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Welcome to the audio home page for the CONFERENCE of the BIRDS, a weekly radio program/podcast featuring a heterogeneous, intra-continental mix of music and song. Various genres, forms, formats, and styles are featured, juxtaposed and intermingled, from free-jazz to field recordings. Listen here for a weekly mix of popular, classical, folk, religious, radical, experimental, spiritual, political, and poetic musics from around and beyond the globe. COB airs LIVE, Friday evenings, 9:00 - 12:00 midnight, Eastern USA time, on WRFI and WINO radio, ithaca/Watkins Glen/Odessa New York (www.wrfi.org). Online 24/7. Always free.
Episodes
Sunday Apr 17, 2022
Conference of the Birds, 3-18-22
Sunday Apr 17, 2022
Sunday Apr 17, 2022
This week: Star Feminine Band; Awa Maïga; Tomas Fujiwara's Triple Double;' Général Defao; Jana Linhares; Susana Baca; Novos Baianos; Danyèl Waro; Ataulfo Alves; Jorge Ben; Lou Donaldson; Ernest Dawkins & New Horizons Ensemble; Buganda music from Uganda; Teso music from Uganda; Billy Harper; Michael White; much more...
Always FREE of charge to listen to the radio program on WRFI, or stream, download, and subscribe to the podcast:
via PODBEAN: https://conferenceofthebirds.podbean.com/
via iTUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conference-of-the-birds-podcast/id478688580
Also available at podomatic, Internet Archive, podtail, iheart Radio, and elsewhere.
PLAYLISTS at SPINITRON:
https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/15600267/Conference-of-the-Birds
and via the Conference of the Birds page at WRFI.ORG
https://www.wrfi.org/wrfiprograms/conferenceofthebirds/
We will continue to update playlists at confbirds.blogspot.com 24-48 hours of the program's posting online.
Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conferenceofthebirds/?ref=bookmarks
FIND WRFI on Radio Garden: http://radio.garden/visit/ithaca-ny/aqh8OGBR
Contact: confbirds@gmail.com
Thursday May 28, 2020
Conference of the Birds, 5-22-20
Thursday May 28, 2020
Thursday May 28, 2020
This week: Slimane Azem; Haj Muhammad Bensaid performs Muhammad ben Sliman; Gabriel Alegria w. Afro-Peruvian Sextet; Florian Arbenz's Convergence; Lebrijano; Camaron; François Carrier w. Masayo Koketsu, Daisuke Fuwa, Takashi Itani; Henry Threadgill; Africando; Thione Seck; Sabri Brothers w. Aziz Mian; Rahet Fateh Ali Khan; much more...
Always FREE of charge to listen to the radio program on WRFI, or stream, download, and subscribe to the podcast:
via PODBEAN: https://conferenceofthebirds.podbean.com/
via iTUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conference-of-the-birds-podcast/id478688580
Also available at podomatic, Internet Archive, podtail, iheart Radio, and elsewhere.
***In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Conference of the Birds will be broadcasting remotely, with little to no back-announcing, for the foreseeable future. Playlists will be updated live, in real-time, on the pop-up player on the WRFI website (for those listening live via WRFI's live-stream), and on Spinitron at the Conference of the Birds page:
https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/10927682/Conference-of-the-Birds
and via the Conference of the Birds page at WRFI.ORG:
https://www.wrfi.org/wrfiprograms/conferenceofthebirds/
We will continue to update playlists at confbirds.blogspot.com 24-48 hours of the program's airing Friday evenings on WRFI.
Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conferenceofthebirds/?ref=bookmarks
FIND WRFI on Radio Garden: http://radio.garden/visit/ithaca-ny/aqh8OGBR
Contact: confbirds@gmail.com
Friday Nov 22, 2019
Conference of the Birds, 11-15-19
Friday Nov 22, 2019
Friday Nov 22, 2019
This week: Linda Sharrock w. RedSun & SamulNori; Fay Victor; William Parker; Marcel Khalifé w. Mahmoud Darwish; Jayashree Vaidyanathan; Leila Pinheiro; Joana Amendoeira; Wayne Wallace Latin jazz Quintet; Kandia Kouyaté; Babani Koné; Frode Gjerstard Trio w. Peter Brøtzmann; Abdel Halim Hafez; Chucho Valdez w. Arturo Sandoval; much more...
Always FREE of charge to listen, stream, download, and subscribe.
iTUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/conference-of-the-birds-podcast/id478688580?mt=2
Playlists via WRFI:
https://www.wrfi.org/localprograms/conferenceofthebirds/
or via blogspot:
or via SPINITRON:
https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/9805370/Conference-of-the-Birds
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conferenceofthebirds/?ref=bookmarks
Contact: confbirds@gmail.com
Monday Oct 07, 2019
Conference of the Birds, 10-4-19
Monday Oct 07, 2019
Monday Oct 07, 2019
This week: Wuta Mayi; Bako Dagnon; Art Blakey; Tina Brooks; Tony Pabon y la Protesta; Sonora Ponceña; Gisela João; jamie branch; Max Roach; Baikida Carroll; Anna Webber; Pandit C.R. Vyas; Osvaldinho da Cuíca w. Madrinha Eunice; Revolutionary Ensemble;Carlos do Carmo w. Cristina Branco; much more...
Always FREE of charge to listen, stream, download, and subscribe.
iTUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/conference-of-the-birds-podcast/id478688580?mt=2
Playlists: confbirds.blogspot.com
OR on SPINITRON:
https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/9546019/Conference-of-the-Birds
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conferenceofthebirds/?ref=bookmarks
Contact: confbirds@gmail.com
Thursday Aug 08, 2019
Conference of the Birds, 8-2-19
Thursday Aug 08, 2019
Thursday Aug 08, 2019
This week: Mashrou' Leila; Anna Abdykalykova; Toto Necessite; Henri Bowane; Angel Bat Dawid; Roy Haynes; Yusef Lateef; Abdelwahab Doukkali; Mimin Aminah; Uun Budiman & New Jugala Gamelan Orchestra; The Fictive Five (Ochs, Filiano, Niggenkemper, Eisenstadt, Wooley); Javier Paxariño, Chano Domínguez & Hozan Yamamoto; Rail Band; Bembeya Jazz National; Other Dimensions in Music; Dewey Redman; music from Iraqi radio; Dijf Sanders; Johnny Clegg (RIP): much more...
Always FREE of charge to listen, stream, download, and subscribe.
iTUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/conference-of-the-birds-podcast/id478688580?mt=2
Playlists: confbirds.blogspot.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conferenceofthebirds/?ref=bookmarks
Contact: confbirds@gmail.com
Tuesday May 29, 2018
Conference of the Birds, 5-25-18
Tuesday May 29, 2018
Tuesday May 29, 2018
Wednesday Oct 18, 2017
Conference of the Birds, 10-13-17
Wednesday Oct 18, 2017
Wednesday Oct 18, 2017
This week: Elis Regina; Gabi Lunça; Mitsou; Billy Bang w. Charles Tyler; Taleb Rabah; Roberto Roena; Leroy Jenkins w. Chamber Ensemble;Dulce Pontes w. Wladimir Bastos; Carlos Burity; Iréne Schweitzer w. manfred Schoof et al.; Anthony Braxton & tubas; David Murray Latin Big Band; Tito Paris; Bonga; much more...
Always FREE of charge to listen, stream, download, and subscribe.
Playlists: confbirds.blogspot.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conferenceofthebirds/
Contact: contact: confbirds@gmail.com
Wednesday Oct 04, 2017
Conference of the Birds, 9-29-17
Wednesday Oct 04, 2017
Wednesday Oct 04, 2017
This week: Wadada Leo Smith w. guitars; Steve Coleman's Natal Eclipse; Pansori from Korea; Alice Fitoussi; Gabriel Alegria repriises Orentte; Sambasunda (from Java); Monk; Ismael Miranda; Sonora Ponceña; Bobby Valentin; Grupo Yoruba w. Merceditas Valdés; much more...
Always FREE of charge to listen, stream, download, and subscribe.
Playlists: confbirds.blogspot.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conferenceofthebirds/
Contact: contact: confbirds@gmail.com
Monday Feb 13, 2017
Conference of the Birds,2-10-17
Monday Feb 13, 2017
Monday Feb 13, 2017
This week: Aimé Césaire set to music by Jean-Luc Pino, perf. by Matébis (erstwhile members of Malavoi); Didier Petit w. Claudia Solal, Philippe Foch; Heinz Geisser's Ensemble 5; Salif Keita x 2; Teofilo Chantre; Elis Regina; Sun Ra; Djere Fouta (from Fouta Djallon, Guinea); Guinean vocalist Adja Soumano; Pansequito; Cabrero; Billy Harper; and much more...
Thanks for contributing!!! Please find and click the yellow "donate" button at our playists: confbirds.blogspot.com
NOTE: New Mailing Address below!!!
Always FREE of charge to listen, stream, download, and subscribe.
Playlists: confbirds.blogspot.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conferenceofthebirds/
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/conference-birds-podcast/id478688580?mt=2
Contact: confbirds@gmail.com
Listen LIVE to COB on WRFI (Fridays 9-11pm EST).
Send correspondence, discs, & music to Stephen Cope, Conference of the Birds, PO Box 669, Trumansburg, NY 14886.
Monday Dec 05, 2016
Conference of the Birds, 12-2-16
Monday Dec 05, 2016
Monday Dec 05, 2016
This week: Claudia Rankine; Cesaria Evora; Tizsiji Muñoz w. Marilyn Crispell; Ben Goldberg w. Invisible Guy; Palo Monte; Ray Barreto; Angel Canales; Eddie Palmieri; Maryam Saleh; AACM Experimental Ensemble;Nei Lopes; The Mighty Sparrow; Randy Weston in Montreux; much more...
NOTE: New Mailing Address below!!!
Always FREE of charge to listen, stream, download, and subscribe.
Playlists: confbirds.blogspot.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conferenceofthebirds/
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/conference-birds-podcast/id478688580?mt=2
Contact: confbirds@gmail.com
Listen LIVE to COB on WRFI (Fridays 9-11pm EST).
Send correspondence, discs, & music to Stephen Cope, Conference of the Birds, PO Box 669, Trumansburg, NY 14886.