Corby's Orbit

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

Thursday, May 30, 2019

Are You Ready for International Mud Day?



The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.
-E. E. Cummings



International Mud Day will be celebrated on June 29 (or since it’s a Saturday in many places, it might be celebrated on the 28). Grab a cup of tea and visit Bonnie’s Global Café on the World Forum website to read about the origins of this wonderful event.

A helpful resource for ideas about muddy fun is the Out of the Box Training Kit, “A Muddy First: Play for Joy and Learning,” by Michael Follet, Kristian Hancock and Diana Suskind.  


      “Welcome to the Mud Ball Catapult. /  Make a mud ball. /  Load the catapult  / Take aim at the hut wall. / Fire!"



“Use the pots, pans, and kitchen utensils to create your own Mud Kitchen!"
This area allows all chefs to appear. Using natural materials, cooks both young and old work together to make fine double-chocolate mud pies. And, oh, those muddy pancakes are a hit!”






Saturday, May 25, 2019

Playlist For Corby's Orbit Show of 24 May 2019 with Alex Fournier, Amanda Martinez & Donné Roberts and Marcia Chum & Chris Graham


Commissioner of Selection: Paul Corby 

( Brought to you by The Magically Hip, Parachute Hats and Men Without Clubs)

5-7 p.m. Fridays online http://www.radioregent.com/ and at tunein.com .  

Guests :  Alex Fournier, Amanda Martinez & Donné Roberts and Marcia Chum & Chris Graham

Canadians in Asterisk’d RED. 

5:00 Rocket Lawn Chairs


Beck ~ Bob Dylan's Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat ~ War Child presents " Heroes "

* Buffy Ste Marie ~ Getting Started ~ Coincidence & Likely Stories @ Echo Beach Saturday for CBC Music Festival

* Charlotte Cornfield ~ Peonies ~ The Shape Of Your Name NEW DISK ~ @ The Baby G tonight for CD launch

Lydia Ringworth ~ Floating Dream ~ Phantom Forest NEW DISK ~ @ The Garrison 6 July

* Young Empires ~ Beaches ~ Wake All My Youth 

5:20 Collateral Jammage

* Thompson Egbo Egbo ~ Short Stories : Gifts ~ Short Stories ~ @ Jasper Dandy Sunday 2 p.m. for CD launch

* 13go ~ Bloodlines ~ Domestic Tranquility NEW DISK ~ @ Hugh's Room Live Thursday 30 May

* Jeremy Ledbetter Trio ~ Gift Shop ~ Got A Light? ~ @ The Old Mill Thursday 30 May

5:40 Complex Lens

* Alex Fournier ~ Fourhundred Dollars / Interview / Giant Dad ~ Triio NEW DISK ~ @ The Rex Sunday 2 June for CD Launch


6:00 Amanda Awethu

* Amanda Martinez ~ Begin / Te Amo / Interview with Amanda Martinez & Donné Roberts / Estaba Cayendo / Caterpillars Of Love / En La Distancia (live) ~ Libre NEW DISK ~ @ Isabel Bader Theatre 22 June 

6:30 Brazillionaires


Tamba Trio ~ So Danca Samba ~ O Melhor de Tom Jobim ~ Eco-Music : Sounds Of Brazilian Nature A Tribute To Tom Jobim @ The Granite Club Saturday 7 p.m.

Lee Ritenour feat. Ivan Lins ~ She Walks This Earth ~ OverTime

6:40 Chum Broadcasting


* Marcia Chum feat. Chris Graham ~ Undone ~ NEW SINGLE 

* Georgian Bay ~ Glacee ~ Courage / Moon ~ @ Alliance Francaise tonight

Lee Ritenour ~ Boss City ~ OverTime / Toronto Music Listings 

Bob Dylan  (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941) ~ The Levee's Gonna Break ~ Modern Times



Thursday, May 23, 2019

Hail To The New Frontiers Of Tremendous Tunedom


In Orbit this Friday at 5:30, master bassist & composer, 
Alex Fournier
has an eventful new disk, Triio, which will unroll before our very ears, featuring  his sextet performing composed, multi-genre scores and free improvisation, blending the contrast between through-composition and total freedom of expression.
 Launch  @ The Rex Sunday 2 June 9:30 p.m. 

At 6:00, orbit along with AMANDA MARTINEZ,
whose ground breaking new disk  LIBRE  launches at a
TD-CANADA TRUST TORONTO JAZZ FESTIVAL CONCERT
SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 2019 • ISABEL BADER THEATRE • 93 CHARLES ST. W, TORONTO • 8PM
• TICKETS AVAILABLE AT secure.ticketpro.ca • TICKETS $35 - $45 +SC

And at 6:30, we`ll meet MARCIA CHUM 
in town with her
NEW SINGLE + VIDEO 
UNDONE Out May 17

Chum’s single is available on Spotify, Apple Music / iTunes, Google Play, and wherever music is streamed or downloaded or visit for more information www.marciachum.com.

Saturday, May 18, 2019

Playlist For Corby's Orbit Show Of 17 May with Bobby Dove, Charlotte Cornfield & David Newland




Commissioner of Selection: Paul Corby 

( Brought to you by Disastrous Finesses, Catastrophic Expertise and Tourniquet Etiquette)

5-7 p.m. Fridays online http://www.radioregent.com/ and at tunein.com .  

Guests : Bobby Dove, Charlotte Cornfield & David Newland

Canadians in Asterisk’d RED. 

5:00  Instinctual Extinctions


* Rich Aucoin ~ All You Cannot Live Without ~ We're All Dying To Live ~ @ The Drake Wednesday 

* Alessia Cara ~ Trust My Lonely (Frank Walker Remix) ~ The Pains Of Growing

Glaucia Nasser ~ Labios De Cetim ~ Acoustic Brazil (Putumayo)

Tony Bird ~ Zambezi Zimbabwe ~ Sorry Africa 

* Bobby Dove ~ Gridlock / Interview ~ Thunderchild ~ @ The Cameron House Thursday 23 May

5:20 Free Range Arrangements

* Donné Roberts ~ Wenga Yongo ~ Internation ~@ Tranzac Saturday 6:30

* Amanda Martinez feat. Donné Roberts ~ Under African Skies ~ Libre NEW DISK ~ CD release Saturday 22 June @ TD Downtown Jazz


Judy Collins (arr. Joshua Rifkin) ~ Albatross ~ Wildflowers ~ @ Hugh's Room Live Saturday 3:00

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer ~ Chilly Winds ~ FAI - The Spirit Of Creativity ~ @ Hugh's Room Live Sunday 

Eva Cassidy ~ Say Goodbye ~ Eva By Heart (1997)

5:45 Daughter Of Radio

* Charlotte Cornfield ~ Balladeer  / Interview / Wheels ~ The Shape Of Your Name NEW DISK CD launch @ The Baby G Thursday 23 May
PHOTO BY GLAMMA

6:05 Forgotten Conclusions

* Son Roberts ~ Had It Lost It ~ Tell That Story ~ @ Alleycatz Wednesday 22 May

Lee Fields & The Expressions ~ Who Do You Love? ~ @ Phoenix Thursday 23 May

* Nomadic Massive ~ Mira ~ Times NEW DISK ~ CD Launch @ Ausgang Plaza Montréal Thursday 13 June

* Clifton Joseph ~ Where're The Politicians? ~ Live @ The Imperial Pub NEW DISK

* Tanya Davis ~ Art ~ FAI - The Spirit Of Creativity 

6:30 Newland Found

* David Newland ~ Muskox Stew / Interview / No Way To Stay Warm (live) / Oh What An Awesome Sight (live) ~ Northbound NEW DISK ~ CD release @ Victoria Hall Coburg Friday 7 June

* Brownman Electryk Trio ~ Lady Bird ~ Levitation ~ @ La Revolucion Sunday / Toronto Music Listings 





                                                                                                                                                                                                                           










Saturday, May 11, 2019

Playlist For Corby's Orbit Show Of 10 May with Meg Tennant, Allegra Jordyn and Tony Quarrington


Commissioner of Selection: Paul Corby 

( Brought to you by Corporate Krill, Monopoly Polliwogs, & Cartel Sharks )

5-7 p.m. Fridays online http://www.radioregent.com/ and at tunein.com .  

Guests : Meg Tennant, Mark Ripp, Allegra Jordyn & Tony Quarrington

Canadians in Asterisk’d RED. 

5:00 Driftish Aisles


The Beatles ~ Back In The USSR / Because ~ Love

Vivaldi ~ Spring 1 ~ The Four Seasons

Elegie ~ The Essence Of It ~ Sounds Within 

* Oasis Vocal Jazz ~ That Lonesome Road ~ Playing Favourites ~ Collectiv Fundraiser @ Sing It Again! Tranzac Saturday 1:00 pm

* Lori Cullen ~ In The Gloaming ~ Uneven Hill (2003)

* Nancy White ~ The Children's Entertainer ~ Momnipotent ( Happy Mothers Day To All ~ #Sunday ) 
Thanks Heather Kitching

5:20 Tenacious Tennant

* Meg Tennant ~ A Day Of Grace / Shine A Light On Us / Live On Love / Interview / Sunny Shore Cafe (live) / Glass Heart  (live) ~ Echoed Light NEW DISK ~ CD release @ Burdock next Friday 17 May 6 p.m.

* Quincy Bullen ~ Boiling Point ~ Quantumplations ~ @ Poetry Jazz Cafe 9 p.m.Saturday

6:00 "I Don't Know What It Is About Tonight"


* Allegra Jordyn ~ Don't Hold Me Down / Interview / Possibilities (live) / This Love (live) ~ Possibilities NEW DISK ~ CD Release @ Koerner Hall Saturday in Temerty Theatre for Bluebird North 


6:30 Gaining On Something

* Joe Hall ~ Nos Hablos Telephonos ~ Travelling Without Deodorant: The Best Of Joe Hall (1972 - 1988) / Interview with Tony Quarrington / Sea Change ~ Dementia Revox ~ @ Tranzac 7 p.m. Friday 17 May for  A Musical Tribute To Joe Hall

* Mike Janzen ~ What Wondrous World Is This? ~ Lent NEW DISK

Mahlatini & The Mahotella Queens ~ Gazette ~ @ Yonge Dundas Square Saturday for CMW 4:30 p.m.

* Alison Young ~ One Night Stan ~ So Here We Are NEW DISK ~ @ Rex Hotel June 28 for TD Downtown Jazz & @ Hirut's Fine Ethiopian Cuisine with Paul Novotny Sunday / Toronto Music Listings 

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Allegra, Meg & Tony Q. Approaching Perihelion



Allegra Jordan's Possibilities are already becoming evident as she has been confirmed to make a special appearance at SongBird North for her POSSIBILITIES EP RELEASE this Saturday May 11, joining an amazing line up of singer-songwriters: Jennie Thai, Stephen Stanley, Amanda Rheaume and host Blair Packham atThe Temerty Theatre, which is on the 2nd floor of the TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning, Royal Conservatory of Music, 273 Bloor Street West. She will be up to playing a few tunes at 6 , and chatting about her pathway.

Meg Tennant will also be up in the Orbit this Friday at 5:30 with Mark Ripp, the co-producer of her new disk Echoed Light, to flash some live tunes and chat about Meg Tennant 'Echoed Light' Album Release. Listen up @ radio regent on iHeartradio woncha?

Then high-caliber String Wiz Tony Quarrington will coalesce with Orbital grace at 6:30 this Friday, to set the stage for next Friday's salute to the recent transition of his extraordinary musical partner and friend, Joe Hall, at the Tranzac.




Saturday, May 4, 2019

Playlist for Corby`s Orbit Show Of 3 May


Commissioner of Selection: Paul Corby 

( Brought to you by North A Miracle, Africa Dabra, & Maple Europe )


5-7 p.m. Fridays online http://www.radioregent.com/ and at tunein.com .  

Guests : Ilana Waldston & Alan Gotlib of Recollectiv

Canadians in Asterisk’d RED. 

5:00 Aerial Rock Innocence


* Emily Burgess ~ I Want To Be The Only One In Your Dreams ~ Are We In Love?

* Deer Tick ~ The Dream's In The Ditch ~ Negativity ~ @ Opera House Saturday

* Steve Poltz ~ All Things Shine ~ Shine On ~ NEW DISK @ The Dakota Wednesday 7 & 9 p.m.

* Charlotte Cornfield ~ Up The Hill ~ The Shape Of Your Name NEW DISK ~ on Corby's Orbit 17 May

* Leaf Rapids ~ Barbershop Shears ~ Citizen Alien NEW DISK

5:20 Calling To Mind

* Ilana Waldston ~ Isn't It A Lovely Day To Be Caught In The Rain ~ I Could Laugh Out Loud ~ @ Sing It Again! @ Tranzac Saturday 11 May 1 p.m.

* Oasis Vocal Jazz ~ Sing! Sing! Sing! ~ Playing Favourites ~ Sing It Again! @ Tranzac Saturday 11 May 1 p.m.

* Sam Broverman ~ I Want Everybody To Love Me ~ Feelings Of Affection @ Sing It Again! @ Tranzac Saturday 11 May 1 p.m.

* Heather Bambrick ~ I Don`t Mind A Bit ~ You Never Know @ Sing It Again! @ Tranzac Saturday 11 May 1 p.m.

Interview with Ilana Waldston And Alan Gotlib

5:40 Dancing On The Edge Of Time


Singing Melody ~ Want You Back ~ Strictly The Best 22

Valerie June ~ Astral Plane ~ The Order Of Time 

Ginger St. James & The Grinders ~ Country Bumpkin ~ Deisel & Peas 

Kingfish ~ Before I`m Old ~ Kingfish NEW DISK  (Alligator)

Lyle Lovett ~ England Swings / The Earls of Leicester ~ In The Summertime ~ King Of The Road: A Tribute To Roger Miller

6:00  Powers That Be

Eva Cassidy ~ Pete Seeger`s Oh Had I A Golden Thread ~ Songbird (Pete Seeger born 3 May 1919)

Cast of A Matter Of Heart ~ Northwest Passage ~ Stan Rogers: A Matter Of Heart - The Musical Revue

* Jasmine Netsena ~ Power NEW SINGLE

6:20  Good Foot

James Brown  (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) ~ Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved ~ James Brown`s Funky Summer (Mojo)

Superbad Band (feat. Alumni of the James Brown Band) ~  Flashback Party Weekend ~ Superbad Sdtrk

Albert King ~  Cold Sweat ~ James Brown`s Funky Summer (Mojo)

6:40 Songs Always Sung

Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage ~ Awake ~ Awake ~ at Small World Music Center tonight 

* Jadea Kelly ~ Hour North ~ Clover @ Burdock Thursday 10 May

* Jaelem Bhate ~ Strung Along ~ On The Edge NEW DISK / Toronto Music Listings 

Shawn Phillips ~ Lookin`Up Lookin`Down ~ Second Contribution (1970)

Pete Seeger ~ Forever Young ~ Chimes Of Freedom