Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – October 14, 2025: The Dutchman and Other Songs of Michael Smith

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

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/72377.html

Theme: The Dutchman and Other Songs of Michael Smith.

Michael Smith, among my all-time favorite singer-songwriters, passed away in 2020 at age 78 from colon cancer.

Mike Regenstreif & Michael Smith (2014)

Michael Smith- Coffeehouse Days

Michael Margaret Pat & Kate (Wind River)

Anne Hills- Ballad of Elizabeth Dark

Every Town: More Songs by Michael Smith (Hand & Heart Music)

Michael Smith & Jamie O'Reilly- Sister Clarissa

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

Tom Rush- Hobo’s Mandolin (This Here Mandolin)

Ladies Love Outlaws (Columbia)

Steve Goodman- Roving Cowboy (Ballad of Dan Moody)

Words We Can Dance To (Red Pajamas)

Michael Smith- Such Things are Finely Done

Such Things are Finely Done (Tales from the Tavern)

Almost 25 years ago, I was talking to Tom Russell – another of my all-time favorite singer-songwriters. Michael Smith’s name came up in the conversation and I mentioned that Michael’s song, The Dutchman, was one of my favorite songs. Tom said it was one of his favorite songs, too. Tom recorded The Dutchman on Modern Art, his next album.

Tom Russell- The Dutchman

Modern Art (HighTone)

Bonnie Koloc- Crazy Mary

You’re Gonna Love Yourself in the Morning (Ovation)

Anne Hills & John Gorka- Spoon River

Every Town: More Songs by Michael Smith (Hand & Heart Music)

Michael Smith- Rondi’s Birthday

Love Letter on a Fish (Tales from the Tavern)

Skyline with Tony Trischka- Stranded in the Moonlight

Ticket Back: A Retrospective (Flying Fish)

Josh White, Jr..- (When I Lived in) My Grandmother’s House

Delicate Balance (Silverwolf)

Jamie O'Reilly- Waving to Picasso

Swimming Deeper (Bird Avenue Publishing)

Michael Smith- There

Such Things are Finely Done (Tales from the Tavern)

Anne Hills- Memory of August

Every Town: More Songs by Michael Smith (Hand & Heart Music)

Small Potatoes- I Brought My Father with Me

Time Flies (Folk Era)

Barbara Barrow- A Real Good One (Every Town)

Remembering Fred: A Tribute to Fred Holstein (The Remembering Fred Group)

Michael Smith- Love Letter On a Fish

Love Letter On a Fish (Tales from the Tavern)

Before I moved to Ottawa, I hosted a show called Folk Roots/Folk Branches on CKUT in Montreal and one of my favorite memories from that show was having Michael Smith and Anne Hills together in the studio in 2005. I was thrilled when they sang their duet version of The Dutchman.

Anne Hills & Michael Smith- The Dutchman 

Paradise Lost and Found (Redwing Music)

Next week: Songs I’ve Heard Missy Burgess Sing.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – October 7, 2025 – Who By Fire: Live Tribute to Leonard Cohen

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

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/72301.html

Theme: Who By Fire: Live Tribute to Leonard Cohen.

Who By Fire: Live Tribute to Leonard Cohen was a concert presented at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, Sweden in March of 2017 – about four months after Leonard Cohen died at age 82. The primary artists were First Aid Kit – the Swedish sister duo of Johanna and Klara Söderbeg – along with a variety of other singers and actors performing songs and poems of Leonard Cohen.

First Aid Kit, Nina Zanjani & Maia Hansson-Bergqvist- Tired

Who By Fire: Live Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Sony Sweden/Columbia)

First Aid Kit- Suzanne

Who By Fire: Live Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Sony Sweden/Columbia)

First Aid Kit, Nina Zanjani & Maia Hansson-Bergqvist- Sisters of Mercy

Who By Fire: Live Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Sony Sweden/Columbia)

First Aid Kit, Nina Zanjani & Maia Hansson-Bergqvist- Who By Fire/As the Mist Leaves No Scar

Who By Fire: Live Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Sony Sweden/Columbia)

First Aid Kit, Nina Zanjani & Maia Hansson-Bergqvist- Twelve O’Clock Chant

Who By Fire: Live Tribute to Leneonard Cohen (Sony Sweden/Columbia)

Frida Hyvönen & First Aid Kit- Everybody Knows

Who By Fire: Live Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Sony Sweden/Columbia)

Loney Dear & First Aid Kit- Avalanche

Who By Fire: Live Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Sony Sweden/Columbia)

First Aid Kit, Nina Zanjani & Maia Hansson-Bergqvist- The Future

Who By Fire: Live Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Sony Sweden/Columbia)

Jesper Lindell & First Aid Kit- Chelsea Hotel No. 2

Who By Fire: Live Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Sony Sweden/Columbia)

First Aid Kit, Nina Zanjani & Maia Hansson-Bergqvist- You Want It Darker

Who By Fire: Live Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Sony Sweden/Columbia)

First Aid Kit- If It Be Your Will

Who By Fire: Live Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Sony Sweden/Columbia)

First Aid Kit, Nina Zanjani & Maia Hansson-Bergqvist- The Asthmatic

Who By Fire: Live Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Sony Sweden/Columbia)

Maja Francis, First Aid Kit & Nina Zanjani- Famous Blue Raincoat/Anthem

Who By Fire: Live Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Sony Sweden/Columbia)

Jesper Lindell & First Aid Kit- Show Me the Place

Who By Fire: Live Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Sony Sweden/Columbia)

Annika Norlin & First Aid Kit- Hallelujah

Who By Fire: Live Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Sony Sweden/Columbia)

Klara Söderbeg- Prayer for Messiah

Who By Fire: Live Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Sony Sweden/Columbia)

First Aid Kit- Bird on the Wire

Who By Fire: Live Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Sony Sweden/Columbia)

First Aid Kit, Nina Zanjani & Maia Hansson-Bergqvist- Who By Fire (Reprise)/Letter to Marianne

Who By Fire: Live Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Sony Sweden/Columbia)

First Aid Kit, Frida Hyvönen, Loney Dear, Jesper Lindell, Annika Norlin, Maja Francis, Nina Zanjani & Maia Hansson-Bergqvist- So Long, Marianne

Who By Fire: Live Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Sony Sweden/Columbia)

Johanna Söderbeg- You’d Sing Too

Who By Fire: Live Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Sony Sweden/Columbia)

Leonard Cohen- Tower of Song

I’m Your Man (Columbia)

Next week: Songs of Michael Smith.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – October 4, 2025

Saturday Morning is an eclectic roots-oriented program on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Saturday mornings from 7 until 10 am (Eastern time) and available for on-demand streaming anytime. I am one of the four rotating hosts of the Saturday Morning show. 

This episode of Saturday Morning was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/72258.html

Sandy Denny- Who Knows Where the Time Goes

Where the Time Goes (Castle)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2006)

Jesse Winchester- I’m Gonna Miss You Girl

Love Filling Station (Appleseed)

Norah Jones- (Talk to Me of) Mendocino

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

Darrell Scott- Urge for Going

Modern Hymns (Appleseed)

Archie Fisher- The Witch of the West-mer-lands

The Man with a Rhyme (Folk-Legacy)

The Longest Johns- Barrett’s Privateers

Caught in the Net (The Longest Johns)

Ben Sands- First Christmas Away from Home

Roots & Branches (Spring)

Highland Weavers- The Mary Ellen Carter

Going Home (Highland Weavers)

Stan Rogers- The White Collar Holler 

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

Sweet Absalon- The Flowers of Bermuda

Remembering Stan Rogers: An East Coast Tribute II (Brookes Diamond Productions)

Ian Robb- Rolling Down to Old Maui

Ian Robb & Hang the Piper (Folk-Legacy)

Willie Watson- Harris and the Mare

Willie Watson (Little Operation)

Peter, Paul & Mary- Delivery Delayed

Such is Love (Warner Bros.)

Jory Nash & Mike Regenstreif (2024)

Jory Nash- The Light Still Shines on the Main

The Light Still Shines on the Main (Thin Man)

Martha Wainwright- Whither Must I Wander

Martha Wainwright: 20th Anniversary Edition (Report Card Music)

Sylvia Tyson & Mike Regenstreif (1997)

Ian & Sylvia- Rambler Gambler

Ian & Sylvia (Vanguard)

Donald WG Lindsay- Wild Rover

Two Boats Under the Moon (Donald WG Lindsay)

The Pairs- Everything Ends

Together on a Rock (The Pairs)

Lennie Gallant- Shelter from the Storms

Shelter from the Storms (Gallant Effort Productions)

Kate Greenland- Concrete Cowboy

Longing and Dreaming (Kate Greenland)

Mike Regenstreif & Connie Kaldor (2015)

Connie Kaldor- Down the Road to Lonesome

Wide Open Spaces (Coyote Entertainment)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Mike Regenstreif (1976) photo: Felicity Fanjoy

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- You Tell Me That I’m Falling Down

Oddities (Querbeservice)

Rags Rosenberg- Catherine’s Song

Song of the Bricoleur (Coyote Gulch)

Sarah Segal-Lazar- This Old House

Valleys (Sarah Segal-Lazar)

The Whispering Tree- Bones of Better Days

Bones of Better Days (Eyelash Soup Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Joan Baez (2003)

Joan Baez- Gulf Winds

Gulf Winds (A&M)

Le Vent du Nord- Par-Dessus le Pont

Voisinages (La Compagnie du Nord)

Teni Rane- Killing the Blues

Goldenrod (Teni Rane)

Eva Cassidy- Autumn Leaves

Simply Eva (Blix Street)

Mike Regenstreif & Michael Smith (2014)

Michael Smith- Rondi’s Birthday

Love Letter on a Fish (Tales from the Tavern)

Mike Regenstreif & Anne Hills (2001)

Anne Hills- First Day of Autumn

Bittersweet Street (Redwing Music)

Jubal Lee Young- Hand-Painted Portuguese Punch Bowl

Squirrels (7Bridges Entertainment)

Steve Young- The Year That Clayton Delaney Died

Stars in the Southern Sky (Omnivore)

Tom Russell, Mike Regenstreif & Andrew Hardin (2005)

Tom Russell- The Angel of Lyon

The Tom Russell Anthology: Veteran’s Day (Shout! Factory)

Andrew Hardin with Eliza Gilkyson- Puerto Peñasco

Blue Acoustic (Andrew Hardin)

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2022)

Eliza Gilkyson- Stranger

Dark Ages (Realiza)

Karen Dalton- Katie Cruel

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

Rory Block- Mississippi Blues

Heavy on the Blues (M.C.)

Juanita Hall- Hold That Train

Juanita Hall Sings the Blues (Counterpoint)

Louis Armstrong & Velma Middleton- Hesitating Blues

Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy (Columbia/Legacy)

Mallory Chipman- Sing Me Home

Songs to a Wild God (Tunnel Mountain)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on November 1. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 30, 2025: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

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

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/72196.html

Theme: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is marked annually in Canada on September 30 to honour First Nations, Inuit and Métis Survivors and their families and communities and to ensure that public commemoration of their history and the legacy of residential schools remains a vital component of the reconciliation process.

Willie Dunn- The Ballad of Crowfoot

Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology (Light in the Attic)

Willie Dunn- Charlie

Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology (Light in the Attic)

Amanda Rheaume- #44

The Truth We Hold (Ishkõdé)

Amanda Rheaume- Dream If You Want To

The Truth We Hold (Ishkõdé)

Willie Dunn- School Days

Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology (Light in the Attic)

William Peaychew- Cree Greeting Song (Shaking Hands Song)

Classic Canadian Songs from Smithsonian Folkways (Smithsonian Folkways)

Sultans of String featuring Shannon Thunderbird & Kate Dickson- Lost and Found

Walking Through the Fire (Sultans of String)

Sultans of String featuring Leela Gilday & Leanne Taneton- Ko

Walking Through the Fire (Sultans of String)

Sultans of String featuring Duke Redbird- Our Mother the Earth

Walking Through the Fire (Sultans of String)

Sultans of String featuring Crystal Shawanda- The Rez

Walking Through the Fire (Sultans of String)

The Jerry Cans- Ukiuq (Northern Lights)

Inuusiq/Life (The Jerry Cans)

The Jerry Cans- Nirliit (Geese)

Inuusiq/Life (The Jerry Cans)

Morgan Toney- Mi’kmaq Honour Song

First Flight (Ishkõdé)

Morgan Toney- The Colour Red

First Flight (Ishkõdé)

Julian Taylor- Stolen Lands

Beyond the Reservoir (Howling Turtle)

Tom Wilson- Dreamland

Dog Years (True North)

Desiree Dorion- Remember Your Name

Remember Your Name (Desiree Dorion)

William Prince- Further from the Country

Further from the Country (Six Shooter)

William Prince- All the Same

Further from the Country (Six Shooter)

Don Ross- Water

Water (Goby Fish Music)

Next week: Who By Fire.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 23, 2025: "If It Were Up to Me" and Songs of Cole Porter

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

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/72082.html

Themes: Part 1 – “If It Were Up to Me”; Part 2 – Songs of Cole Porter (1891-1964).

Part 1 – “If It Were Up to Me”

Cheryl Wheeler wrote “If It Were Up to Me” more than 25 years ago about the epidemic of gun violence in the United States – an epidemic that was bad then and which has only grown worse since.

The Advocate Collective included Aaron Parnell Brown, Andy Rogovin, Beth Wood, Crys Matthews, Danielle Miraglia, Erik Balkey, Genevieve, Joe Crookston, Kim Moberg, Lilli Lewis, Lisa Bastoni, Monique Byrne, Mya Byrne, Neale Eckstein, Pat Wictor, Rod MacDonald, Tom Prasada-Rao, Tret Fure, and Vance Gilbert.

The Advocate Collective- If It Were Up to Me

If It Were Up to Me – single (Hudson Harding Music)

Eric Bogle- Roll Call

A Toss of the Coin (Greentrax)

Ellis Paul- When Angels Fall

55 (Rosella)

HuDost- Broken Down in America

The Monkey in the Crown (Open Sesame Music)

Kemp Harris- Don’t You Hear Them America

The America Chronicles (Righteous Mischief)

Tom Paxton- Johnny Got a Gun

Wearing the Time (Sugar Hill)

Friction Farm- Louder Than Guns

Stone By Stone (Friction Farm)

Eric Andersen- Dangerland (Love People Not Guns)

Eric Andersen in (Spoken) Pieces (EARecords)

Magpie- What If, No Matter

A Tiding (Longtail)

Part 2 – Songs of Cole Porter (1891-1964)

Cole Porter was one of the songwriters responsible for the standards referred to as the Great American Songbook.

Martha Wainwright- Allez-vous-en

The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)

Billie Holiday- Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love)

The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Volume 9 (1940-1942) (Columbia/Legacy)

Susie Arioli Swing Band featuring Jordan Officer- What is This Thing Called Love

It’s Wonderful (Susie Arioli Swing Band)

k.d. lang- Love for Sale

Recollection (Nonesuch)

Mose Scarlett- Miss Otis Regrets

The Fundamental Things (Pyramid)

Noa- Anything Goes

Afterallogy (Naïve)

Mary McCaslin- Don’t Fence Me In

Old Friends (Philo)

The Bill Hilly Band (The Bills)- Begin the Beguine

All Day Every Day (Borealis)

Nikki Yanofsky- I Get a Kick Out of You

Nikki By Starlight (MNRK Music Group)

Sophie Milman- My Heart Belongs to Daddy

Sophie Milman (Linus)

Harry Connick, Jr..- Just One of Those Things

True Love: A Celebration of Cole Porter (Verve)

Lew London- Night and Day

Swingtime in Springtime (Philo/Rounder Archive)

Anita O'Day- You’re the Top

Anita (Verve)

Next week: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 16, 2025: Pancho & Lefty and Other Songs of Townes Van Zandt

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

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/71992.html

Theme: Pancho & Lefty and Other Songs of Townes Van Zandt.

Townes Van Zandt – who was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1944 and died in Smyrna, Tennessee on January 1, 1997 at age 52 – was one of the greatest Texas singer-songwriters. Many of his songs are enduring classics still sung by many artists. 

Townes Van Zandt, Freddy Fender, Rubin Ramos & The Texas Revolution, Doug Sahm & Augie Meyer- Pancho & Lefty

Texas Rain: The Texas Hill Country Recordings (Tomato)

Nanci Griffith & Arlo Guthrie- Tecumseh Valley

Other Voices/Other Rooms (Elektra)

Bob Jensen- Colorado Girl 

For the Sake of the Song (Bob Jensen)

Matthew Barber & Jill Barber- If I Needed You

The Family Album (Outside Music)

Catherine MacLennan- When She Don’t Need Me

When the Wind Blows: The Songs of Townes Van Zandt (Appaloosa)

The Wainwright Sisters- Our Mother the Mountain

Songs in the Dark (MapleMusic)

Townes Van Zandt- Kathleen

Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas (Tomato)

David Olney with Daniel Seymour- For the Sake of the Song

Evermore: The Final Live in Holland Sessions I (Strictly Country)

Kate & Edith- Rex’s Blues

Live at Kelso Hall (Kate & Edith)

Saul Broudy- No Lonesome Tune

Travels with Broudy (Saul Broudy)

The Be Good Tanyas- Waiting Around to Die

Chinatown (Nettwerk)

Townes Van Zandt- Columbine

Townes Van Zandt (Tomato)

David Broza- Night Dawn (Silver Dollar)

Night Dawn: The Unpublished Poetry of Townes Van Zandt (S-Curve)

Gretchen Peters & Tom Russell- Snowin’ on Raton

One to the Heart, One to the Head (Frontera/Scarlet Letter)

John Gorka- Snow Don’t Fall

Writing in the Margins (Red House)

Townes Van Zandt- Sad Cinderella

The Late Great Townes Van Zandt (Tomato)

Lucy Kaplansky- No Place to Fall 

The Lucy Story: unreleased and rare tracks, 1976-2023 (Lucyricky)

Steve Earle- (Quicksilver Dreams of) Maria

Townes: The Basics (New West)

Guy Clark- To Live is to Fly

Old Friends (Sugar Hill)

Townes Van Zandt & Kimmie Rhodes- Brother Flower

Texas Rain: The Texas Hill Country Recordings (Tomato)

Colleen Rennison- White Freightliner

See the Sky About to Rain (Black Hen Music)

Emmylou Harris- Pancho & Lefty

Luxury Liner (Warner Bros./Rhino)

Next week: Part 1 – If It Were Up to Me; Part 2 – Songs of Cole Porter.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 9, 2025: Part 1 – Songs and Conversation with author David Eisenstadt; Part 2 – Riding in My Car

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

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/71924.html

Part 1 – Songs and Conversation with author David Eisenstadt

The next three songs punctuated my conversation with David Eisenstadt, author of Jazz Musicians Under the Radar: 18 Notable Canadian Jewish Performers. Visit https://undertheradarbook.com/ for more information on David’s four Under the Radar books.

The Moe Koffman Quartette- The Swingin’ Shepherd Blues

The Swingin’ Shepherd Blues/Hambourg Bound (Quality)

Sophie Milman- No More Blues (Chega de Saudade)

In the Moonlight (Eone)

Nikki Yanofsky- West Coast Blues

Nikki By Starlight (MNRK Music Group)

Part 2 – Riding in My Car – featuring songs that have something or other to do with cars.

Woody Guthrie- Riding in My Car

Woody’s 20 Grow Big Songs (Rising Son)

Connie Kaldor- This Car

Wide Open Spaces (Coyote Entertainment)

David Mallett- Daddy’s Oldsmobile

Parallel Lives (Flying Fish)

Judy Mayhan- Morning and an Oldsmobile

Judy Mayhan (Decca)

Bruce Springsteen- Used Cars

Nebraska (Columbia)

Vance Gilbert- Cousin Shelly’s Station Wagon

Good Good Man (Disismye Music)

Joni Mitchell- Ray’s Dad’s Cadillac

Night Drive Home (Geffen)

Rosanne Cash- Black Cadillac

Black Cadillac (Capitol)

Eric Bibb- Pink Dream Cadillac

Blues People (Stony Plain)

The Blasters- Long White Cadillac

Mandatory: The Best of The Blasters (Liberation Hall)

Dropkick Murphys- Cadillac, Cadillac

This Machine Still Kills Fascists: Lyrics of Woody Guthrie (Dummy Luck Music)

The Beach Boys- Little Deuce Coupe

Fifty Big Ones: Greatest Hits (Capitol)

Asleep at the Wheel- Hot Rod Lincoln

Western Standard Time (Epic)

Chuck Berry- Jaguar and Thunderbird

Best of the Chess Years (Not Now Music)

Ray Harris- Big Old American Cars

Kinda Sets the Tone (Ray Harris)

Sass Jordan- Chevrolet

Bitches Blues (Stony Plain)

Victor Mecyssne- Ragtop Automobile

Personal Mercury (Villa Vee Music)

Hans Theessink- Mercury Blues

Songs from the Southland (Blue Groove)

Rod Abernathy- Just Get in the Car

Normal Isn’t Normal Anymore (Songs from Downstairs)

Next week: Pancho & Lefty and Other Songs of Townes Van Zandt.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 6, 2025

Saturday Morning is an eclectic roots-oriented program on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Saturday mornings from 7 until 10 am (Eastern time) and available for on-demand streaming anytime. I am one of the four rotating hosts of the Saturday Morning show. 

This episode of Saturday Morning was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/71897.html

Mike Regenstreif & Connie Kaldor (2015)

Connie Kaldor- Wide Open Spaces

Wide Open Spaces (Coyote Entertainment)

Mike Regenstreif, Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop (2014)

Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop- That’s How the Summer Slips Away

Red Shoes (Borealis)

Rags Rosenberg- Flower Time

Song of the Bricoleur (Coyote Gulch)

The Weavers- Gotta Travel On

Greatest Hits (Vanguard)

Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

David Francey- Far End of Summer

Maps (Laker Music)

The songs in the next set are played in memory of Chris Gage, who died on August 24 at age 71; Flaco Jimenez, who died on July 31 at age 86; Rick Scott, who died on August 1 at age 77; Tom Lehrer, who died on July 26 at age 97; Joe Hickerson, who died on August 17 at age 89; and Harvey Glatt, who died on August 20 at age 91.

Albert & Gage- Burnin’ Moonlight

Burnin’ Moonlight (MoonHouse)

Flaco Jimenez- El Perdido

San Antonio Soul (Rounder)

David Essig & Rick Scott- Tears and Laughter

Double Vision (Woodshed)

Tom Lehrer- The Folk Song Army

That Was the Year That Was (Reprise)

Joe Hickerson- I’m On My Way

Joe Hickerson with a Gathering of Friends (Folk-Legacy)

Night Sun- Harvey & Louise

One Moment of Grace (Borealis)

Shelley Posen & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2023)

Shelley Posen- A Mazeldikek Yor

Mazel (Well Done Music)

Shelley Posen- I’ll See You Rosh Hashana

Mazel (Well Done Music)

Rufus Wainwright & Amsterdam Sinfonietta- Who By Fire

Rufus Wainwright & Amsterdam Sinfonietta Live (BMG/Modern)

The Onlies- Roll On Buddy

You Climb the Mountain (The Onlies)

Kyle Carey- The Last Bough

The Last Bough (Americelta)

Graham Lindsey- Tune Machine

Tune Machine (Graham Lindsey)

Maggie’s Wake- Maggie’s Wake

Maggie’s Wake (Maggie’s Wake)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2009)

Jesse Winchester- Nothing but a Breeze

Nothing but a Breeze (Stony Plain)

Emmylou Harris- My Songbird

Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town (Warner Bros./Rhino)

Jennifer Warnes- You Remember Me 

Shot Through the Heart (Arista)

Susie Burke- Rhumba Woman

Lucky Stars (Madrina Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2009)

Tom Paxton- No Kings Here

No Kings Here – single (Pax)

Mike Regenstreif & Mark Rubin on Zoom (2025)

Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma- (Don’t Be a) Good German

Don’t Be a Good German – single (Rubinchik)

Kemp Harris- Tulsa

The America Chronicles (Righteous Mischief)

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif (2006)

Eliza Gilkyson- Man in the Moon

Dark Ages (Realiza)

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band- Chimes of Freedom

Land of Hope and Dreams (Columbia)

Rory Block- Down the Dirt Road Blues

Heavy on the Blues (M.C.)

Maria Muldaur- No, Papa, No!

One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey (NOLA Blues)

Dee Robinson- Monday Morning Blues

Dee from Decatur (Riverlark Music)

Mike Regenstreif & Brendan Nolan (2023)

Brendan Nolan- The Bodhran Song

Where Do I Go from Here (Ould Segosha Music)

Debi Smith- The Bodhran Lesson Song

Deep Tracks (Degan Music)

Christine Lavin- Drum School Dropout

Drum School Dropout (Christine Lavin)

Martha Wainwright- Far Away

Martha Wainwright: 20th Anniversary Edition (Report Card Music)

Eli West- Hearts and Bones

The Shape of a Sway (Tender & Mild)

Mary Chapin Carpenter- The Night We Never Met

Personal History (Lambent Light/Thirty Tigers)

Peter Campbell- A Little Grace

Burden of Hope (Peter Campbell)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Mike Regenstreif (1976) photo: Felicity Fanjoy

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Kiss and Say Goodbye

Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Nonesuch)

Steel Rail- Kate’s Song

Coming Home (Crossties)

NEeMA- Escape

Watching You Think (Neemaste/Sony)

Perla Batalla- A Singer Must Die

A Letter to Leonard Cohen: Tribute to a Friend (Mechuda Music)

Leonard Cohen- So Long, Marianne

Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia/Legacy)

Nana Mouskouri- Adieu Angelina

Every Grain of Sand: Nana Mouskouri Sings Bob Dylan (Mercury)

Schmaltz & Pepper- Manischewitz Mazurka

Schmaltz & Pepper (Schmaltz & Pepper)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on October 4. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – September 2, 2025: "Crazy Blues" and Other Crazy Songs

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

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/71788.html

Theme: “Crazy Blues” and other Crazy Songs.

Mamie Smith- Crazy Blues

The Rough Guide to Blues Women (World Music Network)

Patsy Cline- Crazy

The Unforgettable Patsy Cline (Polygram)

Steven Fromholz- I’d Have to Be Crazy

A Rumor in My Own Time (Capitol)

Rosalie Sorrels- We Were Kinda Crazy Then 

Travelin’ Lady Rides Again (Green Linnet)

Lennie Gallant- She’s Gonna Drive You Crazy

Shelter from the Storms (Gallant Effort Productions)

J.J. Cale- Crazy Mama

Naturally (Mercury)

Ball & Chain & The Wreckers- Crazy Arms

Live at the Bayou (Ball & Chain)

Durham County Poets- Good Kind of Crazy

Out of the Woods (Durham County Poets)

Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band- Crazy Words, Crazy Tune

Greatest Hits (Vanguard)

Leon Redbone- I’m Crazy ‘Bout My Baby

Whistling in the Wind (Rounder)

John Prine- Egg & Daughter Night, Lincoln Nebraska, 1967 (Crazy Bone)

The Tree of Forgiveness (Oh Boy)

Bebop Cowboys- Crazy Rhythm

Début (Bebop Cowboys)

Tom Paxton- Crazy John

Tom Paxton 6 (Elektra)

Michael Smith- Crazy Mary

Love Letter on a Fish (Tales from the Tavern)

Carla Gover & Brett Ratliff- Crazy

Kentucky Queen (Redbird)

Russ Kelley- Crazy Shades of Blue

Crazy Shades of Blue (Ark Road Music Productions)

Billie Holiday- Crazy He Calls Me

Lady’s Decca Days, Volume One (Decca)

Sunny and Her Joy Boys- You’re Driving Me Crazy

Introducing Sunny and Her Joy Boys (Stony Plain)

J. Reissner- Crazy Swing

Portrait in Blue (J. Reissner)

Ana Gasteyer- Crazy People

I’m Hip (Henry’s Girl)

Ian Robb- Champion at Driving ‘Em Crazy

Ian Robb & Hang the Piper (Folk-Legacy)

Leonard Cohen- Crazy to Love You

Old Ideas (Columbia)

Shirley Eikhard- Crazy from the Heat

Going Home (Artisan Music)

Tom Russell- The Other Side of Crazy

Who’s Gonna Build Your Wall? (HighTone)

Barbara Dane- Crazy Blues

On My Way (Dreadnaught Music)

Next week: Part 1 – Songs and Conversation with author David Eisenstadt; Part 2 – Riding in My Car.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 26, 2025: Songs of August & Highway 61 Revisited – Revisited

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

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/71687.html

Themes: Part 1 – Songs of August; Part 2 – Highway 61 Revisited – Revisited.

Part 1 – Songs of August

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tran- August Flower

From China to Appalachia (Community Music)

Emily Triggs- Beautiful August

The Great Escape (Emily Triggs)

Jay Linden- August Night

Satchel (Jay Linden)

The Lucky Sisters- On an August Night

So Lucky (Patio)

Preservation Hall Jazz Band- August Nights

That’s It (Legacy)

Joan Baez- The 33rd of August

Blessed Are (Vanguard)

Jeanie Stahl- The August of Our Years

Mysteries (Daring)

Benny Carter- August Moon

Aspects (United Artists)

Part 2 – Highway 61 Revisited – Revisited.

It was 60 years ago, on August 30, 1965, that Bob Dylan released his monumental folk-rock album, Highway 61 Revisited.

Rory Block- Like a Rolling Stone

Positively 4th Street: A Tribute to Bob Dylan (Stony Plain)

Tim O’Brien- Tombstone Blues

Red On Blonde (Sugar Hill)

Ian Hanchet- It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry

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

Bob Dylan- From a Buick 6

Highway 61 Revisited (Columbia)

Ben Sidran- Ballad of a Thin Man

Dylan Different (Bonsai)

Emma Swift- Queen Jane Approximately

Blonde on the Tracks (Tiny Ghost/CRS)

Ray Benson- Highway 61 Revisited

Swingin’ and Skankin’ (Primary Wave Music)

Tom Russell & Joe Ely- Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues

Folk Hotel (Frontera)

Bill Camplin- Desolation Row

Bob Dylan Project One (Bill Camplin)

Bob Dylan recorded versions of the next three songs during the sessions for Highway 61 Revisited but did not include them on the album.

Lucinda Williams- Positively 4th Street

The Village: A Celebration of the Music of Greenwich Village (429)

Bob Dylan & The Hawks- Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window (single version)

Side Tracks (Columbia/Legacy)

Bob Dylan- Sitting On a Barbed Wire Fence

The Best of the Cutting Edge 1965-1966 (Columbia/Legacy)

Next week: Crazy Blues and Other Crazy Songs.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 19, 2025: The Original Sloth Band at 60

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

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/71585.html

Theme: The Original Sloth Band at 60.

The Original Sloth Band – teenaged brothers Chris Whiteley and Ken Whiteley and their friend Tom Evans – played their first gig in 1965. Their band name for that gig was Tubby Fats Original Allstar Downtown Syncopated Big Rock Jug Band but they soon evolved into the Original Sloth Band. Sadly, Tom Evans passed away from cancer in 2009, but, in June, Chris and Ken with some guest musicians played a concert at Hugh’s Room in Toronto to mark the milestone anniversary.

Original Sloth Band- The New Heartbreak Blues

Whoopee After Midnight (Sloth)

Samoa Wilson with The Jim Kweskin Band- (I Just Want to Be) Horizontal

I Just Want to Be Horizontal (Kingswood)

Tony Rice- Temperance Reel

Tony Rice (Rounder)

Jeff Healey- Sheik of Araby

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

Amos Milburn- Johnson Rag

Rockin’ and Drinkin’: Greatest Hits and More 1946-1959 (Jasmine)

Original Sloth Band- Heaven

Whoopee After Midnight (Sloth)

The Dumptrucks- Stealin’

Selections (Laughing Cactus)

Original Sloth Band- I’m a Vulture (for Horticulture)

Whoopee After Midnight (Sloth)

Leon Redbone- Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone

Champagne Charlie (Warner Bros.)

Jenny Whiteley- Things are Coming My Way

The Original Jenny Whiteley (Black Hen Music)

Jay McShann- Sunny Side of the Street

Still Jumpin’ the Blues (Stony Plain)

Mose Scarlett- How Long Blues

The Fundamental Things (Pyramid)

Original Sloth Band- Get a Job 

Whoopee After Midnight (Sloth)

Maria Muldaur- Organ Grinder Blues

One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey (NOLA Blues)

Duke Ellington & Ivie Anderson- Get Yourself a New Broom (and Sweep the Blues Away)

Ellington in Order, Volume 5 (1932-33) (Legacy)

Duke Ellington & The Mills Brothers- Diga Diga Do

Ellington in Order, Volume 5 (1932-33) (Legacy)

Jimmy Bracken's Toe Ticklers- It’s Tight Like That

Jack Teagarden: The Definitive Collection (Master Tape)

Original Sloth Band- Shout Baby Shout

Hustlin’ & Bustlin’ (Woodshed)

The Boswell Sisters- Cheek to Cheek

Cheek to Cheek (Classic)

The Central Park Sheiks- Honeysuckle Rose

Honeysuckle Rose (Flying Fish)

Bessie Smith- Gimme a Pigfoot (and a Bottle of Beer)

Bessie Smith: The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection (Big3)

Carolina Chocolate Drops- Memphis Shakedown

Carolina Chocolate Drops & Joe Thompson (Music Makers Recordings)

Original Sloth Band- Hustlin’ and Bustlin’ for Baby

Hustlin’ & Bustlin’ (Woodshed)

Ken Whiteley- Fast Freight Train

Unseen Hands: 12 Songs 12 Strings (Ken Whiteley)

Chris Whiteley- I’ve Got to Split

It’s the Natural Thing to Do (Electro-Fi)

Next week: Songs for August and Highway 61 Revisited – Revisited.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – August 9, 2025

Saturday Morning is an eclectic roots-oriented program on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Saturday mornings from 7 until 10 am (Eastern time) and available for on-demand streaming anytime. I am one of the four rotating hosts of the Saturday Morning show. 

This episode of Saturday Morning was recorded and can be streamed on-demand, now or anytime, by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/71495.html

Mike Regenstreif & David Francey (2019)

David Francey- Annie’s House

Maps (Laker Music)

Maggie’s Wake- Maid of Fortune

Maggie’s Wake (Maggie’s Wake)

Graham Lindsey- The Islander

Tune Machine (Graham Lindsey)

Cassie & Maggie- Nancy

Gold and Coal (Cassie and Maggie)

Jez Lowe- Oubliette

Oubliette (Tantobie)

Maggie’s Wake- Arcane

Maggie’s Wake (Maggie’s Wake)

Christine Lavin- The Best Summer

Drum School Dropout (Christine Lavin)

Tom Mitchell & Mike Regenstreif (1999)

Tom Mitchell- Nuts for Bolts

Tom Mitchell (Philo)

Mike Regenstreif & Steve Gillette (1994)

Steve Gillette- Home by Dark

Best of (Compass Rose Music)

Rodney Dillard- Let the Rough Side Drag

Let the Rough Side Drag (Flying Fish)

Jim Byrnes- Step By Step

Long Hot Summer Days (Black Hen Music)

Mary Black- Lay Down Your Burden

The Holy Ground (Gifthorse)

Mike Regenstreif & Lucy Kaplansky (2012)

Lucy Kaplansky- Everybody Knows but Me

The Tide (Red House)

Jesse Winchester & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Jesse Winchester- Blow On, Chilly Wind

Let the Rough Side Drag (Stony Plain)

The Limeliters- Until We Can’t Sing Anymore

Until We Can’t Sing Anymore (The Limeliters)

Mike Regenstreif, Anne Hills & Tom Paxton (2001)

Tom Paxton, Anne Hills & Bob Gibson- Sing for the Song

Best of Friends (Appleseed)

Peter Campbell- Emigré

Burden of Hope (Peter Campbell)

Eliza Gilkyson & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2022)

Eliza Gilkyson- Holy

Dark Ages (Realiza)

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band- My City of Ruins

Land of Hope and Dreams (Columbia)

Kemp Harris- Don’t You Hear Them America

The America Chronicles (Righteous Mischief)

Perla Batalla & Julie Christensen- Anthem

Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man (Verve)

John Wort Hannam- Acres of Elbow Room

Acres of Elbow Room (John Wort Hannam)

Mary Chapin Carpenter- Paint + Turpentine

Personal History (Lambent Light/Thirty Tigers)

Mike Regenstreif & Garnet Rogers (2006)

Garnet Rogers with Doug Long- This Shirt

Summer Lightning: Live (Snow Goose)

Ponyfolk- Midnight on the Water

The Woods Have Shown Us (Hestehus)

Eva Cassidy- Summertime

Walkin’ After Midnight (Blix Street)

Maria Muldaur- My Handy Man

One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey (NOLA Blues)

Victoria Spivey- Black Snake Swing

Queen Victoria (Frank Goldy)

Roy Book Binder & Fats Kaplin- Hesitation Blues

Ragtime Millionaire (Blue Goose)

Rory Block- Me and My Chauffeur Blues

Heavy on the Blues (M.C.)

Dee Robinson- Spike Driver Blues

Dee from Decatur (Riverlark Music)

The Accidentals- Someday We Won’t Live Here Anymore

Time Out 3 (The Accidentals)

David Francey- Lonely Road

Maps (Laker Music)

Sylvia Tyson & Mike Regenstreif (1997)

Ian & Sylvia- Long Lonesome Road

Four Strong Winds (Vanguard)

Special Consensus- I’ve Been All Around This World

Been All Around This World (Compass)

Diana Jones & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2021)

Diana Jones- Pony

My Remembrance of You (Newsong Recordings)

Mike Regenstreif & Orit Shimoni (2025)

Orit Shimoni- Dear Marla

Lorem Ipsum (Orit Shimoni)

Mike Regenstreif & Lisa Gutkin (2025)

Lisa Gutkin & Aaron Halva- Rifkele and Manke Secret Kiss

Indecent: Original Broadway Cast Recording (Yellow Sound Label)

Jill Sobule- I Kissed a Girl

F_ck 7th Grade Original Cast (Pinko)

The Zozo Sisters: Linda Ronstadt & Ann Savoy- Marie Mouri

Adieu False Heart (Vanguard)

Benoît LeBlanc- Lé zoñon

Mô kouzin, mô kouzinn (Benoît LeBlanc)

JP LeBLANC- Wanda’s Bar

All in My Blood/Je l’ai dans l’sang (Acadian Connection)

Preservation Brass- Climax Rag

For Fat Man (Sub Pop)

NEeMA- Eternity

Watching You Think (Neemaste/Sony)

Lennie Gallant- Old Friends

Shelter from the Storms (Gallant Effort Productions)

Patty Griffin- All the Way Home

Crown of Roses (PGM/Thirty Tigers)

Mike Ward- Why Not

The Time That Remains (Psychosongs)

Mary Gick- Michael’s Tune

Six Tunes and a Song (Mary Gick)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on September 6. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif