Corby's Orbit

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

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Playlist for show of Friday, 29 June, 2012



 
(brought to you by Lucidifying Light, Wings and Waves, and True Repatriated Love)
Guests Nicolay of the Foreign Exchange and Harley Card of Hobson’s Choice.
5-7 p.m. online http://www.radioregent.com/ and at tunein.ca . Canadians in Asterisk’d RED.


5:00   Nomadic Escapade Velocity
*Bend Sinister ~ We Know Better ~ Small Fame
Dzihan & Kamien feat. Ma Dita ~ Thrill ~ Gran Riserva
Mahmoud Schricker ~ Silent City feat. Mohsen Namjoo @ The Drake Underground Thursday, July 19 7:30pm
Rostas Szabina ~ Cigάny Himnusz ~ Latcho Drom sdtrk.
*The Lemon Bucket Orchestra  feat. Freeman Dre ~ Lemon – Cheeky @ New Traditions Festival, Gibraltar Artscape, Toronto Island, Saturday 1:30, Sunday  8:30, and @ Shops at Don Mills Square Sunday 3 p.m.


5:20  Recreational Felicities
*Ghost House ~ Recreational ~ The Present Tense
Nicolay & Hot At Night ~ Shibuya Station / Interview @ The Trane Studio Thursday, 5 July


5:40   Romancing  The ‘Bone

Fishbone ~ Everyday Sunshine / In The Air / Asswhippin’ / Housework @ Lee’s Palace 

Saturday, 30 June


6:00  Waiting On Wings
Gilberto Gil ( b. 29 July 1942 ) ~ Andar Con Fé  ( Walking With Faith )
Ask The Oracle ~ Before The Clouds Come

6:10   Of The Waves: Tidal Tidings
*Hobson’s Choice ~ Of The Waves / Interview with Harley Card / Not For Human Beings @ The Music Gallery
                                                                                                            Saturday, 30 June, 2012


6:30  This Fair Dominion
*Sparrow & Murdoch ~ All Men Must Bear A Heavy Load ~ Dominion Day
*Cameo Blues ~ Penguin Walk ~ 10,000 Hours
*Louwop the Dirty General feat. Zaki Ibrahim ~ Get Up ~ Zaki @ Harbourfront on Canada Day 8 p.m.
*Karl Jannuska & The Halfway Tree feat. Sienna Dahlen ~ Firloupe

6:45 Toronto Listening Listings over Halfway Tree’s One Droning Pedal Tone / Lilac By Night
*Karl Jannuska & The Halfway Tree feat. Sienna Dahlen ~ Noble Energy @ The Music Gallery tonight
*K.C. Roberts & The Live Revolution ~ Fix The Funk ~ Between The Cracks
*Young Artists For Haiti feat. K’naan ~ Waving Flag



Saturday, June 23, 2012

Playlist for 22 June, 2012



 (brought to you by Ska Jets, Thelonious Functions & The Melodosphere)
Guests Daniel Sky and Carlos Malcolm.
5-7 p.m. online http://www.radioregent.com/ and at tunein.ca . Canadians in Asterisk’d RED.


5:00 Sky- Gazing

*Murdoch & Sparrow ~ Madeleine ~ Dominion Day
*Daniel Sky ~ Somebody’s Leavin’ / Interview / Riverside
                                                                      @ The Local Saturday, & @ The Drake Tuesday
*Picture The Ocean ~ Scars ~ Picture The Ocean



5:20 Chances of Dazzle

Janelle Monae  feat. Of Montreal ~ Make The Bus @ TD Jazz tonight
Los Amigos Invisible ~ Venezuela Zinga Son @ The Horseshoe Mon. 25 June TD Jazz 
Soul Rebels Brass Band ~ Let It Roll @ The Opera House Tuesday 26 June TD Jazz 

5:40  Jah Mek Ya

Yellowman ~ The Ark ~ @ The Sony Center for “JAMAICAN RHYTHMS”, Thursday, 28 June
John Holt ~ Keep On Moving ~ @ The Sony Center for “JAMAICAN RHYTHMS”, Thursday, 28 June
Maxi Priest ~ Life ~ @ The Sony Center for “JAMAICAN RHYTHMS”, Thursday, 28 June
Dennis Brown ~ Some Like It Hot


6:00   Finger - Slinging

Pierre Bensusan ~ Scarabée / If Only You Knew @ Trinity St Paul's, Sunday, 8 July
Esperanza Spalding feat. Gretchen Parlato ~ Ponta de Areia @ TD Jazz  Thursday 28 June

6:10  Lucidifying The Rhythm with Carlos Malcolm

Carlos Malcolm ~ Ethiopia / Splanky / Play It For The World / Truck Full of Soul / Bustin’ Outta The Ghetto / Interview live from Florida




7:10 Strato- sliding

Johnny Copeland ~ Love Utopia ~ Texas Twister
*David Gogo ~ I Should Have Lied ~ Halfway To Memphis

7:20 Toronto Anticipatory Music Listings over Regina Carter’s “Excerpt from Alexandra” from Paganini: After A Dream

7:30  The Kind and Longing Road

Marvin Gaye sings “Yesterday” by Sir Paul McCartney 
( b. 18 June 1942 )

Friday, June 22, 2012

Daniel Sky drops up, Carlos Malcolm finally and Soul Rebels tickets


 The man who put the Jamaican sound into Dr. No; band leader and arranger for  Afro-Jamaican Rhythms (1963),  and an exponent of Jamaican culture for over half a century.
 In Orbit!
By telephone, today at 6:00, I will be interviewing
Carlos Malcolm, composer and trombonist in evry modern style. Be so tuned in.........




at 6:00 for a live chat with Carlos Malcolm, one of the most highly esteemed of all Jamaican musicians, looking back over a lifetime of honours and opportunities to compose and arrange with the rhythms and musical refreshments that the island is famous for.



There will also be a chance to win tickets to the 

SOUL REBELS 


Venue: 
 Opera House
 A TD Jazz Presentation


Date: 
 Tue Jun 26 9:00pm

Age restriction 19+ 


Call 647 344 4134 when you hear this song

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Playlist for show of Friday, 15 June, 2012



 (brought to you by Sparks and Wrecks, The Relativity of the Absolute, and The Crowd-Pleasing Beards)
Guests John Dickie of the Cameo Blues Band, Don Scott & Michael Herring of Peripheral Vision, and Ryan & Rebecca & Brian of F&M.
5-7 p.m. online http://www.radioregent.com/ and at tunein.ca . Canadians in Asterisk’d RED.


5:00 To The Barrooms…and Beyond! NXNE Unfurls.
*Eight and a Half – Two Points – NXNE
*Bran Van 3000 – Couch Surfer / Highway To Heck – NXNE
* Devon Sproule - Sponji Reggae - @ The Tranzac tonight
*Adaline – Sparks  - NXNE
Gente De Zona – Estan Loco - @ The Opera House tonight
*Bella Clava – Food For Cannibals - NXNE
*Tara Holloway – Boyfriend - NXNE
*Erin Passmore – Into The Woods - NXNE
*Elephant Stone – Sally Go Round The Sun – NXNE

Wild Party II

  by Alfred Gockel

5:40 Blues Cameo-gram
*The Cameo Blues Band – Gasoline / Interview with John Dickie / Plowin’ Our Row – 10,000 Hours
                                                     @ The Monarch Pub in the Delta Chelsea Sat., 16 June, 4:00-8:00


*The Matinee – The Road - NXNE
Rory Block ~ Pure Religion ~ I Belong To The Band


6:00   Peripherealities
*Peripheral Vision ~ Living The Dream / Interview with Don Scott & Michael Herring
                                                                                     @ The Rex Monday, 25 June

*God’s Gift To Yoda ~ Sijui Sijala


Ryan, Rebecca, Brian, Lauren, Michael, & Don in Orbit

6:20  Invisible Midnights
*Catl- 5 Miles - NXNE
Neko Case ~ Nothing To Remember ~ The Hunger Games Sdtrk.
*Chloe Charles ~ The Heavens - NXNE

6:30 E-Town Escapades
*F&M ~ Fame  / Ocean View (live) / Interview with Becky Ryan & Brian from F&M

6:45 Unpacking NXNE & Toronto Listings over Peripheral Vision’s Teenage Breakup Song



6:55 The Carpenter’s Apprentice ~ Woody Guthrie ( 14 July, 1912  - 2012)
Billy Bragg & Wilco ~ Christ for President
Bruce Springsteen ~ Jesus Christ

Friday, June 15, 2012

"North by" A Complex Vitamin Supplement

@ Today's Show:

 5:00 - Tara Holloway (The Sister , 10 p.m. tonight) 

5:30 - John Dickie (Cameo Blues Band) CD Release Monarch Pub Saturday 4-8 p.m.

6:00 - Peripheral Vision, Montreal Jazz Festival June 29



 6:30 - F&M @ NXNE last night


Saturday, June 9, 2012

There's no use in crying, it's all over.

Bob Welch 1945 - 2012, a really .... really good musician.



This song was the closer on "Mystery To Me" by Fleetwood Mac. Not his song, but the album is his masterpiece. He's not here anymore. 

Playlist for show of Friday, 8 June, 2012





 (brought to you by Radio Mirage, Starfield Salad, & The Venus Transit Authority)
Guests Graydon James & Glen Hornblast.
5-7 p.m. online http://www.radioregent.com/ and at tunein.ca . Canadians in Asterisk’d RED.
Playlist also available in graphic detail at: http://djpaulcorby.blogspot.ca/ and videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/CorbysOrbit?feature=mhee


5:00 Theoretical Meritocracies
*Nomadic Massive ~ Nofy’s Peace Remix ~ @ David Pecaut Square Mon. 11 June 8p.m. Luminato
Amadou & Mariam feat. Amp Fiddler ~ Wari ~ Folila
Martha Munizzi ~ Excellent ~ WOW Gospel 2012

5:15 Turbo Spring Dance Mechanism
Gente de Zona ~ Le Gusta los Artistas @ The Opera House Friday 15 June
El Micha ~ Lo Malo Que To Tiens ~ @ The Opera House Friday 15 June
Carlos Malcolm ~ Cut Munu

5:30 Page Turners
*Graydon James & The Young Novelists ~ Older Brothers Never Listen/Interview/
          It Takes All Kinds / Long Long Long @ Lee’s Palace Sat. 9 June, & C’est What Thurs.14 June NXNE
Fleetwood Mac feat. Bob Welch (1945-2012) ~ Miles Away ~ Mystery To Me
*Zeus ~ Stop The Train ~ @ The Phoenix Sat. 9 June
Calypso Rose ~ Give More Tempo @ David Pecaut Square Tuesday 12 June Luminato


6:00  Jamaican Space Program ! (Mr. Carlos Malcolm regrets that he had a power blackout in his Florida neighbourhood and was unable to call for his interview. It will be rescheduled on 22 June. – Listen then!)
Carlos Malcolm ~ Space Flight / Run For Love / Jamaican Jubilee / Splanky / Ethiopia / Sly Mongoose
Ernie Ranglin ~ Rock It With Me @ David Pecaut Square Tuesday 12 June Luminato

6:20 Blast On!
*Glen Hornblast ~ Loretta / Interview / Mary (live) / Every Day Is A Miracle @ The Trane Sun. 10 June
*F&M ~ Victoria @ The Central Thurs, 14 June 8 p.m. NXNE
*Jane’s Party ~ @ The El Mocambo Thurs. 18 June 9 p.m. NXNE


6:45  Terrain Reconnaissance
Toronto Listings over George Benson’s Low Down & Dirty
George Benson ~ Sack o’ Woe

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Take a little flight with Graydon James, Glen Hornblast and Carlos Malcolm.

Tune in at 6:00 for a live chat with Carlos Malcolm, one of the most highly esteemed of all Jamaican musicians, looking back over a lifetime of honours and opportunities to compose and arrange with the rhythms and musical refreshments that the island is famous for.

 The man who put the Jamaican sound into Dr. No; band leader and arranger for  Afro-Jamaican Rhythms (1963), with members 


including Karl Bryan 


(saxophone), Larry McDonald 


(conga drums), Boris Gardiner 
(vocals, bass), Lascelles Perkins and Joe Higgs (vocals), and an exponent of Jamaican culture for over half a century.
 In Orbit!



Also: At 5:30, Graydon James, appearing with his band The Young Novelists at Lee’s Palace – June 9 for NXNE and Glen Hornblast at 6:30, performing selections from his new disk :




Friday, June 1, 2012

Playlist for show of Friday, 1 June, 2012


(brought to you by The Blue Love, Miss Mercury & Doctor Watson, & The Act You’ve Known For All These Years)
Guest Lara MacMillan.
5-7 p.m. online http://www.radioregent.com/ and at tunein.ca . Canadians in Asterisk’d RED.


Illustration by Leo & Diane Dillon

5:00 Torrential Ontario Blues
Peter Karp ~ Chance of Rain ~ w. *Sue Foley @ Hugh’s Room, Sun. 10 June
Li’l Ed & the Blues Imperials ~ Weatherman ~ Jump Start ~ Alligator
John Primer ~ Lawhorn Special ~@Waterfront Blues Fest Sunday 3 June 4:00 p.m.
*Shakura Saida ~ Your Love Always Got Me By ~ @Waterfront Blues Fest tonight

5:20 Extra-Tempestual Conceptions
*Cold Specks ~ Send Your Youth ~ @ The Danforth Music Hall tomorrow night with…
*The Great Lake Swimmers ~ New Wild Everywhere ~ @ The Danforth Music Hall Saturday
*The Writers’ Society ~ January ~ rise/drift/fall EP
Arthel “Doc” Watson, (1923-2012), w. Merle Watson – The Clouds Gwine Roll By / Movin’ On

5:40 No Fiddlers In Hell
*The Wilderness of Manitoba ~ Summer Fires ~ @ The Steam Whistle Brewery tonight
*Lynne Harrison ~ Music Town ~ Broadview
*Cris Cuddy ~ City Billy, Billy Joe @ The Spill Coffee Bar, Peterborough, tomorrow @3:00
*Lara MacMillan ~ We Don’t Need Words / Rip Out My Heart / Miss Mercury / Interview
                                    @ Hugh’s Room, Mon. 4 June


6:20  Hearts Club Sounds
Talib Kweli ~ Duke Ellington’s Mood (Indigo) Swing ~ @Sound Academy tonight
Induceve ~ Jazz Chops / No Hangups
Joseph Jaime ~ Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Fionna  Regan ~ Getting Better (for Sergeant Sapphire)

Second recent lunar eclipse this Monday, June 4

6:40 Unrequited Guitar
*Adam Solomon !~ Baby Give Me A Kiss ~African Guitar Renaissance
King Sunny Ade ~ No Tori Awa ~ Live at the Hollywood Palace
Torrential Toronto Music Listings over *Ernesto Cervini’s Alert (@ The Rex, Tues. 5 June, 6:30)
The Eric Gales Band ~ I Want You / She’s So Heavy