I do an open format radio show on Radio Regent online out of Regent Park in Toronto every Friday from 5 p.m. til 7,called CORBY's ORBIT playing everymusic, so far no Death Metal or light opera but who knows?http://www.radioregent.com/ Illustration by John Kricfalusi
Corby's Orbit
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Monday, April 29, 2024
Saturday, April 27, 2024
Playlist For Corby's Orbit Show Of 26 April
Commissioner of Selection - Paul Corby
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* Canadian Artists in Asterisk'd RED
Friday, April 26, 2024
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Monday, April 22, 2024
Saturday, April 20, 2024
Playlist For Corby's Orbit Show Of 19 April 2024 with Phil Nimmons Tribute, Lizz Wright, Dan Pitt and Julian Taylor.
Commissioner of Selection - Paul Corby
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* Canadian Artists in Asterisk'd RED
* The Wesleys ~ A Lot To Lose ~ The Wesleys ~ NEW RELEASE
* David Gavan Baxter (November 5 1954 - November 9 2023 ) ~ Thank You Girl ~ Day And Age
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Happy 75th Birthday to Ron Gaskin
Happy 75th birthday card artifact launched today to premier impresario Ron Gaskin, b. 1949, by John Oswald towards last scenes and all incoming asteroids.
Ron Gaskin presented live music under the monikers Rough Idea Presents, What Next, and Next Wave, where his ear and intuition had a HUGE impact. His musical daring will resonate for years to come in the musicians and audiences who knew him. His stock in trade was experimental, creative, free and improvised music, but he wasn't limited by genre or definition. He was, first and foremost, a social convener, forging musical relationships that crossed genres and spanned borders, pairing people in masterful configurations that only he might imagine. As a radio host, programmer and producer his dulcet tones shared his vast musical knowledge and cool aesthetic to campus, community and pirate airwaves at multiple frequencies on the radio band, including CKLN (Toronto), CFRU (Guelph), Trent Radio (Peterborough) and Pirate 90 (Toronto Islands), with his shows AMFM, Huge Radio and Gaskin Calling. Ron approached everything with resolute principle, unconditional love, and a DIY ethic. In his early years he devoted his creative mojo to a number of endeavours, unrelated to the constant musical thread he followed throughout his life. Among them, he established an addiction support and outreach unit (The Trailer House) and an alternative asynchronous learning academy (The Free School) in Toronto, he ran a goat farm in Nova Scotia, and started Sangsara Natural Foods in Peterborough. Ron was a cherished friend to many. He embraced serendipity, celebrating the patterns and parallels in the everyday. He infused everything he did with style and precision. He was an impresario, an agent provocateur, and a good trouble maker. He was a poem texter and a master gift giver. Ron found treasure in the smallest things and the strangest sounds. He saw the invisible and heard the inaudible. He was funny, stubborn and mischievous. Always generous, with a twinkle in his eye. His faith in music, art and community never wavered. Ron was deeply connected to the community of Ward's Island (Toronto Islands), where he lived on and off after Cal's birth in 1993. He was the fire-keeper at many celebrations and supported Island artists, craftspeople and friends in countless ways. He produced music events there, at the St. Andrew by-the-lake Anglican Church, bringing performers from across the harbour and around the world to revel in the glorious acoustics of that sacred space.
2020
Monday, April 15, 2024
Saturday, April 13, 2024
Playlist For Corby's Orbit Show Of 12 April 2024 with Tara Kannangara & Sarah Jerrom
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* Canadian Artists in Asterisk'd RED
* Gillian Hay ~ Flowers In Your Headspace ~ Magnolia Baby! ~ NEW RELEASE *@ The Painted Lady 26 April
* Enyonam ~ Self Conscious ~ NEW RELEASE single release party at The Dakota Tavern in Toronto on April 28 – where she will also be highlighted as the Freefall Sunday featured artist
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Monday, April 8, 2024
Saturday, April 6, 2024
Playlist For Corby's Orbit Show of 5 April 2024 with Steve Paul Simms
Commissioner of Selection - Paul Corby
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* Canadian Artists in Asterisk'd RED
* SP Simms & Maya T. ~ Play For Time / Interview with Steve Paul Simms / In My Bones / Cold Black Night feat. Maya Toman / La Llorona / Watching The Wind Blow ~ Weather's Gettin' Loud ~ NEW RELEASE CD LAUNCH @ Kensington Sound Studios 170 Baldwin Street Tuesday 9 April - WEST of Spadina in the belly of Kensington Market. Showtime is 7:30 - 9:30. Doors open at 7 and admission is $20