Best Songs of 2026 - March / April

 

As the year gathers musical momentum, powerful songs begin to accumulate. I am compiling a bi-monthly list now in order to have a better year-end sample for polling on my December look back over 2026.

I found these ten songs all to be remarkable and they are well worth searching out on YouTube.

March / April 2026

Wintersleep          The Abyss

Mimi O’Bonsawin & The Pairs  -   Better Than Before

Moira & Claire x Noah Malcolm - two word answers 

Jani Lauzon – Symphony For The Black Crow Woman

Logan Richard feat. Emily MacLellan - Yet To Let Me Down

Abigail Lapell featuring Pharis Romero   - So Long

Graham Brown Band  -  Tell The World

Greenhouse Ensemble – Variations Sur Une Turlute

Ria Mae / Classified – In The Stars

Tonya P.  -  Just Try

See also:  Saturday, February 28, 2026 Corby's Orbit - Best Songs of 2026 - January / February

Playlist For Corby's Orbit Show of May 1st with Ken Whiteley

 

* Canadian Artists in Asterisk'd RED

The Mixcloud Podcast Link is RIGHT HERE

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5:00 Radio Telemetry

* PRAIRIE ~ Hush Of Light ~ NEW RELEASE

* Jesse Reyez & Stormzy ~ Palo Santo ~ Still Paid ~  NEW RELEASE

* TOBI , Saukrates & Jully Black ~ Who's Driving You? ~ JUNO Winner

* Joelle Rose ~ Birdhouse ~  NEW RELEASE

*Tyra Jutai ~ Manic Pixie Dream Girl ~ A Dream Comes True ~  NEW RELEASE

* Meltt ~ Never Let Go ~ Never Let Go ~  

NEW RELEASE

<<<< Zoe from Divka

* Divka ~ Harbuz ~ Folk Fatale ~  NEW RELEASE

* Denielle Bassels ~ Lighthouse (LIVE) ~ @ The Old Mill Monday 13 April 

5:45 Emphasizing Sizzle

* PIQSIQ ~ Mahaha ~ LEGEND ~ CFMA Winner

* Metric ~ Crush Forever ~  NEW RELEASE

* Tanya Tagaq ~ Exit Wound ~ S.A.P.U.T.J.I.J.I.
~  NEW RELEASE

                                       Illustration by Moebius

Olympia Vitalis ~ DAZE ~ NEW RELEASE 

Illustration by Milo Manara 

Omah Lay ~ Don't Love Me ~  NEW RELEASE

Nalan ~ OK ~  NEW RELEASE

* DJ DANI LX ~ Lejos De Ti ~  NEW RELEASE

* Alex Cuba ~ All My Nights ~ Indolés ~ JUNO Winner

6:20 Kith & Ken

* Ken Whiteley ~ Interview / Keep Going / Everybody's Got To Be Tried feat. Cecile Levy / A Smooth One / At The End Of The Day ~ Keep Going ~ NEW RELEASE

6:45 Love You Like An Art

* Tamara Weber ~ Play With Fire ~ Destinations ~ NEW RELEASE

* Bye Parula ~ I Don't Know ~ Something Out Of Nothing ~ NEW RELEASE @ Lee's Palace Saturday 18 April

* Mario Puglia  ~ Vision Board  

* Melania Fiona ~ I Choose You ~ Say Yes ~ JUNO Winner

* David Wiffen (11 March 1942 – 5 April 2026)  ~ More Often Than Not ~ 

* Mimi O'Bonsawin feat. The Pairs ~ Better Than Before ~ NEW 

Illustration by Laurent Grasso - Studies Into the Past 2023

If You Enjoy New Canadian Music You Are Not Alone In The Universe

 

Happy Birthday Ken Whiteley - Interview This Friday

 

Music For Cosmic Nomads Coming This Friday

"We are the music makers,

And we are the dreamers of dreams,

Wandering by lone sea-breakers,

And sitting by desolate streams;

World-losers and world-forsakers,

On whom the pale moon gleams:

Yet we are the movers and shakers

Of the world for ever, it seems."

~ Arthur O'Shaughnessy ~

Playlist For Corby's Orbit Show Of 24 April 2026

 

Commissioner of Selection - Paul Corby

* Canadian Artists in Asterisk'd RED

The Mixcloud Podcast Link is RIGHT HERE

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5:00 Gravitational Pool

* Carla Muller ~ That Tree ~ In Between ~ NEW RELEASE

* Shub & Sebastian Gaskin ~ I Know ~ Heritage Part ll ~ NEW RELEASE

Kelala ~ Idea # 1 ~ NEW RELEASE

*
Keisza ~ When I'm Dancing ~ NEW RELEASE

* Blu Beach Band ~ Rock Band ~ NEW RELEASE

* Moira & Claire x Noah Malcolm ~ two word answers ~ NEW RELEASE

* Lauren Dillen ~ Candles ~ NEW RELEASE

* Patrick Watson ~ We Fly For The Ones We Love ~ NEW RELEASE

* Summersets ~ Million Dollar Ticket ~ NEW RELEASE

* Mariel Buckley ~ Somewhere Else ~ Strange Trip Ahead ~ JUNO WINNER

5:40 Our Stellar Selves

* Ernie Smith (1 May 1945 – 16 April 2026) feat. Ed Robinson / Mr. Vegas ~ Pitta Patta  

* Reggaddiction & Tash Lorayne~ Set The World On Fire ~ NEW RELEASE

* Broken Social Scene ~ The Call ~ Remember The Humans ~ NEW RELEASE

The Revivalists ~ Heart Stop ~ Get It Honest ~ NEW RELEASE

* AV & The Inner City ~ A Dollar And A Suitcase ~ NEW RELEASE

* Emie R. Roussel ~ John Reve En Noir Et Blanc ~ TERR ~ NEW RELEASE

* Abigail Lapell & Pharis Romero ~ So Long ~ NEW RELEASE

* AHI ~ Human Kind ~ The Light Behind The Sun ~

Eric Bibb ~ One Mississippi ~ One Mississippi (Repute) ~ NEW RELEASE

6:20 Phono Synthesis  

* Diana Krall ~I Can't Tell You Why ~ Wall Flower ~

* Avril Lavigne ~ Alanis Morissette's Ironic ~ NEW RELEASE

* Bella White ~ Pink Living Room ~ A Sign In The Weather ~ NEW RELEASE

* Jesse Reyez ~ N.Y.F.F. ~Anitta ~ Mandinga ~ NEW RELEASE

* Graham Brown Band ~ Tell The World ~ NEW RELEASE

The Monkees ~ A Better World ~ Good Times 10th Anniversary Edition

* The Get Alongs ~ Come On ~ A Basement in Don Mills ~ NEW RELEASE

* Logan Richard feat, Yet To Let Me Down ~ Character Traits ~ NEW RELEASE

* Autorickshaw ~ Leonard Cohen's Bird On A Wire ~ So The Journey Goes 

M.I.A. feat. Kala ~ Sacred Heart ~ NEW RELEASE

 

 

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