Stranger Songs
Tuesday June 30th, 2026 with Mike Regenstreif
A Tribute to Rosalie Sorrels (1933-2017)
The theme on this edition of Stranger Songs is A Tribute to Rosalie Sorrels (1933-2017).
Pictured: Rosalie Sorrels & Mike Regenstreif (1993).
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| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy 
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| Rosalie Sorrels, who died in 2017 at age 83, was a great, highly influential and legendary singer, songwriter and storyteller.
I was still a teenager when I met Rosalie for the first time when she played a four- or five-night stand at the Back Door Coffee House in Montreal, sometime around 1970. It was while she was in Montreal for that gig that Rosalie wrote “Travelin’ Lady,” which quickly became her signature song. Rosalie became a great friend and I worked with her often presenting her in concerts in Montreal and at The Golem, the folk club I ran in the ‘70s and ‘80s. In the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, I ran a small booking agency for about five years and Rosalie was one of my clients. The show includes some of Rosalie’s recordings and versions of songs from her repertoire – some of which she wrote and some of which she made her own – as performed by many other artists; as well as a couple of songs written in tribute to her. |
| Travelin’ Lady Rosalie Sorrels - Travelin’ Lady - Sire |
| If I Could Be the Rain Penny Lang - Stone + Sand + Sea + Sky - Borealis
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| I Think of You John Gorka - So Dark You See - Red House |
| Up is a Nice Place to Be Bonnie Koloc - Wild and Recluse - Epic |
| Go with Me Peter Rowan - Tribute to the Travelin’ Lady Rosalie Sorrels - Tribute to Rosalie Sorrels |
| One More Next Time Rosalie Sorrels - If I Could Be the Rain - Folk-Legacy |
| Ford Econoline Nanci Griffith - Tribute to the Travelin’ Lady Rosalie Sorrels - Tribute to Rosalie Sorrels |
| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
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| Then Came the Children Rosalie Sorrels - Then Came the Children - Green Linnet |
| The Telling Takes Me Home Utah Phillips - The Telling Takes Me Home - Philo |
| The Goodnight-Loving Trail Finest Kind - Lost in a Song - Fallen Angle
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| Rock Salt and Nails The Short Sisters - Love and Transportation - Black Socks Press |
| Rock Me to Sleep Rosalie Sorrels - Travelin’ Lady - Sire |
| Borderline Heart Robin & Linda Williams - Tribute to the Travelin’ Lady Rosalie Sorrels - Tribute to Rosalie Sorrels |
| Apple of My Eye Terry Garthwaite - Tribute to the Travelin’ Lady Rosalie Sorrels - Tribute to Rosalie Sorrels |
| Hitchhiker in the Rain Rosalie Sorrels - Borderline Heart - Green Linnet |
| As I was preparing this show, I got the sad news that Jane Voss died on June 20 at age 78. So, I’ll be remembering Jane on Part 1 of next week’s edition of Stranger Songs. |
| Postcard from India (Keep On Rockin’) Jane Voss & Hoyle Osborne - Sparkle and Shine - Front Hall |
| Pork Roast and Poetry Tom Russell - Tribute to the Travelin’ Lady Rosalie Sorrels - Tribute to Rosalie Sorrels |
| The Caterpillar and the Butterfly Rosalie Sorrels - Always a Lady - Green Linnet |
| My Last Go Round Penny Lang - Stone + Sand + Sea + Sky - Borealis
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| Rosalie, You Can’t Go Home Again Rosalie Sorrels - Travelin’ Lady - Sire |
| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
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At the end of the show I mentioned that 'Round Midnight would be the theme on Part 2 of next week's show. That theme has been tentatively rescheduled to July 14. Part 2 next week will be Remembering David Clayton-Thomas, who died on June 24 at age 84.
10:25 AM, June 25th, 2026