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Stranger Songs
Tuesday June 29th, 2021 with Mike Regenstreif
Dance Music

Our theme on this week’s show is Dance Music. It will become obvious that the term "Dance Music" is not being used in the same way the commercial music business does. These are songs about dancing or dancers or that use dance as a metaphor. Click on LISTEN NOW to hear this show. Click on LISTEN to hear the current CKCU broadcast.
fragment of The Stranger Song
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy Canadian
Dance With Me
Shelley Posen - Roseberry Road - Well Done Music Canadian
Log Driver's Waltz
Wade Hemsworth with the Mountain City Four (lead vocal- Kate McGarrigle) - Wade Hemsworth with the Mountain City Four - Peter Weldon Canadian
Under the Summer Moonlight
Garnet Rogers - Sparrow's Wing - Snow Goose Songs Canadian
Roseville Fair
Bill Staines - The First Million Miles - Rounder
Dancing Shoes
Moore & McGregor - Dream with Me - Ivernia Canadian
Dance Me Slow
Missy Burgess - Play Me Sweet - Missy Burgess Canadian
Dancing on a Saturday Night
Bebop Cowboys with Chris Whiteley - Canadian Dance Hall - Bebop Cowboys Canadian
Let's Face the Music and Dance
Nat King Cole - The Extraordinary Nat King Cole - Capitol
Juke Dance
Eric Bibb - Blues, Ballads & Work Songs - Opus 3
fragment of The Stranger Song
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy Canadian
Keep Dancing
Sylvie Simmons - Blue on Blue - Compass
Take This Waltz
Tower of Song - In City and in Forest - Tower of Song Canadian
Dance Me to the End of Love
Perla Batalla featuring Bill Gable - Bird on the Wire: The Songs of Leonard Cohen - Mechuda Music Canadian
Thanks for the Dance
Leonard Cohen - Thanks for the Dance - Columbia/Legacy Canadian
Waltzing with Bears
Priscilla Herdman - Stardreamer - Alacazam
The Dancing Bear
Natalie Merchant with The Klezmatics - Leave Your Sleep - Nonesuch
Annabelle Teaching Her Daddy to Dance
Don Armstrong - Mother Don’t Give Up on Me Now - Ronstadt Record Co.
Scared to Dance
Rick Fines - Solar Powered Too - Rick Fines Canadian
Mr. Bojangles
Jerry Jeff Walker - Gypsy Songman - Rykodisc
The Poor Boys Dance
Kim Wallach - Chatter of the Finches - Black Socks Press
St. John's Waltz
Ken Tizzard & Amelia Curran - A Good Dog is Lost: A Collection of Ron Hynes Songs - Ken Tizzard Canadian
Barnyard Dance
Papa John Kolstad with Wildman Mike Turk - Beans Taste Fine - Wampus Cat
I'm Happy Darling Dancing With You
Jackie Washington - The World of Jackie Washington - Borealis Canadian
Save the Last Dance for Me
Carole Laure - Western Shadows - Trans-Canada Canadian
Polkas
Barry Mitterhoff - Silk City - Flying Fish
Interactive CKCU
hillbilly
To live is to dance. To dance is to live! (Snoopy)

1:06 PM, June 29th, 2021
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Thanks Hillbilly. Snoopy was a wise dog.

3:05 PM, June 29th, 2021