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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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Songs of – or inspired by – the Civil Rights Movement is this week’s #StrangerSongs theme on #CKCU. Hear the show anytime at this link.

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#HarryBelafonte #MavisStaples #NinaSimone #Kim&ReggieHarris #Odetta #JoanBaez #BobDylan #PeterPaul&Mary #SamCooke #PeteSeeger
Songs of – or inspired by – the Civil Rights Movement - Stranger Songs - 2026-02-10
The theme on this edition of Stranger Songs is Songs of – or inspired by – the Civil Rights Movement. Pictured: Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. at the March On Washington, August 28, 1963. An excerp...
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February 10, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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A Tribute to #JackieWashington (1919-2009) was today’s #StrangerSongs theme on #CKCU and you can hear the show any tine at this link.

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#EllaFitzgerald #AndrewsSisters #LeonRedbone #KatyMoffatt #CathyFink&MarcyMarxer #DannyBarker #HotSardines #LeonRedbone #ColinLinden
February 3, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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#InternationalHolocaustRemembranceDay was this week’s #StrangerSongs theme on #CKCU. You can hear the show anytime at this link.

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#YiddishGlory #LeonardCohen #BeneathWhiteStars #LenkaLichtenberg #NoelPaulStookey #TimGrimm #TheodoreBikel #PerlaBatalla #FrankLondon
International Holocaust Remembrance Day - Stranger Songs - 2026-01-27
The theme on this edition of Stranger Songs is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Click on LISTEN NOW to hear this show. Click on LISTEN to hear the current CKCU broadcast.
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January 27, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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I hosted Saturday Morning in #CKCU and you can hear the show anytime at this link.

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#WoodyGuthrie #DavidAmram #MariaDunn #JesseWinchester #TomRussell #AmySpeace #TomPaxton #PeteSeeger #Ramblin'JackElliott #BonnieDobson #JohnGorka #LucyKaplansky #DavidFrancet & more,
January 24, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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Duets was this week’s #StrangerSongs theme on #CKCU.

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#Odetta&Dr.John #PriscillaHerdman&UtahPhillips #ArloGuthrie&PeteSeeger #TomRussell&IanTyson #TomPaxton&JohnMcCutcheon #AnneHills&JohnGorka #JenniferWarnes&LeonardCohen & more.
January 20, 2026 at 9:27 PM
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Today on #StrangerSongs on #CKCU, I revisited the songs from Lightfoot! by #GordonLightfoot, released 60 years ago in January 1966, and from #Kate&AnnaMcGarrigle, released 50 years ago in January 1976.

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January 13, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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Remembering #TimWilliams, #RaulMalo, #SteveCropper and #JoeEly was this week’s #StrangerSongs theme on #CKCU and you can hear the show anytime at this link.

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#OtisRedding #StapleSingers #JesseWinchester #Ramblin’JackElliott #TomRussell #Flatlanders #JamesTalley
January 6, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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My top 10 folk albums of 2025 is the theme for this week’s edition of #StrangerSongs on #CKCU. Hear the show anytime at this link.

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#DavidAmram #ElizaGilkyson #TimGrimm #AnneHills #JohnGorka #MariaDunn #WoodyGuthrie #JohnMcCutcheon #MaryChapinCarpenter #SuzyThompson
December 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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I hosted #SaturdayMorning today on #CKCU and you can hear the show anytime at this link.

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#MariaDunn #JesseWinchester #Kate&AnnaMcGarrigle #WoodyGuthrie #DavidAmram #TimGrimm #TomRussell #BonnieDobson #OritShimoni #AnneHills #JohnGorka #BillMorrissey #AmySpeace
40 songs for the last Saturday morning of 2025 - Saturday Morning - 2025-12-27
Mike Regenstreif hosts this edition of Saturday Morning featuring 40 songs for the last Saturday morning of 2025. Pictured: Mike Regenstreif & Maria Dunn at CKCU after Maria visited the Saturday Morn...
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December 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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A #Christmas concert with #Odetta & Other Songs for the Holiday is this week’s #StrangerSongs theme on #CKCU. Hear the show anytime at this link.

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#Maggie’sWake #ChaimTannenbaum #GoodLovelies #ErikFrandsen #ShelleyPosen #RosalieSorrels #StanRogers #DavidMassengill
A Christmas Concert with Odetta and More Songs for the Holiday - Stranger Songs - 2025-12-23
The theme on this edition of Stranger Songs is A Christmas Concert with Odetta and More Songs for the Holiday. Click on LISTEN NOW to hear this show. Click on LISTEN to hear the current CKCU broadcas...
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December 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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A #Hanukkah Concert with #NefeshMountain and More Songs for the Holiday was today’s #StrangerSongs theme on #CKCU.

Hear the show anytime at this link.

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#Klezmatics #ShelleyPosen #ShortSisters #Finjan #Socalled #Frank London’sKlezmerBrassAllstars #SONiAdisappearFear
A Hanukkah Concert with Nefesh Mountain and More Songs for the Holiday - Stranger Songs - 2025-12-16
The theme on this edition of Stranger Songs is A Hanukkah Concert with Nefesh Mountain and More Songs for the Holiday. Click on LISTEN NOW to hear this show. Click on LISTEN to hear the current CKCU ...
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December 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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The Dark is this week’s #StrangerSongs theme on #CKCU. You can hear the show anytime at this link.

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#GuyClark #SteelRail #KateCampbell #AnaEgge #ArloGuthrie #ElizaGilkyson #CarolineDoctorow #EricAndersen #LeonardCohen #TomRussell #JohnnyCash #CarrieNewcomer
The Dark - Stranger Songs - 2025-12-09
The theme on this edition of Stranger Songs is The Dark. Click on LISTEN NOW to hear this show. Click on LISTEN to hear the current CKCU broadcast.
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December 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Many Rivers to Cross was the #StrangerSongs theme this week on #CKCU. You can hear the show anytime at this link.

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#JimmyCliff #TomRussell #SteelRail #PeterPaul&Mary #BillStaines #TomPaxton #ElizaGilkyson #MasonDaring&JeanieStahl #JamesKeelaghan #Sheesham&Lotus&Son
Many Rivers to Cross - Stranger Songs - 2025-12-02
The theme on this edition of Stranger Songs is Many Rivers to Cross. Click on LISTEN NOW to hear this show. Click on LISTEN to hear the current CKCU broadcast.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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I hosted #SaturdayMorning today on #CKCU and you can hear the show anytime at this link.

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#JesseWinchester #GordonLightfoot #JoniMitchell #WoodyGuthrie #DavidAmram #Klezmatics
#MichaelSmith #TomRussell #JohnGorka #TimGrimm #LynnMiles #MavisStaples #MariaDunn
November 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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If It Wasn’t for the Work of #TheWeavers was this week’s theme on #StrangerSongs on #CKCU. Hear the show anytime at this link.

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#WoodyGuthrie #LeadBelly #BruceSpringsteen #PerlaBatalla #ArloGuthrie #Ramblin'JackElliott #PeterPaul&Mary #Kim&ReggieHarris #Odetta
If It Wasn’t for the Work of The Weavers - Stranger Songs - 2025-11-25
The theme on this edition of Stranger Songs is If It Wasn’t for the Work of The Weavers. Click on LISTEN NOW to hear this show. Click on LISTEN to hear the current CKCU broadcast.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Toms, Dicks & Harrys is the theme this week on #StrangerSongs on #CKCU. Hear the show anytime at this link.

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#TomRussell #DickConnette #HarryBelafonte #TomPaxton #DickHyman #HarryManx #TomMitchell #DickCurless #HarryChapin #TomChapin #DickNolan #HarryNilsson
#TomWaits
November 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Happy 95th Birthday to mentor and friend of more than 51 years, and one the great wonders of the music world, the Maestro: #DavidAmram.
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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#RemembranceDay and Remembering #ArchieFisher were the #StrangerSongs themes today on #CKCU and you can hear the show anytime at this link.

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#GarnetRogers #EricBogle #BobbyWatt #PriscillaHerdman #EvaCassidy #StanRogers #MariaDunn #BillStaines #RedHorse #JimmyRankin
November 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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I hosted the #CKCU funding drive edition of #StrangerSongs today and you can hear the show now, or anytime, by visiting this link and clicking on “Listen Now.”

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The theme is Conversation and Songs with #ConnieKaldor. You’ll hear my conversation with Connie and 11 of her songs.
CKCU Funding Drive Week 2: Conversation and Songs with Connie Kaldor - Stranger Songs - 2025-11-04
The theme on this CKCU Funding Drive Edition of Stranger Songs is Conversation and Songs with Connie Kaldor. The photo of me and Connie Kaldor was taken in 2015. Click on LISTEN NOW to hear this sho...
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November 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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I hosted the #CKCU funding drive edition of #SaturdayMorning today and you can hear the show anytime at this link.

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#JudyCollins #JesseWinchester #AnneHills #DaveVanRonk #JohnGorka #Odetta #TimGrimm #ElizaGilkyson #Ian&Sylvia #GretchenPeters #AlisonBrown&SteveMartin
November 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Remembering #BobFranke and #DannyThompson was this week’s theme on a #CKCU funding drive edition of #StrangerSongs.

Hear the show anytime at this link.

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#StanRogers #Kim&ReggieHarris #NoelPaulStookey #GarnetRogers #Pentangle #MarianneFaithfull #JuneTabor #EricBibb
October 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Songs I’ve heard #MissyBurgess Sing was the #StrangerSongs theme this week on #CKCU. Hear the show anytime at this link.

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#Po’Girl #Odetta #PennyLang #MaryGauthier #RosanneCash #KimmieRhodes #WillieNelson #JayLinden #MichaelBurgess #SteveEarle #MadeleinePeyroux
Songs I’ve Heard Missy Burgess Sing - Stranger Songs - 2025-10-21
The theme this week on Stranger Songs is Songs I’ve Heard Missy Burgess Sing. The photo of me and Missy Burgess was taken in 2014. Click on LISTEN NOW to hear this show. Click on LISTEN to hear the ...
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October 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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#TheDutchman and Other Songs of #MichaelSmith was this week’s theme on #StrangerSongs on #CKCU. Hear the show anytime at this link.

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#AnneHills #JamieO’Reilly #TomRush #SteveGoodman #TomRussell #BonnieKoloc #JohnGorka #Skyline #JoshWhiteJr #BarbaraBarrow
The Dutchman and Songs of Michael Smith (1941-2020) - Stranger Songs - 2025-10-14
The theme this week on Stranger Songs is The Dutchman and Songs of Michael Smith (1941-2020). The photo of me and Michael Smith was taken in 2014. Click on LISTEN NOW to hear this show. Click on LIS...
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October 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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#WhoByFire: Live Tribute to #LeonardCohen was this week’s #StrangerSongs theme on #CKCU.

You can hear the show anytime, at this link.

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#FirstAidKit #NinaZanjani #MaiaHansson-Bergqvist #FridaHyvönen #LoneyDear #JesperLindell #MajaFrancis #AnnikaNorlin
Who By Fire: Live Tribute to Leonard Cohen - Stranger Songs - 2025-10-07
The theme this week on Stranger Songs is Who By Fire: Live Tribute to Leonard Cohen. Click on LISTEN NOW to hear this show. Click on LISTEN to hear the current CKCU broadcast.
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October 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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I hosted the Saturday Morning show today on CKCU and you can hear the show anytime at this link.

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#JesseWinchester #StanRogers #JoanBaez #Kate&AnnaMcGarrigle #TomRussell #ElizaGilkyson #LouisArmstrong #ConnieKaldor #PeterPaul&Mary #EvaCassidy #AnneHills #Ian&Sylvia
October 4, 2025 at 1:06 PM