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 fabric by publicists, journalists, influencers, musicianados, and feral fans....

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

Bless all singers of songs and players of instruments.

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
Selina Martin	Time Spent Swimming	Avery Raquel	Avery Raquel
Jaffa Road	Until When	Wild Rivers	Sidelines
Nikki Yanofsky	Nikki By Starlight	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	Ancient Teeth	Deathbed

 

        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