Corby's Orbit

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

Saturday, April 26, 2025

Playlist for Corby’s Orbit Show of April 25, 2025 Curated By Howard Gladstone


Commissioner of Selection - Howard Gladstone

* Canadian Artists in Asterisk'd RED

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5:00 Winter Landscapes


Sable River. Winter, Adirondacks Rockwell Kent. 1960

Bill Garrett and Sue Lothrop – Red Shoes – IN CONCERT April 26 @ Acoustic Harvest



Skydiggers – Snow Blind - PRE RELEASE from album “Dreams and Second Chances" - IN CONCERT May 31 Concert Hall







art by Oleg Molchanov

Tanya Tagaq – Snowblind


5:15  Quebec landscapes


L’Oomigmag – Ce Qui Tourne Dans L’Air – NEW RELEASE from album of same title

                                                              art by Boris Ivanovich Kazakov


Mon Pays – Art of Time Ensemble with Matthew Bellemare (song by Gilles Vigneault)

 

5:25  Prairie Landscapes

art by Grant Haffner 


James Gordon – Small Town Prairie Gigs

Neil Young – Four Strong Winds (song by Ian Tyson)


5:35   No Place Like Home
art by Brooklyn Swenson

Mike Plume – This Is Our Home (8:30 in Newfoundland) – NEW RELEASE

Martin Gladstone – In My Country Home – NEW RELEASE

 

5:45   Indigenous Landscapes


Amanda Rheaume – Unforgettable  - NEW RELEASE from album “The Truth We Hold” -  IN CONCERT May 21 @ TD Music Hall

Art by Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun



Robbie Robertson and the Red Road Ensemble– Stomp Dance ~ Songs of the Native Americans

 

5:55   Elbows Up, Canada




Stompin’ Tom Connors – Bud The Spud

Grievous Angels with Charlie Angus – North of the Watershed


6:02          A Jazzy O Canada


Steve Holt Jazz Impact Quintet - O Canada / Impact –  Impact - New Release OUT TODAY

 

6:11           New Canadian Releases: “K” series

 

Kele Fleming – The Nite The Stars Fell (for Kurt Cobain) NEW RELEASE

 

Katie Tupper – Original Thoughts NEW RELEASE

 

                       
Kate Maki – At Every Sunset NEW RELEASE

 

6:22 Endless landscape, changing seasons


   Gordon Lightfoot – Sixteen Miles to Seven Lakes

 

                        Joni Mitchell – Urge for Going

 

6:30          Challenge and freedom

PUT DOWN THE REMOTE - GET OUT AND VOTE

 

Stan Rogers – Northwest Passage

Bruce Cockburn -  Never So Free

 

                        Suzie Ungerleider – The Wilds - Among The Evergreens ~ PRE RELEASE June 6

 

6:45         Kurt Weill's 125th Birthday

                           (March 2, 1900 – April 3, 1950) 

            


            Judy Collins – Pirate Jenny

 

                        Ute Lemper – Mack the Knife

 



6:55            You can keep ‘em down on the farm

 

Tyler Ellis – My Brother’s In The NHL - NEW RELEASE @ Hugh's Room Live Thursday June 12, 2025




Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Upcoming Toronto Jazz Community Celebration 2025




JazzInToronto Community Celebration 2025 Toronto’s got a brand new jazz festival and it’s all about celebrating the city’s richly diverse local talent pool.

The JazzInToronto Community Celebration will take place all over the downtown core May 30, 31 and June 1st. Produced by musicians Lina Welch and Ori Dagan – who together run JazzInToronto, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting live music – the festival is fueled by their passion for community.


From Swing and Bebop to Soul and R&B, rising stars to veteran virtuosos, the weekend will feature something for everyone, including 
Jane Bunnett & Marilyn Lerner, Michael Shand, Alex Samaras, Lady Son, Trombone Charlotte and many more.


For tickets visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/jazzintoronto-62149702753

Saturday, April 12, 2025

Playlist For Corby's Orbit Show Of 11 April 2025

 


Commissioner of Selection - Paul Corby

* Canadian Artists in Asterisk'd RED

The Mixcloud Podcast Link is RIGHT HERE

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( Brought To You By Bone Apples, Habitual Rituals and Uncommon Accomplishments)

5:00 Scenic Sonics


* Nemahsis ~ Stick Of Gum ~ Verbathim ~ Juno Award Winner - Breakthrough Artist Of The Year 

* The New Pornographers ~ Ballad Of The Last Pay Phone ~ NEW SINGLE RELEASE 

* Robert Priest & Asher Ettinger ~ Elbows Up ~ NEW SINGLE RELEASE 


* James Gordon ~ Liberation Day ~ 
NEW SINGLE RELEASE 

* YAWN ~ Help Myself ~ NEW RELEASE

* Kailan McGee ~ Long Live The Night ~ The Songstress' Empire ~ NEW RELEASE

*Reggaddiction feat. Mirian Katrib ~ Looking Out For You ~ NEW SINGLE RELEASE 

Aaron Shragge's Whispering Worlds ~ Cosmic Cliffs ~ NEW RELEASE

DJ Koze feat. Ada ~ Unbelievable ~ NEW SINGLE RELEASE 

* The Barra MacNeils ~ Goin' Back ~ The Question 

5:45 Conferred Conifers

illustration: Forest Interior by Tom Thompson 1912

* Mike Plume ~ This Is Our Home (8:30 Newfoundland) ~ NEW SINGLE RELEASE

* Danny Marks ~ I'm Ready ~ NEW SINGLE RELEASE

Uwade ~ Harmattan ~ Florilegium ~ NEW RELEASE

* Jesse Reyez ~ N.Y.B. ~ Paid In Memories ~ NEW RELEASE

* Alyssa Rose Hunt ~ Can't Get Enough ~ NEW RELEASE


* Peach Pit ~ Am I Your Girl? ~ NEW RELEASE

Pablo Alboran ~ Clickbait ~ NEW RELEASE

* Alanna Jenish ~ Shoot The Moon ~ Daleview ~ CFMA Winner

* Rube'n'Rake ~ Waiting On Your Cue ~ NEW RELEASE

* Loryn Taggart ~ Walls ~ The Lost Art Of Pulling Through ~ CFMA Winner

illustration by Sarah Jarrett

6:15 Hormonal Harmonics

* Kobo Town ~ One By One ~ Jumbie In The Jukebox 

* Devon Cole ~ Play House ~ NEW RELEASE

Tortoise ~ Organesson ~ NEW RELEASE

* Connie Kaldor ~ Woman Who Pays ~ Keep Going 

* Lauren Dillen ~ One More Time For The Road ~ NEW RELEASE

* Alessia Cara ~ Subside ~ Love & Hyperbole ~ NEW RELEASE

6:45 Fluid Transmissions

* Coco Rose ~ Ambulance ~ Cuddle Funk PRE RELEASE 18 April ~ @ The Cameron House 9 May

* Celeigh Cardinal CFMA Winner ~ Don't Waste Your Love On Me NEW RELEASE ~ Live @ Allied Music Center / Massey Hall Friday 25 April


* NAV fear. Playboi Carti ~ Unlimited ~ OMW2 Rexdale ~ 
NEW RELEASE

Arca & Tokischa ~ Chama  


  


  



  

Thursday, April 3, 2025

Orbit On Site For The Canadian Folk Music Awards


 













I am looking forward to a folk-tastic weekend in Ottawa/Hull, on the Canadian Folk Music Awards case with ace photog Leonard Poole to hustle up some reportage and images for Roots Music Canada.

The Orbit perseveres on Friday regardless.

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