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Conference of the BirdsA weekly podcast of music from Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle-East, the Americas, and places between and beyond. New, rare, and hard to find recordings are featured, with an emphasis on cross-cultural exploration and experimentation. Sunday, Aug 30, 2009Conference of the Birds, 8-25-09
Rara and Bizango music from Haiti; sufi music from Turkey; Marilyn Crispell w/ Gerry Hemmingway, Hank Roberts, and Mark Feldman; Trio A Cordes de Paris plays Felix Ibarrondo; Bebo y Cigala; 70s funk from Nigeria; Ensemble Moderne plays Mauricio Kagel; the Puerto Rico All Stars; much more...
Wednesday, Aug 19, 2009Conference of the Birds, 8-18-09
Hsaing Waing Orchestra from Burma (Myanmar); Kenneth Rexroth's "Mother Goose" set to music by Steve Lacy; Sudanese composer/vocalist Mohammed Wardi; Peter Brötzman w/ Hamid Drake and Mahmoud Ghania, a Kassidat from the master of Moroccan sing poetry El Hadj L'Houcine Toulali, two dedications to the late drummer Steve McCall; the Garifuna Women's Project (from Belize); Baul music/poetry from Bengal; much more...
Sunday, Aug 09, 2009Conference of the Birds, 8-11-09
William Parker's "In Order to Survive;" Houria Aïchi performs sacred music from Algeria; fado music from Carlos and Lucilia do Carmo; cross-cultural music from Lebannon by Ghazi Abdel-Baki; Sory Babma relates a tale of cultural clashing from the region of Mopti (in Mali); B. F. Shelton relates a different sort of tale; recent music from Ornette Coleman; the COnvergence Quartet live in Oxford; much more...
Sunday, Aug 02, 2009Conference of the Birds, 8-04-09Download this episode (119 min) 
Senegalese music from Omar Pene and Orchestra Baobab as well as Senegalese salsa from Africando; Diaba Koîta and Mah Damba from Mali; Dan Clucas salutes Astor Piazzolla; Dino Saluzzi and Anja Lechner collaborate; Tanzania's Mlimani Park Orchestra; music from Cesaria Evora, Amandio Cabral (Cape Verde), Andrew Hill (USA), Alaide Costa (Brazil) and much more...
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