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Stranger Songs
Tuesday December 2nd, 2025 with Mike Regenstreif
Many Rivers to Cross

The theme on this edition of Stranger Songs is Many Rivers to Cross. 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
Many Rivers to Cross
Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come - Island
River
Veronneau - Blue Tapestry - Antidote Sounds Canadian New
Down the Rio Grande
Tom Russell - Borderland - HighTone
Kern River
Kurt Anderson - Life on Interstate 40 - Riverlark Music
Purify My River
Ronney Abramson - Ronney Abramson - Capitol Canadian
Long River
J.P. Cormier - The Long River: A Personal Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot - Flash Publishing Canadian
That Song About the River
Steve Gillette - Best of - Compass Rose
Flow River Flow
Steel Rail - Coming Home - Crossties Canadian
fragment of The Stranger Song
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy Canadian
Sweet Thames Flow Softly
James Keelaghan - A Few Simple Verses - Jericho Beach Music Canadian
The Grand River Canal
Tamarack - On the Grand: The Story of a River - Folk Era Canadian
The Essakeeba River (Essequibo River)
William Pint & Felicia Dale - Hearts of Gold - Waterbug
Bamboo (River Come Down)
Peter Paul & Mary - Peter Paul and Mary - Warner Bros.
Boat’s Up the River
Happy Traum - Relax Your Mind - Kicking Mule
Big River
Sean Gagnier - Circle Harbor - Sean Gagnier Canadian
Mississippi River Blues
Sheesham & Lotus & ‘Son - The High Stepping Music of Sheesham & Lotus & ‘Son - Sepiaphone Canadian
Ol' Man River
Leon Bibb - Praising Peace: A Tribute to Paul Robeson - Stony Plain Canadian
O Shenandoah
Jane Siberry - Hush - Sheba Canadian
So Sang the River
Bill Staines - One More River - Red House
Deep Fork River
Tom Paxton - How Come the Sun/Tom Paxton EP - BGO
Before the Great River was Tamed
Eliza Gilkyson - Songs From the River Wind - Howlin' Dog
Kitchissippi
Mia Kelly - Garden Through the War - Mia Kelly Canadian
Black Muddy River
The Persuasions - Might as Well: The Persuasions Sing Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead
River
Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl - Recordings Celebrating 50 Years of a Musical Partnership - Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl
fragment of The Stranger Song
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy Canadian
Interactive CKCU