Conference of the Birds Podcast
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
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Bebe Manga from Camaroun); also from Camaroun: Eboa Lottin; Satoko Fujii & Myra Melford (piano duo) David Murray w. Octet; Sonny Rollins x 2 (RIP); from Albania: Fitnete Rejae, Dervish Shaqja; recent late/post-bop Walter Smith III, also from Kenny Barron; vocalist Alicia Lázaro; &nbs...
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Salsa from Orquesta La Conspiracion & Orquesta Colon; Chuito es de Bayamon (jibaro salsa); Youllou Mabiala w. L'Orchestre Kamikaze Loningisa (Congolese rumba); new Amina Claudine Myers; recent Meshell Ndegeocello; Senegalese pop-m'balaz from Ifang Bondi; Senegalese poetry w. music from Xam Xam w. Thijs Borsten, Mola Sylla & Sylvia Den Hartog; Mal Waldron w. trio; samba from...
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: new music from Ensemble Infini; vintage African rock from Abeti; Congolese rumba from Papa Wemba as well as Orchestre Kamale & Mbilia Bel; Ovimbundu music (from Angola); vintage rock from Comoros: Leleu & Menwar; vintage Stephen McCraven (newly available!); Johnny Dyani (South Africa) w. ensemble; extended blassing/tributte from improvisational string quart...
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: new music from Gordon Grdina (out) & Russ Losing (pIano); Benin-born pianist Tchangodei w. Archie Shepp (tenor); experimental electro-flamenco from Andreh y Manuela, Andrea Santalusía & The Gardener; Maghrebi pop from Aida el Ayoubi: Persian dastagh; modern Balouchestani music from Dinmohammad Zangeshai; from Hatam Asgari Langa music from the Thar Desert (Ra...
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: new music from Lena Bloch, Andrew McKelvey, Dave Adewumi , & more; vintage West African music from Bah Sadio, Cameyenne Sofa, Kassé Mady Diabaté; from Benin: Gnonnas Pedro w. His Dadjes Band; vintage song from Iraqi vocalist Sita (aka Seta Hagopian); ; oud player, singer, composer Natik Awayez; recent Iraqi pop from Sozan; raga on santur played by Pt. Bhajan Sopori; salsa from Celia Cruz w. Johnny ...
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Abbreviated espied for WERFI pitch week: PLEASE CONDIER supporting WRFI and WINO today with a donation in any amount at ww.WRFI.org... THIS WEEK's MUSICS: Ken Vandermark et al salute poet Alexandra Pizarnik; Turkish pop from Dzansever; Romanian song from Oana Catalina Chitu; Aurora Vargas (cante jondo/flamenco); Duquende (cante jondo/flamenco); Indian film music & ghazal vocalist Asha Bhosle (R.I.P.) Arat Kil...
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: new music from Shoko Nagai; new music from Brandon Seabrook; vintage Carlos Garnett; Joe Harriot w. Amancio d'Silva Quartet; new music from Brazilain vocalist Adrian Calconhotto; Rita Payés & Elisabeth Roma (from Spain); Marcos Valle; Japanese disco from Chikara Ueda; from extensive Nuba from Mohamed Khaznadj; Algerian cha'abi/kabyle legend Akli Yahyaten; Turkish pop f...
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: John Coltrane w. Quartet; Alberto Favero salutes Coltrane; new music from Pier Bruera Trio; fado from Alberto Alves; from Bolivia: Trio Nanduti; also from Bolivia: Canela Palacios; Doña Onete from Brazil; pianist Marta Sanchez w. Maria Grand; vintage rock/pop from Zimbabwe: Mawonera Superstars, Congolese soukous/rumba from Bozi Boziana & Anti-Choc, as well as Mayaula Mayoni & ...
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Tasnif from Mohsen Karamarti (Iran); from Pakistan: Parveen X 3: Shahida, Fardia, Abida; Sonny Rollins; James Brandon Lewis salutes David S. Ware; David S. Ware w/ Quartet; Wilbur Ware & Quartet; Nerissa Campbell w. Gamelan; Faqirs du Sindh (more from Pakistan); new cante jondo from Yerai Cortés; vintage cante jondo from Dolores Vargas; from Bulgaria: Sofia Papadopoulou & Svetia Karadjo...
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: New music from Rajna Swaminathan; New experiential music from Lukas Ligeti & group;Tunisian jazz vocalist Fatima Charii; Scandanavian group Söndörgő; Sudanese jazz from Sharhabil Ahmed; ta'arab inspired vocal music music from Nyankol Mathiang Dut (Grande Comore); 70s Algerian pop/rock from Les Abrades; live in Deuthlkand: Frank Foster, Jürgen Seefelder, Thomas Stabenow & Keith Copelandf...
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Vintage Music from Marty Ehrlich; Abdul Wadud (solo); Yusef Lateef live; new music from Satoko Fujii w. Quartet; Jon Irabagon; Congolese rumba from Rigo Star; Syran Mbenza, too; Titina (from Cape Verde); Téofilo Chantre (from Cape Verde); Boy Ge Mendes (More from Cape Verde); MPB (Brazi) from Maria Bethania & Gonzaguinha; Pyeng Threadgill; Elia Maris & Gerolykoi (from Greece); South Sundanese...
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Gulf Pop from Kuwait we. Rabab; Mohammed Hayani (vocalist from Morroco); Eritrean pop star Muluu Baqqalaa; Amy Gaciaga w. Women in Jazz; new music from Dave Adewumi; Violeta Parra (nueva canción); Barry Altschul deconstructs Monk; Ballet Folklorico de Mexico (just exactly that x 2); ; new music from Roscoe Mitchell; Ghanian highlife from Vis-a-Vis; Congolese (Zairean) vocalist M'Pongo Love; from Braz...
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: First episode of 2026 (we got a little ahead of ourselves...): Japanese bop from Sinsuke Fujieda; Albert Ayler; Nobo Hara w. Hozan Yamamoto (shakuhachi jazz); Karen Borca (bassoon imnrpov.); Andrew Hill; Mohammed Tahar Fergani (Arabo-Andlausian music); film music legend Asha Bhosle; Mostafa Sidi Ahmed from Sudan; painist/composer Eri Yamamoto w/ choir; raga from Gulabi Sapera; Turkish vocal leg...
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: an abbreviated episode (TWO HOURS ONLY, opps.) w/ Balkan vocalists Stefka Sabotinova & Valya Balkanska; Moroccan vocalist Houria Aîchi performing sacred music from the Aures Mountains; Malian vocalists Bako Dagnon, Lassana Tamoura, & Neba Solo w. Benogo Diakite ; Noura Mint Seymali from Mouritania; experimental bop from Roland Kirk & the Modern Jazz Quartet; Regis Huby as leader &am...
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THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Marshall Allen w. Neneh Cherry; new Myra Melford; Webber/Morris Big Band; Gurmeet Singh & Sardur Surjeet Singh (mystical vocal music Punjab); new music from Noah Franche-Nolan; Sima Bina sings Afghan music; Steve Swell, Warren Smith, Chad Taylor & David Taylor; vintage John Handy; Billy Hart w. Tired & Tickled Trio; Ta...
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THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Ethiopian Harpsit/vocalist Alemu Aga; new out trio fro m Nizar Rohana; gulf pop from vocalist Abu Bakr Salem; vintage bop from Sam Jones; The Tokyo Gagaku Ensemble (Gagaku music); Nidaa Abou Mrad & Carole Samaha; from Mali:Toulou de Kankoré & Boumou Sangaré; Congolese rumba from Pepe Kallé; vintage high0-life from Celestine Ukw...
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THIS WEEK's BIRDS: new music from Yusuf Mumin; Altin Gün from Turkey/Europe; also from Turkey: Aynur Doğan; Algerian vocalist Noura;Lebaense vocalist Asmahan; vintage Steve Lacy; pianist/ composer Yelena Eckemoff; new music from drummer/composer Tyshawn Sorey; from Iraq: Md After Hussain & Paq; Mila Ayub from Java; also from java: Javasounds does dang...
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THIS WEEK's BIRDS: new music from Arooj Aftab; vintage Najat Al Saghira; vintage bop from Coleman Hawkins; vocalists from Cape Verde: new Teofilo Chantre plus Jorge Humberto & Armando de Pina; Derek Bailey w. Cecil Taylor; Accra Quartet; neo-Yoruba/jazz from. Michelle Rosewoman; Sahroui vocalist Aziza Brahim; from Mali: Kemin Fanta, Coumba Sira Koïta; cante jond...
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THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Cambodian music.x 2: Taam Ming Ensemble & Anh Hung; new music from Mali Obomsawin, Linda May Han Oh, Laura Ann Singh, & others; Shantung folk m music from China; thumri from Bhimsen Joshi; John Coltrane Quartet w. Dolphy et al. @ Village Vanguard; Turkish pop from Ali Riza Gültekin & Aynur Doğan; Ghanain/Congan highlife/soukous hybrid ...
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Punjabi film music from Reshma; new Amir el Saffar; reek song from Stratos Pagioumitzıs, Stavros Kabanis & others; new music from saxophonist Nicole Glover & group; vintage Steve Lacy; Gulf singerAbu Bakr Salem; Egyptian music from Mohamed Taha & The Pyramids ; Ustad Mahwash (Afghani ghazal singer); raga from V. M. Byatt; Sufi music from Pakistan (Rabab Mangi); from Mali: Ami ...
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