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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February 23, 2013

8:07 PM

Alger

Artist : Lo’jo

Album : Cinema El Mundo

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Label : World Village

8:11 PM

Amazone

Artist : Iness Mezel

Album : Beyond The Trance

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Label : Wrasse

8:14 PM

Sharrafouni

Artist : Zein Al Jundi

Album : Sharrafouni

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Label : WMD Production

8:18 PM

Narbat

Artist : Nour

Album : Arabic Beat

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Label : Putmayo

8:21 PM

Algers Le Blanc

Artist : Djura

Album : Uni-vers-elles

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Label : Kondo Ra

8:25 PM

Zamane

Artist : Fantazia

Album : Fantaza

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Label : World Village

8:31 PM

Gol Bi Goldoon

Artist : Googoosh

Album : Pomgrantes

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Label : Finders Keepers

8:36 PM

River Waters

Artist : Idan Raichel

Album : Within My Walls

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Label : Cumbancha

8:39 PM

Eh Fi Amal

Artist : Fairuz

Album : Eh Fi Amal

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Label : Fayrouz

8:44 PM

Hayati Inta

Artist : Natascha Atlas

Album : Ana Hina

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Label : World Village

8:50 PM

Ya Rayah

Artist : Rachid Taha

Album : Cairo To Casablanca

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Label : Putumayo

9:07 PM

Pecada

Artist : Lila Downs

Album : Pecados Y Milagros

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Label : Sony

9:11 PM

Senor Judas

Artist : Los De Abajo

Album : Cybertropic Chilango Power

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Label : Luaka Bop

9:16 PM

Kurapana

Artist : Oceania

Album : Oceania 2

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Label : toi sha

9:20 PM

Opium

Artist : Dead Can Dance

Album : Anastasis

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Label : Pias America

9:26 PM

Subayado Bushi

Artist : Nami Makioka

Album : Japan

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Label : RGNET

9:29 PM

Katachi

Artist : Shugo Tokumaru

Album : In Focus?

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Label : Polyvinyl

9:32 PM

Ver Es Hot One has got

Artist : The Klezmatics and Chava Alberstein

Album : The Well

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Label : Xenophile

9:36 PM

Ha’rikud Ha’muzar Shel Ha’lev

Artist : Rona Kenan and Gidi Gov

Album : Israel

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Label : Putumayo

9:40 PM

Those Eyes Are Berries

Artist : Mum

Album : Go Go Smear The Poison Ivy

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Label : Warner Chappel

9:44 PM

Sarma

Artist : Kronor Quartet Kimmo Pohjonen Samuli Kosminen

Album : Uniko

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Label : Ondine Ode

9:50 PM

Angiolina

Artist : Fiamma Fumana

Album : Onda

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Label : Omnium

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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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Tiny Desk Concerts

12:42 am

Tue April 23, 2013

Omar Sosa & Paolo Fresu: Tiny Desk Concert

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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.

By editor

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

World Music At SXSW

12:43 pm

Tue March 26, 2013

Kao=S Mixes Traditional & Modern Japan To Make Music & Visual Art

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Kao=S busks on Rainey Street on Saturday night, giving passers by something different from the contemporary sounds pouring out of the bars.

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Kaori's movement is blurred as she dances to the band's instrumentation.

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Kaori in mid spin.

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From left to right: Jack, Daisuke, Shuji, Kaori

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Jack slaps the strings and body of the tsugaru syamisen, generating a beat and melody that Daisuke then weaves in and out of with his shukuhachi.

By Chris Eudaily and Deirdre Saravia

Tokyo-based Kao=S (pronounced 'kaus' - like house) mixes modern acoustic rock guitar riffs with the tsugaru syamisen - a traditional Japanese string instrument - accompanied by the shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) and Japanese sword performance.

The band is made up of Kaori (vocal/sword performance), Shuji (guitar/vocal), Jack (tsugaru syamisen and Daisuke (shakuhachi).

"Me and Jack played together in a different [group] and I met Shuji [when] I went to Shuji's live show and I talked to him [and said], 'Let's play together,'" Kaori said.

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