Cathy Young's Ides of March at Lula Lounge

Above and Beyond: 
Cathy Young and Russ Little
                      







                           George Oliver            Carl Harvey

Familiars and famosas fabulosos flocked to Lula Lounge's Ides of March fest, hosted by perpetual emotion mama, Cathy Young, "a party waiting to be had", as the MC put it. And more than one Caesar was, in fact, killed, as a progression of Toronto talents made a powerful noise together and Cathy surged and sang through a broad selection of rock blues and R&B standards.

Pat Little                       Shamakah Ali & Derek Giberson





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Above: They did, in fact, leave their hats on.

One Love Finale ~ left to right: Shamakah Ali & Derek Giberson, Tabby Johnson & Debbie Fleming, Paris Black, Carl Harvey Cathy Young, Trevor King & George Oliver 

Playlist For Show Of 16 March

Commissioner of Selection: Paul Corby 

(Brought to you by Obscure Securities, Flat Brokerage & Stock Radio)

Guests: David Leask, Helen Austin of Big Little Lions, Jessica Stuart & Alex St. Kitts

5-7 p.m. Fridays online http://www.radioregent.com/ and at tunein.com .  

Podcast here https://www.mixcloud.com/paul-corby/

Canadians in Asterisk’d RED. 
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5:00 Greens Party

* Jim Layeux ~ The Earth Has Sent Us A Message ~ Earthlings 

Loretta Hagen ~ Welcome Spring ~ Lucky Stars NEW DISK

* Raine Hamilton ~ Everyday ~ Night Sky NEW DISK

* Hotcha! ~ Bitter Years ~ Dust Bowl Roots ~ @ 120 Diner Saturday to Hotcha-fy St. Patrick's Day

Flook ~ Eb Reels ~ Flatfish

5:20 Doing Us A Big Flava

Craig Mack  (May 10, 1970 – March 12, 2018) ~ When God Comes ~ Project : Funk Tha World

Atmosphere ~ @ It Again ~ Headshots ~ Se7en @ The Phoenix Sunday

5:30 A New Leask

* David Leask ~ Can't Make It Back Home / Interview / When You Think No One Loves You / Between Him & Me ~ Six In 6/8 NEW DISK @ The Cameron House Mondays 6-8 P.M.  

* Terms And Conditions ~ Common Ground ~ VK NEW DISK 

6:00 Life Lions

* Big Little Lions ~ Kind / Alive &Well / Against The Wall / Interview with Helen Austin ~ Alive & Well ~ @ Burdock Wednesday 28 March 

The Pretenders ~ Bold As Love ~ Stone Free : A Tribute To Jimi Hendrix

6:20 Incubation Situations

* Jessica Stuart ~ Without You ~ Same Girl EP ( Exclusive Tracks For Japanese Release ) / So Long (live)

Alex St. Kitts ~ Fake Castles / Alright (live) ~ The Projektor II & III NEW DISK 

Interview with Jessica Stuart & Alex St. Kitts ~ @ Tranzac Thursday 22 March 5:00

Charles Mingus ~ Theme For Lester Young ~ Mingus  Mingus Mingus ~ @ Lola tonight 8 p.m.

* Avi Granite ~ New Rose Neurosis ~ 6 Red Tree ~ @ The Rex for a Vinyl Release tonight / Toronto Music Listings

Lucid Lights This Friday Night

The Orbit will be reflecting heavenly music with translucent clarity this Friday evening as David Leask 

(Mondays from 6-8 at The Cameron House), 

Helen Austin of Big Little Lions 

(@ The Garnet in Peterborough 7 March & @ Burdock in Toronto 9 p.m. 28 March + @ other eastern stops) 

and Jessica Stuart with bass dazzler Alex St. Kitts (5:00 p.m.,Thursday 22 March @ The Tranzac) 

come into view over the event horizon.

Multiple Modern & Original Music Video-gasms From Toronto's Tranzac Community

Pic: The Jessica Stuart Few - Same Girl

Here's a link to what went down last night at the

TRANZAC MUSIC VIDEO PARTY. 

Tranzac Music Video Party Playlist

Thanks to the Tranzac and especially to 

Sarah Greene and Collette Savard for collecting and curating so much & so many more music vids than I had ever imagined to exist from within the Tranzac community. Making our "music city" obvious, evident & available is of huge benefit to the city's spirit and legacy. Again, please, again! 

Playlist For Corby's Orbit Show of 9 March with Cathy Young

Commissioner of Selection: Paul Corby 

(Brought to you by Women Lessons, Girls of Wisdom & Lady Bards)

Guest: Cathy Young

5-7 p.m. Fridays online http://www.radioregent.com/ and at tunein.com .  

Podcast here https://www.mixcloud.com/paul-corby/

Canadians in Asterisk’d RED. 
Click on photos to enlarge.

5:00 Looping The Latitudes

Caetano Veloso ~ Eclipse Oculto ~ Prenda Minha  (1998 Live)

Chronixx ~ I Can ~ Chronology New Chronixx Video

* King Achilla Orru ~ Ajulinna ~ Songs From The Heart Of Africa 

* Wooden Horsemen ~ I Will Follow ~ Sentient  NEW DISK

5:20 Strings Like A Bee

* The Lonesome Ace Stringband ~ Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me ~ When The Sun Comes Up NEW DISK

Sheesham & Lotus & 'Son ~ Down In Your Pockets ~ Clear The Table

* Rant Maggie Rant ~ Hold The Candle ~ Latitude ~ @ Hugh's Room Live for St. Patrick's Day Saturday 17 March

 5:40  Oral Scopes

* Hard Luck Woman & Her Misfortunes ~ Spinach Song ~ Cursed @ Dakota Tavern 14 April  NEW DISK

* Jim Byrnes ~ Leonard Cohen's Everybody Knows ~ Hot Summer Days 

* Willard Bond ~ With You ~ Jiggery Pokery  NEW DISK

* Suzie Vinnick ~ Lean Into the Light ~ Shake The Love Around  NEW DISK ~ CD Launch @ Hugh's Room Live 4 April

6:00 A Stitch Intimate

* David Leask ~ Caught In The Tide ~ Six In 6/8 NEW DISK ~ @ The Cameron House Mondays 6-8 p.m. and on Corby's Orbit Friday 16 March

* Big Little Lions ~ Unicorn ~ Alive And Well NEW DISK ~ @ Burdock Wednesday 28 March and on Corby's Orbit Friday 16 March

* Charlotte Day Wilson ~ Nothing New ~ Stone Woman NEW DISK

* Jordana Talsky ~ Ways ~ Neither Of Either NEW DISK

6:15 Cathode Rays 

* Cathy Young ~ Coming Home / Interview / Midnight Hour ~ Travel Stained (GRT 1973) ~ @ Lula Lounge Thursday 15 March for The Ides Of March doors @ 6:30

<<< Picture : Cathy Young at Radio Regent with our new videographer Reza

6:30 Orchid Straws

Lokua Kanza ~ Tika Ngai ~ Toyebi Te 

* Jane Bunnett & Maqueque ~ New Angel ~ Maqueque ~ @ Hugh's Room Live Saturday

James Blood Ulmer ~ Little Red House ~ Odyssey (Columbia 1996)

* Shirley Eikhard ~ Ridng On The 65 ~ Riding On The 65 (2008)

6:45 Ease Of Mind

* John McMurchy ~ Expat Cafe ~ The Art Of Breath ~ @ Gallery 345 Saturday + Toronto Music Listings

* Loretta Hagen ~ You'll Be Safe Here ~ Lucky Stars NEW DISK

* Ken Yates ~ The Best Part Of Leaving ~ Huntsville ~ @ Harbourfront Centre Saturday with Rose Cousins

Cathy Young Comes To The Orbit ~ Not To Bury The Past, But To Raise It Up

There will be an updraft of song-craft in the Orbit today as Cathy Young,

a 50 year veteran of making round-the-world music,

 joins us at 6:00 for musical treats, legends of Canada and to provide a preview for her forward-looking Ides of March show at Lula Lounge next week.

Use The Blue Antifreeze~ Cold Weather Bluesfest in the Beaches

                                 Click on photos to enlarge

I spent Saturday evening in good warm company, searching T.O.'s eastern littoral regions for some blues-love and music to rise above the seasonal snowblowers and shivers. Stopping on corners and comparing notes with others of the same drift. "No blues here. We're watchin' the game." Dead ends and live wires and string grinders and lost cat rewards, on the second night of the third annual Beaches Cold Weather Blues Fest.

 Some of the delights: 


The Fraser Melvin Band at the Grover with an impeccable repertoire and secret weapon Raha The Bad Luck Woman on bass. 

Jenie Thai churned up a lather with her trio at The Gastro Pub, where Fest- monger Anthony of Castro's and his entourage settled in for a pit stop.




Meanwhile there was a full house
at Castro's where
Conor Gains was shaking everyone's money makers. 

And up in a dim and  lonely corner of "the Upper Beaches" Lotus Wight kicked off his snow boots and comforted an intimate crowd with banjo recreations of times long past at The Porch Light.
 Another night scattered and gone, but much balmier than it might have been minus the blues.