Best Catches From The Orbital Starstream 2022

original illustration by Jerzy Gluszek (Poland)

So much great music has embedded itself in the Orbit's radio array since the beginning of the year, swept into the weave of our radic wavelengths by publicists, journalists, influencers, musicianados, and feral fans. 

I have had to count past fifty for the first time to number off this still-incomplete compilation of my favourites. These are the albums that have flipped the breaker, alternated the current, retained the optimum charge, and created radiations that should emanate for another good half-life beyond the warrantee.

Sam Weber	Get Free	Bruno Capinan	Tara Rara
Bernie Senensky	Don’t Look Back	Jay Yoo & Mark Kazakevitch	Dual Unity
Bonnie Raitt	Just Like That	Way North	New Dreams, Old Stories
Yves Levéille	L'Échelle du Temps	Ranee Lee	Because You Loved Me
Sarah Hiltz	Calm Fury	Emilie Sandé	Let’s Say For Instance
Abigail Lapell	Stolen Time	Charlotte Cornfield	Highs In The Minuses
Genevieve Racette	Satellite	Deanne Matley	The Alberta Lounge
Tragedy Ann	Heirlooms	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Dirt Does Dylan
Jerry Leger	Nothing Pressing	Aleksi Campagne	For The Giving /        Sans Rien Donner
Angelique Francis	Long River	Chris Antonik	Morningstar
Adema Manoukis Octet	New Roots	Shiri Zorn / George Muscatello / Mauficio Zottarelli	Into Another Land
Janet Cull	Hear It!	Rosalia	Motomami
The Keith Glass Band	Different World	Joy Lapps-Lewis	Girl In The Yard
David Strickland	Spirit Of Hip Hop: Elements	R.J. LeBlanc	Heyday
By Divine Right	OTTO MOTTO	Lori Cullen	Blood Wonder
Amanda Sum	New Age Attitudes	The Wilderness Of Manitoba	Farewell To Cathedral
Evan Redsky	Oblivion	Ernesto Cervini	Joy
The Trade-Offs	Let Go, Give In, Fall Down	Arima Ederra	An Orange Colored Day
Sheila Soares	Journey To The Present	The Ostara Project	The Ostara Project
Joe Coughlin	Dedicated To You	Saku Mantere	Upon First Impression
Dave Gunning	The Same Storm	Terra Spencer & Ben Caplan	Old News
Amai Kuda Et Les Bois	EmUrgency	Sherry Ryan	Shout For More
Clifton Joseph	Shots On Eglinton	Sarah Shafey	Blackbox Universe
Onna Lou	Diamante	Julianna Riolino	All Blue
Shabaka Hutchings	Afrikan Culture	David Strickland	Spirit Of Hip Hop: Elements
Bywater Call	Remain	Big Little Lions	Happy Accident
Steve Strongman	The Steve Strongman Blues Remedy vol.1
Jaffa Road	Until When	Wild Rivers	Sidelines
Ken Whiteley	Long Time Travelling	Susan Aglukark	The Crossing
Ori Dagan	Click Right Here	Mally Bless	In Love With Living
Kate Wyatt	Art If Act	Julius Rodriguez	Let Sound Tell All
Lunar Bloom	Running Deep	Sudan Archives	Natural Brown Prom Queen
So Long Seven	Only Elephants Know Her Name	George Crotty	Chronotope
Rosanne Baker Thornley	Sorry I’m Late	Ken Whiteley	Long Time Travelling
Indra Rios Moore	Freedom Road	Reggadiction	Ganja Harvest

 

        EPIC E.P.’s

Status / Non-Status – Surely Travel

Tyra Jutai – Carnival

Alicia Moffet – Intertwine

Kim Beggs – Steel & Wool

Melanie Petersen – We Got This / Side Two

Busty & The Bass - Karneval

Lydia Persaud – Moody 31

Jeffery Straker – Just After Sunset

Domanique Grant - Queen/DOM

Sammy Duke - Speed Of Life

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Playlist For Corby's Orbit Show Of 25 November with Laila Biali and a Tribute To Norm Hacking

 Commissioner of Selection: Paul Corby c

(Brought to you by Garliquebec, Ontarionions and New Brunsleeks)

* Canadian Artists in Red

PODCAST AVAILABLE HERE

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5:00 Ignition Switchblade

* James Blonde ~ Back To Life ~ Back To Life ~  NEW RELEASE

* Begonia ~ Right Here ~ NEW RELEASE

* The Standstills ~ Get Right ~ Shockwave ~ NEW RELEASE ~ @ History Sunday supporting Three Days Grace 

* William Prince & Serena Ryder ~ River Of Tears ~ NEW RELEASE

* Dave Gunning ~ Hard Missing You ~ The Same Storm ~ NEW RELEASE

Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives ~ Country Star ~ NEW RELEASE

The Blaze ~ Dreamer ~ NEW RELEASE

* The Ostara Project ~ Bye Bye Blackbird ~ The Ostara Project ~ NEW RELEASE

* Mary-Catherine Pazzano ~ Santa Claus Is Coming To Town ~ Live At The Jazz Room ~ NEW RELEASE

* Andrew Hyatt ~ Four Good Years ~ Four Good Years ~ NEW RELEASE

5:40 Chanson Est De Laila

* Laila Biali ~ My Favourite Things feat. Emilie_Claire Barlow / Interview / Autumn Leaves ~ Your Requests vol. l ~ PRE - RELEASE ~ @ Koerner Hall Saturday 3 December for Laila Biali: Wintersongs & Holiday Classics

6:00 Up To Your Skyballs 

* The Ostara Project ~ Delta Sky ~ The Ostara Project ~ NEW RELEASE

* Dizzy ~ Barking Dog ~ NEW RELEASE

* Longtoe ~ Itchy ~ Le Banquet ~ NEW RELEASE

* Flaysher ~ Good To You ~ NEW RELEASE

Pink Pantheress ~ Do You Miss Me? ~ NEW RELEASE

* Terra Spencer ~ Messy ~ Old News ~ NEW RELEASE

~ @ The Dakota Tavern tonight with Ben Caplan

* Joe Nolan ~ New To The Neighbourhood ~ Scrapper NEW VIDEO

6:30 The Community Norm

photo by Phil Weir 

* Edited from Corby's Orbit Broadcast of 7 December 2007 on CKLN.FM88.1 ~

Norm Hacking's Casablanca Bound sung by Marianne Girard / Norm Hacking's  On The East Side sung by Phil Weir / Linda Stitt's Legacy read by Shirley Gibson  ~  for Norm Hacking (August 1, 1950 – November 25, 2007)

6:45 Nothing In Lenticular

* Angela Turone & Chris Platt ~ Doralice ~ The Spinner Sessions ~ NEW RELEASE

Say She She ~ Wrap Myself Up In Your Love ~ Prism ~ NEW RELEASE

* Vinta ~ Whippersnapper ~ Beacons ~ NEW RELEASE @ Small World Music  Center Saturday 26 November

* PIQ:SIQ ~ Ave Maria ~  NEW RELEASE

* Claire Coupland ~ The Flame ~ New Light ~ PRE RELEASE

illustration by by Steven Stahlberg

Remembering Norm Hacking 15 Years Later - From The Roots To The Endless Sky