Stranger Songs
Tuesday December 30th, 2025 with Mike Regenstreif
Songs from Mike Regenstreif’s top 10 folk-rooted and folk-branched albums of 2025
The theme on this edition of Stranger Songs is Songs from Mike Regenstreif's top 10 folk-rooted and folk-branched albums of 2025.
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| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy 
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| Visit the Folk Roots/Folk Branches blog at https://frfb.blogspot.com/2025/12/top-10-for-2025.html to see the annotated and illustrated version of this top 10 list. |
| 10. Suzy Sings Siebel Volume One by Suzy Thompson |
| Bride 1945 Suzy Thompson - Suzy Sings Siebel Volume One - Suzy Thompson |
| Long Afternoons Suzy Thompson - Suzy Sings Siebel Volume One - Suzy Thompson |
| 9. Personal History by Mary Chapin Carpenter |
| Girl and Her Dog Mary Chapin Carpenter - Personal History - Lambent Light/Thirty Tigers |
| New Religion Mary Chapin Carpenter - Personal History - Lambent Light/Thirty Tigers |
| 8. Field of Stars by John McCutcheon |
| Tikkun Olam John McCutcheon - Field of Stars - Appalsongs |
| Blessing John McCutcheon with Windborne - Field of Stars - Appalsongs |
| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
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| 7. Woody At Home – Vol 1 + 2 by Woody Guthrie |
| This Land is Your Land Woody Guthrie - Woody At Home – Vol 1 + 2 - Shamus 
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| Peace Call Woody Guthrie - Woody At Home – Vol 1 + 2 - Shamus
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| 6. Hardscrabble Hope by Maria Dunn |
| Another Year Maria Dunn - Hardscrabble Hope - Distant Whisper Music
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| Leave It All on the Ice Maria Dunn - Hardscrabble Hope - Distant Whisper Music
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| 5. unentitled by John Gorka |
| First Snow on the Mountains unentitled - John Gorka - Red House
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| Particle Wave (Goodness in the World) unentitled - John Gorka - Red House
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| 4. Every Town: More Songs by Michael Smith by Anne Hills |
| Crazy Mary Anne Hills - Every Town: More Songs by Michael Smith - Hand & Heart Music
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| Sure Has Grown Anne Hills - Every Town: More Songs by Michael Smith - Hand & Heart Music
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| 3. Bones of Trees by Tim Grimm |
| Broken Truth Tim Grimm - Bones of Trees - Vault |
| Up in the Attic Tim Grimm - Bones of Trees - Vault |
| 2. Dark Ages by Eliza Gilkyson |
| Times Like These Eliza Gilkyson - Dark Ages - Realiza |
| Holy Eliza Gilkyson - Dark Ages - Realiza |
| 1. David Amram Honors Guthrie and Ochs: Old Souls by The David Amram Quintet |
| Talking Subway The David Amram Quintet - David Amram Honors Guthrie and Ochs: Old Souls - Guthrie Legacy
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| When I'm Gone The David Amram Quintet - David Amram Honors Guthrie and Ochs: Old Souls - Guthrie Legacy
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| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
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Nice selection of artists and songs Mike. Great shows in 2025 that you shared with us. Looking forward to many more in 2026 !! HAPPY NEW YEAR
11:17 AM, December 29th, 2025