Every two weeks, Deirdre Saravia, host of World Music on KSTX, brings you a new world music "pick."  She discusses with Nathan Cone her latest pick recording during Hear and Now during the noon hour every other Thursday on KSTX 89.1 FM.

Archive of Deirdre's World Music Picks:

		March 4, 2010 The Chieftains joined up with Ry Cooder to tell the story of a battalion, mainly Irish soldiers who abandoned the U.S army to join with the Mexicans in the Mexican/ U.S.American War of 1846-1848. In Mexico they are revered as heroes but in the United States, have fallen into oblivion. Their story and music is brought alive in the just released CD San Patricio.
		February 18, 2010 Sa Dingding was raised as a nomad in Eastern China. Her family finally settled in Beijing in 2000, and with all eyes on China for the Olympic Games in 2008, she released her first CD with the Universal label. Her second album Harmony will be released in March.
		February 4, 2010 Christopher Tin magical new CD called "Calling All Dawns A Song Cycle" has a theme of unification; we humans all share the same existence, life, death and the here after. Each track is sung in a different language, with lyrics taken from a myriad of diverse sources.
		January 21, 2010 Lhasa De Sela died on New Year’s Day 2010. She was 37 years old and had breast cancer. Her entire recording output was three magnificent CDs. Her last CD sung entirely in English was released last year.
		December 3, 2009 The 17 Hippies are in reality 13 but the number does fluctuate. The music is a mixture of gypsy, klezmer and pop and is performed in three languages.Kiki Sauer is the female vocalist and has a haunting voice which is eminently suited to the evocative, slower songs.
		November 12, 2009 To date Rokia Traore has produced four CDs, all of which have been critically acclaimed throughout the world. Her latest Tchamantche, is a little different from previous albums, apart from the African lute, the ngoni, all the other instruments, are western. Tchamantche in the West African language Bambana means, the point in the middle or balance.
		October 29, 2009 Rupa presents a very personal picture of her own life and the lives of others less fortunate. Este Mundo contains elements of cumbia, chanson, ragas and gypsy swing, just about something for everyone!
		October 1, 2009 Cesaria Evora is known as the "Barefoot Diva" and although she has been singing all her life, she was ‘discovered’ at age 48. Morna is a form of blues singing and Ms Evora’s reputation is based of her superb handling of this genre.
		August 27, 2009 Noel Coward was a multi talented individual who composed hundreds of works, noted for their charm and wit. Each of the singers on Twentieth-Century Blues, interprets a Noel Coward song in their own inimitable way.
		August 13, 2009 Céu is a young Brazilian singer from Sao Paulo.  Vagarosa is her second album and she has surpassed, her undeniably beautiful first release.  This is an album to relax by and to escape from the daily grind.
		July 30, 2009 Susan McKeown from Ireland and Lorin Sklamberg from Los Angelus share all the tracks on Saints and Tzadicks.  From two very different backgrounds, they’ve created a unique and fascinating CD.
		July 16, 2009 Idan Raichel lives and works in Isreal.  His CD Within My Walls, brings together artists from different countries.  Each one is featured as the lead singer on the various tracks.  He’s described as a one man peace accord.
		July 2, 2009 Señor Coconut, not his real name, really, comes from Germany but lives in Chile.  Around The World is a selection of dance music from across the globe, set to Latin electronica.