World Music with Deirdre Saravia

Saturdays from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. on KSTX 89.1 FM

Deirdre Saravia

World Music with Deirdre Saravia takes you on a musical journey to some of the world’s most fascinating places. From China to Brazil and the Balkans to Indonesia, World Music will introduce you to sounds from a world far from your own. A world traveler herself, the Belfast, Northern Ireland native introduces each piece with details about the music, the musicians and the culture that produced them.

Saravia credits the work of performers like Peter Gabriel and Paul Simon for bringing world music to the attention of American audiences, but she has also seen a change in attitude in America towards foreigners.

Today foreigners feel more comfortable in celebrating their uniqueness, and as a result, there is a burgeoning interest in world music. "Not understanding the language is no longer a problem," says Saravia. "People enjoy the music for the beat, the instrumentation."

Though each World Music show is built around a central theme, it will rarely center on one type of music. Saravia strives for variety, though there will always be a connection between the songs she plays; music from as many as 15 countries can be represented in the same show.

"You come to learn that people are basically the same throughout the world," she says. "They sing about the same things."

Scroll to the bottom of this page to see Deirdre's World Music Picks, a closer look at some of the most notable world musicians.

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May 18, 2013

8:07 PM

Bright Blue Rose

Artist : Mary Black

Album : Mary Black The Collection

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Label : Telstar

8:11 PM

Red Is The Rose

Artist : The High Kings

Album : Memory Lane

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Label : EMI

8:14 PM

Flower Power

Artist : Nathalie Cardone

Album : Nathalie Cardone

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Label : Columbia

8:17 PM

Flowers and Drums

Artist : Orquesta de La Luz

Album : Salsa around The World

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Label : Putumayo

8:22 PM

Weeds

Artist : Rupa and The April Fishes

Album : Build

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Label : Electro Gumbo Radio Music

8:25 PM

Parfum Des Iles

Artist : Kali

Album : French Caribbean

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Label : Putumayo

8:29 PM

Streets Bloom

Artist : Ceu

Album : Caravana Sereia Bloom

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Label : Six Degrees

8:34 PM

Flora

Artist : Gilberto Gil

Album : Aquele Abraco

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Label : Iris Music

8:40 PM

Blumen Im Glas

Artist : 17 Hippies

Album : Phantom Songs

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Label : Hpster Records

8:44 PM

Boi De Haxixe

Artist : Miriam Maria

Album : Women Of Brazil

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Label : Putumayo

8:47 PM

A Proper Sort Of Gardener

Artist : June Tabor

Album : Aleyn

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Label : Green Linnet

8:52 PM

Diosmos Ke Kanela

Artist : Lizeta Kalimera

Album : Mondo Greece

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Label : Mondo Melodia

9:07 PM

To Live Or To Die

Artist : Haris Alexiou

Album : Di Efchon (With Blessings)

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Label : Mondo Melodia

9:11 PM

Tatvla

Artist : Plagal & Vosporus

Album : Greek Cafe

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Label : RGNET

9:18 PM

Madame Boucxereaux

Artist : Kal

Album : Radio Romanista

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Label : Asphalt Tango

9:21 PM

Les Yeux Noirs

Artist : Coco Briaval

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Label : Putumayo

9:24 PM

Romano Hora

Artist : Esma Redzepova

Album : Gypsy Caravan

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Label : World Village

9:27 PM

Hot Air Balloon

Artist : Samuli Edelman & Laura Narhi

Album : Kuutamolla

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Label : BMG

9:31 PM

Two Sisters

Artist : Sorten Muld

Album : Scandinavia

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Label : RGNET

9:35 PM

Chicken Teeth

Artist : Matuto

Album : The Devil and The Diamond

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Label : Hearth Music

9:38 PM

Little Birdie

Artist : The Coon Creek Girls

Album : Flowers In The Wildwood

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Label : Trikont

9:41 PM

Om

Artist : Les Miles

Album : Om Medwyn Goodall & Terry Oldfield & Friends

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Label : Gemini Sun Records

9:47 PM

Hari Om

Artist : Choir of Ravi Shankar

Album : Chants Of India

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Label : Angel

9:50 PM

Legend

Artist : Karl Madison

Album : Tibetan Groove

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Label : Gemini Sun

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Tiny Desk Concerts

1:20 pm

Mon May 20, 2013

Mohammad Reza Shajarian: Tiny Desk Concert

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M R Shajarian performs a Tiny Desk Concert in March 2013.

By Anastasia Tsioulcas

Originally published on Mon May 20, 2013 1:03 pm

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15 min 5 sec

Every Tiny Desk Concert provides its own particular thrill, but it's not every day that we get to welcome one of NPR's 50 Great Voices to our offices. With the visit of the incredible, honey-voiced Mohammad Reza Shajarian from Iran, we lucked out by having him sing on not just any day, but on the biggest holiday of the Persian calendar: Nowruz, the New Year.

World Music Pick

12:01 pm

Thu May 16, 2013

Lyric Romanticism On Asgeir Trausti's "In The Silence"

By Deirdre Saravia

Ásgeir Trausti hoped to be a professional track and field athlete but his plans were detailed by various sporting injuries. He became a professional musician instead and quickly rose to to top of the Icelandic music scene.

All the words to his songs are composed by his 72-year-old father and are filled with lyric romanticism.

His first album, "Dyrd I Daudathogn," (In The Silence) is sung completely in Icelandic, he hopes to reach a broader audience with an all English version of the album currently in the works.

World Music

10:57 pm

Wed May 15, 2013

First Watch: Jeri-Jeri With Baaba Maal, 'Gawlo'

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Dancer Fatou Mboup during JERI-JERI's video for "Gawlo."

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Mbalax band Jeri-Jeri — led by Bakane Seck (he's wearing the white shirt and gold necklace) — with German producer Mark Ernestus.

By Otis Hart

Originally published on Fri May 10, 2013 1:45 pm

One of my favorite songs last year was a collaboration between a Sengalese drum collective and a German techno producer. The producer, Mark Ernestus traveled to the West African country to work with Jeri-Jeri, a group that plays a popular dance music called mbalax.

World Music

4:59 pm

Fri May 10, 2013

World Music Celebrations: Moroccan Rose Festival

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By Deirdre Saravia

Each week on World Music (Saturday nights from 8-10 on KSTX 89.1 FM), I take a look at celebrations happening around the world. This week, a fragrant festival in Morocco.

ROSE FESTIVAL

World Music

2:49 pm

Sun May 5, 2013

A Funky-Fresh Sound From Somalia, With A Political History

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The cover image of Dur-Dur band's Volume 5.

By NPR Staff

Originally published on Sun May 5, 2013 6:20 pm

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Imagine the capital of Somalia, Mogadishu, in the 1980s. You can't, right? Neither can most music critics. That's why the recent re-release of a record by a popular '80s-era Mogadishu dance band has caught the attention of critics lately.

The founders of Dur-Dur Band now live in Columbus, Ohio. Weekends on All Things Considered asked members Abdinur Daljir and Sahra Dawo to go to a studio there — accompanied by an interpreter — to talk about the newly reissued record and the story that precedes it.

All Songs Considered

7:52 pm

Fri May 3, 2013

First Watch: Femi Kuti, 'The World Is Changing'

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By Bob Boilen

Originally published on Wed May 8, 2013 1:24 pm

"'The World Is Changing' is groove with a message." That quote, a pretty good summary of the music of Femi Kuti in just nine words, comes from Juan Gélas, the creative director of a new video for Kuti's new song. Femi Kuti is a saxophonist, trumpeter, keyboard player and singer and songwriter. The son of legendary afrobeat musician Fela Kuti, he carries on the tradition of mixing Nigerian beats along with jazz and a healthy dose of politics. Juan Gélas says, "Femi Kuti continues to be a leading protest artist out of modern Africa and his voice talks to us all."

Alt.Latino

9:10 am

Thu May 2, 2013

6 New Latin Songs To Make You Move

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Argentine singer La Yegros' new album is called Viene De Mi.

By Jasmine Garsd

Originally published on Thu May 2, 2013 3:59 pm

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World Music Pick

2:22 pm

Wed May 1, 2013

Carla Bruni's "Little French Songs"

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By Deirdre Saravia

"I got used to notoriety early," said Carla Bruni in an interview with the British newspaper, The Telegraph. So there's nothing holding her back as she sings little songs about her former life, and romantic entanglement with a very famous pop star of the sixties.

First Listen

9:10 am

Tue April 30, 2013

First Listen: La Vida Boheme, 'Sera'

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La Vida Boheme's new album, Sera, comes out May 14.

By editor

Originally published on Tue May 7, 2013 7:07 pm

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World Music

11:40 pm

Fri April 26, 2013

World Music Celebrations: Rockets For Easter, Snakes In Italy

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The village of Cocullo in Abruzzo, Italy.

By Deirdre Saravia

Each week on World Music (Saturday nights from 8-10 on KSTX 89.1 FM), I take a look at celebrations happening around the world. This week, rockets blaze for the risen Christ in Greece, and Indiana Jones would never want to find himself in Abruzzo next week. Snakes!

LA FESTA DEI SERPARI

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