Playlist For Corby's Orbit Show Of 21 June with Mark Ripp and Cynthia Tauro

Commissioner of Selection: Paul Corby 

( Brought to you by Contageous Advantages,  Inadmissable Affluence, and Sticky Abundance)

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

Guests: Mark Ripp & Cynthia Tauro

Podcast here https://www.mixcloud.com/paul-corby/

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Canadians in Asterisk’d RED. 

5:00 Quantum Drift

Brandi Carlile ~ Hold Out Your hand ~ By The Way I Forgive You 

* Joaquin Diaz ~ Los Barberos ~ Mi Corazon 

* Amanda Martinez ~ Hey Corazon ~ Libre NEW DISK~ @ Isabel Bader Theatre Saturday for CD Launch  TDJAZZ

Junior Reid ~ One Blood ~ Massive Reggae Hits ~ @ IRIE Music Festival in Mississauga Celebration Square Saturday

5:15 Supreme Authority

Diana Ross & The Supremes ~ My World Is Empty Without You ~ Tranzition Remix ~ Motown Remixed vol. 1 / I Want A Guy ~ Meet The Supremes / My Heart Stood Still ~ The Supremes Sing Rogers and Hart ~ Diana Ross @ Sony Centre Monday 24 June





5:30 Ripp-in It Up

* Mark Ripp ~ Two Of A Kind / Lose My Way / Interview / Robots ( live ) /  Speak Your Mind (live) ~ Under The Circumstances

* Jack Marks ~ Used To Be An Outlaw ~ Wicked Moon ~ @ The Cameron House Wednesday 



6:00 El Torontonienne Tauro 

* Cynthia Tauro ~ Like That / Interview / Dancing On My Own / Cara Valente ~ Moments NEW DISK ~ @ Burdock Friday 28 June 6:30 p.m.

6:20 Concerted Efforts

* The Jessica Stuart Few ~ Same Girl ~ The Same Girl EP ~ @ Junction Train Station Saturday for the Junction Solstice Party

* Laura Repo ~ Summertime ~ This Is My Room ~ @ Dakota Monday 24 June 6 p.m.

Doris Day ~ Move Over Darling ~ 100 Years Of Cinema ~ Adi Braun sings Doris Day @ Jazz Bistro Tuesday 25 June

Cecile McLoren Salvant ~ The Trolley Song ~ For One To Love ~ @ Koerner Hall for TDJAZZ

Susheela Raman ~ Meanwhile ~ Music For Crocodiles

* Dominique Fils - Aimé ~ Nameless ~ Nameless ~ @ TDJAZZ Cumberland Mainstage Sat Jun 29 5:30pm FREE 

6:40 Shiver Drift 

* Downchild Blues Band ~ I've Got Everything I Need (Almost) ~ Downchild Live ~ @ Bloor Stage Saturday TDJAZZ

The New Mastersounds ~ So Many Pies ~ Keb Darge Presents 

The London Philharmonic ~ Roundabout ~ Symphonic Music of YES / Toronto Music Listings ~ YES @ Budweiser Stage Monday 24 June

* Beatrice Deer ~ Mali ~ My All To You ~ @ Indigenous Arts Festival tonight at Fort York

* Daniel Lanois ~ The Maker ~ Fête Nationale du Québec / Jean Baptiste Day Monday 24 June

Swinging Show Today

REVIEW: Charlotte Cornfield Whose Lyrical Shapes Radiate Sympatico

Originally published at https://www.rootsmusic.ca/

A vacuum tube glows warmly in the dark, yellow and blue, contained in a fragile membrane of blown glass, of crystal clarity, specifically curved to disperse its heat equitably, protecting the circuit board at the heart of the amplifier from spontaneous combustion. Within it, the electron sparks swirl in unobservably instantaneous lines. Charlotte Cornfield’s newest record, The Shape of Your Name, amplifies autobiographical lyrical trajectories of longing and pride, rainfall and movies, cars and dandelions, specks of toothpaste and pad thai, magnifying almost microscopic elemental memories, which would be specific enough to embarrass as mere data, until they’re arcing with meaning as her voice reloads them with emotional amplitude, dispersing their heated revelations equitably, preventing combustion.

“Yeah, that’s what some people are finding relatable,” she affirms when we speak, “the specifics of those universal emotions that people can connect to.”

Each song invents sonically cavernous spaces where Charlotte can roam in adventurous intimacy, with the piano or rhythm guitar as her anchor. Minimal vocal harmony acts as an occasional signal rectifier, and persistent looped drone effects serve as sonar, to explore in detail the inner surfaces of her social circulatory system.

“My friend [producer] Nigel Ward from Montreal – he had these visions to add some linear flow with those loops, especially on the piano songs. It all started when I was at the Banff Center, and I connected with three of the guys from Broken Social Scene, and they kind of reignited my love of music because I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do next. In particular, it was really good to work with Charles Spearin who also plays with Do Make Say Think. He’s all about getting outside of your comfort zone and trying out strange sounds.”

Song structure manipulation is another innovative course of action that she has pursued with this record. Hooks evolve into chants. Rhyme schemes are broken telephones that distort as they unfold, and endings are sudden, yet preposterously sensible. Her lyrical tactical strategy is to wrap her romantic vulnerability in a worldly-wise insouciance that charms with its good-natured equilibrium, but which is nonetheless never at rest. She seeks contact with “a non-existent world” (“Storm Clouds”), “a sudden heat piercing the dark” (“Balladeer”), or a breathless breakthrough opportunity to “get under your skin and mess with you” (“Andrew”).

The nine songs are predominantly mid-tempo ballads, with the vigorous adulting blues of “Up The Hill,” shedding the lush imagery with an abrupt energy boost, as an exception. Cornfield’s drumming (she studied jazz drums) energizes a few tracks, and her piano is almost churchy, giving the whole record a resonant anthemic feel that induces a deep empathic bond with the listener. As is evident in every skillful nuance, her decision to “quit her day job” as booker for Toronto’s impeccable pan-musical showcase, Burdock, seems to have come at the right time. Her future seems radiant with possibility.

“I think that I’m really happy with how the record is being received. I try not to have big expectations about things because I’ve been doing this for a long time. I love connecting with people through music. I just want to collaborate, write more, and to continue on this lifelong journey.”

Since its release, she has been touring as opener for inspiring Newfoundlander Tim Baker throughout the East Coast and is moving on to do the same on the West Coast very soon.

But first, there was an official launch in Toronto at The Baby G at the end of May that brought a sold-out roomful of her local peers and fans together, including artful musical

troopers Lydia Persaud and Jill Harris from The O’Pears (left), Tim Darcy of Ought, Brendan Canning, Tara Kannangara, Kevin Hearn, Christine Bougie and show opener Charise Aragoza (below),

whose laced electronic loops provided a sonic hammock for her songs and kalimba playing. Some good friends of Charlotte’s, Steven Foster, Glam Seasonand Ben Harney, brought cool banter and a calm but highly charged backdrop to the material as a band, amping up the intensity of “Andrew” and “Up The Hill” while maintaining a subtlety that hushed the room down to librarian specifications for “Balladeer” and “June.” The vivid vibes brought the intimacy of the tunes into collusion with the coziness of the room so that there was an instantaneous sympatico full of appreciative audience commentary between songs. There are many active ingredients in this music.

“Just sit back and appreciate it,” as she sings on “Up The Hill.”

Playlist for Corby's Orbit Show Of 14 June

Commissioner of Selection: Paul Corby 

( Brought to you by Awareness Caress, Heritage Musculature & Heightened Enlightenments  )

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

Guests: Jamie Kronick from Scattered Clouds & Richard Flohil

Podcast here https://www.mixcloud.com/paul-corby/

Canadians in Asterisk’d RED. 

5:00 Panaromas

* General Genius / Tresor Gray ~ Raptor Foot ~ NEW ANTHEM

* Beatrice Deer ~ Atungak ~ My All To You ~ @ Indigenous Arts Festival Fort York Friday 21 June 7:45

* Jean Paul de Roover ~ Love Is ~ Love NEW DISK

The Specials ~ Stereotype ~ The Singles Collection ~ @ Danforth Music Hall Tuesday & Wednesday 18 / 19 June for 40th Anniversary

* Carole Pope ~ Transcend / Hemlock & Jennings Mix ~ Transcend / The Remixes ~@ Hugh's Room Live Wednesday 19 June

Santigold ~ Look At These Hoes ~ Master Of My Make-Believe ~ @ Yonge Dundas Square for NXNE Saturday 9:45

5:30 Cirrus Moonlight

* Scattered Clouds ~ Don't Question Me / Interview with Jaime Kronick / La Politique Concours Pseudo-érotique ~ Take Away Your Summer NEW DISK ~ CD Release @ Baby G Saturday 13 July

5:45 Local Vocals

* Lydia Ringworth ~ Diamond Cutting Diamond ~ Phantom Forest NEW DISK ~ CD Release @ The Garrison 7 July

* Collective Order feat. Laura Swankey ~ Open Wide ~ vol.2 ~ Laura Swankey @ The Rex Thursday 20 June 5 pm

* Cynthia Tauro ~ Like That ~ Moments NEW DISK ~ @ Burdock on Friday June 28th, 6:30pm and on Corby's Orbit next Friday

Petula Clark ~ I Know A Place ~ @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre Monday17 June

6:00 Going With The Flo

* Richard Flohil ~ Interview / Stumbling Round The Room (Scotty Campbell & The Wardenaires) / Jeepers Creepers (Louis Armstrong) / Night On Fire (Jenny Thai) / Don't Lay No Boogie Woogie On The King Of Rock and Roll (Shakura Saida) / Alone In This Crowd (Russell DeCarle) ~ All @ 85 Is The New 65 : A Birthday Party For Richard Flohil at The Horseshoe Friday 28 June

6:45 Worthwheels

Roy Hargrove ~ But Not For Me ~ Jazz Café Standards / Toronto Music Listings

* Irish Mythen ~ Be Still. Dance ~ Little Bones NEW DISK 

Flohil In Orbit With Scattered Clouds

Loquacious and outspoken exponent of folk, jazz, soul , country and blues music, Mr. Richard Flohil, who turns 85 this month, will unlock his anecdotal treasury and get some opinions off his chest at 6:00 this Friday on Radio Regent. Tune in at iHeart Radio to listen up as we chat about his life, his musical loves and his  upcoming birthday bash Fri, June 28, 2019 at The Horseshoe Tavern / $25 in advance / Doors: 8:00 pm, with all proceeds going to the Unison Benevolent Fund

Also in the 

Orbital 

sphere at 5:30, 

thunderous Hull 

duo 

Scattered Clouds 

will be sharing 

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music from their 

turbulent and 

ominous new 

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Playlist For Corby's Orbit Show Of 7 June

Commissioner of Selection: Paul Corby 

( Brought to you by Tundra Beige, Succinct Marie, & Wawa Wazoos   )

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

Guest: Tara Kannangara

Podcast here https://www.mixcloud.com/paul-corby/

Canadians in Asterisk’d RED. 

5:00 Corby's Obits: All We Can Do Now Is Dance

* Norm Hacking feat. (The Late) Mose Scarlett ~ Go Down Dancin' ~ Cut Roses

Roots Music Canada's Obituary for Mose Scarlett by Gary 17

Dr. John (November 20, 1941 – June 6, 2019) ~ Build A Better World / There Must Be A Better World Somewhere (B.B. King feat. Dr. John) / Getaway (Locked Down feat. Dan Auerbach)

PHOTO BY ERIKA GOLDRING 2017

5:20 Soundabouts

* Braden Gates ~ Mama I've Tried ~ Pictures Of Us ~ @ Hugh's Room Live Tuesday 11 June

* Logan McKillop ~ When Love Comes Undone ~ Anchorless ~ @ Burdock Saturday

* Mo Kenney ~ Feelin' Good ~ The Details ~ @ Longboat Hall tonight with O Susanna

* Judy Brown ~ Monkey Business ~ Say It ~ @ Cadillac tonight

5:40 Treasurements

* Bruce Cockburn ~ Turn Turn Turn ~ Where Have All The Flowers Gone : The Songs Of Pete Seeger

* Ensign Broderick ~ The Telling Part ~ Bloodmyth NEW DISK

Maria Muldaur with Roy Rogers ~ Me And My Chauffeur Blues ~ Richland Woman Blues

Allen Toussaint ~ Mi Amour ~ I Believe To My Soul ~ A Night Of Allen Toussaint @ Drom Taberna tonight

6:00 A Kannangara Gallery

* Tara Kannangara ~ Touched / Interview / I Made This For You / This Is Nothing Yet /  Peter Gabriel's Come Talk To Me ~ It's Not Mine Anymore NEW DISK ~ Record Release @ The Baby G Monday 10 June (NXNE)

6:30 Feathermore

* Kayla Ramu ~ Just You Just Me ~ Living In A Dream NEW DISK~ @ The Rex Wednesday 12 June

* Michael Jerome Browne feat. Eric Bibb ~ Everybody Ought To Treat A Stranger Right ~ That's Where It's At NEW DISK

* Mike Goudreau ~ She Talks Too Much ~ Acoustic Sessions NEW DISK

* Audrey Ochoa Trio ~ De Mi / Afterthought ~ After Thought NEW DISK / Toronto Music Listings

Allen Toussaint ~ We Are One  ~ I Believe To My Soul ~ A Night Of Allen Toussaint @ Drom Taberna tonight

* Lynn Miles ~ Sometimes ~ Black Flowers vol. 4 ~ @ Hugh's Room Live Wednesday 12 June

Tara K. In Orbit Today

Intersecting on her trajectory to next Monday's CD release at the Baby G, brilliant composer / singer/ trumpettista Tara Kannangara will be passing through the Orbit today at 6.

PREMIERE – Tara Kannangara releases new album, “It’s Not Mine Anymore”