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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
Thursday Jan 02, 2020
Conference of the Birds 12-20-19
Thursday Jan 02, 2020
Thursday Jan 02, 2020
This week: Thomas Chapin; Angelika Niescier; Maria Bethânia; Anthony Braxton; Nathamuni Brothers; Nor Dar w. Lakshmi Shankar; Mahmoud al-Idrissi; Sam Rivers; Sanaa Marahati; Abade al Johar; M'pongo Love; James Emery; Youlou Mabiala; Mamady Keita; Eleni Sikelianos; Tinariwen; Gal Costa; Wuta Mayi; Kékélé, 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/m/playlist/view/9931765
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conferenceofthebirds/?ref=bookmarks
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
Wednesday May 08, 2019
Conference of the Birds, 5-3-19
Wednesday May 08, 2019
Wednesday May 08, 2019
This week: Antonio Agujetas; Michael Gregory Jackson; Deirdre Murray w. Fred Hopkins; World Bass Violin Ensemble; Caetano Veloso; Cuco Valoy; Mohammed al-Idrissi; Gato Barbieri; Shruti Sadolikar; 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
Thursday Apr 25, 2019
Conference of the Birds, 4-12-19
Thursday Apr 25, 2019
Thursday Apr 25, 2019
This week: Eddie Palmieri; Lalo Rodriguez; D.D. Synthesis; Astrud Gilberto; Johnathan Blake; Rita Abatzi; Shabaka Hutchings; Arthur Blythe; Mark Dresser Seven; Fred Houn; Idjah Hadidjah; 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
Monday Apr 15, 2019
Conference of the Birds, 4-5-19
Monday Apr 15, 2019
Monday Apr 15, 2019
This week: A. B. Spellman; Raphé Malik; Nathaniel Mackey w. Royal Hartigan and Hafez Modirzadeh; Adele Sebastian; Sathima Bea Benjamin; Sara Tavares; Carlos do Carmo w. Cristina Branco; Ga'anda flute music; Simaro (RIP) w. Le T.P. OK JAzz; Orchestra Baobab (RIP Isaa Cissokho); Angelika Niescier; Steve Coleman w. Jen Shyu et al.; Kine Lam; 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
Wednesday Feb 27, 2019
Conference of the Birds, 2-15-19
Wednesday Feb 27, 2019
Wednesday Feb 27, 2019
This week: Sali Sidibé (RIP); Bitter Funeral Beer Band w. Don Cherry; Fadwa Oubeid; Netsannet Melesse; Kali Fasteau w. Kidd Jordan; Amalia Rodrigues w. Don Byas; Craig Harris; Craig perf. by David Murray Big Band (cond. Lawrence "Butch" Morris); Ghalia Benali & Mâäk; Steve Lacy perf. Bob Kaufman; new choral music from Braxton's Gtm (Syntax); Bantous Monument; 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
Wednesday Feb 27, 2019
Conference of the Birds, 2-8-19
Wednesday Feb 27, 2019
Wednesday Feb 27, 2019
This week: Mary Halvorson w. Amirtha Kidambi vox, et al.; Naama; Aïda Nassim; James Falzone; Threadgill with Aishia Puthli; Aline de Lima; Elis Regina; new Gal Costa; Sam Rivers; Dona Dumitru Siminică; Marika Papahika; Jose Soto; Billy Cobham; Jackie McLean; Ray Stephen Oche; 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
Wednesday Feb 13, 2019
Conference of the Birds, 2-1-19
Wednesday Feb 13, 2019
Wednesday Feb 13, 2019
This week: Mikis Theodorakis; Orquesta Akokan; Ruben Rada; Guillermo Pompa Montero; Ray Anderson; Lord Cobra; Mari Peña; Michelle Rosewoman; Billy Harper; Zuhura Swaleh; The Latin Brothers; 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
Monday Sep 24, 2018
Conference of the Birds, 9-14-18
Monday Sep 24, 2018
Monday Sep 24, 2018
This week: Gerard Dupervil; Jayne Cortez; Aimé Césaire; Teofilo Chantre; Celia Cruz w. Johnny Pacheco; Los Ases De La Timba; Rita Sakellariou & Marios; Glykeria; Varijashree Venugopal, Shiv Yogi & Sri. Praveen D Rao; Alice Coltrane; John Coltrane; Clifford Jordan; Amir eSaffar & Hyper; José Mercé; 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