54.8K
Downloads
408
Episodes
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 Aug 19, 2023
Conference of the Birds, 7-14-23
Saturday Aug 19, 2023
Saturday Aug 19, 2023
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Smiley Winters; Thurman Barker et al.; Susana Baca; Ana Moura; Rita Payés & Elisabeth Roma; Jovelina Perola Negra; Baden Powell & Vinicius de Moraes; The Barry Harris Sextet; Beaver Harris + Don Pullen 360 ° Experience; May Damba; Kerala Kante; Fred Moten w. Brandon López & Gerald Cleaver ; JazzPoetry Ensemble w. Kidd Jordan; Purnima Chaudhuri,; 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/17621152/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
Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
Conference of the Birds, 10-9-22 & 10-16-22
Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
Sticking with eh FOUR HOUR format for now. Two 2 hour episodes as one, until we catch up with ourselves.
Comments, questions, concerns, complaints, commendations welcome: confbirds@gmail.com
STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFO.
These weeks: John Carter / Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz / Kevin Zubek; Fatima Charii; Shanir al Nassir; Qasim Naqvi; Bridgette Fonataine w. Areski Belkacem; Giota Lydias; Colson Unity Troupe; Cairo Free Jazz Ensemble; Andrew Hill; Nashenas; Peggy Lee; Mama Diakité; Masahiko Togashi w. Don Cherry & Charlie Haden; Wassoulou Fanta; Marçal; Charlie Parker; Daniela Mercury; Anabela; Ito Melodia; Steve Swell Quintet; much much more...!
Always FREE of charge to listen to the radio program on WRFI at our new time Sundays 7:00-9:00PM (New York time), and free also to stream, download, and subscribe to the podcast online:
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/show/92902/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 Oct 20, 2022
Conference of the Birds, 9-25-22 & 10-2-22
Thursday Oct 20, 2022
Thursday Oct 20, 2022
NEW: Two (2) Two (2)-Hour episodes, minus (-) some fluff and mumbling, equals (=) Three(3) Hours and 45 (forty-five) -ISH minutes of the BIRDS in chambers (etc.): This may or may not be the music format going forward!!! Comments, questions, concerns, complaints, commendations welcome: confbirds@gmail.com
STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER TRANSFORMATIONS, as COB looks to add writings— creative, critical, poetic, explorative, expository, extemporaneous, investigative, irreverent, critical, critical, imaginative, experimental, radical, reverent, responsive, dialogical, dialectical, liturgical, original, recovered, invented, revisioned or reversioned, etc. — to its archival, editorial, and curatorial repertoire: another means between, against, beyond, and/or through these late marketplace days and their tyrannies of coherence.
These weeks: Charles Rumback; Hanami Quartet; Steve Lehman and Sélébéyone; Star Feminine Band; Leonel; Gal Costa; Myra Melford; Caetano Veloso; Jose Mauro; José de Suza; Noah Barker; Daniel Carter, Ayumi Ishito, Eric Plaks, Zach Swanson, Jon Panikkar; SeaJun Kwon; Myra Melford; Pusaka Sunda Gamelan; Lionel Hampton; Charles MacPherson; Lloyd McNeil; Hank Roberts; Pharoah Sanders; Chico Buarque w. Maria Bêthania; Meliza; Somi; Steve Lacy w. Irene Aebu et al. much much more...!
Always FREE of charge to listen to the radio program on WRFI at our new time Sundays 7:00-9:00PM (New York time), and free also to stream, download, and subscribe to the podcast online:
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/show/92902/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
Sunday Dec 19, 2021
Conference of the Birds, 11-19-21
Sunday Dec 19, 2021
Sunday Dec 19, 2021
This week: Joyce; Silvia Felipe; Sophia Domancich, Mark Helias & Andrew Cyrille; Joanna Amendoeira; Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan; Pepe Kalle & Empire Bakuba; Julio César Barbosa Cercul Jazz; Tyrone Washington; Cecil Taylor; José Carlos Schwarz & Le Cobiana Djazz; Elida Almeida; Amandio Cabral; Rodrigo; Bonga; 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/14637344/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
Sunday Jun 07, 2020
Conference of the Birds, 5-29.20
Sunday Jun 07, 2020
Sunday Jun 07, 2020
This week: Kris Davis & Craig Taborn; Abdullah Ibrahim; Grachan Moncur III; Chris Lightcap; Salim Halali; Raoul Journo; Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross; Argelia Fragoso Y Orquesta Egrem; Mafalda Arnauth; Boy Gé Mendès; Nour el Houda; Eva Salina; Chico Freeman; Kenny Dorham; Orquestra Afro-Brasileira; 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/10972428/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
Monday May 18, 2020
Conference of the Birds, 5-15-20
Monday May 18, 2020
Monday May 18, 2020
This week: Andrew Hill; Tenores Di Bitti; Laila Abdul Azeez; Mohd Alo Abdullah; Talal Maddah; Sabah; Nicole Mitchell; Angel Bat Dawid; Sayat Dimissie; Mulatu Astatke w. Black Jesus Experience; Paul Chambers Sextet; Steve Reid; Pharoah Sanders; Charles Brackeen; Orqesta Colon; Rafael Cortijo; Odilio Gonzalez; 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), on Spinitron at the Conference of the Birds page:
https://spinitron.com/WRFI/show/92902/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
Saturday Apr 11, 2020
Conference of the Birds, 3-27-20
Saturday Apr 11, 2020
Saturday Apr 11, 2020
This week: Don Cherry; Idjah Hadidjah; Kostas Soukas; Christos Govetas et al.; Din Mohammed Zamak-Zahi; Tani Tabbal; Satoko Fujii w. Tatsuya Yoshida et al. (Toh-Kichi); Oliver Lake; Toshiyuki Miyama; Susie Ibarra; Caetano Veloso; Aline de Lima; Tenores de Sarule; Lucianao Berio; Malini Rajurkar; Guy Adjovi; Sabir Mateen w. Federico Ughi & Patrick Holmes; Sun Ra; Kenny Garrett; 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), on Spinitron at the Conference of the Birds page:
https://spinitron.com/WRFI/show/92902/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 comfbirds.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
Contact: confbirds@gmail.com
Sunday Mar 08, 2020
Conference of the Birds, 3-6-20
Sunday Mar 08, 2020
Sunday Mar 08, 2020
This week: Raphé Malik Quintet w. Glenn Spearman; McCoy Tyner (RIP): Ernesto Cardenal (RIP) w. Luis Pastor; Aka Moon; Aurora Vargas; Patanegra w. Mercedes Sosa; Amir elSaffar & River of Sound; Mariza; Simaro Massiya Lutumba; Aster Aweke; Netsanet Melesse; Alemayehu Eshete; much more...
Always FREE of charge to listen, stream, download, and subscribe.
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.
Recent playlists via Spinitron:
https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/10479182/Conference-of-the-Birds
Recent playlists via WRFI:
https://www.wrfi.org/localprograms/conferenceofthebirds/
ALL Playlists archived at blogspot:
Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conferenceofthebirds/?ref=bookmarks
Contact: confbirds@gmail.com
Sunday Jan 05, 2020
Conference of the Birds, 1-3-20
Sunday Jan 05, 2020
Sunday Jan 05, 2020
This week: Tárkány Művek & Dresch Mihály; Selim Sesler; Ivo Papasov & Yuri Yukanov; Ornella Vanoni x 2; Teofilo Chantre; Purnima Chaudhuri, Ramesh Misra & Subhajyoti Guha; Juan Moneo "El Torta"; Chris MacGregor's Brotherhood of Breath; Katarsis4; Matt Mitchell; David Murray Octet; Naïssam Jalal; Joel Futterman, Ike Levin, & Kash Killian; Detty Kurnia; Aldina Duarte; anonymous "Yugoslav" folk song; vintage Armenian love song; much more...
Always FREE of charge to listen, stream, download, and subscribe.
PODBEAN: https://conferenceofthebirds.podbean.com/
iTUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conference-of-the-birds-podcast/id478688580
PLAYLISTS: via WRFI:
https://www.wrfi.org/localprograms/conferenceofthebirds/
via blogspot:
via Spinitron:
https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/10090889/Conference-of-the-Birds
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conferenceofthebirds/?ref=bookmarks
Contact: confbirds@gmail.com