Corby's Orbit

Corby's Orbit
Listening in All the High Places illustration by John Kricfalusi

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Songs of Protest Conscience and Hope 11/11/11

 Wounded by Lennie Gallant
Wounded by Lennie Gallant

Host Paul Corby, guest Jay Cleary.
 ( brought to you by New and Old Fashions and Fangles, Valiant Talent, and Nujazzitations. )
11-2 p.m. online and at tunein.ca . Canadians in UPPERCASE RED.
11:00  Intrepid Trumpeting
One Minute of Silence       for Hope, Conscience and Recollection
Horace Andy         Natural Mystic  - The Prime of Horace Andy
SLIM WILLIAMS   -  LORD / VICTORY
Sir Richard Burton     Dylan Thomas’ “And Death Shall Have No Dominion”
Napolian Strickland      Glory Hallelujah    -    Fire In My Bones
Phil Ochs - A Toast to Those Who Are Gone
11:30  Different Battlefields
LENNIE GALLANT – WOUNDED
Asa    -  Questions  -   Beautiful Imperfections
The Civil Wars  - Poison and Wine
Seal  -  Wishing on a Star  -  Soul2
12:00  Scarce Heard Amidst The Guns Below
COURAGE MY LOVE –BARRICADE
THE DYING ARTS – NO PAIN
Far East Movement – Rocketeer (Chew Fu Remix)
RICH AUCOIN – UNDEAD 2
12:20  Outerviews
ALINE MORALES – AVOOOU -  FLORES, AMORES Y TAMBORES
JORGE MARTINEZ  - ARABIA (INTRO)
Gong  - Love Is How Y’ Make It
KATHRYN CALDER -  ALL THE THINGS – BRIGHT AND VIVID @ THE HORSESHOE, 29 NOV.
INTERVIEW WITH JAY CLEARY, RE: NUJAZZ FESTIVAL, 12-20 NOVEMBER, VARIOUS VENUES
THE JESSICA STUART FEW – DON’T YA - NUJAZZ FESTIVAL@ Waterfalls Indian Tapas Bar & Grill, Nov. 18
King Britt feat. Cathy Sledge – Rising - NUJAZZ FESTIVAL @ The Great Hall Sat., 12 Nov.
Edwin Starr  -  War (King Britt Remix)
Up, Bustle & Out - Illusion
12:45   Still Bravely Singing
EACH ONE LOST – BRUCE COCKBURN – SMALL SOURCE OF COMFORT
The Dhoad Gypsies of Rajasthan -  Pungi
AM and Shaun Lee – Darkness Into Light @ The Garrison Sunday
David Rea – Bird of Paradise – Maverick Child
Lou Reed & Metallica – Dragon – Lulu (dedicated, with great disrespect, to the enemy)
David Francey – Flowers of Saskatchewan
1:20 This Could Be The First Trumpet
JULIAN FAUTH – CAN’T NO GRAVE HOLD MY BODY DOWN @ GATE 403 TUESDAY
Toronto Listings over Tune Up / Cherokee by Clifford Brown & Max Roach
KATHRYN CALDER – NEW FRAME OF MIND
J.P MORTIER – ON A TOWER
NEIL YOUNG – LIGHT A CANDLE
Sir Richard Burton     Dylan Thomas’ “And Death Shall Have No Dominion”

Friday, November 4, 2011

Playlist for Show of Friday, 4 Nov., 2011



Host Paul Corby, guests Cara Luft, and Jeff & Natalie Rogers and Richard Henderson of The Wanted
 ( brought to you by Panchromanticism, and The Newvember )
11-2 p.m. online and at tunein.ca . Canadians in UPPERCASE RED.

 11:00 Techtonic Alarms
Bjork – Mutual Core - Biophilia
LENKA LICHTENBERG – TSAR FUN YIDDISH - Fray
Superheavy – Warring People 

11:15 Peaceful Crimes
Muddy Waters – Why Are People Like That? – The Woodstock Album
THE RATTLESNAKE CHOIR – IT WOULDN’T MEAN A THING - @THE CAMERON SAT. 6:00
ANDERS DRERUP – IN MY HOUR OF DARKNESS – GRIEVOUS ANGEL – Gram Parsons’ 65th birthday @The Dakota Saturday
SCOTT COOK – THE LORD GIVETH (AND THE LANDLORD TAKETH AWAY) – MOONLIT RAMBLES

11:45 - The National Endowment for the Pop
WILL CURRIE AND THE COUNTRY FRENCH – THE WHALE - @ THE MUSIC GALLERY Saturday
The Sea & Cake – One Bedroom - @ Lee’s Palace Saturday
RICH AUCOIN – WATCHING, WISHING, WAITING – WE’RE ALL DYING TO LIVE

12:00 – Poetry in Mojo
Little Esther Phillips – Mojo Hannah - Mojo Raw Soul
Lyn Collins – Do Your Thing – The Kings of Funk
Corinne Bailey Rae – One Night (of Sin) – Goin’ Home
Frank Zappa / Captain Beefheart – 200 Years Old – Bongo Fury
Dinosaur Jr. – Said The People

12:20 – Earthquake Handshakes

Jeff Beck – Sleepwalk – Rock ‘n’ Roll Party Honouring Les Paul
Amos Garrett & Geoff Muldaur – Washboard Blues / Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy @ The Great Hall Sun.6 Nov. as part of the Sleepwalk Guitar Festival

12:30 – Carried Aloft
CARA LUFT – BLACK WATER SIDE / INTERVIEW / ONLY LOVE CAN SAVE ME (live)  / SHE MOVED THROUGH THE FAIR (live) / HOUSE ON FIRE (live) @ BEACHES HOUSE PARTY Tonight








The Resophonics – Mandarin Hornet – Last Long Winter

1:00  Wanted for Questioning
THE WANTED – THE SCARLET TIDE / THE GIRL ON THE GREENBRIAR SHORE / INTERVIEW / THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKIN’/ WALK OF TIME (live)/ YOU CAN’TCATCH ME (live) @ The Gladstone Sat. 9-11

1:20  Take Your Chants
David Crosby – Orleans
Justice – Ohio
MINOR EMPIRE – Sen Bu Yayalari Yaylayamazsin @ The Music Gallery Tonight
Lou Reed & Metallica – Frustration - Lulu
Toronto Listings over Plant Scion - DJ Wool – Watch This

1:50  Of Cabbages and Kings
Chad and Jeremy – Busman’s Holiday / Can I See You? @ Hugh’s Room Tues. 8 Nov.

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Imaginary Disasters Are So Re-assuring


Playlist of Trickier Treats, 28 October



Playlist for Corby’s Orbit on CKLN.FM, your UNDEAD internet radio station online Fridays 11-2 pm., 
Host Paul Corby, guests Laura Repo, Jennifer Castle, Treasa Levasseur and Greg Lawson
 (brought to you by the Halloweekend, the Scarestyles, and the New Now Wow )
Canadians in UPPERCASE RED.


11:00  Maintaining a Loose Perimeter
RICH AUCOIN – IT / THE GREATEST SECRET IN THE WORLD – WE’RE ALL DYING TO LIVE
The Ramones – Rock’n’roll Radio / I Believe in Miracles – Loco Live
Frank Turner – Try This at Home / Dan’s Song, @The Phoenix Saturday
OX – MATINEE – tUCo


11:30  Love’s Too Darn Strong
Hunter Hayes – Love Makes Me
LAURA REPO – MOSTLY I MISS THE SKY / INTERVIEW / LULLABIES OF THE LAND (LIVE) / A THREE INCH STACK OF PHOTOGRAPHS (LIVE) – GET YOURSELF HOME – cd release @ The Tranzac Tues., 1 November


12:00   Remember to Remember
JENNIFER CASTLE – INTERVIEW @ The Mod Club Tonight w. Chad Vangaalen
Crosby Stills Nash & Young – Déjà Vu (live) – The Bridge School Concerts 25th Anniveresary
CARA LUFT – LORD ROSLYN’S DAUGHTER – THE LIGHT FANTASTIC – @ house concert in the beaches FRI.,4 NOV.
Joan Baez – No Woman No Cry, @ Massey Hall Wed., 2 November


12:20  Freaks Frakkowe’en
Prince – Freaks on This Side – NPG Soul
Justice – Parade – Audio, Video Disco
Neon Indian – Hex Girlfriend - Era Extrana


12:30  Treasa Goes a-Broad-casting
TREASA LEVASSEUR – DAVEY / INTERVIEW / WHAT WE’RE WORTH / STILL GOT LOVE cd Release @ Lula Lounge Thurs., 3 November
T-Bone Walker – My Baby Left Me – History of the Blues Part 1


12:45 Song Champs at Large
DAN MANGAN – POST-WAR BLUES – OH FORTUNE @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre tonight
CHRIS BARTOS – KEEP A LIGHT - @ Tranzac Saturday
K.C. ROBERTS AND THE LIVE REVOLUTION –RUN TO YOU - @ The Elmo Saturday


1:00 The Spine-Tingling T’ing (Greg Lawson selecter, @ Castro’s Sunday 9 p.m.)
Joe Ferry – Skalloween
Jamaican Servivors – Dillinger is Back
Carlos Malcolm – Ghost Riders in the Sky
Boris Gardiner – Spooky
The Abstracts – James Bond Theme
Lee Perry & the Wailers – Pussy Galore
Lyn Tait – Batman Theme
J.J. Allstars – Batman Theme
Crystals – Girl From Another World
Prince Buster Allstars – Haunted Room / Jack the Ripper
Byron Lee – Frankenstein Ska
Tommy McCook – Wanted
I Roy – Devil’s Brother-in-Law

Friday, October 28, 2011

Recommended Dance Ops this Week



Violeta Romero Granados who lives in Xalapa, Veracruz, will be teaching one class only in Toronto.
Wednesday, November 2 from 7 pm to 9 pm. $10 per person
at Lula Lounge 1585 Dundas W, Toronto
Please register as space is limited dempsteralec@gmail.com

Tune in to the Terrors




Look up, way up. On the precipice of your Halloweekend, chill to the bone with live and phone interviews and performances from the three Giantesses of Toronto music, larger-than-life Laura Repo (11:30), jumbo Jennifer Castle (12:00) and Treasa "Saurus" Levasseur (12:30): talents so expansive that together they occupy a big part of Toronto's musical horizon, working on major recordings, omnipresent in the clubs and growing constantly as their fan bases expand with the universe. 

Then, at 1:00, reggae Greg Lawson comes up with a trickier treat bag of haunting melodies and frightfully thrilling beats as he surveys Jamaican songs in a scary style, all in pursuit of the spine-tingling ting that the season demands.And speaking of demands....

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Playlist for Show of Friday, October 21, 2011


With guests Freeman Dre and Mark Marczyk, JOANNE CRABTREE & PAUL MILLS,
Daniel Sky & Derek Downham, and Margaret Stowe
 (brought to you by the Digital Indigenous Muses, Feather Reports, and Daisy Debolt of Enlightening )
Canadians in UPPERCASE RED. 

11:00   Icy Mysteries
1.       NEIL YOUNG – JOHNNY MAGIC – FORK IN THE ROAD
2.       Bjork – Virus - Biophilia
3.       BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE – TO THE ENDS OF THE WORLD @The Phoenix Saturday
4.       JOHN MCKIEL – ICEMAN – Tonka War Cloud

11:20   Nocturnal Cacao
5.       Baba – Lisagna – Music of the Chocolate Lands - The Chocolate Ball @ Palais Royale tonight
6.       Amon Tobin – Nightlife – Permutation @ The Opera House Sunday
7.       LIBRARY VOICES – QUE SERA SARAH @ The Horseshoe Sat. 28 Oct.

11:40  Til You’re Blue in the Space
8.       MATT ANDERSEN – SHE COMES DOWN – COAL MINING BLUES @ Winter Garden tomorrow
9.       The Lunenberg Travellers – I Know It Was The Blood – A Tribute To Leadbelly
10.   Malcolm Holcombe – Behind the #1 – To Drink the Rain @ The Rivoli Wed., 2 Nov.
11.   Ry Cooder – If There’s A God – Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down

12:00  Mystique and Identity
12.   MEGAN BONNELL – SOUTH KOREA – MAPS ep @ Rivoli tonight
13.   NATASHA WATERMAN – IT FEELS GOOD – LONG ROAD @  Hugh’s Room Wed. 26 Oct.
14.   ALANA CHEROTE – MAKE ME DO ANYTHING YOU WANT @  Hugh’s Room Wed. 26 Oct.
15.   LAURA REPO – HERE I GO AGAIN – GET YOURSELF HOME @ The Tranzac November 1




12:20  Fedora Upside  Down
16.   NICK TEEHAN - RACCOON  - F.U.D. @Ukranian Cultural Center Tomorrow
17.   LEMON BUCKET ORKESTRA – TOMU KOSA - F.U.D. @Ukranian Cultural Center Tomorrow
18.   FREEMAN DRE & MARK MARCZYK – INTERVIEW
19.   FREEMAN DRE - BABYLON - F.U.D. @Ukranian Cultural Center Tomorrow

12:40  Time Is Music
20.   JOANNE CRABTREE & PAUL MILLS – WATERFALLS / INTERVIEW / RISE ABOVE plus two live tracks - Rise Above release @ Hugh's Room Sunday, 23 Oct., 2 p.m.

1:00  Sliding Sky Spiders
21.   DANIEL SKY & DEREK DOWNHAM – SOMEBODY’S LEAVOIN’ / RIVERSIDE / INTERVIEW / CATCH YOUR BREATH (live) / IN TROUBLE AGAIN (live) – Spider Milk cd release @ The Dakota Thurs. 27 Oct.

1:30  Pianissimatonic Booms
22.   Franz Liszt, performed by JANINA FIALKOWSKA – Mephisto Waltz #1 - Bicentennial of his birth tomorrow
23.   Herbie Hancock (feat. Freddie Hubbard) – Oliloqui Valley @ Massey Hall tomorrow

1:40  Debolt of Delight
24.   Interview with MARGARET STOWE @ DAISY DEBOLT TRIBUTE, HUGH’S ROOM, MON., 24 OCT
25.   DAISY DEBOLT – GOTTA GO GOTTA RUN - LIVE EACH DAY WITH SOUL

2:00  THE YORKVILLE SOUND – Tonight @ Metro Reference Library
26.   A PASSING FANCY – I’M LOSING TONIGHT - ALL FROM "ECLECTIC AVENUE"- MADE IN CANADA vol.3
27.   LORDS OF LONDON – CORNFLAKES & ICE CREAM
28.   THE UGLY DUCKLINGS – GASLIGHT
29.   BOBBY TAYLOR AND THE VANCOUVERS – DON’T YOUR MAMA KNOW ABOUT ME?