Classics (Highway 20)

The Little Willies- Night Life

The Little Willies (Milking Bull)

Willie Nelson- Mr. Record Man

Absolutely the Best, Volume 1 (Fuel 2000)

Bobby Bare- One Day at a Time

Constant Sorrow (RCA)

k.d. lang & the reclines- Three Days

Absolute Torch and Twang (Sire)

Colleen Peterson- Sad Songs and Waltzes

Beginning to Feel Like Home (Capitol)

Willie Nelson- Hello Walls

Absolutely the Best, Volume 1 (Fuel 2000)

Willie Nelson- Time of the Preacher

Red Headed Stranger (Columbia/Legacy)

Doc & Merle Watson- I Couldn’t Believe it was True

Elementary Doctor Watson (Tomato)

Ramblin’ Jack Elliott- Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain

Kerouac’s Last Dream (Appleseed)

Willie Nelson- Red Headed Stranger

Red Headed Stranger (Columbia/Legacy)

Willie Nelson- Don’t Get Around Much Anymore

Stardust (Columbia)

Kerri Powers- Always On My Mind

Words on the Wind (Must Have Music)

Emmylou Harris- Sister’s Coming Home

Blue Kentucky Girl (Warner Bros./Rhino)

Willie Nelson- Me and Paul

Wanted! The Outlaws (RCA)

Willie Nelson & Asleep at the Wheel- Hesitation Blues

Willie and the Wheel (Bismeaux)

Willie Nelson & Kimmie Rhodes- I Just Drove By

Just One Love (Justice)

Kinky Friedman & Willie Nelson- Bloody Mary Morning

The Loneliest Man I Ever Met (Avenue A)

Judy Collins & Willie Nelson- When I Go

Strangers Again (Wildflower/Cleopatra)

Wynton Marsalis Septet featuring Willie Nelson- Milk Cow Blues

United We Swing: Best of the Lincoln Centre Galas (Blue Engine)

Willie Nelson & Bonnie Raitt- Getting Over You

Across the Borderline (Columbia)

Townes Van Zandt & Willie Nelson- Marie

Texas Rain: The Texas Hill Country Recordings (Tomato)

Mary Kay Place & Willie Nelson- Something to Brag About

The Ahern Sessions 1976-1977 (Raven)

Next week: Stompin’ at the Savoy.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday April 22, 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/128/60194.html

Judy Collins- Mr. Tambourine Man 

Live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art at the Temple of Dendur (Wildflower)

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2001) photo: Janice Hanson

Tom Paxton- Whose Garden Was This

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

The Rifters- The Dollar Worth of Mother Earth

The Enchanted World (Howlin' Dog)

Jaeger & Reid- Fire (For Greta)

Fire (For Greta) – single (Judi Jaeger & Bob Reid)

Debra Mann- Big Yellow Taxi

Full Circle: The Music of Joni Mitchell (Whaling City Sound)

Kuné- Earth I

Universal Echoes (Kuné)

Lynn Miles- Moody

tumbleWeedyWorld (True North)

Stephen Fearing- As the Crow Flies

Vejpoesi (Stephen Fearing)

Jason Lang- Carry On Children

Handled with Care (Famgroup/Genison Music)

Penny Lang- Ain’t Nobody Got the Blues Like Me

Live at the Yellow Door (She-Wolf)

Meredith Moon- Constellations

Constellations (True North)

Gordon Lightfoot- Sixteen Miles

The Original Lightfoot: The United Artists Years (EMI)

Chris Coole & John Showman- The Julia Belle Swain

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

Dom Flemons- Tough Luck

Traveling Wildfire (Smithsonian Folkways)

Martin Hayes & The Common Ground Ensemble- Longford Tinker

Peggy’s Dream (Faction)

Colleen Kattau- In the Garden

In the Garden – single (Wind Light Studios)

Amelia Hogan- The Woodthrush’s Song

Taking Flight (Amelia Hogan)

Kuné- Earth II

Universal Echoes (Kuné)

Kuné- Earth III

Universal Echoes (Kuné)

Tom Chapin- This Pretty Planet II

This Pretty Planet (Sundance Music)

Eddie Redmayne & Cast- Wilkommen

Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club – London Cast Recording (Decca)

Jessie Buckley & Cast- Cabaret

Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club – London Cast Recording (Decca)

Coco Love Alcorn- Good News

Wonderland (Coco Love Alcorn)

Odetta- Freedom Trilogy: Oh Freedom/Come & Go with Me/I’m On My Way

Gonna Let It Shine (M.C.)

Jenny Whiteley- Needle in a Haystack

Hopetown (Black Hen Music)

Tim Grimm- Lonesome All the Time

The Little In-Between (Vault)

Ray Lemelin- Grandma’s Hands

Dark/Out of Phase (Ray Lemelin)

Eric Bibb featuring Harrison Kennedy- Call Me By My Name

Ridin’ (Stony Plain)

Dakota Dave Hull- Oh, Didn’t Ramble

Better Late Than Never: The Classic American Guitar-Banjo (Arabica)

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- All Wigged Out

All Wigged Out: Songs from the Musical (Community Music)

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- Amy’s of Denmark

All Wigged Out: Songs from the Musical (Community Music)

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- Car Wash

All Wigged Out: Songs from the Musical (Community Music)

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- Tipsy All the Time

All Wigged Out: Songs from the Musical (Community Music)

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- Where’d You Get That Hat

All Wigged Out: Songs from the Musical (Community Music)

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- Jesus is My Backstreet Driver

All Wigged Out: Songs from the Musical (Community Music)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2005)

Tom Russell- Pork Roast and Poetry

Tribute to the Travelin’ Lady Rosalie Sorrels (Tribute to Rosalie Sorrels)

Rosalie Sorrels- Singing in the Country

Report from Grimes Creek (Green Linnet)

Andy Hedges & Tom Russell- Old Dolores

Roll On, Cowboys (Andy Hedges)

Chaim Tannenbaum- Brooklyn 1955

Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)

Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt- Flatbush Sunset

Hello World (Crooked Cyclone)

Mike Ward- The Currency of Forgiveness

Love Never Rests (Psychosongs)

Grace Morrison- Oh, Colorado

Maybe Modern (Grace Morrison)

Chris Coole- Where the Light Begins

The Old Man and the C Chord (Chris Coole)

Greg Greenway- That’s Where the Hope Comes From

Between Hello & Goodbye (Greg Greenway)

Polky- Kolomyjka

Songs from Home (Polky)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on May 20. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm. 

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday April 18, 2023: The Philosophy of Modern Song, Part 1

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/595/60086.html

Theme: The Philosophy of Modern Song, Part 1.

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.

Bobby Bare- Detroit City

The Best of Bobby Bare (Razor & Tie)

Elvis Costello- Pump It Up

This Year’s Model (Radar)

Dylan cites Webb Pierce’s version of “There Stands the Glass.”

Ted Hawkins- There Stands the Glass 

The Next Hundred Years (Geffen)

Billy Joe Shaver- Willy the Wandering Gypsy and Me

Old Five and Dimers Like Me (Monument)

Little Richard- Tutti Frutti

18 Greatest Hits (Rhino)

Elvis Presley- Money Honey

Elvis Presley (RCA)

The Who- My Generation

The Who Sings My Generation (Decca)

Dylan cites Harry McClintock’s 1928 version of “Jesse James.”

Bruce Springsteen- Jesse James

We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (Columbia)

Dylan cites Ricky Nelson’s 1958 version of “Poor Little Fool.” This is a later live version.

Rick Nelson- Poor Little Fool

A Night to Remember (True North)

Dylan cites Perry Como’s version of “Without a Song.”

The Righteous Brothers- Without a Song

Greatest Hits (Verve)

Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson- Pancho and Lefty

Pancho & Lefty (Epic)

Jackson Browne- The Pretender

The Pretender (Elektra)

Bobby Darin- Mack the Knife

That’s All (Atco)

Dylan cites Bing Crosby’s version of “The Whiffenpoof Song.”

Art Neville- The Whiffenpoof Song

Let New Orleans Rock (Blues Interactions)

Dylan cites Cher’s 1971 version of “Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves.” This is a later live version.

Cher- Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves

Live in Concert (HBO)

Dylan cites Rosemary Clooney’s version of “Come On-A My House.”

Kay Starr- Come On-A My House

Come On-A My House – single (Capitol)

Eddy Arnold- You Don’t Know Me

You Don’t Know Me – single (RCA)

Johnnie & Jack- Poison Love

Poison Love – single (RCA)

Alvin Youngblood Hart- Nelly was a Lady

Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster (American Roots Publishing)

Dylan cites Johnnie Ray’s version of “The Little White Cloud That Cried.”

Jackie Washington- The Little White Cloud That Cried

The World of Jackie Washington (Borealis)

Ray Charles- I Got a Woman

The Birth of Soul (Atlantic)

The Fugs- CIA Man

The Fugs First Album (Fantasy)

Grateful Dead- Truckin’

American Beauty (Warner Bros.)

Dylan cites Vic Damone’s version of “On the Street Where You Live.”

Pat Guadango- On the Street Where You Live

1964 (Campbell Music)

Next week: Willie Nelson at 90.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday April 11, 2023: Old Friends

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/595/60053.html

Theme: Old Friends – all the songs relate, in one way or another – to friendship. The five songs on the show called “Old Friends” are all different songs.

Guy Clark- Old Friends

Old Friends (Sugar Hill)

Andy Cohen- Bob Dylan’s Dream

Tryin’ to Get Home (Earwig)

Tom Russell- These Friends of Mine

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

Nanci Griffith, Dave Van Ronk & Eric Taylor- He was a Friend of Mine

Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) (Elektra) 

Sneezy Waters- Circle of Friends

Sneezy Waters (Sneezy Waters)

Tom Mitchell, Mike Regenstreif & Mary McCaslin (1999)

Mary McCaslin- Old Friends

Old Friends (Philo)

Ronney Abramson- Three O’Clock Ride

Three O’Clock Ride – single (Ronney Abramson)

Jane Voss & Hoyle Osborne- To All My Friends in Far-Flung Places

Sparkle and Shine (Front Hall)

Shelley Posen- Having a Drink with Jane

The Old Songs Home (Well Done Music)

Tom Mitchell- You Save Everything

When the Moon is Right (Truesongs)

Huxtable, Christensen & Hood- Oldest of Friends

Wallflowers (Philo)

Frida’s Brow- Old Friends

Frida’s Brow (Frida’s Brow)

John McCutcheon- That’s All

Cabin Fever: Songs from the Quarantine (Appalsongs)

Bill Staines- Dear Friend

The Second Million Miles (Red House)

Mike Regenstreif, Bruce Murdoch & Sneezy Waters (2014)

Bruce Murdoch- Farewell My Friend

Singer-Songwriter Project (Elektra)

Tom Paxton- Comedians and Angels

Comedians & Angels (Appleseed)

Lucy Kaplansky- Old Friends

Everyday Street (Lucy Kaplansky)

Terra Spencer & Ben Caplan- Good Friends

Old News (Terra Spencer & Ben Caplan)

Durham County Poets- With a Little Help from My Friends

Hand Me Down Blues (Durham County Poets)

Rosalie Sorrels & Mike Regenstreif (1993)

Rosalie Sorrels- Sweet Loving Friendship

Borderline Heart (Green Linnet)

Pete Seeger with Arlo Guthrie & Shenendoah- Precious Friend You Will Be There

Precious Friend (Warner Bros.)

Gathering Time- Old Friends

Old Friends (Triple-G Records)

Next week: The Philosophy of Modern Song.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday April 4, 2023: Songs of the Passover and Easter Legends

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/595/60013.html

Theme: Songs of the Passover and Easter Legends.

Kim & Reggie Harris- Go Down Moses

Steal Away: Songs of the Underground Railroad (Appleseed)

Peter, Paul & Mary- Tell It on the Mountain

In the Wind (Warner Bros.)

Rabbi Jonathan Kliger & Reggie Harris- Man Come Into Egypt

Let My People Go: A Jewish & African American Celebration of Freedom (Appleseed)

Caroline Doctorow- Wade in the Water

That Changes Everything (Narrow Lane)

The Short Sisters- Moses

A Planet Dancing Slow (Black Socks Press)

The Klezmatics- Moses Smote the Water

Brother Moses Smote the Water (Piranha)

Charlie Haden & Hank Jones- Wade in the Water

Steal Away: Spirituals, Hymns and Folk Songs (Verve)

Michael Jerome Browne & Harrison Kennedy- Pharaoh

That’s Where It’s At! (Borealis)

Jesse Winchester- Pharaoh’s Army

Learn to Love It (Stony Plain)

Bob Franke- Walkin’ in the Wilderness

The Desert Questions (Robert J. Franke)

Shelley Posen- And We Sang ‘Ha Lakhma Anya’

Manna (Well Done Music)

David Olney- Jerusalem Tomorrow

The Stone (Deadbeet)

David Olney- Brays

The Stone (Deadbeet)

David Olney- Brains

The Stone (Deadbeet)

David Olney- Flesh and Blood

The Stone (Deadbeet)

David Olney- Barabbas

The Stone (Deadbeet)

David Olney- A Soldier’s Report

The Stone (Deadbeet)

Reverend Gary Davis- Crucifixion

A Little More Faith (Prestige/Bluesville)

Ralph McTell- Jesus Wept

Sand in Your Shoes (Red House)

Charlie Haden & Hank Jones- Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?

Come Sunday (EmArcy)

Next week: Old Friends.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday March 28, 2023: Cowboys & Cowgirls

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/595/59884.html

Theme: Cowboys & Cowgirls.

Ian Tyson- Night Rider’s Lament

Old Corrals and Sagebrush & Other Cowboy Culture Classics (Stony Plain)

Andy Hedges featuring Corb Lund- Little Joe the Wrangler

Roll On, Cowboys (Andy Hedges)

Finest Kind- The Goodnight-Loving Trail

Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle)

Ramblin’ Jack Elliott- Diamond Joe

Ramblin’ Jack Elliott Sings Woody Guthrie and Jimmie Rodgers & Cowboy Songs (Monitor)

The Sons of the Pioneers- Roving Cowboy

Tumbling Tumbleweeds: The Chart Years 1934-49 (Acrobat)

Peter Keane- Cool Water

Blues/Ballads/Cowboy Songs (Peter Keane)

Herb Jeffries with Take 6- Tumbling Tumbleweeds

The Bronze Buckaroo (Rides Again) (Warner Western)

Dakota Dave Hull & Sean Blackburn- Blue Shadows on the Trail

River of Swing (Arabica)

Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers- Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

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

Stan Rogers- Night Guard

Northwest Passage (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Quartette- Cowboys and Rodeos

Quartette (Denon)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2018)

Tom Russell- All This Way for the Short Ride

Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs (HighTone)

Katy Moffatt- Hallie Lonigan

Cowboy Girl (Western Jubilee)

Dom Flemons- He’s a Lone Ranger

Dom Flemons Presents Black Cowboys (Smithsonian Folkways)

Over the Moon- John Ware

Chinook Waltz (Borealis)

Odetta- When I was a Cowboy

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

Lynn Miles- Palomino

tumbleWeedyWorld (True North)

Me & My Uncle- Me and My Uncle

Me & My Uncle (Laughing Cactus Music)

Marty Robbins- El Paso

Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs (Columbia)

Mike Regenstreif & Arlo Guthrie (1996)

Arlo Guthrie- I Ride an Old Paint

Son of the Wind (Rising Son)

Tom Rush- Windy Bill

Tom Rush/Take a Little Walk with Me (BGO)

Eliza Gilkyson- Colorado Trail

Songs from the River Wind (Howlin’ Dog)

Asleep at the Wheel- I’m an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande)

Reinventing the Wheel (Bismeaux)

Mickey Katz & His Orchestra- Haim Afen Range (Home on the Range)

Strictly Kosher: The Singles Collection 1950-1962 (Jasmine)

Bill Frissell & Petra Haden- Happy Trails

When You Wish Upon a Star (Okeh/Masterworks)

Next week: Songs of the Passover and Easter Legends.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday March, 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/128/59865.html

The Brothers & Sisters- Mr. Tambourine Man 

Dylan’s Gospel (Columbia)

Three songs in memory of Dane Lanken. Dane, an old friend and colleague in both music and journalism, died on March 3rd, at age 77.

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Jigsaw Puzzle of Life

Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Nonesuch)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle with Dane Lanken- No Biscuit Blues

Tell My Sister: Dancer with Bruised Knees (Nonesuch)

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

Kate McGarrigle, Martha Wainwright & Lily Lanken with Anna McGarrigle, Rufus & Loudon Wainwright, Chaim Tannenbaum, Dane & Sylvan Lanken- Johnny’s Gone to Hilo

The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)

Rob Corcoran & The Necessary Evils- Over in Verona

Grand Declarations (Rob Corcoran)Er

Steve Lundquist- I’m Not Your Romeo

Acting a Fool (Steve Lundquist)

Lynne Hanson- Seeking Juliet

Eleven Months (Lynne Hanson)

Eric Bibb- 500 Miles

Ridin’ (Stony Plain)

Just Us Lillys- In the Hills of Tennessee

Not Far from the Tree (Just Us Lillys)

Kerri Powers- Speed of the Sound of Loneliness

Words on the Wind (Must Have Music)

Tim Grimm- The Leaving

The Little In-Between (Vault)

Chaim Tannenbaum- Ain’t No More Cane on the Brazos

Chaim Tannenbaum (StorySound)

Mary Gauthier- Sugar Cane

Live at Blue Rock (In the Black)

Geoff Bartley- Joshua Gone Barbados

The Ballad of Billy Bridger (Magic Crow)

Bunny Barnes- Hallelujah

It Goes Like It Goes (Bunny Barnes)

Mike Regenstreif & Connie Kaldor (2015)

Connie Kaldor- The Woman Who Pays

The Woman Who Pays – single (Connie Kaldor)

Mary Beth Carty- Voilà le Printemps

Crossing the Causeway (Mary Beth Carty)

Amelia Hogan- Red-Winged Blackbird

Taking Flight (Amelia Hogan)

Vinta- The Heron’s Rookery

Beacons (Vinta)

Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy featuring Rhiannon Giddens- Woman of the House

Canvas (Linus)

Karan Casey- I Thank My Lucky Stars

Nine Apples of Gold (Crow Valley Music)

Jason Lang- Happiness Is

Handled with Care (Famgroup/Genison Music)

Penny Lang- Diamonds on the Water

Stone + Sand + Sea + Sky (Borealis)

Ball & Chain & The Wreckers- My Time is Gonna Come

Satisfied (Ball & Chain)

Rebecca Folsom- New Way Home

Sanctuary (Sunshine Productions)

Ben & Dom- Children of Darkness

His Head Lies Heavy (Ben & Dom)

Doug Cox & Linda McRae- Beyond the Great Pause

Beyond the Great Pause (42 RPM)

Eric Erickson- Slow and Steady

The Shadow of the Moon (Ardith Recordings)

Annie Capps- How Can I Say This

How Can I Say This? (Yellow Room)

Eric Kilburn- She Do

Reckonings (Wellspring)

Dakota Dave Hull- Big Bad Bill is Sweet William Now

Better Late Than Never: The Classic American Guitar-Banjo (Arabica)

Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt- Dr. Joelson’s Bag

Hello World (Crooked Cyclone)

Bonnie Dobson- Peter Amberley

At Folk City (Prestige)

The Clancy Brothers & Robbie O'Connell- Those Were the Days

Older But No Wiser (Vanguard)

Lynn Miles- Hwy 105

tumbleWeedyWorld (True North)

Tom Russell- T-Bone Steak and Spanish Wine

October in the Railroad Earth (Frontera)

Keith Glass Band- Come Along

Different World (Stump)

Rick Scott & Nico Rhodes- Hurt So Long

Roots & Grooves (Grand PooBah Music)

Shari Ulrich & Mike Regenstreif (2019)

Shari Ulrich- Free Fall

Everywhere I Go (Borealis)

Derek Vanderhorst- Hanging on Your Door

Wildflower (Derek Vanderhorst)

Scarlet Rivera- Before Everything Changed

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

My Politic- Cursing at the Night & at the Morning

Missouri Folklore: Songs & Stories from Home (My Politic)

Marilyn Jordan- Calico Curtains

Both Things are True (Marilyn Jordan)

The Klezmorim- Firen Di Mekhutonim Aheym

First Recordings (Arhoolie)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on April 22. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm. 

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday March 21, 2023: “Shout, Sister, Shout” and Other Songs from the Repertoire of Sister Rosetta Tharpe

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.

111 episodes of Stranger Songs are listed and available to stream on-demand at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/index.html

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/595/59755.html

Theme: “Shout, Sister, Shout” and Other Songs from the Repertoire of Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915-1973).

Sister Rosetta Tharpe, who died in 1973 at age 58, primarily – but not exclusively – sang and played gospel and African-American spirituals. She played electric guitar and has been called “the godmother of rock ‘n’ roll.”

Sister Rosetta Tharpe with Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra- Shout, Sister, Shout!

Bring Back Those Happy Days: Greatest Hits and Selected Recordings 1938-1957 (Jasmine)

Odetta with The Holmes Brothers- Two Little Fishes and Five Loaves of Bread

Shout, Sister, Shout! A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe (M.C.)

Bobby McFerrin- Joshua (Fit the Battle of Jericho)

Spirityouall (Sony Masterworks)

Mountain City Four- This Train

Mountain City Four (Omnivore)

Ken Whiteley- Precious Memories

Long Time Travelling (Ken Whiteley)

Phoebe Snow with The Holmes Brothers- Beams of Heaven

Shout, Sister, Shout! A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe (M.C.)

Sister Rosetta Tharpe- Is Everyone Happy

This Train in Concert (Sunset Blvd.)

Rory Block- Stand By Me

Shout, Sister, Shout! A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe (M.C.)

Ronnie Hawkins- Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

The Folk Ballads of Ronnie Hawkins (Edsel)

Mavis Staples & Lucky Peterson- Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen

Spirituals & Gospel (Gitanes)

Eliza Gilkyson & Jimmy LaFave- Down by the Riverside

Secularia (Red House)

Sister Rosetta Tharpe- That’s All

Bring Back Those Happy Days: Greatest Hits and Selected Recordings 1938-1957 (Jasmine)

Missy Burgess- Trouble in Mind

Missy Burgess with The Blue Train Live (Missy Burgess)

Marcia Ball with Tracy Nelson, Maria Muldaur & Angela Strehli- I Want a Tall Skinny Papa

Shout, Sister, Shout! A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe (M.C.)

Rhiannon Giddens- Up Above My Head

Tomorrow is My Turn (Nonesuch)

Bruce Cockburn- Twelve Gates to the City

Bone on Bone (True North)

Sister Rosetta Tharpe- Travelin’ Shoes

This Train in Concert (Sunset Blvd.)

Bernice Johnson Reagon, Kim & Reggie Harris- Oh Mary, Don’t You Weep

Get On Board: Underground Railroad & Civil Rights Freedom Songs, Volume 2 (Appleseed)

Marie Knight- Didn’t It Rain

Shout, Sister, Shout! A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe (M.C.)

Margaret Glaspy, Bruce Molsky, Brittnay Haas, Julian Lage, Joe Phillips & Jayme Stone- What is the Soul of Man?

Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project (Borealis)

Lonnie Johnson- That Lonesome Road

The Complete Folkways Recordings (Smithsonian Folkways)

Sister Rosetta Tharpe- Jonah in the Whale

This Train in Concert (Sunset Blvd.)

Maria Muldaur, Marcia Ball, Angela Strehli & Tracy Nelson- Shout, Sister, Shout

Shout, Sister, Shout! A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe (M.C.)

Next week: Cowboys & Cowgirls.

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Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday March 14, 2023: Roving Gamblers

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/595/59680.html

Theme: Roving Gamblers.

All of the songs have something or other to do with gamblers and/or gambling.

Mike Regenstreif & Ramblin' Jack Elliott (2010)

Ramblin' Jack Elliott- Roving Gambler

Kerouac’s Last Dream (Appleseed)

Sean Gagnier- South Coast

Circle Harbor (Sean Gagnier)

Mary McCaslin- Ballad of Weaverville

Prairie in the Sky (Philo)

Willie P. Bennett- John Henry, the Gambler

Blackie and the Rodeo King (Bnatural Music)

Jim Kwesskin & The Neo-Passé Jazz Band- Staggerlee

Jump for Joy (Vanguard)

Papa John Kolstad with Wildman Mike Turk- Black Dog Blues

Beans Taste Fine (Wampus Cat)

Roy Book Binder- Poker Playin’ Papa

The Good Book (PegLeg)

Tom Paxton- The Name of the Game is Stud

Ain’t That News (Elektra)

Judy Collins & Mike Regenstreif (2014)

Judy Collins- The Dealer (Down and Losin’)

True Stories and Other Dreams (Elektra)

Ian & Sylvia- Summer Wages

The Lost Tapes (Stony Plain)

Ian Tyson- Gallo del Cielo

Old Corrals and Sagebrush & Other Cowboy Culture Classics (Stony Plain)

Tom Russell- Throwing Horseshoes at the Moon

Old Songs Yet to Sing (Frontera)

Rosalie Sorrels- Aces, Straights and Flushes

Be Careful, There’s a Baby in the House (Green Linnet)

Mike Regenstreif & Bill Morrissey (2005)

Bill Morrissey- Gambler’s Blues

Inside (Philo)

Mollie O'Brien- Gambling Man

Big Red Sun (Sugar Hill)

Paul Geremia- Dying Crapshooter’s Blues

Live from Uncle Sam’s Backyard (Red House)

Michael Jerome Browne- Gambling Blues

Double (Borealis)

Big Joe Turner- Born to Gamble

I Don’t Dig It (Jukebox Lil)

Steve Goodman- The Lovin’ of the Game

Somebody Else’s Troubles (Sequel)

Mary Coughlan- The Dice

Under the Influence (EastWest)

Artie Traum & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Happy & Artie Traum- Gambler’s Song

Hard Times in the Country (Rounder)

Jerry Jeff Walker- Ballad of Honest Sam

It’s About Time (Tried & True Music)

Frankie Laine- Dead Man’s Hand

Deuces Wild (Columbia)

The Clancy Brothers & Robbie O'Connell- Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Willie

Older But No Wiser (Vanguard)

Mike Regenstreif & David Clayton-Thomas (2006)

David Clayton-Thomas- Go Down Gamblin’

In Concert: A Musical Biography (Justin Time)

Next week: "Shout, Sister, Shout" and Other Songs from the Repertoire of Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

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Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday March 7, 2023: Songs of Kris Kristofferson

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/595/59628.html

Theme: Songs of Kris Kristofferson.

Kris Kristofferson performs at The International Folk Music Awards (2017)

Kris Kristofferson – who recently retired from performing and recording – had tremendous success as a singer and songwriter, and, as an actor. 

I met Kris a couple of times. In 2007, we spent an hour together onstage, and a few minutes chatting beforehand, when I moderated a panel discussion at the Ottawa Folk Festival on the enduring legacy of Woody Guthrie and Kris, along with Nora Guthrie and Jimmy LaFave, was one of the panelists. Then, in 2017, I was an award recipient at the International Folk Music Awards in Kansas City during the Folk Alliance International conference, and Kris was one of the artists who performed at the ceremony, and we had a nice chat at the reception. In both of my encounters with him, Kris couldn’t have been nicer or more humble.

Kris Kristofferson- To Beat the Devil

Me and Bobby McGee (Monument)

Gordon Lightfoot- Me and Bobby McGee

If You Could Read My Mind (Reprise)

Katie Moore- Sunday Morning Coming Down

Only Thing Worse (Borealis)

Johnny Cash- Just the Other Side of Nowhere

Cash Unearthed Volume 1: Who’s Gonna Cry (American)

The Little Willies- For the Good Times

For the Good Times (Milking Bull)

Kris Kristofferson- The Silver Tongued Devil and I

The Silver Tongued Devil and I (Monument)

I noted that Kris Kristofferson was a panelist in a discussion on the enduring influence of Woody Guthrie that I moderated at the Ottawa Folk Festival in 2007. At one point, we were talking about Woody Guthrie’s song, “Tom Joad,” which was essentially a synopsis of John Steinbeck’s book, The Grapes of Wrath, and I mentioned to Kris that one of the few parts of the book that Woody left out of his song was the scene that Kris described in his song, “Here Comes That Rainbow Again.”

Mike Regenstreif, Nora Guthrie, Kris Kristofferson & Jimmy LaFave (2007)

Anne Hills- Here Comes That Rainbow Again

Woman of a Calm Heart (Flying Fish)

Willie Nelson- The Legend

The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson (American Roots Publishing)

Marta Gómez- The Circle

The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson (American Roots Publishing)

Kris Kristofferson- Duvalier’s Dream

Me and Bobby McGee (Monument)

Jessica Chastain- Help Me Make It Through the Night

George & Tammy soundtrack (Sony Masterworks)

Roy Orbison- Something They Can’t Take Away from Me

For the Good Times: The Songs of Kris Kristofferson (Ace)

Joan Osborne- Please Don’t Tell Me How the Story Ends

Pretty Little Stranger (Vanguard)

Chris Hillman- The Taker

Morning Sky (Sugar Hill)

Kris Kristofferson- Jody and the Kid

The Silver Tongued Devil and I (Monument)

Kris Kristofferson- Broken Freedom Song

The Cedar Creek Sessions (KK)

Johnny Cash- Casey’s Last Ride

Cash Unearthed Volume 1: Who’s Gonna Cry (American)

Rosanne Cash- Lovin’ Him was Easier (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again)

The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson (American Roots Publishing)

Russell Crowe & The Ordinary Fear of God- Darby’s Castle

The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson (American Roots Publishing)

Kris Kristofferson- The Pilgrim: Chapter 33

The Silver Tongued Devil and I (Monument)

Janis Joplin- Me and Bobby McGee

Pearl (Columbia)

Next week: Gamblers.

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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