This week: The first "Ginger Radio" of the new year features bird songs from Cornell's Library of Natural Sounds, related music, and much more.

Show Notes
Starring: The songbirds from Cornell University’s twin albums, released in 1955: American Bird Songs Volume 1 and 2 (Second Issue). Additional information and research from John Bevis excerpt in The MIT Press Reader: A Complete History of Collecting and Imitating Birdsong.

Featured additional music
The Time
Track: The Bird
Album: Ice Cream Castle
1984
Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker
Track: Bird Feathers
Album: Diz ‘n’ Bird: The Beginning
1959
Helado Negro
Track: There Must Be A Song Like You
Album: Far In
2021
Track: The Bird
Album: Malibu
2016
Aretha Franklin ​
Track: Until You Come Back To Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do)
Album: Here’s Johnny: Magic M

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