The Canadian Folk Music Awards Nominees for 2015 Have Just Been Announced.

The year's most important annual event for roots / trad and new / rad music in Canada has just kicked off today.

This year's ceremony, at Edmonton's Citadel Theatre on November 8, will be hosted by 

Connie Kaldor and Benoit Bourque. You will be hearing much of this music on Corby's Orbit over the next two months. 

Music in rose text has been programmed already. I am gathering more, currently, and I'm ready to share.

Young Performer of the Year:

Robbie Bankes - Through February Snow

Coastline - Coastline

Rebecca Lappa - Tattered Rose

Mira Meikle - MIRA

Benjamin Dakota Rogers - Strong Man's Address to the Circus Crowd

New/Emerging Artist of the Year:

Crooked Brothers - Thank You I'm Sorry

Fortunate Ones - The Bliss

The Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer - A Real Fine Mess

The River and the Road - Headlights

The Young Novelists - made us strangers

Oliver Schroer Pushing the Boundaries Award:

Kevin Breit - Ernesto and Delilah

The Jerry Cans- Aakuluk

The Shoeless - The Shoeless
Dana Sipos - Roll Up the Night Sky

Whitehorse - Leave No Bridge Unburned

  

English Songwriter of the Year:

Catherine Allan and Andrew James O'Brien - The Bliss (Fortunate Ones)

Jon Brooks - The Smiling and Beautiful Countryside (Jon Brooks)

Amelia Curran - They Promised You Mercy (Amelia Curran)

Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland - Leave No Bridge Unburned (Whitehorse)

Jenn Grant - Compostela (Jenn Grant)

French Songwriter of the Year:

Jocelyne Baribeau - Entre toi et moi (Jocelyne Baribeau)

Louis-Jean Cormier -  Les grandes artères (Louis-Jean Cormier)

Benoit Pinette - Panorama (Tire le Coyote)

Dany Placard - Santa Maria (Dany Placard)

Geneviève Toupin - Willows (Willows)

The Aboriginal Songwriter of the Year:

Miranda Currie - Up in the Air (Miranda Currie)

The Jerry Cans - Aakuluk (The Jerry Cans)

Raven Kanatakta and ShoShona Kish - For the Light (Digging Roots)

Buffy Sainte-Marie - Power in the Blood (Buffy Sainte-Marie)

Laura Vinson and Free Spirit - Warrior (Laura Vinson and Free Spirit)

World Group of the Year:

Ayrad - Ayrad

Alex Cuba - Healer

Lemon Bucket Orkestra - Moorka

Monsoon - Mandala

Ventanas- Arrelumbre

World Solo Artist of the Year:
  
Kiran Ahluwalia - Sanata: Stillness
Jean-François Bélanger - Les vents orfèvres
Elage - Diame
Emmanuel Jal - The Key
Wagner Petrilli - Confissão
   

Traditional Album of the Year:

Matthew Byrne - Hearts & Heroes

Le Vent du Nord - Têtu

Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy - ONE

Pharis & Jason Romero - A Wanderer I'll Stay

Jayme Stone - Jayme Stone's Lomax Project

  

Traditional Singer of the Year:

Michael Jerome Browne - Sliding Delta

Matthew Byrne - Hearts & Heroes

Tamar Ilana - Arrelumbre by Ventanas

Annie Lou - Tried and True

Pharis Romero - A Wanderer I'll Stay (Pharis and Jason Romero)

Contemporary Album of the Year:

Jon Brooks - The Smiling and Beautiful Countryside

Jenn Grant - Compostela

Catherine MacLellan - The Raven's Sun

The Once - Departures

Gabrielle Papillon - The Tempest of Old

  

Contemporary Singer of the Year:

Amelia Curran - They Promised You Mercy

Peter Katz - We Are the Reckoning

Sarah MacDougall - Grand Canyon

Catherine MacLellan - The Raven's Sun

Jory Nash - The Many Hats of Jory Nash

Instrumental Group of the Year:

Coastline - Coastline

Shane Cook and Jake Charron - Head to Head

Lemon Bucket Orkestra - Moorka

Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy - ONE

Monsoon - Mandala

Instrumental Solo Artist of the Year:

Jean-François Bélanger - Les vents orfèvres

Adrianna Ciccone - The Back of Winter

Nick Hornbuckle - 12x2(+/-1)

Patti Kusturok - Milestone

Wendy MacIsaac -  Off the Floor

Vocal Group of the Year:

Fortunate Ones - The Bliss

Good Lovelies - Burn The Plan

The Lucky Sisters - So Lucky

Pharis & Jason Romero - A Wanderer I'll Stay

The Young Novelists - made us strangers

Ensemble of the Year:

Big Little Lions - A Little Frayed, a Little Torn

The Once - Departures

Jayme Stone - Jayme Stone's Lomax Project

The Sweet Lowdown - Chasing the Sun

Whitehorse - Leave No Bridge Unburned  

Solo Artist of the Year:

Michael Jerome Browne - Sliding Delta

Amelia Curran - They Promised You Mercy

Lizzy Hoyt - New Lady on the Prairie

Catherine MacLellan - The Raven's Sun

Oh Susanna - Namedropper

Children's Album of the Year:

Ginalina - Forest Friends' Nature Club Album

Henri Godon - La vie rêvée!

Hilary Grist - Tomorrow is a Chance to Start Over

Stella Swanson - I'm Not a Bunny

The Swinging Belles - More Sheep, Less Sleep

Producer of the Year:

Daniel Ledwell - Compostela (Jenn Grant)

Jory Nash, Chris Stringer - The Many Hats of Jory Nash (Jory Nash)

Les Cooper - Burn The Plan (Good Lovelies)

Murray Pulver, Dave Zeglinski, Steve Bell - Pilgrimage (Steve Bell)

Pharis & Jason Romero, David Travers-Smith - A Wanderer I'll Stay (Pharis & Jason Romero)

Playlist For Show Of 4 September

Commissioner of Selection: Paul Corby

( Brought To You by Jugglery Veins, Trapeze Tendencies and High Wire Facts  )

5-7 p.m. Fridays online http://www.radioregent.com/ and at tunein.com .  

Canadians in Asterisk’d RED.

5:00 Contempretations

Gerald Wilson ~ Milestones ~ New York New Sound (2003)

Galactic ~ Black Eyed Pea ~ Late For The Future (2000)

Pizzicato Five ~ Magic Carpet Ride ~ Made In U.S.A. (1994)

* The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer ~ Tea For Two ~ A Real Fine Mess @ The Horseshoe Thursday 10 Sept. & @ Hamilton James Street Supercrawl Sunday 13 Sept. 3 p.m.

* Snake River ~ Hours IV / Don't Want To Wake You ~ Songs From An Adjacent Room ~ NEW DISK @ The Horseshoe next Friday 11 Sept.

                                                                                  Miniature Diorama by Tatsuya Tanaka

* Soul Motivators ~ La Garonne ~ Free To Believe ~ @ Hot & Spicy Food Festival Saturday 8-9 p.m.

* Retrocity ~ Rise Up / At The Feet Of The Moon ~ Mixtape NEW DISK ~ CD Release @ The Mod Club Tuesday 29 Sept. and live on Corby's Orbit 25 Sept. 6:30

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5:30 Keening & Careening

* Alicia Hansen & Ben Brown ~ Oxidized ~ Companion NEW DISK

* Jennifer Castle ~ Like A Gun ~ Pink City POLARIS PRIZE NOMINEE

Kitty Gallagher ~ Keen For A Dead Child ~ World Library Of Folk And Primitive Music (Ireland) 

* Concealer ~ Sank ~ Feted Fetid ~ @ Toronto 13 November NEW DISK

5:45 Grace Under Fire

Shemekiah Copeland feat. Robert Randolph ~ Crossbones Beach ~ Outskirts Of Love (Alligator)  NEW DISK

Memphis Slim (September 3, 1915 – February 24, 1988) ~ Three Women Blues ~ My Man, My Woman 

Cecile McLorin Salvant ~ Something's Coming ~ For One To Love NEW DISK

6:00 Undergone But Not Forgotten

* Kim Beggs ~ Oh Boy ~ Beauty & Breaking ~ @ The Cameron House Thursdays 10 & 17 Sept.

 (Kim's 2016 Calender of crisp and evocative photos will also be available at The Cameron)

Beppe Gambetta & Tony McManus ~ Moustambeiko ~ Round Trip (Borealis) NEW DISK

Greg Brown ~ Bucket ~ The Evening Call @ Hugh's Room Saturday

* Mimi Oz ~ Bye Bye Heartbeat ~ Three Of Swords @  The Cameron House Friday 11 Sept.& @  L'Escogriffe Bar Spectacle · Montreal Saturday 12 Sept. 9 p.m. for CD Release ("Men Who Never Loved Me")

6:20 Far & Now, Here & Wide

Big Maybelle ~ Gabbin' Blues ~ Ladies Sing The Blues

Patsy Cline ~ Gotta Lotta Rhythm In My Soul ~ The Patsy Cline Collection vol. 2 
~ The Patsy Cline 10th Annual Birthday Party @ The Lula Lounge Thursday 10 Sept.

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings ~ This Land Is Your Land ~ Naturally ~ 
@ Hamilton James Street Supercrawl   ~ Saturday 12 Sept. 10:45


* Rheostatics ~ Bad Time To Be Poor ~ The Blue Hysteria 
@ The AGO Friday Saturday & Sunday with Kevin Hearn for 
Songs Inspired By The Group Of Seven

The Gerald Wilson Orchestra ~ Blues For YNA YNA / Toronto Music Listings

Gene Kelly & Donald O'Connor ~ Moses ~ Singing In The Rain Sdtrk. ~ TIFF starts 10 Sept.

Ajeet Kaur ~ In Bloom ~ At The Temple Door

The Light Of Life by Daihei Shibata

Ultra Space GIF Certificate

Graphics Interchange Format Those little bursts of ocular noise that pop up on line to bring into disturbing focus random bits of impossibility. Bitmap loops that exist halfway between a still photo and a film. They bring confusion, energy hilarity or terror to a static page. De-contextualized from their original medium, the meaning that they originally held can become enhanced or degraded. The Orbit has always included a few. Here are some from the storage chamber that I've never used.

Take A Deep Breath And Vanish

I am never "on the air", not since CKLN days; I have been "under the air", broadcasting from a basement in Regent Park's Focus Studio for the last four years. I also like to think of my mission as being "over the air" because my mandate is to transcend mundane radio programming. This Friday I will be nowhere, unless it is in a lake or a forest somewhere with fresh air. Until then enjoy this dance of air. I will be back in Orbit Friday September third at 5 p.m. I am currently working on a spectacular September series with (perhaps) Scarlett Jane, Mimi Oz, and new music galore as TURF, Polaris Prize and Small World excitements begin.

As Frank Zappa said, "You have to get into it before you get
out of it and you have to get out of it before you get into it." 

Memberz Hit The Road To Make A Hit Video For King's Highway

On a fine August Saturday morning, big wheels started to turn for Toronto's rising Neo Roots band The Memberz as we set out to make a video for our soon to be released single, King's Highway. In one day.

Brampton was our first stop, for a departure shot of the band leaving for a gig from a suburban headquarters as well-wishers sent them off in royal style.

A drone was launched. Makeup was applied. White rum and cokes were cooling in the shade. At 11:57, Roscoe asked "Is it still too early for a drink?". Around.seventeen takes later, we had loaded and unloaded the truck seventeen times, driven up and down the street ten times and gotten the neighbours totally buzzed. In three different ways. Droned, stoned and adrenalized.


Then it was time to head for Little Jamaica, in the soul of downtown T.O. Even though Rastafest was happening at Downsview Park, Eglinton West was crammed with people. We had to line up for curry goat and coco bread take-out at Randy's We then proceeded to the newly-crowned Reggae Lane to find some wasp-free shade then to load out for the next scene.

Some hard-core reggae devotees had shown up at the new mural to skank and wave with us as Mavriq sang his lyrics to the circling drone. Dons and Donnas of the community relaxed and looked on as Memberz and friends played ball and danced til our foot tun blue. Entrepreneur Julion King came along late and loaded us up with Reggae Lane Couture to wear in the next act, at a rehearsal space on Dufferin.

Here we ran through the tune as we always do before a big show, and prepped for the final concert footage.

Out front, we rushed through a cheering crowd arriving at the show. (As we always do). That's got to make you feel good. Then, in a realistically hot and cramped club setting, we played out the song fifteen times as lighters sparked  and cameras waved and cups were drained.


We watched some of the scenes back and it's obvious even now that the director and his crew have set a new high bar for Canadian reggae videos. Stay tuned for the news of a single/ video launch in late fall of 2015.

Playlist For Show Of 21 August

Commissioner of Selection: Paul Corby

( Brought To You by Snakes & Leaders, Exes & Oafs, and Bozos And Arrows )

5-7 p.m. Fridays online http://www.radioregent.com/ and at tunein.com .  

Canadians in Asterisk’d RED

5:00 Special Effectuation

* Fake Tears ~ Hearts Break Loud ~ Nightshifting (Mint) NEW DISK

* Kalle Mattson ~ Avalanche ~ Avalanche NEW DISK

Karine Polwart ~ Don`t Worry ~ Traces ~ @ Hugh`s Room Wednesday 2 September

Leaf Rapids ~ Lucky Stars ~ Lucky Stars @ Painted Lady Friday 28 August 

* Buffy Ste Marie ~ Our Own Song ~ Power In The Blood

Ed Sheeran ~ You Need Me, Don`t Need You 

* Shawna Caspi ~ Driverside ~ Apartments For Lovers @ C'est What tonight

5:30 Unstinting Approximations 

http://bluedot.ca/stories/derek-olives-blue-dot-music-cycling-tour/

* Derek Olive ~ Mystery And Dust ~ Mystery And Dust ~ @ Free Times Café Friday 28 August 

Pete Seeger ~ The Photographers ~ Circles And Seasons

* Jon Brooks ~ Worse Than Indians ~ The Smiling And Beautiful Countryside ~ @ The Cameron Thursday 27 August 6 p.m.

Devon Sproule ~ Drop By Anytime ~ Live In London

Ancient Astronauts ~ Oblivion ~ Saint - Germaine Des Prés Cafe vol. 13


6:00 Pre Luminaries

Chronixx ~ Eternal Fire ~ @ Sound Academy tonight

Leroy Sibbles (with The Heptones) ~ Choice Of Colour ~ @ The C.N.E. Thursday 27 August

Johnny Clarke ~ Easy Skankin' ~ Summer Reggae ~ @  Downsview Park Saturday for Rastafest

* Dan Mock ~ Ragged Mile ~ Miles To Morning ~ @ The Local Pub Tuesday 26 August with Kristin Kavoukian

The Kentucky Headhunters with Johnny Johnson ~ Fast Train ~ Meet Me In Bluesland (Alligator)

Memphis Slim (September 3, 1915 – February 24, 1988) ~ You Got To Help Me Some ~ Every Day I Have The Blues

Greg Brown ~ Pound It On Down ~ The Evening Call ~ @ Hugh`s Room Saturday 5 September

* Jack Marks ~ Ain`t Seen Him Lately ~ Wicked Moon NEW DISK

* Wendy McNeill ~ Owl And Boy ~  One Colour More ~ @ The Burdock  Thursday 27 August with Willow Rutherford

6:30  Divine And Conquer

Betty Carter ~ Open The Door / Let`s Fall In Love w. Harold Mabern @ The Jazz Bistro Friday & Saturday

Bill Cosby (with Harold Mabern) ~ Ursalina ~ Where You Lay your Head @ The Jazz Bistro Friday & Saturday Toronto Music Listings

Chicago ~ Got To Get You Into My Life ~ Live In '75 @ Molson Canadian Amphitheater Friday 28 August with Earth Wind And Fire