Stranger Songs
Tuesday December 3rd, 2024 with Mike Regenstreif
Songs from Mike Regenstreif’s top 10 folk-rooted and folk-branched albums of 2024
The theme on this edition of Stranger Songs is "Songs from Mike Regenstreif's top 10 folk-rooted and folk-branched albums of 2024."
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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/2024/11/top-10-for-2024.html to see the annotated and illustrated version of this list. |
| 10. Heartbreak, Misery & Death by Grayson Capps |
| Hallelujah Grayson Capps - Heartbreak, Misery & Death - Royal Potato Family
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| 9. Lonesome Road: Suite for Solo Guitar and Voice – Songs of the Lost Generation 1924-1928 by Joel Mabus |
| The Lonesome Road Joel Mabus - Lonesome Road: Suite for Solo Guitar and Voice – Songs of the Lost Generation 1924-1928 - Fossil
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| 8. American Patchwork Quartet by American Patchwork Quartet |
| Shenendoah American Patchwork Quartet - American Patchwork Quartet - Carolina Jasmine |
| 7. Heart of the Swan by Carla Sciaky |
| Standing by a River Carla Sciaky - Heart of the Swan - Propinquity
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| This Forsaken Garden Carla Sciaky - Heart of the Swan - Propinquity
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| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
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| 6. Two Sides to Your Story by Chris Rawlings |
| Bastille Day Chris Rawlings - Two Sides to Your Story - Cookingfat Music
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| Smoker's Lullaby Chris Rawlings - Two Sides to Your Story - Cookingfat Music
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| 5. Live at the Scala Theatre and In the Real World by Eric Bibb.
Eric released two albums in 2024 and I decided that they’ll share the Number 5 slot. |
| Bring Me Little Water, Sylvie Eric Bibb - Live at the Scala Theatre - Stony Plain |
| Best I Can Eric Bibb - In the Real World - Stony Plain
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| 4. American Railroad by the Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens |
| Swannanoa Tunnel/Steel-Driving Man Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens - American Railroad - Nonesuch
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| Tamping Song Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens - American Railroad - Nonesuch
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| 3. Feel with Blood by Lenka Lichtenberg |
| Feel with Blood Lenka Lichtenberg - Feel with Blood - Six Degrees
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| Wintry Dusk Lenka Lichtenberg - Feel with Blood - Six Degrees
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| 2. Ballads, Bandits and Blues by James Talley |
| The Love Song of Billy the Kid James Talley - Ballads, Bandits and Blues - Cimarron |
| If We Could Love One Another James Talley - Ballads, Bandits and Blues - Cimarron |
| 1. A Letter to Leonard Cohen: Tribute to a Friend by Perla Batalla |
| A Singer Must Die Perla Batalla - A Letter to Leonard Cohen: Tribute to a Friend - Mechuda Music
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| You Want It Darker Perla Batalla - A Letter to Leonard Cohen: Tribute to a Friend - Mechuda Music
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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 2022. You can see the playlists and listen on-demand at these links.
December 10 – Songs of The Mountain City Four and Kate & Anna McGarrigle https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/57707.html December 17 – “Acapella Stella” and other a capella songs https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/57170.html December 24 – Happy Holidays https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/58701.html December 31 – Songs of – or inspired by – Jesse Winchester https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/56097.html New programs will resume on January 7. |
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A great top 10 list, Mike. Enjoy your time off.
4:18 PM, December 3rd, 2024