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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December 01, 2012

8:07 PM

Kana Me Uvonigjum

Artist : Yuri Yunakov

Album : New Colors in Bulgarian Wedding Music

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Label : Traditional Crossroads

8:11 PM

Foxtrot

Artist : Fanfare Ciocarlia

Album : Radio Pascani

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Label : Piranha

8:14 PM

The Pine Tree Was Burning

Artist : The Ukrainians

Album : Respublika

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Label : Omnium

8:19 PM

Lullaby

Artist : Inna and The Farlanders

Album : The Dream Of Endless Nights

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Label : Shanachie

8:23 PM

I Had A Lover

Artist : Warsaw Village Band

Album : People's Spring

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Label : World Village

8:29 PM

Szeles Vilag

Artist : Besh O Drom

Album : Can't Make Me

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Label : Piranha

8:34 PM

Luna

Artist : Kal

Album : Radio Romanista

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Label : Asphalt Tango

8:37 PM

A Csitari Hegyek Alatt

Artist : Kalman Balogh & Gypsy Cimbalom Band

Album : Kalman Balogh & Gypsy Cimbalom Band

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Label : Rounder

8:42 PM

Arizona

Artist : Jony Iliev and Band

Album : Ma Maren Ma

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Label : Asphalt Tango

8:46 PM

Maro Jailo Remix

Artist : Maharaja

Album : Gypsy Caravan When The Road Bends

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Label : World Village

8:50 PM

Dance Of The Spirits

Artist : Aco Bocina

Album : Aco Bocino Special Guest Fanfare Ciocarlia

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Label : Ponderosa

9:07 PM

Mal De Mar

Artist : Rupa and The April Fishes

Album : Extraordinary Rendition

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Label : Cumbancha

9:11 PM

La Derniere Heure Du Dernier Jour

Artist : Benjamin Biolay

Album : Rose Kennedy

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Label : Virgin

9:16 PM

Lero Lero

Artist : Luisa Maite

Album : Lero Lero

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Label : Cumbancha

9:21 PM

Samba Da Quarta Feria

Artist : Redro Moraes

Album : Pedro Moraes

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Label : Claroescuro

9:26 PM

Lanarine Lamiselu

Artist : Aurelio Martinez

Album : Paranda Africa In Central America

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Label : Detour

9:29 PM

Ruperta

Artist : Novalima

Album : Novalima Coba Coba Remixed

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Label : Cumbancha

9:32 PM

Hopeat

Artist : Varttina

Album : Iki

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Label : Northside

9:38 PM

Maenpaan Heikin Valssi

Artist : Frigg

Album : Oasis

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Label : Northside

9:41 PM

Swing

Artist : Attwenger

Album : Flux

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Label : Trikont

9:45 PM

Valts’in

Artist : Laurence Revey

Album : Laurence Revey

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Label : Naive

9:49 PM

The Soldier’s Song

Artist : Mary Jane Lamond & Wendy Macisaac

Album : Seinn

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Label : TurtleMusic

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World Music

4:25 pm

Fri June 14, 2013

World Celebrations: A Tantric Festival

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Inti Raymi (Festival of the Sun) at Plaza de Armas, Cusco, 2005

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, we'll hear about celebrations of the sun and fertility.

AMBUBACHI MELA

World Music

11:06 pm

Sun June 9, 2013

Can't Stop The Beat: Three New Caribbean Artists Making Waves

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Alt.Latino's hosts are convinced that Cuban singer Danay Suarez is a legend in the making.

By Jasmine Garsd

Originally published on Sun June 9, 2013 11:58 am

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World Festivals

4:20 pm

Fri June 7, 2013

World Music Celebrations: Feats (Or Feets?) Of Strength

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Azzurri Vs. Rossi, 2008

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, we'll hear about an early form of football played in Italy, and a feat (or feet?) of strength in England.

TOE WRESTLING

The Picture Show

3:23 pm

Fri June 7, 2013

Rio's New Dance Craze: The Passinho

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Wellington Costa, 19, performs at the semifinals of a passinho competition in Rio de Janeiro on April 23. Passinho is a liberated dance form born in Rio's favelas, or shanty towns.

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Costa practices passinho with Tais Castro, 14, in the Cidade de Deus neighborhood. Passinho incorporates more feminine and free movements, which were repressed by Rio's baile funk dance style.

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Costa helps Castro with her dance moves. The dance has become more mainstream due to media attention and the growing popularity of passinho music.

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Yuri Severo, 20, nicknamed "batata," belongs to a group of passinho dancers called "Mr. Passista."

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A group of young Cariocas, residents of Rio de Janeiro, listen to passinho music in a neighborhood square.

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Members of Mr. Passista practice in the square. One dancer, Jefferson Oliveira, who goes by the nickname "Cebolinha," performed in the closing ceremony at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

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A crowd watches Batalha do Passinho, a dance competition. While some batalhas are large sponsored events, others break out at informal dance parties.

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Costa watches other contestants at the Batalha do Passinho. The finals of the dance competition is being televised.

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A contestant is comforted after losing a dance-off. Each dancer faces off against one other performer during the rounds.

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Fans watch a baile funk performance during the Batalha do Passinho.

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As the music and performances spread over social media, so does the dance style's popularity.

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Wellington Costa, 19, performs at the semifinals of a passinho competition in Rio de Janeiro on April 23. Passinho is a liberated dance form born in Rio's favelas, or shantytowns.

By Rebecca Sell

Originally published on Fri June 7, 2013 10:35 am

When photographer Lianne Milton was invited by friends to attend a passinho dance-off competition, she was not expecting the large, corporate-sponsored event at which she arrived.

"It was incredible to see a lot of young people, a lot of kids, a lot of girls, cheering on their favorite dancers," says Milton. "It was a calm, fun, spirited event."

Arriving in Rio in early 2013, Milton has been photographing stories ranging from redevelopment and forced evictions to daily life. She came across a dance style rapidly growing in popularity.

World Music

4:50 pm

Fri May 31, 2013

World Music Celebrations: Baby Jumping In Spain

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El Colacho jumps the babes in Spain.

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 -- bebés, tenga cuidado.

EL COLACHO FESTIVAL

Music Reviews

9:48 am

Thu May 30, 2013

Festival Au Desert: Music Of Peace Not Silenced By War

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Tartit performs at the Festival au Desert.

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Tracks on a new live album of music recorded at the Festival au Desert include performances by Canadian-Indian singer Kiran Ahluwalia (backed by desert blues band Tinariwen), Afropop legend Habib Koite, Timbutku singer Khaira Arby and Touareg rock group Tartit.

By Milo Miles

Originally published on Fri May 31, 2013 8:20 am

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Long ago, one of my college history professors hammered home a durable truth: "If you love art," she said, "you should hate war." Because some art is always among war's victims.

World Music Celebrations

5:32 pm

Thu May 23, 2013

World Music Celebrations: Cheese Rolling

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The Cheese Master

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 cheesy festival in England.

COOPER'S HILL CHEESE ROLLING

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.

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