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Stranger Songs
Tuesday October 3rd, 2023 with Mike Regenstreif
Part 1 – Conversation & Songs with Alan Bern, artistic director of The Semer Ensemble; Part 2 – "I'll sing you this October song."

The themes on this edition of Stranger Songs are "Conversation & Songs with Alan Bern of The Semer Ensemble" in part 1 of the show, and "I'll sing you this October song" in part 2. 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
Part 1 – Conversation & Songs with Alan Bern, artistic director of The Semer Ensemble.
The conversation with Alan Bern was recorded on September 14 via Zoom. The Semer Ensemble concert in Ottawa is Wednesday October 4, 7 pm, at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre. Tickets for the concert – sponsored by the Embassy of Germany – are free of charge, but you do need to register in advance at this link. https://sogerman.ca/events/the-semer-ensemble-live-in-concert-ottawa/
Ich Tanz’ Und Mein Herz Weint
Semer Ensemble featuring Lorin Sklamberg - Rescued Treasure: Live at Gorki Berlin - Pirhana
Conversation, Part 1
Mike Regenstreif & Alan Bern - Canadian
Simchu Bi Jeruschalajm/E’ise Pele
Semer Ensemble - Rescued Treasure: Live at Gorki Berlin - Pirhana
Conversation, Part 2
Mike Regenstreif & Alan Bern - Canadian
Vorbei
Semer Ensemble featuring Sasha Lurje - Rescued Treasure: Live at Gorki Berlin - Pirhana
fragment of The Stranger Song
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy Canadian
Part 2 – "I'll sing you this October song."
October Song
Gordon Bok & Cindy Kallet - Neighbors - Timberhead
White Swans and Black/Grey October Clouds
Tommy Makem & Liam Clancy - Two for the Early Dew - Shanachie
October Reasons
Nanci Griffith - Poet In My Window - Philo
October Winds
Bill Staines - The First Million Miles - Rounder
Rondi’s Birthday
Anne Hills - October Child - Flying Fish
The Wild Goose
Chris Rawlings - Autumn Gold - Cookingfat Music Canadian
This October Day
Cindy Church - Love on the Range - Stony Plain Canadian
October Mornin'
Malcolm Holcombe - Come Hell or High Water - Gypsy Eyes
October's Lament
Mama's Broke - Narrow Line - Free Dirt Canadian
October in the Railroad Earth
Tom Russell - October in the Railroad Earth - Frontera
There Used to Be Horses Here
Amy Speace - There Used to Be Horses Here - Windbone
Cold October Day
Lucy Wainwright Roche & Suzzy Roche - Mud & Apples - Lucy Wainwright Roche & Suzzy Roche
October Roses
Cindy Mangsen - Songs of Experience - Redwing Music
Turning Toward the Morning
Short Sisters - A Planet Dancing Slow - Black Socks Press
October
Dave Clarke - GuitarSongs - Crossties Canadian
Interactive CKCU
JoanneHurley
Good show today, Mike. I always enjoy the stories that your guest bring (even if their roots are less than happy), and the October theme just seems to suit the winding down of the year.

4:25 PM, October 3rd, 2023
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Thanks Joanne. I didn't anticipate this summer-like weather when I recorded the show,

4:31 PM, October 3rd, 2023