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Stranger Songs
Tuesday July 8th, 2025 with Mike Regenstreif
Peggy Seeger at 90

The theme this week on Stranger Songs is Peggy Seeger at 90. Peggy turned 90 on June 17 and has just announced her retirement from touring. 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
Peggy Seeger was born in 1935 to a musical and activist family. Her father, Charles Seeger, was a musicologist, composer and folklorist. Her mother, Ruth Crawford Seeger, was a composer and musicologist. Her older half-brother was Pete Seeger, and her other siblings were Mike Seeger, Barbara Seeger and Penny Seeger. Peggy’s life partner from the 1950s until his death in 1989 was the preeminent British folksinger and songwriter Ewan MacColl.
Sing About These Hard Times
Peggy Seeger - Teleology - Red Grape New
Five Nights Drunk
Peggy Seeger with Barbara and Penny Seeger - Folk Songs with The Seegers - Prestige
I Truly Understand
Sheesham & Lotus & ‘Son - Clear the Table - Sepiaphone Canadian
Pretty Saro
Kate & Edith - Live at Kelso Hall - Kate & Edith Canadian
Lady of Carlisle
Ian & Sylvia - Four Strong Winds - Vanguard Canadian
When I was Single
Peggy Seeger - The Folkways Years 1955-1992: Songs of Love and Politics - Smithsonian Folkways
I Never will Marry
Linda Ronstadt with Dolly Parton - Simple Dreams: 40th Anniversary Edition - Elektra/Rhino
Little Birdie
Mike Seeger & Peggy Seeger - Fly Down Little Bird - Appleseed
fragment of The Stranger Song
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy Canadian
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Bonnie Dobson - Philadelphia Folk Festival – 40th Anniversary - Sliced Bread Canadian
Dirty Old Town
Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger - Black and White: The Ewan MacColl Definitive Collection - Cooking Vinyl
On This Very Day
Peggy Seeger - An Odd Collection - Rounder
Willie Moore
Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Roma Baran - Tell My Sister - Nonesuch Canadian
Tell My Sister
Peggy Seeger - Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle - Nonesuch Canadian
Heading for Home
Rufus Wainwright & John Legend - Folkocracy - BMG
Freight Train
Sue Foley - One Guitar Woman: A Tribute to the Female Pioneers of Guitar - Stony Plain Canadian
Schofield Mine Disaster
Rosalie Sorrels with Peggy Seeger - Strangers in Another Country: The Songs of Bruce “Utah” Phillips - Red House
Ballad of Springhill
Fourtold - Fourtold - Appleseed
It’s a Free World
Peggy Seeger - An Odd Collection - Rounder
I'm Gonna Be an Engineer
Robin Greenstein - Images of Women, Vol. 2 - Windy
Fatal Flower Garden
Peggy Seeger with Irene Pyper-Scott - Live - Appleseed
Bring Me Home
Peggy Seeger - Bring Me Home - Appleseed
fragment of The Stranger Song
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy Canadian
Interactive CKCU
Neil & Drake
Really appreciate all the stories and history,, Mike. For me, it is a gift that is as valuable as the music itself. Stories come from people's life experiences so the life history of songwriters gives more depth to the wonderful music that they create and share with us. Once again, a delightful show !!

4:35 PM, July 8th, 2025
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Thanks Neil. I really appreciate you listening every week. BTW, I've just posted the playlist for this week's Saturday Morning show at this link. https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/128/71071.html

4:42 PM, July 8th, 2025
Bobby Calzone
Im listening... but dont have to say... must be the end of the world!;)

4:44 PM, July 8th, 2025
Mike Regenstreif (host)
LOL, Bobby.

4:48 PM, July 8th, 2025
Bc
Much

4:55 PM, July 8th, 2025
John Coleman
Bobby, there will always be hope !!

10:54 AM, July 9th, 2025