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/ 

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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

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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

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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

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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:

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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

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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:

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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

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THIS WEEK's BIRDS: new music from  Mali Obomsawin w. Magdalena Abrego & Allison Bunk; Tako Taki (music from Japan); Sundanese music from L. S. Kancana Sari Bandung; Detty Kurnia (pop from Bali); Congolese disco from Vibro Success Intercontinental Orchesatra; free jazz/experimental quartet Tulpas (from Mexico City); Astor Piazzola (nuevo tango); Mario Pavone;  Sam Rivers on flutes; Anthony Braxton on flute (+ winds and reeds); Eastern European Roma music song from Dil'Dorova Maisara, Bedrije Misin & Ansambl Bracé Koko, & Nehat Gasi; healing trance  music from Baluchistan;  Salim Halali in Algeria; Abida Parveen (Pakistani soufi) w. Lofti Bouchnak (from Tunisia); straight ahead jazz (live in Senegal) w/ Al Cohn, Billy Mitchell, Dolo Coker, Leroy Vinegar, Frank Butler; 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/19480153/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

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Contact: [email protected]

THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Samba from Agepê, Dona Ivan Lara, Moyseis Marques; South African jazz  from Dudu Pukwana & Spear, McCoy Mrubata (new); Curtis Amy; Ensemble Xu Zeng (instrumental music from China; Sabata 5 & Eureka (from Japan); Farah Kadour; cante jondo from Fosforito, Carmen Linares, El Torta; Phil Cochran; Raga Janpuri from Kishori Amonkar; 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:

and via the Conference of the Birds page at 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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Contact: [email protected]