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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
7 days ago
7 days ago
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Samba from Agepê, Dona Ivan Lara, Moyseis Marques; South African jazz from Dudu Pukwana & Spear, McCoy Mrubata (new); Curtis Amy; Ensemble Xu Zeng (instrumental music from China; Sabata 5 & Eureka (from Japan); Farah Kadour; cante jondo from Fosforito, Carmen Linares, El Torta; Phil Cochran; Raga Janpuri from Kishori Amonkar; much more...
Catch the BIRDS live on Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI, 88.1 FM Ithaca/ 88.5 FM Odessa;. and WORLDWIDE online via our MUSIC PLAYER at WRFI.ORG. 24/7 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:
and via the Conference of the Birds page at www.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
Monday Aug 05, 2024
Monday Aug 05, 2024
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Nadaswaram music (Carnatic) from Namagiripettai Krishnan; Yusuf Lateef (vintage); Japanese jazz from Toshiyuki Miyama & the New Herd; new music from composer and vocalist Ruiqi Wang; new piano & electronics from Eve Egoyan & Mauricio Pauly; solo piano from Matthew Shipp & Marilyn Crispell; new music from Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio; Ikui Doki and Sofia Jernberg in collaboration; Silvia Bolognesi w. Dudu Kouate & Griffin Rodriguez; samba from Gilson Nascimento, MBP from Elza Soares; Teresa Cristina; Wanda Sá; Manuel Valera New Cuban Express Big Band; Cuban salson from Linda Leida; and, as ever, much, much more!
Tuesday Jul 30, 2024
Tuesday Jul 30, 2024
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Gulf pop from Abass Al Badri; our from Arman Teboul; Carpathian gnawa from Tariqa; gnawa from Etoile Gnawa; Ava Mendoza & Dave Sewelson; from, 1963, live: Prince Lasha, Sonny Simmons, Clifford Jordan,Don Cherry; jazz from Archie Shepp w. Kahil el Zabar's Ritual Trio; Minee Coskun (Turkey) and Takes Vrakatselos (Greece); Dhoffir (from Grand Camaore), Nancy Viera from Cape Verde; Oumou Sangaré from Mali; from Kenya: Mbaraka Mwinshehe & the Morogoro Jazz Band; World Bass Violin Ensemble; Hadi Salia from Sudan; Indian pop from Malika Pukraj; salsa from Sonora Ponceña, Orquesta Colon, and Adalberto Alvarez; and , as ever, much, much more!!
Catch the BIRDS live on Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI, 88.1 FM Ithaca/ 88.5 FM Odessa;. and WORLDWIDE online via our MUSIC PLAYER at WRFI.ORG. 24/7 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/19170052/Conference-of-the-Birds
and via the Conference of the Birds page at www.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 Jul 24, 2024
Wednesday Jul 24, 2024
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: bop from Dick Griffin; Thad Jones & the Prestige All-Stars; saxophone virtuosity from Nicole Glover; Baka polyphony; polyphonies from. the Solomon Islands; from South Africa: T. Y. Boys, Mahlatini & the Mahotella Queens, and Somi; Kerfala Brothers & Bonga (from Angola); Johnny Dyani solo; Louis Moholo's Viva la Black; Mahmoud El Idrissi (Moroccan pop singer/composer); Haja El Hamdaouia (Moroccan vocalist); Eva Salina perfroms Bajramoviç; Karen Barca Quartet; and of course, much, much more!!
Catch the BIRDS live on Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI, 88.1 FM Ithaca/ 88.5 FM Odessa;. and WORLDWIDE online via our MUSIC PLAYER at WRFI.ORG. 24/7 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/19138871/Conference-of-the-Birdshttps://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/19138871/Conference-of-the-Birds
and via the Conference of the Birds page at www.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 Jun 29, 2024
Saturday Jun 29, 2024
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: vintage Poly-Rythmo (as T. P. Orchestre) w. Betti Betti; also vintage, also from Benin: Orchestre/Band de Parakou Nord; from Mali: Orchestre Regional de Segou (misidentified on audio); vintage Billy Bang w. quartet (Don Cherry, Wilber Morris, Dennis Charles); Denman Maroney w. Leroy Jenkins, Rich O;'Donnell; from Cabo Verde: Nancy Vieira (new); Galáxia 2000; from Angola: Lily Tchumba, Ruy Mingus (new), Belita Palma; bop from Tina Brooks w/ quintet; Myra Milford with Chris Jonas & group; from Tunisia: modern, popular, folk, tribal musics (vocal and otherwise) from Heidi Habbouba, Saliha; Sofia Chaima, and Naama; Girma Yifrashewa w. Patrice Legrand et al. (Franco-Ethiopian chamber music); the Sea Ensemble (Kali Fasteau, Rafael Garrett, et al.); Algerian Raï from Fadela; and of course, much, much more!!
Catch the BIRDS live on Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI, 88.1 FM Ithaca/ 88.5 FM Odessa;. and WORLDWIDE online via our MUSIC PLAYER at WRFI.ORG. 24/7 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/19076476/Conference-of-the-Birds
and via the Conference of the Birds page at www.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
Monday Jun 17, 2024
Monday Jun 17, 2024
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: John Handy; flamenco and.or cante jondo from Rocio Jurado; Chocolate; Aurora Vargas; Pansequito; La Macanita; new music from Bill Cole's Untempoered Ensemble; vintage Dewey Redman w. Modular Dynamics; from UzbekistanL: Mariam Suttarova; Konembou musicians from Tchad; Sudanese pop from Mohammed Wardi (north) and Gordon Koang (south); classical Egyptian vocalist Aziza Galal; from Greece: Sophia Votta; James Carter solo; nd of course, much, much more!!!!
Catch the BIRDS live on Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI, 88.1 FM Ithaca/ 88.5 FM Odessa;. and WORLDWIDE online via our MUSIC PLAYER at WRFI.ORG. 24/7 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/19045423/Conference-of-the-Birds
and via the Conference of the Birds page at www.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
Monday Jun 10, 2024
Monday Jun 10, 2024
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Sawt music from Bahrain w. Muhammed bin Faris & Ensemble; lots of Lusofonia: from Brazil: Marilia Medalha, Nelson Gonçalves, The Ipanemas, Elza Soares, and others; from Angola: Belita Palma and Teta Lando; new jazz from Annie Chen; experimental jazz/.gnaoua from Joachim Kühn, Majid Bekkas & Ramon Lopez; new Amirtha Kidambi & Elder Ones; Hsaing Waing music from Burma; vintage music from the Star Band of Senegal; from Mali: Akofa Akoussah; pianist Matthew Shipp, solo; Etoile De Namaco (vintage West African political authenticité); Saïd Outajjajt (Moroccan Rrways music): and of course, much, much more!!!!B
Catch the BIRDS live on Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI, 88.1 FM Ithaca/ 88.5 FM Odessa;. and WORLDWIDE online via our MUSIC PLAYER at WRFI.ORG. 24/7 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/18983608/Conference-of-the-Birds
and via the Conference of the Birds page at www.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 Jun 02, 2024
Sunday Jun 02, 2024
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Ava Mendoza & Dave Sewelson; Fay Victor & Herbie Nichols SUNG; Herbie Nichols himself, w/ trio; Mal Waldron w. Steve Lacy; Romanian song from Dona Dumitru Siminica, as well as Dumitru Ridescu & Mituța Ridescu; Balkan music from Ilieve Glogovac Vaska and Ivo Popasov; Anthony Braxton's #296 (w/ quintet;) Algerian cha'abi from Amar el Achab, Cheikh el Hasnaoui, Dahmane el Harrache; Lebanese song from Ziyad Al Rahbani; Liba Villavecchia Trio w. Luis Vicente; Antillean flute from Max Cilla; Cecil Taylor's Orchestra of Two Continents; Rumbavana (from Cuba) as well as Santeria/ Rumba from Martha Galarraga and others; and of course, much, much more!!!!
Catch the BIRDS live on Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI, 88.1 FM Ithaca/ 88.5 FM Odessa;. and WORLDWIDE online via our MUSIC PLAYER at WRFI.ORG. 24/7 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/18952193/Conference-of-the-Birds
and via the Conference of the Birds page at www.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
Monday May 27, 2024
Monday May 27, 2024
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: new Farrah Kadoor; archival Alice Coltrane: Dominik Bukowski Quartet; Gulf singer Talah Maddah; Ta'arab from Zuhula Swaleh; from Vision Fest: Eri Yamamoto, Chad Fowler, William Parker, Steve Hirsh; quartet music from Lisa Mezzacappa, Vinny Golia, Marco Eniedi, Vijay Anderson; new vocal music from Ruiqi Wang; Lebanese pop from Googoosh; Bossa from Rosa Passos, Nara Leão; Congolese song from Franklin Boukoka; Hank Jones w/ Check Tidiane Seck & the Mandinkas; and of course, much, much more!!!!
Catch the BIRDS live on Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI, 88.1 FM Ithaca/ 88.5 FM Odessa;. and WORLDWIDE online via our MUSIC PLAYER at WRFI.ORG. 24/7 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/18920259/Conference-of-the-Birds
and via the Conference of the Birds page at www.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 May 19, 2024
Sunday May 19, 2024
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Mali Obomsawin; Girija Devi & Ustad Bismillah Khan; Nobuo Hara and His Sharps & Flats & Hozan Yamamoto; Louis Belogenis; Moroccan sufis Confrérie des Aïssawa in Tunisi a; cante jondo from Mariana de Cádiz, Love y Manuel, José Mercé; Greek song from Vassilis Tsitsanis and Poly Panou; Vangelis Soukas (clarinet from Epirius); The Caresser satirizes Christopher Columbus; Lassana Hawa Cissokho from Mali; Ken McIntyre; David Murray; and of course, much, much more!!!!
Catch the BIRDS live on Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI, 88.1 FM Ithaca/ 88.5 FM Odessa;. and WORLDWIDE online via our MUSIC PLAYER at WRFI.ORG. 24/7 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/18854765/Conference-of-the-Birds
and via the Conference of the Birds page at www.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