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.
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| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy 
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| Broken Truth Tim Grimm - Bones of Trees - Vault 
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| 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
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| 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
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| God and the Orange Clown Ian Robb & James Stephens - Declining …with thanks - Fallen Angle Music
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| 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
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| Conversation, part 1 Mike Regenstreif & Mark Rubin -
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| Blues for the Innocent Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma - Dispatches: Songs from a World Gone Mad - Rubinchik
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| Conversation, part 2 Mike Regenstreif & Mark Rubin -
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| Goon with a Hammer (digital only bonus track) Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma - Dispatches: Songs from a World Gone Mad - Rubinchik
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| Packing Her Bag Brendan Nolan - Beneath White Stars: Holocaust Profiles in Song - AlmondSeed Media
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| Packed Shelley Posen - Mazel - Well Done Music
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| 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
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| In These Times James Talley - Ballads, Bandits and Blues - Cimarron |
| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
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'Let's Lay Down Our Drums' is such a right on song. I checked out the other songs on the LP '33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute' uploaded to YouTube. Bruce Murdoch is such a poet - love his lyrics :) "Songs of this kind should not need to be sung" - so sad but true and perfect way to frame this playlist. Thanks again Mike :)
7:51 PM, May 25th, 2025