Corby's Orbit

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

Saturday, March 16, 2024

Playlist For Corby's Orbit Show Of 15 March 2024 with Allison Au

 


Commissioner of Selection - Paul Corby

Podcast available RIGHT HERE

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* Canadian Artists in Asterisk'd RED

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5:00 Polynucleated 


* MoZaic ~ Love Undeniable ~ NEW RELEASE

Holly Tucker ~ Thank You ~ You're Gonna Know My Name 

* Mustafa ~ Imaan ~ NEW RELEASE

* The Hello Darlins ~ Reasons To Cry ~ The Alders & The Ashes ~ NEW RELEASE

Corin Léon & Kane Brown ~ Pero No Como Yo (The One) ~ NEW RELEASE

* Alex Bird & Ewen Farncombe ~ Nighttime Groove ~ Songwriter ~ JUNO Nominee

* Bywater Call ~ Holler ~  NEW RELEASE

* Radar Peak ~ Butane Glow ~ Radar Peak  

* Cadence Weapon & Jacques Greene ~ Exceptional ~ NEW RELEASE

* Ammoyé feat. Turbulence ~ Stir This ~  JUNO Nominee

5:35 Au Now


* Allison Au with The Migrations Ensemble ~ Interview / Racing Across The Land / I Dream A World / Pecola ~ Migrations ~ JUNO Nominee




6:00 Musical Remittances


* Aqyla ~ Bloom ~ JUNO Nominee

* Snotty Nose Rez Kids ~ Red Future ~ NEW RELEASE

* MacKenzie Porter ~ Coming Home ~ NEW RELEASE

John Muq ~ One You Love ~ NEW RELEASE

* Bibi Club ~ L'Isle Au Bleuets ~ NEW RELEASE

Dana Gavanski ~ Ears Were Growing ~ NEW RELEASE

* Shred Kelly ~ Lay Down Your Head ~ Blurry Vision 

* Juic3Boy ~ Sweet Mother ~ 
NEW RELEASE

* Colleen Brown & Major Love ~ One Woman ~ Live Laugh Major Love ~  PRE RELEASE 17 May

6:30 A Billion Thousand Stars

The Celtic Tenors ~ She Moved Through The Fair ~ Feels Like Home ~ @ Flato Markham Theatre Saturday 16 March 3pm & 8pm

* Portage ~ Mrs. Belle Set ~ Portage ~  NEW RELEASE


Judith Hill ~ Dame de la Lumiére ~ Dame de la Lumiére ~  NEW RELEASE

* Sammy Volkov & Dana Wylie ~ Secret Subway Conversations ~ The Day Had To Come ~  PRE RELEASE 31 May 

Kasey Musgraves ~ Too Good To Be True ~ Live on Saturday Night Live 

Steve Lawrence 

(1935-2024)

 ~ I've Gotta Be Me ~ Live on The Ed Sullivan Show 

* Gillian Hay ~ Reminders Of You ~ Magnolia Baby @ The Painted Lady April 26th for CD Launch  

«Original illustration - THE ORIGINS OF DANCE» CUBISME 00313 (2023)Painting by Apollonas Soben




Wednesday, March 13, 2024

"Taste That Saxophone" In Orbit - Mark Your Ballots Now



 

Play

Taste That

Saxophone

with Allison Au 

the 15th of March

On Corby’s Orbit

  





 

Bird

Or

Prez

 

 

Coltrane

Or

Shorter

 

 

Roland Kirk

Or

Eric Dolphy

 

 

Sonny Rollins

Or

Sonny Stitt

 

 

Paul Desmond

Or

Stan Getz

 

 

Charles Lloyd

Or

Gato Barbieri

 

 

Jane Bunnett

Or

Mike Murley

 

 

Manu Dibango

Or

Fela Kuti

 

 

Ada Rovatti

Or

Lakecia Benjamin

 

 

Colin Stetson

Or

Colin Stetson

 

Phantasmagorical Friday Sounds From The Canadian-osphere


 















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Monday, March 11, 2024

Allison Au In Orbit


 Migrations is a musical exploration of why people leave their homes to pursue life in a new land, and the reverberating impact it has on future generations. It is an acoustic tribute to the complex but universal human act of migration, weaving lush, mosaic-like dreamscapes with poignant, heartrending lyrics.

A suite of music conceptualized by the JUNO award winning saxophonist and composer Allison Au (pronounced “ow”), Migrations draws emotion and depth from Au’s family history of immigration to Canada: from Southern China and Malaysia on her father’s side and war-torn Poland and Israel on her mother’s side. A biracial descendant of migrants, Au’s compositional process is also informed by her personal experience of reconciling displacement, cultural identity, family legacy and the notion of home.“Migrations is one of the most important pieces of music I have created because it is so personal. It speaks to my identity as a Canadian born to immigrant parents and delves into subject matter that I previously attempted to articulate, but never found the project through which to do so.”  

Au’s most ambitious compositional work to date, the suite marks the first time Au has featured both vocals and string quartet in her writing. Migrations features the musicians of the Allison Au Quartet - Todd Pentney (piano), Jon Maharaj (bass) and Fabio Ragnelli (drums) - alongside an expanded instrumentation that includes Michael Davidson (vibraphone), Aline Homzy (violin), Jeremy Potts (violin), Catherine Gray (viola), Amahl Arulanandam (cello) and guest vocalist Laila Biali. 

As a testament to the sentiments of traumas and upheaval shared by migrants of different backgrounds and circumstances, the lyrics of Migrations feature the words of poets including Emma LaRocque, Ruth Padel, Rae Marie Taylor, Duncan Mercredi, Chief Dan George, Langston Hughes and Wanda Coleman. 

Released October 27, 2023. Nominated for the Jazz Album Of The Year Juno 2024.

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