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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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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3:04 pm

Thu April 25, 2013

Azuquita Pa'l Cafe: What Coffee Songs Mean To Latin America

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A worker collects coffee beans at a farm in Cuatro Esquinas, on the outskirts of Diriamba.

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A worker collects coffee beans at a farm in Cuatro Esquinas on the outskirts of Diriamba, some 32 km south of Managua. Central America is one of main producers of the best Arabica Coffee.

By Jasmine Garsd

Originally published on Thu April 25, 2013 11:09 am

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12:42 am

Tue April 23, 2013

Omar Sosa & Paolo Fresu: Tiny Desk Concert

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By editor

Originally published on Mon May 6, 2013 9:21 am

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15:26

You don't really listen to an Omar Sosa concert so much as experience it. The Cuban-born pianist's overall demeanor exudes a sense of calm and deep reflection, while a spiritual connection to music and his ancestors comes through in his piano playing.

First Listen

2:13 pm

Mon April 22, 2013

First Listen: Os Mutantes, 'Fool Metal Jack'

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Os Mutantes' new album, Fool Metal Jack, comes out April 30.

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Originally published on Wed May 1, 2013 10:08 pm

Audio for this feature is no longer available.

One of the biggest losses in the translation of Latin American culture is Brazilian melancholy. It's more than a casualty of cultural misunderstanding; it's a product of the fetishizing of Brazil and its people, which strips them down to happy, over-sexed, party-hard alternatives to the grim denizens of "developed" nations. Which, in turn, does no justice to the depth and beauty of Brazilians' ongoing struggle: If you take away people's tragedies, you also water down the sheer awesomeness of their victories.

World Music

5:07 pm

Fri April 19, 2013

World Music Celebrations: Miao Girls Festival

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Miao girls.

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, learn about the Chinese equivalent of Valentine's Day.

SISTERS MEAL FESTIVAL

World Music Pick

3:19 pm

Thu April 18, 2013

Get Friendly With Los Amigos Invisibles "Repeat After Me"

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By Deirdre Saravia

In the early 1990s in Venezuela, a group of young musicians decided to compose and play music unlike any thing they heard in the clubs of Caracas.

Los Amigos' style is described as disco/funk and is definitely dance music. Amazingly, the original line up is unchanged over their twenty years of playing together.

World Music

9:05 pm

Sat April 13, 2013

World Music Celebrations: Angola Prison Rodeo

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Angola Prison Rodeo, 2009.

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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, learn about the original gated community.

ANGOLA PRISON RODEO

World Music

5:03 pm

Fri April 5, 2013

World Music Celebrations: An Arid Desert Race, A Soaking New Year

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People in a tuk-tuk get targeted during the Songkran festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand

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, you can run for miles in the sun, or then get doused with water for the Cambodian New Year!

MARATHON DES SABLES

World Music Pick

4:06 pm

Fri April 5, 2013

Paris Combo: Building A Relationship With Listeners On "5"

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By Deirdre Saravia

World Music

10:23 am

Thu March 28, 2013

World Music Celebrations: Easter

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Hanácké kraslice, a traditional way of decorating Easter eggs with straw in the region of Haná, the Czech Republic.

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 weekend, Christians around the world celebrate Easter as a sacred Holy Day as well as with a little fun.

BUNNY HOPPING

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