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Faithful listener #1 suggested a show themed around “chicken.” I got well underway picking music before I remembered that I did something similar in 2011!

Nevertheless, it wasn’t hard to pull together a substantial set (more than half the show) that didn’t really overlap the last outing at all. Not sure why musicians find so much inspiration in chickens, but I’m pretty happy with how the show turned out, so it doesn’t really matter.

cluck cluck

Enjoy!

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Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Jimmy Smith: “Back at the Chicken Shack” – Back at the Chicken Shack (Blue Note)
Oscar Brown, Jr.: “Chicken Heads” – What It Is! Funky Soul And Rare Grooves (Rhino)
Gabriel & his Angels: “The Rooster” – Twistin’ Rumble 8 (Twistin’ Rumble)
Freddie Notes & the Rudies: “Chicken Inn” – Funky Chicken (Trojan Records)
Sugarman Three: “Chicken Half” – Daptone Sampler (Daptone)
Cibo Matto: “Know Your Chicken” – Viva! La Woman (Warner Music)
Big Mama Thornton: “Little Red Rooster” – Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary Collection: 1960-2000 (Arhoolie)
The Dominoes: “Chicken Blues” – The Dawn of Doo-Wop (Proper)
Andre Williams: “The Greasy Chicken” – Lux & Ivy’s Favorites Volume 7 (WFMU)
Witch: “Like a Chicken” – Introduction (Now Again)
McGee Brothers: “C-H-I-C-K-E-N Spells Chicken” – Ghost World (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Shanachie)
Frank Stokes: “Chicken You Can Roost Behind the Moon” – Before the Blues, Volume 3 (Yazoo)
Lead Belly: “Chicken Crowing for Midnight” – Where Did You Sleep Last Night: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 1 (Smithsonian Folkways)
Iron and Wine: “The Rooster Moans” – The Creek Drank the Cradle (Sub Pop)
Pete Seeger: “I Had a Rooster” – Birds Beasts Bugs And Little Fishes (Smithsonian Folkways)
Roy Waldrup: “Chokin’ My Chicken” – Journey to the Center of Psychedelic Mountain (DJ Bylamplight)
Arsenio Rodriguez: “Porfiando El Gallo Muere” – La Pachanga (Tico)
Young Tiger: “Chicken & Rice” – London Is The Place For Me 4: African Dreams & The Piccadilly High Life (Honest Jons)
Ebenezer Calender and his Maringar Band: “The Stolen Chicken” – African Elegant – Sierra Leone’s Kru / Krio Calypso Connection (Original Music)
Winston Groovy: “Funky Chicken” – Funky Chicken (Trojan Records)
Rufus Thomas: “Do the Funky Chicken” – Wattstax – The Living Word (Stax)
The Turtles: “Chicken Little was Right” – Present The Battle Of The Bands (White Whale)
Yo La Tengo: “Return to Hot Chicken” – I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (Matador)
Orquesta Ideal: “A Soltar El Gallo” – ¡El Mambo Me Priva! Cuban Gold 3 the 60′s (Qbadisc)
Osvaldo Pugliese: “Gallo Ciego” – From Argentina to the World (EMI Argentina)
3 Leg Torso: “The Cat and the Rooster” – 3 Leg Torso (3LT Music )
Roots Manuva: “Clockwork” – Funkungfusion (Ninja Cuts 3) (Ninjatune)
Ballistico: “Staring at Stairs” – Welcome to the Western Carpet World (CD Baby)
Colomach: “Ottoto Shamoleda” – Colomach (Soundway)
Calexico: “Crumble” – Feast of Wire (Spunk!)
Dan Satch & his Atomic 8 Dance Band of Aba: “Alabeke” – Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Nigerian Blues 1970-1976 (Soundway)
Skip Mahoney & the Casuals: “Town Called Nowhere” – Eccentric Soul: A Red Black & Green Production (Numero Group)
The Pharaohs: “Freedom Road” – Awakening (Luv N’ Haight)
Harry Partch: “The Bewitched” – The Music Of Harry Partch (CRI)
Wheelhouse: “Song Juan” – Boss of the Plains (Aerophonic)
Josh Berman & his Gang: “One Train May Hide Another” – There Now (Delmark)

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I had fun with this week’s show. No theme or real plan; just music. I hope you like it.

Enjoy!

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Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Bobby Byrd: “Try It Again” – Funky Soul & Rare Grooves – 1967 – 1977 (Rhino)
Colosseum: “Walking in the Park” – Majestic Coal Chute No. 1 (DJ ByLamplight)
The Byrds: “Artificial Energy” – The Notorious Byrd Brothers (Columbia)
Shuggie Otis: “Sweet Thang” – Inspiration Information (Luaka Bop)
Montgomery Express: “Party Fever” – Does ‘Party Fever’ & Other Songs Of The Montgomery Movement (Ikef)
LaBelle: “What Can I Do For You” – Nightbirds (Epic)
Gram Parsons: “How Much I’ve Lied” – GP (Warner Bros. Records)
Reparata & the Delrons: “I’m Nobody’s Baby Now” – Girl Group Sounds Lost & Found: One Kiss Can Lead to Another (Rhino)
The Bosstones: “Mope-Itty Mope” – The Doo Wop Box (Rhino)
Sounds of Soweto: “Mama Ndiyalila” – How Long Must We Suffer? (Misereor)
L’African Fiesta: “Toyei na Sango” – Nico, Rochereau, Roger – L’African Fiesta Vol 1 (Syllart Productions)
Henri Bowane: “Natali Nato” – Double Take – Tala Kaka (Retroafric)
Don Drummond and the Skatalites: “Heavenless” – Studio One Scorcher (Soul Jazz)
King Tubby: “Sir Niney’s Rock” – Essential Dub (Metro)
Fats Navarro & Tadd Dameron: “Casbah” – The Complete Blue Note And Capitol Recordings Of Fats Navarro And Tadd Dameron (Blue Note)
Tommy Guerrero: “Abierto” – Soul Food Taqueria (Mo’ Wax)
Curly Moore: “Get Low Down, Pt. 1” – Get Low Down: The Soul of New Orleans ’65-’67 (Sundazed)
Charlie Patton: “Some These Days I’ll Be Gone” – Founder of the Delta Blues (1929-1934) (Yazoo)
Nick Drake: “Been Smoking Too Long” – Time Of No Reply (Hannibal)
Doug Wieselman: “The Girl in the Booth” – Dimly Lit (Tzadik)
Super Biton de Segou: “I.R.I.” – Afro Jazz du Mali (Bolibana)
Tlahoun Gessesse: “Lantchi Biye” – Éthiopiques 17: Tlahoun Gèssèssè (Buda Musique)
Edna Gallmon Cooke: “Nobody But You, Lord” – Jubilation! Vol 1: Black Gospel (Rhino)
The Pharcyde: “Otha Fish in the Sea” – Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde (Delicious Vinyl)
Robert Ward: “Never Alone” – The Cream of Vintage Soul, Vol. 1 (Goldmine)
Toto La Momposina y sus Tambores: “Tambolero” – Colombia: Musique de la Côte Atlantique (A.S.P.I.C.)
Lecuona Cuban Boys: “Cachita” – Congas and Rumbas From the Unforgettable Band (Yoyo)
Maâlem Abdelkader Amlil : “Shorfa” – Vol. 2 (Rabat Music)
Phill Niblock: “PK” – Four Full Flutes (Touch)
Ganesh Anandan, John Gzowski: “With our intuition and instinct” – Shruti Project (Ambiances Magnetiques)
Max Roach and Anthony Braxton: “Dance Griot” – Birth And Rebirth (Black Saint)
(fades out)

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For some reason I pulled a bunch of stuff with various kinds of tuned metal percussion: gamelan and kulintang and mbira, in traditional and creative contexts. That was a lot of the first hour, and from there, it was a bunch of random stuff, plus a moment for Richie Havens, who passed away the evening before the show.

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Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Sound Tribe Sector Nine: “Otherwise Formless” – Offered Schematics Suggesting Peace (Landslide)
Nostalgia 77 Octet: “Freedom (Zombie Dance Mix/Parts 1 & 2)” – One Offs, Remixes & B-Sides (Tru Thoughts)
Philip Cohran and the Artistic Heritage Ensemble: “New Frankiphone Blues” – On the Beach (Aestuarium)
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: “Oof” – Mama’s House Live -35th Anniversary Project (Katalyst)
Richard Crandell: “Steelhead” – Mbira Magic (Tzadik)
Gamelan Madu Sari: “Dreams He Is A Ball Of Fire… Or A Hummingbird – I” – New Nectar – New Music for Javanese Gamelan (Songlines)
Uncredited musicians: “Genggong Duet – Sekar Sungsang ” – Bali: Gamelan & Kecak (Nonesuch)
Uncredited musicians: “Genggong Batur Sari, Batuan – Lagu Kodok (Frog Song) ” – Bali: Gamelan & Kecak (Nonesuch)
Kulingtan Arts: “Sinulog A Kangungdan” – Kulintang: Ancient Gong-Drum Music of the Southern Philippines (World Kulingtan Institute)
M’Boom: “Mr. Seven” – Collage (Soul Note)
The Coctails: “Theme from Mr. Pillow” – Popcorn Box (Carrot Top Records)
Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban: “Caballo viejo” – Mambo Sinuendo (Nonesuch)
Voz De Cabo Verde: “This Is True” – Independencia (A Voz De Cabo-Verde)
Ros Sereyothea: “Jum Brum Kia Thiet” – Cambodian Rocks (Parallel Worlds)
Richie Havens: “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen/My Sweet Lord” – Live At The Cellar Door And The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium (Five Star)
Himzo Polovina and Selim Salihović: “Dunjaluče, Golem ti si” – Bosnia: Echoes from an Endangered World (Smithsonian Folkways)
Svetlana, Nicolas Kedroff, Micha Nisimov, Philippe de Loutchek: “The Old Maple Tree ” – Europe (Ocora)
Kukuruza: “Where the Sunshine Is” – Where the Sunshine Is (Solyd)
M. Ward: “Chinese Translation” – Post-War (Merge Records)
The Housemartins: “The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death” – The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death (Elektra)
Gilberto Gil: “Geléia Geral” – Tropicália Ou Panis Et Circensis (Philips)
Willie Colón/Rubén Blades: “Maria Lionza” – Siembra (Fania Records)
Black Santiagos: “Caroline Bateau” – Ignace de Souza: The Great Unknowns (Original Music)
Singer Nahounou & T.P Orchestre Poly Rythmo De Cotonou Benin: “Gbabouo” – Singer Nahounou (Albarika Store)
Anouar Brahem: “Le Voyage de Sahar” – Le Voyage de Sahar (ECM)
Keefe Jackson’s Fast Citizens: “Ready Everyday” – Ready Everyday (Delmark Records)

WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2013-04-23 (complete) [ 2:30:40 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Just a bunch of funk, soul, afrobeat, hiphop, and even some 80′s “college-rock” and country music too.

Enjoy!

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Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Eddie Bo: “Havin’ Fun in New Orleans” – Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens: The Big Ol’ Box of New Orleans (Shout Factory)
Ebo Taylor: “Aborekyair” – Love and Death (Strut)
Colomach: “Yebo Blues” – Colomach (Soundway)
Debo Band: “Ney Ney Weleba” – Debo Band (Sub Pop)
Betty Harris: “Mean Man” – Sansu 478 7″ (Sansu)
Skylark: “The Writing’s On the Wall” – The Soul of Capitol Records: Rare & Well-Done (Capitol)
Andrew Brown: “You Made Me Suffer” – Pepper’s Jukebox (Numero Group)
Orchestre OK Jazz: “Ven y ven y ven” – Africa Boogaloo: The Latinization of West Africa (Honest Jon’s)
Gato Barbieri: “Tupac Amaru” – Fenix (Philips)
Grupo de Experimentación Sonora del ICAIC: “Grifo (Animal Mitológico)” – Grupo de Experimentación Sonora del ICAIC (Areito)
Syli Authentic: “Nbessoma” – Dans l’Arene (Syliphone )
Orchestra Vijana Jazz: “Bujumbura” – featuring Mary Maria (Ahadi)
Rans Boi’s Ghana Highlife Band: “Gbonimawo” – London is the Place for Me 2: Calypso And Kwela, Highlife And Jazz From Young Black London (Honest Jon’s)
Das Racist: “Puerto Rican Cousins” – Sit Down, Man (Mad Decent / Greedhead / Mishka)
The Coup: “Funk” – Kill My Landlord (Wild Pitch Records)
Erykah Badu: “Back in the Day (Puff) (featuring Lenny Kravitz)” – Worldwide Underground (Motown)
Lloyd Cole & the Commotions: “Four Flights Up” – Rattlesnakes (Geffen)
The Smiths: “Girl Afraid” – Louder than Bombs (Sire)
Hugh & Karl Farr: “Cajun Stomp” – Texas Stomp: Hot ‘N’ Bluesy Fiddle/Guitar and Twin Guitar Duets 1934-1940 (Country Routes)
The Carter Family: “River of Jordan” – The Carter Family 1927-1934 (JSP)
Willie Nelson: “Stay All Night (Stay a Little Longer)” – Shotgun Willie (Atlantic)
Patsy Cline: “Fingerprints” – Country Great! (MCA)
Rafiu Bankole and his Group: “Sowemimo” – Juju Roots 1930′s – 1950′s (Rounder )
Girma Bèyènè: “Enkèn Yèlélèbesh” – Éthiopiques 8: Swinging Addis (Buda Musique)
Dark City Sisters: “Koloi Ya Malume” – Christmas Jive: 78s and 45s from the Archives (Nick Lotay)
Bob Pinado and his Sound Casters: “Me, You, One (Means I Love You)” – Ghana Soundz: Afro-Beat. Funk & Fusion in 70′s Ghana Vol. 2 (Soundway)
Dr. Spec’s Optical Illusion: “She’s the One” – Sixties Archives Vol 3: Louisiana Punk (Eva Records)
Jumpsuit: “Un Clavo” – Too Funky for the Rock and the Roll (Jumpsuit)
Laurie Anderson: “Credit Racket” – Home Of The Brave (soundtrack) (Warner Brothers)
Parliament: “Side Effects” – Chocolate City (Westbound)
The Commands: “Don’t Be Afraid to Love Me” – Eccentric Soul: The Dynamic Label (Numero Group)
Lou Johnson: “Walk On By” – Big Top 104 7″ (Big Top)
Kashmere Stage Band: “Headwiggle” – Texas Thunder Soul 1968-1974 (Now-Again Records)
Jurassic 5: “Canto de Ossanha” – Feedback (Interscope)
Vecchio: “Waboco” – Afro-Rock (Music De Wolfe)
Martha Ashagari: “Näkakkaññ” – Four Famous Singers (Ambassel)

WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2013-04-16 (complete) [ 2:35:07 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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On Saturday I had the pleasure of catching a few sets of the Engines at the Green Mill, celebrating the release of their new CD recorded with the late John Tchicai. I took the opportunity to play a few things from both groups, together and separately. From there it seemed like the die was solidly cast for jazz, a mix of stuff from WNUR’s new music drawer and the older collection.

Enjoy!

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Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
The Engines with John Tchicai: “Planet” – Other Violets (Not Two)
Johnny Dyani Sextet with John Tchicai and Dudu Pukwana: “Magwaza” – Witchdoctor’s Son (Steeplechase)
John Tchicai/Charlie Kohlhase Quintet: “Knee Bop” – Life Overflowing (Nada)
Pierre Dørge’s New Jungle Orchestra: “Lullaby for Tchicai” – Giraf (Dacapo)
The Engines: “Mish Mumkin” – The Engines (Okkadisk)
New York Contemporary Five: “O.C.” – New York Contemporary Five (Delmark)
Larry Young: “Zoltan” – Unity (Blue Note)
Eric Dolphy: “On Green Dolphin Street” – Outward Bound (Prestige)
Klang: “The Wang Wang Blues” – Other Doors (AllosDocuments)
Fred Lonberg-Holm’s Fast Citizens: “Faster, Citizens! Kill! Kill!” – Gather (Delmark)
Tin Hat: “Buffalo Bill” – The Rain is a Handsome Animal (New Amsterdam)
Thomas Chapin: “Spanky House” – Never Let Me Go: Quartets ’95 & ’96 (Playscape)
Ben Goldberg: “Parallelogram” – Unfold Ordinary Mind (BAG Records)
Atomic School Days: “Light Compulsion” – Nuclear Assembly Hall (Okkadisk)
Grachan Moncur III: “The Coaster” – Evolution (Blue Note)
String Trio of New York: “Juju” – Intermobility (Arabesque)
Andre Previn/David Fink: “S’Wonderful” – We Got Rhythm (Deutsche Grammophon)

WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2013-04-09 (complete) [ 2:36:39 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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This weeks show is mostly funky and jazz stuff, sometimes together and sometimes not what you first think of when you hear those words… but still.

Enjoy!

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download program (146MB, 2 hrs 39 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Isotope: “Crunch Cake” – Disco Not Disco: Post punk, Electro & Left Field Disco Classics 1974-1986 (Strut)
Talking Heads: “The Great Curve” – Remain in Light (Sire)
Carla Bley: “Sing Me Softly of the Blues” – Dinner Music (Watt)
Merit Hemmingson: “Elverumvisan” – Merit-Queen of Swedish Hammond Folk Groove (Amigo)
Parliament: “Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication” – Mothership Connection (Casablanca)
Santana: “Toussaint L’Overture (Live)” – Abraxas (Columbia)
The Right Kind: “My Money is Funny” – Get Your Lie Straight: A Galaxy of Funky Soul (BGP)
The Temptations: “Shakey Ground” – A Song For You (Gordy)
John Cale & Terry Riley: “Ides of March” – Church of Anthrax (Columbia)
Max Roach: “Rumble in the Jungle” – M’Boom (Columbia)
Mahmoud Ahmed: “Tezeta” – Ethiopiques, Vol. 19: Alemye (Buda Musique)
William Parker Quartet: “Moon” – O’Neal’s Porch (AUM Fidelity)
Olaf Ton: “Die Halloumipolizei Rettet Das Bikiniland” – Olaf Ton (Leo)
Kamikaze Ground Crew: “Cowboys” – Madam Marie’s Temple of Knowledge (New World Records)
Splatter Trio & Debris: “Comp. 69L + (122 + 69I) + 69D” – Jump or Die – 21 Anthony Braxton Compositions 1992 (Music & Arts)
Fred Lonberg-Holm Trio: “Pluck It” – A Valentine for Fred Katz (Atavistic)
Kahil El’ Zabar’s Ritual Trio: “This Little Light of Mine” – Ooh Live! (Bright Moments/Katalyst )
Nomo: “All the Stars” – Ghost Rock (Ubiquity)
Plearn Promdan: “Ying Ting” – Thai? Dai! (Finders Keepers)
Powerhouse Sound: “Exit-Salida (for Burning Spear)” – Oslo/Chicago: Breaks (Okkadisk)
Wayne Wade: “Poor & Humble” – Poor & Humble (Live & Learn)
Mark Dresser & Susie Ibarra: “Slipinstyle” – Tone Time (Wobbly Rail)
Fred Ho & the Afro-Asian Music Ensemble: “Joys and Solos” – The Underground Railroad to My Heart (Soul Note)
Irving Fields & Roberto Rodriguez: “Elephant Tap Dance” – Oy Vey! Ole! (Tzadik)

WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2013-04-02 (complete) [ 2:38:55 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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The recent passing of Nigerian “literary titan” Chinua Achebe gave me an excuse to play a whole lot of Nigerian music, with a little more than an hour long block towards the front. I have no idea if Achebe liked any of this music. I wonder.

Enjoy!

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Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Desmond Dekker: “This Woman” – Rockin’ Steady: The Best of Desmond Dekker (Rhino)
Mad Professor: “Go Deh Nelson, Go Deh” – Psychedelic Dub (Ariwa Sounds)
Willi Williams: “Dungeon Dub” – Messenger Man (Blood and Fire)
The Observers: “Rasta Locks” – Trojan Dub Box Set (Trojan)
The Roots: “Ain’t Sayin’ Nothin’ New” – Things Fall Apart (MCA)
Oyelana, Tunji & the Benders: “Ifa” – Nigeria 70 (Strut)
Ofo The Black Company: “Allah Wakbarr” – Nigeria 70 (Strut)
Eric (Showboy) Akaeze & his Royal Ericos: “We Dey Find Money” – Nigeria Afrobeat Special: The New Explosive Sound in 1970’s Nigeria (Soundway)
The Martins Brothers Dance Band: “Ochonma” – Afro Baby: The Evolution Of The Afro-Sound In Nigeria 1970-79 (Soundway)
Oriental Brothers International: “Ebemana (Don’t Cry Any More)” – Do Better if You Can (Original Music)
Prince Nico Mbarga: “Free Education in Nigeria” – Aki Special (Rounder Select)
S-Job Movement: “Love Affair” – Nigeria Disco Funk Special; The Sound of the Underground Lagos Dancefloor 1974-79 (Soundway)
Kris Okotie: “Show Me Your Backside” – Brand New Wayo: Funk, Fast Times & Nigerian Boogie Madness 1979-1983 (Comb & Razor)
Segun Bucknor: “Adanri Sogbasogba” – Poor Man No Get Brother: Assembly & Revolution 1969-1975 (Strut)
Tunde Oshofisan & His Rhythm “Fadaka’s”: “Jeje L’Omo Eko Nio” – Azagas & Archibogs: The Sixties Sound of Lagos Highlife (Original Music)
Cardinal Rex Jim Lawson: “Bere Bote” – Unreleased Recordings, 1965 (Voice of America: African Music Treasures)
Nu Sounds: “Chicago USA” – Spaceship Lullaby (1954-60) (Unheard Music/Atavistic)
The Ravens: “Ol’ Man River” – The Dawn of Doo-Wop (Proper)
The Sensational Nightingales: “Guide My Mind” – The Lord Will Make a Way: Early Recordings 1947-51 (P-Vine Records)
The Supreme Angels: “I’m Going to Serve Jesus” – It’s Jesus, Ya’ll: Soulful Sound of Nashboro Gospel (Ace)
Ray Barretto: “Hard Hands” – Hard Hands (Fania)
Jorge Sylvester Afro-Caribbean Experimental Trio: “Por La Clave” – In the Ear of the Beholder (Jazz Magnet)
Ella Fitzgerald: “Happiness is Just a Thing Called Joe” – Twelve Nights in Hollywood (Verve)
Roy Eldridge: “Hi Ho Trailus Boot Whip” – After You’ve Gone (Decca/GRP)
Dave Douglas: “Cannonball Run” – Mountain Passages (Greenleaf)
Harry Beckett: “Flare Up” – Flare Up (Jazzprint)
Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake: “Losel Drolma” – Back Together Again (Thrill Jockey)
Town & Country: “Cloud Seeding” – Up Above (Thrill Jockey)
Perry Robinson / Wacław Zimpel / Raphael Rogiński / Michael Zerang: “Once in the Desert” – Yemen: Music of the Yemenite Jews (Multikulti Project)
Paul Giallorenzo 3: “All Together Now” – Paul Giallorenzo 3 featuring Ingebrigt Håker Flaten & Tim Daisy (Not Two)

WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2013-03-26 (complete) [ 2:39:11 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Just another all-over-the-place episode of Conference of the Birds.

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Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Roosevelt Graves and Brother: “Woke Up This Morning” – How Can I Keep from Singing, Vol. 1 (Yazoo)
SNCC Freedom Singers led by Bernice Johnson: “Woke Up This Morning with My Mind on Freedom” – Voices of the Civil Rights Movement (Smithsonian Folkways)
Rebirth Brass Band: “Take it To the Street” – Take it To the Street (Rounder)
Brownout: “Meter Beater” – Oozy (Nat Geo Music)
JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound: “Get It Together” – RF10 7″ (Rabbit Factory)
Ebo Taylor: “Heaven” – Ebo Taylor (Mr. Bongo)
The Coup: “Get that Monkey Off Your Back” – Pick a Bigger Weapon (Epitaph)
Billy Larkin: “Russell & Williams Street” – I Got the Feelin’ (World Pacific)
Los Diablos Rojos: “Malambo” – Cumbia Beat, Vol. 1 (Vampisoul)
Los Datsuns: “En el Sol” – Back to Peru, Vol. 2 (Vampisoul)
Las Malas Amistades: “Azul Reproche” – Jardin Interior (Honest Jon’s)
Andrew Bird & Kat Eggleston: “Nuthinduan Waltz” – Music of Hair (Wegawam)
Johnny Cash & Nick Cave: “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” – American IV (Def American)
Doc Watson & Clarence Ashley: “Amazing Grace” – The Original Folkways Recordings, 1960-1962 (Smithsonian Folkways)
Hank Williams: “Rootie Tootie” – The Wonderful World Of Hank Williams – 24 Greatest Hits (Remember)
Willie Nelson: “If You’ve Got the Money I’ve Got the Time” – Yours Always (Sony)
Os Mutantes: “Senhor F” – Os Mutantes (Polydor)
Konono No. 1: “Ungudi Wele Wele” – Congotronics, Vol. 1 (Crammed Disc)
Sam Prekop: “faces and people” – Sam Prekop (Thrill Jockey)
Moondog: “Minisym #1” – Moondog (CBS)
Zaperoko: “El Zaperoko” – Subway Salsa: The Montuno Records Story (Vampisoul)
Nguenang: “Wouck” – Ivory Coast Soul 2 (Hot Casa)
Pharoah Sanders: “Thembi” – Thembi (Impulse)
William Parker & Hamid Drake: “Loom Song” – Volume 1: Piercing the Veil (AUM Fidelity)
Randy Weston African Rhythms: “Boram Xam Xam” – Khepera (Verve)
Masada: “Galshan” – Live at Tonic 2001 (Tzadik)
Ernest Dawkins: “Juju” – Afro Straight (Delmark)
Vox Arcana: “Other Lights” – Soft Focus (Relay)
Fred Lonberg-Holm’s Fast Citizens: “Later News” – Gather (Delmark)

WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2013-03-19 (complete) [ 2:34:47 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

“Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes).

This week we recognize Ornette Coleman’s 83rd birthday with about an hour of his music, including a recording made at WNUR by Michigan’s Northwoods Improvisers, as well as a relative rarity from Chicago’s Joe Daley trio. Besides that, a  diverse smattering of the sounds you’ve come to expect from Conference of the Birds.

Enjoy!

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download program (138MB, 2 hrs 31 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Nicole Mitchell – Black Earth Ensemble: “Afrika Rising Trilogy II: Metamorphosis” – Afrika Rising (Dreamtime)
Thomas East: “Sister Funk (Original Full Version)” – True Soul Deep Sounds from the Left of Stax, Vol. 1 (Now Again)
Mahotella Queens: “Wozani Mahipi” – Next Stop… Soweto Vol. 2: Soul, Funk & Organ Grooves From The Townships 1969-1976 (Strut)
Gentleman Mike Ejeagha: “Udo Ka Nma” – Akuko Na Egwu – Vol 4 (Premier Records Limited)
Mose Se ‘Fan Fan’: “Suki Pembe Somo Somo” – Belle Epoque (Retroafric)
Charlie Haden & Paul Motian featuring Geri Allen: “Lonely Woman” – Etudes (Soul Note)
Håkon Kornstad & Håvard Wiik: “Law Years” – The Bad and the Beautiful (Moserobie)
Northwoods Improvisers: “Peace” – Live on WNUR 12/1/99 (WNUR)
Ornette Coleman: “Una Muy Bonita” – Beauty is a Rare Thing (Atlantic)
Joe Daley Trio: “Ramblin’” – Live at Newport 1963 (RCA)
Sound in Action Trio: “Feet Music” – Design in Time (Delmark)
Barrage Double Trio: “Turn Your Head (for Ornette Coleman)” – Utility Hitter (Quinnah)
Niù Abdominaux Dangereux: “Broadway Blues” – Ghosts (ITM)
Ornette Coleman and Prime Time: “Him and Her” – Of Human Feelings (Antilles)
Steve Coleman: “Organic Movement” – The Opening of the Way (BMG)
The Heliocentrics: “The Gorn” – Fallen Angels – the Singles Collection (Now Again)
Lloyd Miller: “Bizz-aire” – A Lifetime in Oriental Jazz (Jazzman)
Masada: “Amarim” – Het (Tzadik)
Young Killer: “Carolina” – Calypso Cross Section (Cook)
Woody Guthrie: “Better World A-Comin’” – Hard Travelin’ (The Asch Recordings, Vol. 3) (Smithsonian Folkways)
Silvério Pessoa: “Disposto a tudo” – Cabeça Elétrica, Coração Acústico (Tratore)
Caetano Veloso: “Maria Bethania” – Caetano Veloso (1971) (Polygram)
Billie Holiday: “Blue Moon” – Billie’s Blues (Blue Note)
Etta James: “You’re the Fool” – Losers Weepers (Kent)
John Holt: “Sister Big Stuff” – 1000 Volts of Holt (Trojan)
Julius Hemphill: “Homeboy Tootin’ at the Dog/Star” – Blue Boyé (Screwgun)

WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2013-03-12 (complete) [ 2:31:15 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download