Stranger SongsStranger Songs on CKCU-FM 93.1 in Ottawa, Canadahttps://cod.ckcufm.com/images/ckcu.gifCopyright by Radio-Carleton, Inc.https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/index.html2024-03-18T19:30:00ZComing up on Stranger Songs on Tue. Mar. 19https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/H2024-03-18T19:30:00ZMusic is the theme for the March 19 edition of Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif. All of the songs have something or other to do with music.Stranger Songs Stranger Songs 2024-03-12: The Art of the Long Song, Volume 2https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/64251.html2024-03-12T19:30:00Z<a href="https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/64251.html"><img align=left src="https://cod.ckcufm.com/images/ondemand.png"></a>The Art of the Long Song, Volume 2 is the theme for this edition of Stranger Songs.
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<BR>Click on LISTEN NOW to hear this show. Click on LISTEN to hear the current CKCU broadcast.<BR><BR>This broadcast featured Leonard Cohen, Chris Rawlings, Ian Tamblyn, Marc Nerenberg, Allison Russell, Cat Power, Tom Russell, Eliza Gilkyson & Joe Ely, Anne Hills, Eric Von Schmidt, Chaim Tannenbaum, Bruce Murdoch, James Talley.Mike RegenstreifComing up on Stranger Songs on Tue. Mar. 12https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/H2024-03-11T19:30:00ZThe Art of the Long Song, Volume 2 is the theme for the March 12 edition of Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif.Stranger Songs Stranger Songs 2024-03-05: Title Charactershttps://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/64157.html2024-03-05T20:30:00Z<a href="https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/64157.html"><img align=left src="https://cod.ckcufm.com/images/ondemand.png"></a>Title Characters is the theme for this edition of Stranger Songs.
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<BR>Click on LISTEN NOW to hear this show. Click on LISTEN to hear the current CKCU broadcast.<BR><BR>This broadcast featured Leonard Cohen, Willie P. Bennett, Jerry Jeff Walker, Rosalie Sorrels, Eliza Gilkyson, Guy Clark, Tom Russell, James Talley, Furry Lewis, Emmylou Harris, James Keelaghan, Jesse Winchester, Crabtree & Mills, Tom Paxton, Shelley Posen, Michael Smith, Over the Moon, Staber & Chasnoff, Tom Mitchell, John Prine, Tim Sparks.Mike RegenstreifComing up on Stranger Songs on Tue. Mar. 5https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/H2024-03-04T20:30:00ZTitle Characters is the theme for the March 5 edition of Stranger Songs with Mike RegenstreifStranger Songs Stranger Songs 2024-02-27: Take the ‘A’ Train: A Tribute to Duke Ellington (1899-1974)https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/64083.html2024-02-27T20:30:00Z<a href="https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/64083.html"><img align=left src="https://cod.ckcufm.com/images/ondemand.png"></a>Take the ‘A’ Train: A Tribute to Duke Ellington (1899-1974) is the theme for this edition of Stranger Songs.
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<BR>Click on LISTEN NOW to hear this show. Click on LISTEN to hear the current CKCU broadcast.<BR><BR>This broadcast featured Leonard Cohen, Jackie Washington, Duke Ellington, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Ken Whiteley, Jackie Washington & Mose Scarlett, Eva Cassidy, Sneezy Waters, Ella Fitzgerald with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, Taj Mahal, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, Claudia Schmidt, Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, Willie Nelson, Judy Collins, Dave Van Ronk, Thelonious Monk, Susie Arioli Swing Band featuring Jordan Officer, Catherine Russell, Duke Ellington & Count Basie.Mike RegenstreifComing up on Stranger Songs on Tue. Feb. 27https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/H2024-02-26T20:30:00ZTake the ‘A’ Train: A Tribute to Duke Ellington (1899-1974) is the theme for the February 27 edition of Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif.Stranger Songs Stranger Songs 2024-02-20: Songs of Chuck Berry (1926-2017)https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/63977.html2024-02-20T20:30:00Z<a href="https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/63977.html"><img align=left src="https://cod.ckcufm.com/images/ondemand.png"></a>Songs of Chuck Berry (1926-2017) is the theme for this edition of Stranger Songs.
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<BR>Click on LISTEN NOW to hear this show. Click on LISTEN to hear the current CKCU broadcast.<BR><BR>This broadcast featured Leonard Cohen, Chuck Berry, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Mollie O'Brien, Ken Hamm, Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks, The Band, Linda Ronstadt, Jim Kweskin & The Jugband, Geoff & Maria Muldaur, Geoff Muldaur & Amos Garrett, George Benson, The Stephen Barry Band, Tom Rush, Emmylou Harris, Dion, Jim Byrnes, Ry Cooder, Ann Rabson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chris Smither, Geoff Bartley, Gerry & The Pacemakers.Mike RegenstreifComing up on Stranger Songs on Tue. Feb. 20https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/H2024-02-19T20:30:00ZSongs of Chuck Berry (1926-2017) is the theme for the February 20 edition of Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif.Stranger Songs Stranger Songs 2024-02-13: A Tribute to Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941) on Mardi Gras Dayhttps://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/63877.html2024-02-13T20:30:00Z<a href="https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/63877.html"><img align=left src="https://cod.ckcufm.com/images/ondemand.png"></a>A Tribute to Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941) on Mardi Gras Day is the theme for this edition of Stranger Songs.
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<BR>Click on LISTEN NOW to hear this show. Click on LISTEN to hear the current CKCU broadcast.<BR><BR>This broadcast featured Leonard Cohen, Jelly Roll Morton, Dave Van Ronk, Dr. John, Leon Redbone, Paul Geremia, Billy Novick’s Blue Syncopators, Saffire-The Uppity Blues Women, Amos Garrett, Dr. John & Danny Barker, Andrew Homzy Ensemble, Hot Tuna, Guy Van Duser & Billy Novick, Wynton Marsalis & Catherine Russell, Julian Fauth, Henry Butler & Steven Bernstein, Dirty Dozen Brass Band.Mike RegenstreifComing up on Stranger Songs on Tue. Feb. 13https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/H2024-02-12T20:30:00ZA Tribute to Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941) on Mardi Gras Day is the theme for the February 13 edition of Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif.Stranger Songs Stranger Songs 2024-02-06: A Tribute to Odetta (1930-2008)https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/63807.html2024-02-06T20:30:00Z<a href="https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/63807.html"><img align=left src="https://cod.ckcufm.com/images/ondemand.png"></a>A Tribute to Odetta, the magnificent and highly influential African American folk and blues singer, who died in 2008 at the age of 77, is the theme for this edition of Stranger Songs. All of the songs on this show were part of Odetta's repertoire.
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<BR>Click on LISTEN NOW to hear this show. Click on LISTEN to hear the current CKCU broadcast.<BR><BR>This broadcast featured Leonard Cohen, Odetta, Lead Belly with The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet, Bessie Smith, Josh White, Gina Coleman, Kim & Reggie Harris, Bob Dylan, Chaim Tannenbaum, Rhiannon Giddens, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Coco Love Alcorn, Odetta & The Holmes Brothers, Tom Jones, Penny Lang, Misty Blues, Odetta & Dr. John.Mike RegenstreifComing up on Stranger Songs on Tue. Feb. 6https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/H2024-02-05T20:30:00ZA Tribute to Odetta, the magnificent and highly influential African American folk and blues singer, who died in 2008 at the age of 77, is the theme for the February 6 edition of Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif.Stranger Songs Stranger Songs 2024-01-30: Conversation and Songs with Garnet Rogershttps://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/63744.html2024-01-30T20:30:00Z<a href="https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/63744.html"><img align=left src="https://cod.ckcufm.com/images/ondemand.png"></a>Conversation and Songs with Garnet Rogers is the theme for this edition of Stranger Songs. My conversation with Garnet was recorded earlier this month via Zoom.
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<BR>Garnet's concerts on February 1-2-3 at Red Bird Live are already sold out.
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<BR>The photo of me and Garnet was taken On the Main in Montreal in 2006.
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<BR>Click on LISTEN NOW to hear this show. Click on LISTEN to hear the current CKCU broadcast.<BR><BR>This broadcast featured Leonard Cohen, Garnet Rogers, Mike Regenstreif & Garnet Rogers, Garnet Rogers & Archie Fisher.Mike RegenstreifComing up on Stranger Songs on Tue. Jan. 30https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/H2024-01-29T20:30:00ZConversation and Songs with Garnet Rogers is the theme for the January 30 edition of Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif.Stranger Songs Stranger Songs 2024-01-23: Songs for International Holocaust Remembrance Dayhttps://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/63632.html2024-01-23T20:30:00Z<a href="https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/63632.html"><img align=left src="https://cod.ckcufm.com/images/ondemand.png"></a>On this edition of Stranger Songs, we mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, falling later this week on January 27. In these times of exploding antisemitism and other forms of racism and hatred, it’s important for us to pause and remember the lessons of the Holocaust when Hitler’s Nazi Germany systematically murdered 6 million Jews – about two-thirds of the Jews who lived in Europe.
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<BR>Click on LISTEN NOW to hear this show. Click on LISTEN to hear the current CKCU broadcast.<BR><BR>This broadcast featured Leonard Cohen, Mara Levine, Brendan Nolan, Mella Barnes, Lenka Lichtenberg, June Tabor, Sasha Lurje, Lee Oskar, Psoy Korolenko, Perla Batalla featuring Bill Gable, Chuck Brodsky, Theodore Bikel, Henry Sapoznik, Payadora Tango Ensemble featuring Marta Kosiorek, Payadora Tango Ensemble featuring Aviva Chernick, Chava Alberstein & The Klezmatics, Noel Paul Stookey, Zisl Slepovitch Ensemble & Sasha Lurje.Mike RegenstreifComing up on Stranger Songs on Tue. Jan. 23https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/H2024-01-22T20:30:00ZOn the January 23 edition of Stranger Songs, we mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, falling later this week on January 27. In these times of exploding antisemitism and other forms of racism and hatred, it’s important for us to pause and remember the lessons of the Holocaust when Hitler’s Nazi Germany systematically murdered 6 million Jews – about two-thirds of the Jews who lived in Europe.Stranger Songs Stranger Songs 2024-01-16: Mike Regenstreif's 30th anniversary on community radiohttps://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/63538.html2024-01-16T20:30:00Z<a href="https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/63538.html"><img align=left src="https://cod.ckcufm.com/images/ondemand.png"></a>On this edition of Stranger Songs, I mark my 30th anniversary on community radio stations. It was exactly 30 years ago, on January 16, 1994, that I began hosting folk and roots music shows on community radio stations – first on CKUT in Montreal, and now, on CKCU in Ottawa. I’m marking the anniversary with a sampling of a few of the songs I played on the radio in 1994.
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<BR>Click on LISTEN NOW to hear this show. Click on LISTEN to hear the current CKCU broadcast.<BR><BR>This broadcast featured Leonard Cohen, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Jesse Winchester, Penny Lang, Bruce Murdoch, Bill Garrett, Tish Hinojosa, Happy & Artie Traum, Maddy Prior & June Tabor, Tom Russell, Rosalie Sorrels, Stan Rogers, Priscilla Herdman, Ian Robb with Finest Kind, Odetta, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Dakota Dave Hull & Sean Blackburn, Bill Staines, Steve Goodman, Connie Kaldor, Tom Paxton.Mike RegenstreifComing up on Stranger Songs on Tue. Jan. 16https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/H2024-01-15T20:30:00ZOn the January 16 edition of Stranger Songs, Mike Regenstreif marks his 30th anniversary on community radio stations.Stranger Songs Stranger Songs 2024-01-09: Remembering Ron Hynes (1950-2015)https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/63443.html2024-01-09T20:30:00Z<a href="https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/63443.html"><img align=left src="https://cod.ckcufm.com/images/ondemand.png"></a>The theme on this edition of Stranger Songs is Remembering Ron Hynes, the great Newfoundland singer-songwriter who died of cancer in 2015. All of the songs on the show were written, or co-written, by Ron.
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<BR>The photo of Ron and me was taken in 2007 at the Branches & Roots Festival in Ormstown, Quebec.
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<BR>Click on LISTEN NOW to hear this show. Click on LISTEN to hear the current CKCU broadcast.<BR><BR>This broadcast featured Leonard Cohen, Ron Hynes, Maria Dunn, Miscellaney of Folk, Ken Tizzard, Various Artists, Christy Moore, Dennis O’Toole, Murray McLauchlan, Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop.Mike RegenstreifComing up on Stranger Songs on Tue. Jan. 9https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/H2024-01-08T20:30:00ZThe theme on the January 9 edition of Stranger Songs is Remembering Ron Hynes, the great Newfoundland singer-songwriter who died of cancer in 2015.Stranger Songs