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Stranger Songs
Tuesday July 1st, 2025 with Mike Regenstreif
Songs for Canada Day

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The theme this week on Stranger Songs is Songs for Canada Day. 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
Northwest Passage
Stan Rogers - Northwest Passage - Fogarty's Cove/Borealis Canadian
Four Strong Winds
Ian & Sylvia - Four Strong Winds - Vanguard Canadian
In the Shadow of the Rockies/As I Walk Through Canada
Maria Dunn - We Were Good People - Distant Whisper Canadian
My Skies
James Keelaghan - History: The First 25 Years - Borealis Canadian
Peter Amberley
Bonnie Dobson - Take Me for a Walk in the Morning Dew - Hornbeam Canadian
The Maple Leaf Forever
Finest Kind - Silks & Spices - Fallen Angle Music Canadian
The Log Driver's Waltz
Wade Hemsworth with the Mountain City Four (lead vocal: Kate McGarrigle) - Wade Hemsworth with the Mountain City Four - Peter Weldon Canadian
fragment of The Stranger Song
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Sony/Legacy Canadian
Canadian Railroad Trilogy
Gordon Lightfoot - Songbook - Warner Archives/Rhino Canadian
Suzanne
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy Canadian
Wooden Ships
Steel Rail - River Song - Crossties Canadian
I Wave Bye Bye
Jesse Winchester - Gentleman of Leisure - Sugar Hill Canadian
Wood River
Connie Kaldor - Wood River - Coyote Entertainment Canadian
Canoeing My Troubles Away
Shelley Posen - Roseberry Road - Well Done Music Canadian
Diamonds on the Water
Durham Country Poets & Michael Jerome Browne - Grimshaw Road - Durham Country Poets Canadian
Northern Lights
Yonder Hill - Yonder Hill - Yonder Hill Canadian
New Canada Road
Notre Dame de Grass - New Canada Road - Notre Dame de Grass Canadian
Louis Riel
Willie Dunn - Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology - Light in the Attic Canadian
Unforgettable
Amanda Rheaume - The Truth We Hold - Ishkõdé Canadian New
Un Canadien errant
Prairie Comeau - L’emprunt(e) - La Compagnie du Nord Canadian New
Song of the Old Bush Pilot
Chris Rawlings - Northern Spirits - Cooking Fat Music Canadian
The Land Beyond
David Bradstreet - Hindsight - David Bradstreet Canadian
A Canadian Song
Night Sun - Drive - Borealis Canadian
fragment of The Stranger Song
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy Canadian
Interactive CKCU
John Coleman
Each song here, truly makes me feel so proud to be Canadian. Thanks Mike.

10:00 AM, June 30th, 2025
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Thanks John.

10:18 AM, June 30th, 2025
Missy Burgess
Just terrific Mike. Thank you for reminding me of the most creative works done by Canadian musicians. Thank you to all of them

4:06 AM, July 1st, 2025
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Thanks Missy.

10:52 AM, July 1st, 2025
Neil & Drake
Just perfect ! Opening with Stan Rogers and choosing Gordon Lightfoot's masterpiece "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" leading the way for this collection of the Canadian spirit captured in music.

1:22 PM, July 1st, 2025
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Thanks Neil.

1:43 PM, July 1st, 2025
Bobby Calzone
Having Mike Regenstref as THE Caretaker of Folk, from CKUT to CKCU, makes ME proud to be Canadian!

3:38 PM, July 1st, 2025
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Thanks Bobby. CKUT seems like such a long time ago.

3:42 PM, July 1st, 2025
Helen
Always a great show Mike. Happy Canada Day.

4:33 PM, July 1st, 2025
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Thanks Helen. Happy Canada Day to you, too, and to everyone.

4:34 PM, July 1st, 2025
Chris Rawlings
Thanks for including my Song of the Old Bush Pilot. Great collection of artists and songs

9:24 PM, July 1st, 2025
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Thanks Chris.

11:16 PM, July 1st, 2025
Yvonne Anne
Thanks for these. We're listening here in California. (Oh Canada!) Cheers and a very Happy Canada Day to you PS I think I have to agree with declaring the Four Strong Winds the best song! .

12:05 AM, July 2nd, 2025
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Thanks Yvonne.

10:01 AM, July 2nd, 2025
Iain Patience
Always a pleasure to hear my old pal, Bonnie Dobson. Her voice remains a thing of rare beauty! Happy Canada day!

12:31 PM, July 2nd, 2025
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Thanks Iain.

1:22 PM, July 2nd, 2025