Buffy Sainte Marie's Album, Power In The Blood Wins The Polaris Prize

Here's her recitation of the lyrics and message of Carry It On, the song that closes the album.

Also: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/habits-of-highly-successful-people-buffy-sainte-marie/article19049892/

JULION'S REGGAE LANE CELEBRATION REVIEW ON 19TH SEPTEMBER 2015

My friend Julion King will be describing for you the historical events of last Saturday when Canada became the first country in the world to acknowledge the cultural real estate value of a community that birthed conditions for the cultivation of true reggae artists. From his blog comes the following text. For photos and more detail, please visit him here: http://www.canadianreggaeworld.com/blog/julions-reggae-lane-celebration-review-on-19th-september-2015

Grateful

That is what I feel about how the Reggae Lane celebration on Saturday 19th September, 2015 went.  The greetings of long time brethrens and sistrens who travelled a long road together, some not seeing each other for over two decades hugged and greeted each other with such love!  Those moments trumped any thoughts that I might have had in regards to whether the RL initiative was a good idea or not as it pertained to the supposedly controversial location.

Reggae

Reggae won on this day!  I got to witness the pure LOVE these veterans felt and the fact that many were able to speak on the microphone and share their day in the sun.

Overcast skies, heavy downpour that threatened to hang around all day yet I knew that all was well.  Turned the corner in the parking lot and saw folks milling around under tents seemingly thinking that the day was lost.  The clouds relaxed and we had our reggae day.

Blue tarps covering all of the musical equipment and stage donated by Sunshine Sound, Mr. Warren Webley protecting his generous gift of equipment for the event as well as the labour to set up and pull down after the days’ festivities was over.  Lots of detractors flapping their gums yet efforts like Sunshine’s must be mentioned as he selflessly aided the event’s success.  Forever grateful Papa Shine!  Even though all of the politicking and stress you put the community and the music first.  Bless Jay  Douglas for taking the time and asking Sunshine for his support.

Honour

What must it feel like to be honored among your peers, Toronto reggae fans and even the world?  Couldn’t tell you what it feels like but I can show you what it looked like.  Look at the faces of the veterans!

Disregard-ism

The story of Reggae Lane got covered by The Metro News, The Jamaica Star, Tuff Gong Worldwide as well as The Toronto Star yet NO ONE from the Canadian music scene was there.  NONE!  They never are and never will be!

Who wasn’t there?  There were no music people!  Sony, Emi, Warner, Attic (don’t think that they still exist), Universal Music, Much Music, Juno committee, CRTC,  or any other relevant sources that lets one know that they are a part of the music industry.  None were present!  Their ability to discard reggae’s involvement, input, showcasing is normal Canadian music industry behavior.  On top of fighting the crabs within our own industry, we face disregard from the so called Canadian music industry.

Yet as I have always mentioned, we DO NOT NEED VALIDATION FROM ANYONE!  I already know my worth and that of reggae music worldwide so I respect and thank Councillor Josh Colle greatly for recognizing the importance of reggae’s contribution to Canada, preserving it through the naming of Reggae Lane and what we as the fans and participants do with it going forward is totally on us.

Another moment of glee was when Fergus Hambleton held the microphone and free-styled on a riddim.  The place went crazy!  Lots of folks went up to him afterward and asked him who he was....lmaooooooo!!!!  This humble lead singer of The Sattalites answered graciously and moved on to the next.  For those who don't know, The Sattalites have been performing at The Orbit Room, 580a College Street west weekly, for over a decade now.  EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT!

Reggae Futures

What do we do with Reggae Lane going forward?  How do we get an opportunity to use this leverage that has been bestowed upon us and promote the music properly from within colonial Canada?  How do we use the Lane and that parking lot effectively in the years to come?  Tourists from around the world are already headed to Reggae Lane to snap photos with the mural.  I challenge us the fans and the reggae participants to step up our game even in the face of blatant disregard from the powers that be,  Reggae music is needed more in this country and in this time on the planet as is evidenced by reggae's popularity worldwide

Reggae music does not care where the good hearts are...it just goes there.

Support Toronto / Canadian Reggae... Buy Reggae Lane

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Playlist For Show Of 18 September

San Leykz California ~ Google Earth

Commissioner of Selection: Paul Corby

( Brought To You by Appetizements, Entice-icles and Come-Giv'er Stares.)

Guests ~ Lisa Olafson, Suzie McKenney and Alison Porter of Dirty Dishes

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

Canadians in Asterisk’d RED.

5:00 Coming To The Crunch

Joan Armatrading ~ Show Some Emotion ~@ Massey Hall Wednesday 3 October

* Melanie Fiona ~ Teach Him ~ The Bridge @ Manifesto Festival Saturday













* Retrocity ~ Never Surrender ~ Mixtape
 NEW DISK~ CD release @ The Mod Club Tuesday 29 Sept. and on Corby's Orbit next Friday 6:30 p.m.

* The Young Novelists ~ What Lies Ahead ~ made us strangers NEW DISK ~ CFMA NOMINEE


5:20 Several Stories Up

Punch Brothers ~ Julep ~ The Phosphorescent Blues ~ @ TURF Festival Sunday

* Jack Marks ~ Wicked Moon ~ Wicked Moon NEW DISK~ CD Release @ The Cameron tonight

Buffy Ste.-Marie ~ UB40's Our Own Song ~ Power In The Blood POLARIS PRIZE NOMINEE ~ UB40 @ TURF tonight

5:40 Rocksmiths

Jimi Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) ~ Highway Chile ~ Are You Experienced (Deluxe Edition)

The Perpetrators ~ The Guess Who's  Hang On To Your Life ~ Guess Who's Home ~ Share The Land ~ A Guess Who Tribute @ Hugh's Room Friday & Saturday

 * Paul James ~ Red Hot Mama ~ La Vie En Bleu @ The Cadillac Lounge Saturday

Lucinda Williams ~ Atonement ~ World Without Tears ~ @ TURF Saturday

6:00 Lip Sinks

* Dirty Dishes ~ Midnight Fire / Interview / Rocky Top (live) / Won't Come Back (live) / Evangeline (live) ~ And Stay Out NEW DISK 

CD release @ The Burdock Sunday night 

6:20  Chants Of Asylum

Fanfarai ~ Saissi ~ Tani    http://smallworldmusic.com/small-world-music-festival/

Tabla Beat Science ~ Palmistry ~ Tala Matrix ~Toronto Tabla Ensemble @ Harbourfront

Center

* Vandana Vishwas ~ Dandiya ~ Meera / The Lover ~ @ Lyrics Music Bar, 50 Cumberland Street, as part of Latin-Afro-South Asian Festival.


6:40 Con-song-uinity

* Julie Doiron ~ Our Love ~ So Many Days ~ @ Bloor-Ossington Folk Festival Sunday 9 p.m.

* Braids ~ Sore Eyes ~ Deep In The Iris ~ POLARIS PRIZE NOMINEE @ Lee's Palace Tuesday 22 Sept.

* Harley Card ~ Smutty Twig Men / Toronto Music Listings ~ Hedgerow ~ @ The Rex Tuesdays at 6:30

* Jim Bryson ~ Sleeping In Toronto ~ The North Side Benches ~ @ T.U.R,F Saturday 3:15

UB40 In Toronto ~ Toronto Urban Roots Festival

UB40 presented, represented and transcended at TURF in Toronto tonight. Ali Campbell OWNED "Many Rivers To Cross". I wasn't ready and they blew me away.

Get Out Your Scrubbers And Grease Cutters. There Will Be Dirty Dishes.

Suzy Lisa & Ali will be on hand to dish the dirt on growing up acoustic, trio dynamics and appropriate use of plate rails. Plus a live performance.

 At 6:00, the dinner hour will begin with a course of Dirty Dishes.

In Orbit.
Inevitably.

http://www.dirty-dishes.ca/

Reggae Lane Open To The World This Saturday - You Come Too

Photo By Junyah Lee

Playlist For Show of 9/11 2015

Commissioner of Selection: Paul Corby

( Brought To You by Disaster Masterpiece, Tactical Impact & Strategic Tragedy )

Guest ~ Kim Beggs

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

Canadians in Asterisk’d RED.

5:00 Vulnera-silience

Shelly Poole ~ Totally Underwater ~ Sundown - Music For Unwinding

* Sarah MacDougall ~ Sparrowhead ~ Grand Canyon NEW DISK  CFMA NOMINEE 

* Fake Tears ~ You Want The Light ~ Nightshifting @ The Holy Oak Tuesday NEW DISK

* Mimi Oz ~ Tickle My Berry ~ Men Who Never Loved Me @ The Cameron tonight NEW DISK

* Kiran Ahluwalia ~ Hayat ~ Sanata / Stillness @ Flato Markham Theatre April, 2016 NEW DISK CFMA NOMINEE

(Mural by James Bullough)

5:20 Kim Positions

* Jack Marks ~  Wicked Moon NEW DISK ~ CD release @ The Cameron, Friday 18 Sept. 10 p.m.

* Kim Beggs ~ Interview  / Mermaid Song (live) / Not Only Only From The Whiskey (live) / Blowing Kisses (live) @ The Cameron Thursday 17 Sept. 6-8 p.m.

Photo by Kim Beggs >>>>>>>>>>>

5:40  Infinite Epiphanies

* Retrocity ~ You're The Voice ~ Mixtape NEW DISK ~ CD release @ The Mod Club Tuesday 29 Sept. and on Corby's Orbit 25 Sept. 6 p.m.

John Adams ~ Ensemble Modern / Sian Edwards ~ A Final Shaking ~ Shaker Loops 

* Bombadils ~  Where Will This Prayer Go?  ~ Grassy Roads, Wandering Feet ~ @ Toronto Music Garden Sunday 4 p.m.

* The Sweet Lowdown  ~ Fallout  ~ Chasing The Sun NEW DISK CFMA NOMINEE

6:00 Totality Of Tonality

Spragga Benz ~ Some Bwy ~ Reggae Hits vol 34 @ Revival Saturday for Dancehall Turnt Up : The Rewind Edition

Èlage Diouf  feat. Jordan Officer ~ Tay ~ Melokaane NEW DISK 

* Murray Porter ~ The Way She Luvs Me ~ Songs Lived & Life Played ~ @ Fraternal Order Of Eagles Sunday 5-8 p.m.

Janet Jackson ~ Together Again (Jimmy Jam Deep Remix) ~ @ ACC Tuesday for Unbreakable World Tour

6:20 Pillow Shock

* Brian Blain (born 11 September, in the 20th Century) ~ The Ghost Of Clinton's Tavern ~ New Folk Blues 2.0 

Duke Robillard ~ World Of Blues ~  World Full Of Blues (Stony Plain) ~ @ Southside Shuffle Port Credit this weekend

Shemekiah Copeland ~ Drivin' Out Of Nashville ~ Outskirts Of The Blues (Alligator) NEW DISK

Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels ~ We'll Sweep Out The Ashes ~ Live 1973 ~ Tribute To Gram Parsons @ The Linsmore tonight

* Garnet Rogers ~ Music In Your Eyes ~ Garnet Rogers (Snow Goose 1984) @ The Great Hall Monday 14 Sept.

Miles Davis Quintet ~ Bye Bye Blackbird ~ Round About Midnight / Toronto music listings ~ Tribute To Miles Davis Quintets @ Monarch Tavern tonight

Ani Difranco ~ Self Evident ~ Sounds Of Dissent ~ @ The Great Hall Monday

Ani Difranco - Self Evident (Section) 

(inspired by the WTC disaster)

yes,
us people are just poems
we're 90% metaphor
with a leanness of meaning
approaching hyper-distillation
and once upon a time
we were moonshine
rushing down the throat of a giraffe
yes, rushing down the long hallway
despite what the p.a. announcement says
yes, rushing down the long stairs
with the whiskey of eternity
fermented and distilled
to eighteen minutes
burning down our throats
down the hall
down the stairs
in a building so tall
that it will always be there
yes, it's part of a pair
there on the bow of Noah's ark
the most prestigious couple
just kickin back parked
against a perfectly blue sky
on a morning beatific
in its Indian summer breeze
on the day that America
fell to its knees
after strutting around for a century
without saying thank you
or please

and the shock was subsonic
and the smoke was deafening
between the setup and the punch line
'cause we were all on time for work that day
we all boarded that plane for to fly
and then while the fires were raging
we all climbed up on the windowsill
and then we all held hands
and jumped into the sky