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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.
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Conference of the Birds, 3-1-24
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THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Roma song from Vera Bila & Kale and Ljiljana Buttler; Aurora Vargas and El Torta (cante jondo); new music from Tomasz Dabrowski & The Individual Beings; new music from James Brandon Lewis; new music from Mali Obomsawin; new music from Roman Norfleet; vintage Art Ensemble of Chicago; Jim Pepper; Charles Lloyd; rare Moroccan orchestral/vocal music feat. Mohammed Lahyani; Oranese song from Algeria w/ Ahmed Wahby; Oranese Raï w/ Khaled; the great Milton Nascimento; much, much more!!!!
Catch the BIRDS live on 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. 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/18628754/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 Mar 03, 2024
Conference of the Birds, 2-2-24
Sunday Mar 03, 2024
Sunday Mar 03, 2024
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: recent (new) music from Matana Roberts; Mary Halvorson; vintage bop/post-bop from Fred Tompkins; Charlie Rouse; Lee Morgan live at the Lighthouse; cante jondo from El Cigala, "El Negri" and El Cabrero; Balinese pop from Detty Kurnia; Abida Parveen from Pakistan; salsa from Orquesta Cervantes; vintage music from Mali (Rail Band du Mali); NIU RAZA; much, much more!!!!
Catch the BIRDS live on 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. 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/18499517/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 Feb 24, 2024
Conference of the Birds, 1-26-24
Saturday Feb 24, 2024
Saturday Feb 24, 2024
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Raga (dhrupad) from Nirmalya Rey; Ravish Momin's Trio Tarana; vintage Balkan pop from Ramize Caka & Sala Bekteshi; recent Balkan song from Merita Halili;new music from Gordon Grdina's The Marrow featuring vocals from Fatheih Honari; Zoh Amba w/ Chris Corsano, Bill Orcutt; vintage Noura; cha'abi from Dahmane el Harrache; rembetika from Sophia Bilides, Eva Styl , Vassiis Tsitsanis; cante jondo from Fosfortio, El Pele; Cassandra Wilson w. New Air; Ethiopian piano virtuoso Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru; recent Kate Gentile; much, much more!!!!
Catch the BIRDS live on 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. 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/18467611/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 Feb 11, 2024
Conference of the Birds, 1-12-24
Sunday Feb 11, 2024
Sunday Feb 11, 2024
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Oud based post-bop from Ahmed Abdul-Malik; new music from NIU RAZA; Congolese vocalist Youlou Mabiala; contemporary Gulf singer and oud virtuoso Adade al Johar; Egyptian vocal w. out from Waed Bouhassoun; vintage Taarab (Zanzibar) from Malika & Party; new Asher Gamedze; new NIU RAZA; Malagasy from Jojoba and Ny Malagasy Orkestra; going back to the luminaries: Dizzy Gillespie (w/ Lilian Terry); Thelonious Monk; from Burma/Myanmar Nai Htaw Paing Ensemble; latter-day poetry/music from New York Art Quartet; Tuareg guitar from Bibi Ahmed; much, much more!!!!
Catch the BIRDS live on 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. 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/18406020/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 Jan 30, 2024
Conference of the Birds, 1-5-24
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Kurdish and Hunza music from Pakistan; Abdul Ghani Irani; raga from Prabha Atre; early Albert Ayler; Joe McPhee w. Bill Smith Ensemble; from Mali: Babani Koné, Kaniba Ouele Kouyate; from Guinea: Sona Diabate & M'mah Sylla; Oulaya from Tunisia; new Avram Fefer; much, much more!!!!
Catch the BIRDS live on 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. 24/7 at
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/18375735/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 Jan 23, 2024
Conference of the Birds, 12-29-23
Tuesday Jan 23, 2024
Tuesday Jan 23, 2024
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Modern and classical Tunisian music w. vocalist Hédi Juini and Khemaïs Tarnane conducting the Orchestre et chorale de la Radio Tunisienne; vintage Greek pop from Oula Baba; Gulf singer Abdel Karim Abdel Kader; flamenco from Mari Peña; flamenco jazz from Pedro Iturralde; new Amazighes music from Rkia Talbensirt; Cecil Taylor Workshop Ensemble (in Berlin); new Joseph Daley; new Sélène Saint-Aimé; Nabintu Diakite & Koko Sidibe from Mali; new music from Linda Ayupuke; new music from Loboko; Roy Campbell, William Parker, Zem Matsuera, ca. 1985; much, much more!!!!
Catch the BIRDS live on 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. 24/7 at
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/18346053/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 Jan 14, 2024
Conference of the Birds, 12-22-24
Sunday Jan 14, 2024
Sunday Jan 14, 2024
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Loverly (feat. Maggie Nicols); Greek song with Katy Grey; Ioanna Georgakopoulou; and others; Oum Koulsum!!! vintage Ronnie Boykins; music from Rosi Hertlein's Improvising Chamber Ensemble; vintage performance from Joseph Bowie - Luther Thomas at Moers; Manno Charlemagne; Macire Sylla; Adedeje; pianist Marta Sanchez & group ; pianist Masumbi Kikuchi w. saxophone player Greg Osby; Isaura Garcia; brand new Mary Halvorson; vintage Tito Rodriguez; Ary Lobo Quartet; anti-colonial song from Arturo Nuñez & Conjunto Merengue; much, much more!!!!
Catch the BIRDS live on 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. 24/7 at
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/18317188/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 Dec 31, 2023
Conference of the Birds, 12-15-23
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: vintage Johnny Griffin;music from Java, Bali, and Vietnam, including Gambang Kromong Drama Bersatu; new music from Blue Reality Quartet; new music from Eri Yamamoto; Roma rumba from El Noi (Spain); recently remastered: John Coltrane; radical black music from Ancient Infinity Orchestra and Infinite Sound; recent cantle jondo/flamenco from Jose de los Camarones; salsa from Santiago Ceron; vintage vocals from Mali (Ami Koita); Orchestra Bima Lee; Lijadu Sisters; Pierre Dørge w. New Jungle Orchestra; Johnny Dyani; much more!!!!
Catch the BIRDS live on 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. 24/7 at
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/18287517/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 Dec 23, 2023
Conference of the Birds, 11-24-23
Saturday Dec 23, 2023
Saturday Dec 23, 2023
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Cante jondo from el Chocolate and Carmen Linares; Niama Ababsa (Algerian pop); Lebanese song from Salwa el Katrib; Tatyana Surbinska & Ensemble Pirin (vintage Balkan Roma song); new and old Rembetika from Marika Politissa & Dimitris Mystakidis (w. Eleni Vitali); esraj playing from Ariana Suta; raga on veena from Nirmala Rajeskar; Ibro Diabate (Guinea), Assana Mboup (Senegal); Netsennet Melese (Ethiopia), Super Djata (Mali); vintage Steve Coleman w. Mystic Rhythm Society; Ornette Coleman; Magic Malik; much more!!!!
Catch the BIRDS live on 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. 24/7 at
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/18164931/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 Dec 14, 2023
Conference of the Birds, 11-17-23
Thursday Dec 14, 2023
Thursday Dec 14, 2023
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Cecilia Barraza from Peru; radio from Lenita Gentil & Rute Soares; from Brazil: Alaide Costa plus new music Mauro Diniz with Brussa Cordeiro & Grupo Purarmonia; new piano/.flute music from Nicole Mitchell & Alexander Hawkins; Gabriel Zucker w/ Tyshawn Sorey, Adam O'Farrill & Eric Trudel; sung poetry from Szilárd Mezei Vocal Ensemble; new jazz from Kenneth Jimenez; Billy Harper live in Europe; vintage salsa from Ismael Miranda w/ Orquesta Revelatión, Orchestra Colón; Kaira Ben from Mali; Tata Bamba Kouyate from Guinea; vintage Grand Kalle; vintage Mlimani Park; Malachi Thompson; much more!!!!
Catch the BIRDS live on 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. 24/7 at
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/18164931/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