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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
Saturday Dec 23, 2023
Conference of the Birds, 11-24-23
Saturday Dec 23, 2023
Saturday Dec 23, 2023
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Cante jondo from el Chocolate and Carmen Linares; Niama Ababsa (Algerian pop); Lebanese song from Salwa el Katrib; Tatyana Surbinska & Ensemble Pirin (vintage Balkan Roma song); new and old Rembetika from Marika Politissa & Dimitris Mystakidis (w. Eleni Vitali); esraj playing from Ariana Suta; raga on veena from Nirmala Rajeskar; Ibro Diabate (Guinea), Assana Mboup (Senegal); Netsennet Melese (Ethiopia), Super Djata (Mali); vintage Steve Coleman w. Mystic Rhythm Society; Ornette Coleman; Magic Malik; much more!!!!
Catch the BIRDS live on Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI: 88.1FM Ithaca, 89.7FM Odessa, 91.9FM WINO Watkins Glen. and WORLDWIDE online at WRFI.ORG. 24/7 at
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.
Always FREE of charge to listen to the radio program and free also to stream, download, and subscribe to the podcast online:
PLAYLIST at SPINITRON:
https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18164931/Conference-of-the-Birds
and via the Conference of the Birds page at WRFI.ORG
https://www.wrfi.org/wrfiprograms/conferenceofthebirds/
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
Sunday Oct 22, 2023
Conference of the Birds, 9-29-23
Sunday Oct 22, 2023
Sunday Oct 22, 2023
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: South African jazz from Joe Malinga; The Jazz Doctors (Bang, Lowe, Charles, Garrett); Cameroonian singer, actress, seamstress, and poet Liza Nfwa; from Ethiopia: Aselfech Ashine & Getenesh Kebret; The Abyssinia Band; Les Amazons de Guinée; Don Cherry; from Greece: Nikos Karakostas; Poly Panou; Algerian cha'abi from Akli Yahyatene; This is Our Language Quartet (Amado, McPhee, Kessler, Corsano); Dorothy Ashby; new music from Nova Jazzers w. Munir Bashir & Rabbi Abou-Khalil; much, much more ...!
LISTEN LIVE: Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI: 88.1FM Ithaca, 89.7FM Odessa, 91.9FM WINO Watkins Glen. and WORLDWIDE online at WRFI.ORG.
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.
Always FREE of charge to listen to the radio program and free also to stream, download, and subscribe to the podcast online:
PLAYLIST at SPINITRON:
https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17944328/Conference-of-the-Birds
and via the Conference of the Birds page at WRFI.ORG
https://www.wrfi.org/wrfiprograms/conferenceofthebirds/
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
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
Conference of the Birds, 8-4-23
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Bahr Abu Gresha (Nile singer); Norbert Stein w. Pata Masters; Joy Guidry; Karl Evangelists's Apura (new); Michael White (vintage); Richard Davis; from Japan: Edobayashi Hozonkai; from Java: Nasida Ria; Francis Wong; from Bangledesh: Viswanatah Das Bâul; from Palestine: Henna Al Haj Hasan & Delia Arts; Indian saxophone from Kadri Gopalnath & Pravin Godkhindi; Roma vocal from Eleni Vitale; rembetika vocal from Marika Ninou; from Mâroc (Morocco): Ensemble Laaroussi Lahcen; much, much more ...!
LISTEN LIVE: Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI: 88.1FM Ithaca, 89.7FM Odessa, 91.9FM WINO Watkins Glen. and WORLDWIDE online at WRFI.ORG.
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.
Always FREE of charge to listen to the radio program and free also to stream, download, and subscribe to the podcast online:
PLAYLIST at SPINITRON:
https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17707673/Conference-of-the-Birds
and via the Conference of the Birds page at WRFI.ORG
https://www.wrfi.org/wrfiprograms/conferenceofthebirds/
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 Sep 07, 2023
Conference of the Birds, 7-28-23
Thursday Sep 07, 2023
Thursday Sep 07, 2023
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: vintage Fela; new Asher Gamedze; Florence Adoonio; Leo Genovese et al.; Christopher Parker & the Band of Guardian Angels; McCoy Tyner; Duke Pearson; Sisonke Xonti; Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay; Ornette Coleman;Jason Kao Hwang's Critical Response; Marta Sanchez; Banda Maravilha; Felipe Mukenga; Amanda Cabral; Vania Abreu; Baby Gonzalez & Orquesta Riviera; Sejouba Kania Kouyaté; much, much more ...!
LISTEN LIVE: Cheikh M'hamed ElankaFriday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI: 88.1FM Ithaca, 89.7FM Odessa, 91.9FM WINO Watkins Glen. and WORLDWIDE online at WRFI.ORG.
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.
Always FREE of charge to listen to the radio program and free also to stream, download, and subscribe to the podcast online:
PLAYLIST at SPINITRON:
https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17678893/Conference-of-the-Birds
and via the Conference of the Birds page at WRFI.ORG
https://www.wrfi.org/wrfiprograms/conferenceofthebirds/
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
Sunday Sep 03, 2023
Conference of the Birds, 7-21-23
Sunday Sep 03, 2023
Sunday Sep 03, 2023
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Cheikh M'hamed Elanka; Fay Victor; Kyriakos Sfetsas & Greek Fusion Orchestra; Greek clarinet from Tassos Halkias; Henry Cow; Ahi Nana; vintage Algerian vocals from Saloua; vintage Moroccan pop from Jil JIlala; Donald Byrd w/ chorus; Sonic Liberation Front w. Oliver Lake; Famille Nguyên Van Mùi de Hanoi; recent Ida Widawati; Clifford Jordan (new release, old recording); Bhopal & Kelassi Bhopa; raga from Kishori Amonkar; Dimitrios Lantzos; much, much more ...!
LISTEN LIVE: Cheikh M'hamed ElankaFriday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI: 88.1FM Ithaca, 89.7FM Odessa, 91.9FM WINO Watkins Glen. and WORLDWIDE online at WRFI.ORG.
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.
Always FREE of charge to listen to the radio program and free also to stream, download, and subscribe to the podcast online:
PLAYLIST at SPINITRON:
https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17650202/Conference-of-the-Birds
and via the Conference of the Birds page at WRFI.ORG
https://www.wrfi.org/wrfiprograms/conferenceofthebirds/
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
Sunday Aug 06, 2023
Conference of the Birds, 7-7-23
Sunday Aug 06, 2023
Sunday Aug 06, 2023
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: cha'abi from Guerouabi; Roma sng from Rromnano Dives, B ajrami Selime, Trio Zajaze, and others; Kudsi Ergúner with jazz ensemble; Simon Barker, Henry Kaiser, Bill Laswell & Rudresh Mahanthappa; Sambeco (from Grande Camore); from Senegal: Kine Lam & Youssou n'Dour; from Haïti: Ensemble Etoile du Soir, Les frères Déjean; Horace Tapscott & the Pan_African People's Orchestra (vintage); Jacaques Coursil Unit (vintage); Other Dimensions in Music live in France; Peter Brötzman (RIP)( with Oxbow; much, much more ...!
LISTEN LIVE: Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI: 88.1FM Ithaca, 89.7FM Odessa, 91.9FM WINO Watkins Glen. and WORLDWIDE online at WRFI.ORG.
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.
Always FREE of charge to listen to the radio program and free also to stream, download, and subscribe to the podcast online:
PLAYLIST at SPINITRON:
https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17592129/Conference-of-the-Birds
and via the Conference of the Birds page at WRFI.ORG
https://www.wrfi.org/wrfiprograms/conferenceofthebirds/
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 Jul 13, 2023
Conference of the Birds, 6-30-23
Thursday Jul 13, 2023
Thursday Jul 13, 2023
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Vintage Guinean Authenticité from Kante Manfila and Camayenne Sofa; Ouzbek music from Khwarazm; vintage refusal ("No Me Llores") from legendary Cuban guitarist/vocalist/composer Arsenio Rodriguez; James Blood Ulmer's "Captain Black" explored, extended, expanded, retitled by Rashid Ali w. Quartet (live in Finland ca. 2007); instrumental flamenco guitar improvisation by Manzanita; recent and not-so-recent canto jondo from El Torta and David Palomar; fados from Chico Buarque/Carlos do Carmo (duet) and João Braga; MPB from Jussara Silveira, samba from Clementina de Jesus; Maria Bethania renders Fauzi Arap lines in song; Eddie Gale's Ghetto Music; vintage Bobby Hutcherson; Farida Parveen sets Bengali poet Lalon Shah to music (performed/recorded live in Bangledesh); Bengali /Baul minstrel song from Purna das Baul; and, as ever, much, much more ...!
LISTEN LIVE: Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI: 88.1FM Ithaca, 89.7FM Odessa, 91.9FM WINO Watkins Glen. and WORLDWIDE online at WRFI.ORG.
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.
Always FREE of charge to listen to the radio program and free also to stream, download, and subscribe to the podcast online:
PLAYLISTS at SPINITRON:
https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17563836/Conference-of-the-Birds
and via the Conference of the Birds page at WRFI.ORG
https://www.wrfi.org/wrfiprograms/conferenceofthebirds/
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
Sunday Jul 09, 2023
Conference of the Birds, 6-23-23
Sunday Jul 09, 2023
Sunday Jul 09, 2023
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Saban Bajramovic; Mal Waldron Quintet w. Steve Lacy; Culture Musical Club; Giota Lydia; Katia Grey; Sikhs of the Bangra Temple, Delhi; Lahaoula ou Khlas; Dahmane el Harrache; BIll Cole's Untempered Ensemble; Diaba Koita; Ferkat Al Ard ; Revolutionary Ensemble; Lemzo Diamono; Mbilia Bel; Rodney Chapman; much, much more ...!
LISTEN LIVE: Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI: 88.1FM Ithaca, 89.7FM Odessa, 91.9FM WINO Watkins Glen. and WORLDWIDE online at WRFI.ORG.
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.
Always FREE of charge to listen to the radio program and free also to stream, download, and subscribe to the podcast online:
PLAYLISTS at SPINITRON:
https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17535878/Conference-of-the-Birds
and via the Conference of the Birds page at WRFI.ORG
https://www.wrfi.org/wrfiprograms/conferenceofthebirds/
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 Apr 13, 2023
Conference of the Birds, 3-24-23
Thursday Apr 13, 2023
Thursday Apr 13, 2023
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: vintage Balinese Gamelan; vintage Adb el Halim Hafez; new music from Kaze & Ikue Mori; new Maui; new music from Wadada Leo Smith; new music from James Brandon Lewis; Ensemble Tiéng Hàt Quê Hùong (from Vietnam); Harold Vick & Orchestra; Jaska Lukkarinen Trio; Wayne Shorter x 2 (RIP); vintage Senegalese mbalax from Xalam; new, recent, and vintage Roma music from Romania (Romica Puceanu; Fărâmiță Lambru & Maria Tănase), the former Yugoslavia (Neat Gasi) and elsewhere (Kadri Moni); New from Mali: Coumba Sira Koïta; plus much, much more ...!
LISTEN LIVE: Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI: 88.1FM Ithaca, 89.7FM Odessa, 91.9FM WINO Watkins Glen. and WORLDWIDE online at WRFI.ORG.
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.
Always FREE of charge to listen to the radio program and free also to stream, download, and subscribe to the podcast online:
PLAYLISTS at SPINITRON:
https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17105721/Conference-of-the-Birds
and via the Conference of the Birds page at WRFI.ORG
https://www.wrfi.org/wrfiprograms/conferenceofthebirds/
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 Apr 06, 2023
Conference of the Birds, 3-17-23
Thursday Apr 06, 2023
Thursday Apr 06, 2023
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Belita Palma; Pablo Neruda via Pino Minafra; Zacamandú; Henri Texier; Teta Lando; new Taarab via Jahazi Modern; Tito Paris; Music of Mexico via Diego el Cigala; nueva cancion via Violeta Parra; Minneapolis free jazz via Carei Thomas Feel Free Ensemble; new music from James Brandon Lewis; new music from Aruan Ortiz, Brad Jones & John Betsch; vintage Persian piano from Morteza Mahjoubi ; vintage cha'abi/kabyle via Akli Yahyaten; Aruna Sayeeram (Carnartic vocal); Jorge Pardo w. Mohammed Nasser et al.(music from Granada Spain) plus much, much more ...!
LISTEN LIVE: Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI: 88.1FM Ithaca, 89.7FM Odessa, 91.9FM WINO Watkins Glen. and WORLDWIDE online at WRFI.ORG.
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.
Always FREE of charge to listen to the radio program and free also to stream, download, and subscribe to the podcast online:
PLAYLISTS at SPINITRON:
https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17105721/Conference-of-the-Birds
and via the Conference of the Birds page at WRFI.ORG
https://www.wrfi.org/wrfiprograms/conferenceofthebirds/
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