Conference of the Birds Podcast

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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

Saturday Feb 01, 2025

Conference of the Birds, 1-31-25

Saturday Feb 01, 2025

THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Positive Knowledge; Sara Serpa w. Onisephone Nembe; James Brandon Lewis; Booker Ervin; Manzanita; el Lebrijano; Orquesta Aragon; Orquesta Ymbo; Finaçon; Chaou Abdelkader; Roberto Anglero; Kerfala Kante; and of course, so much, much more...

Episode culled from earlier programs ca. 2021.***

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/m/playlist/view/20156163https://spinitron.com/m/playlist/view/20156163

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:

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Friday Jan 17, 2025

Conference of the Birds, 1-3-25

Friday Jan 17, 2025

THIS WEEK's BIRDS: new/recent creative/improvised music from Henry Taylor; Kim Cass; Matt Mitchell w. Kate Gentile; Joel Ross;; Linda Sikhaklhane; as well as Joy Guidry; vintage music from Michael Cosmic, Phil. Musra, World's Experience Orchestra; vintage samba from Paulinho da Viola; Elton Medeiros; Aliade Costa; Moroccan melhûn (sung poetry) from Cheikh Mwijo; new Arabic song from SHIRAN (w/ El Khat); raga (vocal) Fateh Ali Khan; new music from Chad Fowler, George Cartwright, Kelley Hurt, Christopher Parker, Luke Stewart, Steve Hirsch, Zoh Ambah; oud solo from Iran (Mohammadreza Ebrahimi); Tuti Island Band (from Sudan); and of course, so much, much more...

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/20027606/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:

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Saturday Jan 11, 2025

Conference of the Birds, 12-27-24

Saturday Jan 11, 2025

THIS WEEK's BIRDS: poetry & music from Sara Serpa; Oum Koulsum; Xmas redux from, Roland Kirk; Max Roach x 2 (w. Rev. Jeremiah Wright); Horoya Band National (from Guinea); salsa from. Adalberto Santiago & Orquesta Cimarrón; Karl Evangelista's Apura; Sababa 5 w. Yureka; Steve Lacy Sextet; Lucas Niggli Zoom Ensemble; and of course, so 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/19997572/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

Friday Jan 03, 2025

Conference of the Birds, 12-20-24

Friday Jan 03, 2025

THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Afghani legend Nashenas; Baul singer Arati Biswas; Shatr Collective (from Lebanon); Moroccan pop group Raja; Hüseyin Ertunç; Booker T. ; poetry & music from Fred Moten/Brandon Lopez/Gerald Cleaver; Alexis Cuadrado; Roma singer Ljiljana Buttler; Eva Ayllón & Diego El Cigala; Ana Firmino; Coltrane Quartet; McCoy Tyner w/ Joe Henderson (from the archives); Simaro Ndomanueno Lutumba; Franco; and of course, so 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/19966540/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

Saturday Dec 28, 2024

Conference of the Birds, 11-29-24

Saturday Dec 28, 2024

THIS WEEK's BIRDS: music from Gaza: Henna Haj Hassan, Ensemble musical de Palestine,Saied Silbak w. Rola Azar; from Lebannon: Fairouz and Fouad al Hakim; salsa from Ray Peréz & Impacto Crea; poet/ scriptwriter/bolero exponent Sylvia Rexach (from Puerto Rico); Kaiti Grey reprises Tsitsanis; new poetry/music/word from Irreversible Entanglments and Cleaver, Lopez, Moten; Albanian song reprised by Savina Yannatou, Floros Floridis & Barry Guy w. Ramón Lopez; pianist Aruán Ortiz; Lusofonia: new Elza Soares (Brazil), from Cabo Verde: Rosa Mestra (also new), Nancy Vieira (also new); choral bop from Andrew Hill; more hard bop from Odean Pope and Louie Smith; vocalist Jitendra Abhisheki (w. Harihar Rao) salutes Krisha; dhruopad from Nirmalya Dey; music from Nepal (nagara bana horn ensemble); bass x 4: Barre Phillips, Joëlle Léandre, William Parker & Tetsu Saitoh; and of course, so 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/19868432/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

Saturday Nov 30, 2024

Conference of the Birds, 11-22-24

Saturday Nov 30, 2024

THIS WEEK's BIRDS: new music from Jenny Schienman (jazz) Ahmed Monica (Algerian pop), Zy the Way (poetry/song from Taiwan); Archie Sheep w. Jeanne Lee; Balkan Song from Zajazi Trio; Dragica Radosavljevic; hard bop from Leo Wright, Charlie Persip; Egyptian vocalist Maryem Saleh; Greek song (Laikos) from Kalafatis Kostas, Antzela Grekal; Experimental Perisan music from Shawn Tavakkol; Mat Maneri, Gordon Grdina, Marco Colonna, Giulia Cianca & Mario Cianca collaborate; extended Anthony Braxton composition; Pipet L.(from Java); experiemtnal pop from Etienne de la Sayette, Wild Horses Orchestra & Mrs Kang; drummer Whit Dickey w. Quartet; 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/19838277/Conference-of-the-Birdshttps://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/19838277/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

Monday Nov 25, 2024

Conference of the Birds, 11-1-24

Monday Nov 25, 2024

THIS WEEK's BIRDS: new music from Asher Gamedze; new music from Los Speyer; new music from Kenneth Jimenez; rendition of Raga Shree (on the rudra veena) by Madhuvani Pal; vocal rendition of Raga Nandkauns by Parween Sultana; vintage Roscoe Mitchell (w. Sound and Space Ensemble); Peruvian song from Arturo "Zambo" Cavero; salsa from Johnny Pacheco; from Cuba: Rumbavana, Eulogio Abreu, Daisy Diaz; Ikue More, Okkyung Lee, & DJ Olive; samba from Martinho da Vila & Mart'nália; Titina from Cabo Verde; Halit Araboğlu (from Turkey); from Algeria: Dahmane el Harrache (cha'abi); Cherif Zârour (Arabo-Andalous); gulf singer Mohammed Omer; 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/19737600/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

Friday Nov 15, 2024

Conference of the Birds, 10-25-24

Friday Nov 15, 2024

THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Ekonting music (Senegal) from Adama Sambou & Ejam Kasa; Lusophone pop from Bandé-Gamboa; new music from Tarbaby; vintage jazz from Frank Gordon; Mark Izu & Group; new trio music from Kris Davis; Bojongkoneng village ensemble from Java; classical Egyptian music from Mohamad Al Dayekh & Mohamad Ghazi; Libyan pop from Fahad Al Kubaisi; from Morocco: Fatna Bent Lhoucine & El Hammouniya; 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/18531828/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

Tuesday Nov 12, 2024

Conference of the Birds, 2-9-24

Tuesday Nov 12, 2024

Original air date: 2-9-24 (abbreviated, 2 hour episode due to technical malfunction):

THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Nass El Ghiwane (from Morocco); Gordon Grdina's The Marrow; Cecil McBee w/ Sextet; Rodney Chapman; Namibian song (x 2); Angolan legend Belita Palma (vintage), Bonga (vintage), and Ruy Mingas (new); Cape Verdean vocalists/composers Jorge Humberto (recent) and José Carlos Schwartz (vintage); Congolese rumba from Orchestra Lipua Lipua and Sam Mangwana; Roy Brooks live; 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/18531828/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

Sunday Oct 27, 2024

Conference of the Birds, 9-20-24

Sunday Oct 27, 2024

Original air date: 2-16-24

THIS WEEK's BIRDS: new music from Ruiqi Wang; Etenesh Wassie w. Mathieu Sourisseau (experimental Ethiopian vocal/bass duo); from the Maghreb: Hedi Lajmi, Saloua; Slimane Azem; Salim Halali; British jazz from Elton Dean Quintet; George Gruntz and ensemble; Oratnitza; virtuoso guitarist Ousmane Kouyate and band from Mali; Fatoumata Diawara; Kaniba Oulé Kouyaté; Arthur Blythe; Old and New Dreams (Don Cherry, Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, Ed Blackwell); 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/18564250/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