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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 May 06, 2023
Conference of the Birds, 4-14-23
Saturday May 06, 2023
Saturday May 06, 2023
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Rent Romas Life's Blood Ensemble; Rajna Swaminathan; Chris Schilder (aka Ibrahim Khalil Shihab) Quintet; Tuareg pop from Kader Tarhanine; vintage Egyptian pop from Ettab; Sudanese pop from Abdel Aziz El Mubarak; Ahmed Abdullah's Diaspora; vocal raga from Bhimsen Joshi; raga on clarinet from Jaffar Hussain Randhawa; vintage bop from The Young Lions (Wayne Shorter, Frank Strozier, Lee Morgan, Bobby Timmons, Bob Cranshaw, Albert Heath and Louis Hayes); more bop from Lee Morgan and Bobby Jackson; vintage Ethio pop from Alemayehu Eshete and Ayalew Mesfin; Abyssinia Band; compositional post-contemporary jazz from Charles Brackeen; from Brazil: Maria Rita, Mallu Magalhães, Marilia Medalha; 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/17248590/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 Apr 30, 2023
Conference of the Birds, 4-7-23
Sunday Apr 30, 2023
Sunday Apr 30, 2023
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Xiomarra Torres; Thelonious MonkNonet live in France; cross-cultural collaboration from Famoudou Don Moye w. Baba Sissoko & Maurizio Capone et al.; Bill Dixon; Group Lhssan Bouri (from Morocco); from Brazil: Silvio Fraga & Letieres Leite, Djalma Pires, and Jennifer Souza; Isaura Garcia; Gabriela Mendes; newly remastered Belita Palma; Nigerian disco from Florence Adouni; Anthony Williams; Tyshawn Sorey; Oriental Brothers International; Roberto Ottaviano reprises Dallar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim); Cheick Tidiane Seck reprises Randy Weston; El Gran Grupo (salsa from Colombia); 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/m/playlist/view/17219500
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
Thursday Mar 30, 2023
Conference of the Birds, 3-10-23
Thursday Mar 30, 2023
Thursday Mar 30, 2023
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Shirley Scott; Amir el Saffar & Rivers of Sound; Elis Regina welcomes Spring; Amazigh poetry/music from Rkia Talbensirt; Farida Khanum sings Bengali music; Tanya St. Val (vintage Zouk!); new music from Rajna Swaminathan; Jose Mauro; Abel Lima; new salsa from La Pambelé; Eric Vloeimans & Will Holzhäuser (trumpet/accordian duo); Orchestre Regional de Mopti; Kébendo Jazz; The Feel Trio (Cecil Taylor, William Parker, Tony Oxley); Carlo Actis Date; twaarab from Rajab Suleiman & Kithara; David Harvey; Lady Issa; Empopo Loway Deyesse; Don Pullen; RSS Boy 1 w. Waclaw Zimpel; and 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.
WRFI/WINO has improved and expanded its signal, and can now be heard on one of our frequencies from Northern Pennsylvania to Lake Ontario!!!
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
Wednesday Mar 22, 2023
Conference of the Birds, 2-24-23
Wednesday Mar 22, 2023
Wednesday Mar 22, 2023
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Nara Leão, Joyce, Amelinha (MPB); Uruguayn jazz from Hugo Fattoruso et al.; Mary Lou Williams (from her mass); Keith and Julie Tippett; Ukandanz (new); Balimaya Project; Ivo Perelman w. quartet (Ray Anderson, Joe Morris, Reggie Nicholson); Djely Mamou Kouyatee; vintage Malian rumba from Orchestre Paillote; clarinet music (demitiki) from Northern Greece (Nikos Gouvas and Athanasios Haros); Arsenio Rodriguez; rembetika from Stelios Kazantzides; cha'abi from Amar el Achab and Mazouni, plus cha'abi/kabyle from Akli Yahyaten; Kyriakos Sfetsas w. Greek Fusion Orchestra; and much more ...!
Full playlist HERE
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.
WRFI/WINO has improved and expanded its signal, and can now be heard on one of our frequencies from Northern Pennsylvania to Lake Ontario!!!
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/17020037/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
Saturday Mar 04, 2023
Conference of the Birds, 2-17-23
Saturday Mar 04, 2023
Saturday Mar 04, 2023
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Vocal Raga from Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay; three versions of "Lamma Bada Yatathanna" (Dozan; Gordon Grdina's Haram; and Shaykh Sayyid al-Safti ca. 1930s; flamenco from Manuel de Angustías; Alfredo Tejada & Paco Vidal; new experimental musics from Patrica Brennan et al; Simon Lucaciu; Was Way Collectif from Mali; vintage Wassilou singers Nahawa Doumbia & Ami Koïta; jazz from Muriel Grossman; Tiziana Ghiglioni w. Steve Lacy et al. (jazz vocal); avant-garde jazz from Mario Pavone; Dave Holland; William Parker... and much more ...!
Full playlist HERE
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.
WRFI/WINO has improved and expanded its signal, and can now be heard on one of our frequencies from Northern Pennsylvania to Lake Ontario!!!
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/17020037/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 Feb 28, 2023
Conference of the Birds, 2-10-23
Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Ethnic Heritage Ensemble reprises Freddie Hubbard; vintage Joe Henderson; David Murray leads a quartet recorded live in London; flamenco from Fernanda de Utrera, Remedios Amaya, and Chocolat; Munir Bashir (oud) accompanies Nouna el Hana (vocals) and collaborates with Olga Chung & Rabih Abou-Khalil; Elvira Plenar w. Vittold Red; vintage Roscoe Mitchell (w. the Note Factory); Satoko Fujii w. Otomo Yoshihide; Eddy Tussa and Longino from Cape Verde; Muslim highlife from Alhaji Waziri Oshomah; and 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.
WRFI/WINO has improved and expanded its signal, and can now be heard on one of our frequencies from Northern Pennsylvania to Lake Ontario!!!
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/16935780/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
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Conference of the Birds, 10-23-22
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Returning this week to the two-hour episodes... stay tuned for more updates soon!
This week: Purnima Chaudhuri; Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet; Nicole Mitchell's Sonic Projections; Hsissen; Muhal Richard Abrams & Amina Claudine Myers; El Chino w. Remedios Amaya; Vicente Soto; El Titi; Paco Escobar, David Lagos, and María Martín; Pete la Roca; Franco; African Fiesta; Ataulfo Alves; 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
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