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Stranger Songs
Tuesday May 27th, 2025 with Mike Regenstreif
“Songs of this kind should not need to be sung” including a conversation with Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma.

The theme this week on Stranger Songs is "Songs of this kind should not need to be sung" including a conversation with Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma. 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
Broken Truth
Tim Grimm - Bones of Trees - Vault New
The line, “Songs of this kind should not need to be sung,” comes from "Let's Lay Down Our Drums," a song written by Canadian songwriter Bruce Murdoch during the Vietnam War and included on his 1970 LP, 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute.
Let's Lay Down Our Drums
Bruce Murdoch - 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - Stormy Forest Canadian
Masters of War
Eric Bibb - Migration Blues - Stony Plain
Ukrainian Now
Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon - Together - Appalsongs
The Artists for Action singers and musicians are, in alphabetical order: Black Umfolosi, Ray Bonneville, Bruce Cockburn, Chris Corrigan, Guy Davis, Ani DiFranco, Maria Dunn, Adam Hill, Bob Jensen, James Keelaghan, Richard Knox, Lucy MacNeil, Tony McManus, Moulettes, Oysterband, Richard Perso, Heather Rankin, Martin Simpson, and Jon Weaver.
Which Side Are You On?
Artists for Action - Which Side Are You On? – single - Bob Jensen Canadian
God and the Orange Clown
Ian Robb & James Stephens - Declining …with thanks - Fallen Angle Music Canadian
All You Fascists Bound to Lose
Resistance Revival Chorus featuring Rhiannon Giddens - This Joy - Righteous Babe
The conversation with Mark Rubin was recorded on May 2 via Zoom.

Visit Mark's website for more information on Mark and his music. https://www.jewofoklahoma.com/
Dog Whistle
Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma - Dispatches: Songs from a World Gone Mad - Rubinchik New
Conversation, part 1
Mike Regenstreif & Mark Rubin - Canadian
Blues for the Innocent
Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma - Dispatches: Songs from a World Gone Mad - Rubinchik New
Conversation, part 2
Mike Regenstreif & Mark Rubin - Canadian
Goon with a Hammer (digital only bonus track)
Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma - Dispatches: Songs from a World Gone Mad - Rubinchik New
Packing Her Bag
Brendan Nolan - Beneath White Stars: Holocaust Profiles in Song - AlmondSeed Media Canadian
Packed
Shelley Posen - Mazel - Well Done Music Canadian
We Believe You
Diana Jones with Steve Earle, Richard Thompson, Peggy Seeger & Zahara Phillips - Song to a Refugee - Goldmine
New Normal
Liz Miller - Love Bubble - Liz Miller New
In These Times
James Talley - Ballads, Bandits and Blues - Cimarron
fragment of The Stranger Song
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy Canadian
Interactive CKCU