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Weekly podcast of music from Africa, Asia, the Americas, the Middle-East, and Europe with an emphasis on cross-cultural exploration and experimentation. Hosted by Stephen Cope.

Conference of the Birds Podcast Stephen Cope

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Weekly podcast of music from Africa, Asia, the Americas, the Middle-East, and Europe with an emphasis on cross-cultural exploration and experimentation. Hosted by Stephen Cope.

    Conference of the Birds, 5-17-24

    Conference of the Birds, 5-17-24

    THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Sawt music from Bahrain w. Muhammed bin Faris & Ensemble; lots of Lusofonia: from Brazil: Marilia Medalha, Nelson Gonçalves, The Ipanemas, Elza Soares, and others; from Angola: Belita Palma and Teta Lando;  new jazz from Annie Chen; experimental jazz/.gnaoua from Joachim Kühn, Majid Bekkas & Ramon Lopez; new Amirtha Kidambi & Elder Ones; Hsaing Waing music from Burma; vintage music from the  Star Band of Senegal; from Mali: Akofa Akoussah; pianist Matthew Shipp, solo; Etoile De Namaco (vintage West African political authenticité); Saïd Outajjajt (Moroccan Rrways music): and of course, much, much more!!!!B
    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/18983608/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
    Contact: confbirds@gmail.com
     

    • 2 hrs 46 min
    Conference of the Birds, 5-10-24

    Conference of the Birds, 5-10-24

    THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Ava Mendoza & Dave Sewelson; Fay Victor & Herbie Nichols SUNG; Herbie Nichols himself, w/ trio; Mal Waldron w. Steve Lacy; Romanian song from Dona Dumitru Siminica, as well as  Dumitru Ridescu & Mituța Ridescu; Balkan music from Ilieve Glogovac Vaska and Ivo Popasov; Anthony Braxton's #296 (w/ quintet;) Algerian cha'abi from Amar el Achab, Cheikh el Hasnaoui, Dahmane el Harrache; Lebanese song from Ziyad Al Rahbani; Liba Villavecchia Trio w. Luis Vicente; Antillean flute from Max Cilla;  Cecil Taylor's Orchestra of Two Continents; Rumbavana (from Cuba) as well as Santeria/ Rumba from Martha Galarraga and others; and of course, 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/18952193/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
    Contact: confbirds@gmail.com
     

    • 2 hrs 50 min
    Conference of the Birds, 5-3-24

    Conference of the Birds, 5-3-24

    THIS WEEK's BIRDS: new Farrah Kadoor; archival Alice Coltrane: Dominik Bukowski Quartet; Gulf singer Talah Maddah; Ta'arab from Zuhula Swaleh; from Vision Fest: Eri Yamamoto, Chad Fowler, William Parker, Steve Hirsh; quartet music from  Lisa Mezzacappa, Vinny Golia, Marco Eniedi, Vijay Anderson; new vocal music from Ruiqi Wang;  Lebanese pop from Googoosh; Bossa from Rosa Passos, Nara Leão; Congolese song from Franklin Boukoka; Hank Jones w/ Check Tidiane Seck & the Mandinkas; and of course, 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/18920259/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
    Contact: confbirds@gmail.com
     

    • 2 hrs 51 min
    Conference of the Birds, 4-19-24

    Conference of the Birds, 4-19-24

    THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Mali Obomsawin; Girija Devi & Ustad Bismillah Khan;  Nobuo Hara and His Sharps & Flats & Hozan Yamamoto; Louis Belogenis; Moroccan sufis Confrérie des Aïssawa in Tunisi a; cante jondo from Mariana de Cádiz, Love y Manuel, José Mercé; Greek song from Vassilis Tsitsanis and Poly Panou; Vangelis Soukas (clarinet from Epirius); The Caresser satirizes Christopher Columbus; Lassana Hawa Cissokho from Mali; Ken McIntyre; David Murray; and of course, 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/18854765/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
    Contact: confbirds@gmail.com
     

    • 2 hrs 49 min
    Conference of the Birds, 4-5-24

    Conference of the Birds, 4-5-24

    THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Egyptian vocalist Maryam Saleh w. Tamer Abu Ghazaleh, Maurice Louca; Pakistani vocalist  Aroof Aftab w. Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily; rembetika (past and present) from Pasatempo w. Christos Govetas & Marcos Vamvakaris; bop from Sonny Clark; from the archives: John Tchicai, Garrison Fewell, Charlie Kohlhase, Cecil McBee, Billy Hart; new Les Amazones d'Africa; newly re-released Rail Band; l'Ensemble Instrumental Du Mali (feat. Nantenedie Kamissoko); Congolese soukous from Les Wanyika; new LA jazz from Billy Mohler;  Sathima Bea Benjamin; Algerian raï from the greats: Cheb Hasni & Cheb Nasro; music from Greece, Mali, Congo/Zaïre, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and, of course, 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/18788839/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
    Contact: confbirds@gmail.com
     

    • 2 hrs 47 min
    Conference of the Birds, 3-29-24

    Conference of the Birds, 3-29-24

    THIS WEEK's BIRDS: new music from Nathalie Natiembé; new music from Bobby Zankel & Wonderful Sound; orchestral music from Keith Tippett; from Brazil: Monica Salmaso; Nana Caymmi; João Bosco; Jair Rodrigues; Nara Leão; vintage song from Doug Carn; hard Bop from Johnny Griffin  & Jerome Richardson; Delta music from Bahr Abu Jerith; The Miyumi Project (Tatsu Aoki, Francis Wong, Ed Wilkerson, Mwata Bowden..et al.); classical Egyptian song Sayed Darwish; Kuwaiti pop Talah Maddah;  and (of course)( 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/18756336/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
    Contact: confbirds@gmail.com
     

    • 2 hrs 49 min

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