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Stranger Songs
Tuesday June 17th, 2025 with Mike Regenstreif
Music for 88 Keys

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The theme this week on Stranger Songs is Music for 88 Keys – all of the songs and instrumentals feature the piano as a primary instrument. Click on LISTEN NOW to hear this show. Click on LISTEN to hear the current CKCU broadcast.
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Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy Canadian
The Entertainer
Philip Dyson - Scott Joplin, The King of Ragtime: Complete Piano Works - Decca
Sisters of Mercy
Perla Batalla - A Letter to Leonard Cohen: Tribute to a Friend - Mechuda Music Canadian
Time On My Hands
Chaim Tannenbaum - The McGarrigle Hour - Hannibal Canadian
Talk to Me of Mendocino
Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Nonesuch Canadian
Kitty Come Home
Pink Martini with Rufus Wainwright & The Von Trapps - Get Happy - Audiogram Canadian
Lonesome Day
Last Forever - Acres of Diamonds - StorySound
The Baltimore Todalo
Hoyle Osborne - Panazon: Pan American Café Music - Ripple
fragment of The Stranger Song
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy Canadian
Oh Papa
Odetta & Dr. John - Blues Everywhere I Go - M.C.
Kansas City (Revisited)
Jay McShann with Johnnie Johnson - Goin' to Kansas City - Stony Plain
Always
Alberta Hunter - Amtrak Blues - Columbia
Tom Traubert’s Blues
Tom Waits - Small Change - Asylum
Home is a Songs (with Anaïs Mitchell)
Mary Chapin Carpenter - Personal History - Lambent Light/Thirty Tigers New
Moments of Happiness
Rosalie Sorrels - Moments of Happiness - Philo
Songs are My Tears
Suzie Brown - Songs Worth Saving - Suzie Brown Canadian New
The Easy Way
Jesse Winchester - Third Down, 110 to Go - Stony Plain Canadian
Farewell, Farewell
Lee Hunter & The Gatherers - Beneath My Feet - Birds Tale New
Nama Says
Penny Lang with Kenny Pearson - Yes - She-Wolf Canadian
Bad John
Julian Fauth - The Weak and the Wicked, the Hard and the Strong - Electro-Fi Canadian
Chicago House Rent Party
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Songs of Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Folkways
S & J Blues
Count Basie & Oscar Peterson - Satch and Josh - Pablo Canadian
fragment of The Stranger Song
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy Canadian
Interactive CKCU
Bobby Calzone
Well, you were right about not being able to play all songs about dreams last week, but piano ? Oof, that's even more difficult, I find. At least you didnt include Billy Joël. Thanks!

3:25 PM, June 17th, 2025
Mike Regenstreif (host)
LOL, Bobby. There were lots more songs and artists on my list that I didn't have time for.

3:30 PM, June 17th, 2025
N & DL
Superb Mike. I can't believe that I missed the June 6 anniversary of Mac's passing this year. I also drink a toast to him and call or text a few friends to remind them. Miss him and his versatile piano playing.

4:09 PM, June 17th, 2025
N & DL
doh.....always not also...

4:10 PM, June 17th, 2025
N & DL
doh.....always not also...

4:10 PM, June 17th, 2025
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Thanks Neil.

4:11 PM, June 17th, 2025
N & DL
Good choice. One of my very favourite Tom Waits tracks. I have spent many nights over the years playing 2 or 3 of his albums back to back on a Saturday night.

4:17 PM, June 17th, 2025
Mike Regenstreif (host)
I think it's my favorite Tom Waits song, Neil.

4:29 PM, June 17th, 2025
Bc
I like Bad John!!! Didnt know this one. Great song!!! Thanks Mikey !

4:45 PM, June 17th, 2025
Mike Regenstreif (host)
I think Julian Fauth is based in Toronto, Bobby I have a couple of his albums and like them.

4:47 PM, June 17th, 2025
Hipster Huck
This show has the Hipster Huck Seal of Appreciation.

4:57 PM, June 17th, 2025
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Thanks Huck.

4:57 PM, June 17th, 2025
Joanne Hurley
Good show again, Mike. Always happy to hear piano-based songs. And glad to hear Jesse Winchester and my friend Penny Lang along with the McGarrigles & friends/family.

5:48 PM, June 17th, 2025
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Thanks Joanne.

11:12 PM, June 17th, 2025