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Mike Regenstreif
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I'm a retired journalist who curates and hosts Stranger Songs (weekly) and Saturday Morning (every fourth week) on CKCU in Ottawa. Visit the Folk Roots/Folk Branches blog at https://frfb.blogspot.com/.
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The #YellowDoor at 60 is this week’s #StangerSongs theme on #CKCU and you can hear the show anytime at this link.

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#JesseWinchester #PennyLang #BruceMurdoch #BillStaines #BillGarrett #MarcNerenberg #Humphrey&TheDumptrucks #KevinHead #ChrisRawlings #StanRogers
The Yellow Door at 60 - Stranger Songs - 2026-09-15
The theme on this edition of Stranger Songs is The Yellow Door at 60. Click on LISTEN NOW to hear this show. Click on LISTEN to hear the current CKCU broadcast.
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September 15, 2026 at 8:42 PM
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The #LeonardCohen Deep Dive, Part 2 is this week’s #StrangerSongs theme on #CKCU.

Hear the show anytime at this link.

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#LeonardCohen #BlueUmbrella #TheLeonardCohenProject #CrowesPasture #BuffySainte-Marie #JudyCollins #PerlaBatalla #JenniferWarnes
The Leonard Cohen Deep Dive, Part 2 - Stranger Songs - 2026-09-08
The theme on this edition of Stranger Songs is The Leonard Cohen Deep Dive, Part 2. Click on LISTEN NOW to hear this show. Click on LISTEN to hear the current CKCU broadcast.
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September 8, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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I hosted Saturday Morning on #CKCU and you can hear the show anytime at this link.

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#Kate&AnnaMcGarrigle #BruceCockburn #PennyLang #Klezmatics #AllisonRussell #SusanWerner #AnneHills #AmySpeace #SteelRail #DavidFrancey #Mama'sBroke #BillMorrissey #WadeHemsworth
Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Cockburn in 2017 Penny Lang & Mike Regenstreif in 1976. Photo by Felicity Fanjoy,
September 5, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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Remembering #DollyParton #Graceland Revisited were this week’s #StangerSongs themes on #CKCU. Hear the show at this link.

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#MariaMuldaur #EvaCassidy #NickiParrott #JohnStewart #MelodyWalker #PaulSimon #LadysmithBlackMambazo #AmberRubarth #Rockin’DopsieJr
Dolly Parton Graceland by Paul Simon album cover
September 1, 2026 at 8:51 PM
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Restaurants, Cafés, Diners – and the people who work and eat in them is this week’s #StrangerSongs theme on #CKCU.

Hear the show anytime at this link.

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#DavidEssig #GarnetRogers #SylviaTyson #TomPaxton #GretchenPeters #TomWaits #SusanWerner #SuzanneVega #DanHicks
Mike Regenstreif & Garnet Rogers (2026) Sylvia Tyson & Mike Regenstreif (1997) Mike Regenstreif & Tom Paxton (2009)
August 25, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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#ACappella is this week’s #StrangerSongs theme on #CKCU. Hear the show anytime at this link.

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#Persuasions #ManhattanTransfer #Klezmatics #Wellermen #LongestJohns #FinestKind #StanRogers #Wailin’Jennys #ReggieHarris #BessieJones #Kitka #ShortSisters #DavidFrancey
A Capella Again - Stranger Songs - 2026-08-18
The theme on this edition of Stranger Songs is A Capella Again. Click on LISTEN NOW to hear this show. Click on LISTEN to hear the current CKCU broadcast.
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August 18, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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Finest Kind’s Kind of Songs was this week’s #StrangerSongs theme on #CKCU. Hear the show anytime at this link.

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#FinestKind #UtahPhillips #PeggySeeger #CoopeBoyes&Simpson #BillStaines #TomLewis #JodyStecher&KateBrislin #JohnRoberts&TonyBarrand
Finest Kind - Ian Robb, Shelley Posen & Ann Downey
August 11, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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I hosted the Aug. 8 Saturday Morning show on #CKCU. Hear the show at this link.

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#BruceCockburn #Valdy #HappyTraum #Ramblin’JackElliott #TimGrimm #RankyTanky #Klezmatics #AllisonRussell #MavisStaples #LeonardCohen #RodneyCrowell #DaveVanRonk #LeonRedbone #Noa
Ramblin' Jack Elliott & Mike Regenstreif (2006) Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Cockburn (2017)
August 8, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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The #LeonardCohen Deep Dive, Part 1 is this week’s #StrangerSongs theme on #CKCU. Hear the show anytime at this link.

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#FredHolstein #Kate&AnnaMcGarrigle #MarthaWainwright #MartinSimpson #SerenaRyder #FirstAidKit #LucianaSouza #JudyCollins #JohnnyCash #PerlaBatalla
August 4, 2026 at 8:49 PM
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#Baseball is this week’s #StrangerSongs theme on CKCU. Hear the show anytime at this link.

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#TomRussell #DocWatson #TomPaxton #ChuckBrodsky #ArtieTraum #JohnFogerty #BobDylan #PeterPaul&Mary #RodMacDonald #SteveGoodman #VinceGuaraldi #DavidOlney #ChrstineLavin
Baseball - Stranger Songs - 2026-07-28
The theme on this edition of Stranger Songs is Baseball. Click on LISTEN NOW to hear this show. Click on LISTEN to hear the current CKCU broadcast.
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July 28, 2026 at 7:47 PM
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#DaveVanRonk at 90 is this week’s #StrangerSongs theme on #CKCU. Dave – who died in 2002 – would have turned 90 three weeks ago. Hear the show anytime at this link.

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#SusanWerner #DavidMassengill #ElijahWald #ChristineLavin #TomRussell #HansTheessink #TomPaxton
Dave Van Ronk Dave Van Ronk Street on Sheridan Square in New York City
July 21, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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#RoundMidnight is this week’s #StrangerSongs theme on #CKCU. Hear the show anytime at this link.

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#LindaRonstadt #CathyFink #TishHinojosa #TomRussell #TomPaxton #NanciGriffith #DavidFrancey #JesseWinchester #Odetta #PaulGeremia #MariaMuldaur #TomWaits #TheloniousMonk
Mike Regenstreif & Cathy Fink (2025) Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2001)
July 14, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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I hosted today’s #SaturdayMorning show on #CKCU and you can hear the show anytime at this link.

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#BruceCockburn #RonSexsmith #BillMorrissey #SneezyWaters #DianaJones #TimKliphuis #JamesKeelaghan #JoryNash #SaulBroudy #Klezmatics #LynneHanson #AllisonRussell
Sneezy Waters & Mike Regenstreif (2013) Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Cockburn (2017)
July 11, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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Remembering #JaneVoss (1948-2026) and Remembering #DavidClayton-Thomas (1941-2026) are this week’s #StrangerSongs themes on #CKCU. Hear the show anytime at this link.

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#JaneVoss&HoyleOsborne #DaveVanRonk #BloodSweat&Tears #DavidClayton-Thomas
Jane Voss Mike Regenstreif & David Clayton-Thomas
July 7, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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A Tribute to #RosalieSorrels is this week’s #StrangerSongs theme on #CKCU & you can hear the show anytime at this link

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#PennyLang #JohnGorka #PeterRowan #NanciGriffith #UtahPhillips #FinestKind #ShortSisters #Robin&LindaWilliams #TerryGarthwaite #TomRussell
Rosalie Sorrels & Mike Regenstreif (1993)
June 30, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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This week’s #StrangerSongs theme on #CKCU is Remembering #BruceMurdoch, a great singer-songwriter and dear friend, who died on June 11. You’ll hear 24 of Bruce’s songs – mostly performed by Bruce, but also by #BillStaines, #PennyLang, #Bill&Sharon

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Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Murdoch (2007)
June 23, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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#BlondeOnBlonde Revisited is this week’s #StrangerSongs theme on #CKCU. Hear the show anytime at this link.

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#BobDylan #BenSidran #JulieFelix #EmmaSwift #CliffEberhardt #CatPower #JanetPlanet #Brothers&Sisters #YoLaTengo #JoanBaez #PeterKeane #MarianneFaithfull
Blonde on Blonde Revisited - Stranger Songs - 2026-06-16
The theme on this edition of Stranger Songs is Blonde on Blonde Revisited. Click on LISTEN NOW to hear this show. Click on LISTEN to hear the current CKCU broadcast.
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June 16, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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I hosted #SaturdayMorning today on #CKCU. Hear the show anytime at this link.

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#Kate&AnnaMcGarrigle #UtahPhillips #BruceCockburn #StanRogers #DianaJones #TomRussell #LeonardCohen #NorahJones #RosalieSorrels #DocWatson #WillieNelson #RufusWainwright #Klezmatics #NEeMA
Rosalie Sorrels & Mike Regenstreif (1993) Utah Phillips & Mike Regenstreif (1976) photo: Felicity Fanjoy Mike Regenstreif & Bruce Cockburn (2017)
June 13, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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Songs of #RichardFariña is this week’s #StrangerSongs theme on CKCU and you can hear the show anytime at this link.

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#Mimi&RichardFariña #JudyCollins #CarolineDoctorow #Moore&McGregor #RhiannonGiddens #MimiFariña #Plainsong #Ben&Dom #EricAndersen #JoanBaez
Songs of Richard Fariña (1937-1966) - Stranger Songs - 2026-06-09
The theme on this edition of Stranger Songs is Songs of Richard Fariña (1937-1966). Pictured: Mimi & Richard Fariña. Click on LISTEN NOW to hear this show. Click on LISTEN to hear the current CKCU b...
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June 9, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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Songs for #InternationalSexWorkersDay is this week’s #StrangerSongs theme on #CKCU. Hear the show anytime at this link.

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#NanciGriffith #LucindaWilliams #LynnMiles #Odetta #TownesVanZandt #TimGrimm #TinaTurner #TomPaxton #ElizaGilkyson #GuyClark #MarianneFaithfull
Songs for International Sex Workers Day - Stranger Songs - 2026-06-02
The theme on this edition of Stranger Songs is Songs for International Sex Workers Day. Click on LISTEN NOW to hear this show. Click on LISTEN to hear the current CKCU broadcast.
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June 2, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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Remembering #EnochKent and A Tribute to #DjangoReinhardt are this week’s #StrangerSongs themes on CKCU and you can hear the show anytime at this link.

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#GarnetRogers #StephaneGrappelli #ModernJazzQuartet #DavidGrisman #ClaribolStompers #TommyEmmanuel #JoeCraven
Django Reinhardt Enoch Kent
May 26, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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Songs and Conversation with #JudyCollins is this week’s #StrangerSongs theme on #CKCU. Hear the show anytime at this link.

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#BothSidesNow #Mr.TambourineMan #FarewellToTarwathie #Suzanne #SomedaySoon #Marieke #SendInTheClowns #MyFather #Albatross #AmazingGrace
Songs and Conversation with Judy Collins - Stranger Songs - 2026-05-19
The theme on this edition of Stranger Songs is Songs and Conversation with Judy Collins. Pictured: Judy Collins & Mike Regenstreif on Zoom (2026). Click on LISTEN NOW to hear this show. Click on LIS...
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May 19, 2026 at 8:55 PM
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I hosted the May 16 edition of #SaturdayMorning on #CKCU. Hear the show anytime at this link.

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#MariaDunn #AnneHills #TomRussell #TracyGrammer #NanciGriffith #NaniVazana #JohnPrine #Klezmatics #DavidAmram #JudyCollins #LeonardCohen #GarnetRogers #TajMahal #JohnGorka
Judy Collins & Mike Regenstreif Tom Russell & Mike Regenstreif Mike Regenstreif & Maria Dunn
May 16, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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#Yiddish Songs & #Klezmer Tunes is this week’s #StrangerSongs theme on #CKCU. Hear the show anytime at this link.

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#Socalled #Shtreiml #DanielKahn #Klezmatics #BraveOldWorld #KlezmerConservatoryBand #MargotLeverett #TheodoreBikel #SashaLurje #LorinSklamberg
Klezmer musicians in Ukraine, circa 1925
May 12, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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#1966 was this week’s #StrangerSongs theme on #CKCU and you can hear the show anytime at this link.

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#GordonLightfoot #Ian&Sylvia #Simon&Garfunkel #TomPaxton #BobDylan #JudyCollins #DaveVanRonk #TomRush #EricAndersen #MississippiJohnHurt #Lovin’Spoonful #TimHardin
May 5, 2026 at 8:50 PM