Corby's Orbit

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

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Missing March 27 Show To Be Broadcast Wednesday From 5 - 7 on Radio Regent

 


This past weekend, the scheduler automative system and the shows expected to play for each of Radio Regent's slots did not play correctly and instead grabbed incorrect random folder content.

The Orbit that had been scheduled will be broadcast this Wednesday from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., giving those artists and audience members a chance to hear the music that they missed last Friday. Apologies to all from Radio Regent.

Saturday, March 28, 2026

Orbital Accident - Yesterday's Show Didn't Air





















I have yet to find out how or why, but a substitute Orbit, of less than exemplary caliber and vintage, was broadcast yesterday. It ruined my day, and maybe yours as well. A week of emails, posters and other preparations wasted... 

Recent staffing cuts at Radio Regent explain the absence of any response to my S.O.S. messages asking for help at the time. The show will be played on air at some other opportunity, but there will be no podcast or playlist available today. 

SAVE COMMUNITY RADIO!

 


Saturday, March 21, 2026

Playlist For Corby's Orbit Show Of 20 March 2026

 


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 Accelerated Celery, Abrupt Broccoli and  Ancillary Asparagus)

5:00 Roundabout Trajectories 

* Jesse Roper ~ Sweet Little Caroline ~ NEW RELEASE

* Mario Puglia ~ Paz Y Felicidad ~ NEW RELEASE

* Charlotte Cardin ~ The Way We Touch ~ NEW RELEASE

illustration by Jeff Bourgeau


* Mary Beth Carty ~ Oran Boisdale ~ Celtic Voices (Putumayo)

* Rae Spoon ~ Country Music Breaks My Heart ~ NEW RELEASE

* Brettyn Rose ~ Leavin' On My Lips ~ The Wild West ~ NEW RELEASE

* Reid Jamieson & CVM ~ Blue Jeans ~ NEW RELEASE


* Larkk ~ Cuckoo ~ Cinders ~ NEW RELEASE

Momo Boyd ~ American Love Song ~ NEW RELEASE

Mark Tonelli ~ Minha Felicidade Y Estar Com Voce ~ Brasiliana ~ NEW RELEASE

5:45  Circumnavigations of Nowadays


* Allison Russell ~ Rainbows ~ Rainbows EP ~ 
NEW RELEASE

* Allen Dobb ~ Lone Tree Of Your Heart ~ The Afterlife Sessions ~ NEW RELEASE

* Jani Lauzon ~ Symphony For Black Crow Woman ~ NEW RELEASE

Tiana Major9 ~ Have Your Way ~ NEW RELEASE

beabadoobee feat. The Marias ~ All I Did Was Dream Of You ~ NEW RELEASE

Liv Romano ~ Lasso The Moon 

* DJ Shub & Natasha Fisher ~ The Eye Of The Storm ~ NEW RELEASE 


* Cat Clyde ~ My Love ~ Mud Blood Bone ~ NEW RELEASE 

* Clever Hopes & Kelly McMichael ~ Long Way Round ~ NEW RELEASE


* Pressgang Mutiny ~ Haul Away Boys / Lowlands ~ Departure ~ 
NEW RELEASE / Out Today!

6:20 Obstreperous  Agendas

* Cowboy Junkies ~ If You Got To Go, Go Now 

* The McDades ~ Telegraph Reel ~ NEW RELEASE

Delores Keane  (26 September 1953 – 16 March 2026) ~ Sweet Forget Me Nots 

* Medusa Quartet ~ Golden (excerpt) 

* Edwin Raphael ~ It's A Shame You Swim So Well ~ I Know A Garden ~ NEW RELEASE

* Status / Non-Status ~ Peace Bomb ~ Big Changes ~ NEW RELEASE

* Buffy Ste-Marie ~ The War Racket 

* Tonya P. ~ Just Try ~ NEW RELEASE

* Ria Mae & Classified ~ In The Stars ~ NEW RELEASE





Sunday, March 15, 2026

Yesterday's Nowruz celebration at the Henley Gardens I.D.A., featuring music from LuA trio

 


A popular event welcoming spring happened this past weekend, with a local pharmacy presenting music of peace, hope and humanity, thanks to (L. to R.) facilitating pharmacist Farah Thawer, LuA - Shameema Soni, Maryem Tollar, and Nagmeh Faramand, and Paul Corby, the instigating Orbiteer. With the sunshine, the songs, the hyacinths, and the ice cream - LuA trio was in full bloom for a Nowruz celebration within the I.D.A. drug store at Henley 
Gardens.  

Starting with an installation at this 
east-end Toronto drugstore to fill the empty space left by the post office's removal last December, the space has taken on the secondary role of a community hub, displaying paintings by the Beach Guild Of Fine Art, that turned into an ongoing rotating residency. 

A successful Christmas concert there by local Beaches  singer / songwriter Melanie Peterson demanded an encore. 
So Saturday's pre-equinox party was booked and drew in about fifty friends and neighbours over the course of the two-hour concert, which featured the band's original uplifting songs, as well as some Stevie Wonder and Bob Marley, and a breath-taking percussion solo by Iranian-Canadian percussionist Nagmeh Faramand (see below). Burnt marshmallow ice cream from Beaches treat purveyor Ed's Real Scoops helped maintain the chill vibe and fans of all ages swayed to the music for two sun-filled hours basking in the scent of hyacinths.  

photos by David Hynes & Paul Corby











Saturday, March 14, 2026

Nowruz celebration at the Henley Gardens I.D.A., featuring music from LuA trio


 Presenting music of peace, hope and humanity with (l. to R.) pharmacist Farah Thawer, LuA - Shameema Soni, Maryem Tollar, and Nagmeh Faramand, and the Orbiteer. The sunshine, the songs, the hyacinths, the ice cream! The LuA trio was in bloom at our Nowruz celebration at the I.D.A. at Henley Gardens today. Celebrity sightings included The Beach Guild of Fine Art painters Rome, Joan, Marilyn Walsh, Marcella Spinace and Terry Tedesco, Jay Cleary, David Hynes, & Leonard Poole.









Playlist For Corby's Orbit Show Of 13 March 2026


































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 John Ra And Catta Garry )

5:00 Ecstatic Electricity


* Odario ~ Hot Hot Heat ~ Good Morning Hunter ~ 
NEW RELEASE

* Jennifer Foster ~ Shy ~ Powerline ~ NEW RELEASE

Bruce Hornsby, Bonnie Raitt and The Louisiana State University Tigers Women's Basketball Team ~ Ecstatic ~ Indigo Park ~ NEW RELEASE

* Mimi O'Bonsawin ~ Passing The Time ~  NEW RELEASE

Angéle & Justice ~ What You Want ~  NEW RELEASE

* Mally Bless ~ My Almighty ~ NEW RELEASE

* Kunlé ~ Ilé L'Abo ~ NEW RELEASE

* Bywater Call ~ How Long? ~ NEW RELEASE

*Ariel Posen ~ Bannatyne ~ Bannatyne ~ NEW RELEASE

* Dominique Fils-Aimé ~ Freedom Become ~ My World Is The Sun ~ NEW RELEASE


5:40 Alien Terrains  

 Lauren Minear ~ Boxing Day ~ NEW RELEASE

* SLIP-ons ~ Overtime ~ Overtime EP ~ NEW RELEASE

* The New Pornographers ~ Spooky Actions ~ The Former Site Of ~ NEW RELEASE 

* Bella White ~ False Start ~ A Sign In The Weather ~ NEW RELEASE

* The Johnny Max Band ~ The Pukka Orchestra's Might As Well Be On Mars ~ NEW RELEASE

* Max Webster feat, Terry Watkinson (1940-2026) ~ Let Go The Line 

* Matthew Byrne ~ Canoodle Doodle ~ Stealing Time ~

JUNO NOMINEE

* Elyse Aeryn ~ Cry ~ NEW RELEASE

* Meg Tennant & Mark Ripp ~ Any Questions ~ NEW RELEASE


Angelique Kidjo ~ Fall On Me ~ 
NEW RELEASE

6:20 Universal Rehearsals

* Dana Sipos ~ Songs Of Longing ~ Golden Molten ~ NEW RELEASE


* MIINA ~ Celebration ~ NEW RELEASE 

Grocery Bag ~ Stop Calling Me Out ~ NEW RELEASE

* An Empty Box In The Empty Room ~ Keys On The Table ~ NEW RELEASE

* Mia Kelly & Kim Churchill ~ Time's Easy To Blame ~ Big Time Roller Coasdter Feeling ~ NEW RELEASE

Nina Simone ~ Take Care Of Business (Solomun Remix) ~ Verve Remixed ~ NEW RELEASE

* Daniela Andrade feat. OURI ~ Beds Of Hay ~ NEW RELEASE


* Heillig Manoeuvre ~ Extreme Strolling ~ Thoughtful Fun 

* Lua ~ Sandstorm ~ The Elephant ~ @ Henley Gardens I.D.A. Pharmacy 14 April 2026  3:00 - 5:00 p.m.