Saturday Café

KPBX Saturdays from 7-9 p.m.

Your host having a miserable day along the Great Barrier Reef off Australia in 1972

The Saturday Café is a weekly two-hour musical journey to the far-flung corners of the world. Since 1987, host Michael Patoray has presented both traditional and contemporary music representing the other 6.25 billion people with whom we share our planet.

Here is where you can discover the rich and marvelous beauty of classical Indian Raga, the passion of the Gypsy love song and the Cuban son, the power of Balinese Gamelan, the spectacle of Chinese Peking Opera, and the lyrical delicacy of Andean folk traditions. Here also is where you can sample the new global beat, where technology meets tradition and where cultures mingle, producing exciting new musical cross-pollinations that will have you imagining yourself dancing the night away in the clubs of Paris, Cairo, Dakar, and Rio.

Michael's playlist from last week:
JAPAN WEEK PREVIEW ~ APRIL 18 - 25, 2009

HOUR I
THE ROUGH GUIDE TO THE MUSIC OF JAPAN
Makura ~ by Takejaru Kunimoto [Contemporary Ro-kyoku Storytelling]
Utage ~ by Eitetsu Hayashi [Taiko Drums]

SOH DAIKO ~ SOH DAIKO
Hiryu Sandan Gaeshi [Taiko Drums]

*MUSICAL ATLAS: JAPAN
Koto duet ~ by Matsuo Keiko & Ueno Kazuko [Traditional Koto Instrumental]

SHAKUHACHI: THE JAPANESE FLUTE
Tsuru no Sugomori ~ by Kohachiro Miyata [Traditional Shakuhachi Instrumental]

*SOUVENIR FROM JAPAN
Etenraku "Hyojo" ~ by Music Department, Imperial Household [Gagaku Court Music]

FLOWER DANCE: JAPANESE FOLK MELODIES
Oedo Nihonbashi ~ by The Noday Family w/Nakagawa & Oishi [Traditional Children's Folksong]

MUSIC FROM THE KABUKI
Music of Downtown [The Ginza] ~ by Leading Soloists of Japan [Geza (Theater Accompaniment) Music]

HOUR II
HOLDING UP HALF THE SKY: VOICES OF ASIAN WOMEN
Kunjan Sabuki ~ by Nenes [Contemporary Okinawan Folk]

WOMEN OF THE WORLD
Hana [Flowers for Your Heart] ~ by Detty Kurnia [Okinawan Pop in Indonesian Krongcong Style]

THE ROUGH GUIDE TO THE MUSIC OF JAPAN
Asadoya Yunta ~ by Tetsuhiro Daiku [Contemporay Okinawan Island Folk Song]

OSM ARTIST COLLECTION 2006
Pace ~ by Mild Seven [Rock/Rap]
Purple ~ by R4 [Grunge Rock]
T's ~ by T's Crush [Rock]

SAYONARA FAREWELL TOKYO
Tokyo Boogie Woogie
Tonko Bushi
Sayonara Japanese Farewell [Late 40's-Early 50's Dance Music]

*HEARTBEAT ~ RYUICHI SAKAMOTO
Sayonara [Contemporary Pop]

*Denotes record that is out of print