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Stranger Songs
Tuesday February 6th, 2024 with Mike Regenstreif
A Tribute to Odetta (1930-2008)

A Tribute to Odetta, the magnificent and highly influential African American folk and blues singer, who died in 2008 at the age of 77, is the theme for this edition of Stranger Songs. All of the songs on this show were part of Odetta's repertoire. 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
Stranger Here
Odetta - Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin’ - RCA
Alabama Bound
Lead Belly with The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet - Take This Hammer – When the Sun Goes Down, Vol. 5 - Bluebird
Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
Bessie Smith - Bessie Smith: The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection - Big3
House of the Rising Sun
Josh White - The Josh White Stories, Vols. I & II - Jasmine
Roberta
Odetta - Lookin’ for a Home: Thanks to Leadbelly - M.C.
Freedom Trilogy: Oh Freedom/Come & Go with Me/I’m On My Way
Odetta - Gonna Let It Shine - M.C.
fragment of The Stranger Song
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy Canadian
Glory Glory
Gina Coleman - Tell Me Who You Are: A Live Tribute to Odetta - Guitar One
Wade in the Water
Kim & Reggie Harris - Steal Away: Songs of the Underground Railroad - Appleseed
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Odetta - Odetta at Carnegie Hall - Vanguard
No More Auction Block
Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 [Rare & Unreleased] 1961-1991 - Columbia
Blowin’ in the Wind
Odetta - Odetta Sings Dylan - RCA
Ain’t No More Cane on the Brazos
Chaim Tannenbaum - Chaim Tannenbaum - StorySound Canadian
Waterboy
Rhiannon Giddens - Tomorrow is My Turn - Nonesuch
The Midnight Special
Sweet Honey in the Rock - A Tribute: Live! Jazz at Lincoln Centre - Appleseed
This Little Light of Mine
Coco Love Alcorn - Rebirth - Coco Love Alcorn Canadian
Down By the Riverside
Odetta & The Holmes Brothers - Gonna Let It Shine - M.C.
Hit or Miss
Tom Jones - Spirit in the Room - Island
Careless Love
Penny Lang - Stone + Sand + Sea + Sky - Borealis Canadian
Go Down, Sunshine
Misty Blues - Tell Me Who You Are: A Live Tribute to Odetta - Guitar One
Oh Papa
Odetta & Dr. John - Blues Everywhere I Go - M.C.
Goodnight Irene
Odetta - Lookin’ for a Home: Thanks to Leadbelly - M.C.
fragment of The Stranger Song
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy Canadian
Interactive CKCU
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luv her! (& Tracy Chapman @ Grammys/;-)

4:06 PM, February 6th, 2024
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Yes, indeed.

4:09 PM, February 6th, 2024
Sharon L.
What an amazing singer Odetta was. I met her at the Golem in Montreal when you brought her there. One of the most memorable nights of music ever. Thanks for this program.

4:19 PM, February 6th, 2024
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Thanks Sharon.

4:19 PM, February 6th, 2024
Simon Sez
Listening to "This Little Light Of Mine" reminds me of hearing Odetta sing it to thousands at the Ottawa Folk Festival with no sound system during a power failure. Perhaps the greatest moment in the history of the Ottawa Folk Festival.

4:34 PM, February 6th, 2024
Mike Regenstreif (host)
No argument from me, Simon.

4:35 PM, February 6th, 2024
Helen
Tom Jones sings Odetta. Who knew? And it's really good. Great show, today.

4:40 PM, February 6th, 2024
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Thanks Helen.

4:40 PM, February 6th, 2024
Mark Carpentieri
Thanks, Mike for shining a light on such a great artist!

11:52 AM, February 13th, 2024
Mike Regenstreif (host)
I'll say the same to you, Mark!

9:02 AM, February 16th, 2024