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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, 8-15-23

    Conference of the Birds, 8-15-23

    Blast from the (recent) past... 
    THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Guerouabi (Algerian cha'abi. hawzi);  Roma music from, Bajramio Selime;  Romano Dives; Trio Zazaji, and others; long lost and recently found  John Coltrane w. Eric Dolphy; Peter Brötzman (RIP); Other Dimensions in Music live in France; vintage LA jazz from Jesse Sharps; early JKacques Council w/ the Jacques Coursil Unit; from Senegal: Kiné Lam; from Haiti: Les Freres Dejean and Etoile du Soir; plus m music from. Balouchistan, Tunisia, Macedonia, 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/18724154/Conference-of-the-Birdshttps://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18724154/Conference-of-the-Birds
    and via the Conference of the Birds page at 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 hr 56 min
    Conference of the Birds, 3-22-24

    Conference of the Birds, 3-22-24

    THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Egyptian composer Nadah El Shazly; Congolese rumba from Bopol Mansiamina and Tabu Ley Rocheareau; Italian songstress Ornella Vanoni; vintage  David S. Ware; recent Roscoe Mitchell (w. trio); brand new music from Amirtha Kidambi and Elder Ones; Kuwait/gulf singer Rabab; Dexter Gordon & Slide Hampton in Copenhagen; Kenny Duorham goes Afro-Cuban;  Cuban legend Pío Leyva; also from, Cuba ; Guillermo Pompa Montero; guaguancó fro, Principe y su; popular Brazilian bossa and samba from Maria Bathânia; Abel Silva & Roberto Menascal (w. Wanda Sá); cross-cultural collaboration in music/poetry (Brazil, Portugal, Italy, Argentina..,.) from  Vinicius de Moraes, Giuseppe Ungaretti, Sergio Endrigo, et al.  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/18724154/Conference-of-the-Birdshttps://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18724154/Conference-of-the-Birds
    and via the Conference of the Birds page at 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 hr 57 min
    Conference of the Birds, 3-15-23

    Conference of the Birds, 3-15-23

    THIS WEEK's BIRDS: new music from the Blue Reality Quartet and Bobby Zankel & The Wonderful 8; vintage music from Dorothy Ashby, Dewey Redman & Ed Blackwell,  Eric Dolphy & Booker Little; cante jondo from Enrique "el Extremeño" as well as Niña de la Puebla  & La Paquera de Jerez; cha'abi from Boudjema el Ankis & Ali Yahyaten; from Haiti: Tabou Combo & Toto Bissainthe;  much, much more!!!!  
    Catch the BIRDS live on Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI: 88.1FM Ithaca, 89.7FM Odessa, 91.9FM WINO Watkins Glen. and WORLDWIDE online 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/18692417/Conference-of-the-Birds
    and via the Conference of the Birds page at 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 hr 52 min
    Conference of the Birds, 3-8-24

    Conference of the Birds, 3-8-24

    THIS WEEK's BIRDS: cante jondo from El Lebrijano; Lisle Ellis "What We Live" salute Lyn Hejinian; rembetika from Marika Papagika; Dominic Lash Quartet;  Roy Haynes w. Roland Kirk et al; salsa from Orquesta Harlow (saluting Arsenio Rodriguez) and  Orquesta Akokán; Leon Keita (vintage music from Mali); Lassana Hawa Cissokho; Billie Harris; from Morocco: Haja El Hamdaouia, Najaf Aatabou, melhún singers Abdesalam Khaloufi and Muhammed Dallal; Hafez Modirzadeh;   much, much more!!!!  
    Catch the BIRDS live on Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI: 88.1FM Ithaca, 89.7FM Odessa, 91.9FM WINO Watkins Glen. and WORLDWIDE online 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/18661145/Conference-of-the-Birds
    and via the Conference of the Birds page at 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 hr 48 min
    Conference of the Birds, 3-1-24

    Conference of the Birds, 3-1-24

    THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Roma song from Vera Bila & Kale and Ljiljana Buttler; Aurora Vargas and El Torta (cante jondo); new music from Tomasz Dabrowski & The Individual Beings; new music from James Brandon Lewis; new music from Mali Obomsawin; new music from Roman Norfleet; vintage Art Ensemble of Chicago; Jim Pepper; Charles Lloyd; rare Moroccan orchestral/vocal  music feat. Mohammed Lahyani; Oranese song from Algeria w/ Ahmed Wahby; Oranese Raï w/ Khaled;  the great Milton Nascimento; much, much more!!!!  
    Catch the BIRDS live on Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI: 88.1FM Ithaca, 89.7FM Odessa, 91.9FM WINO Watkins Glen. and WORLDWIDE online 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/18628754/Conference-of-the-Birds
    and via the Conference of the Birds page at 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 hr 52 min
    Conference of the Birds, 2-2-24

    Conference of the Birds, 2-2-24

    THIS WEEK's BIRDS: recent (new) music from Matana Roberts; Mary Halvorson; vintage bop/post-bop from Fred Tompkins; Charlie Rouse; Lee Morgan live at the Lighthouse; cante jondo from El Cigala, "El Negri" and El Cabrero; Balinese pop from Detty Kurnia; Abida Parveen from Pakistan;  salsa from Orquesta Cervantes; vintage music from Mali (Rail Band du Mali); NIU RAZA;  much, much more!!!!  
    Catch the BIRDS live on Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI: 88.1FM Ithaca, 89.7FM Odessa, 91.9FM WINO Watkins Glen. and WORLDWIDE online 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/18499517/Conference-of-the-Birds
    and via the Conference of the Birds page at 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 hr 51 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
14 Ratings

14 Ratings

The Forgotten Works ,

A magical auditory present every week.

I truly look forward to Cope's weekly gift to the world. So many thoughtful things placed in there...

jcurkendall ,

Conference of the Birds Smokes!

Like a weekly Radio show, Dr. Cope arranges this podcast of international music and jazz with care and dedication. As an avid listener and player of music, this show receives my highest regard. It is complimentary, so check it out. Take a trip through South America, the Middle East, Africa and then proceed into outer space with the jazz selections. Get on board. There is so much music and so little time!

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