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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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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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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 #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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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
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Songs and Conversation with author #DavidEisenstadt and Riding in My Car are the themes this week on #StrangerSongs on #CKCU. You can hear the show anytime at this link…

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#WoodyGuthrie #MoeKoffman #JoniMitchell #BruceSpringsteen #ConnieKaldor #HansTheessink
September 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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I hosted #StrangerSongs today on #CKCU and you hear the show anytime at this link.

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The theme is #1965 and you’ll hear music released 60 years ago.

#Byrds #Beatles #Donovan #RollingStones #TomPaxton #JoanBaez #JudyCollins #Mimi&RichardFariña #ArethaFranklin #BBKing
June 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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#Dreams was the theme for today’s edition of #StrangerSongs on #CKCU. You can hear the show anytime at this link.

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#BobDylan #ElizaGilkyson #TomRussell #GarnetRogers #PriscillaHerdman #EricBogle #JimmyLaFave #Lovin'Spoonful #JohnStewart #BetteMidler #PuppiniSisters
June 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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I hosted #StrangerSongs today on #CKCU and you can hear the show anytime at this link.

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The theme is “Songs of this kind should not need to be sung” with guest #MarkRubinJewOfOklahoma.

#BruceMurdoch #TomPaxton #JohnMcCutcheon #RhiannonGiddens #DianaJones #JamesTalley
May 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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I hosted #StrangerSongs today on #CKCU and you can hear the show anytime at this link.

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The theme is Variations on #Hallelujah & it’s not only about the #LeonardCohen song.

#Roches #PeterPaul&Mary #JudyCollins #RayCharles #k.d.lang #LucyKaplansky #SONiAdisappearFear
May 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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I hosted #SaturdayMorning on #CKCU and you can hear the show anytime at this link.

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#JesseWinchester #PriscillaHerdman #EricAndersen #SuzyThompson #LeonardCohen #PerlaBatalla #RhiannonGiddens #TimGrimm #BettyeLaVette #TimHardin #KeithSykes #GarnetRogers #TomMitchell
May 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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The #Banjo Special was today’s theme on #StrangerSongs on #CKCU and you can hear the show anytime at this link.

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#DocWatson #Kate&AnnaMcGarrigle #JohnHartford #PeteSeeger #CathyFink #RhiannonGiddens #GillianWelch #BélaFleck #AbigailWashburn #TonyTrischka #SteveMartin
May 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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I hosted Stranger Songs today on CKCU and you can hear the show anytime at this link.

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The theme is “Dublin Blues” and Other Songs of #GuyClark.

#NanciGriffith #JerryJeffWalker #Ramblin’JackElliott #JohnnyCash #WillieNelson #JohnPrine #EmmylouHarris #SteveEarle
April 29, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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I hosted #StrangerSongs today on #CKCU and you can hear the show anytime at this link and clicking on “Listen Now.”

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The theme is Songs for #EarthDay.

#TomPaxton #LynnMiles #MalvinaReynolds #PeteSeeger #Kim&ReggieHarris #JohnMcCutcheon #DaveCarter&TracyGrammer
April 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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I hosted #StrangerSongs today on #CKCU and you can hear the show anytime at this link.

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The theme is All God’s Critters Got a Place in the Choir.

#BillStaines #JamesTalley #PriscillaHerdman #RosalieSorrels #TomRussell #Odetta #DaveVanRonk #JamesKeelaghan
April 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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I hosted Stranger Songs today on CKCU and you can hear the show anytime at this link.

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The themes are Remembering #JesseColinYoung #AprilFoolsDay.

#Youngbloods #ShelSilverstein #Bowser&Blue #ChristineLavin #SteveMartin #DaveVanRonk #MartinMull #JohnPrine
April 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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I hosted Stranger Songs today on CKCU and you can hear the show anytime at this link.

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The themes are Songs of Laura Nyro and Bringing It All Back Home Revisited (marking the 60th anniversary of the release of Bob Dylan’s BIABH).

#LauraNyro #BobDylan
March 25, 2025 at 8:09 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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#GarnetRogers #Kate&AnnaMcGarrigle #DaveVanRonk #RosalieSorrels #LeonardCohen #PerlaBatalla #NEeMA #RhiannonGiddens #TimGrimm #JohnMcCutcheon #TomPaxton #LucyKaplansky
March 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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I hosted #StrangerSongs today on #CKCU and you can hear the show now or anytime at this link.

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The themes are Remembering #RobertaFlack and A Tribute to #FatsDomino.

#NorahJones #TajMahal #GeorgeBenson #LucindaWilliams #BruceCockburn #PaulMcCartney #Dr.John
March 4, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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I hosted #StrangerSongs today on #CKCU and you can hear the show now, or anytime at this link.

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The theme is A Tribute to #NinaSimone and you’ll hear Nina Simone & others. #OscarBrown #TomRussell #SusanWerner #Odetta #RufusWainwright #JanisIan #WillieNelson #Ledisi.
February 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Songs from #Gullah Traditions is the theme for the next edition of #StrangerSongs on #CKCU.

Hear the show now, or anytime, at this link.

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#BessieJones #GeorgiaSeaIslandSingers #ReggieHarris #KenWhiteley #RankyTanky #DavidRea #JaymeStone #JohnDavis #BruceSpringsteen
February 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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#FourStrongWinds is the theme for the next edition of #StrangerSongs on #CKCU.

Hear the show now, or anytime, at this link.

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Or tune in at 93.1 FM in Ottawa on Tuesday February 11 from 3:30-5 pm (ET).

#JesseWinchester #BruceCockburn #DavidAmram #PriscillaHerdman
February 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Remembering #JaneMcGarrigle and #GarthHudson are the themes for the next edition of #StrangerSongs on #CKCU.

Hear the show anytime at this link.

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Or tune in at 93.1 FM in Ottawa on Tues. Feb. 4, 3:30-5 pm (ET).

#Kate&AnnaMcGarrigle #GarthHudson #TheBand
January 31, 2025 at 8:46 PM