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Chandeliers of Music. Corby's Orbit / Radio Regent Toronto - Greatest Hits of 2014

Everyone has a profoundly appreciated personal tune-list of favourites. This is what went on this year in the air traffic control center of my affections, admirations and appreciations.

These songs have offered me some cultural comfort, bolstered my imagination, strengthened my conviction that music, as thought, matters more than matter, and played continually in my head without benefit of a device. 

I programmed them all on my show, and often more than once. There are a few Top 40 selections here, as proof against the arguers who say that no new music is as good as back in the day. Even EDM has its epiphanies.Thanks to all the makers.

Corby's Orbit / Radio Regent Toronto Greatest Hits of 2014

1    Poor Angus ~ Never Come Back ~ Gathering  (Borealis)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHhH-amYDyo

2    James Hill feat. Joel Plaskett~ The Brightest Lights ~ The Old Silo (Borealis)

3    Amelia Curran ~ Song On The Radio ~ They Promised You Mercy (Six Shooter)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4lJxSMRe5o

4    Jose Gonzalez ~ Stay Alive ~` Mitty` Soundtrack (Republic)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhtfX6RFbZE 

5    Indian City ~ Sundancer / Sunrise Second ~ Shine 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6CTqKso0xU

6    Rory Block ~ Nehemiah James ~ Hard Luck Child (Stony Plain)

7    Dawn Pemberton ~ Say Somethin`
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWgxVuCak5I

8    Peter Rowan ~ Illusion`s Fool ~ Dharma Blues

9    Keiffer McLean ~  World Is Square ~ Drama In The Attic

10  Robin Schulz feat. Lilly Wood & The Prick ~ Prayer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcoqJCJlHbQ

11  Nico & Vinz ~ Am I Wrong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKceHnMhwgQ

12  Ed Sheeran ~ I See Fire (Kygo Remix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWYp1xRPH5g

13  Crooked Brothers ~ Organs On Demand ~ Thank You I`m Sorry
http://www.ntdtv.com/xtr/gb/2014/12/16/atext1161653.html

14  Eric Bibb feat. Michael Jerome Browne~ Driftin`Door To Door ~ Blues People
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2u8NIpuMAg

15  Dani Nash ~ Messin`And Runnin`Around  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlkyzejUQy8

16  Jennie Lewis ~ She`s Not Me ~ The Voyager (WB)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHl2rWnG1Co

17  Buffy & Larry ~ Surrounded ~ Surrounded (Meganova)

18  Random Order ~Pink Cloud ~ Black Lipstick Kiss

19  Lizzy Hoyt ~ Movement Never Lies ~ New Lady On The Prairie

20 The Barr Brothers ~ Half Crazy ~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrpDVFbBmLY

Playlist For Show Of 9 January 2015

Illustration by Lena Klyukina

Commissioner of Selection: Paul Corby

( brought to you by Scarf-borough, Everlasting Gloves, & The Mitts Just Keep On Coming )

5-7 p.m. online http://www.radioregent.com/ and at tunein.com .  
Canadians in Asterisk’d RED.

Videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/CorbysOrbit?feature=mhee

5:00 Noble Warming

Billie Holiday (Yesking Remix) ~ I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm ~ Verve Remixed Christmas

Dennis Brown ~ Love Me Tonight ~ Reggae Hits vol. 24 (Jet Star)

* Joanna Chapman-Smith ~ Paris ~ Love Me Deeply @ Hugh's Room Saturday

Iggy Azalea (Shift Key Remix) ~ Change Your Life ~ Change Your Life EP

* EH440 feat. Serena Ryder ~ Don't Run Away ~ Turn Me Up @ 50 Ways To Love Paul Simon @ Hugh's Room tonight

Paul Simon ~ Sure Don't Feel Like Love ~ Surprise (2006)

5:20  Chain Reactionaries

* Leonard Cohen ~ Diamonds In The Mine ~ Songs Of Love And Hate

Keziah Jones ~ Fela Kuti's Shuffering And Shmiling ~ Afrobeat Republic

* Frazey Ford feat. Mabon "Teenie" Hodges ~ You're Not Free ~ Indian Ocean (NETTWERK) NEW DISK

* Bobby Bazini ~ Down On My Knees ~ Where I Belong NEW DISK

* Oh Susanna ~ Wait Until The Sun Comes Up ~ Namedropper ~ @ The Dakota Tavern Wednesday, 14 January singing songs by The Rolling Stones

Miranda Lambert ~ Hard Staying Sober ~ Platinum

5:45 Convection Lovin'

Robin Schulz feat. Lykke Li ~ No Rest For The Wicked ~ Prayer ~Robin Schulz @ The Hoxton Saturday

Blaze ~ Revolution Song ~ Afrobeat Republic

Laritza Bacallao feat. Jorge Jr.~ Ya Te Olvide ~ Que Suenen Los Tambores NEW DISK

6:00 In Lust We Trust

* Dawn Pemberton ~ I Can`t Go For that ~ Say Somethin` NEW DISK

* Ginger St. James ~ Zipper ~ Deisel And Peas NEW DISK @ Shakespeare Arms GUELPH Saturday 

* Lizzy Hoyt ~ Relentless ~ New Lady On The Prairie

* Anne Lindsay ~ The Cold Told A Story ~ Soloworks NEW DISK

* Sarah Jane Scouten ~ My Goddamn Country ~ Magpie Waltz

6:30 Horseradish Walrus 

* Glenn MacFarlane ~ Offence Scores, Defense Wins ~ Music And Friends

* T.C. Folkpunk ~ Wheel Of Misfortune ~ Lamest Fast Words

* Mark Berube ~ Russian Doll ~ Russian Dolls

Pat Metheny / Brad Mehldau feat. Jeff Ballard ~ Ring of Life ~and Toronto Music Listings deployed over: Legend

* Jon Brooks ~ People Don`t Think of Others ~ The Smiling & Beautiful Countryside NEW DISK

My 2014 Calendar Of Musical Voyages

Winter summer spring or fall, reggae music warms us all.
And in Sudbury and North Bay, Bob Marley`s Birthday with The Memberz was the warmest night of the year.

Then Winterfolk came roaring into town with Ginger St. James, Random Order, and Sue & Dwight.

March brought the J.P. Hovercraft Benefit to The Market Hall in Peterborough, featuring The Cris Cuddy Band and Dennis O'Toole, Saskia Crescentia, The Mayhemingways, Catfish Willie and the Bucklebusters, Tarantuela, The Omittments, Al Black and the Steady Band, The Bonus Numbers and Balls and Jane.

 Quique Escamilla`s band delivered some hot Mexico to the Lula Lounge stage.

Saida Baba Talibah roasted the grooves with a fine grind at The Garrison for Canadian Music week.

In May a classic jam went down in Kingston Ontario to celebrate the legacy of eighties night club Dollar Bill's, which hosted the best of that decade's touring talent. The Lincolns, The Whitely Brothers, Morgan Davis and Eugene Smith were there. Dan Aykroyd and Donny Downchild jumped into the David Wilcox Band's encore.

I took off for a June weekend in New York to play The Conundrum lll along with the denizens of Brooklyn N.Y. on Governor's Island.

When I returned, the news that the great Raffa Dean had passed on resulted in a monumental reggae tribute at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

DIZZY FROM ARSENALS

CANOE.FM's weekend music festival in Haliburton was a clean musical getaway.

Gary and the Rough Ideas

Los Van Van took over the City Hall Square for a Panam Games kickoff.

Jack Marks and his band explored the territory east of the Don River for a night at The Linsmore Tavern.

Minor Empire created a Turkish mystique inside of Hugh's Room for a night

Uber picker Kevin Breit came out swinging with Robi Botos at The Heavyweights Brass Band CD release at the Lula Lounge.

The Beaches Jazz Festival stormed through a series of hot August nights. Jason Wilson's new band was the talk of the boulevard.

Sea shanties and nautical balladeering are the unique specialty of Pressgang Mutiny, who bring the waves with them everywhere fine ales are sold.

Son cubano music brought the dancers out when Adonis Puentes and Pancho Amat unleashed their home rhythm on Toronto.

Mike McDonald and Kim Doolittle made such an uproarious fuss at the Last Night At The Elmo that by the end of the night, it was decided to keep the Toronto musical landmark open under new ownership.

Lizzy Hoyt brought her fiddle and guitar into the Dakota and lit up the night with her prairie songs.

Empress Start A Fyah and Freedubstar led an evening of conscious reggae in the effort to put a memorial stone on the grave of Raffa Dean at The Round in Kensington Market.

I got a God`s-ear view of The Count Basie Orchestra at Koerner Hall: 

Sublime.

...and a combination of the finest roots musicians in Canada made the Canadian Folk Music Awards in Ottawa a musical high point in a year of high voltage vantage points.

A 20-fiddle jam at Patty`s Pub made every bone in the room resonate and blur.

Last Show Of The Year ~ Christmas Playlist

Commissioner of Selection: Paul Corby

( brought to you by Crisp Mitts, Boxing Gloves Day, and New Years Muffs )

5-7 p.m. online http://www.radioregent.com/ and at tunein.com .  
Canadians in Asterisk’d RED.

Videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/CorbysOrbit?feature=mhee

5:00 Voices Ring, Are Ya Listenin?

* Emm Gryner ~ What Fighters Do ~ (Here Comes Christmas) ~ Torrential

* Sophia Danai ~ Tik Tok / Money ~ Wishing Well

* Skydiggers ~ 2000 Miles ~ Angels EP

* David Gogo ~ Please Come Home For Christmas ~ Christmas With The Blues

Saffire The Uppity Blues Women ~ One Parent Christmas ~ The Alligator Records Christmas Collection

5:20 Glory Streams

* Slim City Pickers ~ Down The Hatch ~ The Slim City Pickers

* Boreal ~ So Much Snow ~ Winter's Welcome

Shawn Colvin ~ Silent Night ~ Holiday Songs & Lullabies

Nils Petter Molvær ~ Access / Song Of Sand l ~ Khmer

Death Cab For Cutie ~ Baby Please Come Home ~ Maybe This Christmas Three

The Ronettes ~ I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus ~ A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

5:50 Making Spirits Bright

*Rose Cousins ~ A New Kind Of Light ~ A New Kind Of Light

*Toronto Mendelssohn Choir ~ Here We Come A-Wassailing ~ Christmas At Roy Thompson Hall (1994)

Jimmy Smith ~ Jingle Bells ~ Have Yourself A Jazzy Little Christmas
Eric Gale ~ Gypsy Jello ~ Multiplication

* Fish & Bird ~Go-To-Bed Light ~ Something In The Ether

Jackson Browne & The Chieftains ~ The Rebel Jesus ~ The Bells Of Dublin

Wilco ~ Outtasite (Outta Mind) ~ What's Your 20? Essential Tracks 1994-2014







6:30 The Sounding Joy

* Gee Whiz, It's Christmas ~ Treassa Levasseur ~ Jingle Ma Belle

Ray Charles ~ All I Want For Christmas ~ The Spirit Of Christmas

Junior Brown ~ Keepin' Up With You ~ Long Walk Back

Freddie McGregor ~ O Come All Ye Faithful ~ A Reggae Christmas 

Nils Petter Molvær ~ Platonic Years ~ Khmer

*Dawn Pemberton ~ For You ~ Say Somethin'

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