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Stranger Songs
Tuesday December 27th, 2022 with Mike Regenstreif
Songs from Mike Regenstreif's top 10 folk-rooted and folk-branched albums of 2022

Songs from Mike Regenstreif's top 10 folk-rooted and folk-branched albums of 2022 is the theme for the final edition of Stranger Songs for 2022. Visit the Folk Roots/Folk Branches blog at https://frfb.blogspot.com/2022/12/top-10-for-2022.html to see the annotated and illustrated list. 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
10. Amy Speace – Tuscon
Cottonwood
Amy Speace - Tuscon - Windbone
If You Fall
Amy Speace - Tuscon - Windbone
9. Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne – Blues from Chicago to Paris: A Tribute to Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon
Rock and Rolling This House
Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne - Blues from Chicago to Paris: A Tribute to Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon - Stony Plain
Stewball
Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne - Blues from Chicago to Paris: A Tribute to Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon - Stony Plain
8. James Keelaghan – Second-Hand
La Cattiva Strada
James Keelaghan - Second-Hand - Borealis Canadian
Just a Letter
James Keelaghan - Second-Hand - Borealis Canadian
fragment of The Stranger Song
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy Canadian
7. Various Artists – Tribute to a Songpoet: Songs of Eric Andersen. We heard a dozen of the 42 tracks on the December 6th edition of Stranger Songs when the theme was Songs of Eric Andersen – and you can to listen to that show at this link. https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/58558.html
Thirsty Boots (performed by Bob Dylan)
Various Artists - Tribute to a Songpoet: Songs of Eric Andersen - Y&T Music New
Hills of Tuscany (performed by Janis Ian)
Various Artists - Tribute to a Songpoet: Songs of Eric Andersen - Y&T Music New
6. Loudon Wainwright III – Lifetime Achievement
One Wish
Loudon Wainwright III - Lifetime Achievement - StorySound
Lifetime Achievement
Loudon Wainwright III - Lifetime Achievement - StorySound
5. Happy Traum – There’s a Bright Side Somewhere
Dry Bones
Happy Traum - There's a Bright Side Somewhere - Lark's Nest Music
Love Song to a Girl in an Old Photograph
Happy Traum - There's a Bright Side Somewhere - Lark's Nest Music
4. John McCutcheon – Leap!
Third Way
John McCutcheon - Leap! - Appalsongs
Everyday
John McCutcheon - Leap! - Appalsongs
3. Mountain City Four – Mountain City Four. We heard eight of the songs from the Mountain City Four CD on the September 27th edition of Stranger Songs when the theme was Songs of the Mountain City Four and Kate & Anna McGarrigle – and you can to listen to that show at this link. https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/57707.html
Erev Shel Shoshanim
Mountain City Four - Mountain City Four - Omnivore Canadian
Mean Old Frisco
Mountain City Four - Mountain City Four - Omnivore Canadian
2. Eliza Gilkyson – Songs from the River Wind. We heard most of the Songs from the River Wind on the April 12th edition of Stranger Songs when Eliza Gilkyson was my guest – and you can to listen to that show at this link. https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/55847.html
Bristlecone Pine
Eliza Gilkyson - Songs from the River Wind - Howlin' Dog
Don’t Stop Lovin’ Me
Eliza Gilkyson - Songs from the River Wind - Howlin' Dog
1. Lenka Lichtenberg – Thieves of Dreams/Zloději snů. I talked extensively about this album with Lenka on the July 30th edition of Canadian Spaces – and you can to listen to that show at this link. https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/129/57073.html
Studený soumrak byl, můj milý/It was a cold dusk, my love
Lenka Lichtenberg - Thieves of Dreams/Zloději snů - Six Degrees Canadian
Chtěla jsem tě prokliít, hořká zemi/I wanted to curse you, bitter land
Lenka Lichtenberg - Thieves of Dreams/Zloději snů - Six Degrees Canadian
fragment of The Stranger Song
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy Canadian
Interactive CKCU
Helen
Great choices. Great show. Thanks for a year of great shows.

4:18 PM, December 27th, 2022
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Thanks Helen.

4:20 PM, December 27th, 2022
gentlegypsie
No One does it better, mr. Mike. better keep yourself alive. you a treasure to Time. mucho Miigwech

4:46 PM, December 27th, 2022
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Thanks gentlegypsie.

4:48 PM, December 27th, 2022