Opening Up A New World Of Canadian Music This Friday

 

Playlist For Corby's Orbit Show Of 20 March 2026

 

Commissioner of Selection - Paul Corby

* Canadian Artists in Asterisk'd RED

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5:00 Roundabout Trajectories 

* Jesse Roper ~ Sweet Little Caroline ~ NEW RELEASE

* Mario Puglia ~ Paz Y Felicidad ~ NEW RELEASE

* Charlotte Cardin ~ The Way We Touch ~ NEW RELEASE

illustration by Jeff Bourgeau

* Mary Beth Carty ~ Oran Boisdale ~ Celtic Voices (Putumayo)

* Rae Spoon ~ Country Music Breaks My Heart ~ NEW RELEASE

* Brettyn Rose ~ Leavin' On My Lips ~ NEW RELEASE

* Reid Jamieson & CVM ~ Blue Jeans ~ NEW RELEASE

* Larkk ~ Cuckoo ~ Cinders ~ NEW RELEASE

Momo Boyd ~ American Love Song ~ NEW RELEASE

Mark Tonelli ~ Minha Felicidade Y Estar Com Voce ~ Brasiliana ~ NEW RELEASE

5:45  Circumnavigations of Nowadays

* Allison Russell ~ Rainbows ~ Rainbows EP ~ NEW RELEASE

* Allen Dobb ~ Lone Tree Of Your Heart ~ The Afterlife Sessions ~ NEW RELEASE

* Jani Lauzon ~ Symphony For Black Crow Woman ~ NEW RELEASE

Tiana Major9 ~ Have Your Way ~ NEW RELEASE

beabadoobee feat. The Marias ~ All I Did Was Dream Of You ~ NEW RELEASE

Liv Romano ~ Lasso The Moon 

* DJ Shub & Natasha Fisher ~ The Eye Of The Storm ~ NEW RELEASE 

* Cat Clyde ~ My Love ~ Mud Blood Bone ~ NEW RELEASE 

* Clever Hopes & Kelly McMichael ~ Long Way Round ~ NEW RELEASE

* Pressgang Mutiny ~ Haul Away Boys / Lowlands ~ Departure ~ NEW RELEASE / Out Today!

6:20 Obstreperous  Agendas

* Cowboy Junkies ~ If You Got To Go, Go Now 

* The McDades ~ Telegraph Reel ~ NEW RELEASE

Delores Keane  (26 September 1953 – 16 March 2026) ~ Sweet Forget Me Nots 

* Medusa Quartet ~ Golden (excerpt) 

* Edwin Raphael ~ It's A Shame You Swim So Well ~ I Know A Garden ~ NEW RELEASE

* Status / Non-Status ~ Peace Bomb ~ Big Changes ~ NEW RELEASE

* Buffy Ste-Marie ~ The War Racket 

* Tonya P. ~ Just Try ~ NEW RELEASE

* Ria Mae & Classified ~ In The Stars ~ NEW RELEASE

New Frontiers Of Canadian Music Today

 

The Canadian Electro Shanty Italio Reggae Dream Blue Balladry Blend

 

A Cosmic Canadian Musical Alignment Predicted For This Friday

Yesterday's Nowruz celebration at the Henley Gardens I.D.A., featuring music from LuA trio

 

A popular event welcoming spring happened this past weekend, with a local pharmacy presenting music of peace, hope and humanity, thanks to (L. to R.) facilitating pharmacist Farah Thawer, LuA - Shameema Soni, Maryem Tollar, and Nagmeh Faramand, and Paul Corby, the instigating Orbiteer. With the sunshine, the songs, the hyacinths, and the ice cream - LuA trio was in full bloom for a Nowruz celebration within the I.D.A. drug store at Henley 

Gardens.  

Starting with an installation at this 

east-end Toronto drugstore to fill the empty space left by the post office's removal last December, the space has taken on the secondary role of a community hub, displaying paintings by the Beach Guild Of Fine Art, that turned into an ongoing rotating residency. 

A successful Christmas concert there by local Beaches  singer / songwriter Melanie Peterson demanded an encore. 

So Saturday's pre-equinox party was booked and drew in about fifty friends and neighbours over the course of the two-hour concert, which featured the band's original uplifting songs, as well as some Stevie Wonder and Bob Marley, and a breath-taking percussion solo by Iranian-Canadian percussionist Nagmeh Faramand (see below). Burnt marshmallow ice cream from Beaches treat purveyor Ed's Real Scoops helped maintain the chill vibe and fans of all ages swayed to the music for two sun-filled hours basking in the scent of hyacinths.  

photos by David Hynes & Paul Corby

Nowruz celebration at the Henley Gardens I.D.A., featuring music from LuA trio

 Presenting music of peace, hope and humanity with (l. to R.) pharmacist Farah Thawer, LuA - Shameema Soni, Maryem Tollar, and Nagmeh Faramand, and the Orbiteer. The sunshine, the songs, the hyacinths, the ice cream! The LuA trio was in bloom at our Nowruz celebration at the I.D.A. at Henley Gardens today. Celebrity sightings included The Beach Guild of Fine Art painters Rome, Joan, Marilyn Walsh, Marcella Spinace and Terry Tedesco, Jay Cleary, David Hynes, & Leonard Poole.