Épisodes

  • Conference of the Birds, 12-6-26
    Dec 7 2025

    Note: new mailing address below...

    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 dangdut; Babani Koné from Mali; Fode Baro from Guinea; Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre; Peter Mceachern Trio; 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/21633396/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

    NEW MAILING ADDRESS:

    Stephen Cope @ Conference of the Birds, POBOX 428, Tivoli, NY, 12583, USA.

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    2 h et 31 min
  • Conference of the Birds, 11-14-25
    Nov 20 2025

    Note: new mailing address below...

    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 jondo from. "el Chocolate" ()Antonio Nuñez) & Paquita de Jerez; Jose Mauro & Antônio Neves (from Brazil); new music from Matt Mitchell & Sera Serpa; vintage Oliver Lake; 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/21530182/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

    NEW MAILING ADDRESS:

    Stephen Cope @ Conference of the Birds, POBOX 428, Tivoli, NY, 12583, USA.

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    2 h et 38 min
  • Conference of the Birds, 10-31-25
    Nov 9 2025

    Note: new mailing address below...

    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 from Ondigui And Bota Tabansi International; soul/jazz from Doug Hammond & David Durrah et sl.; legendary Senegalese vocalist Omar Pene; also from Senegal: Mamadou Lamine Maiga & Ngatamaare; Ensemble Watmon Amone from Uganda; Ethiopian Oromo vocalist Muluu Baqqalaa; Tlahouyn Gessesse (also from Ethiopia); 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/21460105/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

    NEW MAILING ADDRESS:

    Stephen Cope @ Conference of the Birds, POBOX 428, Tivoli, NY, 12583, USA.

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    2 h et 49 min
  • Conference of the Birds, 10-24-25
    Nov 1 2025

    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 Koïta, M'Bady Kouyaté; Congolese rhumba from Bozi Bosiana;Yando Sister; 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/21425454/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

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    2 h et 48 min
  • Conference of the Birds, 10-17-25
    Oct 27 2025

    THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Indonesian vocalist/experimenter Ubiet; Sri Mulat from Bali; New music from David Sanford Big Band; new song from Jeong Lim Yang; vintage rai from Nasro; Mayada el Henaway (legendary Egyptian vocalist); Arabic music from Morroca Abdou El Omari (w/ Naima Samih on vocals); Kabyle song from Chérif Kheddam; .Dopolarians; Hindustani vocalist Anuradha Kuber; Brazilian song from Sessa, Guiga de Ogum, and others; new Nancy Vieira; Joe Cuba; pianist Don Pullen solo; 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/21390791/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

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    2 h et 51 min
  • Conference of the Birds, 10-10-25
    Oct 18 2025

    THIS WEEK's BIRDS: new Amirtha Kidambi (Live); Mohamed Errebbaa & Tagna (gnawa jazz); Baluchi trance/healing music from Abdulrahman Surizehi; Elmo Hope at Riker's; latter-day Art Blakey; Nuyorican salsa from Roberto Roena; Venezuelan salsa from Federico Betancourt; vintage Billy Harper; Simon Nabatov, Ed Schuller, John Betsch & Arto Tuncboyaci swing Latin; samba from Jovelina Perla Negra & Leci Brandão; Moroccan vocalist Latifa Raafat; also from Morocco: Lemchaheb; film music from Tahira Syed; new Henry Threadgill; new Mary Halvorson; raga from sarod player Ashoke Roy; 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/21356437/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

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    2 h et 52 min
  • Conference of the Birds, 10-3-25
    Oct 11 2025

    THIS WEEK's BIRDS: new music from Sarathy Korwar & Upaj Collective; vintage bop from Duke Pearson; Brazilian vocalists Nara Leão & Fafá de Belém; Werther (also from Brazil); from Angola: Ruy Mingas; fado from João Braga; three decades worth of vibraphonists: Khan Jamal; Walt Dickerson; Patrcia Brennan; cha'abi from Dahmane el Harrache; Egyptian vocalist & composer Abdel Halim Hafez; dhrupad from Pt. Uday Bhawalkar; Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris conducts; pianist Paul Plimley w/ trio; and, of course,as ever, so 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/21321721/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

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    2 h et 52 min
  • Conference of the Birds, 9-12-25
    Sep 14 2025

    THIS WEEK's BIRDS: BACK LIVE in studio, Friday night (after a year of remote broadcast, plus the six week haitus): cante jondo from El Cabrero; el Lebrijano; Jimenez Rejano & others; Fairuz; dhrupad singer Pandit Iran Nath; Albert Ayler; Henry Threadgill; new microtonal guitar improvisation from Lingyuan Yang; vintage Youisou n'Dour; Romanian Roma vocalist Romica Puceanu; Polly Panou from Greece; Karl Berger & friends in Turkey; music from Rajasthan; bardic song from Khorassan (Iran); vintage high-life from Vis-a-Vis; and, of course,as ever, so 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/21219502/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

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    2 h et 51 min