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Conference of the Birds Podcast

Conference of the Birds Podcast

By: Stephen Cope
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Summary

 Welcome to the audio home page for CONFERENCE of the BIRDS, a weekly radio program/podcast featuring a heterogeneous, intra-continental mix of music, poetry, speech, and song. The birds (so to speak) are here assembled in concert/consort on a weekly basis, most weeks, for a free recital of juxtaposed, contrastive, intermingled musics, and for phases, forms, and statements of musical action, reflection, critique, recalcitrance, joy, rest, prayer, revolt, renewal or repair, revolution.....and more. Each week (most weeks), find here a new ensemble/assemblage of classical, folk, ritual, spiritual, avant-garde, experimental, popular, poetic, political, danceable sounds and songs, in various genres, forms, formats, and styles, ranging from free-jazz, flamenco, and Javanese gamelan to field recordings, folk songs, and Indian film music, to salsa, samba, disco, Raï, cha’abi and be-bop. Conference Of the Birds (COB) airs LIVE, Friday evenings, 9:00 - 12:00 midnight, Eastern USA time, on WRFI and WINO (Ithaca/Odessa), community radio for Central New York and the Finger Lakes. Broadcasting to the world on the net via www.wrfi.org and Radio Garden: https://radio.garden/listen/wrfi-ithaca-community-radio/0N0fROGD#google_vignette. Episodes are available 24/7 online. Always free, commercial free, and free of commercial, corporate, or capitalist intent.Copyright 2012 Stephen Cope. All rights reserved. Art Entertainment & Performing Arts Music
Episodes
  • Conference of the Birds, 4-17-26

    Conference of the Birds, 4-17-26
    May 10 2026

    THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Abbreviated espied for WERFI pitch week: PLEASE CONDIER supporting WRFI and WINO today with a donation in any amount at ww.WRFI.org... THIS WEEK's MUSICS: Ken Vandermark et al salute poet Alexandra Pizarnik; Turkish pop from Dzansever; Romanian song from Oana Catalina Chitu; Aurora Vargas (cante jondo/flamenco); Duquende (cante jondo/flamenco); Indian film music & ghazal vocalist Asha Bhosle (R.I.P.) Arat Kilo, Mamani Keïta et al (Malian + /Afghani syncretist experimentalism; Sam Rivers w. Baikida Carroll et al. (ca. 1960s loft dates); new music from Maybe Martin (another Flamenco Vocalist!); Indian raag from S.Balachandar w. Dhaval Mistry; Serbian Sufis: dervishes from Skopje Rifai; Don Cherry w. Bobo Stinson et al.; neo- Gnawa jazz from Mohamed Errebbaa & Tagna Groove; new music from Anglika Niescier; new music from Tomeka Reid; not-so-new-at-all music from Ethiopian vocal legend Muluken Mellesse as well as from hard-bop trumpeter Ted Curson; plus host Stephen Cope briefly (most of it is deleted), asking you to support WRFIU/WINO (or any truly community radio station), plus.... so much, much, much more....SUPPORT RADIO at www.WRFI.Org

    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/22187400/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 hrs and 52 mins
  • Conference of the Birds, 4-10-26

    Conference of the Birds, 4-10-26
    Apr 26 2026

    THIS WEEK's BIRDS: new music from Shoko Nagai; new music from Brandon Seabrook; vintage Carlos Garnett; Joe Harriot w. Amancio d'Silva Quartet; new music from Brazilain vocalist Adrian Calconhotto; Rita Payés & Elisabeth Roma (from Spain); Marcos Valle; Japanese disco from Chikara Ueda; from extensive Nuba from Mohamed Khaznadj; Algerian cha'abi/kabyle legend Akli Yahyaten; Turkish pop from Silvana Armenulic; French pop from Aurélie Saada; and yes, as ever.....so much, 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/22187400/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 hrs and 56 mins
  • Conference of the Birds, 3-27-26

    Conference of the Birds, 3-27-26
    Apr 12 2026

    THIS WEEK's BIRDS: John Coltrane w. Quartet; Alberto Favero salutes Coltrane; new music from Pier Bruera Trio; fado from Alberto Alves; from Bolivia: Trio Nanduti; also from Bolivia: Canela Palacios; Doña Onete from Brazil; pianist Marta Sanchez w. Maria Grand; vintage rock/pop from Zimbabwe: Mawonera Superstars, Congolese soukous/rumba from Bozi Boziana & Anti-Choc, as well as Mayaula Mayoni & also M Le Nganshie Strervos Niarcos; new music from Kalia Vandever; new music from Simon Hanes; Daughters of Donbas (fr4om Ukraine); Scandinavian improvisation/experimental jazz from Johnny Wartel w. Henrik Wartel, Matthias Landaeus & Georgia Wartel Collins; bop from Harold Vick; Filipe Zau & Filipe Mukenga (from Angola); Diaba Koîta (from Guinea) & Néné Soumano (From Mali); and yes, as ever.....so much, 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/22187400/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 hrs and 56 mins
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