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Welcome to the audio home page for CONFERENCE of the BIRDS, a weekly radio program/podcast featuring a heterogeneous, intra-continental mix of music, poetry, speech, and song. The birds (so to speak) are here assembled in concert/consort on a weekly basis, most weeks, for a free recital of juxtaposed, contrastive, intermingled musics, and for phases, forms, and statements of musical action, reflection, critique, recalcitrance, joy, rest, prayer, revolt, renewal or repair, revolution.....and more. Each week (most weeks), find here a new ensemble/assemblage of classical, folk, ritual, spiritual, avant-garde, experimental, popular, poetic, political, danceable sounds and songs, in various genres, forms, formats, and styles, ranging from free-jazz, flamenco, and Javanese gamelan to field recordings, folk songs, and Indian film music, to salsa, samba, disco, Raï, cha’abi and be-bop. Conference Of the Birds (COB) airs LIVE, Friday evenings, 9:00 - 12:00 midnight, Eastern USA time, on WRFI and WINO (Ithaca/Odessa), community radio for Central New York and the Finger Lakes. Broadcasting to the world on the net via www.wrfi.org and Radio Garden: https://radio.garden/listen/wrfi-ithaca-community-radio/0N0fROGD#google_vignette. Episodes are available 24/7 online. Always free, commercial free, and free of commercial, corporate, or capitalist intent.
Episodes

Sunday Oct 03, 2021
Conference of the Birds, 9-03-21
Sunday Oct 03, 2021
Sunday Oct 03, 2021
This week: The Sulayiti Kulunga Ensemble; Abdelhadi Belkhayat; Cilokaq Modera Pusaka Group; Alan Braufman; Peggy Lee; Mary Halvorson's Code Girl ; Sarah Wilson; Andrew Hill; Cyrille Gertsenhaber/ Gizachew Goshu; Stino Mubi; Camayenne Sofa; Lia Sophia; Teta Lando X 2; 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/14037566/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 Sep 19, 2021
Conference of the Birds, 7-09-21
Sunday Sep 19, 2021
Sunday Sep 19, 2021
This week: Coltrane; Nara Leão; Sameyda Ensemble; Kpelle music from Guinea; Jeanne Lee; Georgia Gaslini; Joby Bernabé; Maysa & Orquesta RGE; Dahmane el Harrache; Ahmed Hamza; Sonia López; Arthur Jones; María Grand; Tiziana Ghiglioni; Roy Nathanson reprises Roland Kirk; 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/13642184/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 Sep 05, 2021
Conference of the Birds, 8-27-21
Sunday Sep 05, 2021
Sunday Sep 05, 2021
This week: José Mauro; Coisa Nossa; Marina Iris; Hermanos Lebron; Héctor Lavoe; Joe Harriott Quintet; Saheb Sarbib; Angel bat Dawid Live (the Brothahood); vintage Jeanne Lee w. Gunter Hampel et al.; Vasilija Radojcic; Vaska Ilieva; Orchestra Makassy; Abu Bakr Salem & Fouad Abdulwahed; new Henry Threadgill; Francisco Mora Catlett; 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/13351154/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 Jul 20, 2021
Conference of the Birds, 7-2-21 (Bonus episode)
Tuesday Jul 20, 2021
Tuesday Jul 20, 2021
This week: Leo Wright; Wadada Leo Smith, Bobby Naughton, Perry Robinson; Antonio Machín; Pio Leyva; Lilly Tchiumuba; Bonga & Camélia Jordana; Teodflo Chantre; Gnonnas Pedro; Super Boiro Band; Nelly Pouget; El Boleco; Camarón; Dan Blake; 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/13351154/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

Friday Jul 16, 2021
Conference of the Birds, 7-2-21
Friday Jul 16, 2021
Friday Jul 16, 2021
This week: iPhupho L'ka Biko ft Siyabonga Mthembu & Kinsmen; Ivo Perelman w. Matthew Shipp, Wm. Parker & Bobby Kapp; Elmo Hope; Booker T.; Hartmut Geerken w. John Tchicai; Rajah & Sajan. Mishra; Sindhi Music Ensemble; Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre; Dizzy Reece; 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/13351154/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 13, 2021
Conference of the Birds, 5-28-21
Sunday Jun 13, 2021
Sunday Jun 13, 2021
This week: Sunanda Patnaik; Ed Blackwell; Abafana Flute Jive; Janczarski & Siddik 4tet; Jupiter & Okwess; Craig Taborn's Junk Magic; Ongo Ensemble from Central African Republic; Princess Constance Magogo KaDinuzulu; Roberto Ottaviano. Anna Webber; Subhan Ahmed Nizami & Qawwal Baché; Gualberto y Agujetas; Iraqi vocal legend Sita; Antoinette Konan; 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/13351154/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 24, 2021
Conference of the Birds, 5-14-21
Monday May 24, 2021
Monday May 24, 2021
This week: Hafez Modirzadeh; Archie Shepp; secular music from Uganda; Walter Bishop Jr.; Savourna Stevenson; Samira Toufic; Dopolarians; Marian Brown w. Dave Burrell ca. 1981 (Black Musicians Conference); Zein Musical Party; Abdel Karim Alkabli; Miguel Zenón; J. J. Johnson; 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/12944962/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

Saturday May 15, 2021
Conference of the Birds, 4-30-21
Saturday May 15, 2021
Saturday May 15, 2021
This week:Sonny SImmons (RIP); Hafez Modirzadeh; Yas Khidr; Max Roach; Sonny Red; Mohammad Abdu; Sonny Red; Shwan Tavakkol; Collective of Improvising Artists; 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/12944962/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 May 09, 2021
Conference of the Birds,4-9-21
Sunday May 09, 2021
Sunday May 09, 2021
This week: Mbaraka Mwinshehe; Etenesh Wassie; Ghédalia Tazartes; Satoko Fujii; Ian Miu; Najah Salam; Dar International; Orquesta El Sabor De Nacho; Duke Pearson; Abdulrahman Surizehi; Eric Revis; Kala Ramnath; Tristan Honsinger; Os Apolos; Cimbálová muzika Primáš; Kamal Keila; Mohammed Wardi; 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/12944962/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

Saturday Apr 24, 2021
Conference of the Birds, 4-2-21
Saturday Apr 24, 2021
Saturday Apr 24, 2021
This week: James Zollar; Thelonious Monk; New Strikers; Elias Rahbani (RIP); Fairuz; Duquende; Enrique Morente; Taleb Rabeh; Titina; Manno Charlemegne; Andrew HIll; Machito; Sona Diabate; Kante Manfila; Etenesh Wassie & Mathieu Sourisseau; Tani tabbal Trio; 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/12944962/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