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Stranger Songs
Tuesday March 30th, 2021 with Mike Regenstreif
Songs Inspired by Bible Stories

Our theme on this week’s show – which falls during Passover and just before Easter – is Songs Inspired by Bible Stories. We’ll hear songs inspired by a variety of Bible stories, including songs inspired by both the Passover and Easter legends. Click on LISTEN NOW to hear this show. Click on LISTEN to hear the current CKCU broadcast.
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Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy Canadian
Adam and Eve had the Blues
Maria Muldaur - Sweet and Slow - Stony Plain
Noah's Ark
Geoff Bartley - One Kind Word - Magic Crow
Pillar of Salt
Sharon Goldman - Kol Isha/A Woman's Voice - Sharon Goldman
Ram in the Thicket
Shelley Posen - Manna - Well Done Music Canadian
Story of Isaac
Leonard Cohen - Songs from a Room - Columbia/Legacy Canadian
Go Down Moses
Kim & Reggie Harris - Steal Away: Songs of the Underground Railroad - Appleseed
Pharaoh's Army
Jesse Winchester - Learn to Love It - Stony Plain Canadian
Walkin' in the Wilderness
Bob Franke - The Desert Questions - Robert J. Franke
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Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy Canadian
Little Moses
Margot Leverett & The Klezmer Mountain Boys with Hazel Dickens - 2nd Avenue Square Dance - Traditional Crossroads
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
Odetta - Best of the Vanguard Years - Vanguard
Samson & Delilah
Rory Block - I Belong to the Band: A Tribute to Rev. Gary Davis - Stony Plain
Shadrack
The Short Sisters - Live from Four States - Black Socks Press
Daniel Prayed
The High Bar Gang - Lost and Undone - True North Canadian
Ezekiel Saw the Wheel
Louis Armstrong - Louis and the Good Book - Verve
Rose of Sharon
Eliza Gilkyson - Your Town Tonight - Red House
Shepherd
Shelley Posen - Menorah: Songs from a Jewish Life - Well Done Music Canadian
Hallelujah
SONiA disappear fear - By My Silence - Disappear Records Canadian
Jesus Met the Woman at the Well
Ian & Sylvia - Four Strong Winds - Vanguard Canadian
Blind Barnabas
Jackie Washington, Ken Whiteley & Mose Scarlett - Where Old Friends Meet - Pyramid Canadian
Two Little Fishes and Five Loaves of Bread
Odetta & The Holmes Brothers - Shout, Sister, Shout! A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe - M.C.
Never Said a Mumblin' Word
Josh White - The Josh White Stories, Vols. I & II - Jasmine
Were You There?
Mavis Staples & Lucky Peterson - Spirituals & Gospel - Gitanes
A Soldier's Report
David Olney - The Stone - Deadbeet
Wade in the Water
Charlie Haden & Hank Jones - Steal Away: Spirituals, Hymns and Folk Songs - Verve
Interactive CKCU
Joanne Hurley
Will surely be tuning in tomorrow morning.

11:23 AM, March 29th, 2021
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Thanks Joanne.

11:43 AM, March 29th, 2021
Natalie
I'm enjoying these songs very much and will definitely play it again later in the week.

4:36 PM, March 30th, 2021
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Thanks Natalie.

4:38 PM, March 30th, 2021
Candace
Hi Mike, awesome show, thanks!!

4:39 PM, March 30th, 2021
Russ Thomas
You don't have to be a believer to appreciate the storytelling in these songs. Wonderful music too.

4:41 PM, March 30th, 2021
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Thanks Candace. Thanks Russ.

4:42 PM, March 30th, 2021