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 
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| 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
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| Living with the Blues Michael Jerome Browne with John Sebastian, Happy Traum & John McColgan - Gettin' Together - Borealis/Stony Plain
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| 9. The Breath Between by David Francey |
| The Breath Between David Francey - The Breath Between - Laker Music
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| Two Shadows David Francey - The Breath Between - Laker Music
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| 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
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| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
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| 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
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| At the End of the Day Sylvia Tyson - At the End of the Day - Stony Plain
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| 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
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| Tom Trauberts Kloglid (Tom Traubert’s Blues) Daniel Kahn & Jake Shulman-Ment - The Building and Other Songs - Oriente Musik
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| 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
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| Bitter Winter Payadora Tango Ensemble featuring Lenka Lichtenberg & Marta Kosiorek - Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango - Six Degrees
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| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
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| 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. |
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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