Stranger Songs
Tuesday March 23rd, 2021 with Mike Regenstreif
A Tribute to the late Bob Nesbitt, founder and director of the Ottawa Grassroots Festival.
This week’s Stranger Songs is a tribute to Ottawa folk music volunteer extraordinaire Bob Nesbitt, the founder and director of the Ottawa Grassroots Festival. Bob died of lung cancer at age 81 on February 27 and all of the music on this edition of Stranger Songs is by just some of the artists that Bob presented at the Ottawa Grassroots Festival over the years. Read Bob's obituary in the Ottawa Citizen at this link. https://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/obituary-grassroots-festival-founder-bob-nesbitt-inspired-volunteers
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fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy |
Million Brilliant Lynn Miles - Downpour - Lynn Miles |
Dancing Shoes Moore & McGregor - Dream with Me - Ivernia |
Singer of the Sacred Heart Connie Kaldor - Out of the Blue - Coyote |
Little Bird Sneezy Waters - Sneezy Waters Live - Sneezy Waters |
Oleaster Shawna Caspi - Forest Fire - Shawna Caspi |
I Skipped a Stone Old Man Luedecke - Easy Money - True North |
Only One Ana Miura - Cool is the Daylight - Ana Miura |
A Telephone Ring Howie Hooper - The Art of Procrastination - Howie Hooper |
Chikkaboodah Stew Durham County Poets - Chikkaboodah Stew - Durham County Poets |
Trouble in Mind Missy Burgess - Missy Burgess with The Blue Train Live - Missy Burgess |
Sonny Boy Said Vince Halfhide - Vince Halfhide - Vince Halfhide |
This year, because of COVID-19, the Ottawa Grassroots Festival will take place online from April 23-25 and they’ve announced that James Keelaghan, who first played at the Ottawa Grassroots Festival in 2014, will headline the Friday night concert. Visit www.ottawagrassrootsfestival.com for more information. |
Cold Missouri Waters James Keelaghan - History: The First 25 Years - Borealis |
Think of Me Jessica Pearson & The East Wind - Grave and Garden Songs - Jessica Pearson & The East Wind |
I Only See the Sun Greg Kelly - Ghosts - Greg Kelly |
I Can't Stop Toasted Westerns - Out to Lunch - Moo Music |
Whiskey Stone Blues Russ Kelley - In Plain Sight - Ark Road Music Productions |
In and Out of Harmony Tannis Slimmon - In and Out of Harmony - Tannis Slimmon |
Old Campfires Garnet Rogers - Summer's End - Snow Goose Songs |
Remember Me Jamie Anderson - Songs from Home - Jamie Anderson |
One Lone Loon Rick Fines - Solar Powered Too - Rick Fines |
Wolf of Time Amanda Rheaume - Holding Patterns - Amanda Rheaume |
Feel Just Like Goin' On Ken Whiteley and the Beulah Band - Ken Whiteley and the Beulah Band - Borealis |
Circle of Song Chris White - Music All Around - Chris White |
fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy |
Great song choices again today! Starting off with one of my favorites - Lynn Miles.
12:22 PM, March 23rd, 2021