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Stranger Songs
Tuesday March 17th, 2026 with Mike Regenstreif
St. Patrick’s Day

The theme on this edition of Stranger Songs is St. Patrick's 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
Some songs on this show are by artists who are authentically Irish, and some are by artists who are not, because, as Bowser & Blue tell us, "Everybody’s Irish on St. Patrick’s Day."
Everybody’s Irish on St. Patrick’s Day
Bowser & Blue - Montreal Souvenirs - You Guys Publishing Canadian
St. Patrick's Song
Tom Lewis - 360º: All Points of the Compass - Borealis Canadian
The Barley and the Rye
Altan - Donegal - Compass
Sleeping in Dublin
Doug McArthur - The Horses of the Sea: A Personal Exploration of Ireland - dougimac.com Canadian
Star of the County Down/Bus Stop Reel
Sassenach - Passages - Sassenach Canadian
Black Velvet Band
Tara O’Grady - Black Irish - Tara O’Grady
It's St. Patrick's Day
NRBQ - High Noon – A 50 Year Retrospective - Omnivore
Grosse Isle (Far Away)
Maggie’s Wake - Maggie’s Wake - Maggie’s Wake Canadian
Green Grows the Laurel
Dolores Keane - Folk Friends 2 - Wundertüte Musik
fragment of The Stranger Song
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy Canadian
Drink a Round to Ireland
Judy Collins - Times of Our Lives - Elektra
Lanigan’s Ball/The Side Door Jig
Brendan Nolan - Live at the Side Door - Ould Sagosha Canadian
Brennan on the Moor
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem - In Concert at Carnegie Hall: The Complete 1963 Concert - Columbia/Legacy
Lake Isle of Innisfree/Song of the Wandering Aengus
Chris Rawlings - Two Sides to Your Story - Cooking Fat Music Canadian
In Derry Vale
Sneezy Waters - Live - Sneezy Waters Canadian
The Rocks of Bawn
Karan Casey - Nine Apples of Gold - Crow Valley Music
Slip Jigs: Whinny Hills of Leitrim/Ryan’s/Humours of Whiskey
Alana & Leigh Cline - Alana & Leigh Cline - Scimitar Canadian
When We Danced in Donegal
The Makem & Spain Brothers - Live - Red Biddy
From Clare to Here
Nanci Griffith - Other Voices/Other Rooms - Elektra
Corrymeela
Tom Paxton - Even a Grey Day - Flying Fish
All on a Belfast Morning
Tom Russell - Folk Hotel - Frontera
Irish Blessing
Noel Paul Stookey - At Home: The Maine Tour - Newworld
Hey Boys Sing Us a Song
The Irish Rovers - No End in Sight - Rover Canadian
fragment of The Stranger Song
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy Canadian
Interactive CKCU
John Coleman
Getting me in the mood for a GUINNESS !! Nice mix Mike !! Thank-you !1

4:34 PM, March 11th, 2026
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Thanks John. Enjoy your Guinness.

4:41 PM, March 11th, 2026
Neil & Dance
Happy St. Paddy's Mike. You too John !

10:09 AM, March 17th, 2026
Joanne Hurley
Lovely to see Dolores Keane on the Playlist. Sadly, she passed away only yesterday. Good show this week.

1:54 PM, March 17th, 2026
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Happy St. Patrick's Day, Neil

2:41 PM, March 17th, 2026
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Yes, Joanne, it's very sad about Dolores. I recorded the show almost a week ago and had no idea she wasn't well.

2:44 PM, March 17th, 2026
Neil & Dance
I was just reading and looking at online pics of St. Brigid's Well, Irish Pub now in the basement of the former St Brigid Church built in 1890 for the descendents of Irish immigrants who came to Bytowne to build the Rideau Canal.

4:13 PM, March 17th, 2026
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Thanks for the info, Neil.

4:16 PM, March 17th, 2026
N&D
Nice to see Sneezy in the playlist today, Mike. Thanks. Miss seeing him all the time around town. Sweet guy !

4:16 PM, March 17th, 2026
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Indeed he is. He's somebody I've known forever, if not forever then about 53 years. I exchanged emails with him last week.

4:27 PM, March 17th, 2026