Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – December 16, 2025: A Hanukkah Concert with Nefesh Mountain and More Songs for the Holiday

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/595/73256.html

Theme: A Hanukkah Concert with Nefesh Mountain and More Songs for the Holiday.

The airdate for this show falls on the second of the 8-day Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.

During Nefesh Mountain’s Hannukah concert, you will not hear any applause because the concert was recorded during Hannukah on December 12, 2020, without a live audience, at the height of the Covid pandemic.

Nefesh Mountain- Hanukkah’s Flame

Live from Levon Helm Studios: A Hanukkah Holiday Concert (Eden Sky)

Nefesh Mountain- Kitchen Girl

Live from Levon Helm Studios: A Hanukkah Holiday Concert (Eden Sky)

Nefesh Mountain- Hanukkah Dance

Live from Levon Helm Studios: A Hanukkah Holiday Concert (Eden Sky)

Nefesh Mountain- Eretz’s Reel

Live from Levon Helm Studios: A Hanukkah Holiday Concert (Eden Sky)

Nefesh Mountain- The Narrow Bridge

Live from Levon Helm Studios: A Hanukkah Holiday Concert (Eden Sky)

Nefesh Mountain- I’ve Endured

Live from Levon Helm Studios: A Hanukkah Holiday Concert (Eden Sky)

Nefesh Mountain- Donna Donna

Live from Levon Helm Studios: A Hanukkah Holiday Concert (Eden Sky)

Nefesh Mountain- Calum Sgaire/You Can Close Your Eyes

Live from Levon Helm Studios: A Hanukkah Holiday Concert (Eden Sky)

Nefesh Mountain- The Great Circle Trail/Oseh Shalom

Live from Levon Helm Studios: A Hanukkah Holiday Concert (Eden Sky)

Nefesh Mountain- Banjo Medley: Ma’oz Tzur/ Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah

Live from Levon Helm Studios: A Hanukkah Holiday Concert (Eden Sky)

Nefesh Mountain- Happy Joyous Hanukkah

Live from Levon Helm Studios: A Hanukkah Holiday Concert (Eden Sky)

Nefesh Mountain- I Shall Be Released

Live from Levon Helm Studios: A Hanukkah Holiday Concert (Eden Sky)

The Klezmatics & Susan McKeown- The Many and the Few

Woody Guthrie’s Happy Joyous Hanukkah (Jewish Music Group)

Shelley Posen with Finest Kind- On Chanukah 

Mazel (Well Done Music)

Short Sisters- My Candles 

A Planet Dancing Slow (Black Socks Press)

Finjan- Haneros Haluli

Dancing on Water (Rounder)

Shelley Posen- The La-La-Latke Song 

Manna (Well Done Music)

Socalled with The Kaiser Quartett- Drei Dreidl

Di Frosh and other Yiddish Songs (Membran)

Frank London’s Klezmer Brass Allstars featuring Michael “Meyshke” Alpet & Sarah Gordon- Topz (Sevivon)

Chronika (Borscht Beat) 

SONiA disappear fear- Light in You

By My Silence (Disappear)

Next week: A Christmas Concert with Odetta and More Songs for the Holiday.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – July 29, 2025: Remembering Robert Resnik

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/595/71321.html

Theme: Remembering Robert Resnik (1953-2025).

Mike Regenstreif & Robert Resnik (2025)

My dear and close friend Robert Resnik of Burlington, Vermont. Robert passed away on July 21 at age 72 after struggling with several health issues including Parkinson’s disease. Robert was a singer and musician who played many different instruments in many styles of folk music. For the past 29 years, Robert hosted All the Traditions, a great folk music show on Vermont Public Radio. In 2023, Robert was inducted into the Folk Radio Hall of Fame sponsored by Folk Alliance International. Professionally, Robert was a librarian for about 30 years at the Fletcher Free Library in Burlington, Vermont.

Robert Resnik- O’Carolan Medley

Playing Favorites (Thunder Ridge)

The Highland Weavers were Robert Resnik, Marty Morrissey and Tim Whiteford.

Highland Weavers - The Road to Mandalay

Going Home (Highland Weavers)

Highland Weavers - Old Rose & Crown

Going Home (Highland Weavers)

Highland Weavers - Mary Ellen Carter

Going Home (Highland Weavers)

Robert Resnik with Mary McGinness- Them Dance Hall Girls

Playing Favorites (Thunder Ridge)

Robert Resnik with Mary McGinness & Kristina Stykos- Come a Long Away

Playing Favorites (Thunder Ridge)

Robert Resnik & Gigi Weisman- Sing When the Spirit Says Sing

Sweet Potatoes and Home Grown Tomatoes (Fletcher Free Library)

Robert Resnik & Marty Morrissey- Inland Waterways

Vermont Songs Old & New (Robert Resnik & Marty Morrissey)

Robert Resnik & Marty Morrissey- All Kinds of Weather

Old & New Songs of Lake Champlain (Robert Resnik & Marty Morrissey)

Robert Resnik & Gigi Weisman- Magic Penny

Sweet Potatoes and Home Grown Tomatoes (Fletcher Free Library)

Swing & Tears was Robert Resnik, Gigi Weisman and Marty Morrissey.

Swing & Tears- The Coffee Set: Coffee in the Morning and Kisses in the Night/Let’s Have Another Cup of Coffee/Java Jive

Swing & Tears (Swing & Tears)

Swing & Tears- Black Fly Song

Swing & Tears (Swing & Tears)

Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik- Tennessee Blues

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

Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik- Farewell to the Gold

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

Robert and I spent countless hours over the course of more than 30 years talking about the music we loved. The rest of the show is a very small sampling of songs and artists Robert loved.

Dave Van Ronk- St. James Infirmary

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

Martin Grosswendt- Mournin’ Blues

Payday! (Martin Grosswendt)

Jesse Winchester- Yankee Lady

Live from Mountain Stage (Blue Plate)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Jacques et Gilles

Matapedia (Hannibal)

Patti Casey- Down from Canada

Under Different Skies (Long Shot Music)

La Bottine Souriante- Le gourmand

Appelation d’origine contrôlée (Borealis)

Shelley Posen- Finders, Kippers

Menorah: Songs from a Jewish Life (Well Done Music)

Finest Kind- A Pilgrim’s Way

Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle Music)

Next week: Songs of Steve Gillette and John Stewart.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – July 1, 2025: Songs for Canada Day

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/595/70878.html

Theme: Songs for Canada Day.

Stan Rogers- Northwest Passage

Northwest Passage (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Ian & Sylvia- Four Strong Winds

Four Strong Winds (Vanguard)

Maria Dunn- In the Shadow of the Rockies/As I Walk Through Canada

We Were Good People (Distant Whisper)

James Keelaghan- My Skies

History: The First 25 Years (Borealis)

Bonnie Dobson- Peter Amberley

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

Finest Kind- The Maple Leaf Forever

Silks & Spices (Fallen Angle Music)

Wade Hemsworth with The Mountain City Four (lead vocal: Kate McGarrigle)- The Log Driver’s Waltz

Wade Hemsworth with the Mountain City Four (Peter Weldon)

Gordon Lightfoot- Canadian Railroad Trilogy

Songbook (Warner Archives/Rhino)

Leonard Cohen- Suzanne

Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia/Legacy)

Steel Rail- Wooden Ships

River Song (Crossties)

Jesse Winchester- I Wave Bye Bye

Gentleman of Leisure (Sugar Hill)

Connie Kaldor- Wood River

Wood River (Coyote Entertainment)

Shelley Posen- Canoeing My Troubles Away

Roseberry Road (Well Done Music)

Durham County Poets & Michael Jerome Browne- Diamonds on the Water

Grimshaw Road (Durham County Poets)

Yonder Hill- Northern Lights

Yonder Hill (Yonder Hill)

Notre Dame de Grass- New Canada Road

New Canada Road (Notre Dame de Grass)

Willie Dunn- Louis Riel

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

Amanda Rheaume- Unforgettable

The Truth We Hold (Ishkõdé)

Prairie Comeau- Un Canadien errant

L’emprunt(e) (La Compagnie du Nord)

Chris Rawlings- Song of the Old Bush Pilot

Northern Spirits (Cooking Fat Music)

David Bradstreet- The Land Beyond

Hindsight (David Bradstreet)

Night Sun- A Canadian Song

Drive (Borealis)

Next week: Peggy Seeger at 90.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – May 6, 2025: The Banjo Special

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/595/70088.html

Theme: The Banjo Special.

Pete Seeger holding his banjo.

All the songs and tunes on this show feature the banjo.

Doc Watson- Rambling Hobo

Memories (Sugar Hill)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Foolish You

Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Nonesuch)

Michael Jerome Browne- Reverend Strut

Gettin’ Together (Borealis/Stony Plain)

John Hartford- Gentle on My Mind

Live from Mountain Stage (Blue Plate Music)

The Be Good Tanyas- Reuben

Chinatown (Nettwerk)

Mary Gick- Hills of Home

Six Tunes and a Song (Mary Gick)

Finest Kind- Going to the West

Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle)

Marc Nerenberg- Little Birdie: A Reimagined Traditional Song

Little Birdie: Birds, Beasts & Banjo Blues (Marc Nerenberg)

The Dumptrucks- Qu’Appelle

Selections (Laughing Cactus)

Pete Seeger- Monsieur Banjo

American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 4 (Smithsonian Folkways)

Last Forever with John Cohen- Dillard Chandler

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

Arnie Naiman- My Lucy Stars

My Lucky Stars (Merriweather)

Robert Thomas & the sessionmen- Springhill

The Way We Roll (Gas)

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- Redwinged Blackbird

Get Up and Do Right (Community Music)

Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five- Put ‘Em Down Blues

The Hot Fives & Hot Sevens, Vol. III (Columbia)

Paul Barbarin with Danny Barker- Eh La Bas

Paul Barbarin and His New Orleans Jazz (Collectables)

Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma- Berish Katz Breakdown

Dispatches: Songs from a World Gone Mad (Rubinchik)

Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson- Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss

What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow (Nonesuch)

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings- Howdy Howdy

Woodland (Acony)

Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn- Railroad

Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn (Rounder)

Pharis & Jason Romero- Train on the Island

Tell ‘Em You Were Gold (Smithsonian Folkways)

Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project- Lazy John

Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project (Borealis)

Derroll Adams- The Mountain

Songs of the Banjoman (Wundertutte) 

Suzy Thompson- Lose My Blues

Suzy Sings Siebel Volume One (Suzy Thompson)

Jenny Whiteley- Banjo Girl

The Original Jenny Whiteley (Black Hen Music)

Tony Trischka & Steve Martin- Plunkin’ Rag

Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular (Rounder)

Next week: A Tribute to The Klezmatics.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – March 11, 2025: Remembering David Johansen; “Hello in There”

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/595/69289.html

Themes: Part 1 – Remembering David Johansen (1950-2025); Part 2 – “Hello in There” and other songs that reference the elderly.

Part 1 – Remembering David Johansen (1950-2025)

David Johansen, who died on February 28 at age 75, was a singer and actor who first gained fame in the early-1970s as lead singer of the proto-punk glam band, The New York Dolls. In the mid-1980s, he began performing jazz, jump blues and novelty songs as his lounge singer alter-ego Buster Poindexter. And, in the 1990s, he started performing traditional folk and blues and formed a band called David Johansen & The Harry Smiths.

Buster Poindexter- Hot Hot Hot

Buster Poindexter (RCA)

Buster Poindexter & Soozie Tyrell- Saturday Night Fish Fry

Buster’s Happy Hour (Rhino)

Buster Poindexter- Screwy Music

Buster Poindexter (RCA)

Bill Morrissey & David Johansen- Love Arrives

Night Train (Philo)

David Johansen & The Harry Smiths- James Alley Blues

David Johansen and the Harry Smiths (Chesky)

David Johansen & The Harry Smiths- Kassie Jones

Shaker (Chesky)

David Johansen & The Harry Smiths- I Can’t Be Satisfied

Shaker (Chesky)

Part 2 – “Hello in There” and other songs that reference the elderly.

Reggie Harris- Hello In There

On Solid Ground (Reggie Harris Music)

Pete Seeger- Get Up and Go

Together In Concert (Rising Son)

Nancy White- Seamless Dance of the Old Folks

Gaelic Envy and Other Torch Songs (Borealis)

Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer- Grandpa Danced the Charleston

All New (Community Music)

Shirley Eikhard- Emily Remembers

Going Home (Artisan Music)

Kathy Mattea- Where’ve You Been

Willow in the Wind (Mercury)

Judy Collins- In the Twilight

Bohemian (Wildflower)

Anne Hills & Michael Smith- The Dutchman

Paradise Lost and Found (Redwing Music)

Finest Kind- The Goodnight-Loving Trail

Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle)

Utah Phillips- All Used Up

The Long Memory (Red House)

Rosalie Sorrels- Feather Ben

Travelin’ Lady Rides Again (Green Linnet)

Eric Bogle- Now I’m Easy

Scraps of Paper (Flying Fish)

Stan Rogers- Sailor’s Rest Intro/Sailor’s Rest

Songs of a Lifetime: Home in Halifax (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

Murray McLauchlan- Old Man’s Song

Songs from the Street: The Best of Murray McLauchlan (True North)

Next week: Canadian Places.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – October 15, 2024: Finest Kind's Kind of 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/595/67256.html

Theme: Finest Kind’s Kind of Songs

Finest Kind is the now mostly-retired trio of Ottawa based singers Ann Downey, Shelley Posen and Ian Robb – a trio best known for its superb vocal harmonies. All the songs on this show were recorded by Finest Kind over the years.

Finest Kind- The Faded Roses of December

Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle Music)

Utah Phillips- The Goodnight Loving Trail

The Telling Takes Me Home (Philo)

Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin- Blue Mountain

Stay Awhile (Rounder)

Blue Murder- The Banks of Sweet Primroses

No One Stands Alone (Topic)

Windborne- Gimme Just a Little More Time

Recollections/Revolutions (Wand’ring Feet)

Finest Kind- The Storms May Roll the Ocean

Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle Music)

Peggy Seeger- Going to the West

The Folkways Years 1955-1992: Songs of Love and Politics (Smithsonian Folkways)

Derek Lamb- The Miner’s Dream of Home

She was Poor but She was Honest: Nice, Naughty and Nourishing Songs of the London Music Hall and Pubs (Folkways)

Sneezy Waters- I Heard the Bluebirds Sing

Sneezy Waters (Sneezy Waters)

Martyn Wyndham-Read- Sussex Drinking Song

A Rose from the Bush (Greenwich Village)

David Parry- In Praise of Alcohol

The Man from Eldorado: Songs and Stories of Robert W. Service (Borealis)

Coope, Boyes & Simpson- John Barleycorn

Coope, Boyes & Simpson (World Music Network)

Finest Kind- John Barleycorn Deconstructed

For Honour & For Gain (Fallen Angle Music)

Bill Staines- Only Remembered

Looking for the Wind (Red House)

John Roberts & Tony Barrand- A Pilgrim’s Way

Twiddlum Twaddlum (Golden Hind Music)

Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop- No More Fish

Red Shoes (Borealis)

Finest Kind- Lowlands Low

For Honour & For Gain (Fallen Angle Music)

The Carter Family- Fond Affection

When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland: Their Complete Victor Recordings 1929-1930 (Rounder)

The Greenbriar Boys- At the End of a Long Lonely Day

Best of the Vanguard Years (Vanguard)

The Brothers & Sisters- The Times They are A-Changin’

Dylan’s Gospel (Columbia)

Ben E. King- Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow

Ben E. King Sings for Soulful Lovers (Rhino)

Finest Kind- Jack the Jolly Tar

Silks & Spices (Fallen Angle Music)

Tom Lewis- Bully in the Alley

Tinker Tailor Soldier Singer (Self Propelled Music)

Finest Kind- Who will Sing for Me

Heart’s Delight (Fallen Angle Music)

Next week: Remembering Nick Gravenites, Kris Kristofferson, JD Souther, and Billy Edd Wheeler.

--Mike Regenstreif

Saturday Morning with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Saturday July 13, 2024

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/128/65969.html

Geoff Bartley- July

Interstates (Magic Crow)

Lui Collins- The Wildflower Song

The Seasons Project: Summer (Christine Lavin)

Robin Batteau- How Can You Love Me

The Seasons Project: Summer (Christine Lavin)

Tina Ross- Summers Like These

The Seasons Project: Summer (Christine Lavin)

Cosy Sheridan- Here Comes the Rain

The Seasons Project: Summer (Christine Lavin)

Kami Thompson- The Solitary Traveller

Linda Thompson: Proxy Music (StorySound)

Lynne Hanson- Just a Little Bit

Just a Poet (Lynne Hanson)

Terre Roche- The Man Who Can’t

Inner Adult (Terre Roche)

Michael Jerling- I Talk to Dead People

Halfway Home (Fool’s Hill Music)

Teresina Huxtable- First and Only Tango

Wallflowers (Philo)

Sonya Cohen & Penny Seeger Cohen- Oh, Blue

You’ve Been a Friend to Me (Smithsonian Folkways)

Sonya Cohen & Peggy Seeger- A Squirrel is a Pretty Thing

You’ve Been a Friend to Me (Smithsonian Folkways)

Sonya Cohen & Pete Seeger- When I was Most Beautiful

You’ve Been a Friend to Me (Smithsonian Folkways)

Last Forever- Hide and Seek

You’ve Been a Friend to Me (Smithsonian Folkways)

Sonya Cohen  Cramer & Elizabeth Mitchell- You’ve Been a Friend to Me

You’ve Been a Friend to Me (Smithsonian Folkways)

Tim Isberg- Better Times Ahead

Prairie Fire (Tim Isberg Music)

Lynn Miles- Night Owl

tumbleWeedyWorld (True North)

David Francey- Daughter

The Breath Between (Laker Music) 

Kathleen Edwards- Options Open

Dogs and Alcohol (Dualtone)

Ian Tamblyn- That Boxcar in Algoma

Scenes Through a Mirror (North Track)

Keith Glass Band- Can’t Blame Me

Different World (Stump)

Ruth Moody- Wanderer

Wanderer (Blue Muse/True North)

Adam Karch- My Birmingham

Some Awkward Country Ahead (Adam Karch)

Martha Wainwright- Or Nothing at All

Linda Thompson: Proxy Music (StorySound)

Ken Tizzard & Music for Goats- Barstools and Broken Hearts

The DAGG Sessions (Ken Tizzard)

Miranda Hardy- The Price of Happiness

The Price of Happiness (Great Divide)

Ian Robb & James Stephens- Charming Molly

Declining …with thanks (Fallen Angle Music)

Finest Kind- Blue Mountain

Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle Music)

Shelley Posen- The Old Songs Home

The Old Songs Home (Well Done Music)

Jubal Lee Young- Jig

Wild Birds Warble (7Bridges Entertainment)

The Roches- Hammond Song

Where Do I Come From: Selected Songs (StorySound)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Rufus & Martha Wainwright, Loudon Wainwright III & Chaim Tannenbaum- Schooldays

The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)

Waterson:Carthy- Rackabello

Common Tongue (Topic)

The Copper Family- Come Write Me Down, Ye Powers Above

The Ultimate Guide to English Folk (Arc)

Richard & Linda Thompson- For Shame of Doing Wrong

Dreams Fly Away: A History of Linda Thompson (Hannibal)

Teddy Thompson- Those Damn Roches

Linda Thompson: Proxy Music (StorySound)

Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl- Pack Up Your Sorrows

Recordings Celebrating 50 Years of a Musical Partnership (Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl) 

Rory Block- Like a Rolling Stone

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

Erin Ash Sullivan- Goat on a Stone Wall

Signposts and Marks (Erin Ash Sullivan)

Enzo Garcia- I Wanna Hold You

Calicoustic (Recaredo)

Deb Seymour- Sometimes You Gotta Wear Boots

Sometimes You Gotta Wear Boots (Herkimer Productions)

Ish Theilheimer & Friends- The Wilno Chicken

The Wilno Chicken and Other Songs for My Community (Ish Theilheimer)

Leonard Cohen- Story of Isaac

Songs from a Room (Columbia/Legacy)

Art of Time Ensemble featuring Sarah Harmer- Dance Me to the End of Love

Songs of Leonard Cohen Live (Art of Time Recordings)

Two of a Kind- We Give Thanks in Hard Times

Let the Light In (Magillicutty Music)

I’ll be hosting Saturday Morning next on August 10. I also host Stranger Songs on CKCU every Tuesday from 3:30-5 pm.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – March 19, 2024: Music

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/595/64335.html

Theme: Music.

The songs on this show all have something or other to do with music.

Stan Rogers- Music in Your Eyes

Songs of a Lifetime: From Coffee House to Concert Hall (Fogarty’s Cove/Borealis)

James Keelaghan- Kiri’s Piano

History: The First 25 Years (Borealis)

Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Cockburn (2017)

Bruce Cockburn- Musical Friends

Greatest Hits (1970-2020) (True North)

Diana Krall- Let’s Face the Music and Dance

When I Look in Your Eyes (Verve)

Tom Russell- Tower of Song

Selections from Love & Fear plus bonus out-takes (HighTone)

Jimmy Driftwood- The Ozark Symphony

I Hear Your People Singing Blanchard Cave (Rackensack)

Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion- Folksong

Folksong (RTE 8)

Brownie McGhee- The Blues Had a Baby (and they called it Rock and Roll)

Rainy Day (Tomato)

Louis Armstrong & Trummy Young- Now You Has Jazz

Armstrong Comes Alive (Jazz2Jazz)

Arthur Conley- Sweet Soul Music

Atlantic Rhythm and Blues 1947-1974: Volume 6 1966-1969 (Atlantic)

Finest Kind- John Barleycorn Deconstructed

For Honour & For Gain (Fallen Angle)

John Hartford- My Rag

Morning Bugle (Rounder)

Christy Moore- The Tuam Beat

Magic Nights (Sony)

Doc Watson- Mama Don’t Allow No Music

Memories (Sugar Hill)

David Mallett- Ballad of the St. Anne’s Reel

Inches & Miles 1977-1980 (Flying Fish)

Lynn Miles- Three Chords and the Truth

Fall for Beauty (True North)

Maria Muldaur-Southern Music

Jazzabelle (Stony Plain)

Mike Regenstreif & Jesse Winchester (2009)

Jesse Winchester- I Turn to My Guitar

Love Filling Station (Appleseed)

Sister Rosetta Tharpe- Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air

This Train in Concert (Sunset Blvd.)

Dakota Dave Hull & Sean Blackburn- River of Swing

River of Swing (Arabica)

Sisters of Sheynville- Yidl Mitn Fidl

Sheynville Express (Sisters of Sheynville)

Guy & Candie Carawan- When the Fiddler has Played His Last Tune for the Night

Folk Friends (Wundertüte Musik)

Next week: Home.

--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – November 14, 2023: Songs of Utah Phillips

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/595/62730.html

Theme: Songs of Bruce “Utah” Phillips (1935-2008).

Utah Phillips & Mike Regenstreif (1976) photo: Felicity Fanjoy

Utah Phillips- The Telling Takes Me Home

The Telling Takes Me Home (Philo)

Saul Broudy- Starlight on the Rails

Singing Through the Hard Times: A Tribute to Utah Phillips (Righteous Babe)

Pop & Bodie Wagner & Dakota Dave Hull- Old Buddy, Goodnight

Singing Through the Hard Times: A Tribute to Utah Phillips (Righteous Babe)

Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen- Going Away

Live in Concert (Compass Rose)

The Sorry Muthas Wolverine 14

Greatest Hits Vol. 3 (Wampus Cat)

Utah Phillips- Phoebe Snow

Good Though! (Philo)

Finest Kind- The Goodnight-Loving Trail

Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle)

Rosalie Sorrels- Rock Me to Sleep

Travelin’ Lady (Sire)

John Gorka- I Think of You

So Dark You See (Red House)

Penny Lang- If I Could be the Rain

Stone + Sand + Sea + Sky (Borealis)

Kate Wolf- Clearing in the Forest

The Wind Blows Wild (Rhino)

The Short Sisters- Rock Salt and Nails

Love and Transportation (Black Socks Press)

Utah Phillips & Mike Regenstreif (2005)

Utah Phillips- Frisco Road

Good Though! (Philo)

Finest Kind- He Comes Like Rain

Singing Through the Hard Times: A Tribute to Utah Phillips (Righteous Babe)

Bruce Brackney- Hood River, Roll On

Singing Through the Hard Times: A Tribute to Utah Phillips (Righteous Babe)

Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin- Walking Through Your Town in the Snow

Heart Songs: The Old Time Country Songs of Utah Phillips (Rounder)

Priscilla Herdman & Utah Phillips- I Remember Loving You

Darkness into Light (Flying Fish)

Fred Holstein- Nevada Jane

Fred Holstein: A Collection (Fred Holstein)

Rosalie Sorrels- Ashes on the Sea

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

Margaret Christl & Simon Christl- The Green Rolling Hills of West Virginia

House of Song (Margaret Christl)

Utah Phillips- Eddy’s Song

The Telling Takes Me Home (Philo)

Magpie, Dan Schatz, Emma's Revolution- Singing Through the Hard Times

Singing Through the Hard Times: A Tribute to Utah Phillips (Righteous Babe)

Next week: Songs and Conversation with Noel Paul Stookey.

--Mike Regenstreif 

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday July 11, 2023: Hit Songs – Alternate Visions

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/595/61133.html

Theme: Hit Songs – Alternate Visions.

Chances are you’re familiar with most, if not all, of the songs on this show – but some of these versions might be new to you.

Toots & The Maytals- (Take Me Home) Country Roads

Funky Kingston (Mango)

Karen Dalton- When a Man Loves a Woman

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

Zazu- Stand By Me

S(w)inging Love (Temps)

Matthew Alexander- Spanish Harlem

Midnight Dream Station (Caravan)

Bruce Springsteen- Don’t Play That Song (You Lied)

Only the Strong Survive (Columbia)

Finest Kind- Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?

Silks & Spices (Fallen Angle Music)

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

The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)

Original Sloth Band- Get a Job

Whoopee After Midnight (Sloth)

Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2005)

Tom Russell- El Paso

Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs (HighTone)

Mary McCaslin- Pinball Wizard

Old Friends (Philo)

The Refugees- Good Vibrations

California (Wahubo/Longhouse)

Gordon Lightfoot- The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

The Original Lightfoot (EMI)

David Clayton-Thomas- (Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay

Soul Ballads (Antoinette)

Bettye LaVette- A Change is Gonna Come

Change is Gonna Come Sessions (Anti-)

Jesse Winchester & Mike Regenstreif (2000)

Jesse Winchester- Candida

A Touch on the Rainy Side (Stony Plain)

Bonnie Dobson- Everybody’s Talkin’

Bonnie Dobson (RCA)

Caroline Doctorow- Snowbird

Dreaming in Vinyl (Narrow Lane)

Queen Esther- Bohemian Rhapsody

Rona (EL)

Eva Cassidy with The London Symphony Orchestra- People Get Ready

I Can Only Be Me (Blix Street)

Arlo Guthrie- Can’t Help Falling in Love

More Together Again in Concert (Rising Son)

Duke Robillard- I’m Gonna Be a Wheel Someday

Six Strings of Steel (M.C.)

Next week: Seven Psalms and Other Songs of Paul Simon.

--Mike Regenstreif

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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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday October 18, 2022: Songs of Jimmie Rodgers

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 prerecorded and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/57953.html

Theme: Songs of Jimmie Rodgers (1897-1933). Rodgers, who died of tuberculosis in 1933 at age 35, was known as The Singing Brakeman and The Blue Yodeler and is widely regarded to be the father of country music.

Jimmie Rodgers- Ben Dewberry’s Final Run

First Sessions, 1927-28 (Rounder)

Merle Haggard- Train Whistle Blues

Same Train, A Different Time: Merle Haggard Sings the Great Songs of Jimmie Rodgers (Capitol)

Swing & Tears- Hobo’s Meditation

Swing & Tears (Swing & Tears)

John Sebastian- Waiting for a Train

Cheapo-Cheapo Productions Presents Real Live John Sebastian (Reprise)

Iris DeMent- Hobo Bill’s Last Ride

The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute (Egyptian/Columbia)

Jimmie Rodgers- My Rough and Rowdy Ways

On the Way Up, 1929 (Rounder)

Ian & Sylvia- Travelin’ Blues (listed as Jimmie’s Texas Blues)

The Lost Tapes (Stony Plain)

Jane Voss & Hoyle Osborne- Drunken Bar Room Blues (Gambling Bar Room Blues)

Never No More Blues (Ripple)

Jimmie Rodgers- T.B. Blues

America’s Blue Yodeler, 1930-1931 (Rounder)

Ramblin’ Jack Elliott- Whippin’ That Old T.B.

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

Maria Muldaur- Any Old Time

Maria Muldaur (Reprise)

Peter Keane- Nobody Knows but Me

Rural Electrification (Little Hat)

Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley- He’s in the Jailhouse Now

Gold Cadillac (G-Three)

Jimmie Rodgers with Louis Armstrong- Blue Yodel No. 9

America’s Blue Yodeler, 1930-1931 (Rounder)

Odetta- Muleskinner Blues

Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (Tradition)

Finest Kind- Why Should I Be Lonely?

For Honour & For Gain (Fallen Angle)

J.W. McClure- My Carolina Sunshine Girl

Interpretations of Jimmie Rodgers (J.W. McClure)

Doc Watson- My Blue Eyed Jane

Portrait (Sugar Hill)

Jimmie Rodgers- Gambling Polka Dot Blues

Down the Old Road, 1931-1932 (Rounder)

Leon Redbone- Roll Along Kentucky Moon

Sugar (Rounder)

Dakota Dave Hull & Sean Blackburn- Miss the Mississippi and You

North By Southwest (Arabica)

Robin & Linda Williams- Mississippi Delta Blues

Visions of Love (Sugar Hill)

Arlo Guthrie- When the Cactus is in Bloom

Son of the Wind (Rising Son)

Mary Chapin Carpenter- Somewhere Down Below the Mason Dixon Line

The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute (Egyptian/Columbia)

Jimmie Rodgers- Yodeling My Way Back Home

Last Sessions, 1933 (Rounder)

Next week: Songs of Yip Harburg and Hoagy Carmichael.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday August 9, 2022: “Acapella Stella” and other a cappella 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 prerecorded and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/57170.html

Theme: “Acapella Stella” and other a cappella songs.

All the songs on this show are performed a cappella – that is the singers are not accompanied by musical instruments.

Maddy Prior & The Girls- Acapella Stella
Bib & Tuck (Park)

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

Chaim Tannenbaum, Dane Lanken, Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Dig My Grave
The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)
Alison Krauss- Down to the River to Pray
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Mercury)
Ralph Stanley- O Death
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Mercury)
Jesse Winchester- I Can’t Stand Up Alone
Learn to Love It (Stony Plain)

Paul Simon & Ladysmith Black Mambazo- Homeless
Graceland (Warner Bros.)
Ladysmith Black Mambazo- Rain Rain Beautiful Rain
Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Shanachie)
Blue Flame String Band- Blues Stay Away from Me
Blue Flame String Band (Flying Fish)

Maria Dunn- Beautiful Fools
Joyful Banner Blazing (Distant Whisper)

Finest Kind- John Barleycorn
Silks & Spices (Fallen Angle)
Finest Kind- John Barleycorn Deconstructed
For Honour & For Gain (Fallen Angle)

Rod MacDonald & Mike Regenstreif (2005)

Garnet Rogers- Sammy’s Bar
Summer Lightning: Live (Snow Goose Songs)
Pressgang Mutiny- Roll Away
Across the Western Ocean (Pressgang Mutiny)
Coope, Boyes & Simpson- Shallow Brown
Coope, Boyes & Simpson (World Music Network)
Rod MacDonald- A Sailor’s Prayer
No Commercial Traffic (Solstice)

Kim Harris & Mike Regenstreif (2005)

Kim & Reggie Harris- Oh Freedom
Steal Away: Songs of the Underground Railroad (Appleseed)
Priscilla Herdman- Ain’t I a Woman
Darkness Into Light (Flying Fish)
The Short Sisters- Honey in the Rock
Love and Transportation (Black Socks Press)
Sweet Honey in the Rock- Rivers of Babylon
Selections 1976-1988 (Flying Fish)

The Wailin' Jennys- Light of a Clear Blue Morning
Fifteen (True North)
Penny Lang- Never Turning Back
Carry On Children (She-Wolf)
Windborne- When I’m Gone
Of Hard Times & Harmony (Wand’ring Feet)

Rosalie Sorrels & Mike Regenstreif (1993)

Sneezy Waters- Solitude
Sneezy Waters (Sneezy Waters)
The Manhattan Transfer- Foreign Affair
The Manhattan Transfer Anthology: Down in Birdland (Rhino)
Rosalie Sorrels- The Toast
What Ever Happened to the Girl That Was (Paramount)
Dave Van Ronk- Last Call
Going Back to Brooklyn (HighTone)

Next week: It’s Lake Time.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday January 4, 2022: The Folk Roots of Rock ‘n’ Roll and The Rock ‘n’ Roll Branches of Folk Music

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU in Ottawa on Tuesday afternoons 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 prerecorded at home and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/54758.html

Theme: The Folk Roots of Rock ‘n’ Roll and The Rock ‘n’ Roll Branches of Folk Music – rock ‘n’ roll artists sing folk songs and folk-rooted artists sing rock ‘n’ roll songs.

The Animals- House of the Rising Sun
The Animals (ABCKO)
Dave Van Ronk- Alley Oop
Dave Van Ronk and The Hudson Dusters (Verve Forecast)
Little Richard- Rock Island Line
Folkways: A Vision Shared – A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly (Columbia)
Ian & Sylvia- Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa
Play One More (Vanguard)

David Johansen and the Harry Smiths- James Alley Blues
David Johansen and the Harry Smiths (Chesky)
Last Forever- Duke of Earl
Trainfare Home (StorySound)
Rod Stewart- Man of Constant Sorrow
Handbags and Gladrags: The Essential Rod Stewart (Spectrum)
Original Sloth Band- Get a Job
Whoopee After Midnight (Sloth)

Ronnie Hawkins- John Henry
The Folk Ballads of Ronnie Hawkins (Edsel)

James Stephens, Finest Kind, Tao Rodriguez-Seeger & Mike Regenstreif (2009)

Finest Kind- Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
Silks & Spices (Fallen Angle Music)
John Oates- My Creole Belle
Arkansas (PS)
Chaim Tannenbaum, Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Lily Lanken- Young Love
The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)

The Band- Ain’t No More Cane on the Brazos
The Band: 50th Anniversary Edition (Capitol)
Tom Rush- Too Much Monkey Business
Tom Rush/Take a Little Walk with Me (BGO)
Bruce Springsteen- Jacob’s Ladder
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (Columbia)
Brooksie Wells- I’m a Believer
Stops Time (Down Home Dive)

The Beach Boys- Sloop John B
Fifty Big Ones: Greatest Hits (Capitol)
Jesse Winchester- Whispering Bells
A Reasonable Amount of Trouble (Appleseed)
Creedence Clearwater Revival- Cotton Fields
Willy and the Poor Boys (Fantasy)
Kathy & Carol- Searchin’
The Village Out West: The Lost Tapes of Alan Oakes – Field Recordings of the 1960s California Folk Music Scene (Smithsonian Folkways)

Mike Regenstreif & Mary McCaslin (1999)

Johnny Rivers- Long Time Man
Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk (Imperial)
Doc Watson- Shake, Rattle and Roll
Docabilly (Sugar Hill)
Brook Benton- It Takes a Worried Man
The Boll Weevil Song (Mercury)
Mary McCaslin- Pinball Wizard
Old Friends (Philo)

Sting- Shallow Brown
Rogues’ Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys (Anti-)
Huxtable, Christensen & Hood- Mr. Blue
Melancholy Babies (Front Hall)

The Roches- Come Softly to Me
Another World (Warner Bros.)

Next week: Songs of Winter.

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--Mike Regenstreif

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday October 12, 2021: Drinking Songs

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU in Ottawa on Tuesday afternoons 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 prerecorded at home and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/53775.html

Theme: Drinking Songs

Annie Lou- Grandma’s Rules for Drinking
Grandma’s Rules for Drinking (Annie Lou)

Finest Kind- Sussex Drinking Song
Lost in a Song (Fallen Angle)
David Parry- In Praise of Alcohol
The Man from Eldorado: Songs and Stories of Robert W. Service (Borealis)
Joni Mitchell- Nancy Whiskey
Archives – Volume 1: The Early Years (1963-1967) (Rhino)
Sandy & Caroline Paton- I’m a Rover and Seldom Sober
The Village Out West: The Lost Tapes of Alan Oakes – Field Recordings of the 1960s California Folk Music Scene (Smithsonian Folkways)
Ian Robb with The Friends of Fiddler's Green- Garnet’s Home-Made Beer
From Different Angels (Fallen Angle)

Stick McGhee- Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee
New York Blues and R&B (JSP)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee- One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer
Backwater Blues (Fantasy)

Gina Forsyth- Whiskey Before Breakfast
Copper Rooster and Other Tunes and Tales (Waterbug)

Rosalie Sorrels- Red Wine at Noon
Always a Lady (Green Linnet)
Kathy Mattea- Little Glass of Wine
Pretty Bird (Captain Potato)
Tom Paxton & The DonJuans- Bottle of Wine
Live (Pax)
Buster Poindexter- Who Drank My Beer (While I was in the Rear)?
Buster’s Happy Hour (Rhino)

Mike Regenstreif & Maria Dunn (2017)

Maria Dunn- Whiskey Evening
For a Song (Distant Whisper Music)
Russ Kelley- Whiskey Stone Blues
In Plain Sight (Ark Road Music Productions)
Lynn Miles- She Drinks
We’ll Look for Stars (Must Have Music)
Shelley Posen- Having a Drink with Jane
The Old Songs’ Home (Well Done Music)

Penny Lang- Barrelhouse Blues
Live at the Yellow Door (She-Wolf)
John McCutcheon- Moonshiner
Bucket List (Appalseed)
Laura Nyro- Sweet Blindness
Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (Columbia/Legacy)

Tom Mitchell & Mike Regenstreif (1999)

Tom Mitchell- Eastern Beer
1976 live recording – used with permission
Dave Van Ronk- Alabama Song
Let No One Deceive You: Songs of Bertolt Brecht (Flying Fish)
David Massengill- Last Call
Dave on Dave: A Tribute to Dave Van Ronk (Gadfly)
Miranda Mulholland- The Parting Glass
By Appointment or Chance (Roaring Girl)

Mary Gauthier- I Drink
Live at Blue Rock (In the Black)

Next week: Eating Songs

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--Mike Regenstreif

Shelley Posen – Ontario Moon

Shelley Posen

Ontario Moon

Well Done Music

borealisrecords.com

(A version of this review was published in the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin.)

Shelley Posen is well known throughout the folk music world as a member of Finest Kind, a mostly-retired Ottawa vocal trio known for its glorious harmonies, and as a versatile singer and songwriter whose work touches many genres. Ontario Moon is his fifth solo album and while two of his previous CDs were on specifically Jewish themes, the dozen songs here are purely secular in nature.

One of the things that’s really nice about this album is that each track is uniquely arranged with musicians specifically recruited for the song in question. For example, the title track, a jazzy, romantic tune that recalls the Tin Pan Alley songs that songwriters like Irving Berlin were writing in the 1930s, features a swinging quintet that includes Django Reinhardt-influenced guitarists Christian Flores and Andrew Tesolin, bassist Mike Mopasi, clarinetist Martin van de Ven of the klezmer band Beyond the Pale, and violinist Mika Posen, Shelley’s daughter.

One of the songs I relate to most on the album is “Night Nurse,” a blues featuring the bottleneck guitar virtuosity of Michael Jerome Browne. The song is a tribute to the care Shelley received several years ago when he underwent surgery at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. The song mirrors my own experiences with the night nurses when I had my own surgery at the Heart Institute a few years later.

Other favourites include “The Best Song Ever Written,” a fun country song about songwriting; “Back at Bub’s,” a rock ‘n’ roller about a favourite barbecue joint; “Sugar Bush Breakfast,” a very sweet duet with Montreal singer Linda Morrison; “Tea Time,” a clever paean to afternoon tea at the Royal York featuring a classical string quartet; and “Walking in the Rain,” a delightful little piece that sounds like it could have come from a 1940s musical.

While I’ve mentioned about half the songs on the album, all of the others are just as good.

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–Mike Regenstreif