Stranger Songs
Tuesday January 13th, 2026 with Mike Regenstreif
Lightfoot! Revisited and Kate & Anna McGarrigle Revisited
This week on Stranger Songs we’re revisiting two essential debut albums: Lightfoot! By Gordon Lightfoot – released 60 years ago in January 1966 – and the self-titled album by Kate & Anna McGarrigle – released 50 years ago in January 1976.
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| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy 
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| Lightfoot! Revisited
Gordon Lightfoot’s debut album – Lightfoot! – was released 60 years ago in January 1966. It was reissued as part of a 3-CD set called The Original Lightfoot. |
| Rich Man’s Spiritual Gordon Lightfoot - The Original Lightfoot – The United Artists Years: Lightfoot! - United Artists
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| Long River J.P. Cormier - The Long River: A Personal Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot - Flash Publishing
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| The Way I Feel Julie Felix - Changes - Fontana
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| For Lovin' Me Ian & Sylvia - Early Morning Rain - Vanguard
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| The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Bonnie Dobson - Philadelphia Folk Festival – 40th Anniversary - Sliced Bread
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| Changes Phil Ochs - Phil Ochs In Concert - Elektra/Rhino |
| Early Morning Rain Rodney Brown - The Gales of November: Songs of Gordon Lightfoot - Rodney Brown
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| Steel Rail Blues Spanky & Our Gang - Live - Mercury
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| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
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| Sixteen Miles Bill Hearne - Always Trust Your Cape - Howlin' Dog
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| I'm Not Sayin' Tony Rice - Tony Rice Sings Gordon Lightfoot - Rounder
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| Pride of Man Hamilton Camp - Paths of Victory - Collectors’ Choice Music |
| Ribbon of Darkness Bruce Cockburn - Rarities - True North
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| Oh, Linda Gordon Lightfoot - The Original Lightfoot – The United Artists Years: Lightfoot! - United Artists
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| Peaceful Waters Gordon Lightfoot - The Original Lightfoot – The United Artists Years: Lightfoot! - United Artists
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| Kate & Anna McGarrigle Revisited
Kate & Anna McGarrigle’s self-titled debut album was released 50 years ago in January 1976. It was reissued as part of a 3-CD set called Tell My Sister. |
| Kiss and Say Goodbye Rufus Wainwright, Anna McGarrigle & Martha Wainwright - Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle - Nonesuch
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| My Town Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Nonesuch
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| Blues in D Kate McGarrigle - Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Nonesuch
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| Heart Like a Wheel June Tabor - At the Wood’s Heart - Topic
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| Foolish You Wade Hemsworth - The Songs of Wade Hemsworth - Blackfly Music
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| Talk to Me of Mendocino Priscilla Herdman - Forgotten Dreams - Flying Fish
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| Complainte pour Ste-Catherine Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Nonesuch
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| Tell My Sister Peggy Seeger - Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle - Nonesuch
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| The Swimming Song Loudon Wainwright III - Attempted Moustache - Columbia/Legacy |
| Jigsaw Puzzle of Life Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Nonesuch
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| Go Leave Linda Thompson & Richard Thompson - Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle - Nonesuch
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| Travelling On for Jesus Chaim Tannenbaum - Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle - Nonesuch
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| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
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Great show and hard to believe those albums are that old now. Only seems like yesterday. Say no more !!
10:41 AM, January 8th, 2026