Winterfolk Cascades Through The Downtown Danforth In Toronto

Alfie Smith's solid blue kickoff ignited Toronto's 13th annual Winterfolk frolic Friday at Danforth and Broadview

The Heavyweights Brass Band stirred up a profound crisis of stomp and holler and then marched away into the night.

 

West coast roots hero David Essig applied a deft slide to his 12-string guitar, which he calls "the steam locomotive of the blues", educating and rousing a rapt audience.

The Jessica Stuart Few unpacked their jazz / folk / manga repertoire at Terrio's with a tight and trippy performance.

Rae Billing and Lynn Miles shared wisdom, wit and harmony yodelling with an afternoon audience at The Black Swan and Linda McRae provided a country quilt of stories and songs, ending with a singalong on "Be Your Own Light".

Noah Zacharin's fingerstyle embroidery decorated the afternoon for an amiable crowd at Dora Keough.

Kristine Schmitt busted homestyle rambles at Dora's evening showcase as Hotcha's Beverley and Howard, and chantistas Isabel Fryszberg and Clela Errington gave full frontal support.

 The O`Pears enchanted a room that was just about ready to hoot with elaborate harmonic ideas and original melodies of persuasive distinction.

Whoa Nelly popped fuses with their highly charged country swing and ballads.

And The Wanted gave us a hot chance for a Saturday night wail-along with 

These Boots Are Made For Walkin`, amongst other classics.

Photos by Paul & Kim Corby

Heavyweights in Orbit - Interview and Bring You Down live!

Visually a bit monotonous but a sonically thrilling version of the Heavyweights in the studio today.

Playlist for Corby’s Orbit on CKLN.FM, Show of Friday, second of September, 2011

 (brought to you by Awesome Autumn NRG , Harlem Renaissance, and the Shelter Valley re-brother re-sister vibe)

11-2 p.m. online. Canadians in red.

11:00  Instructional Rock

Mumbles and Cut Chemisy – Caution

Puracane – Went Away

Camp Radio – Cosmic Fair

The Pack A.D. – Positronic

The Paint Movement – Porcelains

The Light from the Heart

Saidah Baba Talibah – Fall Again

Jorge Martinez – Dulce Melancolia

Heavyweights Brass Band – Just the Two of Us / Interview /

                                                     Heavyweight Don’t Bring Me Down and  Single Ladies (live)

Little Feat – Long Distance Love (live)

Wagons – My Daydreams

12:00  Out Shelter Valley Way Showcase

Raymond McLain and Mike Stevens – Footprints in the Snow

Corin Raymond – Blue Mermaid Dress

Layah Jane – Follow You

Eliza Gilkyson – Beauty Way

C.N.E. Seasonal Soul Scene

Steven Ambrose – My Private Little Hell

Paul James – Gotta Gimme Some Of It

Dr. Nick and the Rollercoasters – Got Love if You Want It

Muddy Waters – Clouds in my Heart (live)

B.B. King – Don’t Look Down

Speech – Like Marvin Gaye Said

1:00 Eternal Luminaries for Romare Bearden

Carmen McRae  / Clifford Jordan – Looking Back

Winter Consort & The Dmitri Pokrovsky Singers – Kyrie

Lester Bowie’s Brass Fantasy – Lament

Pressure and Pleasure Points

Alexandre Gismonti – Na Pressao

Cesaria Evora – Bia D’Lulucha (live)

Mandeng Elektrik – Oya Oye

Microbunny w. Rebecca Campbell – Blue September Blues

 Laura Nyro – Sweet Blindness (live)

Selected Toronto Listings over Charles Lloyd’s Sweet Georgia Bright

Joy Kills Sorrow - We Will have Our Day 

Jack Bruce & Robin Trower – Take Good Care of Yourself