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.
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Theme: “Songs of this kind should not need to be sung.”
Guest: Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma.
Tim Grimm- Broken Truth
Bones of Trees (Vault)
The line, “Songs such as these should not need to be sung,” comes from “Let’s Lay Down Our Drums,” a song written by Canadian songwriter Bruce Murdoch during the Vietnam War.
Bruce Murdoch- Let’s Lay Down Our Drums
33 1/3 Revolutions per Minute (Stormy Forest)
Eric Bibb- Masters of War
Migration Blues (Stony Plain)
Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon- Ukrainian Now
Together (Appalsongs)
Artists for Action- Which Side Are You On? *
Which Side Are You On? – single (Bob Jensen)
*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.
Ian Robb & James Stephens- God and the Orange Clown
Declining …with thanks (Fallen Angle Music)
Resistance Revival Chorus featuring Rhiannon Giddens- All You Fascists Bound to Lose
This Joy (Righteous Babe)
The next three songs punctuated my conversation with Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma, recorded on May 2 via Zoom.
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| Mike Regenstreif & Mark Rubin on Zoom (2025) |
Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma- Dog Whistle
Dispatches: Songs from a World Gone Mad (Rubinchik)
Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma- Blues for the Innocent
Dispatches: Songs from a World Gone Mad (Rubinchik)
Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma- Goon with a Hammer (digital only bonus track)
Dispatches: Songs from a World Gone Mad (Rubinchik)
Brendan Nolan- Packing Her Bag
Beneath White Stars: Holocaust Profiles in Song (AlmondSeed Media)
Shelley Posen- Packed
Mazel (Well Done Music)
Diana Jones with Steve Earle, Richard Thompson, Peggy Seeger & Zahara Phillips- We Believe You
Song to a Refugee (Goldmine)
Liz Miller- New Normal
Love Bubble (Liz Miller)
James Talley- In These Times
Ballads, Bandits and Blues (Cimarron)
Next week: Busking.
--Mike Regenstreif
