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Stranger Songs
Tuesday June 3rd, 2025 with Mike Regenstreif
Busking

The theme this week on Stranger Songs is Busking. All the songs have something or other to do with busking – playing music on the street or in places like bus or train stations for whatever passersby might want to throw in the hat or basket or instrument case. 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
For Free
Joni Mitchell - Ladies of the Canyon - Reprise Canadian
Busking Vagabond
Daniel Kahn with Vanya Zhuk - Bulat Blues - Oriente Musik
Boy from Old Perlican
Ron Hynes - Ron Hynes - Borealis Canadian
For a Moment (Subway Busker Song)
Sue & Dwight - For a Moment - Sue & Dwight Canadian
Singer of the Sacred Heart
Connie Kaldor - Out of the Blue - Coyote Entertainment Canadian
Gypsy Songman
Jerry Jeff Walker - Mr. Bojangles - Rhino
I Just Fiddle All Day (The Busking Song)
Michael ‘Earnie’ Taylor - Folk ‘n’ Western - Laughing Cactus Canadian
Rough Luck
Ray Bonneville - Rough Luck - Prime CD Canadian
fragment of The Stranger Song
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy Canadian
Singin' Man
Eric Andersen - Dance of Love and Death - EARecords New
The Old Street Singer
Kate Wolf - Looking Back at You - Rhino
A Nickel for the Fiddler
Guy Clark - Old No. 1 - Sugar Hill
Grand Central Station, March 18, 1977
Steve Forbert - Alive on Arrival - Nemperor
No Crowd, No Show
Sylvia Tyson - At the End of the Day - Stony Plain Canadian
Cortelia Clark
Ronny Cox - How I Love Them Old Songs: Ronny Cox Sings Mickey Newbury - Bay Sound
Buskers
Andrew Calhoun - Grapevine - Waterbug
On the Street Again, Revisited
Marc Nerenberg - Lies, Butterflies, and Tyrants - Marc Nerenberg Canadian
Wooly Bum Man
Bodie Wagner - Vintage - Bodie Wagner
The Busker
Tom Lewis - Tinker Tailor Soldier Singer - Self Propelled Music Canadian
Playing Chelsea Hotel
Orit Shimoni - Soft Like Snow - MW Music Canadian
Whiskey on a Sunday
The Irish Rovers - Years May Come, Years May Go - MCA Canadian
The Streets of Old Quebec
Bill Staines - Tracks and Trails - Philo
Down on the Corner
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy and the Poor Boys - Fantasy
The Berlin Busker’s Polka
The Bill Hilly Band (The Bills) - All Day Every Day - Borealis Canadian
fragment of The Stranger Song
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy Canadian
Interactive CKCU
John Coleman
Great theme Mike. I had seen so many buskers over the years .. a fixture to many a city. Bringing back a smile and great memory!

8:28 AM, May 29th, 2025
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Thanks John.

3:12 PM, May 29th, 2025
Penny
Listening to this was such a joy and brought back so many good busking memories :) Thanks Mike, for putting this fun playlist together :)

1:35 PM, May 31st, 2025
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Thanks Penny. I have good memories of you busking in the Westmount Square-Alexis Nihon tunnel.

11:18 AM, June 1st, 2025
Penny
Thanks Mike - was such a fun busking spot - great acoustics and such nice people :)

11:04 AM, June 2nd, 2025
Neil & Drake
I know I say this all the time, however, this is going to be a delightful show today. Buskers are always like panning for gold in " them thar hills". I used to volunteer at the Busker Festival here in Ottawa just so I could discover amazing artists in such an interactive format. Thanks as always, Mike !

9:11 AM, June 3rd, 2025
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Thanks, as usual, to you, too, Neil (& Drake).

10:33 AM, June 3rd, 2025
Joanne Hurley
Good show again this week.

3:58 PM, June 3rd, 2025
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Thanks Joanne.

4:00 PM, June 3rd, 2025
N & DL
Steve Forbert said it all, man! And if he didn't capture it all, Sylvia Tyson is sure filling in the blanks. Exceptional collection of songs !

4:20 PM, June 3rd, 2025
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Thanks again, Neil.

4:22 PM, June 3rd, 2025