“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). You can also see one jumbo list of my past playlists (back to 9/2008 when WNUR started online playlists), for easier searching.
This week’s show begins with some cohesive blocks, from South African music to Harlem-inspired jazz tracks to a two-phase gospel set and a few renditions of the Ashford & Simpson tune “California Soul,” before finally dissolving into a less easily grouped set of “if it feels good, play it” tunes. Hopefully it feels good to you too…
Enjoy!
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Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Abdullah Ibrahim: “Chisa” – The Very Best Of (Music Club)
Louis Mhlanga: “Rhumba All the Way” – World Traveller (Sheer Sound)
The Zulus: “Za Labalaba” – Hugh Masekela presents the Chisa Years 1965-1976 (BBE)
Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood of Breath: “MRA” – Brotherhood of Breath (Fledg’ling)
Parliament: “Funkentelechy” – Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome (Casablanca)
Arthur Blythe: “Lenox Avenue Breakdown” – Lenox Avenue Breakdown (Sony)
Oliver Nelson: “125th St. & 7th Ave.” – Skull Session (BMG)
Johnny Lewis Trio: “Cissy Strut” – Wheedle’s Groove: Seattle’s Finest in Funk & Soul 1965-75 (Light In The Attic Records)
Panom Nopporn: “Sao Ban Pok Pab” – The Sound of Siam : Leftfield Luk Thung, Jazz and Molam from Thailand 1964 – 1975 (Soundway)
Serge Gainsbourg: “Ronsard 58″ – Du Chant à la une! (Philips)
Elder Samuel Patterson & the Christian Crusaders: “This Train” – Fire In My Bones: Raw, Rare + Other Worldly Afican-American Gospel (Tompkins Square)
Six Voices of Zion of Columbia, SC: “It’s So Hard” – The Pitch/Gusman Records Story (Fat Possum)
Mosby Family Singers: “The Lord is My Shepherd” – Fire In My Bones: Raw, Rare + Other Worldly Afican-American Gospel (Tompkins Square)
Elizabeth Cotten: “Time to Stop Your Idling” – Elizabeth Cotten, Volume 3: When I’m Gone (Smithsonian Folkways)
Elder J.E. Burch: “My Heart Keeps Singing” – Goodbye, Babylon (Dust to Digital)
James and Martha Carson: “I’ll Fly Away” – Goodbye, Babylon (Dust to Digital)
Marlena Shaw: “California Soul” – The Spice of Life (Cadet)
Brenda & the Tabulations: “California Soul” – Right on the Tip of My Tongue (Jamie)
Tamba 4: “California Soul” – 7″ (CTI/A&M Records)
Jorge Ben: “Barbarella” – Jorge Ben (1969) (Phillips)
Tommy Guerrero: “As the Sea Holds Creatures Vast and True” – A Little Bit of Somethin’ (Mo’ Wax)
Richie Havens: “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen/My Sweet Lord” – Live At The Cellar Door and at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium (Five Star)
Leo Kottke: “Jack Gets Up” – My Father’s Face (RCA Victor)
Bar Kokhba: “Zechziel” – Lucifer: Book of Angels Volume 10 (Tzadik)
Bobby Hutcherson: “A Night in Barcelona” – San Francisco (Blue Note)
Count Ossie & the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari: “Nigerian Reggae” – Tales of Mozambique (Dynamic Sounds)
Chuza & Les Noirs: “Sikiya Sauce Pt. 1″ – African Serenades Vol 35 – Cheeku (Matsuli Music)
Charlie Parr: “Mahtowa Stomp” – 1922 (self-released)
Clifton Chenier: “Eh, Petite Fille” – Bayou Blues (Specialty)
Max Roach: “Epistrophy” – M’Boom (Columbia)
The Jeb Bishop Trio: “The Elliptical Blues” – 2009 (Better Animal Recordings)
Ignace DeSouza: “Suru Lo Dara” – The Great Unknowns (Original Music)
