“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. You can also see one jumbo list of my past playlists (back to 9/2008 when WNUR started online playlists), for easier searching.
Uncle Jam reminds you: “You don’t buy a life, you live a life.” Enjoy this week’s show. I did!
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Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
The Explosions: “Hip Drop” – New Orleans Funk (Soul Jazz)
Funkadelic: “Funky Dollar Bill” – Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow (Westbound)
M. Shezi Nezimtombi Za Kwazulu: “Empangeni” – Singing in an Open Space: Zulu Rhythm and Harmony, 1962-1982 (Rounder)
Run–D.M.C.: “Sucker MCs” – Run–D.M.C. (Profile/Arista)
Gang Starr: “Who’s Gonna Take the Weight” – Step in the Arena (Chrysalis)
Happy Mondays: “Step On” – Pills, Thrills & Bellyaches (Factory)
Furious Five featuring Melle Mel & Scorpio: “Step Off” – Adventures on the Wheels of Steel (Castle)
Lee Dorsey & Betty Harris: “Love Lots of Lovin’” – New Orleans Funk (Soul Jazz)
Stevie Wonder: “Black Man” – Songs in the Key of Life (Motown)
Sly & the Family Stone: “I Can’t Turn You Loose” – Dance to the Music (Sony Legacy)
The Bar-Kays: “I Can’t Turn You Loose” – Wattstax: the Living Word (soundtrack) (Stax)
Dr. Octagon: “Earth People” – Dr. Octagonecologyst (Geffen)
Joy Division: “Transmission” – The Complete BBC Sessions (Strange Fruit)
ESG: “You Make No Sense” – New York Noise – Dance Music From The New York Underground (1978-1982) (Soul Jazz)
People’s Choice: “I Like to Do It” – Philadelphia Roots (Soul Jazz)
Kahil El’ Zabar & David Murray: “Sweet Meat” – Golden Sea (Sound Aspects)
Vecchio: “Megaton” – Afro-rock (De Wolfe Library)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: “Rainy Day, Dream Away” – Electric Ladyland (Reprise)
Laurie Anderson: “Excellent Birds” – Mister Heartbreak (Warner Bros)
Stereolab: “Spark Plug” – Emperor Tomato Ketchup (Elektra)
Rail Band: “Mali Tebaga Mogoma” – Belle Epoque Vol. 1: Soundiata (Stern’s)
Ted Hawkins: “Having a Party” – Songs From Venice Beach (Evidence)
Andrew Bird: “St. Francis Reel” – Andrew Bird (Wegawam)
Carolina Chocolate Drops: “Genuine Negro Jig” – 2009-09-30 The Kent Stage (Internet Music Archive)
Radley Gourzong & Group: “See How the Bullfrog Jump (Mento)” – Mento Merengue Meringue (Original Music)
Jamesie & the Allstars: “Tanto Liza” – We Don Skylark (Rounder Archives)
Tito Puente: “Esy” – The Complete 78′s, Vol 1 (Fania)
Erroll Garner: “Ain’t She Sweet” – Body & Soul (Columbia)
Horace Family: “God Will Dry My Weeping Eyes” – Good God: A Gospel Funk Hymnal (Numero Group)
Hallelujah Chicken Run Band: “Chaminuka Mukuru” – Take One (Alula)
Gamelan Pacifica: “Trance Gong” – Trance Gong (What Next)
Sun Ra and his Myth Science Arkestra: “Urnack” – Angels and Demons at Play (Evidence)
The Velvet Underground: “After Hours (Closet Mix)” – Peel Slowly and See (Polydor)
Maurice & the Radiants: “Baby You’ve Got It” – Chitown Hustlers (Funky 16 Corners)
Jamo Thomas: “I Spy (for the FBI)” – Chitown Hustlers (Funky 16 Corners)
Desmond Dekker: “Honour Your Mother and Father” – Rockin Steady: The Best of Desmond Dekker (Rhino)
Fadhili Williams Mdawida: “Shika Jembe” – 1963-1967 (Music Copyright Society of Kenya)
Gal Costa: “Lost in the Paradise” – Gal Costa (1969) (Polygram (Brazil))
