Corby's Orbit

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

Saturday, April 26, 2025

Playlist for Corby’s Orbit Show of April 25, 2025 Curated By Howard Gladstone


Commissioner of Selection - Howard Gladstone

* Canadian Artists in Asterisk'd RED

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5:00 Winter Landscapes


Sable River. Winter, Adirondacks Rockwell Kent. 1960

Bill Garrett and Sue Lothrop – Red Shoes – IN CONCERT April 26 @ Acoustic Harvest



Skydiggers – Snow Blind - PRE RELEASE from album “Dreams and Second Chances" - IN CONCERT May 31 Concert Hall







art by Oleg Molchanov

Tanya Tagaq – Snowblind


5:15  Quebec landscapes


L’Oomigmag – Ce Qui Tourne Dans L’Air – NEW RELEASE from album of same title

                                                              art by Boris Ivanovich Kazakov


Mon Pays – Art of Time Ensemble with Matthew Bellemare (song by Gilles Vigneault)

 

5:25  Prairie Landscapes

art by Grant Haffner 


James Gordon – Small Town Prairie Gigs

Neil Young – Four Strong Winds (song by Ian Tyson)


5:35   No Place Like Home
art by Brooklyn Swenson

Mike Plume – This Is Our Home (8:30 in Newfoundland) – NEW RELEASE

Martin Gladstone – In My Country Home – NEW RELEASE

 

5:45   Indigenous Landscapes


Amanda Rheaume – Unforgettable  - NEW RELEASE from album “The Truth We Hold” -  IN CONCERT May 21 @ TD Music Hall

Art by Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun



Robbie Robertson and the Red Road Ensemble– Stomp Dance ~ Songs of the Native Americans

 

5:55   Elbows Up, Canada




Stompin’ Tom Connors – Bud The Spud

Grievous Angels with Charlie Angus – North of the Watershed


6:02          A Jazzy O Canada


Steve Holt Jazz Impact Quintet - O Canada / Impact –  Impact - New Release OUT TODAY

 

6:11           New Canadian Releases: “K” series

 

Kele Fleming – The Nite The Stars Fell (for Kurt Cobain) NEW RELEASE

 

Katie Tupper – Original Thoughts NEW RELEASE

 

                       
Kate Maki – At Every Sunset NEW RELEASE

 

6:22 Endless landscape, changing seasons


   Gordon Lightfoot – Sixteen Miles to Seven Lakes

 

                        Joni Mitchell – Urge for Going

 

6:30          Challenge and freedom

PUT DOWN THE REMOTE - GET OUT AND VOTE

 

Stan Rogers – Northwest Passage

Bruce Cockburn -  Never So Free

 

                        Suzie Ungerleider – The Wilds - Among The Evergreens ~ PRE RELEASE June 6

 

6:45         Kurt Weill's 125th Birthday

                           (March 2, 1900 – April 3, 1950) 

            


            Judy Collins – Pirate Jenny

 

                        Ute Lemper – Mack the Knife

 



6:55            You can keep ‘em down on the farm

 

Tyler Ellis – My Brother’s In The NHL - NEW RELEASE @ Hugh's Room Live Thursday June 12, 2025




Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Upcoming Toronto Jazz Community Celebration 2025




JazzInToronto Community Celebration 2025 Toronto’s got a brand new jazz festival and it’s all about celebrating the city’s richly diverse local talent pool.

The JazzInToronto Community Celebration will take place all over the downtown core May 30, 31 and June 1st. Produced by musicians Lina Welch and Ori Dagan – who together run JazzInToronto, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting live music – the festival is fueled by their passion for community.


From Swing and Bebop to Soul and R&B, rising stars to veteran virtuosos, the weekend will feature something for everyone, including 
Jane Bunnett & Marilyn Lerner, Michael Shand, Alex Samaras, Lady Son, Trombone Charlotte and many more.


For tickets visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/jazzintoronto-62149702753