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World Music
4:30 pm
Fri January 4, 2013

World Music Celebrations: Epiphany

Credit Wikipedia
Italian "Befane"

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 marks the official end of the Christmas season for many cultures.

The Epiphany is celebrated around the world in many different ways. This day marks the manifestation of the Son of God as a human being in Jesus Christ. It’s also the day marked by the visitation of the Three Kings to the infant Jesus.

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World Music
12:39 pm
Mon July 30, 2012

Syrian-Born Singer Zein Al-Jundi's 'Ajmal Gharam' (The Most Beautiful Love)

Credit Putumayo
Putumayo's July 2012 release "Arabic Beat" features music from the Middle East and North Africa.

Zein Al-Jundi has a graduate degree in architecture, which was her dream, but a serious accident altered the course of her path to a career of performance.

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SXSW
3:41 pm
Sat March 24, 2012

SXSW 2012: Delhi 2 Dublin

Credit Reinier@BrilliantEye.ca
Delhi 2 Dublin at The Commodore, Vancouver, BC (2010)
SXSW
2:53 pm
Sat March 24, 2012

SXSW 2012: Marianne Dissard

Credit Courtesy Photo

Marianne Dissard was born in France, and even though she lives now in Tucson, Arizona. She has been a filmmaker, a performance artist and is presently a writer, blogger and singer. Although she’s been working in English more and more often, Dissard found recently that hip hop beats work especially well with her native tongue. “It’s got that innate rhythm to it,” she says.

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