Conference of the Birds Podcast

Stephen Cope
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Conference of the Birds Podcast

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.

  1. 5 DAYS AGO

    Conference of the Birds, 10-25-24

    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 FIND WRFI on Radio Garden: http://radio.garden/visit/ithaca-ny/aqh8OGBR

    2h 55m

  2. NOV 12

    Conference of the Birds, 2-9-24

    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: http://radio.garden/visit/ithaca-ny/aqh8OGBR

    1h 53m

  3. OCT 27

    Conference of the Birds, 9-20-24

    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 FIND WRFI on Radio Garden: http://radio.garden/visit/ithaca-ny/aqh8OGBR

    2h 57m

  4. OCT 8

    Conference of the Birds, 9-6-24

    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 FIND WRFI on Radio Garden: http://radio.garden/visit/ithaca-ny/aqh8OGBR Contact: confbirds@gmail.com

    2h 50m

  5. SEP 28

    Conference of the Birds, 8-2-24

    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 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

    2h 54m

  6. AUG 5

    Conference of the Birds, 7-26-24

    THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Nadaswaram music (Carnatic) from Namagiripettai Krishnan; Yusuf Lateef (vintage); Japanese jazz from Toshiyuki Miyama & the New Herd; new music from composer and vocalist Ruiqi Wang; new piano & electronics from Eve Egoyan & Mauricio Pauly; solo piano from Matthew Shipp & Marilyn Crispell; new music from Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio; Ikui Doki and Sofia Jernberg in collaboration; Silvia Bolognesi w. Dudu Kouate & Griffin Rodriguez; samba from Gilson Nascimento, MBP from Elza Soares; Teresa Cristina; Wanda Sá; Manuel Valera New Cuban Express Big Band; Cuban salson from Linda Leida; and, as ever, 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/.../conference-of.../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/19293238/Conference-of-the-Birds   and via the Conference of the Birds page at www.WRFI.ORG

    2h 48m

  7. JUL 30

    Conference of the Birds, 6-28-24

    THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Gulf pop from Abass Al Badri; our from Arman Teboul; Carpathian gnawa from Tariqa;  gnawa from Etoile Gnawa; Ava Mendoza & Dave Sewelson; from, 1963, live: Prince Lasha, Sonny Simmons, Clifford Jordan,Don Cherry; jazz from Archie Shepp w. Kahil el Zabar's Ritual Trio; Minee Coskun (Turkey) and Takes Vrakatselos (Greece); Dhoffir (from Grand Camaore), Nancy Viera from Cape Verde; Oumou Sangaré from Mali; from Kenya: Mbaraka Mwinshehe & the Morogoro Jazz Band; World Bass Violin Ensemble;  Hadi Salia from Sudan; Indian pop from Malika Pukraj; salsa from Sonora Ponceña, Orquesta Colon, and Adalberto Alvarez;  and , as ever, 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/19170052/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

    2h 51m

  8. JUL 24

    Conference of the Birds, 6-21-24

    THIS WEEK's BIRDS: bop from Dick Griffin; Thad Jones & the Prestige All-Stars; saxophone virtuosity from Nicole Glover; Baka polyphony; polyphonies from. the Solomon Islands; from South Africa: T. Y. Boys, Mahlatini & the Mahotella Queens, and Somi; Kerfala Brothers & Bonga (from Angola); Johnny Dyani solo; Louis Moholo's Viva la Black; Mahmoud El Idrissi (Moroccan pop singer/composer); Haja El Hamdaouia (Moroccan vocalist); Eva Salina perfroms Bajramoviç; Karen Barca Quartet;   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/19138871/Conference-of-the-Birdshttps://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/19138871/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

    2h 51m
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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.

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  • Creator
    Stephen Cope
  • Years Active
    2011 - 2024
  • Episodes
    20
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2012 Stephen Cope. All rights reserved.
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    Conference of the Birds Podcast

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