Stranger Songs
Tuesday December 5th, 2023 with Mike Regenstreif
Songs from Mike Regenstreif’s top 10 folk-rooted and folk-branched albums of 2023
The theme on this edition of Stranger Songs is "Songs from Mike Regenstreif's top 10 folk-rooted and folk-branched albums of 2023.
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fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy |
Visit the Folk Roots/Folk Branches blog at https://frfb.blogspot.com/2023/11/top-10-for-2023.html to see the annotated and illustrated version of this list. |
10. Gettin' Together by Michael Jerome Browne |
Coffee Blues Michael Jerome Browne with Mary Flower & John Sebastian - Gettin’ Together - Borealis/Stony Plain |
Living with the Blues Michael Jerome Browne with John Sebastian, Happy Traum & John McColgan - Gettin' Together - Borealis/Stony Plain |
9. The Breath Between by David Francey |
The Breath Between David Francey - The Breath Between - Laker Music |
Two Shadows David Francey - The Breath Between - Laker Music |
8. Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert by Cat Power |
Desolation Row Cat Power - Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert - Domino |
fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy |
7. Savoy by Taj Mahal |
Stompin’ at the Savoy Taj Mahal - Savoy - Stony Plain |
Sweet Georgia Brown Taj Mahal - Savoy - Stony Plain |
6. Vol. 2 – Yet and Still: Traditional American Folk Song-Stirring by Dick Connette by Too Sad for the Public |
Shake Sugaree Too Sad for the Public featuring Ana Egge - Vol. 2 – Yet and Still: Traditional American Folk Song-Stirring by Dick Connette - StorySound |
Train Your Child Too Sad for the Public featuring Rayna Gellert - Vol. 2 – Yet and Still: Traditional American Folk Song-Stirring by Dick Connette - StorySound |
5. Home by Eliza Gilkyson |
Sunflowers Eliza Gilkyson - Home - Realiza |
How Deep Eliza Gilkyson & Robert Earl Keen - Home - Realiza |
4. At the End of the Day by Sylvia Tyson |
Long Chain of Love Sylvia Tyson - At the End of the Day - Stony Plain |
At the End of the Day Sylvia Tyson - At the End of the Day - Stony Plain |
3. Together by Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon |
This Campfire Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon - Together - Appalseed |
Christmas in the Desert Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon - Together - Appalseed |
2. The Building and Other Songs by Daniel Kahn & Jake Shulman-Ment |
Yeder Eyner Veys (Everybody Knows) Daniel Kahn & Jake Shulman-Ment - The Building and Other Songs - Oriente Musik |
Tom Trauberts Kloglid (Tom Traubert’s Blues) Daniel Kahn & Jake Shulman-Ment - The Building and Other Songs - Oriente Musik |
1. Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango by the Payadora Tango Ensemble |
Silent Tears Payadora Tango Ensemble featuring Aviva Chernick - Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango - Six Degrees |
Bitter Winter Payadora Tango Ensemble featuring Lenka Lichtenberg & Marta Kosiorek - Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango - Six Degrees |
fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy |
I'm taking the next four weeks off so we'll be repeating some shows from 2021. You can see the playlists and listen on-demand at these links.
December 12: Woody Guthrie’s Happy Joyous Hanukkah and Other Hanukkah Songs. https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/54351.html December 19: Winter Solstice & Christmas. https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/54591.html December 26: Songs and Poems of Leonard Cohen – The Early Years. https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/50779.html January 2: The First Stranger Songs Fantasy Concert. https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/51490.html New programs will resume on January 9. |
David Francey's new record is a wonderful addition to his canon. I bought it right away from David's store and have played it again and again (as I do all of his records). Nice to see it in your Top 10 (there are so, so many to choose from this year).
2:33 PM, December 5th, 2023