Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif - CKCU - September 29, 2026

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

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Theme: They Want Canadian Songs.

I got the idea for this theme listening to Donald Trump repeatedly making the absurd and ignorant claim that Canada has nothing the United States wants or needs. So, the songs on this show were all written by Canadians and performed by Americans. The Canadian songwriters' names are in parentheses after the song titles.

DAVE VAN RONK- Four Strong Winds (Ian Tyson)
Live in Monterey (Omnivore)

GATHERING TIME- You Were On My Mind (Sylvia Tyson)
Old Friends (Triple-G)
TOM RUSSELL- Dance Hall Girls (Allan Fraser)
Song of the West: The Cowboy Collection (HMG)
MARA LEVINE- Bitter Green (Gordon Lightfoot)
Facets of Folk (Mara's Creations)
JOHN GORKA- Lock-keeper (Stan Rogers)
Writing in the Margins (Red House)
CAROLINE DOCTOROW- Snowbird (Gene MacLellan)
Dreaming in Vinyl (Narrow Lane)
PETE SEEGER- Both Sides Now (Joni Mitchell)
Young vs. Old (Columbia)

PETER KEANE- Cool Water (Bob Nolan)
Blues/Ballads/Cowboy Songs (Peter Keane)

JUDY COLLINS- The Dealer (Down and Losin') (Bob Ruzika)
True Stories and Other Dreams (Elektra)

LINDA RONSTADT- Heart Like a Wheel (Anna McGarrigle)
Heart Like a Wheel (Capitol)
ROBERT RESNIK WITH MARY McGINNESS & KRISTINA STYKOS- Come a Long Away (Kate McGarrigle)
Playing Favorites (Thunder Ridge)
BILL STAINES- The Black Fly Song (Wade Hemsworth)
Just Play One Tune More (Folk-Legacy)
CATHY FINK & MARCY MARXER- Redwinged Blackbird (David Francey)
Get Up and Do Right (Community Music)
CRY CRY CRY: DAR WILLIAMS, LUCY KAPLANSKY & RICHARD SHINDELL- Cold Missouri Waters (James Keelaghan)
Cry Cry Cry (Razor & Tie)

VINCE MARTIN & FRED NEIL- Morning Dew (Bonnie Dobson)
Tear Down the Walls (Elektra)
GRACE GRIFFITH- Wondering Where the Lions Are (Bruce Cockburn)
Minstrel Song (Blix Street)
ERIC ANDERSEN- More Often Than Not (David Wiffen)
Blue River Live in Tokyo (EARecords)
JENNIFER WARNES- You Remember Me (Jesse Winchester)
Shot Through the Heart (Arista)

PRISCILLA HERDMAN- Wood River (Connie Kaldor)
Darkness into Light (Flying Fish)
TOM RUSH- Old Man's Song (Murray McLauchlan)
Tom Rush/Wrong End of the Rainbow (BGO)
JANE VOSS & HOYLE OSBORNE- Having a Drink with Jane (Shelley Posen)
Sparkle and Shine (Front Hall)

THE STAPLE SINGERS- The Weight (Robbie Robertson)
Stax Profiles (Stax)

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Mike Regenstreif

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